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The Modesto Cherimoya Mystery
I am sure any of the cherimoya specialists in Southern California would be blown away by this. I have a couple of "Booth" trees that are 10 years old, and they're a fraction of the size of Jeff's tree. Booth simply seems slow in comparison. I thought maybe it's my climate, but folks in Southern California don't fare much better than I do with my own trees.
Edgar in Simi Valley has a whole number of cherimoyas. He gets as much heat as Jeff does, and more Winter heat than Jeff. But the trees aren't nearly as big, and he also has the normal cherimoya cycle: fruits that ripen Feb-June.
So I am puzzled. What is so special about Jeff's tree? Why does it grow so large, and fruit so soon? Is it really white? It seems awfully bumpy to be a white.
As per usual, Jeff breaks all norms of what can be expected in Northern California. If Jeff can grow this cherimoya so successfully, then others should be able to as well.
Folks, this is a mystery worth investigating. We would all benefit from getting to the bottom of it. For that matter, it seems it also opens the door to commercial production in the Central Valley. For a fruit that commends upwards of $10/lbs on the Japanese market, this is a far better investement than stone fruits.
The following thread was started by Axel on August 17, 2005 at 7:44 am PST
Here is a closeup of some of the rather bumpy "white?" fruits.
The above followup was added by Axel on August 17, 2005 at 7:45 am PST.
A couple flowers
There are a few flowers still on the tree.
But for the most part, it opens all of its flowers in May.... then thats it for the year.
As for the taste of fruit.... In my opinion they are a little sweeter than I like. But certainly better than store bought fruit... and much less expensive!
I'll have to bring you over a couple when they ripen in Oct.
The above followup was added by Jeff on August 17, 2005 at 8:03 am PST.
Heh, nice pics!
This is very ... hmm .. inspiring.
Is it what Bay area is lack of for Cherimoya - heat?
It looks like there are many other plants planted next to Cherimoya, so competing for resources is not an issue.
If I move from Fremont to Morgan Hill, I might be able to grow a 15 ft Cherimoya tree?
Jeff, where did you buy your Cherimoya tree from again?
The above followup was added by Nancy on August 17, 2005 at 8:29 am PST.
What size fruit do growers have right now?
My largest fruit are slightly larger than a golf ball and finally are putting on volume fast. They are bumpy also like Jeffs. Northridge is just 1 to 2F cooler than Modesto (hot).
The above followup was added by don on August 17, 2005 at 9:39 am PST.
Also, I don't have any flowers left either.
All my flowers were in May and June also. Maybe 1 or 2 straglers here and there in July.
The above followup was added by don on August 17, 2005 at 9:44 am PST.
My Booth is still blooming, fruits are the size of rasberries. Doesn't sound like it will stop blooming anytime soon. Bloom peak was in July.
My Fino De Jete is done blooming. Fruits are the size of marbles and swelling fast.
My guess is "White" is earlier than Fino De Jete. Unless it's really the cool temperatures here.
The above followup was added by Axel on August 17, 2005 at 10:41 am PST.
Does Cherimoya need a polenator?
My brother in law has not had any fruit and has requested that I pick him up a second tree. Of course I am going to get him the second tree(think extra fruit for the sister and her family)but, is it really needed? I have no idea of his veritial type, seems to me we should be asking for seeds from Jeffs fruit.
The above followup was added by Gregory Cushing on August 17, 2005 at 10:52 am PST.
Jeff's tree is "White"
Jeff's tree is a "White". They used to be commercially available. Don't know if they still are.
I think a lot of the speed at which cherimoyas ripen does have to do with heat. Check out the temperature forecast for today. I've compared Watsonville with Northridge with Modesto.
Seems Modesto and Northridge are almost identical. However, Jeff's fruits are still way ahead of Don's fruits.
The above followup was added by Axel on August 17, 2005 at 11:13 am PST.
Size and heat
If the temps i chart hold true, then we are considerably warmer than Northridge... that 5 to 7 degrees may make a difference, especially when the fruit are just setting.
Most of my fruit are the size of an apple right now.
What amazes me is that It set any fruit, considering how hot we have been. It was my impression that Cherimoyas need cool nights. Our average lows over the past month and a half have been very warm... near 70f. Even during this past weeks' 2 day cool down, we had midnight temps of 70f and lows about 61f.
The above followup was added by Jeff on August 17, 2005 at 12:16 am PST.
Yahoo weather claims Northridge hooter than Modesto!!!
I was surprised several weeks ago to note Yahoo weather records claim Northridge average high is 96/92F for Aug/Sept while Modesto is 92/88F. Also, they say Northridge avg low is 38F in Dec while Modesto is 39F. I've been in Northridge 8 years and have never seen any frost damage anywhere around here. Since you guys are supposedly warmer than here in Winter, I don't know why you worry so much about frost. Somethings not right here.
The above followup was added by don on August 17, 2005 at 1:39 pm PST.
Gotta wonder 'bout all those statistics.
I have seen so many differnt ones for Modesto... I don't pay much attention to them.
Best to put a couple good thermometers in your yard and be your own judge.
Based on my records, Modesto ( My yard ) has an average high in August/ July of 95f and a low of 63f.
As far as winter average lows... ours is about 39f... but we get a frost free year only about once every 10 years.
The above followup was added by Jeff on August 17, 2005 at 2:22 pm PST.
Size of fruit, heat tolerance
I think what is in the literature about cherimoyas is incorrect. "Lost Crops of the Incas" rates cherimoyas as "declining" once temperatures reach above 30C/83F. Perhaps this holds true when talking about "tropical heat", but it certainly doesn't hold from what I've seen around California.
A 30F degree diurnal shift is definitely ideal even if the lower end is 61-70F. I've seen cherimoyas grow in Hawaii at sea level, nights there are cool 68-75F. However, in Florida, cherimoyas don't do well at all - well, at least from what I heard.
The only Andean highland fruit that I think you would have trouble with in Modesto's Summers is the curuba, e.g. tacsonia based passion fruits. These require cool conditions and would not do very well. But even there there are subspecies from lower elevations that would get by with the heat.
Anyhow, given that you've not succeeded with cherimoyas in the past, yet you finally succeeded when you planted a "white" variety suggests that the "white" is vigorous enough to widstand Northern California conditions. "White" is the only one I don't have. I started with "Booth", which is notorious for being a late variety, and it's apparently not very vigorous. I have 3 year old "White" seedlings that are already bigger than my 10 year old "booth" plants.
I doubt I will ever have cherimoyas the size of apples in mid-August even on a "White" tree here. My cherimoyas don't go into full bloom until mid-June, a full month behind Modesto. However, we'll have to see what September brings.
I have to say, there is a large variation with cherimoyas that shouldn't be ignored.
The above followup was added by Axel on August 17, 2005 at 2:52 pm PST.
jeff has magic
Everything I have heard or read about cherimoya is that does poorly in very hot conditions and survives only to 25f. for a large tree. The central valley of California where Jeff lives is having one of the hottest summers ever. It is either magic ha;ha; or something else. Keep up the good work Jeff.
The above followup was added by william in merced co. on August 17, 2005 at 3:17 pm PST.
Yeah, I am begining to wonder about that :)
Well, I did see the tree, it's simply phenomenal, one of the healthiest and largest specimens I've seen in all of Northern California. It's bigger than many I've seen in Southern California.
The only other healthy cherimoya I've seen up here besides my own is the one by Gene Lester's place. His neighbor has a healthy "white" growing that makes delicious fruit.
The above followup was added by Axel on August 17, 2005 at 4:23 pm PST.
But Wait!!!
Didn't we go through all of this before? Tom posted a great article a while back about cherimoyas. The results were:
Heat tolerance - White
Has the one heat tolerance gene observed in testing.
Cold tolerance - Chaffey
Has three cold tolerance genes that were observed in testing.
So clearly, white is obviously a good choice for Modesto.
Now what would be useful for us in the Bay Area would be genes linked to cool tolerance - a gene tied to the most vigorous growth in the 50-65F temperature range. My guess is that White would have such a gene.
White is not cold tolerant, e.g. it will probably get significant damage in a severe freeze like the one of 1998.
Cherimoya heat
I suffer even more summer heat than Jeff, It doesn't bother the tree at all. Even relatively young trees thrive in the scorching sun. Fruit is another matter, have to wait and see.
If growth rate is any indication, they outgrow my Atemoya easily. Atemoya fruits without a problem.
The above followup was added by Grant on August 17, 2005 at 9:39 pm PST.
Mine are White and Fino De Jete
The above followup was added by Grant on August 17, 2005 at 9:43 pm PST.
The Cherimoya Rules...
Another Modesto mystery? Perhaps...My two cents:
First, the heat of the Central Valley of California in my opinion tends to help plants grow faster and fuller. That includes a lot of plants, not just subtropicals. This is the general principle of greenhouses. Growers take advantage of this principle every day.
Second, upon examining Jeff's soil there in Modesto and corresponding with other Central Valley residents, it now seems clear that the sandy loam soil of the Central Valley is just darned good soil for growing plants, not just subtropicals.
These two points might help to explain why the Central Valley of California is perhaps the most agriculturally productive spot on the planet. So...on one level, a tip of the hat to the Central Valley and its potential to really grow great stuff. Let us hope that some of its agriculture (preferably organic) remains after all the developers have their way with the land, and greed produces more ticky tack stuff.
With respect to Cherimoyas specifically, first off, the conventional wisdom is that they do not like heat, and as such, how could they like it in the Central Valley during the summer? I think this assumption is largely wrong. I have not seen anything in any of my Cherimoya experiences or observations which suggests that they suffer under the heat. They seem to like the heat of California at least!
Truly, the summer time temperatures in parts of Southern California are not that different from Modesto, and Cherimoyas are growing just fine in Southern California. I recall walking through a grove of perhaps 20 towering Cherimoyas, taller than Jeff's, down in Southern California in a very hot and dry area.
The example of Florida having trouble growing Cherimoyas is cited, which is true, but it is not, in fact, even an absolute rule. There are Cherimoyas which grow and fruit in Florida. If you would like, I can dig up the names of the cultivar or cultivars. But continuing the comparison, for better or worse, Florida is both hot and humid. I do not think, the Central Valley's climate is quite this way. There is little humidity, and this might explain some of the differences in growing experiences.
As best I can tell, the Cherimoya is a fruit tree that many have suggested they have a deep knowledge of, but in fact, their knowledge is very anecdotal. Within the San Francisco Bay Area, for example, I would question whether anyone should consider themselves an expert such that they can say this will not grow, or this will grow. There are too few people experimenting with Cherimoyas here, and too few data points. The so called rules of Cherimoyas...well...I don't even think we are even close to finishing the preface.
As far as fruit set, and timing, I have three Cherimoyas in essentially the same spot on the side of my house, and each one is different in this regard. The El Bumpo now has fruit on it the size of plums, and has been flowering and setting fruit continuously now for 4 months. It does not look like it will stop flowering until perhaps the first cold of the winter tells it to stop. The Nata seedling has also been setting fruit continuously but the fruit on it is only about the size of a raspberry. It too shows no sign of stopping with the flowering. (The Honeyheart has flowered modestly, but has yet to set any fruit.)
At any rate, neither the Nata nor the El Bumpo was hand pollinated. So...as I see it, these Cherimoyas are set to violate a number of conventional wisdom assumptions. First, you do not need to hand pollinate to set good amounts of fruit. Second, the fruit will likely be ready to eat early...in the fall, perhaps continously from October- December.
My sense of the Cherimoya is that it is essentially a strong tree that can really take off with growth when it is happy, and Jeff's heat, soil, regular water and regular fertilizer are really making his tree happy. As babies, I have seen them die of root rot. As babies, I have also seen them suffer from our cold northern California winters and drop leaves. As adults, however, they seem to gain considerable strength.
For what it is worth, Jeff will tell you...I think...that some of his first experiences with trying to grow Cherimoyas in Modesto ended in failure. In particular, the baby Cherimoyas died in the winter there. He persisted in his experiments, though, got his tree past the baby stage, and now look at the wonderful results.
Just how and when Cherimoyas decide they are going to flower is still a mystery to me, but I suspect that it is a combination of the cold of the winter, the timing of Spring's first week or so of sustained heat, and the chemical signals they have in the soil. It just might be that growing Cherimoyas in Northern California means that, on average, they will flower earlier than those in Southern California.
With respect to the known cultivars of Cherimoya, I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that these cultivars are a result of essentially incomplete work. Most of the cultivars out there have not been produced by growing out 100 seedlings and identifying the best one or two. That would take some real work. Instead, most of the cultivars seem to be the product of one person having a nice seedling, and thereafter, christening it a worthy cultivar. This is merit by anecdote not by study. Assuredly, the names are famous, and these cultivars widely planted, even in large scale commercial plantings, but who has really done the 10 year project on a huge planting of Cherimoya seedlings? I submit that much of the Cherimoya "wisdom" is actually a house of cards.
The above followup was added by Paul on August 17, 2005 at 11:57 pm PST.
Ok I don't get much heat but I do get days over 40c and on those days Cherimoyas are undisturbed when right next to them are floppy Avocado's and White Sapotes. So they can handle it plenty hot. Jeff's fruit do look more bumpy than my White but they also aren't near full size yet and do get less bumpy when they are closer to being mature. I wont reccomend White to anyone living outside the "desert:P" because in the middl e of Winter here it looks well trashed compared to all my other Cherimoyas, allways has allways will. It's just not as long term cool tollerent. Jeff's grows well I guess because his soil must be a neutral or high P.H and he looks after his trees (and has lots of heat both in the day or night, I don't believe there is anything special about the tree itself
The above followup was added by Jason on August 18, 2005 at 2:32 am PST.
Well said!
It's clear that a great deal of "gardening widsom" in California is just "incomplete". What's downright frustrating, though, is that our own organization, the CRFG, which is supposed to promote the cultivation of fruits outside of their usual range, contributes to the dissemination of information that encourages people not wanting to try.
I vote that the California Fruit Facts get rewritten. In fact, if the CRFG doesn't do it, I will re-publish the CRFG facts on the Cloudforest with plenty of careful edits reflecting our findings. Maybe we should publish Northern California versions of the "Fruit Facts".
With respect to what is known about cherimoyas today: I agree with Paul that cherimoyas seem most definitely undisturbed by heat in California. However, I would venture to say that they wouldn't grow well in the desert where lows are in the 90's and highs are in the 100's. I am sure some desperate lads will try them there, and who knows, maybe they will be successful.
I agree with Paul that the key is to get them to grow large enough. The central valley has the heat advantage that speeds up this process. We have to wait a little longer, that's all.
As far as getting fruit is concerned, the fruiting cycle will be very different depending on the microclimate where you live. I am at 500 feet elevation on the south side of the Santa Cruz mountains. I get heavy offshore winds in the Springtime with adiabatic heating that make it virtually impossible to get any self pollination. Call them "Springtime Santa Ana Winds" if you like. We usually see billowing marine clouds at the top of the mountains in April and May but the moisture evaporates with adiabatic heating as the same northerly marine layer pushes the air down the slopes of the Santa Cruz mountains.
The springtime winds suck, but who am I to complain, the same wind exposure I have keeps me frost free most of the Winter.
I don't get favorable "cherimoya self pollination" weather until we get the mid-August southern surges of marine air that cause drizzle and dense AM/PM fog. So my strategy has been to hand pollinate aggressively as soon as there is any flower open.
Anyhow, I agree with Paul that we know little about cherimoyas. Seedlings are so reliable that many South American orchards don't use any selected cultivars. Often, one person will just grow a seedling that turns out to be good. This suggests that there is a lot of room to make major improvements.
The three climate extremes we should be investigating are: heat (100F+ exposure), cold (Exposure below 32F), and cool (extended exposure to 50-60F range).
So lets see what happens.
The above followup was added by Axel on August 18, 2005 at 8:37 am PST.
Modesto has much more heat units
Based on what I know, Northridge tops out at around 2PM and Modesto keeps getting warmer until 5PM and stays warm until the late evening based on what Jeff has said.
That's a huge differrence in accumulated heat.
The above followup was added by Tom on August 18, 2005 at 3:15 pm PST.
Afternoon heat
Where I live it is very cold at 5pm, we peak around 3pm but it's usually cold untill midday. Even in the Summer it's getting close to the overnight low well before it's dark. I've talked to Jeff about this before regarding bananas and why they wont grow here. He said it was warm all night in Modesto in Summer. Still I've noticed my Lady Finger bananas have started to grow again and it's still Winter!!!! I've never seen such a thing before with my "Goldfingers" that could be fake goldfingers. So that gives me hope for bananas in the future
The above followup was added by Jason on August 20, 2005 at 2:41 am PST.
I agree with Tom
I think Northridge cools off faster than Modesto. Probably the opposite occurs in Winter where Northridge actually has a lower average low than Modesto but I have never seen any frost damage around here for years.
My cherimoyas seem very happy with this climate and are far less fussy than my avacados. I think our soil PH is moderately alkali and I would think Modesto soil would be also. Maybe they don't do well in Florida, not because of the humidity but because Florida's soils are highly acidic.
The above followup was added by don on August 20, 2005 at 11:44 am PST.
Acid soil
Don, my soil is very Acid, right down to 5-5.5 in places and I can grow Avocados like weeds, I do have some troubles with Cherimoyas but I'm getting closer
The above followup was added by Jason on August 20, 2005 at 11:33 pm PST.
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"She's waving hello and goodbye," Michelle told People. "She's saying da-da … Her outlook is so wonderful. It is a miracle."
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, the family was able to bring Josie home from the hospital in June, after spending the first six months of her life in the hospital due to being born premature. She was so small at her birth, she was classified as a micro-premie.
The child was originally cleared to come home in April, when, at four months old, she weighed 4 lbs., 9 oz., and was able to breathe on her own without oxygen machines – however, her homecoming was delayed when 12 of her siblings had come down with chicken pox.
Now that she's been home for several months and is adjusting to life in the Duggar house, mom Michelle said her littlest bundle of joy is doing well, although she still receives oxygen when she's sleeping.
"We call her our little pajama girl because she has to wear a certain kind of snap pajamas for the monitor wires," Michelle told People. "She is in 6-month-old clothes now, but we have some 9-month-old ones ready for her to grow into."
As far as her birthday, the entire family is thrilled to celebrate with Josie.
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African Famine
African Famine. Every day that. Projects. Education Our Projects in education include building new schools. There is a great need for school supplies. This school reopened after renovation with the support of our generous donors. Water. Villagers have to walk miles everyday to reach water. Health. Whether they are producing products made of staw such as floor mats. Consist of Sewing machine training, mechanical training, Woodworking, journalism and computer training. At times on. Generalization. Think we need to support African children and others. Thanks for attention ?
Dry well that needs to be repaired in Xamure Village, Somalia.
Our water projects consist of building new wells maintaining, and repairing existing wells.
This program will give grants to women to start a business. Many times we see widows and other women who have lost their only source of income begging in the streets. This program is intended to help these women become independent through training, grants and microloans.
I think we need to support African children and others. They didn't have schools, house, water, food... Think about those children who can't learn in the school, who didn't have any food . Many of them die. So in my opinion we need to DONATE.
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OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking into reports of the presence of Iron Cross Blister beetles in imported leafy vegetables.
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There have been no confirmed illnesses or injuries and the agency says it's rare that fresh produce harbours insects that can pose a threat to consumers.
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BAGHDAD - The strong political power Kurds enjoy in Iraq appears to be fomenting anger among Arab factions, a report said Friday.The Kurds, made up mostly of Sunnis, have built enormous political strength since the ouster of Saddam Hussein, staunchly backing the current Iraqi government and maintaining close ties with the United States, The New York Times said.But, efforts to seize control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and gain a bigger share of national revenues are reported antagonizing other factions and uniting most Sunnis and many Shiites with the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki against Kurdish demands."There's a strong feeling that the Kurds have overreached," Joost Hiltermann, a senior analyst for the Middle East at the International Crisis Group, told the Times.The United States, meanwhile, is going to have to choose between the long supported and protected Kurds and the Iraqi Arabs, whose government the Americans helped create, the report said.
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The Grafter's Handbook: 6th Edition by R.J. Garner
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The winter was awfully hard on your peach trees. The apple trees aren't looking very good, either, and your entire grape arbor could use some help.
Blame it on the weather, moisture, mice and rabbits or just old plants – but you're looking at a lot of replacement. Or can you save those trees, or that vineyard?
You can, with time and the information you'll learn in The Grafter's Handbook, the revised and updated edition by R.J. Garner.
Though it may seem like a human endeavor, nature was the first grafter. Many species are "particularly prone to natural grafting," especially along wounds and where branches are in constant contact. Climbing vines, uprooted trees, even soil erosion offer ripe areas for natural grafting. Garner says there are six major reasons why a gardener or horticulturist would want to graft plants: propagation, substitution of parts, joining plants for specific properties, repair, strengthening one plant with another and getting rid of problems. To do any of these, it helps to know about plant structure and growing behavior.
Once you understand how your stock plant will grow, you'll need to be sure the scion is compatible, botanically speaking. The easiest grafts are between plants that are the same, although grafts between "distantly-related plants" are also possible. This book, for instance, shows a potato-tomato chimera.
Cambial support is the other essential in successful grafting; that is, the inner layers – parts that sustain the plants – must be supported and united to one another until they grow together. A "generous and firm contact" and favorable conditions usually result in "an efficient union" and a successful graft.
There are nearly as many ways to achieve cambial support as there are to cut the scion and the stock to make the graft. Wire, plastic, rubber and raffia are a few of the materials that work for support. Scions can come from rootstock, buds, branches, roots or elsewhere and can be grafted to stock on nearly any of the above.
But, Garner, warns, be sure not to misuse grafting. It's a tool that can backfire in many different ways … First written in 1947 and last updated more than two decades ago, this new edition of The Grafter's Handbook has retained a lot of its original charm, with old black-and-white photographs and quaint language. Those trifles, however, won't matter much to gardeners and arborists who want solid how-to information.
Fortunately, this book has that. Though author R.J. Garner uses technical language that may have newbies running for the (included) glossary, The Grafter's Handbook is relatively easy to follow.
Garner works methodically through the steps and caveats, using line drawings, those old photographs and stories to support what he offers. He even gives readers a list of equipment to use, so the right tool is at hand.
Still, this is serious, heavy-duty stuff and what's inside may be a challenge to neophytes in both garden and grove. But for anyone who truly needs to learn grafting in order to save limb or livelihood, The Grafter's Handbook is pretty peachy.
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May 19, 2006
a lesson learnt in time
im numb. it's over. my mba is finished. i have nothing to live for no longer. i mean. i have nothing to do. man, im feeling weird. i mean... im not really feeling anything. hence the numbness. but the fact that i can feel that im numb is making me all weirdy and stuff... u know what i mean, right? remember when it was going to start? and three days after it had started? i recall a post i started with "14 days down, two more years to go" i wouldnt say the years have flown by, and that pata bhi nai chala... bohat pata chala hai... there were days that wouldnt end, there were days that wouldnt begin... there were days that went by as i stood there blinking... there were days where i saw my life pass me by, yet i didnt feel i was a part of it. i'm sure i made an active effort to forget everything i had learnt... or to not learn anything... i guess once i was in teh school, i had decided i wasnt there to learn... but only to kill time. i'd know how much time i was looking to kill, if i knew exactly where i wanted to be when... but until that was going to happen, i was going to hang around in airconditioned class rooms... tis over. i cant believe it. the mba is done. my reason for waking up to another meaningless day is gone. i feel like ive been robbed. im not kidding. but i guess i gotta grow up right? (WRONG!! NAH UNH BUDDY, THAT AINT HAPPENIN IN THIS LIFETIME) i guess all of this brings me back to the question of life, the universe and everything... or the answer of it... i dont know... im not too sure of what im thinking right now. the towel day is 6 days from now. guess who wont be celebrating it. ive made friends. ive lost some. ive learnt teh importance of family. ive learnt a lot about myself (the conclusion here was, i dont like me much). ive learnt here, taht nothing lasts forever. not people, not relationships. ive lost some of sunshine. most of my mojo. (not really, but i thought it would be a good line to put here) ive lost my happy-go-lucky streak. i know for a fact, ive become too cynical. and not in a nice way. u know that innate goodness of the human being i believed in? i dont anymore. now, a person is guilty until proven otherwise. and if anything, ive learnt to be all the things i despised in others. "tact, diplomacy, self-righteousness." perhaps it is too late in the day for me. i should go sleep. i should perhaps sleep my troubles away. or maybe it is just too late in life for me. ---------------------------------------------- somewhere in there, i had a good time too. im sure of it. i have pictures of me laughing. i have lots of pictures. too bad that is all that is left. it's over. somethings tells me, i dont think i really wanted it to end. forgive me if ive posted these lyrics before... but today, they hold a whole new meaning. Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist; directs you where to go. So make the best of this test and don't ask why. It's not a question but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life. So take the photographs and still frames in your mind. Hang it on a shelf In good health and good time. Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth, it was worth all the while. It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right. I hope you had the time of your life
May 18, 2006
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Four years after the success of the Baie du Cap Centre which was donated by Mr. Shardanand Sukky, a generous well-wisher of ISKCON, Mr. Sukky made another generous offer: the use of a beautiful, spacious building purposefully built as a preaching centre on Mosque Road, Rose-Belle. The Centre was opened on the 23rd of March 2002.
Sri Sri Nitai Sachinanda Gaura Sundar (Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda) are the presiding Deities of the Centre.
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Srimad-Bhagavatam class every Friday from 7 p.m to 10 p.m
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Main festivals are usually celebrated at the centre on the Sunday following the actual festival date
During the Easter and summer holidays there are spiritual activities for the children and youth
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Prior to the event, Rebecca Storey, press and media manager for York Theatre Royal commented on their commitment to "making theatre accessible for all", adding: "By installing a wheel chair lift in the De Greys Rooms everyone will be able to take part in our workshops and classes."
The Hairy Haggis Relay allows athletes of all abilities to take part in the Edinburgh Marathon by completing the 26.2-mile course as part of a four-person team. Artistic director, Damian Cruden ran the full distance, while eight other members of staff formed two teams that completed the relay.
To date, around £1,330 of the £10,000 target has been raised, and further events are planned throughout the year.
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Lyon are 1-0 up at home to Metz and labouring when a lofted pass from Nabil Fekir finds Yoann Gourcuff in space on the left-hand edge of the penalty area. He deftly brings the ball down and throws a step-over to unbalance Metz defender Jonathan Rivierez, only for a posse of four opponents to force him towards the corner flag. The opening appears to have closed up, but Gourcuff holds off Rivierez and manages to drill a low pass to Corentin Tolisso, who steadies himself before shooting into the bottom-left corner from 25 yards.
At first glance, the goal seems all Tolisso's own work, but it is the pace of Gourcuff's pass that creates the opportunity. Tolisso is too far from goal to shoot first-time, but Gourcuff knows that by fizzing the ball into his feet at speed, Metz's defence will be caught off-guard and the young midfielder, an accomplished striker of the ball, will have time to pick his spot.
Though incidental, the assist bore all Gourcuff's hallmarks, showcasing as it did his sensitivity to the precise technical requirements of each on-pitch situation. Every action he performs seems delicately calibrated, from the deliberate way he paces backwards before taking set-pieces to his habit of bobbing on his toes at the start of his run-up and the exaggerated follow-through when he strikes the ball. Sadly for Gourcuff, and for Lyon, he is also uniquely sensitive to the condition of his body.
Tactics: Ligue 1's leading lights find diamonds in the rough
Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco may have stockpiled all the money in Ligue 1, but the playing fields of the French top flight have been awash with diamonds this season.
Over the past few months, a 4-4-2 formation with a midfield diamond – known as a milieu en losange in France – has become the must-have tactical system for the league's leading teams, with Lille, Monaco and Lyon successively enjoying improved fortunes after adopting the tactic and Marseille potentially poised to follow suit.
Lille were the pioneers, with coach René Girard installing the system within weeks of his arrival from Montpellier during the summer. Having initially declared an intention to persist with the 4-3-3 formation favoured by his predecessor, Rudi Garcia, he jettisoned the tactic after only 45 minutes of the club's first friendly match, a 3-2 win over Dijon in July.
The system he introduced was designed to get the best out of Marvin Martin, who operates in the number 10 role ahead of a three-man midfield. Once seen as France's answer to Xavi, he endured a disappointing debut season after signing from Sochaux but has spoken positively of the "freedom" afforded him in the new system. It is a set-up with which the 26-year-old is familiar, having come to prominence at Sochaux by supplying the bullets for Brown Ideye and Modibo Maiga as the club from eastern France recorded a surprise fifth-place finish under Francis Gillot in 2011.
Floundering Gourcuff handed unlikely France reprieve
From the outside, the striking thing was the fact that it was headline news at all. Gourcuff named in France squad. Yoann Gourcuff, heir apparent to Zinedine Zidane, darling of Bordeaux's 2009 title-winning side, was this week selected in Laurent Blanc's preliminary squad for Euro 2012. And it was the biggest story in town.
Anticipation of the squad announcement had centred on whether or not Gourcuff would get the call, at the end of a season in which injuries and poor form have restricted him to just 13 league appearances for Lyon, culminating in a sending-off for violent conduct against Ajaccio on Sunday. "It's not anecdotal," said Blanc of the red card, which Gourcuff received for an off-the-ball altercation with Ajaccio's Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi. "It proves that the boy isn't in top form, both physically and mentally."
Gourcuff's inclusion in the 26-man squad therefore came as something of a surprise, but how has a player for whom such a bright future was predicted fallen so far?
Blanc's France still searching for an identity
For a team protecting an unbeaten record that now stretches to 543 days, France will approach Wednesday night's friendly against Germany in Bremen with a surprising degree of uncertainty.
Since going down 1-0 at home to Belarus in Laurent Blanc's first competitive game in charge in September 2010, France have qualified for Euro 2012 – without recourse to the play-offs – and enjoyed friendly wins over England, Brazil and the United States (as well as some forgettable draws against Croatia, Chile and Belgium).
Viewed from the outside, and against a backdrop of the self-inflicted humiliation of the 2010 World Cup, Les Bleus are turning things around. Bubbling beneath the statistics, however, are a multitude of concerns about the team's style of play and a lack of both experience and leadership within the squad, while an ongoing contract dispute between Blanc and French Football Federation president Noël Le Graët suggests Blanc's employers remain to be convinced by the direction the team is taking.
Blanc pledged to introduced panache and risk-taking to France's football following his appointment in the aftermath of the infamous Knysna training ground mutiny, but although France have become solid and difficult to beat, their play has not captured the imagination since the first game of their current 17-match unbeaten run – a 2-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in Sarajevo that came four days after the setback against Belarus.
Then, a team anchored by a midfield pairing of Yann M'Vila and Alou Diarra, driven forward by the lolloping raids of Abou Diaby and centred around the new-found efficacy of Karim Benzema had hinted at a glorious future for Blanc's France. Now, although Benzema has gone from strength to strength at Real Madrid, the team has lost its way.
Top ten Ligue 1 transfer targets
Ligue 1 has proved a fertile hunting ground for Premier League sides in recent years – not least for Newcastle United – and as the January transfer window opens, several names from the French top flight find themselves linked with clubs from the English elite. Football Further runs the rule over the players making the headlines and identifies which of them are likely to be on the move.
1. Eden Hazard (Lille)
Unless unforeseen misfortune befalls him, Hazard will leave Lille this year and, when he does so, he will join one of Europe's most famous clubs, but he is unlikely to depart this month. Rudi Garcia's side may have gone into the winter break four points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain, but their performance in the 0-0 draw at Parc des Princes on December 18 proved that they are PSG's equal and they remain the most cohesive outfit in the division. With their title defence on track and no European distractions to contend with in the second half of the campaign, Lille will not yield Hazard in January unless they receive an astronomical bid. The player himself is in no hurry.
2. Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon)
Mention of Gourcuff's name in the United Kingdom tends to conjure up memories of the match-winning performances and magisterial goals that characterised his performances in Bordeaux's 2008-09 title-winning campaign, but Ligue 1 observers will attest that that player has not been seen for the best part of two years. An exhausted bystander as Bordeaux's title defence crumbled in the second half of the 2009-10 season, Gourcuff endured a wretched World Cup and has failed to settle since joining Lyon in a €22 million deal in August 2010. Lyon are looking to recoup as much of his original transfer fee as possible but, despite rumours of a €12 million offer from Zenit Saint-Petersburg, a loan switch looks more probable. Arsène Wenger is a known admirer but, as he admitted recently, even with Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby injured, Arsenal are well stocked in the centre of the pitch.
Report: Cole on target as Lille fightback floors Lyon
"PARIS — Joe Cole capped a Lille fightback with the third goal in a 3-1 defeat of Lyon on Sunday that allowed the defending champions to steal a march on their rivals in the nascent Ligue 1 title race."
To read my AFP round-up of the weekend's Ligue 1 action, click here.
La semaine en France: Week 32
A bite-size round-up of the week's events in French football, for anyone who wants to keep up with what's happening in Ligue 1 but hasn't got the time (or the French) to do so.
Ligue 1
With an inevitably that feels like it has been building for about two months, Marseille returned to the Ligue 1 summit after a 4-2 win at Mediterranean neighbours Nice on Wednesday night.
Lille's 1-1 draw at Lorient last Sunday – a magnificent game of football – had given the champions an opportunity to sneak to the top of the pile that they duly took, thanks to a hat-trick from André Ayew and a first league goal of the season for his younger sibling, Jordan. Four days on from their victory over Montpellier in the Coupe de la Ligue final, Marseille are exactly where they were at this stage last season – top of the table with a trophy in the bag and the finishing line in sight. Lille's hopes of overhauling the leaders may well depend on Lyon's ability to do them a favour when they host OM on May 8.
Lyon galvanised their grip on third place with a 3-2 defeat of Montpellier. Claude Puel reacted to Souleymane Camara's 84th-minute equaliser for Montpellier by sending on Yoann Gourcuff in place of Bafétimbi Gomis, much to the disgust of Lisandro López, but three minutes later the Argentine headed down a high ball for Gourcuff to slam home his most important goal to date in Lyon's colours.
OL are now three points above Paris Saint-Germain in the battle for the last Champions League place after a truly wretched performance from reserve goalkeeper Apoula Edel saw PSG held to a 2-2 draw at Brest. Rennes are without a win in six matches after going down 1-0 at Monaco, who leapt up to 15th place. Marseille's Coupe de la Ligue win means the team that finishes sixth will now qualify for next season's Europa League and Bordeaux moved into pole position with an impressive 2-0 victory over Saint-Etienne that suggests their season might not be over just yet.
Ligue 1 results
Sunday: Auxerre 1-1 Lens, Bordeaux 2-0 Saint-Etienne, Brest 2-2 PSG, Caen 1-1 Toulouse, Monaco 1-0 Rennes, Nancy 0-0 Arles-Avignon, Valenciennes 1-1 Sochaux, Lorient 1-1 Lille; Wednesday: Lyon 3-2 Montpellier, Marseille 4-2 Nice
La semaine en France: Week 28
A bite-size round-up of the week's events in French football, for anyone who wants to keep up with what's happening in Ligue 1 but hasn't got the time (or the French) to do so.
Ligue 1
And then there were four. After defeat at Auxerre and a draw at home to Montpellier, Paris Saint-Germain's 2-1 loss at Marseille in last Sunday's 'clasico' effectively ended their hopes of pipping Lille to this season's title.
A lively encounter at Stade Vélodrome saw OM prevail through a header from the irrepressible André Ayew, after Gabriel Heinze's 16th-minute free-kick had been cancelled out by Clément Chantôme. It left PSG 10 points behind Lille and five points below the Champions League places. PSG's fatigue was plain to see during a second half in which they never quite managed to put Marseille under pressure and Antoine Kombouaré was quick to point out that it had been their 11th game in five weeks. Worryingly for the Coupe de France semi-finalists, the last five of those have all ended in defeat.
With 10 games to go, Lille are four points clear of second-placed Marseille after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Brest. Their new-found ability to grind out results, as opposed to blasting teams off the pitch like they did in December and January, only strengthens the conviction that the leaders are not about to collapse with the finishing line in sight.
An 87th-minute header from Kévin Théophile-Catherine earned Rennes a 1-1 draw at Lyon that left the visitors third and the hosts fourth. Lyon are now six points off the pace and Théophile-Catherine's goal could have far-reaching ramifications for the 2002-2008 champions, with Monday's L'Équipe openly speculating that this season will be Claude Puel's last.
Lens stunned Montpellier 4-1 at Stade de la Mosson but remain second-bottom, four points from safety. Monaco, one place higher, are also in serious peril of sliding into Ligue 2 after a 1-0 defeat at home to Nancy left them three points beneath 17th-placed Auxerre.
Ligue 1 results
Saturday: Auxerre 2-0 Sochaux, Brest 1-2 Lille, Lorient 0-0 Saint-Etienne, Montpellier 1-4 Lens, Toulouse 1-1 Nice, Valenciennes 2-2 Bordeaux, Lyon 1-1 Rennes; Sunday: Caen 2-0 Arles-Avignon, Monaco 0-1 Nancy, Marseille 2-1 PSG
Tactics: French sides flock to worship at altar of 4-2-3-1
A peculiar tactical phenomenon has been witnessed in France in recent months. In a microcosm of global trends that have shaped the game over the course of the last decade or so, Ligue 1's top sides have all – without exception – begun to ditch their preferred formations in favour of a 4-2-3-1.
Marseille, whose title and Coupe de la Ligue successes last season were founded on a pragmatic 4-3-3 shape, were the first team to make the switch. For the crucial Champions League group game at Spartak Moscow in November, Mathieu Valbuena was moved infield from the right flank and allowed to adopt the central playmaking role that he covets. Didier Deschamps wanted to capitalise on the fact that Valbuena "is very accurate with his shooting" and the France international proved as much in the 18th minute when he put OM ahead with a precise, curling effort into the top-right corner. Marseille went on to win 3-0, in what was their most coherent performance of the season to date, and their 4-2-3-1 continues to emerge for high-pressure encounters, such as Sunday's 2-1 defeat of Paris Saint-Germain.
Another team synonymous with the 4-3-3 in recent years has been Lyon. Towards the end of the first half in their 4-1 win at Saint-Etienne last month, however, Yoann Gourcuff was allowed to advance a little further forwards and occupy the role of the classic number 10 that was his at Bordeaux. With Jérémy Toulalan and Kim Källström retreating into deep, central positions, it meant Lyon were playing a 4-2-3-1 and Claude Puel reflected that it gave the team "a certain balance".
The switch brought the best out of Lisandro López, moved to the left flank in support of central striker Bafétimbi Gomis, in much the same way that André-Pierre Gignac's best form for Marseille has coincided with the times when he has played from the left in support of Brandão. Occasionally isolated when used as lone strikers, both López and Gignac appear to relish seeing more of the ball and both men are particularly adept at cutting inside and shooting at goal with their stronger right feet.
French football quotes of the year 2010
The World Cup
"As I'm an optimistic person, I'm going to say that I have a 100 per cent chance [of going to the World Cup]."
– Pride comes before a fall for Patrick Vieira
"I read the letter. I don't think the players wrote it. It was typed out on a computer and there were no spelling mistakes."
– French Football Federation general secretary Henri Monteil lets the world know exactly what he thinks about the intellect of the average footballer after reading the statement released by the France squad explaining their training boycott
"Go on Yoann, you'll be alone on the pitch. Everyone will see you and you'll be a media star."
– What Franck Ribéry allegedly (emphasis on the allegedly) told Yoann Gourcuff on the France team bus after he threatened to break the training strike
"He sullied my name without trying to find out what happened. Lilian thinks he's the new coach, the president of the federation and the president of the [French] Republic… Walking around with books on slavery in glasses and a hat does not turn you into Malcolm X."
– Patrice Evra on Lilian Thuram, after the France 1998 stalwart called for him to be banned from the national side for life
"They're real clowns, these people. I'm dying with laughter!"
– Nicolas Anelka pours scorn on the unprecedented 18-match international ban handed to him by the FFF
"You should see him in the changing room: he sings French rap. He's even learnt the song the Bordeaux fans chant to wind me up: 'Oh, Diawara, go fuck yourself/You have got no loyalty!'"
– Souleymane Diawara on Lucho González's successful integration in the Marseille changing room
"The baguette. It's amazing how good it is, the baguette."
– Lyon's Argentine attacking midfielder César Delgado, when asked what he would remember most fondly from his time in France
"Steve makes me laugh with his fake Marseille accent. A black guy from Normandy with a Marseille accent – it sounds wrong to be honest!"
– Guillaume Hoarau upbraids former Le Havre team-mate Steve Mandanda for his efforts to blend in at Marseille
"We don't talk. We played one year at Arsenal without talking. There were other people who didn't talk to him either. The collective cause was more important, though, and we got on with things."
– Samir Nasri lifts the lid on his (non-)relationship with former Arsenal team-mate William Gallas


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Dr. A.Celestine Raj Manohar M.D.,
God's Great Love For Man - Poem by Dr. A.Celestine Raj Manohar M.D.,
God's love is immense, eternal
God's love is unfathomable
God's love is incomparable
God's love is truly real.
God permits us to have our way,
Awaiting lovingly that day,
When we repent, return and say,
'I'm sorry Lord, and keep His way!
Our Father is so compassionate
Our Father is so considerate
Our Father is so desperate
To have back son, daughter at any rate.
Our Father yearns to have us back
He knows our needs, weaknesses, lack
He is not angered by our faults
To show His wrath, He always halts
His heart burns with great love admirable
His love for men is unimaginable
His love for man isn't understandable
His forgiveness is ample and stable
By our sins, Father's home, we leave by choice
Through repentance, we come back to rejoice
Our trespasses become a maze and haze
God's forgiveness sets right our heavenly gaze
At times, we're sons, daughters prodigal
And leave our Father's home to have our way
Life's strife teaches lessons- a miracle
That brings us back to Him better, some day
Our sinfulness removes us from our Fathers love
Our desires, ambitions cuts us from heaven above
But not for long, we learn that life's so deceitful
Our conscience tells, 'go back to Father beautiful! '
The wealth we got by force cannot last long
And gets sold, frittered away for a song
Our friends depart to leave us again lone
The lack of food, filth make us skin and bone
Our Father dreams His son will come, return
He stands each day ready to meet his son
Who did not come for days and years on end
The Father's certain son will make amend
Sometimes we fail to take God's road with zest
We try to walk our lane we think is best
We turn to be akin birds leaving nest
But do come back to God to forev'r rest.
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The public is invited to attend an event to raise money for the Joshua Epperson Memorial Fund-Raiser at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Bethel Fields, behind Hill Intermediate School in Bethel.
Josh was killed May 28 when a beam fell on him at a construction site. Josh was a member of the Killer Bees, a Knothole baseball team.
The Killer Bees will play the Bethel Pride under the lights at 8:30 p.m. that evening. The Bethel Boosters have pledged to match all money raised from this event, which will feature a raffle of many items, including event passes, restaurant gift certificates, and much more.
All money from concessions sold at the game also will be donated. Anyone unable to attend the event but wishing to help may send a donation to the Joshua Epperson Memorial Fund, care of Fifth Third Bank, 1196 Ohio Pike, Amelia, Ohio 45102.
For more information, contact either Bethel Pride Coach Ed Coates at 734-3120 or Killer Bees Coach Jeff Brown at 943-1669.


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San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. on Tuesday logged its highest fourth-quarter earnings per share since 2005, as profit more than doubled because of higher margins in all areas where the company does business.
Valero's fourth-quarter profit jumped to $1 billion, or $1.82 a share, compared with profit of $45 million, or 8 cents a share, for the year-earlier period.
The results exceeded analysts' estimates, as polled by Bloomberg News, that Valero would earn $1.20 a share in the quarter.
"This was Valero's best fourth-quarter earnings per share since 2005, and we made important progress on our strategic goals," Valero CEO Bill Klesse said in a statement.
Valero's stock rose to $42.06 a share on the news, up $3.25 a share, or more than 8 percent, in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Read more: Carbon capture project at Valero refinery launches
Independent refiner Valero attributed higher margins in the quarter to more significant discounts for various types of crude oils it processes to make refined fuels.
Klesse noted that in the fourth quarter, the company ceased importing light foreign crude oil, replacing it with cheaper domestic crude at its refineries on the Gulf Coast and in Memphis.
"Since we expect U.S. and Canadian crude oils to become increasingly more available, we are pursuing options to process additional volumes of these cost-advantaged crudes throughout our refining system," Klesse said.
In a note to clients, Roger Read, senior analyst at Wells Fargo Securities LLC, said Valero's plans to move more Canadian and inland crudes through its refining system "should have a favorable effect" on the company's margins and costs.
For the year ending Dec. 31, Valero's profit fell slightly to $2.08 billion, or $3.75 a share, compared with profit of $2.09 billion, or $3.68 a share. Included in the full-year results were noncash asset impairment losses of $983 million after taxes, or $1.77 a share, and severance expense of $41 million after taxes, or 7 cents a share, mainly related to the shutdown of the company's Aruba refinery.


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Hey peeps , as promised I am back with the first epi of EK DUJE KE VAASTE… each and every epi will be long enough ?
So let's start
Scene 1
A room is shown with some piled books and some frames hanging on the wall ….the photos consist of a boy and a girl …. there is a huge cot in the middle of the room and a young girl is sitting on the bed with two frames in her hand , one shows her parents and the other shows an young boy who is similar to the one on the hanging frames ?
Everyone is right , the girl is our sumo and the boy Shravan ?
Zindagi kaha kaha se guzarti chali gayi plays in the bg
Sumo weeps bitterly looking at those photos ……
Her smartphone rings and she picks it up to hear a female voice on the other end ….
"sumo, tum aaj PCT nahi aa rahi kya ??
Sumo: 5 min me nikal jaungi… preeta
sumo dresses up wipes her tears and whispers to herself
" sumo, tum bhi na ?, just forget him , he's never gonnna be yours …..
she quickly walks out of her room and enters an other room where an old man is rocking on his chair…
She quickly takes his blessings and says "nanu me pct jaa rahi hu"
She quickly grabs her car key and moves out of that huge building …
Scene 2
A man in his 50's is roaming around his room , he looks as if he is struck in some dilemma…
he whispers to himself
" ahh !! I am not getting any ideas , my son is gonna return from London after 10 long years and what arrangements should I do ??
Something fascinating, something unique ??? Aarrgh!!! "
He is Ramnath for sure?
A lady enters the room and says
" ram don't take any tension , let's get some cool ideas but before that you also need to understand that we have a very big work remaining ?"
She is Nirmala ?
Ramanath asks " what work " in a confusing tone ….
She replies "don't you remember, my cousin's daughter Urvashi , she is such a disciplined girl and I always wanted her to be my daughters in law, so what if we arrange the engagement right on the day when Shravan arrives from London "
Ramnath replies " Nirmala have you lost your mind? Shravan doesn't even know who Urvashi is ….
Nirmala says " oh come on Ramnath , I am sure Shravan will like Urvashi . After all I am his mother ?"
Ramnath says " no there is someone who knows him better than you "
( guess who ?)
He walks away in a confused state ?
Scene 3
( Ramnath- Aditya converse )
Ramnath sits on the couch and calls various people for some arrangements , he feels a jerk on his hand , he finds Aditya beside him …
Aditya: ram uncle , why don't you ask Suman di about this kind of celebrations ?, she knows a lot of things about Shravan ?
Ramnath pats Aditya' back and leaves to Tiwari killa ….
Scene 4
It's evening and sumo finishes some of her works and leaves back to Tiwari killa….
Scene 5
Ramnath enters Tiwari killa and has a little chat with sumo's nanu
Note: Ramnath and Tiwari ji don't have any direct relationship, Ramnath still shares his problems with Tiwari ji ?
Sumo enters and is in awe to find ram , she takes his blessings and has a little chat with him …
Ramnath : sumo , I know that you know Shravan very well and he is your best friend hence will you do me a kind favour?? Will you please help me out with arranging Shravan's party , he is gonna be back , day after tomorrow ?
Sumo was hesitant at first but Ramnath spoke up
Ramnath : see Suman , all you need to do is share what Shravan likes the most , his interests and other stuff about him so that I will do the arrangements according to that .
Suman wasn't interested at this because first of all she wanted to forget Shravan and if she will help ram than she was scared whether those memories would affect her further ….
Suman : actually uncle , I have got a lot of work , so can I talk about this tomorrow ??
Ramnath felt that Suman wasn't interested at this and hence he said
" okay Suman , I'll take care of it by myself but do tell me if you have got some ideas …
Suman nodded her head and rushed back to her room and latched the door , she bent down on her knees and cried hugging those pictures of shravan and later she dozed offf …..?
"Jaake zara usse bol do
Chahta jisse tu raha
Kahi teri khamoshiyan
Jeet na jaye pyaar se
Mil Jane do dil jo bane
Ek duje Ke vaaste "
Next Sunday:
Precap : Suman goes to Malhotra mansion and helps Ramnath , Nirmala forces Ramnath to talk to Shravan regarding Urvashi , Ramnath seeks help from Tiwari ji
Sumo hears something and is heart broken ??
Hey guys , this was the first epi ,feel free to express your views , will come back with an other interesting episode next Sunday or even before that if I can ?..


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When it comes to the 2014 legislative elections, I have divided loyalties.
One the one hand, the current DFL-controlled Legislature has delivered a lot of very good things for ordinary Minnesotans. Compared to the previous GOP-controlled Legislature, the DFL-controlled Legislature has delivered a healthier economy, budget surpluses, more tax fairness, marriage equality, job-creating infrastructure improvement projects, paid back schools, all-day kindergarten, early education scholarships and a long overdue increase in the minimum wage, among other things.
In the most recently concluded session, they even had the earliest adjournment in thirty years, a mark of impressive democratic efficiency. I look at that record and conclude that the DFL Legislature and Governor deserve to be rehired in the upcoming elections.
On the other hand, as a blogger interested in the absurd side of politics, I'm pulled mightily in the opposite direction. Because when it comes to generating a steady stream of blog-worthy absurdity, nothing beats the modern Tea Party-backed Republican Party. After all, the last time the Republicans controlled the Minnesota Legislature they:
- Marriage Hypocrisy. Piously pretended to "protect marriage" by day while it destroyed marriages by night;
- Job Creation Duplicity. Claimed they were singularly focused on "jobs, jobs, jobs," but refused to fund capital investment projects that would have created thousands of jobs;
- No Separation Between Church and Hate. Found a way to make even the daily ecumenical prayer controversial and divisive;
- Confederate Envy. Proposed to create a state currency and allow nullification of federal laws, which may not be what Abe Lincoln had in mind for the party he founded;
- Hallway Robbery. To avoid balancing the budget, raided Minnesota kids' schools budget like it was their personal ATM machine;
- Shutdown Sanctimony. Wasted millions shutting down state government, while lecturing DFLers about how they alone know how to make government operate efficiently;
- Dehumanizing Kids. Warned that supplying food stamps to Minnesota's most vulnerable children is just as inadvisable as feeding wild animals; and
- Role Modeling Fiscal Responsibility. Lectured DFlers about not spending more than they are taking in, even after the Republican Party stopped paying its bills…because it spent more than it took in.
I get tears of joy just thinking about it. I was never in need of blog topics in those days. Minnesota's last GOP-controlled Legislature gave us the golden age of political comedy, and I will forever be grateful to them for that. Memories, misty water-colored memories.
While a historically low 17% of Minnesotans approved of the GOP-controlled Legislature that was drummed out of office in 2012, Wry Wing Politics has sorely missed having the likes Mary Fransen, Steve Drazkowski, Mark Buesgens, Tom Emmer, Curt Bills, Kurt Zellers, Dave Thompson, Amy Koch and others in positions of authority, where they had more opportunities to say and do ridiculous things.
The topic-hungry blogger in me pines for the hot mess of a Legislature that Teapublicans built. But deep down the responsible citizen in me knows that I need to vote to bring back the DFL's brand of colorless competence. Sigh.
– Loveland
Note: This post was featured as a "best of the best" in MinnPost's Blog Cabin.