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Blogworld, I seek your generous assistance in the comments section. I need help in learning something about human interaction, introverts and college relationships. You are in for a long story, comprising of three characters (self included). Spoiler alert: includes my secrets to a successful relationship, unparalleled matchmaking skills and a guide to mathematical/engineering terminology.
Specimen A: The central antagonist is this guy who has been friends with me for about a year or so. We share several classes and have grown closer over time. He speaks an average of 5 words an hour and is not exactly the most articulate of speakers. He is often (painfully) awkward and the multiple pauses in conversations almost always makes me overcompensate. But I make him laugh and he likes poking fun at me, at my clumsiness and at my miscellaneous struggles with life, door handles and plastic bottle caps.
A has had a huge crush on the next important character in our story, whom we shall label B.
Specimen B: is a sweetheart. I met her when A was talking to her and couldn't hide
his embarrassment himself fast enough from the approaching me. B and I ended up being close independently of A, though we talked about him often. When A was still worshiping the ground B walked on, she was in a relationship with someone else. Therefore it took me months of encouragement to get him to cough up his feelings so that he could move on with her (and I would be spared the cheesy background narratives). I discovered later from B that A had this tendency to leave very dramatic messages such as "We need to talk. Let's meet?" and end up talking about the "beauty of Euler's equation".
After nearly a semester and a half of pining over her beauty/her intellect/ everything which made her The Woman, he finally mustered the ability to confess his feelings. I particularly remember that night because B called me on the phone and narrated frantically what had happened at the same time that he was awkwardly messaging me on Facebook. This resulted in an impressive diplomatic maneuver which resulted in the simultaneous pacification of both parties involved.
I learned that B rejected A.
B, who has spent most of her adolescence being bound to one relationship only, has never had the experience of declining a friend's interest or asking someone out. She also considers A one of her close friends. A, who has had only one "long-ish" high school sweetheart is still coming to terms with rejection and also considers B one of his closest friends, and has a quota of speaking to 1.5 romantic interests a year.
They come to me for advice. I have not had a boyfriend and continue to uphold an impressive history of intimidating people with emotional honesty. Obviously I am graduating with honors in solving relationship problems. Call toll-free number 3141592653 and enter discount coupon WORDPRESS to get your free consultation.
B eventually re-acquired her mental equilibrium after having been "ambushed" by unexpected romance. I sympathized very deeply with A (having been in the same situation), so I decided to cheer him up by feeding him extraneous calories. He was unsure of how to proceed with talking to her and I suggested that they both give each other space (because I'm not very good at being a conversation conduit).
In the short span of a week or so, A deigned to inform me that he was now dating someone else. Dating. Not even asked out, but dating. If his story was to be believed, more than once. This person is a tertiary, minor character in the character in the story but let's label her B+, because she followed B
and because this is not an algebra problem.
I don't know anything about B+ except for the fact that she outperformed A at the introversion game and is "extremely pretty". They have been on numerous ( x > 1) dates and one very promising "Want to meet at midnight?" request which resulted in a posthaste homework session in the densely populated Applied Mathematics library. Relevant relationship advice to prospective date-seekers: know your equations.
Here begins the problem statement.
B+, as it turns out, is studying abroad at Hong Kong this semester. A has been complaining of loneliness and has been badgering me to "hook [him] up with one of my many attractive female friends". Sympathetic to his situation and willing to comply, I asked him to choose a prospect (his tastes fluctuate wildly).
My match-making process is an intricate three-step procedure:
- I introduce two people with their full names in a well-lit public space.
- I bring up a topic of mutual discussion (classwork, weather, etc.)
- I flee.
Among all my achievements, being a good Mrs. Bennet is not one of them. The endeavor failed rather spectacularly, but it did not deter A's ambitions to acquire a date before Valentine. He begins to start asking questions about me. A very odd 1:30AM text message about requiring "a cuddle-buddy" was delivered to my phone, and it followed a long series of tangential evaluations of what I should be doing for Valentines' Day. Subtly, the questions ranged from whether I was dating anyone currently (I am not) to which particular Valentines' party would I be attending (The only thing I was invited for on Feb 14th was to submit my theoretical computer science homework.)
I usually like to eat meals with my friends because it gives me time to catch up with them without hurting too much of my study time. Casually, I asked to meet him in order to figure out, in-person, what was going on.
What happened next will amaze you. Or maybe not. It amazed me.
We began the conversation with worries of graduate school admissions and as the conversation progressed, he began to express more of himself: his favorite food, his favorite color, places he recommended I visit, etc. He also began to punctuate his sparse conversation with compliments of me, such as (and they made me somewhat self-conscious): how tall I am, how well I write, how nice I am to underclassmen and how pretty my handwriting is. Now you know that being tall, writing well, offering unasked but well-meaning advice to underclassmen and having good penmanship are skills worth complimenting.
In a separate but similar instance, he not only dressed for Chipotle, which is not a locale suited for fine sartorial tastes, but he had also put on cologne. Without loss of generality, he continued to talk of his favorite movie and how we should watch it together.We continued to text each other after that and a very weird thought occurred to me: A might like me.
But why should he? I'm loud, relatively more annoying and verbose. Am I just a replacement for B/B+ gone by? What is all this confusion leading to? Does he even like me? Should it matter to me? What do I do with our friendship?
Testing the hypothesis
"When a weird thought first occurs to a scientist, they either acquire data or perform experiments to test the results of the situation" -(self attribution)
I will not deny that the thought of being admired was flattering. Besides, I needed more meals with him to figure out exactly where all his meandering was leading to, particularly since the days to Valentines' were ticking down. I had several long, worn-out conversations with myself about what I would do if the friendship was changing. I am not physically attracted to him but I also come from the school of thought which says that personality >> jawline. I was not going to ignore my years of painful rejection history to serve the same treatment to him, at least without a balanced, well-reasoned evaluation of the situation. Did I even have the time for this sort of thing? Why would someone as quiet even find a chatterbox like me attractive? Did he even like me or was he just using me as a replacement for the B/B+ who have gone before?
In the midst of the overwhelming confusion, I sought the assistance of fellow scientists (B included) to gauge the matter. They all indicated, with a confidence interval greater than 90%, that he probably had feelings for me. In aspiring to be a data scientist, I have learned that until the source data says something is true, you can never trust a prediction. While what they said confirmed my suspicions, I was not willing to accept it until A admitted it himself.
A proceeded to ruin my calculations by specifying most certainly, but also vaguely, on the day before Valentines' Day that <a person like me> could never be his type. There was no more of that conversational luster or cologne or questions about personal interests. I felt very confused because all the data I had collected thus far said otherwise, and surely I must have done something overnight to be so aggressively friend-zoned. Not only did he do that, he brought up his ex and discussed his preference for girls of a certain stereotype in great detail.
I shrugged my shoulders and tumbled on with life. A week passed during which I didn't try to speak to him at all, and then I remembered that we were still friends so I shouldn't be mean. This was a grave mistake. We ended up with "movie night" scheduled to happen in my room. My dorm room is located on the 10th floor and overlooks the Harlem Skyline. He wanted to sample the view.
What started as a very rushed apologetic explanation from him in semi-darkness, because the view couldn't be seen properly with the internal light reflecting off the window and how he could stay only for 30 mins. We sat at opposite ends of my bed and this huge awkward silence appeared from nowhere, parked itself in between us and remained so heavy that I was sure the mattress bent under the weight. I wanted to make it go away, but it didn't want to.
When you are living mysterious moments in your life, always cut through them elegantly using my bravery-inducing formula.
- Decide that you want to straighten things out and be annoyed with all this mysterious cue-dropping subtlety.
- Rationalize this brashness by declaring that life is too short
- Ask for the truth. Up front.
In the semi-visible neon ambiance and from the far reaches of the other side of the bed, I looked up and said, "Hey, do you like me?" as though I was asking for the time. He denied it. He said I was "just a friend" as I always had been.
Then, as the said movie we wanted to watch began, we moved next to each other on the bed, in order to not fragment my laptop. His arm decided to navigate to my shoulder and then proceeded to my waist. The reason why I was so surprised is this: I know for a fact that A is the sort of person who hugs a person once a year. I was to discover that apparently grabbing someone on the waist and then letting your hand stay there for nearly an hour is also completely friendly.
Because I am singularly a very terrible person and because I had some remnant of disbelief as to his first response, I asked the question again. Cue the cringing that is the predecessor of all cringes in the world.
There you go, this is why I will never manage to get along with people. Amazingly enough, he denied it even after his arm had returned to its rightful spot by his shoulder, and he departed with a very tight, long and involved hug. That's when I metaphorically flipped the table and decided that I had survived internship interviews which were more decisive. What resulted was a very long, awful conversation in which I learned that 21 year old human males have no idea what the evolutionary concept of emotions are about. Or maybe I don't. I don't know.
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Clinton, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team outscored Liberty 20-8 in the final quarter to earn a close 56-55 victory Saturday at the Templeton Center. With the win, the Blue Hose split the Big South series and improve to 9-14 on the season and 7-5 in conference play. The Flames fall to 9-14, 8-4.
Players of the Game
The Blue Hose were paced by Janie Miles' 13 points and seven rebounds. The junior guard shot 6-of-9 from the field and converted 1-of-5 free-throws. She added three assists and a steal.
Keyen Green led the Flames in the loss, finishing with 16 points. The freshman forward went 6-for-7 from the floor and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line. She pulled down four rebounds and had a pair of blocks on defense.
Stat of the Game
PC only made five shots from beyond the arc, but scored four of them in the final quarter to overcome an 11-0 Liberty run that ended the third. The 11-0 run by the Blue Hose gave PC its first lead since the 2:54 mark in the second quarter.
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Liberty's Green converted a pair of free-throws to start the game. Aianna Kelly followed with a layup to get PC on the board. The teams traded layups before a Kaycie Reffner jumper and Cortney Storey layup gave PC its first lead, 8-4 at the 6:02 mark. The Flames would not go away, though, and the teams remained deadlocked throughout the opening quarter. Miles got a charity shot to fall, but Liberty wrestled back the lead 16-15 on a KK Barbour layup to wrap up the first quarter.
PC took back the lead early in the second quarter as Reffner knocked down a shot from beyond the arc. Barbour got a long-range shot to fall to give the Flames the lead 21-19 with 3:37 left in the first half. The teams traded the lead again and Barbour made an old-fashioned three-point play to make it a 26-22 Liberty lead at the 1:48 mark. Miles scored a basket to close the gap, but Iva Ilic made both of her shots at the line as the Flames took a 28-24 lead into the locker rooms.
The Blue Hose shot 9-for-29 (31.0 percent) from the field, 1-for-10 (10.0 percent) from beyond the arc, and 5-for-9 (55.6 percent) from the free-throw line in the first half. PC committed fewer turnovers (7-12) and held the advantage in points off turnovers (5-3).
In the third quarter, Liberty went ahead 32-26 before Allie Wagner and Miles scored a pair of buckets. Ola Makurat answered with a layup and a pair of free-throws. Miles got her bucket to fall and earned a trip to the line, but missed the freebie. Kelly got the offensive board though and Salina Virola's jumper was good as PC evened the score at 36-36 with 4:26 remaining in the quarter. The Flames put together an 11-0 run to head into the final quarter in control 47-36.
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- Right behind Miles in scoring was Hall, who totaled 11 points on the night to tie her season high. The freshman guard shot 4-for-12 from the field, including 3-for-8 from beyond the arc. She grabbed one board and added an assist and a steal. Her three deep balls also tie her season high.
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- Wagner recorded a season high with five rebounds.
- The Blue Hose shot 21-of-57 (36.9 percent) from the floor, 5-of-24 (20.8 percent) from deep, and 9-of-16 (56.3 percent) from the charity stripe.
- PC held the advantage in turnovers (10-21), points off turnovers (15-4), and bench productivity (24-20). The game featured 10 ties and 11 lead changes.
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PC hosts Garner-Webb next Tuesday, February 14 in a 7 p.m. ET conference matchup at the Templeton Center.


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Trans States Pilots Picket at Lambert-St. Louis International
November 20, 2008 - Nearly 40 ALPA pilots braved a frigid morning in St. Louis to participate in the first informational picketing event by Trans States Airlines pilots in more than 3 years. During the 3-hour silent picket held at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, the pilots' silent protest drew many passersby, local news media coverage, and scrutiny from Trans States management.
Trans States pilots were joined by ExpressJet, Mesa, and Northwest pilots to protest nearly 3 years of negotiations with a management team that is unwilling to engage in mediation supervised by the National Mediation Board.
"Trans States pilots are ready to take any and all legal action to obtain a fair contract, with ALPA's help, if TSA management continues to drag things out," said Capt. Jason Ruszin, the pilots' Master Executive Council chairman. "Our pilots demand that Trans States management recognizes and respects our professionalism as highly skilled pilots."
ALPA's president, Capt. John Prater, sent a message to the pilots. "A new labor-friendly administration and the appointment of a new National Mediation Board in the near future should paint a brighter picture for our industry and the piloting profession. We are hopeful that any new political structure will support our rights to fair, equitable contracts and promote a negotiating agenda that rewards efficient negotiations and punishes any attempts to thwart the process."
Prater's message continued, "You have endured far more than most pilots with a management team that has created an alter-ego airline to 'compete' with your flying. You have withstood their intransigence as they unlawfully terminated faithful union volunteers in an effort to undermine your unity and your union's strength. And you have seen, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a management that chooses to play by its rules.
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In additional picketing news, the pilot group's MEC and Strike Preparation Committee (SPC) are inviting ALPA's Executive Board and the union's pilots to participate in an informational picketing event from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, November 25, at Washington Dulles International Airport. The picketing is designed to protest the slow pace of TSA's contract negotiations. Staging will take place at ALPA's Herndon office at 535 Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 20170. A briefing will be conducted at 11 a.m. Transportation from Dulles Airport to Herndon will be provided. Please call Strike Preparation Committee (SPC) chairman, Capt. Jeff Shatley, at 636-578-0105 to arrange a pickup. A van pool from Richmond is also planned. Contact Capt. Robert Coronado, the pilots' MEC vice chairman, at 804-467-6057 for more information.


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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Cops: They're OK I guess
I was finishing up my 6 mile run (yes that qualifies as a long run these days) and I was pushing the pace a little because there were people around watching me, plus it was a downhill stretch, plus I was feeling guilty about doing 6 miles and calling it a long run. Coincidentally I was running right past the crosswalk where the previous incident occurred (again, read that account here). As I approached on the sidewalk I noticed that a traffic cop was sitting in the school parking lot on the lookout for speeding motorists. It was warm out (50 degrees, which is warm by Colorado standards this time of year) so he had his window down and as I ran by I couldn't stop myself from pulling out an earbud and yelling at him, "was I speeding?"
He laughed and waved at me before responding with "nah, but I did actually clock you at 8 miles an hour!" I smiled at the thought that he had seen me coming and clocked me. I guess some cops aren't so bad. Although the fact that my Garmin never had me at anything faster than an 8 minute pace (7½ mph) would indicate that his radar gun was off by a ½ mph in his favor, proving that cops really are just out to get me. Whatever, I just roll on. "My music so loud, I'm swangin', they hopin' that they gon' catch me riding dirty."
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In my subdivision sometimes they set up those radar monitors that clock cars and display their speeds on the monitor.ReplyDelete
I must have a small radar signature (advanced stealth model Flash) because I can never get one of those suckers to measure my speed when I run up to them...
I was really hoping to see the words 'violently tased' somewhere in here when I realized you had an encounter with a cop. Bummer.ReplyDelete
Hahaha. this made me crack. Gotta watch out for those po-pos! :)ReplyDelete
Haha! That made me laugh pretty hard. :-) Apparently you did the right thing... I hear that waving and saying hi to cops makes you appear less suspicious!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the rocking pace!
Here I was thinking a cop had heroically saved you from some hit and run incident and all I get is this lousy attempt at rap and being witty with a radar gun. Gees.ReplyDelete
Those hand-held radar guns must be more sensitive than those things on the road that say "your speed." I can never get those to register for me either. Maybe I'm stealth too.ReplyDelete
I'm with nitmos.. "don't tase me bro!! Don't tase me bro!!"ReplyDelete
I'm so glad this story didn't end with you twirling your finger in the air while making siren noises.ReplyDelete
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Jermaine Jenas says he's ready to make his Aston Villa debut this Saturday.
Jenas has not played since his summer loan move from Spurs to Villa Park after being sidelined with thigh and Achilles problems.
But the 28-year-old midfielder could make his debut against Norwich on Saturday after finally recovering from the injuries that have wrecked his season so far.
Jenas said: "My start here has been very frustrating. When I first arrived, I was flying in training. I was getting my head down and doing well.
"I was so excited about the prospect of starting at a new club and then I felt a little twinge in my quad on the Thursday before the Everton match.
"It was very, very frustrating. Then I had the Achilles injury too. I came back, fought back in the gym, worked hard and all of a sudden my Achilles was really, really sore. I just thought 'what more?'
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Flickr: spicing your posts up with other people's photos (legally)by Brian Brown (follow me on Twitter): April 29, 2008
When it comes to photos on your blog, beware the copyright cops.
They will knock down your door, tie you to a chair, and explain in great detail why you can't use someone else's work, even if the creator of the work has been dead for 42 years, the work itself is now 80 years old, and the law keeps changing specifically so the piece in question can be kept under the ownership of a multinational corporation.
But I digress.
Flickr is your solution to finding photos for your blog legally, quickly, and funly. Not bad for a website that doesn't use "e"s.
Flickr allows users the option to post their photos under a cool standard called Creative Commons Copyright. This allows you to search for photos that you can use and even edit for your blog. Awesome dude!
Hold on partner, don't just start grabbing Flickr photos for your blog. Not all photos on Flickr are usable. Here's how to find the ones you want to use:
- Search for a photo. For this article, I chose 'London Police.'
- When the search results appear, look for the 'Advanced Search' link next to the search button and click it.
- Scroll to the bottom of the 'Advanced Search' page to find the Creative Commons check boxes.
- Check all three check boxes because you are using the photo commercially if it's for your small business blog, and you probably will want to "modify, adapt, or build" on the image. (I almost always at least crop an image before it gets posted, for example.)
Now hit 'search' and all of your results will be free for the taking. Just remember, when you use a photo you must:
- attribute! This means telling the world who took the photo. It's best to provide a link directly to the Flickr page where the photo appears.
- declare that the photo in question falls under Creative Commons Copyright. This means that just as you used the photo, anyone else can come along and use the photo as well, even if you've altered it or added to it. Fair's fair. To declare, link the attribution to the license page for the copyright located here.
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[Photo: Untitled by .craig on Flickr, used with permission under Creative Commons Copyright.]
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BBL surgery, also referred to as Brazilian butt lift or buttock augmentation via fat injection, can serve as a permanent solution for improving the appearance of flat buttocks and hips. However, it is a rather complex procedure because it entails different processes that must be done meticulously to achieve great results.
BBL surgery always starts with liposuction to collect donor fats from multiple sites. Renowned Orange County plastic surgery expert Dr. Tarick Smiley said he almost always treats the lower back and flank as donor sites because treating the adjacent areas of the buttocks can further improve their shape and projection.
In his recent Snapchat posts, the celebrity plastic surgeon said that liposuction should not be done too aggressively—i.e., remove too much fat in the donor area—due to risk of skin irregularities. The general rule of thumb to achieve smooth results is to predict how much skin shrinkage will occur, he added.
Moreover, the skin in the buttocks "should also be respected," he warned, and thus "over-injection of fats" can lead to sagging appearance and unnatural results.
"It is important to preserve the strength of the fascia system. This thread-like anatomy holds the skin and determines the final shape of the buttocks. However, too much fat volume can weaken them, resulting in buttock sagging," said Dr. Smiley.
He cited Kim Kardashian and Nikki Minaj's "backside" as a poorly done BBL surgery because their buttocks look hugely disproportionate to their body. Furthermore, he mentioned the lack of smooth transition between the posterior thigh and the buttock.
"My strict rule is to create a nice transition between the thigh and the buttock. We don't want a buttock in which the leg appears hanging from it, just like in the case of Nikki Minaj," he said.
To avoid over injection of fat graft, Dr. Smiley said he always takes into account the patient's body frame and her skin elasticity as well.
"Too much fat injection or too much weight can stretch out the skin and affect the stability of the fascia system that holds the buttocks shape. This is the key to achieve natural-looking, long-lasting results from BBL surgery," said Dr. Smiley.


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Swasan & Raglak-Friendship that never ends (chapter 2)
Hi my dear friends how was ur diwali I hope u had a good one so without any talk I start chappie but this a bit long epi so let's start?
Recap- a boy was seen sitting and some goons came and kidnapped him and take him to a bungalow. ☺
They come in bungalow everything is dark not even a single light. Then lights on 'SURPRISE" everyone says and the boy is surprisingly looking at them. He is none other than our sanskar and his birthday is today. Sanskar is finding someone than someone came and hug him from back (he is our Laksh) and ragini with here both says surprise
Sanskar-(surprisingly) guys tumhe yaad tha and I was thinking……. ?
Laksh – are mere pyare bhai Tera birthday tha ese kaise bhool jaate I know I know ki tumhe party Dena Chahta hai to tu Kal hamien treat dio collage main no problem ?
Sanskar – treat ?tujhe to main ulta Latka Dunga u don't know how tensed I was
Ragini – are mere Rasgulle how can we forget ur birthday but one thing yr u was looking so cute when u were crying aww my crying baby. Right Laksh?
Laksh – ha ha sahi to keh rhi hai crying baby?
Sanskar- uuu?
Ragini-sshhh sanskar see who is coming
Then a girl enter with cake through stairs and she was looking so pretty sanskar was just staring her
Ragini interrupts – (in a teasing way) ahem ahem agar swara ko dekh Liya ho to humse bhi baat Karlo I m also looking beautiful
Sanskar comes to his senses and says – ha ha ragu u know u r more beautiful than shona ?
Ragini – oh really u know I heard u tomorrow u was telling her that she is most beautiful girl and then after some time to another girl can u just plz stop flirting ☺
Sanskar – ragu u know flirting is healthy for us
Ragini – oh plz stop saying Ranbir Kapoor's dialouge this doesn't suit u
Sanskar – I m more smarter than him he is not more smarter than a monkey
Ragini – don't say anything about him u?
He runs and she runs behind him
Meanwhile Laksh come to swara and says- u r looking soo beautiful shona
Swara – thanku
Laksh- thanks bolna h to sanskar ko bolo he said that u r looking beautiful I didn't say it
Swara-?u know na he says the same line to every girl
Sanskar comes from back and hugs her and says thanku swara ?
Swara- sanskar don't thank to me everything is prepared by Lukky and ragu
Ragini – (in a teasing way) sanskar tumhe Pata h swara ne first time cooking Karke ye cake banaya h vo bhi raat bhar jaag ke
Sanskar – so am I going to cut this cake? Agar mujhe Kuch ho gaya to?
Swara- don't talk to me and she ran from there and she was was standing with sad face sanskar comes
Sanskar – I m sorry shona I didn't mean to hurt u come on I m sorry
Swara – don't talk to me I made this cake with my all efforts and u r saying… ?
Sanskar – OK sorry I promise I never do that again
Sanskar – let's go
Ragini – they always look perfect with each other right
Laksh- Swara is beautiful na
Ragini – I m not beautiful ?
Laksh – aww ragu u r my princess I equally love u both
Ragini – ha ha bas bas
Laksh – let's cut the cake but agr cake khake kisi ko Kuch ho gya to we are not responsible
Swara looks at him angrily ?
Sanskar cuts the cake and take blessings of all elders
Sujata – Mare chhore khush reh aur mere Liye ek Sundar si bahu le aa
Sanskar – (in a fun way) mom if I bring Swara as ur bahu than
Swara came – are aunty apne laadle bete ko Samhjhado esi hi Ni milne Wali main kisi ko
Sanskar-achha ji
Then Sanskar looks at Swara and says – chamatakar o bhawagan ji I m still alive after eating this cake ?
Swara gives an angry look him?
Raglak came
Ragini – Swara Sanskar let's go and dance
Everyone dances and enjoy the party
After the party swasanlak decided to stay at Ragini's home so all went to Ragini's home.
(they four are best friends since childhood and they stays their friends house more than their house they love each other families and their families are also very close to each other All the parents consider four of them as their own child. Sanskar and Ragini attends same class and Swara Laksh attends same class and the most famous friends group they are. Sanskar loves Swara but Swara doesn't believe in love. So Sanskar never try to express his feelings. He is the biggest flirt in the collage. Ragini is also doing fashion designing course and she is the most fashionable girl in collage and they always had a great fun together.)
At ragini's home they change their clothes and they are having a great fun whole night. ?
Precap- someone is teasing Swara then Sanskar came and start beating them…….. An assignment is given to Raglak and swasan and they all are having fun doing that.
So friends tell me how it is and give ur suggestions to improve my story. ?


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text: With SonoSequencr you can create individual sequences to set one or multiple Sonos devices with one click. If you have multiple Sonos devices and for example you just want to play a radio stream on all devices it takes some time to set up. With SonoSequencr you only have to open the app and tap on your created sequence. Your sequence is processed in background so you can lock your device or use another app. A few example sequences are included so you can get started right away. Try the "Party Mode"! SonoSequencr supports and recognizes different locations (e.g home, office, at friends, ...) and only shows up the sequences which are suitable for your current network. Currently the following commands are available: - Group/Ungroup - Set Volume (absolute/relative/dynamic) - Play/Pause/Stop - Mute/Unmute - Load a entry from your Sonos favorites to your player or your players list - Load a entry from your TuneIn Radio Stations to your player or your players list - Set a Sleep Timer (free configurable to seconds/minutes/hours) - Set/clear your player´s list - Set a Track number from your player´s list - Set to analog input (if your Sonos device has one) - Set your Playbar in TV mode - Change Playmode (Repeat/Shuffle) - Change Equalizer Settings (Treble/Bass) - Change Balance - Loudness On/Off - Reset Equalizer settings - Speech Enhancement (only Playbar) - Night Mode (only Playbar) - Trueplay On/Off (only supported devices) - Create Stereo pair (only supported devices) - Separate Stereo pair (only supported devices) - Switch on/off already paired surround speaker - Change the level of surround speaker (tv and music playback) - Change playback-mode of surround speaker (Ambient/Full) - Reset surround speaker settings to default - Crossfade On/Off - Switch Subwoofer On/Off - Change Subwoofer level - Change Audio Delay (only Playbar) - HTTP Request - Switch to App - Create and delete alarms (with dynamic alarm time) - Clear music source (no music in player, like after startup) To use this app you need a working Sonos system. It was tested with Sonos One, Play1, Play3, Play5 gen1, Play5 gen2, Connect, Connect Amp, the Playbar and the Playbase. You can only load music (stream/title/album) to your player if it is saved in your Sonos favorites or your favorites radio stations. You cannot browse all your music sources directly in this app. It was tested with TuneIn Radio streams, Rdio, Google Music and Deezer but all other services should work also… For questions, feature requests or if you have any problems please go to the settings page and use the Online Help, open a support ticket or visit the new support forum. This is not a official Sonos app.


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17th Annual Soul Beach Festival in Aruba
An alumna of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Imogene L. Cathey functions as the general counsel for Seton Hill University. As such, she is involved in the governance of academic and corporate matters. Outside of work, Imogene Cathey enjoys traveling to different locations, including Aruba.
Located in the Caribbean, Aruba is known for its relaxing beauty with a combination of Dutch and American influences.
It was recently announced that Aruba will host the 17th Annual Soul Beach Music Festival on May 24-29, 2017. The festival will feature several acts, including Mary J. Blige, Usher, and The Roots. Although the artists will be appearing on stage and performing separately, Usher and The Roots will also perform together. Moreover, this will mark the first time that Usher performs at the legendary festival over the holiday weekend. The festival is noted for being the No. 1 Caribbean Summer Festival, according to Jetsetter Magazine.


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The hubbub coming into Tuesday's No. 1 vs. 2 clash at Mariucci Arena had to do with the fact that Don Lucia, the longtime coach of the Gophers, would be coaching against his youngest child, Mario, a freshman at Notre Dame and a Wild prospect.
But midway through the first period, that story line sailed through the window when it became apparent that this indeed was a showdown between the nation's top two teams.
What looked like a potential Gophers romp early became a tight-checking defensive struggle before Minnesota added an empty-netter and prevailed 4-1 to stop the Fighting Irish's six-game winning streak.
"We didn't want to play a racehorse game against them," Don Lucia said. "We wanted to play a patient game. Look at both teams defensively, neither gives up much."
The Irish (14-5), which entered as the second-best defensive team in the country (1.61 goals a game), gave up two goals in the first 7 1/2 minutes and a season-high four to the third-best offensive team in the country (3.65 goals a game).
With Erik Haula sidelined until at least the North Dakota series, speedy Nate Condon, who grew up playing center but has played mostly wing at Minnesota, moved to second-line center between Sam Warning and Zach Budish. Each player scored a goal and had an assist.
"Anytime you have scoring on multiple lines, it's easier on the ice," Condon said. "[Nick Bjugstad's] line struggled a little bit. They didn't get the bounces they needed. Luckily our line had a good night."
Christian Isackson also scored and freshman Adam Wilcox, making his 17th consecutive start, was a rock as usual with 22 saves to improve to 13-2-3. His 1.60 goals-against average ranks sixth in the nation and his .806 winning percentage is second.
Wilcox keeps making the "critical save at an important juncture," Lucia said.
Tuesday, it was a third- period breakaway stop with his left skate to rob Bryan Rust to hold a 3-1 lead.
Speaking of rust, the Irish, who lost for the first time since Nov. 24, hadn't played in 24 days and only once since Dec. 8. Eighty-one seconds in, goalie Steven Summerhays (1.62 goals-against average) didn't pick up Condon's snap shot off Budish's drop pass. It was Condon's sixth goal for a team that's 12-0-3 when scoring first.
Seven minutes later, Warning scored the eventual winner when after an intense, drawn-out battle for a loose puck, Warning outjostled defenders to find it.
"It looked like we had been off for a month," Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said. "It would have been nice if we could have scheduled an exhibition game or something before playing Minnesota. We just weren't sharp in that first part of the first period."
Jeff Costello trimmed the lead to 2-1, but freshman A.J. Michaelson, scratched the previous three games, muscled an Irish defender off a puck to set up a filthy backhand-top shelf goal by Isackson for a 3-1 lead.
"There was no easy ice in the game," Lucia said.
The game featured the return of Mario Lucia and Gophers defenseman Mike Reilly, who both had to be jetlagged after coming back from Russia on Sunday night after winning a gold medal with the United States in the world junior championships.
Lucia finished minus-3 and had one shot.
"I saw flashes [of him] here and there, but I was more zoned in on making sure I had the right line matchups," Don Lucia said.
The Gophers (14-3-3) finished the nonconference schedule 8-0. The remaining 16 games are all against WCHA foes starting with Alaska Anchorage.
"We've got a couple games in hand, but we're in sixth place in a 12-team league," Budish said. "We've got to start winning games and moving up the ladder."
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Our wedding day!
7 comments:
- the inadvertent farmer said...
Ahhhh true love...gotta love it! Kim
- October 12, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- Lisa said...
Congrats Lena! You guys look like the perfect couple. I was thinking about you this past weekend...when was the wedding date? Love your photos. You look beautiful and your puppy is adorable (not to leave out the groom...very handsome.) I pray you all will have a beautiful life together
- October 13, 2009 at 2:49 AM
- wvfarmgirl said...
I absolutely LOVE the cake topper with a mini Kane! Awesome!!
It's also nice that hubby obviously understands if you sometimes love Kane more than him. :)
- October 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- YD, sometimes with Samantha & June said...
Lovely! I love the cake topper!
The Bride & Groom are handsome and beautiful and of course Kane, he is the most handsomest! :)
- October 14, 2009 at 6:43 AM
- Irma's Rose Cottage said...
Congrats Lena! Love the pics. The cake topper is just too precious. Here's to many more wonderful years of bliss to the newlywed couple...and Kane too!
Irma :)
- October 16, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Mrs. JP said...
Congratulations!! You look lovely. Blessings to you all. You can relax now!!
- October 19, 2009 at 8:57 AM
- Heike said...
I just love that photo where the 3 of you 'leave' the wedding-fest to go for a stroll. Something looks like c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e happyness with that one... It struck me already then and to see it on photo just recalls the whole magic. Wish you guys love, luck and happyness. Forever.
- December 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM


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Trail Supporters, Builders & Maintainers of Stafford Creek Trail
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Stafford Creek Details
Out and back on Stafford Creek. The trail is open to bikes up to the Wilderness boundary. Uphill is a grind, technical and rocky, and steep enough to be work. DH is faster, but very rocky.
Beautiful singletrack trail along the Stafford Creek with a relatively steady 9-10% grade that climbs up to Navajo Pass. From Navajo pass the next mountains to the north are the breathtaking Stuart Mountain Range. Consider leaving the bike at the pass and hiking up the very steep Country Line Trail to Navajo Peak for an even better 360 deg view.
The first (lower) part of the trail features forested canopy and fairly rocky/technical areas, making for a real challenge in the uphill direction, and a lot of fun concentration in the downhill direction. The trail eventually buffs out a bit into some fairly smooth and flowy singletrack (very fast on the downhill!), and then finally you break out of the canopy and into a treeless, almost martian steppe-like zone of volcanic rock and dust.
The trail is 5.8 miles one-way up to the top, and could be ridden back down to where you started for a total of 11.6 miles. The Stafford Creek trail could be linked to several other trails in the area. Standup Creek trail to the west would seem to be the best option, however that trail is steep, very overgrown with brush in many places, has lots of tight switchbacks, lots of rocks and numerous walk-your-bike creek crossings (in short - I don't recommend it). Standup Creek Trail joins with the Bean Creek trail (haven't been on it). At the top of Navoho Pass the Stafford Creek Trail joins with the County Line Trail no. 1226.1 (steep and primitive) and the Cascade Creek Trail no. 1217 (haven't been on it).
Access Info
Northwest Forest Pass required at trailhead parking lot (or $5 fee which can be paid at parking area in an envelope).
From Hwy 970, take Teanaway Rd west (travel 7.3 mi)
Continue straight on N Fork Teanaway Rd just after the road bends north after Teanaway Mercantile (travel 5.8 mi)
Bear right onto NFD Rd 9737 (travel 1.3 mi)
Bear right onto NFD Rd 9703 (travel 2.5 mi)
Trailhead parking area is on the right (47.36645, -120.80266). There is a pit toilet here. Trailhead itself is across the road to the north.
Note that the last two NFD roads are gravel, then dirt. The gravel road is smooth and low-car friendly. The dirt road has some potholes and rough spots, but still drivable with a low-slung car.
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More Stats for Stafford Creek mountain bike trail
Altitude change2,954 ft
Altitude min3,093 ft
Altitude max6,047 ft
Altitude start3,093 ft
Altitude end6,047 ft
Grade max-23.685%
Grade min43.316%
Distance climb5 miles
Distance down2,937 ft
Distance flat1,001 ft
Avg time02:33:57
Avg reverse time01:15:20
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Stafford Creek Trail Reports
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The College's newest administrative leaders share their visions of things to come for CALS.
Roughly 16 months after his first day on the job as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Dr. Richard Linton sees the College as "the ultimate melting pot."
"That's what I'm looking for, the ultimate melting pot of ideas and resource sharing to be able to move the College forward," says Linton. "We are also asking our faculty to bring together and integrate research, teaching and Extension programming so that we can maximize what we do. If we ask that of our faculty, our administrative team needs to lead by example."
The College's new strategic plan stresses building interdisciplinary programs, collaboration and partnership and integrating the land-grant teaching, research and extension missions. This critical tool will guide the College into the future.
Leadership for two of those missions – research and teaching – is relatively new. Dr. Steven Lommel was named associate dean of the College and director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service effective Sept. 1, while Dr. Sam Pardue was named associate dean and director of Academic Programs effective May 1.
Dr. Joe Zublena, associate dean and director of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, was named to lead Extension in 2011, but he recently launched an effort he hopes will redefine the Extension Service.
Linton, Lommel, Pardue, Zublena and Dr. Sylvia Blankenship, associate dean for administration, form the CALS administrative team. It is a team, says Linton, that is working hard to integrate all the CALS functions, including international programs.
So where is the CALS A Team heading?
The value of a 'liberal' education
Sam Pardue believes in providing CALS students a "liberal" education. But before Pardue is skewered by Fox News, listen to his definition of liberal.
"There are a lot of studies that show that people change jobs at least seven times during their careers," Pardue says. "So gone, to a great extent, are the days in which you would go and work for one company, one organization, and retire there."
How, then, do institutions of higher learning prepare their students for this ever-changing, fluid job market. That's where the liberal education comes in.
CALS, Pardue argues, must "broadly educate people so that they're able to be successful in a changing world."
He adds, "So I'm a big believer that we need to prepare people for jobs to contribute to the economy of the state of North Carolina, but we also need to instill in them the ability to be adaptable and to survive; in one sense to be able to evolve, to not necessarily do what you're doing today in 10 years."
CALS helps students learn to adapt by providing leadership opportunities and teaching teamwork.
If today's students are going to address society's pressing issues in the future, "we're going to have to have folks who work in large extended teams that bring in multiple disciplines … . We can help cultivate that kind of concept, I believe, in the way in which we teach, the way in which we interact with our students and in the clubs and organizations that help prepare them," says Pardue.
"I want CALS to produce a student who is able to be adaptive and learn how to develop new skill sets," he adds. "My idea is that a graduate of this College would not be a one-trick pony."
Funding, or the diminishment thereof, plays a role in CALS Academic Programs, as it does throughout the university.
Pardue is hopeful the College and the university will be able to replace reduced state funding by growing endowments and by forming more and stronger partnerships with the private sector.
"As a land-grant institution, we are committed to providing access to higher education for our citizens," he says. "I don't want the burden of balancing the university's budget to fall on the shoulders of our students in the form of constantly rising tuition costs. I never want us to get to a point where only the sons and daughters of the aristocracy are able to go to college."
The university is, however, getting to the point where only those sons and daughters with high grades and test scores are being admitted, and that can be a problem for CALS. Pardue points out that in 1983, 70 percent of students who applied to N.C. State were admitted. Now, around 45 percent of students who apply get in.
That's a problem particularly for CALS because so many of the College's stakeholders and alumni are from rural areas, where access to honors and advanced placement high school courses is not as great as in urban areas. Students from rural areas may have good grades, but those grades often aren't good enough.
Pardue says CALS has developed several programs designed to assist rural students.
"One that I'm really proud of is A.S.P.I.R.E. It grew out of the Department of Poultry Science, and now it's expanded to a College-wide program," says Pardue. A.S.P.I.R.E. (ACT Supplemental Preparation in Rural Education) aids students from rural areas in preparing for college entrance exams. (See related story.)
"We've got documented evidence that demonstrates to me that we're elevating their scores," says Pardue.
Then there's a program called STEAM (Student Transfer Enrollment Advising and Mentoring Program). STEAM brings high school graduates to campus in the summer for two courses. These students then attend another institution of higher learning in the fall and spring. If they have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, they are guaranteed admission to N.C. State starting their sophomore year. CALS also has agreements with community colleges designed to aid students in transferring to N.C. State.
"I tell students who are really disappointed they don't get in as a freshman that the journey – while it's important – is not as significant as the destination. If the goal is to get to N.C. State, we've got a lot of different ways that we're going to be able to get you here."
Pardue sees CALS students in demand as the world's population grows and more and more emphasis is put on providing a dependable and affordable food supply for that population.
"This College is preparing our students really well for what I call the ultimate currency for the future, and that's food," he explains. "Students who graduate with a degree from CALS are ready to address not only the future of food, but also fiber, feed, families, health, energy, water and the environment."
At the same time, he believes the creation of the new College of Sciences in mid-2013 – which resulted in nearly half the CALS student population moving to the new college — will ultimately strengthen CALS by allowing the College to focus on the connection between agriculture and life sciences.
"I'm confident that the core expertise that we retain in this College is more relevant today than ever," says Pardue.
Advantage CALS
Funding for research in higher education is a challenge, right? Budgets have been cut and cut again. And it appears funding will be a challenge into the future, what with the state still staggered by the Great Recession and the federal government seemingly unable to keep the doors open for more than a few months at a time.
But maybe the state of research funding in higher education is not as dismal as it sometimes seems, at least if you share Steve Lommel's vision.
Lommel is the newest member of the CALS administrative team, named to lead the research service Sept. 1. A William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of plant pathology, he served in several administrative roles before being named research director, including interim president of the David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) in Kannapolis and assistant vice chancellor for research at N.C. State University.
"The budget situation has certainly challenged us," Lommel says. "One of the biggest hurdles we face is meeting expectations to provide science and research that we really can't do as well as we would like due to position vacancies. As we move forward, we are going to need to think and act differently to meet the demands."
And the budget situation, at least as far as state and federal funding are concerned, probably won't improve soon, but look a little further down the road.
The College's new strategic plan provides what Lommel calls "very good guidance and a very good understanding of where research needs to go."
At the same time, Dean Linton has launched a program that provides funding for interdisciplinary programs, and the College is developing an initiative – what Linton calls a "big idea" — that will foster interdisciplinary work on plant sciences.
"We'll be doing some directed hiring, perhaps as part of the chancellor's cluster hires, and repositioning a lot of our activities" to focus on plant sciences, Lommel says. In addition, a fund-raising campaign is planned for a plant sciences building on the Centennial Campus.
If the campaign is successful and the new building becomes a reality, Lommel says several strategies are being considered for filling the building with people. Whole departments might be moved to the building, or selected individuals or, perhaps most intriguing, individual faculty members might be moved in and out of the building as research focuses on different topics.
Like Pardue, Lommel sees food as a consuming issue in the future.
"If you look at all the data, if you look at the most conservative data, we have to double or triple food production," says Lommel. He predicts the need to feed an expanding global population will result in what he calls a renaissance for agricultural and life-science research.
That renaissance will lead to new funding sources. Lommel sees private philanthropic organizations with deep pockets such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and corporations stepping in to replace public-sector funding.
"I'm pretty confident we can increase our funding," Lommel says. "I really think there are a lot of new opportunities from major philanthropic organizations."
At the same time, he sees CALS well positioned to benefit from corporate collaborations.
"I firmly believe that while it is true everyone is going after corporate funding, we have a huge advantage," says Lommel. "Half of the major corporations and most of the plant seed biotech companies are in our backyard. Most of their employees are our graduates. We have a geographic advantage that other schools can't match, and we're working very hard on large, deep, durable relationships with these companies."
In an effort to strengthen ties with corporate partners and philanthropic organizations, the College is in the process of filling two new positions, a research proposal developer and a corporate partnership liaison. The proposal developer will aid faculty members in developing grant proposals.
The corporate liaison, who will have office space with the North Carolina Department of Commerce as well as in CALS, will focus on the Research Triangle Park, working to build and maintain relationships and partnerships with corporations.
"Both [positions] are services that will help the faculty get corporate and federal funding," Lommel explains.
"I feel like if you click off every advantage you can have, we have them all."
A new Extension century
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service has launched a strategic visioning and planning initiative to evaluate the organization's business model, adapt accordingly to the current economic environment and devise a strategy going forward.
"The College strategic plan challenged us to take a hard look at the way we do things and ask tough questions, like how can we best meet the needs of our citizens," says Joe Zublena.
The Extension Service has seen recurring federal and state budget cuts of around $20 million since 2000, resulting in the loss of more than 100 positions — mostly at the county level — over the past four years.
"We are at the point where we must prioritize what we can do best with the staffing that our funding will support," says Zublena. "The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service has provided a century's worth of education and solutions that help families and communities succeed. Through this initiative, priority one is to ensure another 100 years of trusted service for the people of North Carolina."
As part of the strategic vision initiative, the Extension Service held a series of 12 listening sessions across the state in November and December. The organization sought input from employees, local governments and community partners as it addresses current economic challenges and positions itself for long-term success going into its centennial celebration.
Participant feedback will be reviewed continuously and will assist in the development of an action plan to better meet the needs of Extension and its partners.
A website has been developed to share information and materials regarding the strategic vision initiative and to provide people an opportunity to submit feedback:
In addition to listening sessions, a visioning committee and local meetings will help facilitate the process needed to prioritize the organization's programs and define its future. The goal is to have a strategic plan in place by May 2014, when the Cooperative Extension Service celebrates its 100th year.
The organization has enlisted the services of FountainWorks, a Raleigh-based management and facilitation consulting firm, to assist the leadership team and committees throughout the process.
Despite the current challenges and staffing constraints, the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, part of the second-largest Cooperative Extension system in the nation, had an economic impact of nearly $200 million in 2012 and engaged more than 40,000 volunteers across the state.
"I firmly believe that the Cooperative Extension Service is as needed now as it ever has been," says Zublena. "I also believe that if we do not change, our next 100 years will not reflect the same excellence and impacts achieved in our first 100 years. This is a journey we have to make together with our employees and partners, and I believe that collectively we'll navigate the Cooperative Extension Service through this process to another century of success."
The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service was founded in 1914, in conjunction with the national Cooperative Extension System, as part of the Smith-Lever Act. The organization will officially turn 100 on May 8, 2014.
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Fries don't really come to mind when you think about eating healthy, but these are baked in the oven and served with a light, yet creamy, garlic dip. Plus, they're loaded with big flavor from a spice that's having a moment right now.
I recently tried a similar dish at Semiramis, a Lebanese restaurant in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood. I was eying a fava bean appetizer, but when I ordered it the wise server glanced at my dining companion, not a big fan of legumes, and quickly said, "You should get the fries. They're really good."
And so it was decided.
Turned out, she was right -- they were really good. Dusted with lemony sumac, a spice that features widely in the Mediterranean and Turkish cuisine that seems to be everywhere right now, and served with a garlic mousse, they disappeared very quickly. When our server returned, I had to ask about the dip. It was obviously packed with garlic, but what gave it the slightly creamy texture? "Potatoes," she replied. Genius!
I've thickened soups with pureed vegetables before, but I hadn't thought of doing it with a dip. It's a great trick and a great way to cut out some of the fat when snacking.
Sumac-Dusted Oven Fries with Garlic Spread
Serves 2 to 3
4 medium-sized russet potatoes
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 head garlic
2 tablespoons sumac
Preheat oven to 350 F. Peel potatoes. Cut one potato in half and set aside one of the halves. Slice the remaining potatoes into 1/2-inch strips. Toss with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
Roughly chop the reserved potato in half. Cook in salted boiling water until soft. Drain and roughly mash with a fork.
Meanwhile, make a paste with the head of garlic. Follow Emma's instructions at http://www.thekitchn.com/diy-garlic-paste-56087. Place garlic into a food processor or blender and add 2 tablespoons of mashed potatoes and 2 tablespoons of water. Add a little more potato or water as necessary. You want the spread to come together, but it won't be super creamy.
When the fries are done, remove from oven and toss with sumac. Serve with spread on the side.
Recipes notes: You could skip the garlic paste process and toss the whole cloves into the blender or food processor with some salt. But this was the process I used (with a hand blender), with good results.
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Press release from the issuing companyRosupak 2006 - The international exhibition of machinery and equipment, materials and technologies for manufacturing of packages was held June 19 - 23 2006 at the Krokus Expo in Moscow, Russia. Our long time distributors VIP Systems represented Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc. at the show, where they demonstrated a Kluge UniFold Automatic Folder/Gluer at booth # 32.7 Hall 4. It had been three years since VIP last exhibited at Rosupak. This year VIP folded and glued CD wallets, a popular product for converters in the region. The most common folding and gluing applications in Russia are generally CD/DVD wallets and small format boxes. Nadezhda Batlouk of VIP Systems stated, "By demonstrating a product relevant to professionals in our region we were able to impress decision makers and sell the machine directly from the show floor. The UniFold configured for converting CD wallets helped draw additional interest to the booth and other Kluge products like the Small Box Automatic Folder/Gluer. Multimedia demonstrations with video and CD ROM's enabled booth visitors a chance to see the Small Box Automatic Folder/Gluer in action although the machine was not actually present at the show." In general, booth traffic for VIP Systems was highest during the middle three days of the five-day show, which followed the usual pattern of show attendance. "Tradeshow first and last days are usually slower than during the middle of the show, but overall it was good and we managed to move equipment which is what it's all about." Nadezhda Batlouk of VIP Systems commented. View the illustrated version online at www.kluge.biz/rosupak072106.htm. Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc. will next exhibit at Graph Expo & Converting Expo 2006 in Chicago, IL, USA, Booth # 2400. For complete details visit www.kluge.biz/tradeshow.htm or call us at 800-826-7320 toll-free US & Canada or 715-483-3265.
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As of 3:15 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.3 points, or 0.08%, to 16142, the S&P 500 rose 3 points, or 0.16%, to 1842 and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 30.8 points, or 0.73%, to 4275.
Japanese shares soared on the day after the country's central bank said it would keep its foot pressed firmly on the economic accelerator. However, European markets lagged amid mixed economic data. The closely-watched ZEW survey of German economic sentiment rose more than analysts expected, but UK inflation took a bigger-than-expected dip.
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By Tim Neely
Now, here's something I truly consider rare, not because I have one, in NM, but I haven't seen the RCA promo of "Blue Christmas/Blue Christmas" for sale or auction in at least a decade.
It was a promo-only 45, released in November 1957, promoting Elvis' Christmas Album. My question is: How many copies of this rarity were pressed? One Elvis expert told me that probably only 500 or so of these promo-only 45s were pressed.
Also, Bruce Spizer, in his Vee-Jay book, estimates that only 7,500 copies of The Beatles VJ-498 were pressed. My second question is, of that number, how many of the pressings had Beatles spelled with two Ts?
Answer: I'll tackle these one at a time.
First, you are correct about the Beatles' butcher cover. It's been called the world's most common rare record. Even though it's relatively easy to find, for an item that fetches in three figures at worst and into five figures for the best copies, it's always in demand.
Second, the figure of 500 sounds correct for the ultra-rare "Blue Christmas" promo 45. It has no catalog number but is on a white RCA Victor label with the master number H07W-0808. At the top of the label, under the words "RCA Victor," it states "From The RCA Victor Album 'Elvis' Christmas Album' " in all capital letters on two lines. It also has the famous horizontal line on the label, which indicates a Rockaway, N.J., pressing. A copy sold on eBay in 2004 for around $1,200, which is a relative bargain compared to what an Elvis dealer or one of the major auction sellers would get.
Third, though I can't cite exact numbers, every indication is that "Please Please Me" on Vee-Jay 498 features more copies with "Beatles" misspelled as "Beattles" than with it spelled correctly, probably by about 2-to-1. Regardless, either version is hard to find.
Question: The Goldmine record guide clearly states that a first-pressing LP of Mary Wells On Stage has the address above the LP hole. Yet I have a bid on the same LP from a reputable dealer whose LP has the address below the hole — but he guarantees it to be a first press, as a "1A" appears in the dead wax. Can the dealer be correct?
Answer: Maybe. The "1A" at the end of the master number indicates that the album was pressed by Columbia. As was true of every independent label and even a few "majors" such as Warner Bros. and United Artists, Motown did not press its own records. Instead, it contracted with outside plants to do so. If it had a hit on its hands, it would deal with more than one facility. One of those on standby was Columbia.
Many Motown singles from 1960-62 were pressed by Columbia, as were some copies of a few later ones. Unfortunately, I don't know when Motown used Columbia to press LPs. It's possible that the Columbia pressing of Mary Wells On Stage wasn't made until 1964, when she had her biggest pop hit, "My Guy." In that case, Columbia would have had the "newer" Motown labels without the address above the center hole. The "1A" would indicate that it was Columbia's first stamper, but not necessarily that of Motown as a whole.
Question: Could you give me some guidance as to where I can find information on how to recognize a first-pressing album? How do I know an album is a first pressing? Is there a way to tell by looking on the album or does it vary from album to album?
Answer: It's impossible to answer that question in the amount of space of a column. If only it were as easy to tell a first-pressing record as it is to tell most first-printing books!
Most recent books have a code on the copyright page which, if you know how to interpret it, will tell you which printing of a book you have. It's usually a series of numbers that looks something like this:
1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
The lowest number that is shown is the printing. Don't be fooled by the words "First edition" followed by a date. The numerical code is what matters. Books in their 60th printing and above can still say "First edition" on the copyright page.
Unfortunately, no such mechanism exists for records. One label tried something similar at one time, and that was the spoken-word company Caedmon. You can find some of the label's more popular albums — for example, Dylan Thomas reading A Child's Christmas In Wales, which I think was Caedmon's biggest-selling LP — with book-like indicators on the back cover stating that the album is a "second printing" or "seventh printing" followed by a date.
But Caedmon was the exception. On other labels, you have to know when it changed label designs. A book such as the "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide," which has an extensive listing of labels and when the designs were altered, is a must.
Question: Several months ago, in the Goldmine reviews section, Todd Whitesel reviewed Don "Sugar Cane" Harris' Sugar Cane's Got The Blues CD. Is this the same Don "Sugar Cane" Harris who was half of the Southern California duet Don & Dewey of "Justine" and "Leavin' It All Up To You" fame?
Answer: Yes. He also played on several Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention albums, including Hot Rats and Weasels Burned My Flesh, and he spent some time with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, in addition to his solo work and his early material with Don & Dewey.
Question: I came across a Big Bopper single today. It has "Chantilly Lace" on one side and "Big Bopper's Wedding" on the reverse. It is blue with the Mercury logo on top. It has two numbers, C-30072 and YW17625. I would love to know the date on this as well as a guess to a value.
Answer: You have a record from Mercury's "Celebrity Series," reissues that the label started doing in the late 1950s. As many of these were in print for a long time, they can have different styles of Mercury logos and different shades of blue. Near-mint copies range from about $5 to $10, a far cry from the original edition.


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Bone marrow transplants and HIV. I have been writing about this topic for a long time. Quick recap.
1. Some people with HIV-1 infection subsequently get blood cancers.
2. Sometimes those blood cancers need to be treated with bone marrow transplants.
2a. If the patient gets a transplant from a CCR5 negative donor, its great! HIV prefers to use CCR5 for a co-receptor, so if its not there, HIV has a bad time. Example: Berlin patient.
2b. If the patient gets a transplant from a regular immunological match, they are taken off of antiretrovirals during treatment. Treating the cancer is a priority, and the side-effects of antiretrovirals are too much during these procedures.
2c. If the patient gets a transplant from a regular immunological match… what if physicians keep them on antiretrovirals? If they can handle the side-effects, do the drugs help keep HIV in check, while radiation/chemo kill the infected cells, and the new donor cells kill the old cells?
There was some hope last year, and again earlier this year, that 2c works. A few patients stayed on drugs during their cancer treatment, and they were virus free for a long time. So their physicians took them off their anti-HIV drugs. And now the virus is back, in both patients:
Marrow Transplants Fail to Cure Two H.I.V. Patients
Two patients in Boston whom doctors hoped they had cured of both H.I.V. and cancer through bone-marrow transplants have seen their H.I.V. return, researchers said Friday.
Surprise. HIV does something extremely HIV-like. *sigh* Hopefully the patients will still respond well to their previous antiretrovirals. Taking them off meds allowed the virus to replicate and expand the quasispecies. They cannot go back to their original baseline– the diversity in the quasispecies has raised the baseline. It would have been better to leave them on the drugs and keep the virus from replicating. But their physicians didnt. In fact, he knew it before he took the patients off the drugs:
"It could come back in a week, or in six months," said Dr. Timothy Henrich, a doctor overseeing the two patients. "Only time will tell."
And yet, he suggested they go off the drugs? What? WHY??
I dont know a nice way to put this. Dr. Timothy Henrich went to Yale and Harvard and works at Brigham and Womens Hospital. Those are not shit institutions (right?). I find it hard to imagine Henrich didnt understand basic quasispecies population dynamics and the implications of rebuilding that quasispecies in his patients. And yet, he took them off their meds. Look, I am, unquestionably, an evil scientist. My response to 'Why?' as to why I do/want to do things is frequently 'Because I can.' But taking these two patients off antiretrovirals was a damn stupid move. Unless these patients were being killed by their antiretrovirals (they were not), taking them off drugs was a gamble that could only favor Henrich. He would get to be 'The Guy Who Cured HIV!!!!'* The patients were 'HIV free' with or without the meds. If taking them off drugs was a losing bet, the only people who would have to live with those consequences are the two patients.
I feel the two patients in this study were wronged by Henrich, and whoever approved this line of research. Treating HIV+ bone marrow transplant recipients with antiretrovirals during cancer treatment was brilliant. Taking them off meds later was stupid.
* Once again, we are talking about this because of media reports. We are never talking about the real publication FIRST, we are talking about press releases and interviews. This is a weird way to do science. Do not like it.


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Günter Grass thinks that Israel is a threat to world peace, and he's written a poem to say so with the title "What must be said." It is really rather amazing how adept and persistent the man is at getting things wrong.
He lived through the Nazi experience, and his explanation of it is that Hitler was a magician who bewitched the Germans. Metaphysical fantasy, in other words, replaces the political reality that Germans became enthusiastic Nazis in the belief that Hitler was fulfilling huge national ambitions. This imaginative excuse for the intellectual and moral breakdown of the Germans made Grass popular and won him the Nobel Prize.
Throughout his career Grass insisted that Germans had to confess to the wrongful ways in which they had allowed themselves to be deceived. Only after some six decades of heavy moral bombardment of other Germans did he let drop that he too had been a member of the Waffen SS. The hypocrisy of the concealment is as rich as any example to be found.
This expert in double-dealing now claims that he is tired of "Western hypocrisy" for calling to end the Iranian nuclear program while tolerating the Israeli nuclear program. Not so fast, please. It was Nazism that finally drove numbers of post-war Jewish survivors to seek safety in the state of Israel. Again it is intellectually and morally bankrupt for a former member of the SS to come up with warnings and prescriptions to these survivors or their descendants, most of whom have been driven to extremes precisely by the SS. Grass is blaming the Jews of Israel for taking steps to stay alive and also delighting those who still want to kill them — and that's what must be said.