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Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts Attendance: 36,615
Price feels right as Red Sox host Orioles
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
- The Boston Red Sox swept three games with the Baltimore Orioles in their first series this season. It was the Red Sox first home sweep of the Orioles since late-September 2015, which was also the last season Boston had a winning record at home versus Baltimore.
- The Orioles have played only one game in the past three days due to a rainout in Philadelphia. The one game they played was a 4-1 loss to the Phillies in which the O's managed only a single run, cooling an offense that had scored 51 runs in their previous six games. Only five other teams this season have put up 50 or more in a six-game span.
- The Red Sox are 12-12 following their meteoric 17-2 start to begin the season. Since April 21 -- the start of their 24-game stretch of .500 ball -- Boston has the third-lowest on-base percentage and the highest plate-appearances-per-walk figure in MLB.
- After a disastrous first start of the season, Kevin Gausman has a 2.30 ERA in his last seven starts. In his most recent start, the left-hander allowed only two earned runs despite surrendering 11 hits to Tampa Bay, becoming just the second starting pitcher this season to throw seven or more innings with more than 10 hits but two or fewer earned runs (Clevinger, Cle).
- David Price missed one start due to soreness from carpal tunnel syndrome, but he pitched well in his return, allowing two runs over 5.1 innings. The left-hander had had an 8.47 ERA across his three starts prior to Boston skipping him in the rotation.
- J.D. Martinez has reached base in 21 straight games, dating back to April 25. Over that stretch, the slugger is hitting .395 with eight home runs. Only Francisco Lindor is hitting for a higher average (.409) or has more home runs (10) than Martinez over that stretch.
MLB Headlines
- Dodgers return to Series with Game 7 win
- Cora says Betts could play 2B in Series
- Dodgers' Bellinger wins NLCS MVP
- Brewers' bullpen falls short in Game 7
- Dodgers, BoSox are unfamiliar opponents
BOSTON -- David Price looked strong in his delayed last start, returning from a diagnosis of mild carpal tunnel syndrome to defeat the Blue Jays in Toronto.
He went 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and five hits and struck out six to pick up his first victory since April 17.
"It was good to get back out there. The more I threw, the better I felt," said Price, who had been 0-3 with an 8.47 ERA in his previous three starts.
Price raised his record to 3-4 (4.89 ERA) with the victory.
Thursday night, Price opens what is now a four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles when he goes against Kevin Gausman in Thursday night's makeup game of an April 15 rainout. Price's teammates made sure he wouldn't be trying to snap his team's three-game losing streak by winning Wednesday night.
Chris Sale moved to 4-1 (2.29 ERA) with Wednesday's 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics that avoided a three-game sweep and moved the Red Sox back to one-half game behind the New York Yankees in the AL East. The Yankees were idle Monday, had their Tuesday game at Washington suspended in the sixth inning (tied 3-3) and were rained out Wednesday night.
Sale lasted only five innings because of 102 pitches -- he walked four in a game for the first time since August 2016.
"Four walks, that's not my game," he said. "That's not who I am. Obviously, you want to be better than that. Anytime your bullpen throws almost as many innings as you do, that's not what you're looking for."
The Red Sox, yet to visit Baltimore this season, won three straight from the Birds at Fenway Park before the Patriots Day rainout, scoring 20 runs in the three games.
Price, who faces the Orioles for the first time this season, is 12-5 with a 2.81 ERA in 25 career starts against Baltimore.
He faces Gausman, who is 3-2 with a 3.18 ERA on a team that fell to 13-29 with a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in Baltimore on Wednesday.
Despite the loss and losing two of their last three, the Orioles finished their homestand 5-3, a positive sign heading into an 11-game road trip.
"It's nice that we're building on something," said Adam Jones, whose solo homer in the second inning Wednesday gave the Orioles their only run and extended his hitting streak to 11 games. "I think we swung the bats on this homestand really, really well, so let's just try and build on that and keep swinging the bats in Boston and Chicago and Tampa -- but let's start tomorrow in Boston and keep the bats hot.
"Keep the same approach we had the last couple of days and just try and barrel the ball up -- not try and hit the ball too far, but hit the ball hard."
Baltimore had four hits Wednesday -- the ninth time this season they've had four hits or fewer in a game.
Gausman is 4-6 with a 3.83 ERA in 18 career appearances, including 13 starts, against the Red Sox.
In his most recent outing, Gausman gave up 11 hits but just two runs over 7 1/3 innings to pick up the win in Baltimore's 9-4 victory over Tampa Bay on Friday.
Danny Valencia and Manny Machado have hit Price well through his career. Valencia is 13-for-22 and Machado 11-for-37 with four homers and six RBIs against the left-hander. Caleb Joseph is 2-for-15 against Price.
Mookie Betts is 12-for-29 with three homers and seven RBIs versus Gausman while J.D. Martinez is 4-for-7 and Andrew Benintendi is 3-for-9. Christian Vazquez is 0-for-13, Sandy Leon 0-for-8, Brock Holt 0-for-7, Rafael Devers 1-for-6 and Hanley Ramirez is 3-for-17 with two home runs.
The Orioles could get reliever Darren O'Day (elbow) back from the disabled list Friday night.
MassLive.com reported Wednesday night the Red Sox signed righty reliever Josh Smith, who has been in the major leagues (67 games) with Cincinnati and Oakland and was recently released by the Seattle Mariners.
Updated May 17, 2018


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Crawling towards a Market Economy
The masses move sluggishly through the souk in the Old Quarter of Damascus. Business has been done in this dense maze of narrow streets for centuries and the market remains an important hub of the Syrian economy to this day.
"Import, export; it has all become much, much easier. If I order something in China today, it will be here in the shop in twelve days," says a dealer who sells 3,000 types of textile borders from Syria, Europe, and the Far East in his little 3-square-metre shop from where he also supplies businesses in Jordan.
That being said, the dealer, who wishes to remain anonymous, explains that there are embargoes on some goods, while on others the duties are so high that it is not worth importing them. This, he continues, is evidence of that fact that Syria has not got a free economy. "We dealers are waiting and hoping for further reforms."
If statements made by the president are anything to go by, the liberalisation of the market is on the way. After 40 years of socialism, Bashar al-Assad announced last year that the economy would be transformed into a market economy. It goes without saying that the intention is that the political order will remain unchanged.
Privileges for the upper class
Syria's economy is controlled by a few powerful families. These clans have access to major orders, monopolies, lucrative licenses and are not, therefore, interested in reforms. Moreover, state patronage has proved a reliable way of safeguarding power. As long as the upper class retains its privileges, it will support the regime.
Moreover, ever since Syria was put under pressure from abroad two years ago, al-Assad has emphasised on several occasions that "security" is now the country's top priority. In short, any opening up that could pose a threat to the stability of the regime will be put on the back burner.
According to an expert from diplomatic circles, this is first and foremost a political move. However, the same expert admits that in terms of the economy "the reforms have almost come to a complete standstill."
Meanwhile, the economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. "Unemployment lies at 20 per cent," says Madian Ali, a professor of economics. "We urgently need to solve this problem." After all, 300,000 young people join the labour market every year.
The speed of reform is insufficient
"What we need is a strong private sector," says economic advisor and former World Bank economist Nabil Sukkar. "The portion of the gross domestic product generated by the private sector has increased from 40 to 60 per cent over the past 20 years, but it is not enough."
In order to give entrepreneurs room to manoeuvre, some duties and taxes have been reduced, trade embargoes have been lifted, and investment laws made more flexible.
The first private banks and insurance companies have started business and there are even plans to set up a stock exchange in Syria in 2007. Thanks to these moves, the economy has already grown by an estimated 2.9 per cent in 2005 as opposed to an average growth figure of 1.8 percent in the years 1999 to 2004.
However, experts fear that the speed of reforms is not enough to brace Syria for globalisation. "Our most important sectors are the textile industry and agricultural products," says Sukkar, "but we have to improve the quality of our goods in order to be competitive on the international market."
Meanwhile the state is pumping funds into the country's ramshackle public sector, military, and bloated bureaucracy. While the income from oil is still covering costs, reserves are slowly running out: Syria could be a net importer by the year 2010.
"If we were to be rational about our subsidies and could get a grip on corruption, we could invest in promising sectors of industry," explains Madian Ali. "But at the moment, we are dependent on funds from outside." The only problem is, investments are non-existent: the United States has imposed sanctions, and corruption and the insecure legal system act as a deterrent to western entrepreneurs.
Association Agreement on hold
"In Syria, politics is afraid of taking a risk," criticises Frank Hesske, head of the EU Commission's delegation to Damascus. "This means that it is very hard to push through comprehensive reforms."
This is why trade with the EU, which is currently worth € 6 billion per annum, remains weak. The fact of the matter is that a planned Association Agreement between Syria and the EU should have strengthened the bond between the two. However, the agreements have been on hold for two years. The EU backed off when Syria was criticised for its role in the Lebanon.
The war in the Lebanon this summer brought about a change. "We have found that Syria is a decisive partner," says Hesske. "This is why we are considering how to move Syria towards a more constructive policy."
Economic aid could provide the required incentive. Moreover, the country has much to offer in terms of its location: "It is a market with enormous purchasing power and it is strategically important in terms of its location in the Middle East."
Initial direct investment in the West
The French company Bel Cheese, which produces such well known brands as "The Laughing Cow" and "Kiri", has recognised these advantages: Bel Cheese opened a factory near Damascus in 2005 – the first example of direct western investment in the country.
"We grabbed the opportunity of establishing ourselves on what you could call a completely untouched market," says project manager Antoine Hanna. "I conducted a study for Bel Cheese back in 1997. At that time, Syria was not ready."
Now, on the other hand, Syria would appear to be ready, even though numerous practical hurdles still exist: "It took us a year to get an Internet connection here," says Hanna.
Nevertheless, business is progressing well. He goes on to say that the company plans to supply the entire region from its base in Syria in the future. "And that is a market with 300 million customers."
Gabriela M. Keller
© Qantara.de 2006
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
Political Reforms in Syria
Reluctant Embrace
Syria is about to step into the stream of Arab political reform, but with as little fanfare as possible, writes Sami Moubayed from Damascus.
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Still Reaching Out
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MBIA MBI, +0.21% shares were off 1.9% at $14.30 in recent action. The company said that it will stop paying quarterly dividends, which will save it about $174 million a year.
"MBIA will continue to take reasonable and prudent actions such as this dividend elimination in an effort to retain and strengthen our AAA ratings," said Chief Executive Jay Brown said in a statement.
Regular-session shares of MBIA jumped 16% after Standard & Poor's affirmed its AAA rating on the company, saying it has assessed MBIA's plan to raise new capital from a group of banks. The rating remains on CreditWatch with negative implications. See full story.
Late-traded shares of Ambac ABK, +0.00% were off 1.6% at $12.23.
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- mchitt329
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: January 2013 - Harbourfront Grand Hall
Sorry wasn't quite sure what thread to put this in but here goes:
Darling Husband and I are not religious, but SIL and her husband are (apparently, this is news to us!) and are having their DS (our nephew) baptised next month. We were asked to be godparents and politely declined. We know we are going to gift the child a savings bond for this but also wanted to get another little token gift…. and I'm at a total lost.
I know the standard gifts are rosaries, cross necklaces/charms/bracelets, prayer books, bibles, etc. but we are not comfortable gifting these gifts but understand this is an important day for nephew and his family so we would like to acknowledge it.
The other "standard/traditional baby gifts" I've found are blankets (nephew has SO MANY) and silver cutler set, this I just don't understand and don't think SIL will either.
I'm searching Etsy right now but EVERYTHING seems to have a cross on it. The ideas I've liked most thus far are monogramed shoes, adorbs but unnecessary: https://www.etsy.com/listing/121337629/monogrammed-baby-shoes?ref=br_feed_10&br_feed_tlp=gifts
or a customized trinket box from Thinks Remembered.
What does the hive think about other options, cuz I'm in love with neither of these!
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A £30,000, 295bhp 4G MODEM?!? Must be the Audi S3 Quattro, then
Re: Permanent 4 wheel drive
VW Golf 4x4 and similar, S3, RS3 = VW 4motion Haldex
Audi A4, A6, A8, all S and RS incarnations, and all 4motion VW's that arent Golf or Jetta = Quattro Torsen
The badge is shuffled according to marque, not the tech underneeth
I have an RS2 which is the older Torsen (Gen 2) system. I've also access to an S3 3.2 Quattro. Both cars are amazing to drive and Audi can wring every horse out of those engines, and MTM can squeeze a little more on top. Both drive superbly but there is a noticable, marked difference when you push the cars. The Haldex gets out of shape faster, BUT the S2 lets go in more spectacular ways. The S3 merlely landed me in the track gravel runs. The S2 went backwards, engine said "bugger this" as everything tried to get traction to at least one wheel whith grip, at this point, going backwards at about 60, it gave up and I steamed off the track backwards with no power assisted anything.
The S2 has however, laughed as the last heavy snowfalls with decent tires (Sottozero)
The A3 really is, in all carnations, a glorified Golf and in some cases the Golf is a better bet.
FWD 3.2 V6 A3/S3 is pant wettingly scary on anything than a flat, dry, perfectly smooth road. There wernt many to start and very few left.
New ransomware strain forces hapless users into becoming Bitcoin miners
Re: W32 Trojan ..
If it WERE that easy...
Most of the time now with this you'll loose safe mode (various stop errors while trying) or it will actually run in safe mode. They also hook in more places and almost always will have been dropped by something else so you'd be expecting to find TDSS or similar too as well as the .js/.pdf/.exe.pdf etc that dropped it. And then you just *know* they will go and open that bloody email again when you are done....
Flattening the machine is always last option unless you know you have a backup. Although most programs play nice with backups, not all do (I'm looking at you outf??k)
Reports: NSA has compromised most internet encryption
Re: Which begs the question.. @json 03:10
Something isnt right then...
Re: Which begs the question.. @json 03:10
AC's can only use the mask, all other icons are unavailable to them. Try an AC post, dont even need to post, the icons get greyed out.
Torvalds: 'We're not doing Linux95 … for a few years, at least'
Re: The Reg will assume...
4 year old Inspiron 1545 and 64Gb SSD with VMWare Workstation and Delphi 2007 still about half empty.
Blighty street has hottest Wi-Fi hotspot hottie in Europe: We reveal where
Re: free- only at point of use
BT Fon, Openzone and the Hubs are an abortion unto God, and if you really really beleive you can trust your network security and segregation to a Home/Business hub that was built by the cheapest possible bidder then fair play.
Not one customer I have visited, home or business has been away that these steaming pile of fetid steaming badger dropping broadcast both Fon and Openzone, BT arent too forthcoming about this aspect of the Hubs. Some of the Business users have been quite rightly less than amused.
Screw you, Brits, says Google: We are ABOVE UK privacy law
Re: You could try 1and1
The clue is the alternate server for mail
been with 1and1 years, cant fault em.
New NSA tool exposed: XKeyscore sees 'nearly EVERYTHING you do online'
WAR ON PORN: UK flicks switch on 'I am a pervert' web filters
Re: @J.G.Harston
But we arent talking about home network security, which ye and me and everyone else knows is crap in 99% of cases.
There is no way for the local user information to get back anyway, and if it did, well lil bob who normally is an admin, just makes a new user account and gets asked again.
Re: @J.G.Harston
Leaving aside the shenanigans caused by BT's own 'pay your biil' or 'buy this shit' that businesses get, the page is sent once, it doesnt check where the page was sent or what to and you cant do anything till is cleared.
Which is great when a web enabled printer/ / windows update or anything else using HHTP polls and gets that screen delivered instead of the response intended and just sits there and your net access is nailed until you work out wtf has happened.
Well at least you didn't also type "Hutton" and "whitewa .... NO CARRIER
Premier League boots footie-streaming site off Blighty's interwebs
Hang on...
"The judgment recognises the parasitic nature of the enterprise"
Was he talking about the site or the Premier league and its associated vastly overpaid wastes of space?
BT: Ofcom's planned wholesale price cap? Just a smidge too tight
Good joke
BT, Invest in its infrastructure, excellent, I see what you did there.
Fact of the matter is, BT are so busy chasing the huge pork barrel that is rural broadband that they are stretched beyond the ability to cope and the old infrastructure is falling apart. Whatever the reasoning BT are following the money trail and its only when you did deeper the cracks appear.
Customer A and customer B are 200M apart.
Customer A is on a 62Mbit infinity line. No issues, reliable, fast and (bar some sod nicking the cable) stable.
Customer B is struggling to maintain 2Mbit, unreliable, unstable and BT to be frank, don't give a crap.
Both are in the center of Portsmouth close to the exchange they are served by, you can see each premises from the other. However a number of premises round Customer B have the same issues. The cause is Aluminium lines, and general lack of maintenance and care taken adding customers. There are NO plans to deal with this according to BT, 1Mbit in the middle of a city is enough.
Customer A are nice, touchy, feely people (oh err missus) and have allowed us to install a Class C AP and Infinity line on their premises and bridge to Customer B.
This is NOT a one off
BT are creaming off the grants and doing the absolute bare minimum they can get away with and still avoiding an investigation (look out boys the FSB are coming btw)
So I ask again? WHAT investment?
They day they manage to actually run a reliable, stable service, live up to their promises, maintain the network and CARE about customers, stop peddling crap to customers to get 'the biggest wireless network' and all the other borderline legal crap they do, I *might* shed a tear. Seeing as they cant maintain their network, why shouldn't someone else be allowed to try and do a better job.
Cue the downvotes
Osbo jacks up spending on spooks to keep us safe from TERROR
Of course....
all of this has to be increased. I'm becimming increasingly convinced this is all going to go bad really fast. Something will trigger it and BOOM. So they need to be ready.
Oi, butterfingers! Drop your mobe in a pint? Hope it's not an iPhone
Re: Destruction tests
We had some CF25's in that *had* to be destroyed. That was actually easier than said and we had great fun trying to disable them. Even the prehistoric Hyster gas forklift driven over them didnt do much more than cosmetic damage.
Extreme over voltage killed one (10Kv @ 200mA)
Two more fell pray to a wood chipper
Of the remaining three one was beaten to deat with an IBM keyboard (sort of which would give out first) not sure how we killed the remaining two.
BT Tower is just a relic? Wrong: It relays 18,000hrs of telly daily
Re: AM I the only.....
I remember talking to the boss in reception one day when the elderly, and possibly insane caretaker walked out the front door with henry and an extension lead. When quizzed he reponded he had spilt some petrol in the van and was cleaning it up. We both nodded, the required 10 seconds resumption of our conversation followed by silence and then 'he said what!?' and a mad dash into the car park to find it raining bits of Henry.
McAfee all-in-one security suite covers PCs, tablets, and smartphones
Is this the same McAfee
That nuked all their customers PCs.....TWICE?
yeah, go for it, what could possibly go wrong, where do I sign up?
NASA boffins: Space 'scope JUST missed dead Cold War spy sat
Re: Units.
Vicious rumor that such a thing exists
Weary quid-a-day nosh hack fears colonal mass ejection
As number 1 said:
"Hold your fire! Dont light a match!"
Windows XP support ends a year from … now!
XP has been good after it got itself settled. Its doen a job, it still does a good job in some places. But its too far gone now. We are into the territory where you need to start kludging things to make them work with XP. We've also smashed the 3Gb barrier in day to day PCs now and if you've ever attempted XP64 you'll know thats not an option. Dspite what the Linux brigade would have you think 7 is not actually that bad, its a leap on from XP and not a leap backwards like Vista was.
I'm not sure where we will go now though. I think Microsoft is on its way to an almighty train wreck, there seems no direction or drive in Redmond now and they do seem to have lost the plot :(
I am NOT a PC repair man. I will NOT get your iPad working
And there we have it
"What I should do is send them to a local PC repair shop. The problem is that I don't trust them. Judging from my own experiences when getting proper IT kit fixed by qualified engineers at registered service centres – all the time-wasting, cock-ups and rip-offs – I can hardly expect some back-street hoodlum to play fair with my nice neighbours."
Thank you for ruining my perception of you. I did like reading your articles, now I'm faced with the fact that I was enjoying articles written by a complete and utter tit.
There are a few small outfits that dont play by the rules yes. There are garages, builders, sparkies that dont either. The majority of us two and when asshats like you come out with ill considered bollocks like this it makes our lives a little bit harder. Most Indies are struggling right now, we'd expect help and support from fellows in our community such as yourself, not this crap. Why dont you bin the self satisfied, elitist air and do some research and find a reputable one, hell, tell me where you are and I'll find someone who will be happy to take on your neighbours and look after them.
On the other hand, there are large national companies whom I wont mention, taht everyone knows and trusts who *WILL* shaft your neighbours at every given opertunity, will sell them shit they dont need and will make their lives hell, odd you dont mention them too.
ASA says 'unlimited' broadband can have 'moderate' limits on it
Re: Funny
Sky dont use traffic management thats why, I'm not sure they ever did tither, certainly not on the package I'm on in the last 5 years.
Microsoft splashes coat of paint on Windows 8 comms apps
Re: Microsoft splashes coat of paint on Windows 8 comms apps
Use ZOC, it doesnt actually suck.
Oracle acquires Nimbula, buys way into open clouds
Not overly sure what Numbula did, but farewell, was nice knowing you.
McAfee dumps signatures and proclaims an (almost) end to botnets
Re: AV is a malicious Peril
Can we have an Icon for Eadon posts?
iOS 6.1 KNACKERED our mobile phone networks, claim Vodafone, Three
Re: Distributed Denial Of Service?
Airwave is a different system and its O2
Plunging BT sales hit every branch of the biz on way down
Re: *claps*
No, its because they are shit. They have utterly lost touch with their customer base, increasingly the only engineers left are the ones that dont have a clue and they continue to bleat and whine about EVERYTHING while still treating theyir customers with complete and utter contempt.
No I dont like them, but having cost me £1000s through complete ineptitute I think I'm entitled to.
Pop tix touts slung in the cooler for 4 years after £3m web scam
You've never applied fro one have you? Have a go, go on.
Boeing 787 fleet grounded indefinitely as investigators stumped
Re: @bazza
I beleive a mechanical link is mandated by law on standard road veichles.
Intel to leave desktop motherboard market
Re: Intel Desktop Mobos
Intel Garibaldi. I will say no more.
Greedy Sky admits: We crippled broadband with TOO MANY users
Re: uhu
""If they wished I would connect them to BusinessBB sales so they could move/upgrade their service to the same shit service, packaged as a business product for 5 times the price" disconnect them, break the line, arse up the bills, and finally to put the nail in the coffin, give then a businesshub.
All Fairness
Sky make this abundantly clear and will hand off commercial customers to the company that provides their service. If you say its for business use they will refuse to provide the service and they are not only very clear about this but helpful about finding you someone else.
Is this possibly the worst broadband in the world?
BT are fast becomming a joke
I had this a few months ago, in an area that averages 8Mbit.
Two goddamn weeks to realise that a formerly 8Mbit line opearting at 256K might be wrong and needed looking at. Half a dozen engineers, hours on the phone, no end of buck passing and aggro before finally they sent out a broadband engineer (had had 3 phone engineers) Who acertained that the line was borked in about 4 points and ended up after 6 hours of cocking about, switching me to a new pair and redoing the last 200m of the line.
Only took another week to get the IP profile reset, all done, just in time for me to move office.
I wont even talk about the office move....
'Better than Adobe' Foxit PDF plugin hit by worse-than-Adobe 0-day
Stooped using Foxit
When the Spyware and Malware started creeping in with the installer.
Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install
could they also please
Stop bundling chrome with every bloody thing. At least once a week I have to remove it from a customer's machine, then spend five mins removing all the carp it left behind and then finally sorting out all the file associations chrome broke on its way out the door.
Clap Google, Amazon in irons to end tax shenanigans - MPs
"The MPs said HMRC needed a "change of mindset" on big multinationals and had to prosecute the ones that weren't paying the tax due in the UK."
HMRC are was to busy screwing small businesses/self employed to the wall for making stupid, trivial mistakes then fining them into oblivion. If they go after the big fish ....
A) They may not win as they'll be up against someone that can afford to defend themselves
C) They'll loose all the perks they get given by the big boys
D) There may be work involved.
A history of personal computing in 20 objects part 2
What no CBM?
The C64, PET and Amiga were all big game changers, arguably more so than some of the machines mentioned. Any particular reason that you've just ignored a massive chunk of history? See no Beeb or Atari either.
Fujitsu beams URLs to mobes through your TV
Do it quite unobtrusively with a QR code, yes the QR code globe does scan if you are quick enough.
Why is solid-state storage so flimsy?
A few points
We've been selling htese for a while now, especially on our Video editing suits. I resisted SSD for a long time as we've had run ins with the early IDE/CF ones and PC/104 drives before, not really that fast and last months under moderate use even with logging etc disabled. MTBF was too low as was overall life expectancy.
We push out a fair number now and have done for over 18 month, we've had one failure of a cheapie Team drive that even Team were at a loss to explain (decided it just wanted to be a 1Gb drive rather than 120). And maybe a handful of controlled failures on our test rigs. So...
Failures dont seem to be any worse in terms of numbers than hard disks. Correcting for skew as we push out more HDs, they are on a par, if not more reliable than 2.5" drives (they do fail more often than 3.5"s in our experience)
Failure modes are identical to HDs, these drives support SMART (not sure why people think they dont) and will give warning of an impending failure. Block remapping does the same as bad block reallocation on an physical disk so the warnings are there. The higher end drives will also fail read only long before they die totally. We've nuked a total of one test drive and that was days old (Bad drive to start). Yes they dont clunk, click screech and wirr, but if its doing that it was too late anyway.
If you are putting all your eggs in one basket, then you'll loose data, in this respect thats poor planning and the same as a hard drive. Using an SSD makes you no more or less of an idiot if you dont backup.
Some things will prematureley age a drive, using them as swap, cache or log drives would be the biggest culprits, read life wise they should well outlast any mechanical disk. We can kill an SSD in about 3 days, I've managed to nuke hard drives in under a day with one Samsung making its heads cease to exist and a Hitachi shattering a platter.
Cloud storage is great, until you need it. So your server is backed up to the cloud ok, cool. So your office burns down, how long is that rebuild going to take in real terms? Assuming you cant get help and have to wait for a new broadband connection thats a long wait, if you can get help a few 100Gb is going to take forever. A real backup? I'll have your server back in an hour or two at most. The cloud is still an answer looking for a question and a good place to store all your cat pics. Its not a business grade backup solution and wont be while most users connect to it by 'broadband over damp string' (tm)
Our standard setup in the editing systems is a properly sized SSD with NTFS junctions used to bring all the data to where Windows expects this. On top of this the SSD is imaged to a seperate partition on the hard drive every few days meaning that in the even of an SSD failure, the user gets told 'use F10, boot from the hard disk and we'll have another SSD out in a day' We knoe this system works, its just never been tested as one has never copped out. The Team unit was an Asterisk box that freaked.
AMD launches Android app store for Windows PCs
El reg need to test this stuff if they are going to link to it.
Nice app I can see uses. However I dont need the portion that sits in the tray and shows popups, for that sole reason its gone. When will the Ad agencies realise that all these peices of cretin ware do is make people remove the program and eventually the 'carrier' application gets shitlisted and removed on sight.
Space shuttle to slip surly bonds of Earth one last time over California
Reminds me..
Of all the people that turned out for the last flights of the Concordes
Health minister warns ISPs: Block suicide websites or face regulation
Re: "... or in front of a bridge ..."
I was thinking more on the line of 'They move?!' Come on, hard stats, how many people are mowed down by bridges each year and why isnt anything being done to stop this outrage!?
Boffins computerize giant cyborg cockroaches
Venus The Flytrap
That is all
Now Apple wants Samsung S III, Galaxy Notes off the shelves too
"Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone and tablet computer products"
Like Apple Invented (or claimes to)
Li-On battery Technology
Video Conferencing on Mobiles
Internet Browsing on Mobiles
Listening to Music on Mobiles
No one EVER did any of that before Apple said they did. The companies that Apple is picking on are generally innovators and have given us some major new technology. Apple have just subtley copied and reengineered existing technologies and then patented them, actual innovation there stopped years ago when they decided it was just easier to ride the PC wave than innovate. Lets not forget that the whole business is built on what came out of PARC and even then there were beaten to the market.
Apple make things pretty, thats about it. Samsung could have tried harder but Apple are aiming for 'if its a smartphone its our patent' which I think is unfair. You shouldnt be able to file patents as a weapon even ignoring software, process, biological and look and feel.
Ten 15in notebooks for under 400 quid
Re: Higher Quality Kit For Cheap
Had the Acer through the shop along with PB, The acer wasnt a bad machine, the PB, DEAR GOD!
Remeber buying any of the DSGi/Aldi specials you are asking for a world of hurt, thats PB, Medion, Advent or Zoostorm. Sure its cheap, it'll also be shagged *if* it makes it to the end of the warranty. Parts for these machines are almost non existant so if something goes wrong you are on your own
Someone mentioned the awful Keyboard on the Pavillion, not seen that machine but I have noticed this on a lot of the newer HPAQ machines, not overly sure why this is.
As always, boot it up start in oem mode (CTRL+SHIFT+F3) and nuke all the rubbish from orbit before you ever boot it properly.
Euro NCAP to mandate auto-braking in new-car test
Re: ABS as well?
ABS is designed to help you retain control NOT stop you faster. Common misconception. Its a PITA on snow though as it destroys the snow wedge that forms and helps you stay in control/stop
Microsoft tightens grip on OEM Windows 8 licensing
Why cant they be honest?
'We hate Indies'
'You build shit pcs'
'You can't come to our party'
<Toys Ejected>
I'll reserve further ranting till we find out what this will do for us but I have a bad, bad feeling about this if you arent Tier 1
UK judges quietly declare text chat can be obscene
Re: Oh won't someone etc...
Yeah cause they worked so well didnt they
O2 dropped the ball in Olympic cycle race Twitter fiasco
Re: Unfair criticism
Just as well you got out then.


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Also, with the increasing use of texting, customers are expressing their preference for messaging across digital channels. Marketers understand that appropriate responses to these preferences will drive future brand loyalty and customer lifetime value.
What matters most is the appropriateness of the channel choice. A text message is inherently a one-to-one form of communication. Its personal nature means that customer permission and content relevancy are not optional. Further, the interactive nature of text messaging means its use is about dialogue, not monologue, and that follow-on messages may be as important as the initial one.
The challenges of coordinating communications across multiple channels are not to be underestimated. Here are some pointers for marketers to consider as they look to integrate mobile text messages into the marketing mix:
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• Respect the customer's permission. By granting you permission to communicate via text messages, customers have expressed their trust and confidence that you'll use this personal medium as they expect. Think carefully about message relevancy, and don't violate it. Remember that every text message you send is a test of the value exchange and your ongoing permission to use the medium.
• Enhance the customer experience. Think creatively about how you can use texting for important, time-sensitive messages that improve service and customer care. These might include such things as account notices, advisory alerts and itinerary changes—relevant communications that will enhance the customer's experience with your brand and contribute to loyalty and lifetime value. If appropriate, piggyback these transactional notices with a relevant marketing up-sell message.
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Making effective use of the mobile channel will enable b-to-b marketers to enhance customer loyalty and lifetime value, as well as realize important short-term revenue through up- and cross-sell opportunities. By using these best practices as a guide, marketers can open up new ways to communicate with their customers, strengthen these relationships and increase bottom-line profitability.
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The Topeka Grand Opera House, which was later renamed the Grand Theater, became the site of the first motion picture presentation in Topeka, Kansas, in 1897. Other historic theaters in the city include the Jayhawk Theater and the Dickinson Theater.
The Topeka Grand Opera House was built in 1882. The theater featured a square facade with three large arched windows at its center. It was the largest theater in Topeka and became a dedicated cinema in 1925. In 1933, it boasted the feature film "King Kong." The theater was finally demolished in 1984 due to structural problems.
The Jayhawk Theater opened its doors in 1926 in the Jackson Street area in Topeka. The Jayhawk featured a large balcony, a grand lobby and an ornate lounge area. It was a popular movie theater for 50 years until it finally closed in 1976. Through the efforts of preservationists, the theater was saved from demolition and now holds the title of the official state theater of Kansas. As of August 2015, the Jayhawk is undergoing restoration.
The Dickinson Theater, which opened in 1908, was a smaller theater that originally hosted Vaudeville acts and comedy shows. Like the Jayhawk, the Dickinson Theater had a balcony. It was a popular cinema until the 1980s, when competition from modern cinemas forced it out of business. In the early 1990s, the Dickinson was razed to make room for a parking facility.


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I have 30 employees and 30% of sales are outside the U.S.
Oakdale, Minnesota (PRWEB) August 13, 2014
Johan Rust from Jewelry by Johan met Ambassador Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative, on Sunday August 10th through an arrangement by online shopping giant Etsy. Johan is one of the largest handmade jewelry distributors with Etsy and is always looking for ways to expand trade in other countries. The U.S. is looking forward to future changes with international exporting becoming easier for locally ran and operated businesses.
Media reference: http://kstp.com/article/stories/S3528910.shtml.
Jewelry by Johan is a custom specialized, handmade jewelry designer that has developed an international fallowing since 2007. His shop located at 553 Hayward Avenue in Oakdale, Minnesota is where the creative designs happen. The goal of Johan, the owner and designer, has always been to be unique and make rings for the customer that they won't see anyone else wearing by using an unbelievable variety of distinctive materials. "From Diamonds, Platinum, Gold, Palladium, Titanium, Tungsten and a variety of materials such as Meteorite, Deer Antler, Dinosaur Bone and Exotic Wood."


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12/29/2011 - Largest job fair in the region is Thursday
by Blue Ridge Now
More than 80 employers will have booths at the Homecoming Job Fair Thursday, along with representatives to accept resumes and applications for job openings available now or in the coming months.
Employers participating this year are:
o Advanced Business Equipment
o American Recycling of WNC
o Asheville Family Health Center
o AUTOBELL Car Wash
o Bayada Nurses
o BB&T
o Carolina Information Technology Resource Corp.
o Comforce Staffing Services
o Extreme Global Marketing
o Friday Staffing Services
o Four Seasons Compassion for Life
o GE Aviation
o HomeTrust Bank
o Ingles Markets Inc.
o Linamar
o Mills Manufacturing Corporation
o North American Roofing Services Inc.
o NC State Highway Patrol
o Nypro Asheville
o Pardee Hospital
o Park Ridge Health
o Plasticard-Locktech International
o Sitel
o Sonoco Plastics
o Thermo Fisher Scientific
o UPM Raflatac Inc.
o Waffle House Inc.
The sixth annual job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Biltmore Square Mall in Asheville. It's a good opportunity for job seekers and job creators to connect, said Ben Teague, executive director of the Economic Development Coalition with the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.
"As the largest recruitment event in Western North Carolina, we are looking forward to this opportunity to connect regional business to talent, to connect our workforce to employment, and to promote the diversity of career opportunities in Asheville," Teague said.
Park Ridge Health will be participating in the event, said Jennifer Perez, Park Ridge Health spokeswoman.
"It is our hope that we can get in front of a large pool of applicants who may not know that much about Park Ridge so we can inform them of what we have to offer," she said. "Events like this are great since it helps people get a better feel for employers in the area, especially for people who are new to the area.
"We have some food service, housekeeping and administrative-type positions available, and our outlying physician offices almost always have one or two positions available, whether it's part-time or full-time for their support teams. We don't have hundreds of jobs available, but we do have jobs available."
Sponsored by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, the fair will also include seminars and resume reviews for job seekers.


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4 Afghan officials jailed for 20, 7 years each and total fine of 1.186b over corruption
The special tribunal formed to try the officials in corruption cases jailed four Afghan officials for 20 and 7 years each and a total fine of 1.86 billion Afghanis on charges of embezzlement.
The four officials belonging to the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing appeared before the special tribunal today as their open public trial official kicked off in Kabul.
According to the court hearing, Mohammad Aminullah Qani, Head of Apartments Cohesion and Syed Aman Sadat, Manager Finance Apartments Cohesion were jailed for 20 years each on charges of the embezzlement and misuse of the authority.
The two former officials of the Ministry of the Urban Development and Housing were also fined 150 million Afghanis each.
The two other officials, Ahmad Nawaz Bakhtyar, Director of Housing Enterprise and Mohammad Yaqub Ibrahimi, the Deputy Director for Housing Enterprise, were jailed for seven years each.
The special tribunal also awarded a fine of 443 million for each of the former officials on charges of the embezzlement and misuse of the authority.
The three officials except Mohammad Yaqoob Ibrahimi are serving in Jail. Ibrahimi is on the run and the verdict during the trial was announced in his absence as efforts are underway for his arrest.
The four former officials were among six senior MUDH officials suspended by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on corruption charges earlier in 2015, involving millions of dollars in several urban development and housing projects.
The other officials included Ahmadshah Hemat, Urban Development Director and Gul Rahim Ziarmal, Plan and Policy Director.
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NOTE: IL insurance agent and Obamacare expert C. Steven Tucker seems to have been targeted by the IRS as well. This is yet another example of the IRS auditing Illinois experts and activists. We must not be intimidated by these tactics and continue to speak out if we want it to stop.
Front Page Magazine –
Bill Elliot was a cancer patient who lost his insurance due to ObamaCare and couldn't pay the expensive new premiums. He was talking about paying the ObamaCare fine, going without health insurance and "letting nature take its course."
He went on FOX News where his story was picked up by C. Steven Tucker, a health insurance broker who helped him keep his insurance.
Now suddenly Bill Elliot is being audited for 2009 with an interview only scheduled in April 2014. Assuming he lives that long. That might be a coincidence, but Tucker is being audited back to 2003.
That's a rather strange coincidence.
Would the IRS actually go after a cancer patient, who had voted for Obama initially, just for appearing on FOX and now being sharply critical of Obama and suggesting that he resign for his health plan lie?
Under the current insane state of affairs, where the IRS was used to silence the opposition, it's unfortunately entirely possible. The fact that we are even having this discussion shows how badly Obama has undermined confidence in government institutions and the rule of law.
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9-12: Un Viaje Inolvidable
by Mary Thomas / Learn NC
Students will create a 12-page booklet about a real or imaginary plane trip (within or beyond the United States). The twelve pages include a title page, 10 pages (each with one sentence using a verb or various verbs in the preterit tense) and an ending page. Students share the processes involved in preparing to travel by plane, as well as activities enjoyed during the trip itself and at the destination.
Learning outcomes
Students will incorporate learned travel vocabulary and the preterit tense (both regular and irregular forms) into a creative product to present to the class.
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Students will need to use a word-processing program to type their sentences and the Internet to download pictures which relate to air travel, their destinations or the activities they might enjoy while traveling. An overhead projector is also needed for the "idea splashes."
Begin with two "idea splashes": (1) What things would you need to do in order to prepare for an airplane trip? Students share their ideas (in English) and the teacher writes these on the projector. The students copy the ideas into their notebooks. We also (2) brainstorm resources to use in decorating the booklets. Activities
From the list of brainstormed ideas (how to prepare for the trip), students work independently to choose 10 to 15 important tasks/activities (some sentences may have more than one verb) and they begin to order them chronologically. Then, using their textbook, a bilingual dictionary, and their class notebooks, they begin to create sentences in the preterit tense.
Examples include: "Recibi mi pasaporte." "Compre el boleto en la agencia de viajes." "Fui de compras y empaque mis maletas."
See the attached 15-point rubric. Teachers may feel free to modify the grading rubric as they wish. Supplemental information
There is an attached handout entitled "Un viaje inolvidable" Project Requirements which explains the assignment to students. Related websites
These will vary, according to each student's chosen destination.
Students enjoyed working on this project because it enabled them to work out of the book and have a change of routine. Also, they were able to reflect upon personal experiences or use their imaginations. The creative aspect was also fun and challenging.


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Other Names: Haji Gul Menah,Hajigul Mena,Hajjigol Menah,Khadzhigul'mena,Khadzhigul'mena,حاجی گل مېنه,Ḩājigul Mēna,Ḩājjīgol Mēnah,Ḩājī Gul Mēnah, Ḩājī Gul Mēnah
Haji Gul Menah
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- Sunrise: 05:59
- Sunset: 17:18
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Jedward to go to Eurovision for Sweden – as stylists
JEDWARD are finally putting their wacky dress sense to good use – after becoming style advisors to the Swedish Eurovision selection.
The Lucan duo have been video blogging their opinions on the style of the artists competing in 'Melodifestivalen' for the last four weeks.
Among their advice to the acts is to "wear more studs", "get a lollypop" and to "google Nicki Minaj".
They even offer to send one act a tie, saying: "we have a collection of over 500 ties so we can send you one in the post".
Sweden's selection show is more popular in the country than the Eurovision itself - it takes the form of a travelling six week arena tour, the final of which takes place in the 100,000 seat Friends arena in Stockholm.
Jedward have remained popular in the country since they received 'douze points' from the pop-loving nation for song 'Lipstick' in 2011.
They are flying to Sweden later this week to perform on the Swedish selection show in a sing off against the show's hosts Danny Saucedo and Gina Dirawi.
The duo, who represented Ireland at the Eurovision in both 2011 and 2012, have also confirmed they will attend the Eurovision itself again in Malmo in May.
Ryan Dolan will fly the flag for Ireland this year after being selected on the Late Late show Eurosong special last Friday.
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DAVV Indore Result 2016 is published for various courses such as BHMS etc. kindly get yours from dauniv.ac.in website along with its merit list.
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Exam Results 2016: Good news! Good news! Is here for all students who is part of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya because they have declared result of few courses. Candidates who had appeared for BPT I year (RV/ RW) Exams, BHMS I/ II/ III RV/ RW Exams, MA Yoga IV Sem, MA Final Urdu (Regular & Private). They can get their score card now from its website www.dauniv.ac.in for Under Graduate & Post Graduate courses.
In Year 1964 Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya was formed under act, of Legislature of Madhya Pradesh. It is a state university whose headquarter is located at Indore, Madhya Pradesh of India offering various under graduate & post graduate courses. Various courses are available such as BBA, BPED, B.Com, M.Com, MBA, MCA, M.Ed., M.Sc., ME, MBBS, BUMS, BAMS & BDS. Every year lots of students are taking admission to pursue their higher education.
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Name of Organization: Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV)
Exam Date: March/ April, 2016
Exam Name: DAVV Indore Exam 2016
Courses Offered by them: Various under graduate & post graduate courses such as BBA, BPED, B.Com, M.Com, MBA, MCA, M.Ed., M.Sc., ME, MBBS, BUMS, BAMS & BDS
After completion of examination each & every student were actively looking forward for its result declaration status. So after much long wait finally institute has revealed its score card they have declared through its site. Before server gets down it is advisable to all aspirants to get their score card along with merit list. Now a days parents has become aware about its children's future so after completion of their schooling they take admission in colleges.
Semester system is being adopted now each & everywhere so final exam is organized twice a year. University has decided to conduct exam i.e. winter exam in month of Nov, Dec & summer exam in month of March, April. So as soon as written test gets completed university starts their process of paper checking & after successful completion of it they officially announce result of it.
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bkleinhe brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 131 Designs von 35 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Previously, I had run a design contest for InnFirst.com. The winning logo and design were implemented at http://www.innfirst.com. However, the application has grown and now applies to more than just inns. It now is an application for all sorts of lodging companies, so the name has changed to Lodgix.com.
Target audience are vacation rentals owners and vacation rental property management firms.
I like simple, bold and colorful. I want two versions created, one as "Lodgix.com" and one as "Lodgix".
I'd like the winning design to have a symbol that can also be leveraged as the favicon.ico file for display in the url bar.
I will probably use new logo on existing InnFirst.com website, but color scheme does NOT have to match because sometime in next 6 months website will be redesigned.
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Today, I spent a good portion of my day reviewing my past year in depth.
I did an 80/20 analysis of 2016, figuring out what 20% of people, what 20% of tasks I took on, what 20% of my hobbies, and what 20% of my money-related activities brought me at least 80% of my general good feelings. In contrast, I examined what 20% of things in those same categories brought me 80% of my general bad feelings.
This post is dedicated to this 2016 review and will be a guideline for me to look back on throughout the year.
Essentially, it is an introspective and in-depth resolutions list.
I began by spending roughly 5 minutes writing down all of the best and worst things I could think of revolving around my 2016 year. Next to each item, I put a plus or a minus sign, respectively. I then spent another 20 or 30 minutes going through my calendar, starting from January of 2016, all the way to December, and figuring out what appointments, events, meetings, friends, clubs, or whatever else, had a positive or negative impact on my life.
I then put each of these items into 4 distinct categories and found trends within each category to create an overall summary of what to improve in 2017 and beyond.
Academic and Career:
- Take on less at the same time.
- This was because I joined many various clubs, all while studying for the MCAT/GRE, writing grants, and working more than 15 hours a week in my research lab, all with a full course load. I felt that I wasn't able to form connections with anyone in the organizations that I joined, or really have a meaningful impact on anything I did.
- Dedicate more time to my senior design team.
- I kind of pushed this one aside for a while, especially the development side of my senior design project. Although I worked on a lot of the actual in-class assignments, I feel as though knowledge-wise, I am quite a bit behind on the topic and on the software usage.
- I also want to get closer to my actual team members. Not just laugh/drink close, but deep meaningful relationships close.
- Dedicate more time to my research lab.
- This is potentially my future career, which means I should not be half-assing any of this. Already I have gotten criticism from my mentor about not meeting his expectations throughout this quarter. I felt as though I made a great impact over the summer when I dedicated 40 hours a week to my research, but ever since starting up classes again, and applying for graduate schools and grant, I have really fallen behind.
- Start important things earlier.
- Many of the things I did over 2016 were very last minute, and I was ill prepared for most of them. This was mostly big, important things like the MCAT, the GRE, the NSF grant, and my graduate applications. I should plan things further in advance, and break each task into steps that I can complete over time.
- Summary: Give real dedication to the tasks that I choose, or otherwise need to take on. No commitments should be half-assed, they should be full-assed, both in terms of actual work, and making the connections in those areas. Deep work is key to make the most of my time and feel fully immersed in my work.
- Go rock climbing more, and schedule it in advance. If it's not on the calendar, it will never happen.
- Keep meditating twice daily, the benefits are huge, and the peace of mind is needed.
- Get really into making my own beer, like from the full on hops, not the pellets. And from full grains too, not the kits.
- Go camping more, especially when my mind begins to clutter, and I am in need of some serious introspection. The stars and nature are unbeatable for peace of mind.
- Keep going to the gym, and go alone.
- The frat isn't worth it. I don't feel close, nor do I feel like I could get close to many of the guys in there. The ones that I am already close to won't suddenly stop being my friend. No more of this just because stuff. (Plus it's $300 a quarter).
- Read more fiction/fantasy books, and stop reading it if I don't like it.
- Although non-fiction and self-help books are great and motivational, I need a bit of fiction and story-telling in my life.
- Summary: Schedule the good stuff, or they won't ever happen. Deep work on my academics so that I can make more time for the fun stuff.
- Figure out the best way to hang out with each friend.
- I have a friend whom I cannot stand hanging out with when we're around other people, but the minute we're alone, we have great conversation and we are the best of friends. Thus, I should only hang out with him alone.
- Be a better friend to those who make me feel happiest, or whom I feel closest to.
- This means sacrifice time to go out of my way and do the things that are most meaningful to them, even if it doesn't sound that great. I know they would do it for me.
- Schedule more stuff with those who are closest to me. I hardly have time even for myself, but I need to make time for the important things in my life, and friends are one of the top priorities.
- Call my long-distance friends more often. I always have trouble talking on the phone, or over skype, but I need to make the effort.
- Summary: Focus more time on good friends, and be the friend that I would want them to be for me.
- Spend less money going out for food and coffee.
- I will try to cut it down to at most once a week, both for coffee and for food.
- Meal prep more often, and plan it better (i.e. plan next Sunday's meal prep on the previous Sunday).
- Not only is it healthier, but way cheaper, too.
- Cook more often with Stephanie. Again, cheaper, and it's fun.
- Don't spend any money (besides Uber) going out to Pacific Beach.
- Drinks downtown are extortion, especially when I can have a fun pregame with friends beforehand.
- Also, the pregame is usually the most fun part of the night, which brings me to my next point.
- Have more hangouts at my place with close friends.
- Just invite them over for drinks sometimes.
- It's fun, and it's a great way to connect. Going to clubs hardly allows any actual time to talk.
- Summary: Be conscious of the spending. Stop spending on the things I can make myself at home, and stop spending on extortionary nights out.
There's the entirety of my list thus far. If I think of more points, I will likely append them to the post. In fact, I will probably make a page on this blog specifically for this post, and update that page instead.
I highly suggest everyone make a similar introspective post of their year (and yes, you can make it even after the 1st of January). It will keep you accountable, and it will be much more of a motivation to yourself if you give the "why's" of your resolutions.
I look forward to applying these resolutions to my life, and improving myself in 2017 and beyond. I am curious to see what kinds of points will be on my list a year from now.


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Kaala Teeka 15th June 2016 Written Episode Update
Kaala Teeka 15th June 2016 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
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Gauri reads ad in magazine about how to bring your husband closer. Leela takes it from her and says leave it. She sees contraceptive's ad in magazine. Gauri says you need them?Leela says shut up. leela tells her something. Gauri says what an idea. Now we will tell that. Yug will run away from her now.
Yug is on call.
Gauri come to Kali's room to put contraceptives in her drawer. Yug comes in. She hides under the bed. Yug leaves. gauri comes to Leela says is it done? Gauri says yes mission accomplished. Leela says Yug has to think what Kali has done that she needs contraceptives.
Gauri calls Aryan. leela calls on his other. Leela tells him what he has to do.Aryan says okay.
Manjiri comes in and says whom were you talking to Aryan? Aryan says the cable
Manjiri calls Kali and says I saw Aryan talking on call. Maa ji or gauri called him. Take care. Kali says they can stoop as low as they want. They can't win against my love.
Gauri comes to kitchen and sees tea in making. She mixes something in her tea.
Chulbul asks Kali where are you going? Kali says I was going to drink tea. Chulbul says maa ji has headache. Kali says oh give this tea to her. Chulbul says I will say that I made this tea. Kali says okay.
gauri tries to stop her but Chulbul does listen. She gives the tea to Leela.
Leela says the tea is so good. Why do I feel sleepy? Chulbul says your head hurts right. Leela is fainting. Chulbul says what is happening to you. Let me take you to your room.
Chulbul takes her to her room.
At night, Aryan comes home. Aryan says where is she? This was the plan that she will come and catch me red handed? Where is she? yug comes and opens the lights.
yug brings him downstairs. Everyone comes.Aryan says I am sorry I thought no one would know like always. Leela says what you mean you come here daily?Aryan says wife calls then I haveto come. Kali says don't you dare calling me wife. I don't even wanna see your face. Aryan says you always do this. you always talk with love in person and you change colors in front of everyone. We are being careful. you are eating those contraceptives. Kali says stop lying. I know your reality. Aryan says why would I lie. This key is of this house right? Leela says where did you get it from? Aryan says Kali gave me. Kali says he is lying. I don't even know what he is talking about. Leela says you think we will trust you? Leela says you have to give fire test to prove yourself. Will you? Kali says what.. Someone will come in and say anything about me and i have to give fire test. Leela says you have to. Go prepare havan kund. Gauri says okay dadi ji. Yug says stop it. It is not needed. Nothing will be proved from this. Leela says it will be proved. Either she gives fire test or leave this house.
Aryan says see what they think of you. Come with me. Kali says leave my hand. yug says stop. Yug says leave her hand. Yug starts beating him. He keeps beating, Garui says yug leave him. Leela says Yug leave him. You have come from hospital. Yug says I think you have forgotten who saved my life. Kali did. The one you are blaming because of this Aryan. What is his worth? He is just a thug. Kali says don't say anything to dadi Yug. A wife is blamed when her husband doesn't trust her. The trust you are showing today, if you had shown it on right time i won't have to see this day, but you never trusted me. Why were you beating Aryan then? Own me or let him do what he wants to. Yug says please don't say that. Kali says I am tired of all this. I came here to prove my innocence in your eyes. I think fate never wanted this. I don't want anyone to face the harm. Its better for everyone that I leave this house forever.
Precap-Yug says Kali.. Kali says I can't stay here as Kala teeka anymore. I can't have whats mine. Its better that I leave this house. she picks her bag. Yug stops her.
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