INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The machine will need to be running for a few minutes before you begin milking the cow, in order to build pressure. Use this time to secure your cow and wash and dry her udder. This process is known as "stripping," and, in addition to encouraging milk to flow from the cow's teats, will squirt out any dirt or bacteria that has built up in the cow's teat. Consequently, the milk produced from stripping should not be squirted into the bucket, or it may contaminate the rest of the milk. Let it fall onto the ground. As soon as you release the pressure buildup on the milking machine, suction begins. As quickly as possible, place each suction cup over one of the cow's four teats. As the milk begins to flow from the teats into the suction device, adjust the devices so that they hang straight down from the udder. Some cows lift their back leg and kick over the bucket or knock off the suction devices. Keep the handle positioned so you can grab the bucket should she decide to kick the bucket. For this reason as well you should do your best to monitor and not walk away from the cows when they are being milked. Wait until the machine draws all of the milk out of the udder, which will become flaccid. All cows are a little different, but most will be fully milked out within 5 minutes. Due to udder differences or teat structural problems, some cows will take more than 7 minutes to be fully milked. Keep an eye on the milking device, and make sure that milk is still flowing. As soon as milk stops flowing, remove the device. Then remove the suction devices from the teats. The order is important: if you try to remove the milking device while suction is still on, you risk causing pain to the cow and damaging the sensitive tissue around her teats. Many modern milking machines do not require the person milking the cow to manually remove the suction cups. Once one quarter has been milked dry, they automatically fall off, one by one. Be careful not to trip over the milking machine's tubes or wires as you move around the milking area. Cows' teats are vulnerable to bacteria and infection immediately after having been milked and should be cleaned and protected. The most efficient method of protecting a cow's teats is to apply a post-milking disinfectant. This dark, thick liquid coats each of the cow's four teats and prevents bacteria from entering. Cows often like to eat after they've been milked, so provide the cow with fresh grass or hay.

SUMMARY: Turn on the milking machine. Hand-milk each teat a few times to let down the milk. Release the machine's pressure and place each suction device on each teat. Leave the milking device on for 57 minutes. Turn off the device's suction. Clean the cow's udder.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You may see your ex-friend regularly and find yourself having to interact with them. Stay polite and respectful, even if you are hurting. You don't have to carry on a conversation with them, but you do need to remain civil. Say hello to them if you see them in the hall at school. It will probably feel awkward, but it makes you look like the bigger person. If you feel yourself getting emotional around your ex-friend, find a way to remove yourself from the situation. Leave the room, bury yourself in your phone or a book, or start a conversation with someone else. While you may want nothing more than to vent about how hurt you are over what happened, find someone who is not in your shared circle of friends to do that with. Around people who still may be friends with your ex-friend, refuse to say anything bad about your ex-friend. Remember that it will likely get back to them if you do. If someone asks you what happened between the two of you, you could say, "We're no longer friends. I'm still pretty upset by it, so I don't want to talk about it right now." Don't force your friends to take sides. If you want to, you can let them know what happened, but try to recount the events without blaming the other person. You could say, "He made his decision, and I'm trying not to badmouth him about it. I'm sad, but there's not much I can do." You should also avoid talking about the breakup with people who are still friends with the person. You can always say, "I don't feel comfortable speaking about this," and then change the subject. Don't talk incessantly about what happened. Your friends will quickly tire of it. If you are finding that you need to really process this breakup with somebody, it might be helpful for you to talk to a counselor or other trusted adult who can listen to you objectively. Do not vent about your friend on social media. The internet never forgets, and you could find yourself in even more trouble for ranting about your friend. Hide or unfriend your ex-friend on social media, if they haven't already. It might help you be less upset to not see everything they are doing. You may have some anxiety about running into your ex-friend somewhere, particularly if you don't see them often. You may want to consider coming up with something to say to them if you ran into them. Having a script may help you feel more confident. Rehearse what you want to say until you feel confident that you would be able to deliver your lines effectively if you ran into the person. For example, if you weren't sure why your friend cut you off and you wanted to get some closure, you could ask, "Lauren, I know you don't want to talk to me anymore, and that's fine, but I would like to understand what happened that made you do this. You can just tell me, because you really can't hurt my feelings any more than you already have by ignoring me." Keep in mind they may not answer, in which case you will need to accept it and let it go. Things may have ended badly for you and your ex-friend, but that doesn't mean there aren't still good friends out there for you. Stick with the friends who have helped you through this difficult time with your ex-friend. Your ex-friend may have helped teach you what kind of qualities you want in your friends. Look for current friends or new friends that have qualities you admire. For example, maybe your ex-friend made fun of others a lot, and you never really liked that about them. Look for friends and acquaintances who avoid that kind of behavior. Maybe you can think of a person you'd like to be friends with who you don't really know. Take the initiative to ask them to hang out. It may feel a bit awkward, like asking to go out on a first date, but sometimes you need to take a risk to start a new relationship. While it may be hard to see far down the road right now, understand that friendships, just like people, grow and change. While you and your ex-friend may think you are completely finished today, there may come a time at some point in the future where you reconnect. Maybe you will be close again, or maybe you will just be casually friendly. You may find your hurt feelings dissipate with time. You and your ex-friend may reconnect when you are at a different place in life. If you and your friend are young, you may reconnect as you age, because people often like to reconnect with those who remember what it was like when they were young. At some point, you may find that your lives will be similar again, causing a desire to reconnect. For example, you both may go to the same college, find out that you are getting married around the same time, or may end up in the same city far from your hometown. You never know what life will throw at you! If you are older when your friendship ends, you may find that as you enter a different stage in life (for example, your kids leave home) or you get involved in the same community activity, you may be able to strike up a relationship again in a few years.

SUMMARY:
Remain polite. Avoid gossiping about your ex-friend. Step away from social media. Decide on what you'll say. Find friends who respect you for who you are. Take the long-term view.