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As her character does in The Sessions, Cohen answers the phone with a warm Boston accent. Her friendly disposition instantly puts me at ease. No subject seems off limits. At one point, when recalling O'Brien's "Love Poem for No One in Particular," her voice wavers on the edge of weeping. Exuding compassion and honesty, her disarming personality makes it easy to see how she forms such an intimate bond with so many people, helping clients overcome all manners of sexual dilemmas through her specialized therapy, which often includes sex.
Drafting on the exposure generated by The Sessions, Cohen teamed up with Lorna Garano to pen the memoir, An Intimate Life: Sex, Love and My Journey as a Surrogate Partner, which juxtaposes accounts of Cohen's clients with the story of her own exploration of sexuality and love.
Your memoir repeatedly explains how the main difference between a surrogate partner and a sex worker is that you don't want your clients to return. You want to teach them the skills to have a successful and fulfilling sex life. However, the book doesn't go into the legality of surrogacy work. Does the law accept your distinction between surrogacy and sex work?
It is in a gray area. At one point, many years ago, some legislatures in California were going to talk about surrogate work. I was asked to be a part of it and of course I said yes. But then I never heard anything more about it ... They didn't know what to do with us or how to differentiate surrogate partners from sex workers. Usually we are just lumped in with sex workers, which is fine with me ...
I have been on panels with women who were street walkers, high class call girls, phone sex workers, and massage women. When I'm on those panels, no one ever asks what the difference between us is in terms of what we do, because it is clear what their intention is, and what my intention is. I'm not saying I'm better than them or anything like that. Afterwards, I've had some great talks with the women. Once one turned to me and said, "Cheryl, would you please stop fixing these men who are premature ejaculators. They are our bread and butter." I said, "I can't help it. These men are not having a good time and I want them to enjoy their sexuality fully."
... I know I live in a little bubble here in Berkeley, but I would like to see that bubble expand so more and more people have that opportunity to get help. If you are in places like the Midwest, you are not going to find sex surrogates there ...
"Devotees" are people who have a sexual fetish for severely disabled people. Would you encourage a relationship between a person with an extreme physical handicap and a devotee?
I would say it matters if the devotee is just there for a very short time and sex is all they are interested in, as opposed to getting to know the real person behind the disability. That would bother me because the devotee is getting what he/she wants, but is the person with the disability getting into a sincere, tender, intimate relationship? ... Mark O'Brien had a person like that who I wondered about. She hovered around him and wanted to be seen with him. I once asked him, "Where is this woman now?" and he said, "I hardly ever hear from her anymore." That wasn't fair to him.
I never thought of it that way. I do think dyslexia helped me have more compassion, especially for people who have unseen disabilities. I thought I was mentally handicapped as a child, that I had something terribly wrong with my brain, but no one knew it because I didn't look any different. When you see a person with cerebral palsy who has a wide range of spasticity in his movements, people assume he has less than average intelligence, which is not so. I have always been open to digging in and communicating with disabled people like I would with anyone else ...
Why do you think there are so few male surrogate partners who work exclusively with women?
We have more now in the [San Francisco] Bay area. We have at least three heterosexual male surrogates. I know we have a couple of gay male surrogates, and I think we have one who is bi. I think it is because women don't have the discretionary funds that men do. We don't make the money that men do for the same work.
What kind of problems do women seek surrogate partners to help them with?
The women who do come to male surrogates are women who have been molested, or who have body image issues. There are women out there who have never had orgasms ... The women I have worked with need to work on body image and genital image. They need to learn how to accept themselves and not feel like they are odd. The ones who have never masturbated, I show them how I masturbate. I show them different positions women like to get into, toys, how I use my hand.
I love working with women, opening them up so they don't have the shame and guilt, which women tend to carry around more than men. You don't call a man who has been with a lot of partners promiscuous, but you hear it all the time about women. We get labeled as whores or sluts or whatever. I'm in that category for many people. We as surrogates try to help people be broader and to stop judging others. Some of those notions are so engrained in our culture ... Recently, I had a client tell me that the sexual revolution really messed men up. He said, "It used to be that we could have sex when we wanted to. The women wouldn't complain." It was very difficult for him to see the double standard. It was sad.
The sexual revolution of the 1960s came soon after potentially life threatening STDs — like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis — became largely curable with the widespread use of antibiotics. When AIDS appeared in the early 1980s, there was a backlash against the sexual revolution. You also saw droves of sexual surrogates leaving the profession. Do you think a culture's view of casual sex is at all correlated with the prevalence of deadly STDs in a society?
I think that is part of it, but I also think it has more to do with that whole double standard, how women are mothers and they should not be out having casual sex. The idea of women being able to take control of their bodies, to regulate their bodies with birth control, has a large part to do with those attitudes as well. STDs have always been there, and we've always had to take precautions against that. I think men wanted the right to just go out and have sex, but they didn't want women to. We still have the Madonna/whore mentality in our culture.
How do you deal with clients who adhere to a strict religious or moral code that forbids them from participating in the more intimate parts of your surrogacy work, or do those types of clients just not contact you?
Everything is intimate from the moment we first start meeting one another in my living room and we talk about what brought them to me. Then we go into the bedroom and I take them through the breathing, relaxing, and spooning exercises. All of those things are intimate. Nothing is mechanical...
There is a story in the book about a man whose wife ended up divorcing him after she walked in on him masturbating. She didn't want to go into therapy or talk about it. She was disgusted with him. He thought something was wrong with him. He went for several years feeling guilty. He couldn't even get an erection to masturbate. He was so ashamed. Well after seeing a therapist and working with me he became more and more himself again. That is what I want people to do, find who you are, not who you think you should be sexually. Do not judge yourself so harshly. Whatever turns you on, if you can find another adult who consents to what you want to do, that is the idea. Someone who is open who doesn't make you feel bad about yourself.
One of the problems I had with The Sessions was how Mark's character fell in love with you. Based on the section in your book describing your encounter with him, the film obviously exaggerated your romantic connection.
It was poetic license. There was a lot of stuff that was different. The reason we ended it after our sessions was because he didn't want to get attached to me. We kept in touch intermittently through his life until he died. I went to his apartment on his birthday. I brought him a lobster because we both love lobster. He sent me the poem.
So that was a real poem he wrote for you?
It was real. He sent it to me a year later. It was in a short book of poetry. It was the first one. The first time I read it, I got choked up. I still do any time someone reads it. It kills me. At first I thought, "Well maybe he wrote this for me." Then I thought, "No, no, he didn't write it for me. He wrote it for the future partner he wants to have." But I helped him feel this way, that he could at some point meet this woman. And it did happen. When it finally happened, he called me and said, "I met a woman I want you to meet someday." ... And I did get to meet Susan. I met her when his documentary was shown here in Berkeley. I saw him one more time after that and then he died ... No, Mark and I didn't have a love story, but we had a like story that was very, very important.
I imagine many of your clients fall in love with you. How do you keep them from becoming too attached?
Every step of the way I show them things they can do with a partner, and it will always be more intimate than what we do, because they will have all those other feelings that go along with it. They are not in love with me. They may be in like with me, and I really like them. Some of them do say, "I love you," and I say it right back: "I love you in this very moment." And you can love them in that moment. It makes you feel that good. That is okay to say. It is good for people to be able to feel feelings. You can't go through this process like a robot ...
If you've finished my book, you know I married one of my clients. We've been in a relationship for 33 years ... I don't see my clients as sick, or wrong, or broken. They come in with the confusions they get from their culture, family, religion, or whatever ... I also work on social skills with clients, because I want them all to find that person for them...
Do you see a difference between someone who has a genuine sexual issue and a person who simply has a difficult time finding a sex partner?
I think there are men who have had a very hard time finding a sex partner, who still carry with them all of that shame and guilt. I'm starting with a man next week who had one sexual experience, and that was 10 years ago. He is 41. He said it was horrible. She went after him. I haven't gotten the whole story ... but he doesn't feel good about what happened, which is the most important thing, so we are going to explore and see where we can go.
Many people are simply worried about what is expected of them. They feel lonely about their sexuality and intimidated ... I get clients who say, "I'm so glad we are not having sex." In our sessions we don't have sex right away. It's a matter of taking time to relax. That to me is the most intimate kind of sex ... There are people who are more thoughtful, and mindful, and want to explore, but a lot of what is coming at them in our culture in terms of sex is over the top for them. The older they get, the more they start to worry that they are going to be perceived as inexperienced. That makes them even more frightened of moving into that realm of being sexual with no experience whatsoever. They are afraid of being awkward and clumsy, which is a real problem.
Does surrogacy therapy work for most of your clients?
I would say that anyone who has an experience with surrogate partner therapy, at the very least they will walk away feeling better about themselves. There is no getting away from that if you stay in the process. Some people are afraid. I see they are not doing what I suggest and things are not progressing. I would say that happens to about five to ten percent of the people I've worked with. I tell them, "Listen, there is something going on. You are not ready for this. You need to work with your therapist more. I will be here if you choose to come back."
In one of the most chilling sections of the book, you try to help a child molester recently released from prison, only to discover that he is targeting a new victim. Do you believe you can change the desires of pedophiles, or is the only solution to teach these men how to manage their desires in socially acceptable ways?
I don't think you can ever take that desire out of them. I do feel in his case there was no way he was going to be taught. He was a sociopath ... When a person is a psychopath, they are an out of control predator. It is very sad ... There was nothing in him that was socially acceptable or manageable. I think he could not be changed. I have met other men who were pedophiles who were deeply saddened and regretful. Some even tried to help some of their victims financially and paid for their therapy ... But, when you get to the stage where you are a sociopath, you don't have any of that empathy.
My biggest fear of having an open relationship is the possibility that my wife will find someone she is more compatible with, especially since their relationship would be new and exciting. In your case, an open marriage did allow you to meet your second husband, Bob. Does loving someone unconditionally mean loving them enough to allow them to explore the possibility of finding someone who is a better match?
Yeah, I guess so ... but our marriage didn't end because of the open marriage. It ended because he lied to me so many times ... He didn't share who he was with me. He was great at listening to me and my issues ... but he wouldn't really talk about what his deepest, darkest fears were.
The open marriage end of it allowed me to see what I did and didn't want to do with my partners. Except for Bob, I always picked people that I didn't picture myself leaving my husband for. At the time I met Bob, my husband was in a very intimate relationship with someone else, then he started having children with her. That was the most devastating blow to our marriage. I never thought we had to make that rule. Later on he told me he started having children with her because I had hurt him. He never told me I had hurt him. We never talked about it. To this day I am not sure what hurt him. So it is communication with someone else. Really deep communication. It doesn't mean you are not going to hurt people in other ways, but having a friendship is a huge piece of being married. Being friends and lovers goes hand-in-hand ...
I think one of the things couples need to do is to not be afraid that the other person is going to think less of them if you share what makes you feel sad or embarrassed. That is what unconditional is to me. So when you do share those things, if that person comes back at you and makes fun of it, shame on them. But if you stick around and allow them to keep doing it, then shame on you.
Read more about Cohen and buy her memoir, An Intimate Life: Sex, love and My Journey as a Surrogate Partner, on her website, CherylCohenGreene.com


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Master's Degree in Transpersonal Psychology: Program Overview
Transpersonal psychology is an integrative field of study that concentrates on the spiritual component of human existence. Master's degree programs teach students about the diversity of ways that humans relate with people and nature, demonstrate knowledge and express themselves. Students learn to apply transpersonal psychology to improve the well-being of the world.
Essential Information
Transpersonal psychology is a broad field that incorporates traditional and non-traditional theories. Students in a master's program learn to analyze and utilize these ideas in their work. Courses cover the belief systems in various cultures and encourage the student to consider different worldviews. The meaning of dreams, yoga, rites of passage and ecopsychology are all topics that a master's program in transpersonal psychology may examine. Students conduct research and participate in internships. A final research paper or thesis may be required.
These programs usually take about three years to complete. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree, and many schools give preference to applicants who have experience or prior training in transpersonal psychology practices.
Graduates can pursue careers in various fields, such as education, community activism or healthcare. They may go on to earn doctoral degrees in transpersonal psychology or a related field.
Master of Arts in Transpersonal Psychology
In a transpersonal psychology Master of Arts (M.A.) degree program, students learn about traditional and non-traditional psychology theories. They learn how to critique various methods and theories, conduct research, analyze situations and apply transpersonal psychology to help people and the Earth.
Students learn about different cultures' beliefs, traditional practices and perspectives on the world. They study various types of knowledge, which include emotional intelligence, embodied knowledge, esoteric knowledge, indigenous knowledge, sacred learning and insight. They learn about the conscious and unconscious mind, altered states of consciousness, mental health and how people create their experiences.
Students learn transpersonal practices and treatments, such as meditation, self-reflection, self-awareness, self-inquiry, creativity therapy, wilderness therapy, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. They can expand their levels of compassion and understanding as well as developing leadership, conversational, deep listening and critical thinking skills.
Upon completion of coursework, service learning projects and final research papers, students receive their M.A. degrees. Graduates have an enhanced ability to connect with people and nature and are capable of applying transpersonal psychology principles to improve the well-being of people's daily lives and careers.
Education Prerequisites
Applicants must have earned bachelor's degrees from an accredited school. Programs may show preference to applicants who have prior experience in transpersonal psychology practices and have demonstrated academic excellence during their undergraduate studies.
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Students are required to complete fundamental psychology classes, research courses and service learning projects. Some of the topics that they might study include these:
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Why the supply chain is as important as the value chain
A marketplace in Kampala, Uganda. Photo: Arne Hoel, The World Bank
Standing at the checkout line at Whole Foods Market while finishing up my weekly family grocery shopping, I take inventory of everything in my cart. I have honey, rice, couscous, extra virgin olive oil, juice, coffee, tea, dried beans and organic pretzels (for me). Not only did I find all of these products in one supermarket, but they were all sourced by the same Whole Foods Market buyer and delivered here by the same distribution company.
How do I know this? Because I have sold goods to companies like Whole Foods Market, a prime retail chain in the United States, having been in the specialty foods industry for the past two decades.
A single buyer makes the decision to buy each and every one of these shelf-stable grocery products, and then a single distribution company sources them from multiple suppliers and consolidates them for Whole Foods Market. This is how the supply chain works in the United States, and anywhere else in the world, including Tanzania, which is the home of infoDev's newest addition to entrepreneur development — the Agribusiness Innovation Center (AIC).
From my conversations with buyers from Nakumatt, Uchumi, Shoppers, Shrijee, Value Markets, and every other supermarket chain in Tanzania, I have gathered that they all have streamlined supply chains and have a strong desire to source shelf-stable food products locally. Simple as this sounds, it is made complicated by the fact that local companies need to meet their requirements for certification, packaging, branding, price competitiveness, reliability, promotion and so forth. This is where the AIC has a crucial role.
Around the world, infoDev supports innovative, growth-oriented entrepreneurs, and agribusiness is an important focus area. The AIC is a sustainable platform for entrepreneur development that focuses on value-added food processing. It is set up to run as a business, not a donor program. Charging a percentage of the entrepreneur's growth, the AIC is well-positioned to support entrepreneurs across multiple value chains, for all the reasons described above. The route to market is basically the same, and so are the requirements. For example, the Tanzania Bureau of Standards certifies honey companies the same way it certifies every other shelf-stable food company.


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Tramadol is a narcotic-like pain reliever. Tramadol hydrochloride is a Generic name brand for Ultram, it is usually used to treat moderate to moderately severe pain.
Tramadol is available in extended release tablets and should be taken exactly as directed. Because the effects if Tramadol are similar to those of narcotic analgesics, it may become habit forming causing physical and psychological dependence.
Tramadol Uses
Tramadol is an opioid analgesic used to treat moderate to severe pain. Tramadol was developed by the German pharmaceutical company Grunenthal GmbH in the late 1970s, marketed under the name Tramal. It is also licensed under other names including Ultram. Tramadol can be injected intravenously and intramuscularly, and oral preparations are also approved.
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Vaughn C. Hardacker is a writer. He has completed five novels
and numerous short stories. He is a member of the New
England Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and has
published short stories in six anthologies: Mouth Full of
Bullets; Best of Year One, My Teacher Is My Hero, and
Deadfall, Level Best Books' sixth annual anthology of New
England crime and mystery stories and Breathe volumes II
through IV. His novel, SNIPER, is scheduled for release on
February 4, 2014 and is available for pre-order via online
book sellers and his website: http://www.vaughnhardacker.com.
He is a veteran of the U. S. Marines and served in Vietnam. He
holds degrees from Northern Maine Technical College, the
University of Maine and Southern New Hampshire University.
He lives in Maine.
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|Mustard seeds
|2 Tablespoon, soaked and ground in a paste
|Turmeric powder
|1⁄2 Tablespoon
|To Taste
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Green chili
|Mustard oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (For deep frying)
1) Thoroughly wash the pabda fish and drain.
2) Season the fish with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder. Thoroughly rub all over the surface.
3) Add few drops of oil on the fish, to prevent bursting while frying.
4) In a non-stick skillet, add the mustard oil.
5) Place over heat and allow the oil to get sufficiently hot.
6) Carefully place the fish to fry. Reduce heat to medium and cover with a lid, to safeguard from bursting of oil.
7) Transfer the fish on a plate. Repeat the process with remaining fish.
8) In the same oil add the black cumin seeds and green chilies to sauté for 2 minutes.
9) In a bowl, dilute the mustard paste with little water by adding the turmeric powder and pour this into the skillet.
10) Add the fried fish and allow to simmer for 5 minutes or until it reaches the desired consistency.
11) Adjust seasoning to taste.
12) Serve the Pabda machher sorshe bata with warm rice.


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Though he wasn't a one-man team, Rotan's Bryson Alls certainly did everything he could to help his team beat Ranger here Saturday.
Alls had three intercep-tions, including one with 10 seconds left that thwarted the Bulldogs' final drive, plus a fumble recovery and also rushed for 84 yards in leading the Yellowhammers to a 26-20 victory in the finale of the seventh annual Sammy Baugh Classic.
Sam Nemir is Sweetwater's Football Player of the Week. Nemir, a 5-9, 170-pound senior who starts at fullback and linebacker, was the team's leading tackler and rusher this past Friday against Monahans. He had an outstanding defensive game with eight solo tackles, one for a loss, eight assisted tackles and one sack. In addition, he rushed five times for 23 yards.
The Sweetwater High School tennis team went to Big Spring for its first match of the fall season this past Thursday and lost by a score of 13-8.
"We fell short, but we fought hard to the end," said SHS coach Shella Arnwine. "I am very happy with how we started."
Sweetwater's Nick Nemir intercepts a Monahans pass while Kaleb Hoover (10) watches in Friday's game.
It took almost an entire half for the state's No. 9-ranked team in Class 3A to make a first down here Friday against an inspired Sweetwater defense.
And the Mustangs were still tied with Monahans 7-7 through three quarters of a classic defensive battle in Game 2 of the seventh an-nual Sammy Baugh Classic.
But the Loboes' defense ultimately prevailed, holding Sweetwater to just three yards and no first downs in the second half and scoring 10 points in the final period for a hard-earned 17-7 win.
Highland and Blackwell's six-man football teams lost non-district games Friday to fall to 0-2 this season.
Highland was defeated by Loraine 48-12 and Blackwell lost to Lohn 66-20.
Highland scored on a 56-yard run by Steven Tester in the third quarter and a 40-yard pass from Ron Covington to Tyler Falcon. No Blackwell infor-mation was provided.
Sweetwater lost both of its sub-varsity games at Monahans on Thursday.
The JV White team fell 21-8 and the JV Red team lost by a score of 49-6.
Both teams host Levelland this week starting with the Red team at 5 p.m.
Monahans 21,
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Sweetwater White (1-1) scored on a 28-yard run by T.C. Huitt in the second quarter as well as a safety in the third period.
Sweetwater teams host Lamesa — freshmen and JV at 5:30 p.m., varsity at 6:30 p.m.
Sweetwater 7th grade at Levelland (season openers), 4 and 5:15 p.m.
Sweetwater 8th grade at Levelland (season openers), 4 and 6:30 p.m.
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Roscoe 7th and 8th grade teams host Stamford (season openers) starting at 4 p.m.
Roscoe JV hosts Stam-ford, 6:30 p.m.
Highland junior high plays at Novice (season opener), 6 p.m.
Highland JV at Sands JV, 6 p.m.
The traffic flow at Southeast Elementary School has been a headache to some these first two weeks of school — a problem for those involved including students, teachers, parents and law enforcement.
"It is our number one objective to provide a safe place for children to receive an education and enjoy their experience while they are here with us," said Southeast principal Peggy Elliott. "We are working hard to improve the traffic situation to make it flow smoothly for the parents as we maintain our number one goal, the safety of our students."
Funeral services for Eula Mae Corley, 99, of Sweetwater, will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. Jerry Payne officiating. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at the funeral home.
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San Francisco Butoh Festival. (National: `Dance Of Darkness' Finds Lightness Of Touch).
If it is the purpose--or even the mandate -- of a dance festival to alter preconceptions and extend visions, then the seventh annual edition of Brechin Flournoy's butoh festival scored an unqualified triumph. Almost nothing was what it should have been during the three ticketed events of this popular summertime celebration.
Think ankoku butoh (dance of darkness)--the Japanese movement form inspired by post-Hiroshima angst and influenced by Mary Wigman-era German expressionism--and the image that settles in the mind is one of shaven, chalk-coated, undraped bodies locomoting through space with the speed of commuter-hour traffic. No doubt about it, despite (or maybe because of) its high seriousness, the school has lent itself to vapid posturing; an element of camp was bound to creep in.
But specialists in the field now talk of a post-butoh generation in Japan and it was those artists, several of them making their San Francisco Bay Area debuts, who left the most lasting impressions. If you were looking for a butoh tradition, Yan-Shu's Zunnja, the middle attraction on the August 1 "Japanese New Wave" program, began by exploring familiar terrain. Three men in skivvies suggested living statuary in the semi-darkness, as the company's founder, Kinya "Zulu" Tsuruyama, metamorphosed from priestly figure into a faceless monster in brown chenille, menacing the trio by redefining the stage space with an endless rope. But then, the dynamic changed and a subversive element crept in. During a frozen unison, one performer patted his neighbor's posterior and tickled him mercilessly; it was a subtle but effective repudiation of a tradition.
Even more unorthodox was Looking at Far East (at least the four episodes performed here), a wry satire on Japanese customs, delivered with extraordinary panache by the Kyoto-based duo who call themselves op.eklekt. Garbed in costumes that owed as much to John Tenniel as they did to samurai movies, Nobuo Kanetani and Mutsumi Oku gave away the game early. In the tea ceremony, the couple punctiliously distributed canned soft drinks toted in plastic shopping bags and snapped photos of each other. In "Tennis Training," the pair sparred with a weird assortment of rackets. In "Oseibo," the end-of-the-year gift-giving custom, the duo attacked an endlessly wrapped package, groveling before each other with exaggerated politesse. At the end, they deluged their audience with party favors; icons may not have been smashed, but they were a bit defaced.
With No Parking, the high-energy collisions and tumbles of the five-member NIBROLL (directed by Mikuni Yanaihara) arrived like a pistol shot. The snazzy projections and films of contemporary Tokyo streetscapes suggested a society hurtling toward destruction. The five dancers, clad in school and military uniforms, moved in an aggressive style indebted to contemporary Quebecois choreography, and structure was a problem, but NIBROLL's ferocity of attack was worth remembering.
A rare visit (the first since 1984) by Kei Takei reaffirmed her honored place in the butoh tradition. A recent solo, Absence of Izanagi, proved a mesmerizing display of musculature and, thanks to Somei Satoh's spare piano score, an evocative metaphor of obstacles conquered. Part 8 of the thirty-one-part Light was a hilarious striptease in reverse, as the topless Takei methodically bound herself with a variety of pillows, rendering the performer immovable. The good humor of this enduring artist (who studied with butoh progenitor Tatsumi Hijikata, through Juilliard) and her gift for imbuing even the most pedestrian gestures with expressive inflections made this act of reacquaintance a moment to cherish.
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Rains wreak havoc on plants
The recent rains have many plants in local landscapes looking ragged. Cooler temperatures, high humidity and soil splashing onto leaves have increased fungal problems.
Wilting plants are not uncommon after heavy rains, especially if you have heavy clay soil or water was standing in your landscape. Plants wilt because of lack of water and excess water.
Unlike animals, plants were not designed with a respiratory system. Individual cells must have oxygen available from the surrounding environment, even root cells underground. Unless specially adapted, most plants can't move adequate air down into the root system.
The lack of oxygen to roots when soil is super-saturated can result in root death. Without an adequate root system, the plant cannot keep the foliage supplied with water. Wilting occurs.
Another way to increase aeration, particularly in lawns with a clay base, is to use a deep-tine aerator. This device digs out small holes and pulls the plugs of soil to the surface to allow air deeper in the soil. The result is additional root growth and a healthier lawn. Check with local equipment rental or home improvement stores for rental availability of aerators.
Potted plants sitting in saucers of water also can develop root rot. Empty saucers after heavy rains so that air can move into the soil.
Increased moisture and humidity and lower temperatures are perfect conditions for fungal growth, especially in roses.
To keep your roses fungus-free, be on the lookout for black spot. Remove leaves with excess fungal bodies to reduce the spore count. Spray on dry days with an approved fungicide.
Roses are not the only plants seeing problems.
Periwinkles, or annual Vinca, are showing signs of stress as Phytophthera blight appears in periwinkle patches. No cure for this disease exists. Remove infected plants quickly. Keep plants mulched to reduce soil splashing, and try to keep foliage as dry as possible.
Keep an eye on plumeria. Yellow rust that sometimes forms on the bottom of plumeria leaves may start appearing with the wet conditions and cooler temperatures. If you see yellowish-orange fungal bodies on plumeria leaves, remove and dispose of them in a trash bag to prevent cross contamination.
Heavy rains often leach nutrients from the soil. We are seeing more yellowing of St. Augustine grass as well as Chinese tallow, hibiscus, Euryops daisy shrub and other perennials.
Use a two-step approach on fertilizing. Apply a general-purpose lawn fertilizer like done in the spring to replenish nitrogen that has been depleted with excessive rains. Do not use more than one pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet.
Although fertilizing will replenish the nutrients grass and plants need to grow, consider spraying yellow plants with liquid iron to green up quickly. Granular iron is available but doesn't always give as consistent results as liquid products. Be careful when spraying because iron products leave rust stains on bricks and concrete.
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So, I have just redeemed my second UltraViolet digital copy (
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LendingClub Corp. has set a price range for its initial public offering that implies a valuation very similar to the one the company received in its most-recent private investment round.
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