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Not so long ago 'falling in love' was widely thought to be the ultimate state of bliss; no matter how rich or poor you were, how pretty or plain-looking, it was as though the state of being in love put everything right – things might not always end the way you would like to but nevertheless just the experience of loving and losing was assumed to be better than never having loved at all. Now with increasing reality of the frailty of human commitment and the plethora of social networking sites which can even hook you up with someone supposedly compatible, love has become somewhat irrelevant or even an embarrassing word to use. The term of preference now is "a relationship" which comes with all the supposedly life-fulfilling connotations of 'love' but is somehow hipper and more in tune with present social trends. But what if the idea of being in a relationship does not appeal to you – does that make you a social anomaly or merely someone who wishes to live their life on their own terms?
You have certain expectations
To a great extent, past experiences determine the kind of partner one is looking for and you probably have a mental list of traits and characteristics that a prospective partner must fulfill in order to be in a relationship with him/her. It is likely that your list of desirable traits in a potential partner is either detailed or so particular that it is difficult to come across potential partners who meet your relationship needs. And if you are not prepared to settle for less, there is nothing wrong in not wanting to be in a half-satisfactory relationship.
You are too busy
Again your not wanting to be in a relationship may simply be a consequence of a busy life. The fact that relationships take work is now bandied about so often that it has become a cliché but still that does not lessen its relevance. Sometimes not being in a relationship is simply the consequence of not having enough time, energy or patience to invest in a partnership. This is especially true of people who are juggling work, studies and family as a single parent or those working overtime to reach the top of their professional ladder. In order to be in a relationship, you would need to spare time meet new singles from varied backgrounds but also invest enough effort to build and nurture the relationship. And if you find that you simply cannot make time for all that now, it is alright. After all work and study opportunities come occasionally whereas a relationship can be initiated at any point of life, though with its own specificities at different age groups.
Be honest with yourself
While there are no rules how an individual should lead his/her own life, it is always better if the person is truly aware of his/her innermost social and sexual motivations. Thus it may be helpful to take out a quiet hour and sort out your feelings, values, and desires related to sexuality and relationships. For example, are you satisfied with your current social life or maybe you would like a relationship if you had more time at your disposal. Again do you enjoy variety in companions or perhaps you would like to settle down into a relationship if you met the right person. Do you wish you had a "special someone" like your friends or siblings or are you honestly happy on your own?
Clarifying these issues will help you realize whether you are using your single status to gloss over some underlying insecurity or if you are genuinely happy to be emotionally independent. For instance if it is the former, the veneer of a happy go lucky single may soon crack under stress of conflicting emotions like wanting to be in love with someone and yet scared to trust that person. On the other hand if you are truly glad to be on your own, then don't let popular concepts of falling in love and settling down with your soul mate come in way of your personal satisfaction.
Ditto with others
It is likely that your unwillingness to be in a relationship does not preclude the idea of having casual dates and one-night stands. If so, you need to be careful that you and your occasional partner are on the same page where sex, emotional intimacy and commitment are concerned. Whether you have a friends with benefits or are a regular at the casual pick up scene, ensure that you and your partner know what to expect from each other. It can cause discomfort and hurt feelings when, after a roll in the hay, your sexy someone wants to take you out on a date and you'd rather part ways. Intimate relationships, no matter how practically you approach them, are apt to get messy. It is quite possible that while you want a mainly sexual relationship, your "friend" suddenly decides that he or she wants 'more.' Since there's no way to predict how your partner may feel after a hook-up, a good idea would be to try being more upfront about your intentions. For example, before things really heat up, you could say something like, "I'm not looking for a relationship, but I'd still like to have some fun together." Put into your own words, that warning gives your partner a fair heads-up about where you'd like the experience to go.
You are replaceable
At the same time, you also need to be prepared for the possibility of rejection or an abrupt end to a comfortable state of affairs. Your sex buddy might suddenly meet someone he/she wants to date seriously and thus want to opt out of the arrangement with you. Or he/she may lose interest after the novelty of the arrangement has worn off and wish to replace you with another friend-cum-sex partner. Thus before you engage on a casual relationship, ensure that you are protected from the emotional impact of such possibilities so that you do not end up feeling lonely and depressed.
At the end of the day, it is your life and you are perfectly entitled to live it according to your own values and motivations. Only be honest about your compulsions with yourself and your partners or you will find the complexities of a footloose and fancy-free life no less burdensome than those that come in a relationship.


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A sister act that's somewhere between a sitcom and a kitchen sink
Elaine Murphy's new play presents a girls' night in marketed as a girls' night out
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
There is no subtitle to Elaine Murphy's second full-length play, Shush, but its form, structure and main concerns could be encapsulated as, "A chat in two acts". Following Murphy's widely-travelled monologue play Little Gem, the biggest technical accomplishment here, by far, is Murphy's handling of dialogue, rendered in a photorealistic babble of trivial and significant details, briskly shared between five women on Anthony Lamble's domestic set and delivered in minute-ticking real time.
As the friends gather together, urgently and uninvited, to celebrate the desolate Breda's birthday with rejuvenating liquor, Ferrero Rocher, gossip and home truths, the show is essentially a "girls' night in", cannily marketed as a "girls' night out". There will be laughter, advice, tears, support, bitchy comments, sharing and sympathy. And for anyone fatigued by the machismo of the Abbey's recent Drum Belly, there will be blessed relief.
That, however, is all there will be. A careful character study that avoids anything that might be described as a significant event, metaphor or consequence, it is neither particularly theatrical nor dramatic, and director Jim Culleton's production is stranded somewhere between a sitcom and a kitchen sink. If there is a plot, it is best described by the no-nonsense Marie, who Barbara Brennan plays as a force of nature with precisely moulded hair and a daytime talkshow vocabulary – Breda (a believably despairing Deirdre Donnelly) needs to "get her snap back" with the help of "someone to tell it like it is". You go, girlfriend!
Murphy leaves a number of clues as to how difficult this intervention will be, the saddest of which is a motivational poster, "Dare to soar", while everything around Breda is clearly plummeting. Her employers are downsizing, her husband has left her, her health is failing, her house is falling apart and, to increase the indignity, in the play's first 30 minutes, her friends have given her a makeover and updated her CV.
But the play moves, with dread inevitability, towards formula: Breda, who has given up on life, is encouraged to dance again, to avenge a cheating husband with hell-hath-no-fury property damage and to accept wise grief counselling from supposedly the dimmest member of the group, Irene (rescued from caricature by Ruth Hegarty's sympathetic performance).
Breda's life, we understand, is at stake, but there is not much more to impart than the succour and meaning of patter. It drifts from diets and alternative therapies to cosmetic surgery and venereal disease, which is how relationships are expressed and refined. But Murphy's writing lapses into aphorisms and sitcom-worthy one-liners as though it doesn't have much more to say about female solidarity than the theme tune to The Golden Girls. "Who knew I could be this thin and still unhappy," complains Niamh Daly's picture-perfect neighbour, Ursula, and for all the commitment of the cast, that feels like a reasonable assessment of the play.
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adieu Google
Lately there's been some fuss about Google's new privacy policy, with this post by Joey Hess (on Planet Debian) and Slashdot's article about Google's new opt-out policy.
Joey Hess writes:
With the decade over, and Google rolling out all manner of tracking cookies and javascript, it's time to move on. Just keeping on top of the torrent of privacy-affecting changes Google is making, and trying to parse the real meaning in the chirpy googlespeak announcements has become more work than the value their search engine adds. (This was the last straw.)
At least for now, I'll be using Duck Duck Go for search. It's small, quirky, has features the big competition lacks, and works well enough for my mostly moderate and occasionally intense needs. Sorta like Google in 1999.
While I am in favor of privacy, have not been thrilled with Google's behavior, and have come to resent the attitude of Google employees and officers, I have to say Duck Duck Go does not meet my search needs. Neither does Bing. Neither does Google, when it comes right down to it. Search is hard, and there are a lot of tricky bits. (Try searching for the Haskell type signature "Int#". For a while it was nearly impossible to find the emacs package "magit", as all you could get were results for "magic".)
So for the time being I'm still using Google Search. With luck, in time everything will just magically get better..


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The CKCA is managed from Ottawa, with a full time Executive Director. In addition, the volunteer Board of Directors supports the core work of the Association and works collaboratively with the Executive Director to move the strategic priorities of CKCA forward. Board terms are 3 years in length. We are always keen to hear from individuals who have a strong desire to help move our industry forward. If you have a background in the Kitchen industry, and have a passion for the growth of CKCA and would like to contribute to our Board, please send an email to email@example.com. Our board meets monthly via teleconference as well as in person 1-2 times per year.
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Mike Slobodian – Decor Cabinet Company
Michael has been with the Decor Cabinet Company since 1994 and his primary focus has been in working with the dealer network. Michael believes in seeing the best in others and helping them succeed. He uses his analytical and logical problem solving skills along with his knowledge of the industry as part of Decor's Sales & Marketing team. He currently provides leadership to the Marketing, Product and Catalogue teams and is responsible for Decor's various dealer connection points and software interfaces.
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Heidi Boudreault – Denca
Born and raised in Calgary, Heidi learned the ins and outs of the custom cabinetry industry at a young age, her passion in business management makes Heidi a perfect fit as General Manager and co-owner at Denca for the past 15 years. Her education includes Finance, Business Management and Marketing. Denca manufactures custom kitchens, vanities, entertainment units and cabinetry for any room in the home/office. Also a supplier for many appliances and plumbing fixtures. Denca is an active member of the Calgary community, proud to have donated kitchens to non-for profit organizations in Calgary and supporting many local charities and events.
Caroline Castrucci – Laurysen Kitchens
Caroline Castrucci is the V.P. of Administration, Past President of the Greater Ottawa Homebuilders Association, and Past President of the Canadian Kitchen Cabinet Association. She is the recipient of many GOHBA Design Awards and brings a lifetime of experience as a family member and co-owner of Laurysen Kitchens Ltd. Laurysen Kitchens manufactures kitchens, vanities and closet storage systems. Their sales consist of Retail, Renovation, New Home Construction and Dealers. Caroline commenced her term in 2016 and will continue until 2018.
James Dewinetz, CPA, CMA – Pacific Rim Cabinets
James has been around the cabinet industry his whole life, working in factories as a summer job. His father started Pacific Rim Cabinets in 1997 to manufacture custom cabinets solely for export to Japan. Over the years, while Japan remains an integral part of the company's history and sales, Pacific Rim Cabinets now deals primarily with the custom home builders, designers and architects around Vancouver and the lower mainland of BC manufacturing custom kitchens, bathroom vanities, entertainment units, closets, fireplace surrounds, offices, among others.
James began working at Pacific Rim Cabinets in 2010 as the company's accountant, he completed his CMA designation in 2012 and became the company's Vice-President in 2013.
James works with the CKCA President and the Executive Director to manage and monitor the CKCA Finances on a regular basis.
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Sandra Wood, CMP
Sandra has worked in the not-for-profit sector spanning more than 25 years. Having worked for many different associations in education, medical and now the wood sector, Sandra brings a universal perspective based on hands-on experience. She is passionate about not-for-profits because they work to support their members and the industry. Sandra enjoys "connecting the dots" and facilitating strong networking opportunities to engage members. She believes Associations are about fostering strong business relationships fueled by an empathic and sound business approach. She is an experienced public speaker, writer and has served on various Boards as a Director. She brings a well rounded perspective to CKCA.
Pete Fournier – President, Triangle Group of Companies
Pete is an experienced entrepreneur – he started his first company at the age of 19 and has held a managerial role for 20 years. After finishing his degree in Wood Products Processing at the University of British Columbia, he joined the Triangle Group in 2000, where they currently employ more than 100 staff. Pete is responsible for all aspects and functions of new business development, product development, facility expansion and new markets. Pete is currently Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Wood Manufacturing Council and is also an independent Board Member for a private Nano technology company called Metamaterials Technologies Inc.
Rick Hurst – Richelieu Hardware Ltd.
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Peter joined Hettich in 2009 working primarily in the GTA, now now is an Account Manager for Ontario and Manitoba. Hettich is a proud member and supporter of the CKCA and believes that associations provide an opportunity for networking and sharing of knowledge which is fundamentally important to progressive growth of this industry sector.
Rob Wigood – DIvision manager, Upper Canada Forest Products
Upper Canada Forest Products is a distributor of specialty wood products. We offer a comprehensive selection of hardwood and softwood lumber, and a full line of decorative surfaces including Melamine, MDF, Particleboard, and Hardwood plywood. Since 1986 Upper Canada has focused on providing a value solution thru innovative product offerings to the woodworking industry while providing industry leading service quality. Together with Upper Canada's team of experienced professionals Rob partners with many industry leading woodworking firms to support and provide needs.
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Rising numbers of secondary schools are struggling to keep up with demand amid intense competition for places, it has been suggested.
In some cases, families may now have to live less than a kilometre from a favoured school in order to win a coveted spot.
New analysis reveals that almost half of secondary schools in England are oversubscribed, and the numbers are increasing.
The findings come just days before 11-year-olds across the country learn what school they will be attending from September, on what is known as National Offer Day.
Figures obtained by the admissions website FindASchool, through Freedom of Information requests and data gathered from councils and schools, indicate that 47% of secondaries were oversubscribed in 2015 - equivalent to more than 1,500 schools - and this is up from 43% in 2014.
Primary schools in England have been struggling to keep up with demand in recent years due to a rising population, and this is now moving through into secondary schools.
The analysis, first reported by the Times Educational Supplement, shows that in some cases, so-called "catchment areas" - the area around a school from which it draws its pupils, may be shrinking.
A total of 28 schools had a catchment area of less than one kilometre in 2015, the website found. This is for pupils not qualifying for a place under any other admissions criteria. Of these, 17 were academies, five were council-run, four were foundation schools and two were free schools .
Admissions rules are set by councils and schools and they may prioritise other criteria besides using catchment area, such as taking the siblings of pupils already at the school.
FindASchool co-founder Ed Rushton said that the increase in oversubscribed schools was not a surprise given the growing school population.
"To date, the effects have been felt mainly in the primary sector, but the rising demand for places is now starting to affect secondary schools," he said.
Official figures show that 84.2% of children got their first choice of secondary school last year, down one percentage point from 85.2% in 2014.
And 96.4% got at least one of their preferred options, down 0.4 percentage points from 96.8% the year before.
There was a 2.3% increase in secondary school applications in 2015, the government data shows.
A Department for Education spokesman said: "The Government doubled the funding for school places to £5 billion in the last parliament, which has helped create half a million new school places. A further £7 billion has already been committed to create even more places over the next six years."


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Making your best food choices can be a struggle for even the most disciplined. Going against your cravings, turning down tasty desserts, and making wise restaurant choices is difficult for even those of us who give advice about it and especially during the holiday season! Although recent studies show that caloric restriction has wide-ranging health benefits and may offer protection against age-related disorders such as Alzheimer's disease*, feeling hunger pains can make it a Herculean task. Anyone that was sent to bed as a child without dinner can attest to how uncomfortable falling asleep can be when your stomach is empty. Thanks a lot, Mom.
We're all well aware that in order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories in a day than you consume. And for most people, consuming small meals several times a day is much more effective than consuming one or two giant ones, but what happens if you have followed your eating plan to the letter, and that grumbling in your tummy is still there? Fear not! There are a plethora of low-calorie foods out there that can fill up your stomach without affecting your calorie count for the day too adversely. Plan and prepare and have a super "snack" holiday season!
Most of us don't crave vegetables during the holiday season, but because of their low calorie count and high fiber count, they can push away hunger very quickly. If you're craving salt, a touch of low-fat dressing can spruce up even the most boring produce. For the purpose of low-calorie snacking, aim for the non-starch variety (avoid potatoes, corn, peas, carrots). And, remember, the more water in the vegetable, the better. Some great choices include:
Celery. This super crunchy friend has 6 calories, 1.5 grams of carbohydrates, 0.7 grams of fiber, no fat, and 0.3 grams of protein per stalk.
Cucumbers. Previous to pickling, cucumbers have 14 calories, 2.8 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, no fat, and 0.4 grams of protein per 1-cup sliced serving.
Bell peppers. Colorful and slightly sweet, bell peppers have 20 calories, 4.8 grams of carbohydrates, 1.5 grams of fiber, no fat, and 0.7 grams of protein per 1/2-cup serving.
Fruit is a bit tricky, as the calorie counts vary per item, and there is a lot of sugar in fruit. Remember the water rule, and you will be in fairly good shape. Also, really watch your portion size. A cup of watermelon is a great choice, while an entire watermelon will not serve you well. If you're looking at the frozen varieties, make sure that there's no sugar added to your choices. And avoid the gallon-size smoothies sold in every mini-mall in this great country. Calorically, they should replace a meal, and the amount of sugar they contain can send your insulin through the roof. And remember to add some healthy fats (nuts are great) to slow down that fructose (fruit sugar) affect on your blood. Some fantastic choices, in 1/2-cup servings, include:
Melons. Cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon are all between 25 and 30 calories, 5 to 7 grams of carbohydrates, 0.4 to 0.7 grams of fiber, no fat, 0.5 to 0.8 grams of protein per 1/2-cup serving.
Berries. When in season, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries can satisfy a sweet tooth and your hunger. They each have between 20 to 40 calories, 5 to 10 grams of carbs, 2 to 3 grams of fiber, no fat, and 0.5 grams of protein.
Apples. Always in season, apples each contain about 82 calories, 21 grams of carbs, 3.8 grams of fiber, no fat, and 0.2 grams of protein.
Protein sources
Protein is known to rebuild muscle; however, for the exerciser, the best part about protein is that it is filling and has some substance to it. In this instance, dealing with low-calorie snacking, your protein choices will have to be small in size and low in fat. In other words, do not eat 2 pounds of bacon and consider it a snack. It's also wise to combine these small protein portions with a choice from the vegetable category. It will add flavor and fiber, which with add to your satiation. Some low-cal favorites include:
Egg whites. Sometimes, they take a bit to get used to, but scrambled egg whites pack a high-protein punch. Egg whites contain 29 calories, 0.6 grams of carbohydrates, no fiber and fat, and 6 grams of protein per 1/4-cup serving, before cooking.
Low fat cheese. There are tons of light cheese options out there, but to make it simple, we are leaning toward the pre-portioned variety. Light string cheese and Laughing Cow® wedges have 35 to 50 calories, 1 gram of carbs, no fiber, 2 grams of fat, and 3 to 6 grams of protein.
Starchy and sweet snacks
With the advent of the 100-calorie pack, one would assume starchy carbohydrate snacking would be completely figured out. The problem is that most people don't stop at one pack, and three packs later, you could have had a sandwich or a sundae. In this particular situation, we suggest snacks that don't add more than 150 or 200 calories to your daily intake, so unless you can only eat half of that SnackWells® pack, perhaps look at these real life and more filling options:
Whole-grain brown rice cakes. Rice expands in your stomach, and makes you feel fuller for a longer period of time. One whole-grain brown rice cake contains 30 calories, 14 grams of carbohydrate, 1 gram of fiber, no fat, and 1 gram of protein.
Air-popped popcorn. Air-popped popcorn is very filling, and unlike its movie-theater cousin, it's not a caloric nightmare. Air-popped popcorn contains 31 calories, 6.2 grams of carbohydrates, 1.2 grams of fiber, 0.4 grams of fat, and 1 gram of protein per 1-cup serving.
Sugar-free Fudgesicle®. I think this is one of humankind's greatest creations. Each sugar-free Fudgesicle contains 35 calories, 16 grams of carbs, 4 grams of fiber, 1.5 grams of fat, and 4 grams of protein.
OK, so it's not actually food, but beverages and broths can have a very filling effect on a very empty belly. Warm liquids, in particular, expand in your stomach and make you feel fuller for a longer period of time. Some choices include:
No-sugar-added OR diet hot chocolate. On a chilly night, hot chocolate can be filling and comforting. No-sugar-added hot chocolate contains 50 calories, 10 grams of carbs, no fiber or fat, and 2 grams of protein.
Low-sodium chicken broth. This diet wonder can be spiced up a bit, or even added to, with choices from the vegetable category. Chicken broth contains 15 calories, 1 gram of carbohydrates, no fiber or fat, and 2 grams of protein.
Remember, these suggestions are not replacements for high-quality meals, but just a way to chase hunger away when those meals have already been consumed OR to fill you up a bit before hitting the holiday work party or the family food gathering! Many people on calorie-restricted plans stop feeling excess hunger after several days, so be patient with yourself. Eventually, the amazing machine that is your body will become acclimated to what you are doing, and will thrive on the fuel you are giving it. In the interim, utilize these low-calorie snacks and avoid the growling in your tummy. It may not be as filling as some slices of Domino's® Pizza, but you will feel much better about yourself in the morning.
~ Coach Catherine – Milwaukee Adventure Boot Camp www.milwaukeebootcamp.com
Adapted from By Stephanie Saunders and Florida State University, Program in Neuroscience, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, 237 Biomedical Research Facility, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340, USA. firstname.lastname@example.com
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1944: Louis Ferdinand Céline, Lucette his wife and the cat Bébert leave Paris bombarded. Crossing Germany in ruins, they join Sigmaringen where the Vichy Government took refuge. From this real Historical episode, Christophe Malavoy, fond of Celinian writing, wrote this script that Paul and Gaetan put into pictures.


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"I seem to be really tired all the time. Seriously, it's getting exhausting."
Age: 19
Likes: Xbox Gaming, Drawing, Driving Fast
Weaknesses: Manual Labour, Vegetables
Currently studying Engineering at University, Tony spends his free time lazing around, and doing random drawings. His two goals in life are to create a successful Webcomic, and to drive Route 66 in an old American Muscle Car. He has a wild imagination, and can often seem immature, but in reality he's always deep in thought, and usually worrying about something. Creative, yet lazy, Tony is his own worst enemy.
"I don't think words could describe how bad today is going to be."
Age: 19
Likes: Playing Guitar, Xbox Gaming, Complaining
Weaknesses: Cheese, Wheelie Bins
Meeting Tony in University, Mikey moved in with the gang during his second year. He has a part time job, which no one really seems to understand, only that he hates it, and it seemingly involves more paperwork than book binding. A pessimist who loves to complain, with a strong interest in sports and music. Mikey has a great memory, and is smarter than he gives himself credit for. In his free time, he plays the guitar, his main hobby, doing his best to write his own material.
"You're smiling, you know it's Friday"
Age: 20
Likes: Comics, Coffee, Free Hugs
Weaknesses: Bouncers, Small Cars
An old friend from Tony's hometown, Coates was eager to move in with his friend when the oppertunity presented itself. He's a people person all round, an ever cheery optimist who doesn't hesitate to offer up free hugs. He's currently studying Management at University. Extremely booksmart and well read, Coates has a wide interest in Music and Pollitics. Name a band and a place of Pollitical Importance, and Coates has probably seen that band in that location.
"You may not know this, but I'm brilliant… What am I saying, of course you know that."
Age: 23
Likes: Acting, Comics, Sci-Fi
Weaknesses: Unobtainium, Gravity
Contrary to popular belief, Dave is not in fact David Tennant, nor is he The Doctor. An excellent way to prove this is to watch him try to catch a public bus. His sense of time is excessively poor. Dave is a friend of Tony's from London, cloned so he could be in two places at once, to help the guys in the flat pick up chicks. Dave is an actor, and is an ever confident, large ego bearing, loveable character.
"Blue Cheese before bed? Yeah, I push the boundaries."
Age: 26
Likes: Programming, The Muppets, Cheese
Weaknesses: Idiots, Explaining things
On the same University course as Tony and Mikey, Al is older, wiser, and is vastly superior in intellect than the two Scottish students. Something of a genius, Al can sometimes find it frustrating explaining things over and over to Tony and Mikey. Despite this, he's never refused them help, and Tony considers him a close friend, whom he owes most of his grades too. Though he doesn't live with the guys, Al spends a lot of time in the flat, mostly fixing their electronics, or tutoring them on the stuff they didn't understand.


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̶ And you, Sprague, what were you like at my age?
̶ I was like Terence Stamp in Teorema.
̶ I love that film!
It was at once strange and seductive, as if in taking off my panties I had unveiled reality.
̶̶ So you were the stranger, the saint, the guest? she asks.
̶ Yes.
̶ Did you make love with men?
̶ No. But if their desire, unbeknownst to them, was homosexual, I was the one who'd reveal it.
̶ Did you make love with the mother, the maid, the daughter?
̶ Yes. But I myself didn't know my secret. I was simply silent and available. The girl always gave the signal.
Mystery returned to the world: Naked, I assumed my desire and felt free to play with identity.
̶̶ Did you read Rimbaud in the garden, like Terence Stamp?
̶ I did.
̶ And did you always wear white?
̶ No. But I wore the equivalent: black.
̶ And did you become an actor in others' erotic scenarios?
̶ Yes. I let them use me. I was simply there, passive until it was time to perform.
̶ Mysteriously present in their intimacy?
̶ Yes.
̶ And afterwards, after making love, were they transformed?
̶ They were. They couldn't go on living as they'd lived before.
̶ My father had no love to give me. We never got along. What he really wanted was a son. Looking back, I see I became a tomboy just because I was trying to get closer to him.
Her kohl-rimmed eyes intensify her boundless trust in me. I'm not wearing white, but I feel like Terence Stamp in Teorema.
̶̶ Not once did he ever hug me. When I would put my arms around him, he would pull a face and tremble in horror.
̶ You're an idiot, Sprague, and you have to write your book as the idiot you are.
̶ Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?
̶ No. More like your beloved Terence Stamp in Teorema.
̶ I see.
̶ It's who you are, Sprague. You're one of a kind.
Izolda's a girl I met on the train, coming to Szczecin from Berlin. She's a student at the university here, studying geosciences (coastal morphodynamics, the sedimentary continuum from river systems to continental margins). The sculptural lines of her face contrasted with the easy fall of her hair; her feminine earrings with the masculine cut of her clothes. We talked about Gombrowizc and Żuławski, Stanisław Lem and Grotowski, and all through the conversation we knew we'd end up in bed. It was thus without a word needing to be said that when I opened the taxi door, she got right in. (I wasn't wearing white, but that's how it happened.)
The waiter took us for brother and sister, Iskra and I. Her hair's as black as mine, her eyes as green. Guess that allowed him to overlook my southern complexion and her Slavic pallor, her youth and my youthfulness. She's doing a PhD in plant science at Sofia University (mutant seedlings with aberrant circadian rhythms). Spent two years at Sheffield University. Speaks English with a Yorkshire accent! We met in the Botanic Garden. She was sitting on a bench, crying. I sat down beside her. Didn't say anything, just reached out my hand. She took it. (I wasn't wearing white, but that's how it happened.) When we parted five days later, it was a strange goodbye.
Have you noticed Akiko's been eyeing you? Is she struck by your beauty, intrigued by your demeanour, as you sit on the sofa beside me, legs flexed, stockinged feet on the footrest? I like her allure, her high cheekbones and free-flowing hair. I like the contrast of her loose cardigan and stretch-knit top, the subtlety of black on black. I like her black ankle boots, her black skinny jeans, her black eyes and black hair. But I'm not in a black mood. In fact, I'm feeling as luminously white as Terence Stamp in Teorema. Is that why innocence and honesty, in the conversation that followed, dispensed with the armour of irony?
The environs of Milan, a wealthy family in a mansion: Paolo and Lucia, husband and wife; Odetta and Pietro, the children (respectively in their late- and mid-teens); Emilia, the silent, middle-aged maid. Into their household comes 'the Visitior', a beautiful young man. Like a moth to the flame, each member of the family is attracted to the mysterious guest; enigmatic, their desire wells up and seeks him to satisfy it.
First, Emilia. Observing the visitor reading in the garden, she feels her attraction to him and is overcome by a feeling of transgression. (How do we know this? In Teorema, the silence of the images is as eloquent as the actors' body language.) She runs inside, stands before a mirror surrounded by pictures of the saints, and takes off her earrings. Back outside, raking up the leaves, she is again overcome by the visitor's presence; as she stares at him, tears flow from her eyes. She runs into the kitchen and begins to gas herself at the stove. The Visitor rushes to her rescue, gets her to her bedroom, and—at her invitation—makes love to her.
Next, the son. Unable to restrain his desire, he draws back the bedsheets as the Visitor sleeps, waking him. Acutely embarrassed, he apologizes. The Visitor joins him in his bed.
Next, the wife. Disrobed, she lies back and awaits the Visitor. Returning from a walk in the forest, he is touched by her embarrassment before him. With the same tenderness he'd shown the maid and the son, he makes love to her.
Next, the daughter. Relaxing in the garden, she runs inside and returns with a camera to photograph the Visitor. She then takes him by the hand, leads him inside to her bedroom, and shows him her photo album. In their bubble of intimacy she bares her breasts to him. We imagine the rest.
Finally, the husband. Bed-stricken by his troubling desire, he recovers after some care by the Visitor. They drive out into the country. The husband mentions his moral concerns, and the confusion he feels. Stopping for a drink, they box playfully. Further out in the country, the Visitor lies down in the winter vegetation by a body of water. The husband approaches. We imagine the rest.
The angel-postman who'd announced the Visitor's arrival returns with a letter announcing it's time for him to depart. Husband, wife, daughter, son, maid: Each conveys to the Visitor (the maid by lavishing kisses on his hands) the fact that he has made a radical break in their life, making it impossible for them to be as they were before.
The Visitor leaves. Emilia becomes a mystic, touched by miracles, and is buried alive at her own request. Odetta becomes catatonic, the caress she'd given the Visitor sealed in her fist as she lies rigid on her bed. Pietro becomes an artist, and discovers the truth of that condition. Lucia cruises the streets of Milan in search of young men; as they make love to her, she only misses the Visitor more. Paolo, having given his factory to his workers, roams naked upon volcanic slopes, the ash on the wind making a cloud of his cry.
Free of morality, beyond good and evil, the Visitor restores desire. Neither fool nor saint, he is the stranger who allows our self to be less false, our efforts to end in a better failure. But when he leaves we're on our own. Individualized. Alone.
This is the theorem of Teorema. As demonstrated by Pasolini, it makes for a brilliant film. And a fine companion piece to that other Pasolini masterpiece, The Gospel According to Saint Matthew.
Teorema was the first film in which Pasolini began to show women as sexual subjects who were on a par with men in terms of desire and agency. Granted, in Oedipus the King, Jocasta often appears in the bedroom and is often on the verge of having sex, but these encounters are mostly prompted by Oedipus. However, in Teorema, the woman are not dependent or passive in this respect. When the Guest descends upon their household, the women therein respond to their impulses and satisfy their own physical desires. They do not reflect, respond to, or comply on command with the sexual longings of the men around them. The mother, Lucia, stands apart from the other mothers in Pasolini's filmography because she never embraces her maternal role. And because the main theme of Teorema is the sex-sacred nexus embodied by the Guest, it seems more appropriate to consider Lucia in terms of her carnal sins and show how these illicit acts connote the refusal of norms within the context of her family crisis and broader sphere of the community. Although Lucia speaks much less than the sinners that follow, her one monologue marks a decisively liberating and self-preserving entry into the symbolic.
Lucia represents the modern woman of her time, but one repressed and crippled by a lack of self-awareness and a lack of social freedom. Throughout the film, she appears the same: trim and well dressed, with stylish hair and make-up. She entertains on occasion and appears to have no formal occupation. While not a corrupt figure in and of herself, she is clearly a co-opted member of her society, weakened and conditioned by her privileged status. Ordinarily, these traits would not signal a genuine existence, but Lucia is also taciturn and reserved, and it is her withheld, semi-frightened, and mysterious nature that allows us to consider her in light of Pasolini's investigation of authenticity. The notion of Lucia's underlying innocence is further enhanced by the fact that Silvana Mangano plays this role. As was the case in Oedipus the King (1967) and The Decameron (1971), the actress refers to Susanna Pasolini and, hence, the origins of Pasolini's life, poetics, and political ideals.
Lucia is the first female figure in Pasolini's cinema to initiate sex out of wedlock for reasons other than prostitution. And it is by violating the moral codes of marriage that she takes steps towards a more genuine understanding of herself and her role in society. Pasolini develops the notion of Lucia's hidden virtue through a few symbolic actions, all of which revolve around sex. In fact, they constitute the only times she fully expresses her subjectivity. 'To be a subject or "I" at all.' Elisabeth Grosz affirms, 'the subject must take up a sexualized position, identifying with the attributes socially designated as appropriate for men or women.' However, as Lucia takes up her sexualized position, she defies the attributes prescribed by society. With the exception of the fact that she keeps to the heterosexual paradigms governing sexual relations, Lucia openly rejects her role as dutiful wife by refusing conjugal sex and asserts her 'self' as the subject of extramarital affairs – first with the Guest, and then with a number of surrogates.
Lucia's discovery of her true identity is a process that at first manifests itself in the form of sexual desire and then culminates in sexual intercourse with the Guest. Nevertheless, both stages of Lucia's encounter require her to engage with the symbolic through language. Her first contact with verbal language does not materialize through speech (production or externalization of the symbolic) per se, but, rather, through reading (reception or internalization of the symbolic). Specifically. she reads the sensual and symbolic poetry of Rimbaud. Having seen the Guest read this book earlier in the film, we assume it is his. So, the fact that Lucia reads it as a prelude to sex signals her will to 'read' or 'learn' the Guest as if he were a gospel or a guide, and to assimilate him like knowledge. From his book, Lucia passes to the Guest's clothes and reads them, too, as a system of signs. Carefully arranged on the floor and furniture as if his invisible body were in them, the garments inspire Lucia to shed her inhibitions (quite literally her clothes) and offer herself to the visitor. She flirtatiously tosses her dress over the balcony to attract his attention (he is outdoors), and when he joins her on the balcony of the family hut, where she waits, naked, he leans over her with the sun beaming from behind and responsively consummates their union.
When, soon after this encounter, the Guest announces that he must go, Lucia, like the other family members, enters into crisis. Profoundly aware of her empty past and equally concerned about the future, Lucia accesses the symbolic to express her grief. In the following candid and cathartic exegesis, Lucia sums up her life as a lack of real interests, or a lack of genuine desires and subjectivity:
I realize now that I have never had any real interest in anything. I don't mean big interests, but not even little natural interests like that of my husband for his factory, of my son for his schoolwork, or of Odetta for the family. I have had nothing. And I don't understand how I could have lived in such emptiness, and yet I did. If once I had a bit of instinctive love for life, it dried up, like a garden that no one visits. In reality, that emptiness was filled with false and poor values, from a horrendous accumulation of wrong ideas. Now I see it. You filled my life with a total, real interest. So, by leaving, you are not destroying anything that was part of me before, other than the reputation of being a chaste bourgeois. But by leaving, you destroy instead all that you yourself gave me, love amidst the emptiness of my life.
In her monologue, Lucia defines herself in terms of a nothingness; nowhere is this more evident than in the simple phrase 'Io nulla'. Even if this 'I nothing' refers to her lack of sincere interests compared with her husband and children, the juxtaposition of these two notions – the self and non-being – have a contradictory effect. For if she can say 'I' she must be a subject and therefore exist. At the same time, if her saying 'I' means 'taking up a sexualized position' and 'identifying with the attributes socially designated as appropriate for women,' then her existence, Pasolini suggests, is a non-existence. Yet, at some level, Lucia is relieved to see this void and finally know the truth. It is as if by reducing herself to nothing, she can identify the genuine seed of her selfhood, and, from within this very emptiness or state of non-being, can then recover a genuine dimension in her life. The Guest incites this self-reflection and makes Lucia cognizant of her first 'real' interest, that is, the 'Other', the mysterious, the sacred. For Pasolini, this new awareness was more valid and powerful than all the entrepreneurial, intellectual, or social interests of the other family members combined. Her challenge will be preserving this new state once the Guest (the primary motor for it) is gone.
The film Teorema is immediately preceded by the book. By means of this doubling Pasolini was able to distil ideas into scenes without sacrificing his goal of a linguistic and philosophical cinema. The book is not so much a script as a descriptive exegesis which provides the architecture of the film along with poetic interludes on the setting and the social forces at work on the five characters (who are visited by the Guest). The last section of the book is actually the film's opening shot: in advance of the story, a group of industrial workers is asked how they would react if the owners gave them the factory. Would this not be a buy-out of their conscience as proletarians, a cooptation that would negate any chance of revolution? The interview is intercut with scenes of a desert and the film's epigraph from Exodus (XIII, 18): 'God led the people a roundabout way through the desert'. The sequence is not otherwise justified or explained until the film's end when the protagonist, a bourgeois captain of industry, does give his factory to the workers and walks off naked and presumably insane across an allegorical desert of perdition. Only then does the linguistic report of the opening receive its philosophical confirmation, in the pairing of economic and psycho-sexual repressions. The former is encoded in Marxist terms: the industrialist, by exploiting and commodifying the workers, grows alienated and falls victim to his own 'false consciousness'. The latter is Freudian, a defense mechanism in which undesirable instinctual demands are expelled and kept from the conscious mind; in the extreme case of the father, the violent return of the repressed leads to an abandonment of society in its every aspect. In him the two repressions converge absolutely, just as the opening and concluding shots (contiguous in the book Teorema) form a memorative circle by which to allegorically interpret the 'theorem.'
Who then is the Guest? He is neither God nor the devil. He is not a priapic principle and he is not Pasolini. Nor is he the 'theorem'. Instead he is a daimonic messenger, a figure of the sacred and metaphysical who is exactly as mutable as the psyches of those he encounters. In his presence the Guest reveals social and sexual repressions which, after his departure, further reveal the arch-repression of bourgeois society: the repression of the sacred.
If the film's goal is to present a series of case studies of persons provoked by sex or love into a form of self-knowledge, the conclusions are various, with an obvious symmetry between the father, who has lost his self, and Emilia, who is sanctified. That Emilia (whose name is that of Pasolini's native region) is typical of her class is evident when another maid named Emilia replaces her in the house. She meanwhile has begun a Christ-like transformation, returning to her peasant home to undertake a period of ascesis and purification, eating nettles, conducting miracles, levitating over the farm buildings, then walking to a construction site where she asks to be buried, not to die: 'I came to cry, not to die,' she states as her tears form a miraculous fountain. In this scene the director seems to be citing his own 'Il pianto della scavatrice' (1956), the longest poem of his classic book, Le ceneri di Gramsci, in which a steam-shovel allegorically weeps in support of the Roman proletariat. Emilia's final arrival at the urban periphery, and not beyond, is appropriate to her mission and nurtures the same hopes of liberation.
Andrea Zanzotto has written of Teorema, 'In this work there is a perfect balance between expressive factors and referential elements that are put together in a theorem destined to remain up in the air, as regards a possible demonstration, but open on infinite corollaries'. This idea of open-endedness is typical of metaphorical thinking, and to the use of enthymemes and abductions one finds in allegory; the proof is not in the attainment of certainty, but in the realization that the 'parable' in question is, in Zanzotto's words, 'religious, metaphysical, but also, and perhaps more strongly, historical-existential'. The whole emphasis of the work is to suggest, not confirm. The Guest will not return, but the sacred and daimonic presence may, to guide the remaining family members to their resolution.
Possession, Zulawski
Last Tango in Paris, Bertolucci
Maman / Putain, Eustache
Realm of the Senses, Oshima
Teorema, Pasolini
Cul de Sac, Polanski
The Passenger, Antonioni
Damnation, Bela Tarr
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This is the website for all things relating to the Genealogy and Family History of the villages of Aspall, Debenham, Kenton, Mickfield & Winston in Suffolk, England.
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Do You Know Someone Who Served In WW1 or WW2?
This year is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1. I am looking for more information on the people of Debenham (and also the neighbouring parishes of Aspall, Kenton, Mickfield & Winston) who served in either of these conflicts.
The basic names of those who did not return were inscribed on the War Memorial in the Churchyard, but I want to know more - were they married, did they have children, parents, brothers, sisters? And what about those who did return - what is their story?
Can you give more information on the gentlemen who formed our own "Dad's Army" in WW2. Is your Dad or Granddad in the photo, or do you have a photo to contribute?
Please contact Suzie if you can help flesh out our Heroes.
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Chris Christie Blows Into Tampa
As a strengthening Hurricane Isaac takes aim on The Big Easy, seven years to the day of Katrina's catastrophic devastation, an even bigger bag of wind is set to be unleashed tonight in Tampa as NJ Governor Chris Christie takes the podium as the GOP's Presidential Convention keynote speaker.
For the past week Chris Christie has been the topic du jour of all the news shows. Morning Joe, Good Morning America, News 12 New Jersey and the front pages of the local press have paraded and fawned over the GOP's ascending star as if he were the second coming of Abraham Lincoln.
Journalists ask Christie if he intends to unleash his "fire and brimstone" Jersey hubris during his keynote speech. His tough talking, take no prisoners' attitude seems to be all the rage in Republican Party circles these days. When GMA host George Stephanopoulos asked Christie if he represented the GOP mainstream Christie answered, "I've been to over thirty states since my election as Governor and everyone has welcomed me with open arms. With me you know who you're buying." Indeed Christie's value as a political celebrity is rising. In his brief tenure as Governor he spends a lot of time jetting about the country, politicking for himself and the GOP. He's been out raising funds for his reelection campaign and his coffers are overflowing with out of state money from his well heeled big time 1% contributors. Mr. Christie's discerning buyers know what they are purchasing. His hubris is a nice word for his arrogance and opacity that are the hallmark of the political deals he's cutting for his out of state friends when he arrives back home in the Garden State.
Christie's supporters love his tough talking style but his tough talk is nothing more than the arrogance of power, the political and economic elites employ to cover their back room deals. Christie's tough talk is nothing more than a front to deflect. When a reporter asked Christie about failing water delivery infrastructure and its impact on public health, the tough talking Governor answered "Did I say on topic? Are you stupid? On topic, on topic. Next question," Christie said to the reporter. "Thank you all very much and I'm sorry for the idiot over there." Christie also scored big with anti-union and privatization of education supporters by calling public school teachers, "drug mules". Its a denigration unworthy of a governor and a damaging characterization of professionals working within a systemically challenged public school system.
Yeah Christie's a real bad ass tough guy. When a Navy veteran asked for more details from Christie about the proposed merger between Rutgers Camden and Rowan University, he called the gentleman an idiot and used the power of his pulpit to brow beat and insult the man; who had every right as a citizen and taxpayer to receive a respectful reply to his question. This week Christie is crowing that he finally closed the Rutgers/Rowan deal with the bipartisan help of his lap dog democrat friends; as details concerning the financing and costs of the project remain obscure. It will be left to vigilant citizens to follow the money and see where and how state funds will flow into which private hands.
Yes Christie and his GOP supporters may love his tough talking but I suspect they pay a premium for the Christie brand because he knows when to keep his fat mouth shut. Sure their thankful when Christie refuses to shed any light on his business dealings and political moves. Christie's less then transparent appointments of commissioners to the NJ Highland Commission allowed the governor to pack the oversight board with pro-development interests. The NJ Highlands is a sensitive watershed region for millions of state citizens. In a densely populated state like New Jersey, protection of water resources and environmental conservation should be priorities but out of state El Paso Corp has eminent domain to dramatically expand its pipeline through the ecologically sensitive area to deliver natural gas extracted from the Marcellus Shale deposit. Is this the fruit of Mr. Christie's cross country road show to interested buyers? Christie's short term profit is New Jersey's long term problem.
In another strange case of the bloviating governor going mute is his refusal to provide insights into his interests and practices in a privately run prison halfway house business that regularly receives state funded taxpayer money. Governor Christie, "the entrepreneur" catches a bad case of laryngitis when asked to provide insights into his cashing in on the privatization of the prison system and the rent seeking practice of his company using government funds to provide substandard service.
Yeah they'll be a big wind blowing through Tampa tonight that will rival anything Isaac can throw at New Orleans. Christie will crow about the New Jersey miracle since his governorship began but statistics show that the state is lagging its Mid-Atlantic rivals. Facts and politicians seem to be two mutually exclusive matters so it shouldn't present an obstacle for Christie to say or claim anything the tough talking Jersey Dough-boy claims as truth.
This is particularly true of a fact based, reality challenged Republican Party that believes there is no science to support climate change, the idea that public schools are a liberal conceit, the notion that women rape victims can't get pregnant, progressives are enemies of the state and to preserve the constitution we must withhold the rights of some citizens. If you think that this is an unfair shot at the GOP mindset, did you see the GOP California poster of Chris Christie riding a surfboard? Talk about a problem with the concept of reality.
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Blog Action Day: The Jersey Tomato is Hurtin Too!
This summer Georgia and other southwestern states emerged from their prolonged drought by experiencing the nightmare of devastating floods. It was shocking to see how volatile and changeable the climate of that region was becoming. I counted my blessings that I lived in New Jersey because our moderate climate saved us from living through those types of extreme weather events.
During the summer my wife and I took a trip to Northern California. We hiked through the dwindling Redwood forests and scaled peaks in Lassen Volcano National Park. It's beauty was at times overwhelming. One afternoon we took a dip in the pristine Yuba River but we had to cut that short due to the raging 49er fire that destroyed over 50 homes and businesses. We were happy to return home to New Jersey where the problems posed by wild fires and exceedingly dry climate are not that great a threat.
In addition to a temperate climate another benefit New Jersey offers its residents is the famous Jersey Tomato. Those with discerning pallets eagerly await the end of summer when farmers begin the harvest and bring to market the agricultural crown jewel of the Garden State, our beloved Jersey Tomato. It is big, juicy and luscious. It doesn't require a sandwich or Hogi to sit upon. Its is great with a touch of basil leaf or sitting a top a slice of fresh mootz, that Jersey slang for mozzarella cheese. You can make an entire meal of it if you add some crusty Hoboken brick oven bread. Yes, Jersey at its culinary lip smacking best.
One Saturday morning my wife returned from Abma's Farm in Wycoff with the devastating news that their would be no Jersey Tomatoes this year. Unusually excessive rainfall across the region had destroyed much of the crop. We would have to do without our much looked forward to annual treat. I was crushed. I started to do a bit of research into this degustibus disaster.
I discovered that Jersey farmers are coping with heavy crop losses after steady summer rains saturated fields, creating an environment ripe for overgrown weeds, rot and disease. The downpours damaged crops, from tomatoes, green bell peppers and corn, to barley, peaches and watermelon, decimating whole crops or severely reducing yield.
Wilfred Shamlin of The Courier Post reported on the economic impact the unusual weather had on some of the states farmers. His report is an important anecdotal record of the economic distress changing weather patterns can cause. The observations and quotes from farmers directly effected by this years extreme weather change is an important testimony on the risk of climate change and its impact on crop yields and economic solvency of small farmers agricultural businesses.
"The rains have just killed me this year," said Tucker Gant, 51, a vegetable and fruit farmer in Elk, who estimates his total losses this year at nearly $220,000.
In Mullica Hill, Fred Grasso, 52, said late frost damaged his peaches and rot ran through his tomatoes, green bell peppers, zucchini and watermelon. "Nobody has ever seen rain as drastic as this year, even talking to old-time farmers," said Grasso, a third-generation farmer who estimates losses so far at roughly $50,000.
"Weeds are a big issue, especially in a wet year. When it's time to cultivate, you can't and when you finally get in there and cultivate, and it rains day after day, weeds set in and reroot because of the moisture," Grasso said. "Weeds steal nutrients from crops, grow tall and block out sunlight, and prevent plants from drying out after rainfall. And constant rain creates problem because the weeds grow faster and herbicides get washed away before they work."
"It's never been that bad as far as I can remember," said Gant, pointing to water pooling in a field as he drove his pickup truck along a bumpy dirt trail toward 35 acres of barley overrun by tall weeds. "I have never seen water lay there more than two days. It should have been harvested, but you can't harvest weeds taller than barley." Blueberry and peaches thrived in the wet weather but the same disease responsible for the Irish potato famine attacked South Jersey's tomato crops.
"Farmers' yields will be down this year because a lot of fruit out there wasn't able to be marketed," said Michelle Casella, an agricultural agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension for Gloucester County. Gov. Jon S. Corzine has requested that 15 counties be declared disaster areas by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture after rain, hail, wind and even a tornado caused crop and property damage across the state. The designation would allow farmers with severe weather-related losses to apply for emergency low-interest loans.
This year's hay crop was such poor quality that Gant marked down the price for landscapers, making 25 cents profit per bale rather than $1.50. Though struggling, Gant and Grasso are bent on persevering as operating costs continue to climb. Gant's losses include $30,000 on bales of straw for mom-and-pop stores that order 15,000 bales and sell it as decoration during the holidays. He grew enough straw to make 10,000 bales but he had to buy the remaining 5,000 bales from a neighboring farmer. Crop losses have cut into profits that the Gant and the Grasso family normally would have invested back into the farm. "We have cut every corner we can without hurting the business itself," Grasso said. "We're at just about the limit where we can't cut anymore. I'm trying to conserve."
Gant said he has depleted his retirement savings and supplements his income by working three days a week repairing tractor-trailers. He often works 16-hour days on the farm. His wife also works full-time. He has trimmed unnecessary expenses, postponed farm equipment upgrades, and criticizes the federal government for coming to the aid of car dealers and other big businesses, but not farmers.
"Where's the bailout for farmers?" Gant asked.
"When everything went into the toilet, my costs didn't go down one bit," Gant said.
Gant said he would need a $250,000 loan to bail out his farm.
Gant remains optimistic that he can ride out the recession. He's planting seeds now so he can get barley, rye and wheat next spring.
"We'll get there. It's just a matter of time," he said. "I believe in the Lord. I know He's going to take care of me. That's one reason I'm confident we can come back."
As all farmers know, we reap what we sow. We trust that Mr. Gant's optimism and faith will help to restore the good fortunes of farmers and the hungry citizens of New Jersey. We should also view this as an opportunity to begin the sowing the seeds to address the problems of climate change. Even in an area as blessed as New Jersey. Farmers livelihoods and a significant portion of the economy of New Jersey depends on the economic viability of small farmers. I also have a selfish reason to address the threat of climate change. I continue to crave the taste of the sweet fruits of our farmers yields and pray that the Jersey Tomato makes a reappearance on our dinner plates next summer.
This article extensively used the report of Mr. Wilford S. Shamlin at The Courier Post.
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Cellulose is a polysaccharide (a macromolecule composed of long chains of sugar molecules) made up of glucose molecules linked together with beta-1-4 bonds. As a structural part in many plants it is important for their mechanical properties. Wood and straw, rich in cellulose, are widely used on Earth for construction work, also as a composite material. It might be useful in a Martian settlement, as well. Lignin is another key element in plant structure, that serves, among other purposes, to give rigidity to woods.
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Nexus does not know the meaning of December
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Some say that he invented November...
While there is no doubt that Android 4.2 is a hard working operating system, it appears that its Google designers did not think it deserved month of wind-downs.
When December comes along, many hit the pubs and clubs to celebrate and make a drunken pass at that person you fancied all year but did not have the courage to ask out. But it seems that Android 4.2 does not even acknowledge that the December exists and is cancelling Christmas, or more importantly Christmas parties for its users.
The problem appears in Google's flagship Nexus phone I its People app. All important dates that fall during the month of December will be ignored because, December doesn't exist. It's a universal Nexus problem and it effectively means that all the fun you were planning for next month will be cancelled.


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MPs challenge Minister Bahati on 2020 Oil Projections
The Minister of State for Planning David Bahati on has failed to confirm whether Uganda will be ready for commercial oil exploration by 2020.
The Minister was appearing before Parliament's Budget Committee to explain the status of recommendations made by Parliament on the Ugx 30 tn Budget Framework Paper for 2017-2018.
Instead the minister opted for his easiest escape route.
"If all factors remain constant, we shall definitely be able to meet the set timelines," said Bahati.
First, Mr Barnabas Tinkasiimire (NRM-Buyaga West County) described the three-year target as ambitious and unattainable.
"We have been on the ground and there is virtually nothing, who are you trying to deceive?" Mt Tinkasiimire asked the Minister.
The lawmaker contends that with limited funding to infrastructural development, many processes "such as tendering and procurement are yet to be started yet government keeps promising the impossible."
"Where will all these pipelines pass…when you go to the countryside, many projected affected persons are yet to be fully paid and relocated and to make it worse, no single road has been completed," said Tinkasiimire.
Ms Anna Maria Nakabirwa (NRM-Kiboga) accused government of only focusing on the Albertine region for infrastructural development, arguing that neighbouring districts must also be taken into consideration.
"Districts like Kiboga, Masindi and others that are not part of the Albertine are of a strategic benefit to the oil industry but all projects are concentrated in Bunyoro yet roads in these districts will be bearing the weight of supporting the oil region," she said.
Ms Nankabirwa wants government in its preparations towards commercial oil exploration to also support all major access roads that will be used by oil trucks.
"The Kampala-Hoima Road and other acess roads out of the Albertine must be directly supported with strong bridges and culverts lest government risks a traffic breakdown," said Nankabirwa.
The members were also concerned that government has kept shifting goal posts on commercial oil exploration from 2009 to 2017 and now to 2020.
Elgon County MP Ignatius Wamakuyu (NRM) the committee Vice Chairperson presided over the Monday meeting where tensions flared in the air.
"Hon. Minister, can you assure this Committee that the 2020 deadline is attainable…no more extensions…" he begged.
Instead of soothing the tension Mr Bahati nearly brought the committee to a standstill by making what members describes yet again as "unrealistic submissions."
Mr Bahati told the Committee that government was partnering with the British Establishment to construct Kabale International Airport at Ugx 298 million.
"How can the minister make such a blatant lie to the committee, how can an international airport go for that money, is it a house?" Tinkasiimire asked.
Mr Okin Ojara (Inde-Chua County) demanded of the minister to lay before the committee evidence showing government's undertaking with Britain.
The committee also asked the minister to avoid brief case dealings whose agreements risk tax payers' money, since the matter under consideration was at the center of national interest.
Later, Mr Bahati journalists that the matter of the airport was a complex matter to quickly be understood by the legislators on first mention.
He said that the Ugx 298 million is for preliminary undertakings to be commenced in July this year, ahead of negotiations with the British Export Bank, the main funders of the airport, whose deal is yet to be concretised.
"We shall arrive at the final figures (costs) at the end of the negotiations and parliament will be duly informed," Bahati said.