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Loretta Barrett Books, Inc.
Loretta Barrett
Fiction genres: Commercial, Family Saga, Literary, Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Cultural/Social Interests, Current Affairs, Health/Fitness, Memoirs, Multicultural, Narrative, Psychology, Religious/Inspirational, Self-Help/Self-Improvement, Spirituality, Women's Issues
Nick Mullendore
Fiction genres: Commercial, Humor/Satire, Literary, Mystery/Suspense, Thriller
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Lowenstein Associates Inc.
Barbara Lowenstein
Nonfiction genres: Business/Economics, Health/Fitness, Psychology, Relationships/Dating, Science, Self-Help/Self-Improvement, Women's Issues
Lukeman Literary Management Ltd
Noah Lukeman
Fiction genres: Commercial, Detective/Police/Crime, Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Celebrity, History, Memoirs, Science, Self-Help/Self-Improvement, Spirituality
Lynne Rabinoff Associates
72-11 Austin Street Number 201
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Lynne Rabinoff
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Current Affairs, Finance/Investing, Food/Nutrition/Lifestyle, Health/Fitness, History, Journalism, Politics, Religious/Inspirational, Science, Spirituality
Lyons Literary LLC
116 West 23rd St., Suite 500
Jonathan Lyons
Fiction genres: Action/Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial, Detective/Police/Crime, Fantasy, Gay/Lesbian, Humor/Satire, Literary, Military/War/Spy, Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense, Picture Books, Science Fiction, Thriller, Whimsical, Women's Fiction
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MacGregor Literary
2373 N.W. 185th Avenue, Suite 165
Chip MacGregor
Fiction genres: Religious/Inspirational
Nonfiction genres: Religious/Inspirational, Spirituality
Malaga Baldi Literary Agency
233 West 99th Street, 19C
Malaga Baldi
Fiction genres: Commercial, Fantasy, Literary
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Cookbooks, Cultural/Social Interests, Finance/Investing, Food/Nutrition/Lifestyle, History, Memoirs, Science, Technology, Theater/Film, Travel
Manus & Associates Literary Agency
425 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200
Jandy Nelson
Fiction genres: Commercial, Literary, Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense, Short Stories, Thriller, Women's Fiction
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Janet Wilkens Manus
Fiction genres: Mystery/Suspense, Thriller
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Jillian Manus
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Penny Nelson
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March Tenth, Inc
24 Hillside Terrace
Montvale, NJ 07645
Sandy Choron
Nonfiction genres: Celebrity, Drama/Music/Dance, Popular Culture
Marcia Amsterdam Agency
41 West 82nd Street, Suite 9A
Marcia Amsterdam
Fiction genres: Chick Lit, Fantasy, Horror, Humor/Satire, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult
Margret McBride Literary Agency
Margaret McBride
Nonfiction genres: Business/Economics, How To, Self-Help/Self-Improvement
Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.
1350 Avenue of the Americas , Suite 2905
Anna Del Veccio
Fiction genres: Chick Lit, Commercial, Romance, Women's Fiction
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Donna Bagdasarian
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Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Celebrity, Cookbooks, Food/Nutrition/Lifestyle, Health/Fitness, Memoirs, Multicultural, Popular Culture, Relationships/Dating, Science
Maria Carvainis
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Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Cookbooks, Gardening, Memoirs, Psychology, Science, Travel, Women's Issues
Moira Sullivan
Fiction genres: Chick Lit, Commercial, Literary, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction, Young Adult
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Memoirs, Popular Culture, Psychology, Science, Women's Issues
Marianne Strong Literary Agency
Lord Colin Cambell
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Current Affairs, Finance/Investing, History, Journalism, Politics
Marianne Strong
Fiction genres: Commercial, Juvenile
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Cookbooks, Finance/Investing, Food/Nutrition/Lifestyle, Health/Fitness, History, Journalism, Multicultural, Religious/Inspirational, Science, Spirituality, Sports, Technology, Travel
Marie Brown Associates
Marie Brown
Fiction genres: Commercial, Juvenile, Literary, Multicultural, Women's Fiction, Young Adult
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Drama/Music/Dance, History, Multicultural, Politics, Self-Help/Self-Improvement, Women's Issues
Marjacq Micro Ltd.
34 Devonshire Place
London W1G 6JW, UK
Philip Patterson
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Marly Rusoff & Associates
Bronxville, NY 10708
Marly Rusoff
Fiction genres: Commercial, Historical, Literary
Martha Millard Literary Agency
50 West 67th Street #1G
Martha Millard
Fiction genres: Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Nonfiction genres: Business/Economics, Self-Help/Self-Improvement
Martin Literary Management
Sharlene Martin
Nonfiction genres: Autobiography/Biography, Business/Economics, Child Guidance/Parenting, Current Affairs, Finance/Investing, Food/Nutrition/Lifestyle, Health/Fitness, History, How To, Humor/Satire, Medicine, Memoirs, Multicultural, Popular Culture, Psychology, Relationships/Dating, Self-Help/Self-Improvement, True Crime/Investigative, Women's Issues
Mary Evans, Inc.
242 East Fifth Street
Devin McIntyre
Fiction genres: Literary, Multicultural, Picture Books
Nonfiction genres: Multicultural, Narrative, Popular Culture
Nonfiction genres: History, Narrative, Psychology, Self-Help/Self-Improvement
Tanya McKinnon
Fiction genres: Juvenile, Multicultural
Nonfiction genres: Humor/Satire, Journalism, Multicultural


Wineman Technology, Inc., an international test systems integrator, today announced the company has formed a strategic relationship with Viviota, innovator of engineering big data management and deep insight software, to offer comprehensive electromechanical test and data analytics solutions targeted at automotive, medical device, and aerospace markets.
With the digital revolution of Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology, vast amounts of information are produced every day in R&D, manufacturing, and test labs. However, this technical data is not efficiently processed into the clear and cohesive story that decision makers need to make informed business improvements. Instead, companies use manual methods to collect and analyze data, resulting in slow turnaround times and inaccuracies.
NI Alliance Partners Wineman Technology and Viviota joined forces to create complete, automated test and data management solutions that truly inform decisions by integrating both operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT). At the front end, Wineman Technology specializes in building custom test, real-time control, and analog data acquisition systems that generate clean, viable data. On the back end, Viviota helps customers find, fix, and analyze sensor data using data analytics and mining algorithms. The combination of electromechanical test, automated hardware, and intelligent software solutions ultimately gives managers big-picture, enterprise-level answers that save the company time, money, and engineering resources.
Wineman Technology's TestTracker data management software gives lab managers a bird's-eye view to manage incoming requests, assign tests, assess tester efficiency, and collect streamlined data – all from a centralized location. Using a single software platform, test engineers can easily connect to multiple pieces of test software, including LabVIEW, VeriStand, and INERTIA™ test system automation software.
Viviota's Time-to-Insight Software Suite™ (TTI) accelerates big analog data discovery, acquisition, management, and analysis, allowing people to easily investigate and share engineering data across the enterprise. Leveraging the power of NI's Data Management Software Suite, TTI has a track record of automating and reducing data management and reporting from 10 hours to 10 minutes.
TestTracker and TTI work together to help developers and manufacturers better understand products through storytelling with technical data. With this new partnership, Wineman Technology and Viviota look forward to together addressing the engineering big data challenge further.


Act III, Scene 4 HERO's apartment.
HERO No, pray thee, good Meg, I'll wear this.
MARGARET 'Twill be heavier soon by the weight of a man.
MARGARET Nothing I; but God send every one their heart's desire!
MARGARET A maid, and stuffed! there's goodly catching of cold.


H 25" x W7" x D4"
A delightful combination of glazed clay and branches with strong negative space. My teapots do pour but are not glazed on the inside and not intended for serving tea. They are a sculptural exploration of the teapot form as a potter's challenge.


What is a prototype and what is it for?
A prototype is an early sample of a product, whether it's a digital or physical product. Prototyping is a fast and inexpensive method that allows designers to test and validate design ideas early in the project lifecycle. In this post I'll focus on digital products and highlight the different techniques and tools of prototyping, as well as how prototyping improves the user's experience.
A prototype can be anything, from a simple drawing using pen and paper to an interactive prototype.
In UX, prototypes are typically created through a mix of Sketches, Wireframes, or Mockups depending on the project timeline and where you are in the design process.
A sketch is a simple drawing often using a pen and paper, Sketch works best in the early stages of the design when designs are starting to take shape.
Is a visual design including color, hierarchy, and iconography, a mockup looks like the final product but doesn't represent the interaction design of the interface.
This type of prototype includes interactive behaviors occurring on the user interface that change the state of the design or the flow.
How does prototyping help user experience?
Limit the expenses of development.
Collect feedback quickly and easily.
Refine the usability of the product.
Diane Cronenwett – principal interaction designer at Intuit.
The main goal of testing a prototype is to find out whether a design solves users' problems and if it helps them to complete their task easily.
A facilitator or a UX researcher who is familiar with the prototype and the design goals is needed to ask the right questions when running the test.
Creating a guide or scenario about the questions that will be asked about the design.
Establish a clear goal of what needs to be tested. For example, showing the user simple sketches might be enough to get some feedback on the concept.
It is necessary to have the project team and the designer to observe the session when interviewing the user to hear the feedback directly.
The prototype is all about testing the design, and the tool that you use will help you get the answers you need. There is no perfect tool for prototyping; it depends on the timeline and what needs to be tested, as well as what stage you are in product development.
As I mentioned earlier, creating a simple sketch using pen and paper is a widely used method to test ideas in an early stage of a project. Creating a paper prototype is a great way to collaborate in a team where anyone can participate.
The Balsamiq App comes with a predefined library containing the common UI elements to help the designer start off with creating a layout. All you have to do is drag and drop!
The Integration of prototyping early in the design process is necessary to deliver a good user experience. What tool or method you choose for prototyping is completely up to you. But keep the project timeline in mind, as well as the desired feedback of the test.


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New organization pushes for more Latino elected officials
by Latino Political Network | Mar 23, 2018 | News
Noticing a lack of Latino elected officials in the state of Iowa, two Des Moines residents plan to launch a new initiative to shed light on the issue… Read...
Latino organizers look to go Irish on Iowa politics
A conversation I've had with a number of Latino politicos and community activists in Iowa through the years starts like this on my end: "The Latino community needs to learn from the Irish immigrants of a century and a half ago. When met with the infamous 'Irish Need...
New Group Wants More Iowa Latinos to Run for Office
A new group, called Latino Political Network, aimed at increasing the number of Latinos running for elected office in Iowa holds its first meeting. Currently there are no Latino members of the Iowa legislature and this group wants to change that… Read...
Rhetoric against Latinos: We're better than this, Iowa
Demagogue (noun): a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. Two years ago, Congressman Steve King made headlines for saying that undocumented immigrants had calves the size of...
Electing more Iowa Latinos, one council and board at a time
MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. — I sat across the table from Jose Zacarias and Maria Mayorga. Zacarias, 60, already is ingrained in local politics as a city councilman and school board member in West Liberty. More than 30 years ago he left his native Mexico, where he had been...

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Hypnotic Glamour Beauty Blog: Target 50% off sale!
Hello everyone! Target is having a major 50% off outerwear sale today only. This is valid in stores and online. I've linked some of my favorite products below so check them out. Hurry, this deal ends tonight!


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Q: Check if oracle password is expired/invalid via OCI8 PHP Is there a way to check if Oracle Database password is expired or invalid using OCI8 in a PHP file without locking the DB user for invalid attempt? (PS: My database user gets locked after 3 invalid attempts)

A: If you connect to Oracle database as a privileged user (such as SYS) and check DBA_USERS:
SQL> desc dba_users;
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 DEFAULT_TABLESPACE
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 EXTERNAL_NAME
 PASSWORD_VERSIONS
 EDITIONS_ENABLED
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SQL>

you'll see the EXPIRY_DATE so - check that value.
As of "invalid password": I think that you don't have to worry about it as Oracle won't let you store an invalid password anyway.

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Callum Calls; Lunch with a View; Scarlet Caterpillar Club; Compost, Worm Cities and Dragon's Breath.
It finally happened. We've been hit by the severe rainfall event which we've expected for many years, and the prospect of which had driven all our work creating rain management channels on our access track. However before this, preluded by the most glorious sunny warm Wednesday, we'd headed out for another walk round Dinas Island, just beyond Newport on the Pembrokeshire coastline, in autumnal sunshine and hazy light.
Fabulous autumnal flowers in places, clothing the hillside in gold and purple… We weren't alone – a few fellow walkers this time, again seizing the moment, and half a dozen late swallows buzzed us, whilst an inquisitive fox crossed our path near "The Needle", before diving into a well worn path beneath the bracken near the cliff's edge.
And what a place to sit and meditate, looking out across Cardigan Bay towards Ireland and the Atlantic…(More later).
Without the weather forecasts we'd have had no inkling that the third named storm of the year was barrelling towards us. Thursday kept us inside with rain all day (37 mm). Friday had me emptying the rain gauge 4 times and registering a 24 hour total of 100 mm. Saturday was the coup de grace as far as river levels were concerned with a further 43.5 mm. So a 3 day total of 170.5 mm. Bearing in mind that the previous 3 Octobers have registered monthly totals of 129, 71.8 and 115 mm, puts this rainfall into some sort of exceptional context. Apparently Carmarthenshire indeed fared worse than the rest of the UK, with Callum causing the most severe flooding for over 30 years.
Our track survived almost unscathed, though our stream burst its banks – we've only witnessed this once before in the very wet December of 2015 – and once levels had subsided we could inspect the damage… It was remarkable how much bank had been removed, seawards, and rubble stone shifted. The benign scene where I'd photographed the mating Demoiselles in July this year was completely rearranged. The huge triangular bank of stone should at least help to shift the course of the stream back towards the original direction it flowed in when we first acquired Gelli – to the right, above.
However downstream in the major Teifi and Twyi river valleys, folk fared less well. Click here for a You Tube of the scene at Llandysul. For sometime on Saturday most of the bridges over the Teifi were completely impassable from Lampeter down to Llechryd, with damage to many properties significant. That this event came in the year of a record dry and hot summer, and after an extremely cold extended late winter seems to illustrate how much more volatile our climate swings here are becoming.
Book ending our walk around Dinas Island, we stopped for both a kick start coffee, and a restorative lunch, at the perfectly located Old Sailors Inn, adjacent to a car park. Click here for some fabulous drone footage of the location, on their website. What a view for lunch, being able to sit outside in mid October, just yards from the beach and cliffs of this spectacular bit of coast.
Difficult to beat, but I'll now slip in some images from a trip we made in early September to Sussex when we called in at a number of very special gardens. Of these two stood out…
Firstly Gravetye Manor, the home of William Robinson in the early 1900's. After a lean time as an upmarket hotel, the lease ownership changed a few years back and gradually the gardens have been restored, and indeed the fortunes of the hotel. By booking in for (a pretty expensive) lunch, we had a chance to walk around the gardens which surround the manor which in turn sits at the centre of a 1000 acre estate. So there is complete tranquility of setting, in spite of proximity to London.
The meal was delightful, the gardens stunning on a gloriously warm sunny day, but even better, we hadn't realised that the restaurant had very recently been relocated in a spanking new contemporary space, which filled the area between two wings of the old stone manor. Being one of the first to be seated for lunch, resulted in a table right at the front of this floor to ceiling plate glass walled room and it was as though we were actually sitting amongst the garden plantings. The perennial borders on this side of house were quite outstanding for this time of the year, and I may even try to replicate the mix of Dahlia, Helenium and Salvia which produced this stunning mix of vibrant colours, having asked one of the many gardeners for the names of each ( Magenta Star, Sahin's early, and "Amistad", for those interested). Probably the best kitchen garden we've ever seen too, which supplies the restaurant with most of the fruit and vegetables needed…
A couple of days earlier on a not so special, but still dry day, we'd been equally wowed by the garden at Great Dixter. Exceptional intermingling planting in many of the different garden areas which wrap around the mediaeval manor. Although the tea room was a vastly simpler affair than Gravetye, with basic tables and benches open to the air, it nevertheless provided an adequate lunch just at the perimeter of the garden areas, and right next to the impressive and reasonably priced plant nursery which stocks many of the plants featured in the garden. And great to find such narrow paths through the exuberant planting…
So at last we got to visit these iconic British gardens, which are also included In Clare Takacs "Dreamscapes" book, which we were so thrilled to find our garden slotted in between. What a stimulus for us to raise our game here, particularly in late summer, when our garden often looks a bit tired.
Finally I must make a brief reference to our wonderful B&B hosts at The Beeches, just outside Lewes. Click here. A delightful, comfortable base to explore the area with charming hosts and a wonderful garden which not only opens for the NGS, but has also recently featured in the Daily Telegraph. Even more specially it's had a unique film created, centred around a year in Sandy's glorious restored walled garden (above). Titled "Flicker and Pulse", we bought a copy of the film which has been shown on UK TV, and found it a riveting watch, with much imaginative use of long term time lapse photography and specially composed music which paint a picture of this very English garden as a microcosm of the rhythms of seasonal changes, and how the gardeners interact with these. Do watch it if you ever get a chance. Click below for a brief trailer…
I wrote last time about an inspirational talk on grassland fungi, and how it has opened my eyes to the critical role of fungi in natural ecosystems. A few days ago we had a second slant on fungi from a talk by Bruce Langridge of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, who's been instrumental in raising awareness of fungi at the NBGW over many years now.
Featuring a range of different fungi fruiting bodies covering a gamut of sizes and forms, Bruce made the comment that when he took on his role of Head of Engagement at the NBGW he knew nothing about fungi, having had a botanical background. However the fact that the NBGW has nationally significant Waxcap mushroom permanent pastures, meant that he became increasingly fascinated by the mushrooms he began to find there, and having got his eye in, he now keeps finding new examples whenever he's out and about.
I'd picked a selection of the most recent fungi from our own meadows, above, to take in for people to look at during this meeting at Cothigardeners, and it was a special delight that Fiona had found, for the first time a small cluster of yellow spindles, just the day before.
With renewed enthusiasm after the talk, and in the peak season for grassland fungi, I clearly had my eyes tuned in as I walked up our path through the upper hay meadow the following day, where something small and orange caught my attention.
I'd never seen this type of fungal fruiting body before, and thinking it might have been a form of Earthtongue fungus emailed some photos to Pat O'Reilly who lives nearby and has written extensively on fungi, to see what he suggested as an ID. Click here for more on Pat's knowledge of fungi. Shortly afterwards I also put the photos and description onto iSpot.
Within 24 hours 2 possible ID's were suggested, one a rare form of Microglossom Earth tongue fungus, the other the wonderfully named Scarlet Caterpillar Club fungus – Cordyceps militaris. So called because this is a fungus which specifically attacks the underground larvae or pupae of grassland moths, a so called entomopathogen. Once a fungal spore has germinated on the moth larval body, it has the ability to pierce the defensive chitinous external layer, invade the circulatory fluid system and then begin to grow a mycelium structure throughout all of the caterpillar's body tissues. So it devours the caterpillar's body, kills it and eventually, if environmental conditions are appropriate, will produce a fruiting body similar to the one shown here.
Armed with this name, and life cycle, I carefully dug round the fruiting body, and teased away the soil for confirmation – the photos below show the dark caterpillar sprouting the fruiting bodies, with what look like 2 or 3 more fruiting bodies at an early stage of development.
These fungi are not found very often – in part no doubt because they are quite tricky to spot, but also because they could easily and quickly be destroyed through slug damage. Most of our grassland mushrooms seem magnets for any slugs still left in the meadows, and hence don't normally survive intact for many days. The fact that the fruiting bodies were just in the shorter grass of the mown path, and also that slug numbers have collapsed so dramatically this year in our meadows, probably explains why I did manage to find it.
Globally there are currently over 400 species of Cordyceps, and this particular one, and a Chinese cousin C. sinensis, have been recognised for some time as containing chemicals, particularly cordycepin, with a huge range of potential medicinal uses from cancer suppression through immunostimulation and even as a pre Viagra treatment for erectile dysfuntion. Click here and here. So much so that for a number of years it has been commercially grown on artificial media to enable harvesting of exactly the tiny fruiting bodies shown above. It's fascinating that with so much Asian awareness of its therapeutic potential value, I'd never even heard of it before, let alone come across it.
Some intriguing thoughts occurred to me as I researched this. Firstly whether there are any such fungi which attack slugs in the same way? I couldn't find any records at all however, and given this lack of slug predation, might slug slime have some protective anti-fungal properties? Click here for an insight into current research on this, and how slug slime's antimicrobial properties might even be a valuable counter to human problems with MRSA in the future.
Secondly, given the apparently high heavy Nitrogen isotope content of Waxcap mushrooms which I mentioned in my previous post, as discovered by Gareth Griffith's research, might these fungi be secret slug killers, or consumers? Might the reduction in slug numbers I've described in part be because of the increasing numbers of Waxcaps which we now find in our meadows??? Pure speculation…
Fortunately the fungi survived trampling by our ram lambs which have been in this meadow for the last 2 weeks, and I'm assuming that perhaps neither the colour, form or smell of these tiny structures has figured on their radar, unlike other objects encountered as they inquisitively explore their current pasture …
An out of the blue phone call this week found me chatting at some length to a research assistant from the Science Gallery London, click here, who are apparently thinking of designing a temporary water heater based on the degradation of wood chip, as a feature for their gallery for 3 months from next February. Judit wanted to pick my brains on how I'd set up and run our own compost "reactor". It's been a while since I wrote about this, so given that this year many of the leaves are falling early, and littering the ground, being collected and chopped with our Li-ion lawnmower and added to the "reactor", I thought I'd write a quick update.
Although there is certainly significant heat generated from the decomposition process of just leaves, with the addition of some saved pee to add a readily available nitrogen source and moisture, I now consider the real point with all the effort collecting leaves up from the paths, lawns and yard, is not only does it keep these areas tidy and safe, but also the end result of the decomposition process is fabulous organic material for garden use, which is largely weed free.
For the last year, I've also varied the approach slightly in that I now run a couple of "Worm Cities". We always had good populations of compost brandling worms in the reactor once sections of it had passed through the very hot stages. So I used to add in all our green waste to the "reactor" which got rotted down along with the leaf mould. A big problem however was that it's impossible to keep rats from entering the structure, attracted by this waste. So after our big rat problem last autumn, we became much more careful about our waste – metal bins for rubbish, and a trial of a worm city. Click here for more.
The first one arrived midwinter, and whilst it worked well, seemed inadequate to cope with the amount of green waste our 2 person household created. So a second was added. Now run in tandem the system works really well. The five plastic boxes of each "city" are filled with a mix of our saved green waste and partly degraded leaf mould from the "reactor".
When the 5 layers are filled, the lowest one, which by then has been completely processed by the worms, is tipped out into the oldest section of leaf mould in the "reactor", and contributes to the available weed free compost in due course. The 2 worm cities have been kept inside a simple open roofed space, with a couple of upturned Big Bags which helps insulate them from the worst of the heat, and cold. In addition to the compost one has to periodically drain off liquid from the tap at the base of the units. Although vile smelling, this can be used as a fluid feed around the garden.
After about 9 months of running both, there is now a vibrant and stable worm population in both units, which tend to gradually work their way up, through each layer, though I usually pick out a few worms to add into refilled level of the city, just to kick start the process.
The end result is probably similar to that in the past, but so far we have had no rat issues, and since all the green waste is worm processed and not rodent consumed, I'm guessing that more of the material actually ends up as garden useful.
After all my enthusiasm for the role of fungi in processing autumnal plant debris, I should not forget the vital part that worms play too. Since most of our meadows have quite tall hedgerows, which are never flailed, and with occasional mature peripheral trees, the leaf litter that blows into the fields is far greater than in a more intensively managed landscape.
It seems that earthworms' digestive systems produce special chemicals, recently described and named "drilodefensins", which protect the enzymes in the worm's gut from the inhibitory effects of polyphenols. These polyphenols are a different class of compounds found in most plant leaf tissue, often at high levels, which have been shown to have an inhibitory effect on above ground herbivore activity as well as impacting on plant material degredation by microbes in the soil. Click here for more, where the scale of annual plant polyphenols entering the soil is estimated – perhaps an enormous 200 KG/hectare annually.
So yet another example of how complex a web of biochemistry and activity exists beneath our feet maintaining the apparent status quo we all observe as we move through the seasons.
Almost as amazing were the Dragon's breath pinnacles of fog which appeared last week, beyond the village… Atmospheric mountains of mist forming and flattening, then arising again. In minutes, before the battle between sun, clouds and fog was lost. Scenery blurred into dreams, and the flock scattered beneath the descending vapours … And the latticed pie crust clouds. Why did they form, then blur like this? Sunrises and sets are safer territory…
With the first ground frost forecast for this weekend, I've struggled to maintain enthusiasm over the last 2 months with almost daily bulb planting to complete the task this year. At last the end is in sight, and a friend recently commented that the trouble with bulb planting is that apart from being tedious, there is no immediate visual impact for all one's effort, and expense. Just filled holes in the ground and a bit of trampled debris. However with the first, ever reliable, though not prolific, Galanthus reginae-olgae snowdrop above ground this week, we can now look forward to winter and spring with renewed expectation…
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tonytomeo on 26/10/2018 at 7:45 am said:
That weather is compelling. It feels like autumn, but it has not rained since last winter. This is normal for us, but I do tend to get tired of waiting if I read about weather elsewhere.
thegardenimpressionists - Julian and Fiona Wormald on 26/10/2018 at 9:17 am said:
Thanks Tony… that's a difficult concept for me to contemplate – no rain for all that time. Hope the water of life arrives soon,
It always does. This is how our climate works, and why it annoys me when so many people who move here complain about drought annually. Some of our most majestic oaks that live for centuries are often killed when people build homes around them, and then landscape the area. The supplemental irrigation that landscapes need rots the roots of the oaks that expect moisture only for a short time in winter. The oldest trees succumb to rot the fastest.
thegardenimpressionists - Julian and Fiona Wormald on 29/10/2018 at 8:09 pm said:
Thanks Tony – how interesting, and also depressing that such old trees can be wrecked by ignorance,
lletty on 26/10/2018 at 10:14 pm said:
Well Julian another fantastic post with so many interesting facts and wonderful photos. We haven't done the walk in Pembrokeshire yet but it's on our list and now I've got to add Gravetye Manor and Great Dixter! If you are interested in getting some Amistad roots they are on sale in Aberglasney now for £1…really strong roots too! Glad you survived the storm- it was dreadful to see how many homes were flooded nearby. All the best to you both.
Thanks Marianne,
We beat you to it… we went to ABG last week and noticed the Amistad roots, so picked up half a dozen to keep going over the winter to try next year! And caught the amazing David Cowdray exhibition.
If you ever get to Sussex, Gravetye and G. Dixter were both amazing as was Sheffield Park and Nyemans which we also visited,
tootlepedal on 26/10/2018 at 10:58 pm said:
I am glad that you escaped the worst of the flooding. The cloudscapes were fascinating.
Thanks TP… I don't think I'd ever seen mountains of mist form before – the whole process was amazing to watch in real time,
inesephoto on 14/11/2018 at 8:11 pm said:
Beautiful images, interesting information about fungi and compost – I never leave your blog empty-handed 🙂
Hello Inese,
Thanks very much for your kind comment, and glad you enjoy looking at what I photograph and write,


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WASHINGTON – The 21st Century Cures Act, which includes important provisions related to Medicare's competitive bidding program, has been passed by the Senate and is now headed to the president's desk for his signature.
The Senate passed the bill Dec. 7 by an overwhelming majority, 94-5. The House of Representatives also passed the bill Nov. 30 by an overwhelming majority, 392-26.
President Barack Obama has already declared his support for the bill, mostly recently in his weekly address on Dec. 3.
The bill will roll back a second round of Medicare reimbursement cuts that went into effect this year in non-competitive bidding areas from June 30, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2016. The cuts would go back into effect Jan. 1, 2017.
"It is a red-letter day for DME providers and their patients with the passage of rural relief," said John Gallagher, vice president of government relations for The VGM Group. "Providers will be able to recoup dollars over the past six months with a foundation being laid for the future with a change in leadership at HHS."
The bill will also further delay Medicare's plan to use bidding-derived prices for accessories for complex power wheelchairs until July 1, 2017.
Additionally, the bill will require the Department of Health and Human Services to: conduct a study on the impact of the bidding program on the overall number of HME providers and the availability of HME during 2016; and reissue payment regulations for services furnished on or after Jan. 1, 2019, that include stakeholder input, costs, volume items and number of providers serving the area.
As a pay-for for these provisions, however, the bill also shifts state Medicaid reimbursement amounts for DME to Medicare fee-for-services payments from Jan. 1, 2019, to Jan. 1, 2018.
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey places more emphasis on role-playing elements than previous games in the series. The game contains dialogue options, branching quests and multiple endings. The player is able to choose the gender of the main character, adopting the role of Alexios or Kassandra. The game features a notoriety system in which mercenaries chase after the player if they commit crimes like killing or stealing.
The player character, Alexios or Kassandra, is a mercenary, and a descendant of the Spartan king Leonidas I. They inherit his broken spear, which is forged into a blade to become a weapon that grants the player special abilities in combat. The game uses a skill tree system that allows the player to unlock new abilities. The three skill trees are "hunter", which focuses on ranged attacks through use of a bow & arrow, "warrior", which focuses on weapons based combat (swords, spears, axes etc.), and "assassin", which focuses on stealth & silent take-downs. This replaces the system used in Origins, which granted the player a series of passive abilities.
The hitbox combat system introduced in Origins returns and is expanded upon to grant the player access to different special skills when the ability bar fills up. These skills include calling a rain of arrows and a powerful kick to knock opponents off-balance, and are similar to the "Overpower" mechanic introduced in Origins that let the player use a powerful finishing move in combat. The game also features a gear system in which each piece of armor the player wears has different statistics and provides a range of advantages. These can be equipped and upgraded individually.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey also features naval combat again, with the player having access to Hellenistic-era warships to explore the Aegean Sea. The conflict between Athens and Sparta is represented through a "War System" which enables players to take contracts from mercenaries and participate in different large-scale battles against hostile factions. The war system can change a faction's influence over a region.
The player can develop romantic relationships with non-playable characters of both genders, regardless of their own character's gender. Creative director Jonathan Dumont commented that "since the story is choice-driven, we never force players in romantic situations they might not be comfortable with (...) I think this allows everybody to build the relationships they want, which I feel respects everybody's roleplay style and desires." Players and critics appreciated this inclusion of queer romance options. However, many reacted negatively to a plot development in the Legacy of the First Blade DLC in which the player character has no choice but to enter into a relationship and have a child with a person of the opposite gender, considering that this invalidated their character's identity and the roleplaying aspects previously emphasized by Ubisoft. Ubisoft responded that "we strive to give players choice whenever possible in Odyssey and apologise to those surprised by the events in this episode". Ubisoft later stated that the forced romance would be removed with a future patch along with a modified cutscene. However this consisted of editing the cutscene slightly so that the player could tell their child they were only doing it for the blood-line - the child is still compulsory.
The game is set in 431 BC, four hundred years before the events of Assassin's Creed Origins. It recounts the secret fictional history of the Peloponnesian War, which was fought between the city-states of Greece. The player takes on the role of a mercenary and is able to fight for the Delian League, led by Athens, or the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. The game's main storyline has the player character attempting to restore their fractured family after they and their sibling were thrown off a cliff in their youth and left for dead by their father by command of the Spartan oracle. Parallel quest lines deal with the extirpation of a malign cult spanning the Greek world, and the discovery of artifacts and monsters from Atlantean times.
As with previous games in the series, Odyssey features a narrative set in the modern day and follows Layla Hassan, who was introduced in Assassin's Creed Origins.
The game features a number of historical personages players can encounter and talk to, including Alkibiades, Archidamus II, Aristophanes, Aspasia, Brasidas, Euripides, Kleon, Democritus, Herodotos, Hippokrates, Pausanias, Perikles, Phidias, Polykleitos, Praxilla, Pythagoras, Sokrates, Sophokles and Thespis. It also includes historical and mythical Greek locations such as the Agora of Athens, Kephallonia, Ithaca, the Odeon of Athens, the Foloi oak forest, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, Naxos, Lesbos, ancient Athens, ancient Argolis, Pnyx, Phokis, Macedonia and Mesara. as well as takes on famous creatures from the Greek myths such as Medusa, the Cyclops and the Minotaur.
During the Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas leads the Spartan army against a Persian charge. The battle is won, but Leonidas is informed by a captured enemy soldier that the existence of the mountain path has been revealed to the Persian army, which is moving to surround the Spartans by morning. Nevertheless, Leonidas resolves to hold off the Persian advance.
In the present, Layla Hassan recovers the Spear of Leonidas and together with Victoria Bibeau, extracts the DNA of two individuals from it, the siblings Kassandra and Alexios. With help from the Assassins, Layla picks one of the siblings (the "Misthios") and activates the Animus to find the location of the Staff of Hermes.
The Misthios started as a young Spartan child, raised by their parents Nikolaos and Myrrine, and inherited the Spear of Leonidas from Myrrine as one of Leonidas' descendants. However, one day, both the Misthios and their sibling are thrown off a mountain due to an oracle's prophecy, with the Misthios being dropped by Nikolaos himself. The Misthios survived the fall and fled to the island of Kephallonia, where they grew up performing odd jobs until the Peloponnesian War begins.
The Misthios is approached by a wealthy man named Elpenor, who hires them to assassinate "The Wolf of Sparta". The Misthios later discovers that the Wolf is Nikolaos himself and confronts him. Nikolaos admits that he regrets what he had done, but did so for the good of Sparta. The Misthios has the choice of executing or sparing Nikolaos, and finds out that Nikolaos is actually their stepfather and that Myrrine is in danger. The Misthios confronts Elpenor, who reveals he knew Nikolaos was their stepfather and wanted him dead in order to drag out the war. He then offers another job to assassinate Myrrine, but the Misthios refuses and Elpenor flees. The Misthios then travels to Delphi to ask the Pythia the whereabouts of Myrrine, where they encounter Herodotos, who recognizes the Spear of Leonidas the Misthios carries. Upon meeting the Pythia, the Misthios is warned about the Cult of Kosmos, who seek to kill them and their family. The Misthios further investigates the Cult by assassinating Elpenor and using his disguise to infiltrate a Cult meeting. They find that the Cult plans to take advantage of the war to seize control of all of Greece, and that their enforcer Deimos is in fact the Misthios' sibling, now brainwashed to follow the Cult's orders.
The Misthios continues on their journey all over Greece, clearing out Cult corruption from both Sparta and Athens and befriending powerful Greek figures such as Perikles and Aspasia. They are unable to stop Perikles' assassination at the hands of Deimos, but are able to reunite with Myrrine and find their true father, Pythagoras. Myrrine and Pythagoras explain that they conceived Alexios and Kassandra to preserve Leonidas' bloodline, as he and his descendants have a special connection to Precursor artifacts, such as the Spear of Leonidas. Pythagoras tasks the Misthios to recover several Precursor artifacts needed to permanently seal the hidden Precursor city of Atlantis so that its knowledge cannot be misused by enemies like the Cult. Afterwards, the Misthios manages to avenge Perikles' death by assassinating his political rival, Kleon. Depending on the Misthios' actions, they can convince Deimos to abandon the Cult and rebuild their family with Nikolaos, Myrrine, their sibling, and their new stepbrother Stentor living happily together in their old family home.
With war averted and the Cult virtually eliminated, the Misthios heads for the Cult's secret meeting place under the Temple of Delphi to destroy the Precursor pyramid the Cult was using to influence Greek politics. Touching it, they receive visions of future conflicts to come before destroying the pyramid. Aspasia then arrives and reveals that she was the original leader of the Cult but disagreed with its actions as its members became more corrupt, and she thanks the Misthios for destroying the Cult. The Misthios has the option of killing or sparing Aspasia, but cuts ties with her regardless. Finally, the Misthios collects all of the artifacts needed to seal Atlantis, and activates a recording from the Precursor Aletheia who pleads with the Misthios and Layla that Precursor knowledge and technology is not meant for humans and must be destroyed in order for humans to reach their true potential. Pythagoras reluctantly passes the Staff of Hermes on to the Misthios, dying in the process. The Misthios then continues their adventures.
In the present, Layla uses the data from the Animus to find Atlantis and activate it. As the Assassins analyze the data within, Layla is shocked to find the Misthios, kept alive until modern times by the Staff of Hermes. The Misthios warns Layla that the world needs a balance between order and chaos, the Templar Order and Assassins respectively, and either side prevailing over the other will result in the world's doom. The Misthios also explains that Layla is the prophesized one who will bring balance to order and chaos and gives her the Staff of Hermes, sacrificing their life in the process. Layla, however, states that there is so much of the Misthios' life they have not seen, and re-enters the Animus.
Prior to the game's appearance at E3 2018, Assassin's Creed Odyssey was leaked in May 2018 after the French site Jeuxvideo received a keychain containing the name Assassin's Creed Odyssey on it. Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Odyssey and its appearance at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 shortly thereafter. A day before the Ubisoft E3 press conference, screenshots of the game leaked by the gaming website Gematsu. The game was released on October 5, 2018 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
A Nintendo Switch version was announced during the Japanese September 2018 Nintendo Direct. Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a cloud-based title on the Nintendo Switch, which launched on the same day as the other platforms, but in Japan only.
The game's season pass will include two DLC stories spread across six episodes as well as remastered editions of Assassin's Creed III and Assassin's Creed Liberation.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey received "generally favorable" reviews on all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
EGMNow gave the game an 8.5/10, writing "Assassin's Creed Odyssey lives up to its namesake. By fully investing in becoming an action RPG, Odyssey's characters, combat, story, and scope are beyond anything the series has accomplished so far. Its ambitions might get the better of it sometimes, like in how it divides its story moments or in how the leveling system can get out of hand, but the overall experience is, simply put, epic."
IGN praised the "world building, environment and engaging gameplay" and summed up its 9.2/10 review with "Assassin's Creed Odyssey's open-world adventure through ancient Greece is a gorgeous thrill, and the best the series has ever been." GamesRadar+ gave it 5 out of 5 stars, praising the characters, opening world and engrossing story, saying that it "perfects everything Origins did and enhances them in ways you never thought an Assassin's Creed game could. Odyssey has it all."
Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of Zero Punctuation, however, ranked it as the third blandest game of 2018, saying that it "deserves particular mention for being the Assassin's Creed game that finally made me bored of the whole sordid business."
Within its first week on sale in Japan, the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin's Creed Odyssey sold 45,166 copies. In the US the first week of sales were pacing better than any other title of the series on the current generation of consoles. Ubisoft said that digital sales of the game was 45% of all sales which is up by 10% over last year's Assassins Creed Origins.
^ Additional work by Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Philippines and Sperasoft.
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After all his previous works dealt with episodes from his inner life, Tamir Ginz has turned outwards this time, to the desert's physical and human landscape as a source of inspiration. The work exists in open space, in a wilderness full of strength, quiet and mystery, but also wild and primeval, in which laws free of urban strictures apply.
The work is a meeting between the west-and east, inspired by the desert's physical and human landscape, the individual and the "tribe", in which impulses and desires are free of urban conventions.


Written by Travel Excellence The Reef Centroamérica Surfing Games Costa Rica 2011 began this weekend in Hermosa Beach, one of the most beautiful tourist attractions of Costa Rica's Pacific coast and one of the favorite destinations included in many of the Costa Rica Travel packages, for its natural beauty and tropical climate.
Hermosa Beach is an ideal place for events like this, thanks to its weather and high waves, necessary for the competition and because it has some of the best and comfortable hotels and resorts in Costa Rica, which makes it one of the favorite places for Costa Rica tourism and big competitions.
The Reef Centroamérica Surfing Games involves five Central American countries. It is the biggest activity of the annual Costa Rica Surfing season.
Surf is one of the best things to do in Costa Rica for local and foreign tourists who visit the beaches to enjoy the natural beauty and exuberant landscapes offered by the national coasts. That is why the Reef tournament is one of the major attractions in Costa Rica in November. The event meets hundreds of local and foreign fans of surfing.
Each country participates with its best surfers. El Salvador competes with young figures as Israel Arenivar and Juan Carlos Ramos, as well as Jimmy Rotherham, Open silver and bronze medal winner in the two previous Central American tournaments.
On the other hand, the Panamanian Gary Saavedra, 13 times champion of his country is one of the most important surfers of the event. Together with him are the nine time champion Sonia "Pucha" Garcia and Samantha Alonso, present champion of Panama.
Nicaragua is being represented by the current Central American Champions in Open and Longboard, Rex Calderon and Jose Espinoza and Guatemala has excellent surfers as Cristian Ruiz and Gefran Lima, two of its best exponents.
Finally, the Costa Rica national team is formed by the better surfers of the country such as Luis Vindas, Anthony Fillingim, Carlos Munoz and Jair Perez, Lisbeth Vindas, Nataly Bernold and Leilani McGonagle, among others.
All delegations are hosted at the Morgan's Cove, one of the most beautiful and comfortable beach hotels in Costa Rica´s Pacific coast.


We had just moved house a few weeks before I gave birth to my first baby. I had great plans on how I was going to decorate and style it. I was only shot down by so many saying you can't have that in your house now, you are a mother. You need to decorate it with your child in mind. Yes, while that is true, that it what the play room and baby's room is for. I also wanted our house to reflect our family's personality, style and look nice. I have always been house-proud and try to keep any home I live in looking its best and presentable. So I thought I would share with you a few tips for chic decorating.
A chic-looking living room is a must for most fashionable mommies out there. This is the area in the house where guests are usually entertained and it is where everyone gathers to relax, unwind, and socialize. Our living rooms are usually where personality, taste and style are displayed. Just because we are parents doesn't mean we can't have a chic looking home, check out these eight ideas to glam up your living room.
Black and white theme is always a classic – if you're looking for a theme for your living room then black and white theme will never disappoint you. Use furniture and home decor in black and white mixed combinations. Find a black sofa set and pair it with a white throw rug and other monochrome accessories. Monochrome is always trendy so you can find all sorts of corky and unique items to add to your new look. Most importantly, black and white is just beautiful!
Play with color – if you're not a black and white type of person then you may try a colorful approach in your living area. You may play with various color combinations or you can use the white walls as canvas for a more colorful and stylish appearance. Paint one wall a bright, and vibrant color and leave the rest neutral to really make your feature wall color pop.
Use customized upholstery pieces – there's nothing classier than customized upholstery pieces including sofa sets and cushions. Choose textiles that will look well with the entire appearance of your living room. Don't be afraid to mix and match your pieces.
More art pieces for a more artistic look – are you an art lover or perhaps you are an artist yourself? Express your artistic side by featuring a collection of art like paintings, murals, sculptures, all together. Carefully place and distribute these art pieces across your living room but out of reach of your children of course. Your living room will look more chic and classier than ever! Bonus is that, discussing your art collection is one of the best and sensible conversation topics you could have with your guests.
Get the best chandelier – your living room will have more character with a beautiful chandelier hanging from your ceiling. It is often one of the first things a guest will notice in a room. The beauty of a stunning chandelier is that you don't have to worry about the kids breaking it. If you have really young ones than you can focus more on large mirrors and chandeliers for a more chic look first before you work your way to adding chic things to your shelves and in their reach.
Make use of large windows and lighting – create more space in your living room by installing large windows in it. It will give your guests a nice view of your garden as well making the atmosphere a lot cozier and bright. Use glass vases and mirrors within your room to reflect the light if you can't install bigger windows in your room. These can really make a room look bigger and brighter with little effort. Add lots of white light with lamps, candles and other lighting accessories to finish off the look.
Connect your living space with your garden – take advantage of your beautiful garden by having a giant sliding door in your living room that connect to your garden or backyard. It will make the room look larger too. Sliding doors are great to keep open in the summer time and if you are anything like me, they are perfect for those garden parties you want to host. The kids can play outside and the adults can socialize within earshot in your chic living space.
Add some personal touch – want to make your living room reflect your character? There is no better way than adding some family photos with you, your husband and the kids in various memorable occasions and trips. It will definitely show not only your character and style but also your love for your family. Every chic room is in need of family love.
I don't think just because we have children we can't decorate our homes how we want to. Yes, they must be taken into consideration especially if they are babies , home décor can be a safety issue, I know from experience. But as they get older, you can really start letting your home interiors reflect your personality and style. In the meantime, decorate out of their reach with those painting you love so much or start with a trendy chandelier to get you started.
A house turns into a home when you start adding your touches to it. For those who are still looking for a house, Australia is one of the most beautiful and stable countries to start a family. Find a suitable house and land package in Sydney for your family and start applying these chic living room ideas to your new home.
How will 2016 trends inspire my home decor?
Black & white is definitely the safest way to go to start out, whenever I'm too scared to go with a bold colour I start in monochrome, then I start to add pops of colour as I go!
That's a great idea. I did the same recently as I didn't' know what theme I wanted. It's nice to have options to change later with monochrome.
We went all Browns and creams a few years back and I think I'd love to change the cream to full on bright white and then add splashes of colour everywhere! Our ceilings are way too low for a gorgeous chandelier but one day, if we ever move then that's the first thing I'm buying!
Oh yes it's nice to go white and get the fresh feel and makes a space feel more open too!


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Ettore Causa, viola
Awarded both the "P. Schidlof Prize" and the "J. Barbirolli Prize" for "the most beautiful sound" at the prestigious Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in 2000, Italian-born violist Ettore Causa has been praised for his exceptional artistry, passionate intelligence and complete musicianship. He has made solo and recital appearances in major venues around the world, and has performed at prestigious festivals. A devoted chamber musician, Causa has collaborated extensively with internationally renowned musicians.
At the Yale School of Music, Causa teaches graduate-level viola students and coaches chamber ensembles. He has performed on the School's Faculty Artist Series and Oneppo Chamber Music Series and at the Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Before Causa joined the faculty of the School of Music in 2009, he taught both viola and chamber music at the International Menuhin Music Academy. He attended the International Menuhin Music Academy, where he studied with Alberto Lysy and Johannes Eskar, and the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Michael Tree.
Causa has published many highly regarded CDs on the Claves label. One notable recording is Romantic Transcriptions for Viola and Piano, on which he performshis own transcriptions, which was awarded a prestigious "5 Diapasons" by the French magazine Diapason.
In 2015, he was one of the honored guests at the 43rd International Viola Congress, where he performed his own arrangement of the Schumann Cello Concerto. Causa is an honorary member of British Viola Society and he performs on a viola made for him by Frederic Chaudièrein 2003.


With a stay at Polos Hotel in Paros, you'll be on the Strip, just a 1-minute walk from Livadia Beach and 9 minutes by foot from Paros Archaeological Museum. This hotel is 8.7 mi (13.9 km) from Santa Maria Beach and 23.9 mi (38.4 km) from Port of Naxos.
Make yourself at home in one of the 43 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and plasma televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have slippers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, housekeeping is provided daily, and you can request irons/ironing boards.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a seasonal outdoor pool or take in the view from a garden. This Mediterranean hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, an arcade/game room, and a television in a common area.
Take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges. Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A ferry terminal shuttle is provided at no charge.


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Gov. signs bill to spur development of creative industries
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Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed Tuesday Senate Bill 655, which establishes public policy for promoting and giving stimulus to creative industries, conceives the Creative Industries Advisory Board and assigns $1 million to Puerto Rico Trade and Export to oversee those tasks.
Creative industries are those that depend mostly on intellectual property and have potential to create jobs and wealth, particularly through the production of goods and services in the areas of industrial graphic design, interior design, visual arts, music, scenic arts and publications. It also includes applications development, video games, online services, digital content, multimedia and creative services such as architecture and creative education.
These industries perform knowledge-based activities and focus arts, without limiting themselves to them, and have the potential of generating income from commerce and intellectual property rights.
This law seeks to establish an ecosystem of creative industries which includes government, private companies, academia and communities all over the island, placing special emphasis on the strategic sectors of municipalities
The new laws states that Puerto Rico Trade will be primarily responsible of implementing the public policy on creative industries and give creators assistance to sell their products both locally and globally.
These creators will also be able to benefit from the incentives provided in Law 20-2012, better known as "Law to Promote Service Exports". The law assigns $1 million to the CEC from the Fund for the Promotion of Jobs and Economic Activity to carry out these tasks.
The Creative Industries Advisory Board will have nine members, with two representatives for each creative industries sector — design, arts, media and creative services-as well as a representative from academia, all of whom will be named by the Puerto Rico Trade executive director for four-year terms.
The Board will also have several ex officio members: the Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce; the executive director of Puerto Rico Trade; the director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company; the executive director of the Corporation for the Development of Arts, Sciences and Cinematographic Industry of Puerto Rico; the executive director of the Science, Technology and Research Trust; and the executive director of the Puerto Rico Institute of Culture.
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Welcome to Pushkar
Pushkar- A Renowned Hindu Pilgrimage Centre
Rajasthan is popular for its rich culture and mystic cities. Pushkar is one such town located in the Ajmer district. It is situated 150 kilometres south-east of Jaipur. The town is extremely popular for its 400 blue-white temples and ghats and thus is frequented by the Hindus and the Sikhs. Several temples were rebuilt after the Muslim invasions and destruction.
It is 10 km from Ajmer separated by a small hill, Nag Pahar. The city is actually located on the shore of Lake Pushkar which has several Ghats and is hence is pilgrim sight. The town also holds a special significance for the Sikhs. There are Gurudwaras built for Guru Gobind Singh and Guru Nanak. One of the Ghats is named after Guru Gobind Singh as Gobind Ghats. The city has great historical significance. People will find the mention of Pushkar in epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the Puranas. Even in the Islamic texts, the mention of the town exists as it was invaded by the Muslim rulers then. After the collapse of the Mughal Empire, the town was rebuilt by the Rathors of Marwar. Thus, began the restructuring of the town and the temples were rebuilt.
Brahma Temple
It is one of the most important temples in the town and is located close to the Pushkar Lake. It dates back to the 14th century and it was partly rebuilt post the Muslim invasions. It is a beautiful temple and built with marble and stone slabs. On Kartik Purnima, an event is organized within its premises which are visited by several devotees.
Savitri Mata Temple
It is located in the Kharekhari Road. It has a location in the hilltop and thus the breath-taking view of the valley is awe-inspiring.
Varaha Temple
The temples feature stone statues and carvings which speaks volumes about Hindu Architectural excellence. It is located in Main Market in Pushkar.
It is a sacred lake of the Hindus and the Ghats in this lake are very popular. People bathe in the lake. It is also referred to as the Tirtha Raj in the Hindu scriptures. In fact, there are 52 bathing Ghats in the Pushkar Ghats.
Pushkar Camel Fair
Pushkar is specifically famous for its Camel Fair. It features the trading of horses, cattle, and camels. As per the Hindu calendar, it is held on Kartik Purnima. The footfall in this fair is very high and can be as high as 2, 00,000 tourists. It is held in the month of autumn which either falls in the month of October or November. It is the time of the years when the villagers indulge in merry-making.
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What on Earth Is God Doing?: Satan's Conflict with God 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
This is an excellent primer on what the Creator is up to with His universe. It's really written for Christians, as non-Christians probably wouldn't understand much of it from their worldly point of view. It's a short book, but it's not meant to be an exhaustive text on everything that has a ever happened and why. The book asks a question and answers that question very well, and is easily understood by spiritually alive folk. Dr Showers' writing is clear, interesting, and scholarly.


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Nestled between Lithuania and Estonia, Latvia has a diverse culture and a varied landscape encompassing beaches, dense forests and many picturesque lakes.
The cosmopolitan capital, Riga, is the place to go for wooden and art nouveau architecture and plenty of churches and museums. Its medieval Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


These are M&M's … containing espresso.
Who came up with this invention? It's probably equivalent to splitting the atom — complete with the potentially disastrous consequences.
How much do you want to bet that these will cause drama for me and those around me?
Can anyone who lived in 1984 forget this M&M's commercial? Every kid on the school bus did an impression of the two kids at the end.


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Project Voice | I had three abortions at different times in my life. I guess my approach to each of them had been totally different.
I had three abortions at different times in my life. I guess my approach to each of them had been totally different.
I was born and raised in Cuba. I had three abortions at different times in my life. I guess my approach to each of them had been totally different-- my feelings and my reactions.
The first one: I was about 18. I wasn't that young, but for some reason I didn't feel like a woman enough. I felt like I was ugly... I don't know why. I started having sexual relationships relatively late compared to my friends. I was insecure and had some issues with my mom. Instead of happening at 13 or 14, my teenage problems were a little delayed. It was that time of my life.
So basically, I got a little loose and I started having relationships pretty quickly with several men... relatively too often. And then I got pregnant. I was so naive. I told my mom, "You know... I haven't had my period in a while now. I don't know what's happening." Of course she didn't know I was having relationships, so when the doctor told her, "You are going to be a grandma," my mom looked at me and she was like, "Oh my god. What is going on here?" She did not talk to me for a couple of weeks. She was so upset with me.
I felt bad and I felt good... it was a combination. On the one hand, I felt bad because I felt like I had betrayed my mom. I made her feel sad. And on the other hand, I felt good, because I was a woman. I was able to conceive, even though I didn't have the baby. That was the first time.
Later on in my life, I got married. I had my boy, and two years after that I got pregnant again, and that's when I had a miscarriage. That's a different feeling, because I didn't will to have a miscarriage. I had a miscarriage, and then I had to go to the hospital. There they did an abortion to clean everything out.
The third one I felt very good about, because the guy that I was dating wasn't the right person for me. It wasn't the right relationship for me, even though when I told him I was pregnant he told me that he wanted the baby very much. I was in a stage in my life that I couldn't deal with that. I was living in the U.S. and I felt very bad that my son was in Cuba... it would have been hard on him if I had a baby then with another guy. It was hard to make the decision, but I felt it was the best for me at the time.


3, 2, 1…Time for some Christmas fun! Count the silly snowmen as they bounce and race and zoom into space! A hilarious Christmassy counting book with super fun illustrations and silly snowman scenes. This is a perfect winter-themed book to read together and an ideal Christmas present for toddlers and preschoolers who are learning to count. With a shiny, squishy cover for little hands! From the illustrator of the best-selling Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam.