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Whacked! A Romantic Suspense
by Amy Corwin
Review by Mel Jacob
Five Star Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 9781432825881
Date: 19 December 2012
Links: Author's Website / Show Official Info /
The sheriff is the young man who drove her and her date home from her high school prom and, sick from the flu, she threw up all over him. The memory still haunts her, and she resolves to keep her uncle’s involvement secret. Between the state of the crime scene and Cassie's nervous evasions, the sheriff isn't sympathetic.
Cassie has tolerated a stressful job for six years. As a tech guru, she could have gone elsewhere, but didn't. Now she has an ulcer and is taking antidepressants that leave her groggy and confused at times.
The victim is the bodyguard of the man who took Cassie to the prom. He is also rumored to be peddling drugs. Her uncle has been growing and supplying the victim with marijuana.
An ambitious deputy tries to take over the case and believes Cassie's uncle killed the victim over a drug deal. He tries to go over the sheriff's head and even contacts the local media. He sees the sheriff's job as a stepping stone to a political future.
The victim's employer and his wife have alibis for the time of the murder, but the sheriff still suspects they know more than they will admit. The corpse wore ill-fitting, expensive clothing unlike his norm garb. The coroner also found a condom in the victim's underwear.
The investigation and the attraction between Cassie and the sheriff move the action along. He was her crush in high school. Then, her old boyfriend, the victim's boss, tries to hit on her.
The coroner provides important support as do the various friendships the sheriff has made over the years. Despite the one deputy's rush to pin the murder on Cassie's uncle, the other deputy provides insights and abilities invaluable to the sheriff and to solving the case. It's surprising, once the victim was identified, the sheriff didn't immediately search the victim's apartment.
A frenetic climax places Cassie and her uncle facing a gun in the hands of a determined killer. Some will find the identity of the murderer a surprise. As romantic suspense and mystery, the novel will satisfy most cozy readers. Those who favor police procedurals will be disappointed. The ending leaves room for a sequel.


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Madeleine McCann: UK police arrive in Portugal for questioning
Scotland Yard detectives will be observing interviews of 11 British and Portuguese nationals by local police
British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have arrived in Portugal to assist Portuguese authorities with the questioning of 11 "key witnesses".
Detectives from Scotland Yard have flown to Faro as part of Operation Grange and will spend three days overseeing the questioning of four British people and seven Portuguese citizens.
Scotland Yard has refused to comment on the latest development, saying it will not provide a "running commentary" on the investigation, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Madeleine was three when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007 while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurant.
Portuguese police closed the investigation into her disappearance in 2008, but Scotland Yard was ordered to open its own inquiry in 2011, following an appeal from her parents.
British ex-pat Robert Murat and his wife are among those being questioned by police, but are not being treated as suspects, the BBC reports.
Murat, who lived with his mother in a house close to where Madeleine went missing, was among the original suspects questioned by Portuguese police after Madeleine's disappearance. He has always strongly denied any involvement.
Workers at the Ocean Club Resort and John Hill, the resort's manager, are also believed to be among the witnesses being re-questioned.
According to the BBC's Christian Fraser, police will be looking for any "inconsistencies" in his and other witness statements.
Madeleine McCann: UK police to fly to Portugal as 11 questioned
British detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are due to fly to Portugal next week to oversee the questioning of seven suspects and four witnesses.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Operation Grange are scheduled to fly to Faro on 8 December, according to the Daily Mirror.
Madeleine was three when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007.
One line of inquiry is said to be whether she was taken during a break-in at the apartment. Officers are believed to be focusing on a white male aged 20 to 40 years old, who was seen carrying a child fitting Madeleine's description through Praia da Luz around the time of her disappearance.
Seven interviewees will be made an "arguido", the Portuguese equivalent of a suspect, and will be asked directly if they killed Madeleine, reports the Mirror.
Silvia and Joao Batista, a couple who worked at the Ocean Club, and John Hill, the resort's manager, are among the witnesses to be re-questioned, according to the Daily Express.
Detectives are also apparently interested in claims that a set of keys to the McCanns' apartment, which were kept in the maintenance section, went missing in the week that Madeleine vanished.
Police are expected to request an interview with Mario Fernando, a former Ocean Club laundryman, who said he saw a suspicious man looking at the apartment the day before Madeleine disappeared.
Portuguese police will conduct the interviews, while Scotland Yard officers can sit in during questioning, says the Express.
Last week it was revealed that Robert Murat, a British ex-pat and property developer, who lived with his mother in a house close to where Madeleine went missing, would be questioned again.
Peter Bleksley, a former Scotland Yard murder detective, said that this next stage of the investigation was a "logical progression" for the police. He said they were likely to have been focusing on the timeline of events and may now have questions on any inconsistencies that have arisen.
Madeleine McCann: police had tip-off that body was in lake
Portuguese police were given a mystery tip-off six years ago that Madeleine McCann had been buried in a lake, it has emerged.
An employee of the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, where Madeleine went missing in May 2007, found a note in the doorway of her family's former holiday apartment exactly a year after she vanished.
The letter, which claimed to know the final resting place of the missing three-year-old, was immediately handed in to police
The note was reportedly headed "Madeleine Beth McCann" and included a description of how she had been dumped in the Barragem da Bravura reservoir, nine miles from the holiday resort and close to a motorway.
The employee, who is described as a "handyman" but not named, told the Daily Mirror: "It was raining that night so it was soaking wet when I found it. It clearly said Madeleine's name at the top. It was written in Portuguese.
"Beneath it was a location for what it claimed was her final resting place."
"I spoke to the other staff about it and they said to hand it in to the Portuguese police. I gave it to them, but I have no idea what they did about it. It would be the perfect place to hide a body."
According to the Mirror, an underwater search of the reservoir is not thought to have taken place, although the surrounding woodland was investigated.
One person who witnessed the search told the newspaper: "I never saw any divers physically trawl through that lake. The water is dark and murky and would need to be searched thoroughly.
"It's so close to Praia da Luz, and such an obvious place to hide a body, that I'm amazed following an actual tip off this hasn't been done."
A spokesperson for Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann said they would "welcome" any new searches but would not comment on any specific details of the case. Scotland Yard has refused to comment.
Madeleine McCann: former suspect Robert Murat to be questioned
Robert Murat, the first formal suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, is to be questioned again by police in relation to the case.
He was named by BBC News and Portuguese newspapers today as one of eleven people being spoken to as "persons of interest". His wife, Michaela Walczuck, is also understood to be on the list.
Murat, a British ex-pat and property developer, lived with his mother Jenny in a house close to where Madeleine went missing in Prai da Luz in May 2007. His mother always maintained she had been with him at home on the night of her disappearance.
Murat, who is originally from Norfolk, helped police with translation in the first few days after Madeleine's disappearance and was questioned by officers less than two weeks later. He was made an "arguido", the Portuguese equivalent of a suspect, but has always strongly denied any involvement.
He won substantial libel damages and an apology from several British newspapers in 2008 over nearly 100 "seriously defamatory" news articles.
Portuguese police also named Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, as arguidos, sparking a slew of allegations against the couple, who also claimed substantial libel damages.
At the time, Murat said he had gone "to hell and back without doing anything wrong" and had to wait months for his arguido status to be dropped.
Murat told ITV News this morning that he had only learned that he would face police questioning through today's Portuguese media reports.
Madeleine was three when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment on 3 May 2007.
Madeleine McCann: UK man and woman among new suspects
A British man and woman are among seven people to be questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, ITV News reports. Madeleine vanished at the age of three from the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal in 2007.
The seven will be questioned by officers in Faro on the Algarve between 24 and 28 November. As well as the British woman, an eastern or central European woman will be interviewed.
Five men, at least three of them Portuguese, will also be asked to say where they were on the night Madeleine vanished. It is thought that three of the people being questioned will be given "arguido" status - formal suspects under Portuguese law. The term is more inclusive than the British term “suspect”.
Another four people will be spoken to as witnesses.
None of the people being questioned were known to Kate and Gerry McCann - though some have spoken to the police before. It is believed some may have been staff at the resort’s Ocean Club around the time Madeleine was last seen.
ITV says the questioning follows extensive reviews of mobile phone footage and is the latest stage in the British investigation into the disappearance.
Madeleine McCann: Parents return to Portugal for libel trial
Kate and Gerry McCann returned to Portugal today for the latest hearing in their long-running libel case against Goncalo Amaral, the former police chief who oversaw the investigation into their daughter's disappearance in 2007.
The couple are suing Amaral for claims he made in his 2008 book, The Truth of the Lie, which included allegations that the McCanns hid Madeleine's body and faked her abduction following an accident at their Praia da Luz apartment.
Last month the couple flew to Lisbon to give personal statements on the impact of Amaral's accusations, but were unable to testify when the former police chief fired his legal team on the morning they were due to appear in court. His actions prompted a fourth adjournment in the case, which has now been running for five years,
The McCanns described the fiasco as a "blatant and cynical attempt" to delay the trial. Despite their anger, the McCanns are more "hopeful" this time round, the Independent says.
Speaking to the London Evening Standard, Gerry McCann said: "First of all we hope we get heard, that's the first thing. And also justice for Madeleine obviously."
The McCanns are expected to receive a settlement of about £1 million if their libel action against Amaral proves successful. A judgment is expected later this year.


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Every good landscape’s foundation is made from healthy and vibrant trees and shrubs.
Their colorful natural beauty gives landscaping dimension, interest, and form, preventing it from looking one-note. And their uses don’t end there!
These leafy plants provide handy shade and benefits to the surrounding wildlife, enriching the ecology.
Aside from having adequate water, suitable soil, and sunlight, most trees and shrubs especially appreciate a little additional care to thrive.
If you know what fertilizer to give them, you can boost their health to stay happy and healthy.
But, how do you sift through the similar-sounding fertilizer products out there to find the right ones?
A quick online search often makes people more confused than before, especially when the products mention complicated chemicals.
To help you make sense of the fertilizer world, we have found the best ones and included extra information on what to look for.
Below, we’ve debunked these products’ jargon, explaining each fertilizer’s features and how best to use these for your plants.
If you already know fertilizers’ ins and outs, you can jump to the Best Tree and Shrub Fertilizer section!
What Is The Best Tree And Shrub Fertilizer?
Like all living things, trees and shrubs need multiple nutrients to be at their best. Plants require phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, and a mixture of micronutrients such as boron and calcium.
Without crucial nutrients, plants will experience stunted growth that negatively affects roots, stems, and leaves.
In addition, lacking these essential chemicals makes your trees and shrubs vulnerable to catching diseases and being targeted by pests.
Before adding these life-saving fertilizers to your green landscape, it’s essential to spend a little extra time using a nutrient test kit, otherwise known as a soil pH tester kit on your soil.
This handy pack works out what nutrients your soil lacks and how suitable the earth’s pH is. This method allows you to adjust your fertilizing routine to suit your plants.
N-P-K Nutrient Balance
To help you remember what nutrients fertilizer is made of, many gardeners use the acronym N-P-K.
Each letter stands for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium, respectively. When looking at fertilizers’ packaging, this is useful to decode the ingredients section.
Typically the packaging will say that a product has something like an N-P-K 5-5-5 fertilizer, which means it is composed of 5% Nitrogen, 5% Phosphorus, and 5% Potassium.
We’ve broken down each element’s use below to work out what this does for your plant.
(N) Nitrogen is used by your plant to grow leaves, otherwise known as foliage. Your trees and shrubs are highly likely to be working with this element during the vegetative growth stages.
(P) Phosphorus – Key for the plants’ general development and producing seeds and/or fruits.
(K) Potassium helps plants with a high blossoming rate or produce fruits. Examples of plants that thrive with potassium are tomatoes and roses.
But, how does this all translate into helping trees and shrubs? Now that we know the basics, we can look at a few tree types and what chemical combination suits them best.
These shrubs are famed for their bold blooms, so they need a lot of Potassium.
However, it’s important to note that the hydrangea also has vegetative features, so the fertilizer won’t work well if it’s only potassium. This means that Phosphorus and Nitrogen are still needed.
An example of an excellent N-P-K hydrangea fertilizer is 8-4-12.
This ratio provides much Nitrogen for growing powerhouse leaves and Potassium aplenty for producing the voluminous blooms that hydrangeas are so well known for.
Arborvitae grows super fast, producing evergreen and leafy foliage, perfect for making up hedges.
As a result, this plant doesn’t need specialist fertilizers. However, they require you to choose a high-in-nitrogen product to keep up with the arborvitae’s enormous appetite.
So, N-P-K fertilizer with a 13-3-4 ratio would satisfy this plant. It has loads of nitrogen yet still has some Potassium and Phosphorus to grow the buds or cones seen on this tree.
However, as this plant doesn’t create blooms, it doesn’t need as much Phosphorus and Potassium as the hydrangea.
But, what is soil pH, anyway? The soil pH is all about the acid or alkaline amounts in the earth.
Every soil type has a pH level, which depends on the minerals and nutrients present in the landscape in a particular area.
Although most plants grow in soil between 5.5-7.5 pH, every species in this bracket has an ideal range that they thrive in.
There are exceptions to this rule; some plants love pH levels as high as 8.0 and at only 4.5 pH.
It’s essential to determine a soil’s pH so that you can understand how many extra nutrients your plant needs to thrive.
For example, trees and shrubs take in more nutrients when the soil is at its ideal pH level, saving you from buying extra fertilizer.
Quick Or Slow Release Tree Fertilizer
All fertilizers are either quick or slow to release, meaning the speed they dissipate into the soil. Fertilizers are made of macro and micronutrients, which transfer to the plant speedily or slowly.
You can control how quickly or slowly tree and shrub nutrients are put into the ground and used by your plants.
Fertilizers come in different forms that partially affect how the food is released into the environment and is absorbed by the plants.
For instance, spike and granule fertilizers slowly disintegrate, whereas powders quickly break down. All product types are helpful for different species.
Slow Release Tree Fertilizer Spikes
Slow-release fertilizers help young trees because they give the delicate plants consistent nutrients.
In addition, these steady products help prevent the vulnerable juvenile tree roots from becoming burnt, causing the plant to die.
Fertilizer spikes, otherwise known as fertilizer sticks, provide a way to feed plants controlled amounts over a more extended period than applying the fertilizer by hand.
This allows the gardener to pre-measure nutrients added once rather than keep coming back.
For these reasons, fertilizer spikes are an excellent option for busy landscapers who prefer relatively low-maintenance gardening.
However, these spikes are often not ideal for shrubs because they release too many nutrients at once, overwhelming the plants.
Instead, it’s advisable to use a granular or powder fertilizer to more accurately control chemical levels.
Quick Release Tree Fertilizer
Quick-release tree fertilizers are ideal for mature trees that have established themselves in the environment.
To figure out when to apply some extra nutrients, look at whether the plant appears droopy, tired, or yellow. If they do, these trees often require a fast-releasing nutrient boost.
In most cases, quick-release granular formula or powder can be sprinkled on top of the soil.
Alternatively, this can be applied by digging holes and pouring fertilizer into them.
Sometimes, a liquid feed is helpful. However, this type should be added to the earth regularly, e.g., fortnightly, or as a quick emergency boost for suffering plants.
A helpful way to figure out the best tree nutrients for your trees and shrubs is to think about your plant’s growth stage and work out why you’re introducing fertilizer.
Additionally, you need to consider how you’ll deliver the food without damaging the tree or shrub.
Chemical Or Natural Tree Fertilizer
Bought fertilizers are mainly either mineral or organic. Mineral fertilizers are artificially produced, providing enough helpful food for plants.
On the other hand, organic ones are created from natural substances.
For example, plant residue and manure are organic fertilizers. These food sources contain less exact nutrient amounts than mineral fertilizers. However, they are made without chemical processing.
Both mineral and organic fertilizers can come in granules, liquids, or spikes. Which form you use depends on how you want nutrients for your shrubs or trees.
Organic Tree Fertilizers
These feeds are from plant and animal materials. They are slow-release fertilizers, delicately treating shrub and tree roots. Because they gradually introduce the nutrients over time.
It takes longer than inorganic fertilizers to see significant results after adding them.
Brilliant natural materials for organic nutritional value are crushed shells, manure, and bone meal.
It’s essential to read every product’s label before adding any natural fertilizer to ensure you’re adding the right ingredients in the appropriate quantity to your plants.
Be warned, though, many natural fertilizers smell pretty bad. This smell can entice unwanted pests, such as rats, birds, or insects, too!
Mineral Or Inorganic Tree Fertilizers
Due to the artificial production process, these fertilizers’ N-P-K can be much more easily controlled than organic ones.
In addition, they often have high nitrogen content containing ammonium sulfate and sodium nitrate.
For malnourished shrubs and trees, applying an all-purpose mineral fertilizer with a complete ratio of N-P-K components is best.
Because the manufacturing process can super accurately control the nutrients’ balance, they can benefit your plants hugely. But, they are derived from chemicals, which is not ideal for the overall wellbeing of the planet.
Now that we’ve cleared up the fertilizing ins and outs, it’s time to look at our list of the very best products out there for your shrubs and trees.
We’ve searched the internet, weighing up fertilizing products’ essential details, including chemical components, forms, and value, so that you don’t have to. Below is a list of the best ones we found!
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9 Best Fertilizer For Trees And Shrubs
For trees and shrubs, no one fertilizer ratio is exactly right for every species.
Some gardeners prefer to feed their plants with a general fertilizer, which is multipurpose and suitable for indoor and outdoor greenery, trees, shrubs, and smaller plants.
Whereas other plant carers seek out a super precise fertilizing ratio, for one purpose, like those products solely for evergreens or citrus trees.
Picking the wrong fertilizer can damage your beloved plants. Even worse, using inadequate nutrients on a tree or shrub can cause them to die, leaving your garden looking depressing.
That’s why we’ve made a list below to save you from hurting your plants.
To save you precious time when you could be looking after your plants, we evaluated each product’s compounds.
And we considered overall customer satisfaction based on reviews, the product’s benefits, and how easy it is to use.
The point comes with a cap to cover the top when hammering into the ground; this prevents you from shattering them when you’re putting them in.
The spikes release nutrients pretty slowly, meaning they are ideal for new plants and only need to be used once in the Spring and Fall.
So, for busy gardeners, you can leave these little fertilizers to do their thing without having to re-feed your plants every fortnight.
The N-P-K composition is 15-5-10, which means it’s excellent for fruit-bearing plants, such as apple trees.
If you put this spike in the drip zone around your apple tree, your plant will produce an abundance of apples.
Installing the product is very convenient and easy to use. So, even if you’re a novice gardener, you can look after your trees and shrubs well with this fertilizer.
The chemical composition will work so well on the surrounding area, making any grass near them super dark green, growing fast.
So, you really do get great value for money that benefits much more than the trees and shrubs you’re targeting.
How To Use
Firstly, identify the plant’s drip line if you want to put the spike in for a tree.
The drip line is the area below the outermost tree branches. It is likely to be roughly circular, surrounding the tree trunk. For shrubs and trees put spikes 2 feet from the trunk center.
It’s super important to make sure the ground is wet. Preferably, you can wait until there’s been a very decent rainfall that has seeped into the ground.
Wet ground ensures that the spikes won’t snap when you’re trying to put them in and will mean you expend much less effort than if it’s dry.
After checking the soil’s moisture levels:
- Place the plastic cap on the part of the spike that won’t be going into the ground.
- Hold the tip vertically against the ground, ensuring your fingers are clear of the top.
- Take a hammer and drive the spike at least 2 inches below the earth.
And Voila! You can now leave the spike to do what it does best!
- 15-5-10 composition – Meaning you can use this for fruit trees and get a massive fruit yield. It’s perfect for apple trees; however, it can be used on a wide variety of plants.
- Slow-release – Allowing you to install it into the ground and leave it be. So, you won’t have to keep coming back regularly to fertilize your tree or shrub.
- Plastic cap – Stopping you from accidentally breaking the spike when you hammer it into the ground.
- Spike shape – Ideal for quickly putting into wet soil.
- Value for money – You can put one in twice a year during Spring and Fall. So, you can save time and money.
- Prone to snapping when put in the dry ground – To solve this, make sure you hammer it into the earth after a good rainfall or after you’ve watered it.
So they’re ideal if you want to look after your shrubs and trees but don’t have a lot of time to do so.
The pack comes with 15 included, making them great value for money.
Also, because there are so many in a container, the product is perfect for buying bulk. And, you can easily store the feed for years until you want them.
The spikes come with a plastic cup for helping you hammer them into the ground, allowing you to easily install them into the wet earth.
The advantage of being underground is that they also deter underground vermin from attacking the roots. This makes this product particularly brilliant for new trees and shrubs with tender roots.
These little spikes can even be used for substantial pine trees and smaller shrubs. So, buying these, you wouldn’t have to rush out and get specialist fertilizers for each plant species in your care.
The composition according to the N-P-K formula is 13-3-4. This makes it ideal for spruces, junipers, and other evergreen trees when installed within the drip line.
How To Use
First, check that the ground is pretty wet on the drip line where you’re planning on fertilizing. This is crucial to ensure your spike doesn’t burst when you’re putting it in.
If the water isn’t wet enough, pouring water from a hose for a few minutes will soften the earth.
Once you’ve checked that the moisture levels have created a soft enough place to put the spike, place the plastic cap on the product.
Then, hold the spike vertically with a hand at its base. Hammer the end with the plastic cap onto it lightly, pushing the product into the ground.
Ideally, the spike needs to be at least 2 inches underground to do its job. After you’ve done this, you can leave the product to slowly release its nutrients.
- Plastic cap – Allowing you to quickly hammer the spike into the ground without damaging the product.
- 13-3-4 N-P-K formula – Letting you feed your evergreens safely, without damaging them
- Spike design – Meaning you can easily install them into the wet earth.
- Slow-release – You don’t have to fertilize your plants regularly, and you can use this on baby trees. This product has the added benefit of deterring underground vermin from attacking roots.
- 15 pack – Letting you bulk-buy and save money, so you don’t have to spend time renewing your fertilizer collection.
- Needs the ground to be wet – So, you will have to water the soil if it’s dry before hammering in to prevent the spike from bursting.
In addition, the pre-packaged sachets mean it’s straightforward to use, reflected by customers highly recommending.
The formula causes hugely positive differences in plants that get fed with it versus those that do not.
In addition, the product comes in a blue powder, allowing you to easily see when you’ve added it to a watering can.
This helps stop you from accidentally adding more nutrients than your plants want or forgetting that you haven’t added the fertilizer yet.
Each sachet can be used for a 4 liter watering can of water, too! So, it’s a value for money way to feed your shrubs and trees.
All you have to do to make up the formula is add water. This is another reason why it’s so easy for beginner gardeners to introduce important nutrition to their plants.
How To Use
Simply fill a watering can then tear open the convenient sachet. The blue formula can be effective in up to 1 gallon of water for outdoor plants in pots and greenery growing in the ground.
However, using 1 packet for up to 2 gallons of water for indoor container plants is best to keep them healthy.
Once the sachet has been mixed into the water, pour the substance over the plant’s base.
You can also sprinkle the water over the upper leaves, but you won’t get good results.
If you’re watering small shrubs, making sure the can’s rose is attached will stop the surrounding soil from washing away and disturbing the plant.
To benefit your trees and shrubs the most using this fertilizer, sprinkle it every 1-2 weeks.
- Just add water – Allowing you to easily feed your plants the nutrients you need with only water, a sachet, and a watering can.
- Pre-measured – Letting you quickly fertilize without spending time measuring formulae and potentially accidentally damaging your plants by using the wrong amount.
- Blue powder – Making it easy for you to see when you’ve added it to water and when you haven’t.
- Powerful formula – So, you’ll see a significant difference in your plant’s growth and health after you’ve applied it.
- Highly recommended by customers – Showing you that it’s been independently tested so you can be confident that it truly works on your trees and shrubs.
- Plastic packaging – Each sachet is individually wrapped, allowing you to measure how much you’re feeding your plants. But, this packaging is bad for the environment.
It has a 20-20-20 N-P-K formula, which suits most trees, shrubs, and indoor plants, provided they don’t want especially acidic solutions.
The non-organic solution isn’t made for plants such as hydrangeas, gardenias, hibiscus, camellias, or jasmine because these plants require high soil pH.
However, it’s an excellent general fertilizer that will make flowers on other plants gorgeous.
The formula is water-soluble, dissolving quickly, allowing you to quickly spray it on your plants.
This no-fuss design will save you time if you’re a busy landscaper who doesn’t have tonnes of time to spare feeding your trees and shrubs.
The customer reviews indicate that generally, it’s surprisingly hard to find a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer.
However, this product is everything you need if you’re looking for one! In particular, it’s known for helping fuchsias grow big and strong.
In addition, orchids, tomatoes, and roses have benefitted from this 20-20-20 composition.
How To Use
Take out a scoop of pellets and put them in a container with water in it. Set in the pellets and shake until they dissolve if you want to spray your plants.
Once the pellets have completely dissolved, pour or spray the solution onto your plants.
To benefit your plants the most, use this fertilizer once every 7-14 days during a particular watering session.
- 20-20-20 composition – Meaning you only have to buy this one product and can use it on a wide range of shrubs and trees.
- Water-soluble pellets – Saving you time spent mixing up fertilizer solution, letting you easily feed your plants.
- Excellent customer reviews – So you can be confident that it’s tried and tested, so you won’t waste your money.
- Adequate nutrition – Lets you look after your plants well and show you visible positive changes.
- Slightly expensive – Not suitable for those on a budget. However, you do get what you pay for. This is brilliant, essential old-fashioned fertilizer, and the cost reflects that.
The fertilizer is made from earthworm castings, which are excellent for getting rid of spider mites and stopping diseases from attacking evergreens.
The product is lightweight, making it brilliant for those with mobility issues, too.
In addition, the non-toxic and odor-free mix works well on plants other than evergreens, including organic vegetables.
This means that you won’t have to rush out and buy separate formulas that will take up precious space in your garage or potting shed.
The worm castings act as natural pest control. In particular, this fertilizer will stop aphids from getting at your roses and even lettuces.
In addition, the formula is rich in nitrogen, adding micronutrients to the soil with natural goodness.
This means that long after you’ve applied the food, you’ll reap the benefits through seeing your beautifully healthy plants.
How To Use
For best results, work the worm castings into the soil as much as you can, then top them in mulch. The formula needs to be mixed into the ground if you want it to work deep down.
If you’re using the product to deter pests, simply sprinkle a thin layer to the top of the soil and around the base of trees or shrubs. Mix the castings into the ground for potting plants and then add the plant.
If you already have a potted plant and want to boost its health, lay some castings around the base.
After you’ve mixed in and/or sprinkled the castings, make sure you water it over to give your plant the best care.
- Non-toxic and odor-free – Allowing you to use the fertilizer without sniffing in gross smells. The non-toxic element makes it ideal for adding to your organic vegetable patch. This is an excellent option for the environmentally conscious who don’t want to put more harsh chemicals into the soil.
- Lightweight – Letting you safely carry it when you need to. Ideal for those with mobility problems.
- Pest deterrent – Perfect for sprinkling at the base of trees or shrubs to prevent aphids and diseases from damaging them.
- Rich in Nitrogen – Meaning adding this product to your soil will release micronutrients, which are great for keeping the plant life and earth healthy.
- Ugly looking – The worm castings aren’t made for squeamish gardeners.
Putting 7 drops of this solution into a watering can go a long way, meaning you can quickly and easily feed your plants.
It has excellent reviews, too, with customers saying it leaves plants noticeably perkier and healthier. In addition, many people have said that flowers love it, as it helps make lots of blooms in vibrant colors.
This all-purpose plant food is remarkably odor-free so that you aren’t put off from fertilizing due to a stinky product.
How To Use
This is a super simple product to use, ideal for beginner gardeners. You only need to add 7 drops of formula per quart of water.
For efficiently watering plants, we recommend putting the solution in a watering can and sprinkling it on your greenery from there.
- 10-15-10 formula – Meaning it’s super versatile and can be effectively used on multiple plant species.
- 7 drops method – Allowing you to easily add fertilizer to your watering can.
- Positive reviews – Giving you the confidence that customers vouch for it.
- Chemical content – Ideal for growing flowers in vibrant colors on shrubs.
- Odor-free – Letting you comfortably feed your plants without holding your breath.
- Plastic bottle – Not ideal for the environmentally conscious looking to reduce their plastic waste.
According to customer reviews, it can even work well in city dirt. And fertilize plants living in the soil with anything from shards of glass, rusty metal, and plastic straws.
The N-P-K formula is 24-8-16, which means it’s brilliant for gardens, mainly shrubs that flower such as poinsettia.
This product is famed for helping plants create gorgeous blooms, keeping your garden looking lovely.
This fertilizer comes with a double-sided scoop with a small and more significant side.
The smaller scoop end is tiny enough to mix with a 1-gallon jug of water so that you can water houseplants with it.
The bigger side can scoop out the mixture in a watering can with up to 1 ½ gallons of water. This is perfect for watering larger shrubs and trees.
How To Use
Scoop out the amount of product you require for the area you intend to fertilize. Next, mix it into the water, letting it dissolve. For feeding large trees and shrubs, use the more giant scoop to integrate the product into up to 1 ½ gallons of water.
Simply pour the solution onto the area you wish to feed.
- 24-8-16 formula – Perfect for making shrubs bloom with gorgeous flowers, especially poinsettia.
- Double-ended scoop – Allowing you to adapt the formula to feed anything from large trees to small houseplants.
- Positive customer feedback – Showing that it’s a product that will work even on city soil to replenish nutrients.
- Not for bamboo – This product will kill bamboo.
The handy little plastic scoop helps you quickly spread it, solving any deficient dirt, including clay.
This product is great for beginner gardeners and those that struggle to keep their plants alive because it slowly releases nutrients. So, you don’t have to worry about regularly feeding your greenery.
How To Use
Using the plastic scoop, sprinkle 1 scoopful of the fertilizer per 4 square feet of ground or 2 gallons of water.
Next, mix into the top 1-3 inches of earth. Then, water the plants, making sure you do this regularly as the plant requires. Finally, add in more fertilizer every 6 months.
- Plastic scoop – Allowing you to quickly spread the fertilizer.
- 8-pound bag – Meaning it will last a long time.
- Long-lasting – Letting you leave the plant without re-feeding it with the product for up to 6 months.
- It requires mixing soil with it – So, it’s not ideal if you want to quickly fertilize while you water your plants.
It has B-Vitamins helping damaged plants recover after exposure to environmental stresses such as being too cold or hot.
Additionally, this vitamin gives them the strength to fight off diseases that they come into contact with.
How To Use
Simply add a few drops to a watering can and spread it over the plants. It’s as easy as that!
- B-Vitamins – Allowing you to look after damaged plants that have been exposed to environmental stresses.
- Value for money – Meaning you won’t have to go out and buy loads of fertilizers.
- Liquid solution – Give your flowering shrubs the boost they need to produce brilliant blossoms.
- No dropper – So it’s not easy to measure out the solution.
How Do You Fertilize Trees And Shrubs?
To fertilize trees and shrubs effectively, you must put the food where their roots can easily be absorbed.
The simplest and best way to do this is by covering the entire root zone with granular feed.
Another way to do this is by installing a spike two feet from the tree’s base and fertilizing everything this distance around the trunk.
To figure out how much these plants need, you must calculate the nitrogen required per square foot of root area. This depends on the tree or shrub’s size.
To help you work this out, we’ve created an essential guide below.
These only require small amounts of food using a slow-release fertilizer. Use the organic feed to avoid burning their tender roots.
Increase the fertilization dosage to encourage rapid growth. Follow the fertilizing product’s instructions. Generally, feeding this type of plant twice a year is sufficient.
At maturity, trees naturally slow down in growth. To match this, you need to reduce fertilization, feeding them about once every 3 years.
There you have it, a comprehensive list of the most effective shrub and tree fertilizers. Testing your soil and researching the N-P-K formula you want is an excellent way to work out the fertilizer your plants need.
Please be aware that each tree and shrub species have different needs, affecting what feed you need. Happy gardening!

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The Senate has confirmed the appointment of five nominees as members of the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The confirmed nominees are George Abang Ekungu, Secretary (Cross River); Luqman Muhammed (Edo); Anumba Adaeze (Enugu); Kola Adesina (Kwara); and Yahaya Muhammad (Yobe).
The confirmation comes barely two weeks after the Senate received President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the nominees to be confirmed.
It was also a sequel to the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes.
Chairman of the committee, Suleiman Kwari, who presented the report, said the nominees appeared before the panel for screening and gave in-depth responses to questions posed by members on how they would contribute to achieving the Commission’s mandate.
He said after scrutiniing their credentials, the panel was satisfied that the nominees have the requisite experience, integrity, professional competence and industry to discharge the functions for which they were nominated.
He disclosed further that there was no adverse security report or petitions against any of them.
After the confirmation, the Deputy Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, who presided over the plenary, congratulated them as they commence their new assignments.


Governor-elect Phil Murphy said Tuesday that a Republican tax overhaul in Congress doesn’t change his plans to raise taxes on millionaires, a week after he seemed to open the door to reconsidering one of his top campaign promises.
Murphy told reporters last week that he supported a millionaires tax “at this moment” and twice said “we’ve got to get Washington settled first” when asked if he was still committed to raising income taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents.
He was less ambiguous on Tuesday. Murphy said the prospect of a GOP tax overhaul that could force New Jerseyans to send more money to the federal government “doesn’t impact my view of what we should do in New Jersey.” He said he was “highly confident” the state would raise marginal tax rates on millionaires after he takes office on Jan. 16.
“I think millionaires are gonna do just fine, unfortunately, in this bill in Washington,” he said after an unrelated transition event in Trenton. “At the end of the day, it doesn’t change my calculus for what we should do in New Jersey.”
Asked about his comments last week, Murphy said he only meant that New Jersey officials need to focus on pushing back against the Republican tax proposals.
Increasing taxes on the wealthy was a major plank of Murphy’s campaign for governor. He has pledged to use the money to pay for a long list of liberal policy promises, including more funding for schools and public worker pensions. The most recent version of the Democrats’ plan would increase the marginal tax rate on income above $1 million from 8.97 percent to 10.75 percent, producing an estimated $600 million to $650 million in revenue.
Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) initially said he’d make a millionaires tax the first bill that passes the state Senate once Murphy is sworn in as governor. But he has recently said the Republican tax overhaul efforts could force Democrats to re-evaluate their plans to raise taxes on millionaires. Sweeney’s office did not return a request for comment on Tuesday.
At issue is President Trump’s push to rewrite the federal tax code. A U.S. Senate bill that cleared a committee Tuesday would eliminate the popular State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, while a House bill that passed this month would remove the deduction only for state and local income and sales taxes, but cap it at $10,000 for property taxes.
Asked about Sweeney and other Democrats expressing caution over passing a millionaires tax, Murphy said, “People are scared as heck when they look at this bill in Washington. They are literally scared as heck and we all ought to be. So the visceral reaction is ‘holy cow.'”
But New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal think tank, said Sweeney’s fears are unfounded. NJPP Vice President Jon Whiten said even with the elimination of the SALT deduction, New Jersey millionaires would still ultimately see a cut in their taxes.
“In fact, the Republican tax proposals in D.C. all favor the wealthy — even if these deductions disappear,” Whiten said in a statement. “Under the new Senate plan, for example, it’s New Jersey families earning under $111,000 who will, on average, pay more in net taxes — not the wealthy. In fact, Garden State families with incomes over $440,000 would get an average annual $2,826 tax cut. The bottom line: New Jersey’s wealthy families aren’t being punished by the GOP tax plans – they’re being rewarded.”
Michael Egenton, executive vice president of government relations for the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, said his group agreed with Sweeney’s approach. He said the combination of a millionaires tax, an elimination or reduction of the SALT deduction, and other Murphy priorities like an increase in the minimum wage could cause “sticker shock” for the state’s businesses and wealthiest residents. The chamber opposed the millionaires tax all throughout Gov. Chris Christie’s governorship, even when Congress wasn’t considering a tax overhaul.
“We need to go and proceed with caution and really evaluate and assess what happens at the federal level,” Egenton said. “To double whammy folks that are in that income bracket, on top of what could be done in the federal tax proposal, could be devastating.”


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With Withington Wilderness HP, 10020, 9965, 9390, Cedro Peak, Gray Hill, Granite Mountain & Silver Hill.
I drove up to Monica's Saddle and hiked from there along the road. It was 3-4 miles to the summit. The road is very gentle to the summit and easy to walk. The hike took about an hour give or take a few minutes to the summit. The views are wonderful at the top. I enjoyed the trip.
Note: After Monica's saddle it says "primitive road". I found the road getting their more primitive than this road (via highway 60). However, it has quite a bit of loose rock so you might spin the tires on occasion. The road from highway 60 to get to Monica's saddle (NFS 549) has blind curves, is very narrow, with steep drop-offs (in places), and has exposed rock and washboards. It wasn't all that bad to come up, but it was less fun to come down. Low gear came in handy. I'm not sure about the road heading south from Monica's saddle.
Twice we've come this way and twice have been slammed by storms. Did manage to drive the truck to the top... not really any hiking, but a fun drive. Planned to hike it on our second visit met with double whammy: storms, and an on-going closure due to fire danger. We'll be back. The VLA nearby is a neat place to visit.
I coaxed my Camry all the way to the top
A high mountain rising above southwest New Mexico.

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|Title:||Polydimethylsiloxane Releasing Matrix Metalloprotease Inhibitors, as Model Intraocular Lens Materials, for Mitigating Posterior Capsule Opacification|
West-Mays, Judith A.
|Keywords:||biomedical engineering, polydimethylsiloxane, intraocular lens, posterior capsule opacification, matrix metalloprotease inhibitors|
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Improved materials for implantation as intraocular lens (IOL) devices are needed to minimize the occurrence of posterior capsule opacification (PCO). In this work, novel polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) loaded with matrix metalloprotease inhibitors (MMPI) were developed as model IOL materials.

PDMS was chosen as silicones are currently used successfully as IOLs. Inhibitor release rates and amount of initial burst of drug-loaded PDMS could be controlled by changing solvent when loading into elastomer base, as well as drug loading method, and release buffer.

Two lens epithelial cell lines were characterized for in vitro tests: FHL124 and HLE B3. These cell lines produce different combinations of extracellular matrix proteins when grown on various biomaterial surfaces. Significant differences between the two cell lines were observed both in collagen VIII and α-smooth muscle actin levels, both when cells were unstimulated, and as a result of epithelial to mesenchymal transition induced by treatment with transforming growth factor β2. FHL124 cells were selected in further tests due to their consistent expression of extracellular matrix components when exposed to different materials.

Solutions of synthetic MMPI GM6001 and MMP 2/9 Inhibitor II, known to mitigate anterior subcataract formation, were released from PDMS and found to protect in a modest but significant way against protein profile changes and to delay migration. Due to the Zn²⁺ dependence of MMPs, chelators, including EDTA, TPEN and 1-10 phenanthroline were examined as alternative inhibitors. Only the latter was found to have a significant effect on cell migration rates in vitro. Sulfadiazine, due to its chemical resemblance to synthetic MMPI was determined to be the most efficient at reducing migration rates as well as to have the lowest toxicity.

Overall, sulfadiazine was determined in this work to be a potentially effective solution to mitigating PCO. These results indicate that releasing MMPI molecules from PDMS as a model IOL is a promising way to mitigate aspects of PCO.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 by usafeaturesmedia
(Bugout.news) Unbeknownst to most Americans is the fact that our “farm-to-fork” logistical food chain is extremely fragile, thanks to modern-day technology and the business practices of the nation’s food retailers.
What’s more, this vulnerability is well-known to the federal government, as food and agriculture is included as one of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors identified by the Dept. of Homeland Security’s National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Still, though DHS is aware of the vulnerabilities in our food supply, the sector gets comparatively less attention than other sectors like airline security, cyber threats and immigration.
That said, a major agriculture disaster – say, an incurable illness (or intentional poisoning) of livestock herds on a large scale a massive infestation of plant-eating pests or some other natural- or man-caused problem – would be a major blow to food availability, causing widespread panic and social chaos.
But most of us don’t think much about the fact that there is only about three days’ worth of food in the logistical chain at any given time. We don’t think about it because generally speaking our food logistics chain runs pretty smoothly. On any day we can waltz into our local grocery store and see lines of produce and canned foods, as well as amply-stocked dairy, mean and freezer aisles.
What’s more, most of us are just a few minutes away from a fresh, hot meal at any number of restaurants and eateries.
All told, Americans spend the lowest amount of their incomes on food – lower than most every other country on the planet, according to a survey [PDF] by Washington State University (just 6.8 percent compared to Kenya, whose residents spend 44.9 percent of incomes on food).
Since the Industrial Revolution, however, fewer and fewer Americans make their living on a farm. In fact, these days the fewest number of Americans in the country’s history work in agriculture. In 1880, 80 percent of Americans worked in agriculture; today that figures is less than 2 percent. So in essence, 2 percent of Americans work to feed the other 98 percent (and much of the world).
So you can see why food security is on the government’s list of high-priority infrastructure.
“I for the life of me cannot understand why the terrorists have not, you know, attacked our food supply, because it is so easy to do,” former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson once observed. In addition, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has also observed, “In the war on terrorism, the fields and pastures of America’s farmland might seem at first to have nothing in common with the towers of the World Trade Center or busy seaports. In fact, however, they are merely different manifestations of the same high priority target, the American economy.”
While not many Americans actually farm anymore, that isn’t to say that agriculture isn’t a major part of what we produce annually. “The United States is home to over 2 million individual farms, 900,000 agribusiness firms, 4,700 grain elevators, and 1,600 animal feed mills. Agriculture represents 1/5 of U.S. economic activity,” says this Medium report. Most food production takes place in the Midwest, so this region is particularly vulnerable to any attack or sabotage.
“The food chain is a system. Actually it is a system of systems. The food production chain is the system by which food is grown, raised, cultivated, or produced, then collected, processed, shipped, marketed, and finally bought and consumed by you. Within this system are dozens if not hundreds of other systems working within the larger system,” the Medium report noted.
The question becomes, then, what can we do to mitigate any large-scale interruption in this fragile, interconnected chain, especially given the reality that this chain will never be 100 percent secure?
The short answer is, we must become as self-sufficient as we can. That said, we don’t have to learn and become proficient at everything in order to be self-sufficient; self-sufficiency is often a shared responsibility between groups of people like our neighbors. Skilled are swapped and abilities are exchanged for goods, services, commodities and other needs. If you’re a great carpenter but a lousy farmer, you have a skill you can trade for food. And maybe in the meantime, you can learn to be a better farmer from your neighbor while teaching him or her how to be a better carpenter. And so on.
Growing and storing food, though, is the most important priority next to securing a safe supply of drinking water. We can grow food in a variety of ways, even if we don’t have a ton of land in which to grow it.
Seeds are cheap and come with instructions. There is technology available to grow food year-round indoors. You can also construct a greenhouse if you have the space. Learning how to raise chickens or what it takes to raise and maintain goats for milk are lessons easily accessible online; all it takes is a few minutes each evening to sit down with your family and discover something new you can do to ensure your own food security. And, of course, there is always long-term storage food (we recommend NuManna).
The point is, we know that our food chain is fragile; we know that we are personally responsible for our own survival, not the corporate Ag giants, the grocery retailers or the cattle farmers. The question is, have we provided for our own food security? There’s no time like the present.
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Western Front Exhibitions is pleased to present a public presentation by LA based artist and writer Margaret Haines on Tuesday, May 28th at 8pm at the Western Front in the Luxe Hall.
Through considering the role of props in her filmmaking process, artist Margaret Haines presents a series of short stories titled Prop Talk: What’s Real? about the creative production of artist DKNY. The artist’s father, Tor Haines, responds to these stories, drawing from his own philosophical text, titled simply ‘Props’. Both texts contemplate how ‘prop’ is looking for semantic focus. Together and through a scripted play, Margaret and her father reflect and debate upon the possibility of mimesis in fiction, cultural reference as calcified identity, the crisis of the object, digital props, and the death (rebirth) of art.
Artist Biography: Margaret Haines is a Los Angeles-based artist, born in Montreal. She holds a BFA in Photography from Concordia University in Montreal 2007 and a MFA in Photography and Media from the California Institute of the Arts 2010. She has been published in DUST (Los Angeles), Dazed and Confused (UK), TANK (UK), and OneHourEmpire (Canada). She has exhibited work at the Carmichael Gallery, Commonwealth and Council Gallery, OogaBooga Bookstore and Cottage Home Gallery in Los Angeles; The Harcoza Gallery in Japan; and, at the McCord Museum and MOCCA in Canada. An excerpt from the project TrustMeSisthuhh was recently screened at The RedCat (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theatre) in Los Angeles. Her first feature film, Coco, uses narrative to document the performative response of a young girl, Coco, and her mother, Hope, in a re-enactment of Don Quixote. She recently completed a book to accompany the film, Coco x Love With Stranger (2012) funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, and published with Los Angeles based publisher New Byzantium.

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Sandbagger Racing Makeup
The July 31 Sandbagger has been moved to Saturday August 13 as a makeup.
To register for this Sandbagger Series Event, please visit the registration website.
POC: Mikki Bangs
These gatherings of our Sunfish Sailors and anyone who wants to try sailing a sunfish continue throughout the summer every Friday morning at 10:00am. 8/5; 8/12; 8/19; 8/26.
This event is hosted by the Skaneateles Country Club. The skipper's meeting will be at noon on the Country Club Pier. For more information, contact Mike Yates at firstname.lastname@example.org
Mark your calendar for Saturday September 10 when the Flying Scots will have some informal (like Wednesday night) racing. Contact Tim Rosbrook for more details: 315-338-1899 email@example.com. (NQ’s note: I suspect there will be great post-race conversation, snacks and beer involved.) Time TBD.
We look forward to celebrating another successful year at the Club's Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 8 from 4PM-7PM. We will discuss Club updates,vote on a proposed bylaw change, vote for three new Board of Governor members, and hold an award ceremony (including the Great, Green, Grape Goddess). See the attached file regarding the proposed bylaws […]

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Gary Fong Colored Dome Kit
The Domes easily snap in place and are compatible with the renowned Lightsphere Universal and the highly acclaimed Lightsphere Collapsible so that all Gary Fong Lightsphere users can explore the possibilities that the Colored Dome Kit has to offer. The Red, Blue and Green Domes can be used on an off-camera auxiliary flash to ‘paint’ the sky a dramatic color or to add dimension and flare to an otherwise flat, boring background. Photographers already using the popular Lightsphere Collapsible Colored Gel Kit will have an exponential amount of creative allowances by either adding two like colors to deepen the chosen hue or by mixing and matching colors to achieve secondary colors, such as purple.
- Take a Minute to Watch These 5 Fun Camera Hacks Using Stuff You Already Have at Home (VIDEO)
- Need a Portrait Model? Teach a Friend How to Pose Like a Pro with 3 Simple Tips (VIDEO)
- Don’t Fear Off-Camera Flash: Use it to Make Better Outdoor Portraits with This Quick Tutorial (VIDEO)
- Can Printing Your Images Make You a Better Shooter? Here’s Why One Pro Says “YES” (VIDEO)
- Underexposed Portraits? They’re Easy to Fix with This 5-Minute Lightroom Tutorial (VIDEO)

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Teresa Giudice Shares the "Crazy" Way Her New Home Is Connected to Joe & Melissa Gorga
The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member's new house is very familiar to her brother and sister-in-law.
Last year, Teresa Giudice and her fiancé, Luis "Louie" Ruelas moved into a beautiful home. As it turns out, Teresa is already very familiar with her new neighborhood.
On the Season 12 premiere of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa and her daughters, Gia Giudice, Audriana Giudice, Gabriella Giudice, and Milania Giudice, discussed their new house. "It's crazy how life works," Teresa said. "We're moving in the development that my brother lived in."
Although Gia noted the family members "could've been neighbors," Teresa mused, "I guess it wasn't meant to be that way."
On a February 2021 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Melissa Gorga confirmed that Teresa and Louie had purchased the home in her former neighborhood. "It's maybe four doors down from the house I just sold," she shared at the time, referencing her family's longtime Montville house. "So it's kind of crazy...I moved out of my neighborhood, and she moved in."
Nine months later, Teresa opened up about the big move, explaining on WWHL that they were "still moving in [and] unpacking." Since then, she and her daughters have been sharing peeks at the home, including the kitchen, exterior, and staircase.
Meanwhile, since moving out of Teresa and Louie's new neighborhood, Joe and Melissa have been living in a rental home while they build a new house. In a January 23 Instagram video, Melissa showed the progress of the construction, writing, "We working...Time for a change. LET’s do this!"
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WITH 50 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE, NELSON DEMILLE IS "A TRUE MASTER." - DAN BROWN
It started as a simple spy hunt. It became a desperate battle to save the West.
For forty years Western intelligence agents have known a terrible secret: the Russians have a mole -- code-named Talbot -- inside the CIA. At first Talbot is suspected of killing European agents. Then a street-smart ex-cop uncovers a storm of espionage and murder on the streets of New York, while in a Long Island suburb a civic demonstration against the Russian mission masks a desperate duel of nerves and wits.
Engineered by Talbot, a shadow world of suspicion and deceit is spilling onto the streets -- leading to a new Soviet weapon and a first-strike war plan threatening the foundations of American government.
For the U.S., time is running out. For Talbot, the time is now.
About the Author
Nelson DeMille is a former U.S. Army lieutenant who served in Vietnam and is the author of nineteen acclaimed novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Night Fall, Plum Island, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther and Radiant Angel. His other New York Times bestsellers include The Charm School, Word of Honor, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, The Lion's Game, Up Country, Wild Fire, and The General's Daughter, the last of which was a major motion picture. For more information, you can visit NelsonDeMille.net.

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In September of last year it was revealed that J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame was writing a screenplay for a film based on a textbook out of Hogwarts entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (by “Newt Scamander”). Today it has been revealed that Warner Brothers has convinced Rowling that the book can be expanded into a three-film series rather than a single offering. This means that the latest movie adventure into J.K. Rowling’s now-famous wizarding world will feature three movies worth of magical and often dangerous beasts seen only in passing in the eight-film Harry Potter series.
Set approximately seventy years before the adventures of Harry and his friends, this series is not written as a prequel, but more as a set of stories which fill out more of the wizarding world’s culture and history, and flesh out the events in the Hogwarts textbook. The films will spotlight the adventures of Newt Scamander as he travels the world cataloging the mysterious and elusive magical creatures known in Harry’s time.
Of course, some of the witches and wizards made famous in Harry’s stories are quite long-lived, so it is possible indeed that a good many fondly-remembered names might come up in passing or even make the occasional cameo. Professor Dumbledore comes to mind, of course, having been in existence since 1881. Will Newt Scamander cross paths with the redoubtable Professor and future Headmaster of Hogwarts?
Such questions are unlikely to be answered before the new film trilogy is released. Rowling so far insists only that this film series will not contain enough material pertaining to Harry’s adventures to be considered a prequel in any way, except of course in that it informs the reader’s understanding of the environment to which Tom Riddle would be born in 1926.
Of course, Tom Riddle would not declare himself as Lord Voldemort until long after departing Hogwarts in the 1940s, so it is likely that Rowling is telling no lies in saying that the events in Fantastic Beasts will not directly speak to the events of the Harry Potter series. Rowling’s writing style, however, has been shown to carry great appeal to readers of all ages, and thus it is possible that the films based on the Scamander textbook will manage to garner a following despite a lack of direct connection to her previous hero’s saga.
Instead, it is possible to project that the new Rowling script will feature the same childlike wonder that permeates the original saga as it catalogs three movies worth of magical beasts and their odd cultures and environments. From more familiar creatures such as unicorns, hippogriffs, and dragons to giants and other more human-like forms, the Scamander textbook used by Hogwarts students includes observations on other races as well. In the upcoming film adaptation of the book, readers and moviegoers may possibly look forward to deeper revelations on the culture of centaurs, the antecedents of house elves, and the environments of the veela as seen through the eyes of the wizard Scamander.
Rowling’s announcement, with Warner Brothers, that the new wizarding movie would be expanded to a three-film series is likely to be met both with sorrow for its proposed lack of Potter-related trivia as well as joy for the opportunity to return to the magical world in which the Potter films and novels took place. For the die-hard fans of the wizarding world, the promise of two more films filled with magic and wonder will be unlikely to displease. The new three-movie script based on Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them proposes to give theatergoers their money’s worth in travels with magical creatures and in pursuit of Scamander’s wondrous adventures.
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Boy, you’re going to carry that weight…
With the rising cost of fuel on the tips of all our tongues, the chase to reduce fuel costs is in full tilt. I am fascinated (if not confounded) by the work done by the airlines in this regard. It seems that every day there are new actions being taken to reduce fuel costs or pass them along to the passengers. In June, United and US Airways joined American in charging for the first suitcase (on leisure fares).
A few interesting facts & figures:
- According to Northwest Airlines, every 25 pounds (c. 11 kilos) removed saves $440,000 annually.
- Delta has reduced its seats to the “slimline” designs that are each 5 pounds lighter…and I dare say a little less comfortable. Air France is putting a lighter chair in service for the end of 2009 which will lighten the plane load by 650 kilograms.
- Water weighs 8 pounds a gallon. So, airlines are reducing the amount of water held in the lavatory reservoirs.
- American Airlines is lightening the load of its drinks cart, enabling a saving of 2 million gallons of fuel a year, and therefore 16 million pounds or 8,000 short –ie. US– tons [or 7,143 UK tons] less fuel to transport.
Delta has asked the pilot and co-pilot to share the famously heavy manuals (the manly Jeppesen manuals, for example).
And then the gas guzzling McDonnell Douglas DC9s and MD80s are being grounded in favour of the more fuel efficient planes—hence the commercial success of the Boeing 787 which consumes 2.6 litres per passenger for 100km or the Airbus 380 (2.9l/pax).*
And now, to my main point, Air France has started to count the number of females in its passenger list in order to estimate better the passenger haul – the premise being that women are known to weigh less than men. So, the question seems around the corner: will women get to pay less? Or will the heavier passengers be charged a pound-for-pound price? I imagine the boxing terminology coming to bare: welterweight woman, featherweight fare, heavyweight human, super heavyweight savings…
This would be where sustainable development and travel economics marry up perfectly: the thinner you are [excluding anorexia, etc], the healthier you generally are (the less food you consume, the less hospital resources are needed…) and the less energy you use in transport (whether it is planes or cars…). Would that airlines also provided healthier foods on board!
Of course, I truly believe that travel is a wonderful aspect of progress, helping different cultures to learn from each other and, perhaps, more emphatically, to learn to work together and not to be scared of each other. The case for warming global relations and making durable global development (in sharp contrast to global warming).
Losing weight, if not losing wait…ing time?
But, sustainable development should also include the performance of its passengers. It is one thing to encourage its passengers to lose weight, but what of losing the waiting time for passengers? We are getting charged for extra weight, suitcases and more. Will passengers get to charge back for late arrivals, lost productivity and other hassles on our end? The problem here is that airlines can just point the finger at another organization (the airport authority) to discharge themselves from the airport heartaches. In the end, it will likely mean that we should all be buying shares in video conference technologies and companies!
“Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free.
Take a load off Fanny, and you put the load right on me”
(Quote from the song The Weight from The Band)
* Source: Challenges No. 129 (19 June 2008).

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Andrea is an alumna Boston’s Berklee College of Music with a major in Jazz Performance as well as an Outstanding Alumni Service award. Post-Collegiate studies include extensive Applied Performance in Classical Guitar with Robert Guthrie of Southern Methodist University and Suzuki Method pedagogy courses in both guitar and Early Childhood Education.
Andrea’s Guitar Arts Studio in Houston, Texas includes training in Theory and Performance skills for guitarists as well as the first Suzuki Early Childhood Music program established in the US. She serves as a consultant to the Spring School District Music Department and directs Applied Guitar studies at Lone Star College. She is Certified through Music Teacher’s National Association and is a Registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas.
Andrea is humbled and proud that arts advocacy group ‘Alarte’ of Guatemala City, Guatemala has created a Scholarship in her name. The first recipient of the ‘Beca Andrea Cannon’ is enjoying the benefits of a new guitar as well as expert Suzuki instruction; and she also has a beautiful smile.
Violin & Viola, IL
Ryan Caparella serves on the violin and viola faculty of the Western Springs School of Talent Education and Naperville Suzuki School where he maintains a studio of students ages 3-18, leads the Viola Choir and co-directs the Summer Chamber Music Camp. Prior to moving to Chicago, Ryan taught for the Elizabeth Faidley Studio in New York.
Ryan holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in Violin Performance from the Hartt School of Music and University of Miami respectively, and has pursued extensive study in violin & viola pedagogy. Ryan completed his Long Term Training in Suzuki Pedagogy with Teri Einfeldt and has pursued additional pedagogy study with Edward Kreitman, Elizabeth Faidley, Thomas Wermuth, and Doris Preucil. In 2013, Ryan was invited to present at the American String Teachers’ Association National Conference. In 2017, Ryan was a recipient of the Suzuki Association of America's Certificate of Achievement, a designation recognizing teachers with a commitment to life‐long learning and self‐improvement.
Violin & Improvisation, SC
Derek Deakins is a fiddler, violinist, guitarist, and orchestra conductor originally from Kingsport, Tennessee. Derek's musical journey began with Suzuki violin lessons at the age of five and has taken him all around the world as a professional musician. Derek has performed in several foreign countries and all of the 48 contiguous United States in venues ranging from Madison Square Garden to the Grand Ole Opry.
Derek graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a Bachelor of Music degree in Instrumental Music Education and holds a Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. While living in Nashville, Derek performed with major recording artists such as The Osborne Brothers, James Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Charlie Daniels, Craig Morgan, Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Neil McCoy, and Blake Shelton. His television appearances include Grand Ole Opry Live, Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, The Jimmy Kimmell Show, and Late Night with Craig Ferguson. Derek has recorded and produced four professional albums, titled "If I Could Give the World," "The Fiddle, Bluegrass, and Me," "Double Fiddle Time," and "Where We Belong," as part of the Gravel Road Acoustic Trio.
Derek has enjoyed working as Director of Orchestras at Wando High School in Mt Pleasant, South Carolina. He also pioneered the guitar program and Advanced Placement Music Theory program. Derek has been named a quarterfinalist for the Grammy Music Educator of the Year Award and has co-authored a music book called Fiddlin' Favorites Volume 2 for violin students.
When Derek is not teaching, you might find him playing guitar and singing as part of Gravel Road Acoustic Trio. He also enjoys performing with various other bluegrass and country groups throughout the southeast including Pinecastle recording artists, Merle Monroe. Additionally, Derek is honored to be a musician and conductor on staff at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Violin & Fiddling, SC
Lisa Deakins is a violinist, fiddler, and Suzuki violin teacher in Charleston, South Carolina. Her music has taken her to renowned stages including the Grand Ole Opry, the Crook & Chase television show, and Song of the Mountains. Lisa’s students study classical playing as well as various fiddle styles. She has arranged a series of music books for Suzuki violinists called “Fiddlin’ Favorites,” licensed by the International Suzuki Association.
FABIO DOS SANTOS
Fabio dos Santos holds a Master in Music at Unicamp in 2006 and has a BA in violin from the same university. He has worked as a registered Suzuki violin teacher since 2001. Since 2003, he has participated in the organization “Spring Retreat” in Campinas, a mini-institute for stringed instruments. He has been invited to teach in several festivals, including “Festival de Francisco Beltrão”, “Festival de Londrina” and “Brasília Autumn Retreat” and was also awarded the Medal of Culture Carlos Gomes (Campinas-SP). He participated in the organization of the 1st and 2nd “Encuentro de Alumnos Suzuki de America Latina”, held in Lima, Peru. He participated in many recording projects, including the CDs “Tempo da Delicadeza” (SESC -SP), “Para Cordas Brasileiras” (FICC -Campinas) and “Mysteries and Manners: the improvisations of Vinicius Dorin and Nene” (University of Iowa, USA) and “Tem Carrêgo” by the group CARCOARCO. Fabio is active as a popular and classical musician; as a Suzuki Teacher at the Suzuki Center of Campinas and the Suzuki Education Centre in São Paulo; as a member of the group CARCOARCO, which researches Brazilian fiddles, and CAFE TANGO, a quintet dedicated to the interpretation of A. Piazzolla’s original arrangements. Fabio has enjoyed three months assisting at the Western Spring School of Talent Education, as an intern under the supervision of Edward Kreitman. He is a founding member of the Associação Musical Suzuki de São Paulo
Teri Einfeldt is the Chair of the Suzuki Department at The Hartt School Community Division of the University of Hartford, where she maintains a studio of students from ages 4 to 18. In her role as adjunct professor at The Hartt School, she instructs Master of Music candidates in Suzuki pedagogy. In an effort to provide year-round opportunities in the greater Hartford area, Ms. Einfeldt founded the Hartt Suzuki Institute in 1988. A Suzuki Association of the Americas registered teacher trainer, Ms. Einfeldt is a frequent clinician at workshops and Suzuki Institutes through the United States and Canada. In July 2011, Teri ended her position as chair of the Suzuki Association of the Americas. She continues to be an active member of the organization, particularly in her roles as chair of the Teacher Development Committee and the Suzuki Principles in Action (SPA) Committee.
Edward Kreitman is the founder and Director of the Western Springs School of Talent Education and the Naperville Suzuki School. Mr. Kreitman received his undergraduate degree from Western Illinois University where he studied Suzuki Pedagogy with Doris Preucil and Almita Vamos. In 1986, he studied at the Talent Education Summer School with Dr. Suzuki in Matsumoto, Japan.
Mr. Kreitman has served the Suzuki Teacher's Association in many capacities, including a member of the Board of Directors, Violin Committee, Teacher Development team and as Coordinator for several National Suzuki Teacher Conferences. Recently he served on the SAA team which developed the Every Child Can! introductory course. Edward Kreitman enjoys an international reputation as a guest clinician at Suzuki institutes and workshops. Mr. Kreitman is a registered Teacher Trainer of the Suzuki Association of the Americas and is the author of Teaching from the Balance Point: A Guide for Suzuki Parents, Teachers, and Students and Teaching with an Open Heart: A Guide for Developing Conscious Musicianship. In 2008, Mr. Kreitman was honored with the Suzuki Chair Award at the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Music & Movement, KY
Wayne Krigger began playing cello at the age of 13 in the Louisville Public Schools. Two years later, he was teaching cello and directing ensembles in a summer program for inner-city youth under the mentorship of Virginia Schneider, a professional musician who introduced the Suzuki method to Louisville. At this time, Ms. Schneider insisted that Wayne begin learning and playing the violin, also. Wayne continued teaching cello in after-school programs throughout high school. Those few years of teaching and playing made it clear to Wayne that this would be his passion in life.
Wayne received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in cello performance at the University of Louisville and, in 1983, joined the university as a teacher in the Preparatory Department. He also began teaching fitness, dance, and tennis in the Health, Physical Education, and Sports Studies Department. After 13 years in the HPESS Department, he left to devote more time to teaching and performing. He began traveling as a guest clinician to other preparatory programs in the country to teach cello, and to coach and conduct ensembles. Wayne is in great demand as a workshop teacher throughout the Midwest and South. Locally, Wayne has conducted the Governor's Scholar Program and the All County Orchestra for Middle Schools in Kentucky, which he greatly enjoyed.
When traveling, Wayne observed that many children did not seem to be connected to mind, body, and spirit with their music, so he developed a creative movement program. This program engages the body's large muscle groups and voice while still maintaining the students individuality by using music from the early Suzuki repertoire and supplementing with music from other venues and cultures.
Wayne is a past member of the Louisville Orchestra. Currently, he performs in the Highland Chamber Players, which is an extremely popular group in the Louisville area. Wayne was one of the original members of HCP, which was formed in 1982. The HCP plays over 150 weddings yearly as well as many other events. It also provides educational concerts for children in the public schools. Individually, Wayne takes great joy in volunteering at Kennedy Montessori School. Since 1993 he has taught violin to students on a weekly basis at Kennedy.
Wayne's classical cello training was done under the guidance of Guillermo Helguera, Susannah Onwood, Nella Hunkins, and Paul York. His Suzuki cello training was done with Tanya Carey, Nancy Hair, Carol Tarr, Nell Novak, Rick Mooney, and Jean Dexter.
Kirsten Marshall, director of orchestral programs and violin instructor, is on the faculty at Ithaca Talent Education and lecturer in violin performance at Ithaca College. Ms. Marshall is an active violinist in the Ithaca area and holds the David and Lesli Sagan Chair of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Ithaca’s professional ensemble. She is frequently sought after as a string clinician at Suzuki institutes and workshops across the United States. Ms. Marshall is a registered SAA violin teacher trainer. Her high-energy style blends humor and passion, engaging players at the highest level for riveting performances.
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Musical Parenting Seminar, TX
Shu-Yi Scott, originally from Taipei, Taiwan, has given master classes, seminars and performances in the States, Taipei, Shanghai, Mexico, and Europe. She is a group class technique fellow and has been involved in developing GCT training with Cary Beth Hockett. Dr. Shu-Yi Scott was awarded the Certificate of Achievement through the Suzuki Association of the Americas in 2015 and Suzuki cello teacher trainer in 2019. Dr. Scott holds a MM in cello performance from Penn State under Dr. Kim Cook and DMA in cello performance from the University of Texas at Austin under renowned pedagogue Ms. Phyllis Young.
Teaching beginning students from the age of 3 to advanced high school cellists, her expertise and patience excels students from all musical backgrounds. She uses her knowledge of child development to creatively target the needs of her students, keeping them motivated and growing. Her private lessons, group class offerings, and parent education nights help foster a community of lifelong musicians.
Her hobbies include gardening, sourdough baking, learning Japanese and French, and world travel. She lives in Austin, Texas with her bass player husband and she homeschools her daughers Euna and Lydie, both of whom play the cello.
Zachary Sweet is a registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. He is currently an instructor of cello at Nazareth College, Binghamton and Colgate Universities, and on the faculties of Ithaca Talent Education and Music Together of Ithaca. Nationally, he is respected as a clinician having led workshops, masterclasses, and institutes in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.
Zachary performs extensively throughout the Tri-State area as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Currently, Zachary is principal of Colgate University Orchestra and Tri Cities Opera, and performs regularly with the Society for New Music and mezzo-soprano, Ivy Waltz. In October 2019, he presented the inaugural "small bites" recital for the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra.
He completed a masters degree in performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music in 2006; in that time he was also a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. During his studies at Eastman, he became a member of the Eastman Chamber Society, acted as principal of Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman Chamber Orchestra, and Eastman Opera Orchestra, and studied chamber music with the Ying Quartet, Elinore Freer, Dr. Jean Barr, Richard Kilmer, and Dr. Kenneth Grant. His principal instructors have been Alan Harris, Kathy Kemp, and Carol Vizzini.
As an educator, Zachary has spent the past 13 years exploring music development in young children. In 2009, he completed a long-term training program in Talent Education at the School for Strings with Pamela Devenport. Since then he has continued training with Tanya Carey, Carey Cheney, Sally Gross, Carey Beth Hockett, and Rick Mooney.
In addition, Zachary is in demand as a Music Together Instructor, leading classes for Mixed Ages, Babies, Big Kids, and Pre-Schools. In January 2015, Zachary was awarded Music Together Certification Level II status, having demonstrated outstanding achievement in teaching, musicianship, program philosophy, and parent education. The award was granted by the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ, Kenneth K. Guilmartin, Founder/Director.
Zachary plays the 2001 "Willow Cello" by Jim McKean and a 1999 bow by Ron Forrester.
Bruce Walker is an Associate Professor of Music at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, WA, Music Director for the Yakima Youth Symphony in Yakima, WA, President of the Washington state chapter of the American String Teachers Association, and on the Board of Directors for the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Duties at CBC include teaching second-year music theory and aural skills, music appreciation, and conducting the Columbia Basin College Orchestra. During the summer months, Mr. Walker works for many workshops, festivals, and institutes throughout the Northwest including the Walla Walla Suzuki Institute, Montana Suzuki Institute, Pipestone Summer Music Camp, Boise’s All-Thing-Cello Camp, and the Music, Meadows, and Mountains Retreat. Previously, he has worked as a faculty member with the Youth Excellence on Stage Academy in collaboration with American Voices, a US non-government, non-profit, cultural exchange organization. Through this organization, he has conducted, traveled, and taught cello in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.
As a conductor, Mr. Walker has participated in some of the finest conducting workshops and music festivals across the United States such as the Marrowstone Music Festival, Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians, various workshops sponsored by the Conductor’s Guild, Astoria Music Festival, Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop, and the University of Oregon Orchestral Conducting Institute. He has appeared as guest conductor with the Central Washington University Symphony, Oregon East Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Portland Columbia Symphony, and the Musicians of the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. Memorable for his unique style of positive student engagement, analogies, and his knowledge of the orchestral repertoire, Mr. Walker is also in high demand as an adjudicator and guest conductor for many All-State and Honors Orchestras throughout the United States, most recently conducting the 2020 Arkansas All-State Chamber Orchestra.
As a cellist, Mr. Walker remains very active as a traditional and Suzuki cello teacher, solo performer, and orchestral cellist. He has appeared as soloist with the Marrowstone Music Festival Orchestra, the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra, and most recently with the Oregon East Symphony performing Luigi Boccherini (arr. Grutzmacher)—Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat. He has also held principal cello positions with the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Orchestra, Marrowstone Music Festival Orchestra, Central Washington University Symphony, Wenatchee Valley Symphony, and the Pierre Monteux School Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Mr. Walker won numerous competitions with Trio Giocoso and the DeKalb and Byron String Quartets. Currently, he is an on-call cellist to the Oregon East Symphony (Pendelton, Oregon), Walla Walla Symphony (Walla Walla, Washington), Mid-Columbia Symphony (Richland, Washington) and Yakima Symphony (Yakima, Washington).
Mr. Walker earned Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Cello Performance from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a Master of Music degree from Central Washington University focusing on Orchestral Conducting and Cello Performance. In the fall of 2019, he began his Doctorate of Music Arts degree in Music Education through Boston University. His primary teachers have been Kangho Lee and John Michel (cello), Dr. Jeffery Meyer, Michael Jinbo, Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Kenneth Woods, and Lawrence Golan (conducting), and Dr. Beth Cantrell, Priscilla Jones, Dr. Andrea Yun, and the late H. Glenda Piek (Suzuki cello).
When not in the classroom, on the podium working with ensembles, or teaching cello lessons, he enjoys hiking and traveling around the Pacific Northwest, enjoying time outside around a BBQ pit and smoker sampling new culinary creations, or shopping for and admiring argyle socks.


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The Republic Square Metro is a gigantic concrete and tuffa stone flower. It truly is a Soviet masterpiece considering its unique design and build: it is part metro station, part cavern and, once upon a time, part cafe. In the summer months, the large fountain is activated, providing a cool, shady, retreat from the blistering Yerevan heat. During the winter, the area above the fountain allows snow to enter, mimicking a giant snow-globe. It really is too bad that the old cafe closed down, would have been a unique place to grab a drink or refreshment!
Once you enter the flower cavern, you will notice that there is a narrow tunnel that leads to the other side of the street. That tunnel hosts many mom-and-pop shops opened by Armenians from Syria, hence its name, Halebi Shuka (Aleppo Market).
So, be sure to check this soviet modernist treasure out! It is located at the intersection of Nalbandyan and Aram!


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Good morning. Madison VanDenburg wasn’t crowned the next “American Idol,” but the 17-year-old star is joining a list of contestants who finished third and went on to have incredibly successful careers. Following her journey on the show was a blast, but it’s merely the beginning. Stay tuned. (TU)
Here’s your roundup!
Adam Katz is known for providing private jet services to high-profiled people, like LeBron James and Mick Jagger. Somehow, he’s become even more popular for being a controversial donor – specifically to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (TU)
Rep. Elise Stefanik hoped to have more women join the Republican party, but Alabama’s near-total ban on abortion may undercut her goal. (TU)
Soon, New Yorkers may be able to obtain one-day authorization to officiate weddings. (TU)
In case you missed it: Another “Tales from the Coup” dropped last week. Crank up the pod. (TU)
More entertainment for your ears: The second week of the NXIVM trial featured a number of testimonies that painted Keith Raniere as a diabolical cult leader. Rob Gavin, who’s been covering the trial, joined the podcast to discuss the trial. (TU)
State Democrats will seek input on automatic voter registration in an effort to increase voter turnout, specifically for the presidential primary. (DN/WSJ)
Income inequality is rising across the United States, and the Capital Region is no exception. (TU)
If Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand becomes president, she has no plans to use the detention system for immigrants. (Politico)
Mayor Bill de Blasio used to ignore Trump – but now he’s running a campaign on criticizing him. (NYT)
If a provision in a bill that would legalize weed is passed, it would prevent police officers from using “the odor of marijuana” as probably cause to conduct a search. (Buffalo News)
A fire destroyed seven row houses in Albany, leaving 40 people homeless. (TU)
The New York taxi industry is taking a big hit from Uber and Lyft. (DN)
CapCon’s A.M. Roundup is compiled by Ben Mehic, Ben.Mehic@timesunion.com
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fetometry (s) (noun)
, fetometries (pl)
Estimation of the size of the foetus, particularly the diameter of its head: Before the birth of June's daughter, an ultrasound was performed and Dr. Timmons told June that the fetometry was within the normal range for her daughter's development.
An instrument for measuring the rise and fall of rivers.
1. An instrument used for the measurement of magnetic flux or the lines of magnetic force arising from and found in the vicinity of a magnetized body.
2. A meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil.
An instrument designed specifically for the measurement of low temperatures.
An instrument for testing taste sensation by applying an electrical stimulus to the lingual mucosa.
1. An instrument that detects, measures, and determines the direction of a small electric current.
2. An instrument that measures a small electric current by measuring the mechanical motion derived from electromagnetic or electrodynamic forces produced by the current.
Galvanometers can be used directly as ammeters, and are the core element of many ohmmeters and voltmeters.
The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.
A gauge for measuring laughter
A reference to the measurement of an interval of time in relation to the history of the earth, using absolute or relative dating techniques.
1. An extension of geometry conceived as taking time into account as the fourth dimension; the geometry of space-time.
2. Absolute geochronology, in which events are assigned (approximate) dates in relation to the present instead of to other events.
3. Measurement of geologic time, as through isotopic-radioactive decay.
1. Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry.
2. Determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem.
Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; therefore, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses; that is, by means of right lines and circles.
1. In a geometric fashion.
2. With respect to geometry.
3. According to the rules or laws of geometry.
geometry, counting geometry
1. The branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, surfaces, and solids, and examines their properties.
2. A branch of mathematics that is concerned with the properties and relationships of points, lines, angles, curves, surfaces, and solids.
3. In nuclear medicine, any of the various arrangements between a radioactive source and a detector that affects the accuracy of counting or measurement.


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