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Inspired by traditional menswear and designed for cycling
Petaluma, Calif. (Dec. 10, 2014) – Kitsbow, maker of exceptional mountain bike clothing, announces the release of the Drifter Jean – a classic denim pant with refinements tailored to cyclists. Heritage and style meet function in this latest addition to the Kitsbow collection.
"In September, Kitsbow launched the limited edition Icon Shirt, a throwback to mountain biking's beginning of flannel shirts and jeans," explained Charlie Cronk, Kitsbow designer and co-founder. "Similar to the Icon, the Drifter Jean echoes the heritage of the sport with modern style updates."
The slim-fit Drifter Jean is based on traditional, five-pocket classic denim with obsessive touches inspired by tailored menswear. Select interior seams are finished with a binding to create a clean look, while the interior gusset, modeled after vintage tailored suit pants, makes for a comfortable seat.
The denim is made of cotton blended with Cordura® and Lycra® for additional durability and a subtle stretch. Built with extra room around the thighs and articulated leg shape for the cycling position, the Drifter Jean is crafted for the rider to comfortably pedal and explore. Extra room around the thighs, curved, anatomic shaping in the waist, and a crescent-shaped seam around the knee create articulation for riding. A reflective print on the inside of the back left leg enhances visibility after the sun has set.
Founded in 2012, Kitsbow continues to expand on its collection. The company recently unveiled the Front Range Sweatshirt, another staple in the line that will make a rider's favorite mountain bike clothing his favorite anytime clothing.
About Kitsbow:
With unabashed style and technical excellence, Kitsbow celebrates the joy and passion of mountain biking by creating the world's finest mountain bike clothing. Offering high-performance apparel developed by mountain bikers for mountain bikers, the California-based company prioritizes quality, value and the belief that anything that's done should be done with the absolute best of what's available. To view the line and learn more about Kitsbow, visit www.kitsbow.com.
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Davis explodes in fourth as Celtics edge PistonsJan 6, 2008 - 5:15 AM By Dave Hogg PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan (Ticker) -- Saturday night was supposed to be another matchup between the Boston Celtics' "Big Three" and Detroit Pistons' "Big Five." Glen Davis changed the script.
The rookie Davis scored 16 of his career-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the Celtics beat the Pistons, 92-85, in a battle of the NBA's hottest teams.
"It feels real good to be able to contribute in a big game," said Davis, who had only scored a total of 10 points in Boston's last five games. "I can't get too excited, though. We're going to have to play this team again before it is over."
Boston has won nine straight and 18 of 19. The only blemish since late November was a 87-85 home loss to the Pistons on December 19.
"Our guys needed this one," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "We had to return the favor."
The Pistons had won 11 straight entering Saturday's play, two short of a franchise record.
"They outhustled us, they outrebounded us and they just outplayed us," Detroit guard Chauncey Billups said. "Give Davis credit. He was an unlikely hero, but he came up big."
The teams came in with a combined record of 54-10, the third best in NBA history for a matchup at least 30 games into a season.
"This is a huge win for us, because we won in a playoff atmosphere on the road against a team that had won 11 games in a row," said Celtics guard Paul Pierce, who had 19 points and nine rebounds.
While everyone was watching two rosters filled with All-Stars, it was Davis who stepped up at the beginning of the fourth quarter. The former Louisiana State star scored nine points in less than six minutes to help Boston to a 79-74 lead with 5:54 to play.
"They were stopping me and stepping up on Ray (Allen) and (Kevin) Garnett," Pierce said. "That left (Davis) open, and he made the shots."
Boston got a break late in the game when Richard Hamilton and Billups missed 3-of-4 free throws. The pair entered the game shooting a combined 88 percent from the free-throw line.
"Those things happen, but I never want to see those two on the line," Rivers said. "You just expect them to make everything."
Hamilton's 3-pointer pulled Detroit within one with 2:36 left, but Davis answered with another three-point play, kept another possession alive with an offensive rebound, then added another basket to make it 88-84 with 57 seconds left.
"(Davis) scored and he played great defense against (Wallace), but that rebound might have been his biggest play," Rivers said. "That was phenomenal."
Billups missed a tying 3-pointer with 30 seconds left, and Davis put the game away with a layup.
"He made big shots and big plays," Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. "I don't think either team was great offensively, but they really hurt us on the offensive boards and we never got into a flow. Boston had something to do with that, but I think we got a little anxious, especially late."
Garnett added 15 points for the Celtics after getting in early foul trouble. With him on the bench for most of the first quarter, the Pistons went on a 17-0 run.
"We lost our fight when Kevin went out," Rivers said. "We were waiting for him to come back, so I had to burn a timeout and tell everyone that he wasn't coming back any time soon, and that we needed to play."
The Celtics were down 22-12 at the end of one, but used a 29-point second quarter to pull within 43-41 at the half.
Detroit got another of Boston's "Big Three" in foul trouble in the third period, but didn't respond with another rally. With Allen sitting down with four fouls, Garnett scored eight points to help the Celtics pull into a 57-57 tie.
The Pistons led 66-63 at quarter's end, then added another point after Kendrick Perkins was called for a technical during the break between periods.
Boston, though, tied the game early in the fourth, setting up Davis' heroics.
Hamilton scored 18 points and Billups and Wallace added 16 apiece for Detroit.
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Every year I pick raspberries from our family garden, which my wife and I use to make delicious jam that lasts us all year. In this video I take you on a tour of a process, and share my philosophy on boring jobs and why they're good to do every now and then.
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• We're in the money! Married same-sex couples that weren't able to file their federal taxes together are now eligible for some of the money back. [CNN]
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren lays it all out regarding the government shutdown. [Upworthy]
• Rick Owens sends athletic black models down the runway. Racialicious asks if it's progress or just a different version of the same old mentality. [Racialicious]
• Marvel is running a contest based on Thor's Jane Foster: they give high school girls the tools to find and interview professional women in STEM industries, then offer a prize for the best video about the girls' love of science, career hopes, and experience talking to their new mentor. [The Mary Sue]
• Planned Parenthood is suing the state of Iowa for quietly banning the largest telemedicine abortion program in the country, a service that primarily serves low-income and rural women who can't make an in-office visit. [ThinkProgress]
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This year's 30 Miss Black USA contestants, from 28 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, accurately represent the theme. More than 80 percent of the contestants are enrolled in graduate or professional school.
Miss Black USA was founded in 1986 to provide educational opportunities to outstanding young African American women. To date, the pageant has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships.
Karen Arrington, Founder of Miss Black USA, said that the scholarship pageant, with the theme "Still I Rise," reflects the American black woman's rising leadership role in leadership in America.
"For the first time in history, we have an African American First Lady, a black woman on the top of the Forbes Richest Women in Entertainment list, and African American women who are in positions of prestige and power at organizations like Xerox, Care USA, Microsoft, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The World Bank," Arrington said.
Kalilah Allen-Harris, M.D., Miss Black USA 2010, Actress and Physician, will co-host the pageant along with R & B recording artist Brian Christopher.
The pageant will kick off with a VIP Red Dress Reception at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel to raise awareness of heart disease, the leading killer of women.
Visitors to the Miss Black USA website, missblackusa.org, may cast votes for their favorite contestants in the 2013 People's Choice contest. Voting, through 11:59 p.m. August, 11, costs $1 per vote, with no limit on votes. The winner will be announced at the pageant finals on August 12.
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'Allyl isothiocyanate (AITC; 3-isothiocyanato-1-propene or 2-propenyl isothiocyanate) belongs to a family of naturally occurring isothiocyanates (ITCs) and is a promising cancer preventive agent. AITC occurs in many common cruciferous vegetables and is particularly abundant in mustard, horseradish and wasabi [1 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3105588/]'.
I have a taste for the tart and sour. For example, I like putting a couple of tablespoons of sauerkraut on my salad. I do this because I like its taste and probiotic qualities. Are you a mustard lover like I am? Then, you will love this salad dressing.
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Goatweed (Scoparia dulcis), also referred to as sweet broom and licorice weed, is a perennial plant that is becoming a serious problem in pastures. A problematic weed in citrus groves for many years, goatweed now appears to be proliferating in improved pastures as the calls for its identification and control have increased greatly over the past couple of years. The spread of goatweed in Florida can be attributed to a number of things including prolific seed production, movement of seeds from citrus groves to pastures through mowing equipment or wildlife, and the tolerance of goatweed to several herbicides utilized in citrus groves and pastures. Goatweed is particularly dense in areas that have been overgrazed or previously harvested for sod.
Goatweed seedlings (Figure 1) are extremely small, with opposite or whorled leaves occurring in numbers of three or more on the same node. Leaves are light green, serrated and approximately 1.5 inches long by 1 inch wide (Figure 2). As the plants mature, leaves become linear with or without serrations. Leaves and stems contain small glands that emit an unpleasant odor when crushed. Stems are usually smooth, but sometimes have soft, fine hairs, and become woody with age. Flowers are white, about 3 to 5 mm long, and borne in the leaf axils (Figure 3). Seeds are extremely small and enclosed in a yellow-brown capsule (Figure 4). Perennial goatweed plants at the height of their maturing (Figure 5) look quite different from new seedlings because their leaves have become more linear, giving the plant a spindly appearance. Mature plants reach heights of 1 to 2.5 feet.
Germination of goatweed occurs under light and high temperatures and is inhibited by acidic soils and drought. Since light is a requirement for germination, maintaining a thick grass sward will limit the number of germinating goatweed seeds in pastures. In most cases, goatweed invades areas in pastures where the grass has been killed by overgrazing or other pest problems.
Goatweed is relatively tolerant to many of the herbicides utilized in citrus and pastures compared to other weed species. For example, 3 to 4 lbs per acre of glyphosate are needed to control this weed in citrus groves, whereas many other weeds can be controlled with less than 1 lb per acre. In bahiagrass pastures, 4 pints/acre of 2,4-D is needed for optimum control. In bermudagrass, stargrass, and limpograss metsulfuron (MSM60, others)at 0.3 oz/acre or Chaparral at 3 oz/acre provides good to excellent control of goatweed. The addition of 2 pt/acre 2,4-D to metsulfuron will increase control of goatweed, but 2,4-D should not be applied to limpograss during the summer growing season unless injury can be tolerated. Additionally, the addition of 2,4-D to metsulfuron has resulted in decreased control of 'Pensacola' bahiagrass. Repeated mowing does not control goatweed, and it is more difficult to control with herbicides if its stem has become woody. Although triclopyr (Remedy, others) and Pasturegard HL® provide good control of most woody species in pastures, these herbicides are not particularly effective on goatweed. While proper pasture management can go a long way in controlling this weed, herbicides with the prescribed amounts of 2,4-D, metsulfuron, or Chaparral will optimize goatweed control in most improved pastures.
This document is SS AGR 299, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2008. Revised February 2014 and April 2017. Reviewed April 2020. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Brent Sellers, associate professor; UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL 33865.
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An estimated 4 million rounds of golf are played annually on the Grand Strand: that's a lot of different tastes to satisfy, but Myrtle Beach can fulfill them better than most destinations with more than 100 golf courses.
As you're planning a Myrtle Beach golf trip, chances are your group falls into one the following categories, and we've listed some courses in each that you can't go wrong with.
Myrtle Beach golf courses for off-season swings
If the only golf you've played in the winter months is on Nintendo Wii, you might be craving some forgiving courses out of the gate.
The Wizard boasts large fairways and large greens with not too much trouble until the watery 16th. Myrtle Beach National's West Course offers wide fairways, no surrounding homes to take a window out of, and big greens.
More golf courses that are forgiving off the tee: Shaftesbury Glen Golf & Fish Club in Conway, the Palmetto course at Myrtlewood Golf Club and Wicked Stick.
Myrtle Beach golf courses for couples
It's not all buddy trips in Myrtle Beach, couples make up a very large segment of the golf market in the spring.
Willbrook Plantation is constantly ranked as one of the top women-friendly plays in the nation, and next door, River Club's Head Professional Christa Bodensteiner ensures the tastes of women golfers are met as well.
The new Pine Lakes Country Club is old school charming and offers four sets of tees, two of which are under 5,800 yards. Also try out Heather Glen, Lion's Paw or Arcadian Shores. These should keep the banter pleasant for both parties during the day.
Myrtle Beach golf courses for seniors
For the best 24/7 vacation experience, seniors should stick to the Lowcountry courses of Pawleys Island and Litchfield just south of Myrtle Beach. Here, the vibe is slower and a little more upscale: no more neon lights, massive beach shops and rowdy bars. The golf courses are a step back in time; full of mossy oaks and dotted with finger lakes. Litchfield Country Club is one of the area's oldest standing courses with shady, dog-legging fairways. It's not too long and is even walker friendly.
Tradition Club features a laid back vibe and the five sets of tees include one at 6,300 yard and another at 5,700 yards. Gary Player is known for his senior-friendly golf designs, so check out his design firm's Blackmoor Golf Club.
For a premium Lowcountry experience, Caledonia Golf & Fish Club is also as pretty as you'll find, maxes out at just 6,700 yards and is much easier to hit the greens compared to its tougher neighbor True Blue.
Myrtle Beach golf courses on an expense account
Whether you're showing off to clients, or your boss told you to go nuts after knocking last quarter out of the park, Myrtle Beach can go high end with the best of 'em.
The Grande Dunes Members course is open to resort guests of the Marina Inn and Grande Dunes and is a rare course that won't have a stacked tee sheet during the spring peak season, so you'll feel like the course is all yours.
Barefoot Resort's Fazio course and Barefoot Resort Love are premium conditioned with bentgrass greens and a wealth of natural acreage to play on, while the TPC Myrtle Beach also offers up a tour-worthy experience with top conditions, facilities and service.
Myrtle Beach golf courses for scratch golfers
Scratch golfers usually try and sniff out a Dye course in the area. Pete has two tough ones to go after: Prestwick Golf Course and Barefoot Resort's Dye course, while his son, P.B., built the Legends Moorland course, rated one of "America's 50 Toughest" by Golf Digest.
The TPC Myrtle Beach and Dunes Golf & Beach Club have both hosted the Senior Tour Championship. To the north, low handicappers will enjoy Ocean Ridge Plantation's Leopard's Chase or Tiger's Eye courses. Tidwater Golf Club boasts a solid championship tee as well.
Jack Nicklaus has two signature designs in the area, both beastly tough: Long Bay Club and scenic-but-tight Pawleys Plantation.
Is your group filled with testosterone-laden, ego-trippin' long ballers? Go back, way back, to Grande Dunes' Resort Course 7,600-yard set of tees.
Myrtle Beach for the insatiable golf appetite
One of the best ways to save cash on a top shelf golf course is via P.M. replay (some packages offer replays for discounts even further than what you'll be quoted in the clubhouse, so be sure to ask). Multi-course facilities are the best way to go to ensure your group can get out for cheap in the afternoon.
Myrtle Beach National features three courses, and a popular day out is either SouthCreek or West Course as a morning warm-up followed by the big dog: King's North in the P.M.
Legends Resort features three courses. The Parkland, Heathland and Moorland - all of equal standard, but differing styles and a replay rate all out of one clubhouse so you can be flexible with the tee times that are available.
North of the border, Ocean Ridge Plantation features four courses, three of which play out of clubhouses next to one another, while Leopard's Chase is a short drive away. Chances are there's an afternoon tee time available on one of them.
Myrtle Beach for bargain hunters
Bargains fluctuate greatly depending on the time of year, but if you're going during the April-May peak spring season, you're best off looking for Myrtle Beach golf packages that are offering the best incentives at the time.
As for individual golf courses, the following aren't the "cheapest," but their golf experience in my opinion supersedes the green fees they usually ask: Possum Trot, The Witch, River Hills, Aberdeen and Indian Wells.


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03 Aug 2016 • by Natalie Aster
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Silvera, A. (2015). More Happy Than Not. New York, NY: Soho Press.
Hardcover-$12.74 (Barnes & Noble)
This title is also available in Paperback, Kindle, and Audible formats
Awards/Honors: Booklist Top 10 LGBTQ for Youth; Booklist 2015 Top 10 First Novels for Youth; SLJ's Best Books of 2015, Young Adult; Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015, Teen; Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
Life has dealt Aaron a pretty rough hand and he is trying to figure out who he really is.
More Happy Than Not covers the dark, gritty feelings of Aaron, a teenage boy dealing with a family member's suicide, as well as his attempt on his own life. As if this isn't hard enough for a teenager to deal with, he starts having feelings for his new friend, Thomas. Aaron becomes confused because he still loves his girlfriend, but he can't deny this new attraction. All of these feelings become overwhelming and come with some brutally unfair consequences. Blank considers taking the easy way out by having his memory altered, but is it really worth losing his identity to be "happy"?
This book covers some pretty tough subjects, but they are realistic feelings and emotional struggles that teenagers deal with on a regular basis. Silvera's debut novel is essential for anyone trying to figure out his or her own identity. It lets teens know that they aren't alone and it is okay to be yourself, whoever you are. Do you have any memories that you would want erased or do you feel those memories help make you who you are?
Take a look at this Epic Reads interview to see what Adam Silvera had to say about diversity in YA


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Do you know what I mean?
Are you true to who you were created to be or are you letting others define you?
My eyes opened this morning at 4 a.m. I wanted to go back to sleep, but my mind was awake. It traveled to all sorts of memories, good and bad. I thanked God for the man I married because I remembered men from my past I could have married, and I know for sure I would have been put into a box, a cage with my wings clipped.
Now, another person cannot take away our freedom within unless we let him or her. But sometimes we forget we have a choice. Sometimes we want someone's approval so bad we act the way we think they want us to act. This is not what Jesus wants for any of us. God created us to be free within. To be ourselves. To be the people He created us to be.
In The Message Devotional Bible, Eugene H. Peterson writes, "Each of us is seen as a being created in love and for love. Each of us is seen as a personality who isn't defined by our mistakes and sins or by other people's wishes and fantasies but by God's love for us, free to respond to his creative word to us.
"The gospel shatters the stereotypes that confine us to uncomfortable roles. Paul put this together in one of his famous sentences: 'In Christ's family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal' (Galatians 3:28). And then he went on to draw the conclusion: 'Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.' (5:1)."
Peterson also comments on what crowds can do to us (there's a reason God calls us sheep). Peterson writes, "Any time we turn over part of our lives to the crowd, we become less human, less alive. On the other hand, every time we retrieve a part of our lives from the crowd and respond to God's call to us, we're that much more ourselves, more human."
The world needs us to be us. The world, your community, your family, your friends, your co-workers, your employees, your church family, your acquaintances need you to be you in all your humanity. It takes courage to be who we were created to be, but it is so worth it (and feels so good).


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With the new year fast approaching, I know many of you are thinking about losing weight, getting in shape, changing your diet, etc.
That's all well and good, but if you're asking the wrong questions you'll get the wrong answers.
Obesity, disease, lethargy and the like are merely symptoms of our disconnection with nature and a lack of alignment with way our bodies are designed to work. In order to thrive, you must understand the core drivers of health. And trust me, they're not what you think they are.
I recently emailed a friend my top seven tips for optimal health, and edited that email for you to read below. So without further ado, here's what you need to know:
Big Picture Context
Seven Key Factors for Optimal Health
1 – Light
Sunlight is your best friend. It is what powers your mitochondria. You want to get as much sun as possible: at minimum, try to be outdoors (windows minimize positive effects) to see every sunrise, every noonday (late morning or early afternoon is fine), and every sunset. Take out your contacts or take off your glasses for this. Get as much skin exposure as possible. Throw out your sunblock. As the sun rises and falls it has different wavelengths. These are signals that help set your internal body clock (circadian rhythm), which is a major driver of health. When you can't be outdoors, try to simulate what's happening outside, inside. Keep the house lights dimmer in the mornings and evenings. Use your phone's blue light filter in the mornings when it's dark and the evenings after the sun sets. Having a mismatch between nature's light and man made light creates chaos in our bodies. What you do with light is more important than what you do with food. This is part of the reason why I built an infrared sauna in our home.
2 – Grounding
Just as our bodies were made to live and thrive in natural sunlight, they were also made to be connected to the earth. Something amazing happens when we walk barefoot on dirt, grass, gravel, or even sidewalks. The earth offers us free electrons, something our bodies use to dramatically reduce chronic inflammation. Inflammation is the driver of numerous diseases and health issues. Yeah, it looks weird to walk barefoot, but if you can't handle that, you can find alternatives like being barefoot in the privacy of your backyard. There are also earthing mats you can buy at places like Amazon which you plug into an outlet to stand or sleep on.
Electromagnetic fields wreak havoc on our DNA. This is why I was encouraging you to have your phone on airplane mode as much as possible. I have something called a Trifold meter which I use to test how much dirty electricity is in our house, from WiFi, electronics, etc. The closer you are to EMF's, the more damage they do at a cellular level. For example, we have a small breaker box in our hallway, directly across from where Leo was sleeping every night. His head was right up against the wall. I tested the levels and immediately moved his bed to other side of the room. I also tested our router and the EMF's coming off it were outrageous. I found a way to move it away from the kids and reduce its negative impact. All this stuff sounds woo-woo because it's not mainstream yet, but it's backed by solid science and the leaders (not the lemmings) have been making the necessary adjustments for years.
4 – Sleep
Like I said, your bedtime is more important than your wake time. You want to sleep dark, cold, comfortably, and consistently. There should be no blue lights in your room. If you have a white noise machine, keep it away from your head. Beware caffeine in the afternoons and don't eat before bed. See my notes on Why We Sleep for more.
5 – Heat and Cold
Our bodies thrive on heat and cold, and they actually learn how to adapt to it through a process called hormesis (good stress). But our modern environment is all about keeping us comfortable at all times. Again, we were created to live outdoors, with the changing seasons. Having a stable 72 degrees year round is not normal. This is part of why I get really hot in the sauna, then get really cold on my morning runs, then really hot again in the shower. I reverse this in the summer when I wear lots of layers while running and then hop into a cold shower afterwards. Many people take ice baths or go to other extremes to get greater benefits. But you can start by simply changing your mindset when you leave the house for walks, remembering that the cold and heat are your friends. There are so many health benefits to temperature extremes, from reduced stress, to more endorphins, to less inflammation, to increased insulin sensitivity, to better sleep, to fat loss, to detoxification.
6 – Food
Yeah, food is number six on the list. It matters, but if you've got 1-5 messed up, it doesn't matter that much. You want to move towards a ketogenic diet (mostly healthy fats, some protein, very low carb). You want to eat real, nutritious, high quality food (see Food Rules by Pollan). You want to practice time restricted eating, meaning you have a defined window in which you eat every day and then you're done. Your body is designed to fast on a daily basis. You could try starting with bulletproof coffee in the morning. Put some Kerrygold salted butter in there with MCT oil and stevia to sweeten if you prefer…use a milk frother to blend. Bulletproof coffee keeps your body in a fasted state, but keeps you feeling full and energized throughout the morning. Your eating window could start at lunch and end after dinner. If you're eating too close to bed, it sends the wrong signal wrong to your body and hurts your sleep quality.
7 – Exercise
Everything counts. Getting a fitness tracker helps. The ideal is to stay active throughout the entire day. I run in the mornings, walk during the day, and strength train here and there. I space it out on purpose because that most closely aligns with our hunter/gatherer ancestry. Ideally, exercise is integrated into your everyday life, and you find ways to make it fun and sustainable.
There are so many other things I could mention, but these are my top seven, in order of importance. You'll notice a common thread running between them: they are all about working with nature rather than against it. God put Adam and Eve in a garden, not a condo with WiFi. In our Western arrogance, we think that we can have our cake and eat it too. No way. Our modern lifestyles and conveniences are killing us. If you want to do a deeper dive into this stuff, check out a site called naturebuildshealth. Dr. Jack Kruse is another great resource but his stuff is way over most people's heads, let alone paradigms.
So there you have it! I hope this was helpful. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, or leave a comment below. If you're interested in an even broader, more holistic framework for health, you might want to check out this metaphor.


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High Desert Chamber Music's goal is to expose young children to the highest levels of music performance, and cultivate an interest that can lead to a lifelong appreciation and enjoyment of the performing arts. All our programs are provided at no cost to students, teachers, or schools in Central Oregon. Our Educational Outreach efforts have three areas of focus:
1) Visits to Local Schools
2) Master Class
3) Spotlight Chamber Players
Visits to Local Schools
We provide students of local schools with direct contact to our guest musicians through performances and Q&A sessions at string orchestra classes. This has been a great and rare opportunity for students to interact with visiting professional musicians in an informal setting. In addition, we provide complimentary tickets to our performances for the string orchestra programs of Summit High School, Mountain View High School, Bend Senior High School, Pacific Crest Middle School, High Desert Middle School, Sky View Middle School, Cascade Middle School, and Pilot Butte Middle School.
Complimentary tickets to performances are arranged through instructors. If you attend a school in Central Oregon, please ask your teacher to request your tickets!
Master Class
Master Class (noun) definition: A class given by an expert, especially a musician, for highly talented students, usually presented in public.
Master Classes are beneficial and exciting for all those involved - they can provide artistic stimulation for the guest artist, the student musician receives valuable insight and customized teaching that they can apply to their studies, and the audience can learn and experience how the master's advice improved or affected the student's performance. For students, there is incredible leverage and support created by the situation. Not only are they face to face with a prominent expert, but there's a whole audience rooting for their success!
Master Class with the Calder Quartet
Thursday, February 13, 2020, 5:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon
Free admission, open to the public
This event is presented in partnership with the American String Teachers Association of Oregon.
High Desert Chamber Music is proud to present a Master Class featuring Avery Fisher Career Grant Winners, the Calder Quartet. The quartet regularly conducts master classes and has taught at the Colburn School, the Oberlin School the Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory and USC Thornton School of Music.
Master Class Performers
Top: Katie Liu, Kristen Kim, Claire Youn, Emily Whitney, Jacob Youn
Bottom: PDX Girls Quartet - Yoojin Kang, Ellie Liu, Emily Rhew, Naima Atay
Students and teachers do not have to be a member of ASTA, but there are many benefits to being a member of the American String Teachers Association - professional development, affordable instrument insurance, and access to string-related job openings, just to name a few. Please click below to get more information!
Spotlight Chamber Players
Established chamber musicians are leaders, responders, collaborators, and cooperators. The Spotlight Chamber Players program was developed to provide a high level of chamber music instruction and is offered at no cost to the students selected. This program is devoted exclusively to the study and performance of chamber music skills and techniques. An emphasis is placed on listening to colleagues, and the intricacies of learning how your individual part fits with others. The students accepted into the program are expected to prepare individual parts outside of rehearsals, commit to all scheduled performance opportunities, and attend all High Desert Chamber Music events, which is provided complimentary.
The members receive weekly chamber group instruction with Isabelle LaForet Senger, as well as individual and group instruction with select visiting artists from the HDCM Concert Series, in conjunction with their appearance in Central Oregon. The groups perform prior to many events in the HDCM Concert Series, and there are several compensated performance opportunities featuring the students in the community, including our Annual Gala and at locations such as Whispering Winds and the Franklin Crossing First Friday Art Walk.
Auditions are held in the fall and are open to string players in grades 6-12 with at least three years of private instruction and intermediate to advanced levels of playing. A one season commitment is required, and placement and type of ensemble will be determined after the application/audition process.
Congratulations to our 2019-20 Spotlight Chamber Players!
Stephen Platt (cello), Ezra Oncken (violin), Nicolas Oncken (violin), Emily Whitney (viola)
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Tagging (a la del.icio.us / flickr / technorati) is a clever newish technique for empowering users to organize digital content. But alas, in the world of blogging, and in the world of the west-coast tech elite, nothing is ever just a useful, good innovation. It's always the "new new thing", the game-changing paradigm that will eliminate all that comes before it.
Tagging jumped the shark with Clay Shirkeys overheated "ontologies are overrated" speech at ETech 2005, and since then a host of articles challenging the idea of tags as information nirvana have emerged like mushrooms after a rainstorm. Below are some choice excerpts from the backlash.
Tbray writes
Someone needs to do a little basic research. First (this is the hard part) you pull together a set of sample searches. Then, you go and do each search twice, once using keywords and once using tags. Then you record which way worked better.
A month later, he notes
the longer I go on asking this question (are tags useful) and not getting an answer, the more nervous I get.
AGWright says
This fundamantal question – are tags useful? – seems to get lost in the ideological shuffle. And the notion that they signal the imminent decline of hierarchical systems seems to me a leap unsupported by the facts – and, as Smith points out, reminiscent of the rhetorical excesses of the dotcom era.
Atomiq writes
At times it's been hard to separate out the practical enthusiasm for tags and folksonomies (which I share) from the ideological enthusiasm which suggests that tags are the One True Way.
The argument from inevitability is a great way to simultaneously sidestep your opponent's objections while confirming your own assumptions. It's also good for keeping the discussion in the abstract rather than concrete. Because it's a forced move, there's no point asking why both Amazon and Wikipedia use categories. Or why does the failure to organize the whole web into a hierarchical taxonomy (like the Yahoo Directory) mean that taxonomies are useless? Or, like, do you seriously mean that tagging will replace all other kinds of categorization? Across the whole freaking web? Surely not.
Peter Merholtz says that tags have a
"strange zeitgeist that seems out of step with its actual value."
Zeldman hilariously describes tag clouds as "the new mullets"
Like mood rings and fanny packs, like mullets and the Macarena, the weighted tag clouds meme popularized by Flickr and Technorati is about to cross a permanent cultural shame threshold. Brilliant as the idea remains, faddishness is choking its air supply. Damned clouds are everywhere.
And confusability writes passsionately about the abdication of responsibility for design that is inherent to tag-based systems:
But we cannot abdicate our responsibility for designing robust information architectures that enrich and enliven the user experience by pretending that mob tagging is much more useful that the rubbish left behind in the cow fields after the Glastonbury Festival.
I have some ideas about why the initial reaction to tags has been so enthusiastic, and what are the current problems with tagging are (hint: the enthusiasm and the problems are related). Stay tuned for a follow-up posting on this topic.


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Yes, there are currently restrictions on flights to Skiros along with the rest of Greece. Before you book or search for flights, consider the following restrictions: Greece has restricted the entry of all travelers with the exception of residents from EU+ countries. EU+ consists of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein and Iceland.
Residents of Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, and the UAE may also enter the country. Those arriving from the UAE must be traveling on a direct flight, and will need to provide proof of permanent residence in the UAE, return tickets and hotel reservations, a PCR negative COVID-19 test issued 72h before departure, a Passenger Locator Form (PLF), and travel insurance.
Travelers arriving from Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Israel, Malta, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain or the UAE may be denied entry unless they have a negative coronavirus result from a PCR test conducted no more than 72 hours before arrival.
Foreign travelers may not arrive from other areas unless they are in an essential category such as healthcare professionals, students, government members, diplomats, military personnel, humanitarian aid workers, airline crew, seasonal workers, travelers in transit, or travelers entering Greece for reasons authorized by the Greek embassy or consulate. The list of categories can be found here.
From June 15 onward, mandatory testing and self-isolation/quarantine will remain in place for anyone arriving into Greece from airports listed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Travelers arriving from other locations may be exempted from these requirements. All travelers except those only transiting through an airport in Greece must complete a "Passenger Locator Form (PLF)" 24 hours before check-in at https://travel.gov.gr/#/. A QR code generated from the completed form must be presented upon arrival.
Flights from Turkey are suspended, except flights to repatriate Greek nationals and residents and special government-ordered flights.
North Macedonian nationals may enter Greece via Thessaloniki (SKG) and continue on by road to North Macedonia. Their trip must be pre-approved by an official body like the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs or North Macedonian embassy.. If you are looking to book a trip to Skiros and are outside of the restricted areas, please take the proper precautions and stay informed about traveling during COVID-19.


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There's a bit of Latin that states "omne trium perfectum" or "everything that comes in threes is perfect." I had not set out to write three posts in a row on Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), but sometimes the stars align in such a way that the story continues to write itself.
But first, a joke:
A Bayesian and Frequentist apply for the same job. The interviewer tells the Frequentist, "Sorry to tell you this. You're a great candidate, but we decided to go with the Bayesian." The Frequentist is disappointed but says, "I understand, but can you tell me what tipped the balance in her favor?" The interviewer says, " On paper, you both have the same qualifications. However, the Bayesian has prior experience."
This post is actually the result of some feedback we received from one of our JMP users who frequently fits models using WinBUGS. While he found the MCMC Diagnostics add-in useful to explore posterior samples, he found it difficult to get WinBUGS output into the appropriate form. He sent me the following example to work with: Wolfinger (1998) analyzes tensile strength measurements for a composite material used in aircraft components (data in Table 4 in Vangel (1992)) using a model with 8 parameters. Requesting 11,000 posterior samples (assuming the first 1,000 are burn-in samples that will be tossed) for a single chain generates two output files in WinBUGS. The first, index.txt, is a list of parameters with the starting and stopping observation numbers. For this example, the contents of index.txt look like so:
a[1] 1 11000
a[2] 11001 22000
a[3] 22001 33000
a[4] 33001 44000
a[5] 44001 55000
mu 55001 66000
sigma2.a 66001 77000
sigma2.e 77001 88000
The second file called chain 1.txt contains 2 columns. The first column is the iteration number 1 to 11,000 repeated 8 times, while the second column contains the sampled values for the 8 parameters; essentially an 88,000 x 2 matrix. How can these output files be used by the JMP MCMC Diagnostic add-in (which assumes rows are samples within chains and columns are parameters)? Just apply the freely available WinBUGS to JMP Conversion add-in! (Download requires free SAS profile.) The add-in asks for the directory location of WinBUGS output files (index.txt and chain 1.txt, chain 2.txt etc) and creates a JMP table called MCMC Samples (which can be saved with a new name). See Figure 1.
Figure 1. JMP Table of MCMC Samples Converted from WinBUGS Output Files
A few points to consider. First, the data table in Figure 1 includes the first 1,000 samples that were intended as burn-in. I can either delete the rows from the table, or exclude the rows from analysis by selecting the first 1000 rows, right-clicking and choosing "Exclude/Unexclude." This causes the MCMC Diagnostics add-in to ignore these rows as if they were not present. I can always Unexclude later if I would like to examine the burn-in samples in further detail, say, to assess the speed of convergence in trace plots. Second, notice how the parameters a were renamed as a_i. This was intentional so that variable names were not interpreted as an array by the conversion process. Make note of this as you name your parameters within WinBugs, since the conversion may result in columns with duplicated names.
Wolfinger RD. (1998). Tolerance intervals for variance component models using Bayesian simulation. Journal of Quality Technology 30: 18-32.
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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 36, Issue 3, 1 May 1987, p. 639 - 647
The Impact of Sequential Ultra-Low Volume Ground Aerosol Applications of Malathion on the Population Dynamics of Aedes aegypti (L.)
The efficacy of sequential, ultra-low volume ground aerosol applications of malathion at current U.S. label rates was evaluated as an emergency control measure for adult populations of Aedes aegypti (L.) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Replicates of 11 sequential aerosol treatments applied 12 hr apart during a 5.5-day period reduced mean adult captures and oviposition rates during the treatment period 73% and 75%, respectively. We hypothesize that oviposition was not completely suppressed because females with a developing egg burden remained sequestered during treatment periods or were more tolerant to the pesticide. We further concluded that adults could not be totally suppressed because of continued emergence. After treatment, adult densities recovered to pretreatment and control levels within approximately 1 week. A simulation study of the results suggested that, under the conditions of closely spaced housing and abundant vegetation that is typical of much of New Orleans, a single aerosol killed an average of 88% of the males and only 30% of the females present.


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Extension description: Extension for phpBB 3.2 to display recently posted topics.
Based on NV Recent Topics for phpBB 3.0, by Joas Schilling (nickvergessen)
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JustOne Aggregates Videos, and Everything Else
JustOne is a site that lets you create your own niche website, of sorts. Aggregate the media you'd like to share, or just keep to yourself.
Add blog entries, music, video and and images to your niches, which act as channels. You can set the privacy settings for these, keeping them private, sharing them with a select few, or leaving them open for the rest of the community to enjoy. Users can subscribe to others' niches, rate content, leave comments, view other niches from the user, as well as similar niches. There's also sidebars on either end of the page displaying random content and other users from the site.
With all the aggregating sites out there, for videos in particular, it's no surprise that someone has created a service that lets you pull all of your media together in one place. There may be a bit too much going on for the niche sites themselves, as the additional information shown on the site (including the sidebars) make the pages somewhat cluttered. Incorporating some additional search features, such as a YouTube and Flickr search when creating niches, would be helpful as well.
See also: ONLINE MEDIA GOD: 400+ Tools for Photographers, Videobloggers, Podcasters & Musicians


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The left wing position has always been a difficult one to fill for the Buffalo Sabres, at least via the draft. Buffalo has had a handful of successes at the draft table when drafting for the left side, with the most notable choices being Rick Martin, Craig Ramsay and Tony McKegney, but those picks were made many years ago. Most of the Sabres' LW choices have instead been of the journeyman variety, at best, or the picks have simply never made it past the minors.
Buffalo currently has some quantity when it comes to LW prospects, but few are blessed with great skill, and at least one will likely not become a part of the organization. That one black sheep, Barrett Heisten, also happens to be Buffalo's best prospect at this position. Barrett has yet to sign a contract with the Sabres, so, due to the Mike Van Ryn loophole in the CBA, should Barrett not sign by 6/1/01, he will become a free agent available to the highest bidder. Buffalo would receive compensation should Barrett sign with another team (probably a 2nd Round compensation pick), so the blow of losing Heisten would be somewhat softened.
Given that Barrett is technically still a Buffalo prospect (and he could certainly still sign with the Sabres), it should be noted that Heisten is having a productive, though not spectacular, 1st junior season. Heisten is playing for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL, where he is currently 3rd in scoring for that team. Barrett got off to a hot start with the T-Birds following his departure from the Buffalo camp, as he was Seattle's leading scorer in the early going. Heisten missed 9 games in December & January due to injury, which slowed his brisk scoring pace.
By the middle of February, Barrett was playing his best hockey of the 00-01 season, as he was named the 1st or 2nd star in three consecutive games. In more recent games, however, Barrett's play has been overshadowed by that of NHL prospects Jamie Lundmark and Shane Endicott, who are Seattle's top two scorers. Heisten has been more of a goal-scorer than a playmaker of late, with a couple of those goals coming on the power play, but his low total of 19 goals would suggest that goal production will not be one of his strong suits.
Overall, Barrett is a good, but not outstanding, prospect who will likely receive some interest should he go the free agent route. Heisten has not had a season that will guarantee him a big contract, but there will probably be a team foolish enough to throw a large wad of cash in Barrett's direction.
With the likely departure of Heisten, the de facto top LW prospect is actually a player who has played mostly RW during his career. Jeremy Adduono, of Buffalo's AHL affiliate the Rochester Americans, was moved to the left side at the beginning of the season, and has played there for most of the 00-01 campaign. Given the depth that Buffalo has at RW, a move to the LW will present Jeremy with his best opportunity to make the Buffalo roster.
Jeremy had a good training camp in Buffalo, and has followed that up with a solid season in Rochester, where he is currently the Amerks leading scorer. Adduono is currently on a pace to score 25-30 goals, and he should register 50+ points, which will be a slight improvement over his totals of last season. Jeremy has shown himself to be a versatile player, as he has seen time on both the power play and penalty killing units, contributing offensively in both situations. He has good speed and quickness and, while lacking size and toughness, Adduono does have some aggressiveness in his game.
Should Jeremy's game continue to improve, it could be tough to keep him off the Buffalo roster next year. Lack of size may be a problem for Adduono, but his consistent effort will make him a good candidate for a 3rd or 4th line LW position.
One player who has moved up the Buffalo prospect list this year is Val d'Or LW Seneque Hyacinthe. Seneque is a versatile winger who has seen time on the Foreurs power play and penalty killing units. Hyacinthe is especially good on the penalty kills, using his speed to aggressively forecheck his opponents while creating scoring opportunities for himself (4 SHG). In addition to the shorthanded markers, Seneque has netted 10 PPG on Val d'Or's effective PP unit.
Seneque's best assets are his speed, aggressiveness, and a willingness to go into the corners to make a play. Hyacinthe may not be the most offensively skilled player, but he makes up for that shortcoming with hard work, which has helped him to put up decent numbers over the past two seasons.
Seneque is a '99 draft pick, so Buffalo will have to sign him by June 1st if they want to keep him in the fold. If the signing takes place, Hyacinthe will likely begin his pro career in Rochester next season.
"Disappointing" would be a good term to describe the 2000-10 season of Darren Van Oene. The big winger has suffered through an injury- and illness-plagued season, which has limited his playing time in a year that is pivotal to his career. Van Oene at one point faced a potentially career-threatening illness, when he developed an inflammation around his heart, but he has since recovered from that condition. In addition to illness, Darren has also had some nagging injuries that have kept him out of several games.
The book on Vane Oene has not changed- he is a big winger with decent speed and toughness, who, because of a lack of offensive skill, would probably make a good 3rd or 4th line LW. Darren's contract should be expiring following this season, so it will be interesting to see if Buffalo renews the pact, or instead allows Darren to walk.
Another LW prospect dogged by injury is Regina's Karel Mosovsky. Karel, an offensively talented player with some size, has had a hard time creating momentum for himself over the last couple seasons due to a recurring shoulder injury. The latest separation came in late February, at a time when Karel was playing some of his best hockey of the past two seasons. There was some concern that the injury would cost Mosovsky a chance at competing in the Memorial Cup tournament, which will be hosted by Regina this year (the host team has an automatic berth). Karel has since returned to action, however, so, barring another injury, he should get his shot at the Cup.
Mosovsky's game is offense, as he uses his size and decent speed to create scoring chances for himself, as well as his linemates. Karel is particularly effective on the power play, as his 14 PPGs will attest. Mosovsky's defensive play is not always up to snuff, however, so he will need to improve that aspect of his game before he receives serious consideration for duty in the NHL.
Karel is another '99 draft pick who will have to be signed by June 1st, so Buffalo will no doubt be watching Mosovsky's performance in the playoffs and Memorial Cup to see if they have a player that is worth signing.
Coming into the 2000-01 season, Russian prospect Vasily Bizyayev was a mystery man to most of the personnel people in the NHL. As the 00-01 season winds down, however, it might be more of a mystery as to why Buffalo chose Bizyayev in the first place.
Vasily is a speedy forward with some slick moves and a decent shot, maybe a slightly taller version of Buffalo's Maxim Afinogenov. Bizyayev is not a physical player, however, nor is he responsible defensively. It is tempting to say that Vasily's game is one-dimensional at this time, but even that one dimension (offense) has not been overly impressive up to this point. Actually, Vasily's game is non-existent at this time due to a back injury that has likely ended his season.
In fairness to Vasily, he is adapting to a different style of play than what he was used to in Russia. Add to that the fact that Kitchener is not a very good team, and it adds up to being a difficult situation for a young player to grasp in a hurry. It is not unusual for a European player to need a season to adjust to his new surroundings, so perhaps next year Buffalo will have a better idea of what kind of player they have in Bizyayev.
Buffalo drafted Seattle's Tim Preston, not for his offensive ability, but instead for his reputation as a good defensive player. While he may have lived up to that reputation in previous seasons, Preston's –32 +/- rating this season would suggest that his defensive awareness may have slipped a little. Seattle's style of play could have a little to do with Tim's poor +/- figure, as they are more of an offensively oriented team sporting top NHL prospects such as Shane Endicott, Jamie Lundmark and Buffalo prospect Barrett Heisten.
Tim's low +/- figure is surprising, but equally surprising is the fact that he has netted 7 PPGs while going scoreless in PK situations. Preston's point totals are comparable to last season, so there has not been a great improvement in his offensive ability this season. Couple that fact with Tim's seeming lapse in defensive play, and you have a prospect that appears to have taken a step backwards this year.
Tim is another '99 draft pick whose rights will be lost after June 1st if he is not signed by that date. Buffalo will have to decide if Preston's performance this year is simply a function of his environment, or if Tim is regressing rather than progressing.
Boston University's Mike Pandolfo had an up-and-down season, with the beginning and ending being strong, and the majority of the middle portion being forgettable. Mike started the 2000-01 season with gusto, as he was BU's leading scorer through the season's first month. Pandolfo's offensive game then tailed off throughout most of the season's middle portion, and did not pick up again until the Hockey East playoffs, where he netted 5 goals (3 PPG, 1SHG, 1ES) in 3 playoff games vs. the victorious Providence Friars.
Mike has good skills for a big man, but he does not make use of all the tools in the toolbox on a consistent basis. Pandolfo's size and speed make him an ideal power forward for the PP unit, which was evidenced by Mike's team leading 8 PPGs. He has also spent some time on BU's penalty-killing unit, so Mike does have some versatility to his game.
Mike is still property of the Sabres due to the fact that he chose to stay in college, and it is likely that he will return for his final season at BU next year. Once Mike's college career ends, the Sabres will have to decide whether or not he is pro material, a question that has yet to be completely answered.
Buffalo saw a good bit of raw talent in Andrew Peters when they chose him in the 2nd Round of the '98 draft. Almost 3 years later, that talent is still as raw as it was when Buffalo first chose Peters, with no real signs of improvement in Andrew's game following his jump to Rochester.
It appears that Peters' career path to the NHL will be as an enforcer, which was not what Buffalo had in mind when they drafted Andrew. Peters appears to have little offensive talent, while his attention to defensive play is average, at best. He has been scratched on a few occasions this year, with his playing time being minimal when he has suited up.
Due to Andrew's high draft position, as well as the fact that he is the only return in the Pat Lafontaine trade, Buffalo is likely to give Peters every chance to succeed. Using the money they are paying Peters to instead sign Barrett Heisten, or some other more deserving prospect, however, may have better served the Sabres.
All in all, Buffalo has a diverse group of prospects at left wing, with most of them having definite strong points while also possessing definite holes in their games. While none of them would appear to have star potential, at least a couple of them should get a shot at regular duty in the NHL.


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