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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Montrose Arts & Crafts Festival Returns for its 38th Year - Crescenta Valley Weekly

By CV Weekly on June 2, 2022No Comment
By Bethany BROWN
The Montrose Shopping Park Association (MSPA) will hold its annual Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend of festivities marks an official return to its “normal” schedule post pandemic. The Festival was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic and the date was moved several times in 2021, ultimately settling in October, which was the first (and only) time the Festival was scheduled in the fourth quarter of the year.
More than 250 artists, crafters, food vendors, California Certified Farmers, musicians and entertainers will make their way to Montrose with some vendors planning to come from as far away as Arizona and Mexico.
“We have vendors joining us from all over the place,” said Dale Dawson, MSPA event coordinator. “I’m really excited and know it will be a weekend full of great food, fun and shopping for everybody in our community.”
The Festival – celebrating its 38^th year – is free to attend and masks are not required at this time. Booths with a vast array of handmade crafts, jewelry, clothing, ceramics, fine art, leather goods, fresh flowers, produce and much more will stretch across the 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue. The Montrose Harvest Market on Sunday will still take place and will be located on Ocean View Boulevard.
Dawson said in addition to the many vendor booths, there will also be a kids’ zone at the west end featuring an expanded petting zoo, bungee jumpers and inflatables of various kinds. In the center of the Festival, at the Ocean View/Honolulu intersection, there will be an international food court with seating as well as a wine and beer garden to enjoy. He stressed that there really is something for everybody, and it’s an event one surely does not want to miss.
Live music will also be available for attendees’ further enjoyment, featuring three bands over the two-day period. Saturday will open with The Ploughboys and will close with The Mojo Filter Blues Band that evening. Sunday morning will open with a Beatles tribute band called Ticket to Ride and The Ploughboys will return to close Sunday evening.
“Some things only come once a year, like Thanksgiving and Christmas and the Montrose Arts & Crafts Festival,” Dawson said. “This is our once-a-year mega invitation to shop Montrose and to have a great time while supporting local small businesses.”
For more information about the event visit www.shopmontrose.com.

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This Dell gaming laptop is $330 off for Memorial Day 2022 - Digital Trends

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Gaming laptop deals are plentiful right now thanks to some deep discounts including those we’ve seen among the Dell Memorial Day sale. Right now, you can pick up the Dell G15 gaming laptop for just $700 direct from Dell, saving you $330 off the usual price of $1,030. One of the best Memorial Day laptop sales around for anyone looking to buy a cheap gaming laptop, you need to be quick to get this deal. That’s because many Dell deals are strictly limited in terms of stock so there’s no guarantee when it will end. Buy it now so you don’t miss out.

Dell is one of the best laptop brands around so you know you’re onto a good thing with the Dell G15 gaming laptop. Because of its price, it won’t rival the best gaming laptops but it offers some of the elements you might see within them. For the price, you get an 11th-generation Intel Core i5 processor along with 8GB of memory and 256GB of SSD storage. The latter means it’s a little low on space if you’re keen to install lots of games but it’s workable if you plan carefully. The meat of a gaming laptop is its graphics card and in this case, you get an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card which is capable of playing the latest games.
To further help it out, the Dell G15 gaming laptop also has a 15.6-inch full HD screen with a great refresh rate of 120Hz. That means that even if you are playing fast-moving games, the action stays smooth on-screen so you don’t suffer from any ugly motion blur issues. It also has 250 nits of brightness, narrow borders, and it’s LED-backlit for convenience, too. The Dell G15 gaming laptop also sports an Alienware-inspired thermal design. It has a dual air intake from the top of the keyboard to the bottom of the laptop so that you get optimal cooling and heat dissipation. There are also improved power methods so you get the most from the hardware under the hood. One final Alienware touch is also how it has Game Shift technology so you can boost performance temporarily at the touch of a button.
Normally priced at $1,030, the Dell G15 gaming laptop is down to only $700 right now at Dell. Part of the Dell Memorial Day sale, it won’t stick around for long at this price so if you’re seriously considering it, buy it now so you don’t miss out on the huge $330 saving.

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Monday, July 18, 2022

When to plant grass seed for a successful lawn - the ‘added benefits’ of seasonal sowing - Express

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Grass seed is easy to sow and even easier to grow on bare soil or on top of an existing lawn. While this simple planting method is often the go-to solution for reviving tired garden grass, it won’t always work if you do it at the wrong time of year. Here’s your guide to successfully growing a new lawn from grass seed, including exactly when to plant it for the best results.
According to Lawn UK, you can sow grass seed at any time from late March to mid-October, but it will germinate more readily when the soil is warm and there is plenty of moisture.
Spring is generally the best time of year to plant grass seed as it has plenty of time to establish in the warming climate.
According to the Garden Lawn Care Guy, the most important thing to remember when growing lawn seed is that the soil temperature needs to be consistently measured at around 10 degrees or above.
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In most cases, germination should take between seven and 10 days, with most seedlings able to establish quickly as long as there is no risk of frost.
While spring is considered ‘the best time to plant new seeds, several experts, including The Grass People believe that sowing in autumn has “lots of added benefits” too.
They said: “When sowing grass seed we need warm soil, moisture and sunlight.
“In the autumn months, (September to November), the UK still typically hits the temperatures of 8-10 degrees and above which is required for germination.”
The consistent temperature isn’t the only benefit. In fact, the autumn weather often provides an almost perfect natural growing environment for lawn seed.
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There is a good chance of growing grass seed successfully as long as it is planted in the recommended window (before or after the first and last frosts).
While planting new seeds in summer is possible, seedlings may struggle to grow in more extreme conditions.
The Grass People said: “Sometimes we forget that grass seed is a living thing, and it needs the right conditions to grow successfully - heat, water, air and light. When these conditions aren’t perfect, grass seed will fail to germinate.”
If you do want to plant grass seed in July, August or early September, you should take steps to combat common problems like drought and soil compaction.
To do this, you can:
If you have compacted soil, it is important to break it up before sowing.
For the best results, your seedbed should be level and worked over to a fine tilth - (nice and crumbly), with no lumps or bumps in sight.
Seed won’t grow if it is buried too deeply or too shallowly, as it can’t access the sunlight, heat and moisture needed to germinate.
The Grass People said: “When sowing new seed, you should rake the seed in so that it is around three £1 coins (stacked) beneath the surface – this gives it adequate space to grow and receive light whilst also providing protection from the elements (and pesky birds!).”
The hot weather is a pleasant change for fed-up Britons, but it can leave garden grass looking dry, yellowed and full of weeds.
When this happens, The Grass People recommended that homeowners “double up on their watering” (twice a day), to add moisture to the soil.
They explained that a quick test to see if your soil is moist enough for germination is to drive a screwdriver into the soil 0 if it can reach up to 6/7 inches deep you’re in luck – if it can’t, it needs a lot more water.

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Friday, July 15, 2022

Mountain Home fitness influencer Hampton Liu knows you can do it - Arkansas Times

It doesn’t actually matter if you’re the exercising type, or even if you’ve never heard of Hampton Liu, the Mountain Home fitness guru with a global and growing following. Once you meet him, you’re going to want to be his friend. The great news here is that he probably wants to be your friend, too. And if, as you spend internet time with your new friend Hampton, you find yourself progressing toward your goal of doing a few full pushups or even a pull-up (!), then that’s a pretty great perk, now, isn’t it?
The 28-year-old Liu rolled into the online fitness scene only a couple of years ago, and while he’s picked up TikTok and Instagram followers by the millions, he’s still bashful about the “influencer” label. To be fair, it’s not a perfect fit. Buff but not bulky, relaxed and relatable, Liu is a fitness influencer like Mr. Rogers is a childhood influencer, or Tom Hanks is an actor influencer. “My goal is to help people cultivate long-term fitness and happiness through creating fitness content and building community,” he explains at hybridcalisthenics.com. It’s that endearing combination of expertise and warmth that prompted one YouTube follower to dub Liu “the Bob Ross of working out.”
The first thing to know about Liu’s workout program, Hybrid Calisthenics, is that you don’t have to pay for it. Anyone with an internet connection can follow along. “This routine is provided free of charge so that it may help as many people as possible,” the website says. You can buy branded T-shirts or send donations via Patreon, but no pressure. And he’s big on gravity and body weight as strength-building tools, so there’s no pressure to buy any fancy equipment, either. Most of Liu’s workout videos show him exercising on his deck, using the railing or walls as props to correct posture or perfect a backbend. He’s also prone to a parkour approach, seemingly unable to resist turning rock walls and tree limbs into fitness props from which he balances and hangs in gravity-defying ways.
The second thing to know is that Liu does not expect you to be able to do any of these gravity-defying stunts, especially not at first. He champions gradual progress, made over the course of a lifetime. Take, for example, his 3-minute YouTube video “You CAN do pushups, my friend!” Starting as all his videos do with his standard greeting, “Hello, my friends! It is your brother Hampton,” the video follows what his fans will recognize as a reliable formula: reassurance that the challenge before us is tough but achievable; a sequence of suggested variations to build up strength over time; and his signature sign-off to “Have a beautiful day.”

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Escalating degrees of difficulty keep plain-jane pushups from being either too off-putting for beginners or too boring for the more muscled among us, Liu explained. Start where you are and go from there. “The concept embodies a lifetime of progress.” You should absolutely jump in on this with some wall pushups, then progress to incline and knee versions and then to the real deal if you feel so called. (In fact, why not go do 25 wall pushups right now? Good job!) But it’s Liu himself, more than the nuts and bolts of his content, that draws a crowd. Here’s a sampling of viewer comments:
I trust this guy with my life without ever meeting him.
This guy is one of the most wholesome and selfless people I’ve ever heard of.
I know this means nothing to you, because you don’t know a single thing about me, but I’m 16, you give me comfort. You remind me of my older brother a lot, and he isn’t with me anymore, so your content makes me really happy and at peace. And I really hope something in your life makes you feel the same.
He’s like the most wholesome creator on here. I just love his positivity and light.
And he takes the occasional negative comment in stride. Liu has been criticized for being too skinny and not muscular enough. Some commenters said he looks like a woman, probably because of his enviably glossy shoulder-length hair. “It’s never made me upset. We need to accept these things we know to be true. Once we accept them, they no longer can be used against us,” he reasoned. “I do have long hair and slightly round features.”
Liu meets viewers’ vulnerability with his own, augmenting fitness content with podcasts and musings usually presented with his signature coffee cup in hand. A recent offering, “In the Event of My Death,” has Liu sharing some pretty deep thoughts on being at peace with his inevitable demise. He has more insight into this topic than most people his age, having recently nursed his mother after a serious stroke and through the final years of her life. She died in 2020. That experience, he said, was “a catalyst of a fundamental personality shift and a revelation about myself.” The revelation: “I wanted to be able to give to other people without any expectation of anything in return. That’s fundamental in both my content and my routine.”
No doubt this experience added to the emotional intelligence and empathy that are Liu’s superpower, every bit as much as the surreal upper body strength that allows him to hang perpendicularly from light poles. Not that he’s in a rush to meet death, he said, but there will be some perks when the final moment comes. Specifically, Liu admits part of him will welcome freedom from a repetitive intrusive, irrational fear that he might step on a crawling baby. There he goes again, breaking down a topic that’s dreaded and intimidating into something relatable and a little less terrifying.
Liu earned a degree in international business from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and he earned his high energy and full-throttled interest in health from his dad. Both Liu’s parents came to the United States from Taiwan before he was born. Liu’s dad helps run an integrative medical center in Mountain Home, focused on martial arts and traditional Chinese healing.
Combining that business degree with his genetic predisposition for promoting wellness and his off-the-charts emotional intelligence makes for an unlikely but winning combination, even when he doesn’t charge a penny.
“You can give a tremendous amount of things away for free and still make a living,” Liu explained. “I have a website where I sell fitness equipment. I never push, but I let people know, if you need this, I have it.” That site generates some income, and so do the online ads that appear with his content. Add money from Patreon subscribers and a potential book deal, and Liu is doing OK.
There’s no hard sell on the business side of things, just like there’s no hard sell on the fitness side. Liu’s favorite exercise of all, walking, generates zero dollars in revenue for him. But how many pull-ups does one person really need to do? “At some point, the strength pursuit really becomes more of a hobby than a necessity,” Liu admits.
He plans to continue pursuing this hobby/livelihood hybrid in Mountain Home. He started offering his routines online around the time COVID-19 hit, fundamentally changing the way the world does business and allowing him to beam out content from anywhere, even Baxter County. Liu was born in Utah but has lived here since he was 2. “I love Arkansas,” he said. “A lot of people are surprised when I tell them I’m from Arkansas.”
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Teacher, student reunite in Omaha 41 years later over love of gardening - Omaha World-Herald

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