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Signs of Stress

Find Relief Through Upper Cervical Care

Misalignment and other signs of stress on your body

Upper cervical chiropractic care can help relieve signs of stress in your body. These can be manifested in physical, mental, or behavioral symptoms, or any combination of the three.

This growing method of chiropractic care focuses on the atlas and the axis, the first two bones in the neck, known as the upper cervical spine. These two vertebrae cradle the brain stem, a vitally important part of the nervous system. The relationship between the upper cervical spine and the brain stem is crucial.

The top two vertebrae are very susceptible to injury or misalignment, as they are the most mobile parts of the spine. Misalignment can interrupt communication between the brain and the rest of the body, which can disrupt bodily functions and cause health problems.

Restoring these messages can help the body heal itself from the manifestations of stress in your body. Upper cervical care recognizes your body's role in its own healing and creates a pathway toward a healthier you.

When your brain cannot communicate to the rest of your body due to a subluxation in your spine, the body becomes stressed. Below are some common signs of stress on the body, including physical, mental, and behavioral manifestations.

Physical Signs of Stress

  • Headaches
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Lower back pain
  • Neck pain
  • Muscle pain and tension
  • Chest pain
  • Elevated heart rate
  • Fatigue
  • Decreased libido
  • Low energy
  • Upset stomach, diarrhea, or constipation
  • Sleep difficulties and nightmares
  • Dry mouth or other difficulty swallowing
  • Clenching the jaw or grinding teeth
  • Tremors
  • Lightheadedness
  • Frequent colds and infections
  • Rashes
  • Allergy-like attacks
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Frequent urination
  • Hair loss
  • Eye twitching

Mental Signs of Stress

  • Anxiety
  • Worrying
  • Racing thoughts
  • Restlessness
  • Forgetfulness
  • Lack of motivation or focus
  • Poor judgment
  • Irritability
  • Anger
  • Feeling overwhelmed
  • Loneliness
  • Depression
  • Low self-esteem
  • Feelings of worthlessness

Behavioral Signs of Stress

  • Overeating
  • Not eating enough
  • Angry outbursts
  • Drug or alcohol abuse
  • Procrastination
  • Nervous behaviors such as biting nails, fidgeting and pacing
  • Obsessive or compulsive behavior
  • Excessive smoking
  • Social withdrawal and isolation

Let the Body Heal Itself

These symptoms are not self-contained. Unchecked, seemingly minor signs of stress could lead to serious, chronic medical conditions or major difficulties in functioning, including:

  • Depression
  • High blood pressure
  • Heart attacks
  • Strokes
  • Diabetes
  • Gastrointestinal problems
  • Frequent infections and colds
  • Mental health problems
  • Neck and lower back pain
  • Skin and hair problems
  • Various cancers
  • Neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, neuropathy, seizures, etc.

Upper cervical care can help you avoid escalation of stress-related issues. Therapeutic manipulation of a small but vital area of the body lets the body do its job of healing itself with minimal intervention.

By focusing on the upper cervical spine instead of manipulating specific problem areas, upper cervical care makes way for the power of the brain and its ability to tell the body what to do. Your brain is essentially a computer, and like a computer, it needs to be able to properly communicate to the entire body. Upper cervical chiropractic care facilitates this communication.

Dealing with signs of stress sooner rather than later can make your life better, now and in the future.


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Web MapTo assist you in understanding your flood risk, the City has developed a web map to view the new preliminary maps at https://maps.urbandale.org/fema/. The webmap has a number of features to help you understand the flood plain maps and apply for a LOMA-OAS.

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1201 Indiana Avenue

The project at 1201 Indiana Avenue is quite large in scale.  Designed to house students in a mixed-use structure, it features 253 units in a location that previously occupied Lincoln Tech.  Here’s the best rendering we can find:

One quibble is that the parking area on the north side of the project is quite large, and they demolished out a number of single-family houses for the lot. So, it’s not quite the prototype of good urbanism. However, it is built right up to the sidewalk along 3 of its faces, and I like the scale and massing. I missed out on taking photos of the east-facing structure due to the frigid weather, and my own doubts that it would be worth looking at. But I was wrong, because as I drove down Indiana, I made sure to look back at that side, and sure enough, it’s built along that street as well. Here’s how it looked as of December 9th:

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  1. Curt says:

    I generally appreciate that construction has matched the renderings. As always, it is a shame that there is not enough transit service to this area to make it a usable place. Perhaps that will change in the future. I know the IUPUI circulator runs up and down through there during school periods, which could be VERY useful.

    The other, although minor, downside, is that all those utility wires running down the opposite side really detract from the overall appearance. I doubt that will be changed anytime soon, but it would be nice to them removed should more development occur in the area.

    Regardless, with 253 units, and the potential for a lot more people than that calling the DT area home, this is a welcome development. Perhaps someday, the property can be densified by building more units on the parking lot. Would need better transit service of course, but one can dream. 😉

    Good post Kevin

    • Chris Corr says:

      Curt – 253 units is an important number, but 667 bed capacity caught my eye. That’s about 2.6 residents/unit. My general impression of downtown apartment complexes is that capacity is usually close to 1.5 residents/unit, so this is WAY higher capacity than the unit number would suggest (253 x 1.5 = 380 residents). 667 new residents — plus ~250-300 more once The Avenue is done — is going to be a huge population boost to the NW quadrant.

      • Chris Barnett says:

        Chris, “student housing” is planned, built, and sold “by the bed”, unlike traditional apartments. That load factor is very similar to the apartment-style dorms I lived in, where apartments were either “doubles” or “quads”.
        Back when I was in school, such housing was all provided by universities; today, some universities actually privatize some or all on-campus housing. (A nephew of mine attends a state university in where this has been done.) 1201 is not a hybrid type, it’s a completely private, off-campus, student-oriented development.

  2. Good point about the poles. I guess I’m immune to them by now.

  3. flavius says:

    Looks in the photos like the outside of the upper couple floors is finished. What is the material? The renderings made it look like it would be mostly brick.

    • I thought it would be brick too, but after looking at the rendering closer, I notice that it’s siding instead. I’m not certain of the material, but it’s at least not too cheap-looking

      • I would guess that the lapped boards are Hardie Plank and the larger pieces are Hardie Panels. It’s a fiber-cement board. Fire resistant and durable, but not likely to win a beauty contest unless used by a skillful designer. Whatever they used, I do kind of like the vertical and horizontal patterns, which weren’t really shown on the earlier rendering.

      • flavius says:

        Looking more closely at the renderings, I think there will be brick. It is a mix of brick and siding, in a sort of zigzag pattern, and the areas that are not covered now will be brick. The angle in the renderings just plays the brick parts way up.

  4. Josh says:

    Yikes. That is one ugly piece of developer schlock…

  5. Micah says:

    I guess it’s better than a suburban home, parking lot, strip mall, vacant brownfield or park, or the ???? development on Capital and 9th?

  6. jgreene says:

    well,hurray for these maybe,long over due projects along indiana ave,north of 10th.st.as a native hoosier of indy its nice some new and different projects in this area,that is,something other then office bldgs.,and warehouses.i am with you all yhe way though about all of thouse power lines that stand out like a sore thumb.it seems like a lot of times,project developers are more in a hurry to make a buck,than to take some time before the start of a project,and do it right.and while i am at it,youre deffinitely right about our transit system,to be a city of our size,it s rediclules that you cant get there from here,or anywhere else in the city for that matter.lots of buses dont even run on the weekend,or sundays for that matter.also it would be really,really nice to see this brand new modern convience in this newly developed area,it s called,i believe a gorcery store!

  7. Nicole says:

    I have been living there since August 2012, and I must say, it has been the WORST experience.

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Figo .ƒ. Ustawi Kidney Project Kenya

About a million people live with kidney failure in Kenya. Treatment for kidney failure requires kidney transplant, and when not possible, kidney dialysis. Kidney transplant is an expensive procedure of very limited availability in Kenya.

Kidney dialysis, the next choice, is available only in limited supply. The entire country has less than 100 working dialysis machines to serve the million people with kidney failure.  Most people who need dialysis go without dialysis, receive inadequate dialysis, or receive good dialysis at enormous cost.

People who go without dialysis at all are those who live in rural areas and small towns in the country. Majority of those who live in larger towns receive one or two dialysis sessions a week at the district, provincial or national hospital. Adequate treatment requires at least four dialysis sessions per week.

In view of these problems, Ustawi intends to build a series of kidney centers. The goal is to build ambulatory renal centers of world-class standard that focus on preventing diseases that cause kidney failure, and treating kidney failure when it occurs by providing best dialysis services.

Statement of Purpose

 The purpose of Figo is to create a network of franchised world-class renal replacement therapy centers (RRT) centers in Kenya. In this project we will refer to RRT centers as dialysis centers. Kenya is a rapidly growing nation located in East Africa. The general problem is that millions of people with kidney disease die each year in Kenya because of lack of appropriate treatment.

In general, health service for kidney patients are not available in the nation. People have to travel many miles to seek treatment that is hardly available in large medical centers. Kidney patients and healthcare consumers in general are willing to pay for better care, of high value with improved supply of drugs, better technical quality, better maintained health facilities, and shorter waiting times.

The specific problem is the lack of systematic effort to create an organization that can provide comprehensive kidney care in the country. Such an organization can promote prevention of occurrence of kidney diseases and provide health services of the best quality possible, at the lowest cost, affording the greatest value to consumers of care.

 URI Fellows for Globalization of Health Care in Figo

The URI Fellowship for Globalization of Health Care is a gathering of people with a passion to render high quality world-class health care services accessible and affordable to all the people of the world. URI Fellows put their minds to work to bring to bear the best knowledge on design, development and implementation of great places for production and delivery of health for humanity. Fellows address such questions:

  • What would it take to create conditions where people have the access to knowledge resources about how to lead a healthy life and how to prevent disease?
  • What would it take to create conditions where people have access to good quality, affordable medical care?
  • What kinds of resources would it take to build and sustain such places?

How it Works

Fellows work together in groups on a particular project. Each Fellow begins by building a fund of knowledge. A Fellow must study hard to familiarize with the subject matter of the project at hand. A well read Fellow is a good Fellow. A good fund of knowledge enables the Fellow to speak with authority about the project.

The work of designing, developing and implementing a project spans 13 modules.  Fellows work in groups known as kundi. Members of the each kundi collaborate to produce the 13 modules; one module at a time.

 Production of each module takes approximately eight weeks. Each module has approximately eight topics, and therefore approximately eight written assignments. Some modules have more than eight topics, and therefore more than eight assignments. Others have fewer than eight topics, and therefore fewer than eight assignments.  Each Fellow completes approximately one assignment per module. Sometimes each Fellow completes two assignments per module. No Fellow completes more than three assignments in each module.

How to Become a URI Fellow for Globalization of Health Care

The first step is to create free user account at Use a functioning email address for establishing this user account. Check your mailbox to confirm the creation of the user account.  After confirmation, send email to Macharia indicating that you have created a user account. Completing this step will help you to be placed into the first module.  Post your bio to the thread labeled Bios in the module.

The facilitator of that module will then assign you to a kundi.  The facilitator will have created threads for each module. Read the materials in all threads in each module, including the Module Guide, the kundi policy.  Go to the group forum to meet other members of your kundi. Introduce yourself. Work on the Kundi Charter, and divide the assignments indicated among the members of kundi. Notice the due dates for all assignments.

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  • You learn to design: design work involves inductive inquiry, and formal qualitative and quantitative research.
  • You learn to develop: development work involves translation of discovered knowledge into prototypes (i.e., prototyping).
  • You learn to implement: implementation involves application of knowledge to create complete products of the manner of a health services organization.
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‘It’s Christmas in Richmond Tonight’ – New Christmas Song by Tom White

One of my hobbies, when I am not throwing verbal bombs at politicians, is music. (And I sometimes combine the two!) I love writing music as much as I love writing about politics. Maybe more. And I have promised myself to spend more time writing and playing music. Most of the music I share on […]

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Arkanoid (C64)

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Platform: Commodore 64
Year: 1987
Developer: Taito Corporation
For other games in the series see Arkanoid.

Arkanoid is an action ball-bouncing game built on the theme originally designed by Atari's Breakout. You control a paddle (a spaceship named "Vaus") at the bottom of the screen by turning a dial rather than a directional joystick. With the paddle, you must bounce a ball toward a wall of "bricks" at the top of the screen. Each hit breaks a brick, and when they're all broken, you move to the next stage. However, if you miss the ball with your paddle, you lose a life.

Taito innovated several new features to the Breakout theme which would later become staples of the genre including invincible gold bricks, monsters that roam around the screen, and capsules that grant power-ups like making your paddle bigger, breaking the ball into multiple balls, the ability to catch the ball, and so on.

Although the graphic resolution and color palette of Commodore 64 were inferior to Arcade version, the quality of 6581 chip music was much better than original YM2149.

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Martin Galway did a decent cover of the all arcade music, even adding his own theme track. The bulk of songs are short jingles - only Name Entry and title track are full-lenght ones. This game even have original unused arcade song - though it's unknown if or where it plays in the Commodore version.

This game was possibly the first Commodore 64 game to use forth digital channel for music (spoken intros, like it was in Ghostbuters (C64) or Suicide Express (C64), as much as sound effects like in Tarzan (C64), do not count). Later, that was a common feature used by many influental Commodore musicians, especially Jeroen Tel and Rob Hubbard.

Here, Martin Galway used it on both full-lenght tracks. Technically, those "drums" were not samples still - it was just a part of the BASIC Commodore program triggering the chip to click.

Galway then developed new better version of those tracks with proper drum samples. But, unfortunatelly, he was not able to add it to game, as he was late and the product already hit the shelves. This version have been lost for years, until 2003, when Galway send the source code to HVSC team, and they converted it into the SID format. These recording were also added into the recording table.

# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
01 Theme Martin GalwayMartin Galway 2:22
02 Theme (alternative drums) Martin GalwayMartin Galway 2:22
03 Start Demo Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 0:05
04 Game Start Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 0:03
05 Extend Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 0:01
06 Dimensional Fortress Doh Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 0:05
07 Game Over Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 0:02
08 Name Entry Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 2:28
09 Name Entry (alternative drums) Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 2:28
10 Unused Hisayoshi OguraMartin Galway 0:05

Credits appear after the winning of the game.

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Game Rip

Rip contains both SID files of original music and the alternative tracks meant to be added into the game.

Ripping music from Commodore 64 game is very hard process so it's beyond the scope of this site.

Audio Devices

This game use standard Commodore 64 6581 chip.

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Title: Arkanoid
Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1987-??-??
Publisher: Taito Corporation

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Notable Songs Game Start
Notable Personnel Hisayoshi Ogura • Katsuhisa Ishikawa • Yasuhisa Watanabe • Seiji Momoi • Hirokazu Koshio • Martin Galway
Notable Companies Taito • Romstar


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Looking back at APOLLO 11

Astronaut Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extra-vehicular activity (EVA) on the Moon’s surface.

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It’s been 50 years since Neil Armstrong called mission control from the lunar surface: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed,” as Apollo 11 lunar module touched down.

That first manned lunar landing captured the attention of the world and now is drawing memories of a feat that left millions of people spellbound.

Spectators from around the world packed into Kennedy Space Center, lined causeways, roadsides and beaches along the Space Coast to get a glimpse of the launch of Apollo 11 atop a Saturn V rocket.

Millions more watched on black and white television sets or listened on radios as the lunar module, with just 30 seconds of fuel left, touched down on the lunar surface on an area that was named the Sea of Tranquility.

It was July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited the Moon. Launched July 16, the three astronauts returned safely to earth July 24.

That first of six landings on the Moon came just eight years after President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge of putting humans on the Moon and returning them safely before the decade was over. That challenge came only 20 days after the first American, Alan Shepard, was launched into space May 5, 1961.

Hundreds of thousands of aerospace workers were part of meeting Kennedy’s challenge, designing and building Saturn V, the 6-million-pound, 363-foot long rocket. Today, it remains the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, at 7.5 million pounds of thrust.

Marty Winkel watched the liftoff from atop a 12-foot structure that once stood outside the Vehicle Assembly Building. He was an electronic technician on the lunar module launched with Apollo 11.

“I watched the launch from a unique position,” Winkel said. “It’s kind of hard to describe. It was so monumental. You knew it was history being made. We’re going to the Moon.”

Winkel worked for the Grumman company at the time. He started working in the space program before the first Saturn V launch until the last Space Shuttle launch in July 2011, completing 42 years in the space industry.

It was shortly after returning from Vietnam, where he served with the U.S. Marine Corps between 1964 and 1965, that he went to work in aerospace.

“I got hired on,” he said. “I didn’t even know what a lunar module was. I went home and told my wife, ‘I’m working on something that’s going to the Moon.’ ”

Through a series of training and certifications, Winkel soon became a lead electronic technician on the lunar module, which is the part that landed on the Moon with Armstrong and Aldrin. It was dubbed the Eagle.

Other aerospace workers, like Winkel, still take great pride in the work they did and in having part of history being made.

“I don’t think at the time we realized the importance of what we were doing,” said Jack Hoffman, who then was working as a pad leader.

At the time of the Apollo 11 launch, Hoffman, of Merritt Island, was working for Chrysler but was on loan to Grumman, working on tests in the altitude chamber. He worked on the processing of Apollo 10, 11, and 12.

“We were a bunch of ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” he said.

Hoffman said there were so many that had a role in the Apollo program. Every part was very important to the success, regardless of what job they held.

“We couldn’t get complacent,” he said. “Good enough never is.”

Hoffman, 83, who retired in 1996, said that as he reflects, he feels proud about his role. He now volunteers one day a week as a docent at KSC’s Apollo Saturn V Center, answering questions and telling visitors about the Apollo program and the rocket.

“I’m not sure we realized how significant it was both historically and technically,’’ he said.

Just being a part of the workforce at Kennedy Space Center, even if not directly on the Apollo program at the time, was enough to feel that sense of accomplishment as part of one big NASA team.

“You just feel that you are a part of it,” said Paul Quandt, a chemical engineer who was working for Chrysler at KSC. Quandt, who lives in Cocoa, worked at KSC from 1964 until 1996, part of the time on ground hydraulics and the swing arm on the launch pad.

“It was like going to work every day, but it was not like work because there were interesting things to do every day,” he said. “You felt that you were a part of it.”

Quandt said that being a part of the space program was very satisfying for a young man from Central Illinois, who attended a one-room school in the eighth grade.

“I went from farming with horses to launching rockets,” he said.

Those Apollo program engineers and technicians said it was indeed a unique experience preparing and launching rockets.

Winkel, 74, said his part in the Apollo program was special because he worked on the lunar module.

“It was literally the first space vehicle,” he said.

He said he would be driving to work and could hear reports on the radio about what his team had done the day before and what they would be working on that day or coming days. Because so many were following the program, there also would be newspaper reports on the progress.

“That to me was so unique,” Winkel said. “On how many jobs can you see a multi-million-dollar craft being launched?”


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Friday, August 20, 2010

Today is a big day!

Happy 5th Anniversary to Kevin and I :D

Five years already...five years. How many five years we have in our lives? 15? 20? Hmmm... ;) If we made baby the 1st day we date, our baby is already 5 years old HAHAHA (not that we made out that fast) :P

I didn't knit anything for Kevin for a long time, I knew I just have to do it this time, but let's guess what Kevin got me this time?

Guess what I've been wanting for so many years?
A keyboard! I've never told Kevin about it until recent month :)

It was a surprise, Kevin didn't tell me anything about it until last week, when I forced him with table knife :P

I'm so so so so soooooooooooo happy :D

You know, it's like a dream comes true

Yum yumm..

The only thing is...I don't play piano -_-"
I've been wanting to learn piano my whole life since I was little, but I have a big family, and there's no place to put piano at home. Somehow, I just gave up. Mum suggested to get me a keyboard instead, but I didn't want it every time she mentioned it. I didn't want to waste her money, I thought I'm not going to play any instruments.

Recent month, I told Kevin about it, for the 1st time in our 5-year relationship. He encouraged me to learn piano, but I thought I'm too old for that. FYI, Kevin plays very well in guitar, and he plays piano too :) Now that he got me a portable keyboard, and he's teaching me!! How silly of me..I've never thought of that

Just, I'm not sure if he's a good teacher HAHAHA

Ooh yeah! This is the vest I knitted for him :D
Just a simple pattern, didn't have much time for my "hobby"

and I got him a watch :)

Pictures of us

After that, we went for a dinner in Tony Roma's

We ate everything except this..
Kevin dropped it on the table, I didn't allow him to eat and...he insisted I must take photo of him with this broccoli -_-"

Happy 5th anniversary!
Looking forward to our 6th anniversary :P

Dr V said...

First of all, HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY!!!! That's definitely impressive, because I know a lot of couples who spent that much time at war with each other. Seeing the smiles and obvious happiness shows your relationship is one to be treasured. Congratulations to both of you, and here's to looking forward to your 5th wedding anniversary. ^_^

Once again, very well done Kevin! Gifts are not only surprises that one gets for another, but they should also be inspirational. I can see many opportunities to spend time together learning to play piano. As for the family, I can see many sleepless nights learning to live with V V who is learning to play the piano. haha

Seriously, if you want to have a way to stimulate your brain like no other workout, then learning music is the way. Not only is music a new language to learn, but it also recruits all areas of the brain to participate in the activity. Want to remember your name in your later years? Then keep studying the wide variety of musical instruments, and that will be a giant step forward. Good luck!

debb13 said...

happy 5th to you and kevinnnn!

violetmay said...

Dr V
Thank you Dr V :D
Now I'm learning...quite tough! My fingers have their own brains -_-"

Thank you Deb!!! I'll see you soon :D


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Great, fast and comfortable alternative tour to Machu Picchu by Car. Travel with the group of friends or family, and have an opportunity meet new people on the way! Just sit, lay back and enjoy changing landscape of Andean mountain and subtropical jungle in a safe and pleasant journey to Machu Picchu!

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  • 13:30 pm: Stop for lunch in Santa Teresa.
  • 16:00 pm: Arrival at the hydroelectric area.
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  • 17:20 pm: Arrival at the village of Aguas Calientes. Relax at thermal baths in Aguas Calientes (optional)
  • 20:00 pm: Dinner and Overnight at a hostel

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  • 04:00 am: Breakfast in your hostel
  • 04:20 am: Hike to the ruins the hike from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu Ruins (bus service is available and optional).
  • 06:00 am: Guided tour of the citadel of Machu Picchu.
  • 08:30 am: Free own time in Machu Picchu.
  • 11:30 am: Return train from Aguas Calientes to Hydroelectric.
  • 14:40 pm: Return to Cusco by private van.
  • 21:30 pm: Arrival in Cusco.

As an alternative Train tour to Machu Picchu, Tour in Peru offers you same tour by car. During this tour by car you will get to know the natural Inca wonders on top of the Andean mountains. On the way you will feel different micro climates, from subtropical jungle humidity to Andean Mountains snow- covered valleys and chilly rains. 2 days and 1 night tour by car is an affordable and worth way to reach Machu Picchu!

Day 1: Cusco – Ollantaytambo – Abra Malaga – Santa Teresa – Aguas Calientes (Lunch, Dinner)

At 8:30 the private van will pick you up from your hotel in Cusco to start the tour. Once we will leave the city you will start to admire the landscapes of the Sacred Valley. The low vegetation extensive hills, the Urubamba red clay hills, eucalyptus trees everywhere on the road and authentic villages and communities of Quechua region.

First stop on a Day 1 will be in the town of Ollantaytambo (2792 m.) The town which gives you better understanding and real picture of the local people lives, buildings and culture. We will continue to the path towards the top of the mountains. After the leaving the valley of Ollantaytambo you will get a peak of snowy landscapes with almost no vegetation and fog around. On the way the Abra Malaga at 4320 m above sea level will be passed by this area is often covered in a thick clouds, snow or rain.

Day 2: Aguas Calientes – Machu Picchu – Aguas Calientes – Cusco

After a restful night at your hostel in Aguas Calientes, very early in the morning we will start hiking up to Machu Picchu. For those who don’t feel climbing for approx. 1/5 hour there are bus services which will bring you to Machu Picchu in 30 minutes, in this case you need take first bus to meet the rest of the group for the guided tour.

Once everybody is up, it’s time for the guided Machu Picchu tour with our professional guide.

The tour through the temples, houses, agricultural terraces, patios and every corner of Machu Picchu will leave you speechless. Don’t be afraid ask questions to your guide, feel free, our team is here for you to complete your journey! After the guided tour you will have your own free time to keep exploring the ruins, take more amazing pictures or just enjoy the mystic and tranquility of Machu Picchu. Leave some time for coming back to Aguas Calientes and have some time in a town to have lunch or buy souvenirs and meet locals.

The return to Cusco will start from Aguas Calientes same road as we arrived. We will start traveling back to Cusco at around 11.30 and will arrive in Cusco at 9.30 pm.

Machu Picchu by Car Package Includes:

  • Private van ride Cusco-Hydroelectric-Cusco
  • Train Tickets Hydroelectric-Aguas Calientes-Hydroelectric
  • Overnight at hotel in Aguas Calientes
  • 1 lunch (day 1), 1 dinner (day 1) and breakfast (day 2)
  • Entrance tickets to Machu Picchu
  • Professional guide in English or Spanish

Machu Picchu by Car Package Does Not include:

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  • Lunch on second day
  • Entrance to the hot springs in Aguas Calientes town
  • Tips, or additional expenses

Tips what to bring for the tour:

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  • Sun hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, cosmetics and hand sanitizer
  • Mineral water and personal medicine kit
  • Shorts, plasters, bandages, extra money, swimwear
  • Cameras, flashlights

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I'm not a heavy Instagram user, however there is one user in particular who always commands my attention with his amazingly vivid and visionary photography.

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He has an eye for capturing the character of broken inanimate objects and transforming them into things of haunting beauty.

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She saw herself as the heroine of her own literary affairs du coeurs. She’d had three husbands, an interdimensional relationship with a famous Russian, a liaison with a younger lover doing time in the federal penitentiary at Butner. Her most recent passion was with a man who’d left due to fear of his own magnificence. Drama spilled into poetry, stories, novels. It was her identity, her inspiration. She wore mostly black. At fifty-nine, however, she became too wise for sorry stories. Angst loosened its narrative grip. She stopped coloring her hair, let it wind free in wild silver curls. She smiled a lot. For the first time, she experimented with the possibilities of yellow. But then, sitting in front of the keyboard on this almost spring morning, chickadees trilling in the bare branches of a sycamore, she wondered what in the world she could write about now that she was happy.

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rachellerogers.comShe was certain only that her way was the correct way in which to move through life. As a result of this, Emily Acheson found companionship in persons far beyond her own age of six-teen. She found solace in that which did not appease your typical teenager. She wrote poetry detailing her unique view of the world, but kept it secret. She mused over the possible reasons why one might wish to fall in love, and found no longing in her self. Emily had forced an illusion of maturity over her being that frightened awayfantasy and replaced it with a need for truth. A truth can be a most unpleasant and shocking way offorming words. Yet Emily found that through truth in her words, no matter the vagueness of those words, she was able to distinguish between her friends and those who wished to bask in her clarity.

Emily Acheson-Adams, Newland

This solitary Me stays hunched over my computer in silence, save for the clicking of keys. I like the absence of what I don’t know I’ve missed. From my writing room on this mountain—to the left, crowds of trees; to the right, rocks, boulders, tangle of woods; and the middle distance, the Smoky Mountains—nature, the so-real part of me. The surreal part is this swollen world of humans rushing about Doing Things. They create poignantly noisy footfalls across Earth, fast, faster, fastest. I imagine the ant farm my brother had as a kid, where I’d watch the ants’ lives through the glass, and they had no awareness of me as necessary to their existence, only my giant head hovering outside their universe. Now still, I stare through the pane, and when I press my finger to the glass, I can’t feel anything, and no one can feel me.

Kathryn Magendie, Maggie Valley

The phone is ringing; the cell phone is ringing, and she’s on line responding to 54 messages in her inbox. Her mind reviews next week’s tasks: packing to move into a new home; attacking piles of papers spilling from her desk onto the floor that have needed attention for weeks, flashing on: Mercury is retrograde, good; producing a band’s concert that demands steady energy; editing a manuscript for welcome money; and there’s the continuous hum of her Wednesday evening women’s writing circle. Does this really look like her life? Something is missing here. It must be those moments of delicious downtime, the AHA! at the sight of crocus heads and daffodils, the warm bleed-through of a first false Spring; a surprise gift in the mail; and there’s optimism, that all is perfect, that what’s here is gratefully held, that an unseen hand is directing it all. She sighs, remembers, and moves into her day.

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After I Died
by Barbara Marlowe

My closest friends cleaned the house. They were surprised at the dust. A lingering trace of Must De Cartier gave a sense of faded elegance. They smelled the soap I bought in Israel. Found 900 dollars stashed in a pair of green and cracked elf shoes. Laughed at the vibrator in the drawer next to the bed. Cried when they found adult pampers hidden under a pile of clothes. They argued over the Huichol Indian mask and the African tapestry of dark brown and beige rough fiber. Divided up the shawls. Left the jewelry box for my nieces. Sent the rhinestone hairpins to the funeral home, so my ashes would sparkle. They found letters addressed to children I never had and all the poems. They disagreed about the headstone: “She Loved to Dance” or “She Never Reached Her Potential - Her Boundaries Kept Expanding”. It was just as I imagined.

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Discussion in 'War Cemeteries & War Memorial Research' started by chaz, May 5, 2019.

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    just been around the cemeteries and graveyards taking a few photos.
    a couple of strange WW2 ones I thought I would ask about. The 3 concerned are the only ones in the village communial cemetery. the pair 1 &2 both have a Tank symbol
    1/. Trooper A Arthur 7887933 RTR died between 19th May and 22nd June 1940. Casualty
    2/. Serjeant H J K Reppen 7879503 RTR died 21 May 1940. Casualty
    3/. an Officer died 22 May 1940.

    as 1 and 2 were RTR Royal Armoured Corps and burried in the same double plot could it be assumed they were in the same vehicle?
    as 3 is within yards of the grave of 1 & 2 would he be commander?
    would it be possible to name the officer from any records available?
    as 2 & 3 are both within a day why is 1 a similar day but with a between date?
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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

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You know what’s nice? Fridays

Oh Knitters, oh wow. Thank you from the bottom of my woolly little heart for the response to our knitterly efforts for the Rally this year. I’ve read all the comments and been just so amazed by the kindness and the help.  You’re all good eggs, you know that? You inspire the heck out of me. (Also, thanks for being kind about the confession that I considered giving it a rest. It was a brief phase of cowardice. Thanks for letting me be human about it.)

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There’s another training ride this weekend (I’m so hoping it will be warmer than that last craptastic ride)  and so many more after that, but I’ll slog along and do my best to deserve everything you’ve given.  (By the way, there’s another knitter on the Rally, I met Val on a training ride a few weeks ago. Apparently she was inspired by the blog to try this, and I think that means I have a certain responsibility to her – her link is here. Show her a little love.)

One of the things that I miss most when I’m training, is the knitting time. Try as I might, I can’t figure out how to combine the two. When I was on the trainer (that stand thing that turns your bike into a stationary bike) this winter, I thought I might be able to knit on that – after all, it’s not like you need to steer or anything, but road bikes force you into this bent over posture, and I found that I really needed my hands on my handlebars. I assure you attempts were made, and there was one particular incident I didn’t document where I got a decent amount of merino caught in my drivetrain, and that more than anything convinced me that they just don’t go together. (I can take a lot of pain for the rally, but the agony of yarn mangling and loss is just too much.)  Today though, is NOT a training day – I rode Wednesday and yesterday, and there’s a long one planned for this weekend, and that’s enough for this week. (So sayeth my arse, which is really not in top form just yet.) That means it’s a knitting day.

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I’ve got this little sweater underway, and with any luck at all it (and the bonnet and bootees that go with) will be done this weekend, and then I’m going to start the blanket. I realized earlier when I was thinking about the loss of knitting time over the next few months, and thought about when I think that baby is going to come, that I really need to pour on the burn. I have a great idea for the middle of it, and I thought I had the edging worked out, but the whole thing was too frilly, and that’s not what I want, so – back to the drawing board I go.  (Also, the backup yarn hasn’t arrived yet, and I’d feel better if I had that in hand before I launched. I won’t need it for ages – if at all, but it feels like a risk.) So…

A knitting day. That’s what I’m having. Once I clean up this sty we live in, and finish my desk-work, and GIVE AWAY SOME PRESENTS!  Yup, it’s Friday, so let’s get this party started.

First up, an amazing gift that I’m not going to give away today, but Monday.  Elizabeth, of amazing Squam Art Workshops fame, has very generously offered up a whole registration for the Spring 2015 retreat. (I know, right?)

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Instead of just pulling a name at random, and getting someone who can’t go, or lives to far away or something, I’m going to ask everybody who’d like it to send me an email. If this would be fun for you, just drop me a line at (replace the AT and DOT with the right symbols) and make your subject line “Squam”.  On Monday I’ll do the random thing. Remember, anybody who’s helped with the fundraising can send an email – no matter how you helped. (Take a look at the previous post if you’re not sure what I’m talking about.)

Dani (Hi Dani!) over at KSC Designs has two beautiful presents she’s sending to new homes. First, a set of three needle rolls.

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Those beautiful things will be going out to Jenn R. and she’ll get to pick the fabric. Dani’s also sending a handled box bag out…

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and we both hope that Carolyn N will really love it.

Cecilia Campochiaro is both clever, and generous, and she’s giving away a copy of her intriguing book Sequence Knitting. (I own a copy, and I think it’s really neat.)

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She’ll pop that in the mail to Blandyna W and I can’t imagine that they won’t love it.

Cynthia, a reader who’s very generous, and has excellent taste, has two beautiful presents to re-home. First, this  4 oz bundle of fiber called 2 Gems and a Pearl (club fiber) from A Verb for Keeping Warm. It is 2 oz of Superfine Alpaca and 2 oz of 50/50 Cashmere/silk bundled together will be going to live with Dorie L.
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And as if that wasn’t enough, she’s also (somehow) parting with this beauty.

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It’s Orangeflower Luxe 70/20/10 (discontinued), 2 ply heavy fingering yarn (400 yds), 2-ply Baby alpaca/silk/cashmere, in Tangerine. Cynthia says It is very, very, soft and warm and I bet that Leanne D is going to agree. It sounds perfect.

But wait, there’s more! I’ve had a love affair with String Theory Colourworks self striping yarns for a long time, and so I know that this next one is awesome.

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A skein of the yarn of their choice (out of whatever’s in the shop) are each going to Tamsie H, Trish B, Regina J, Amy W, and AnnWG. Shazam! Self-striping madness.

Kathleen‘s offering three presents! First, her (rather amazing)  Ebook, “Flip for the next Feed: five reversible baby bibs” (I can think of a few babies who need these.)

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She’ll send that out to Donna D. Then there’s her beautiful Baby Tops Quartet: the Wuv Vest (I can think of a little boy who might need that)  the Leafy Baby Poncho, The Parfait Cardigan and the Sweetness tank top.  Kathleen will be sending that right along to Nancy L.

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Last but certainly not least, her Colourwork Quartet: The Bukhara mosaic cowl, Jianzhi double-knitted cowl, Old freshened stranded cuffs, and the Tracery stranded vest. (Look at that one!)

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Kelly Y better get her needles warmed up.

Finally – a double dose of good Karma here.  Karen from Greyston Bakery is giving away a A twelve piece assorted brownie gift box.  Greyston Bakery is an over 30 year old social enterprise in Yonkers, New York focused on creating jobs for individuals with barriers to employment including homelessness, incarceration and chronic, generational poverty and providing access to the resources needed to improve their lives, their families lives and the health of their communities. Click on the link. They’re doing amazing things.

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When Karen O eats them all up, she’ll know the world’s a better place about 16 ways.

Thanks to everyone. You’re all made of amazing.

(PS. I’ve emailed all the lucky helpers. Check your inbox if the name looks right!)

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  1. Val’s link doesn’t seem to be working, just so you know.

    The human test asked me to “touch the world,” which made me smile. Isn’t that what’s going on here?

    • Just fixed it, thanks so very much for pointing it out. A little gremlin got in the machine there. (Actually, I suspect feline help.)

  2. Oh wow… I love String Theory Colorworks. I love the universe and it’s randomness.

    But I love Steph more for doing this and riding this ride.

  3. You have inspired so many of us to root for all of you on through the training and the rally, and now such lovely karma balancing. The world is such a better place with knitters.

  4. Hey Steph as usual people are donating wonderful gifts. I would love to donate a gift as well but I’m away from my computer and my gifts and a good camera for pictures for a couple of days. How long do we have to donate karmic balancing gifts? By the way, you and your whole team are rock stars! Way to go!

  5. For those of us who hope to donate to various members of Team Knit over time, do we send in an email saying “I helped” just once, or each time we make a donation?

    And how is Ken doing on fundraising for his California ride?

  6. I don’t know how you do it.
    I have a 10k ride coming up in a few weeks, and my body is unimpressed with the (minimal) training I’ve been doing. I can’t imagine biking from here to Montreal.
    Maybe one day, though. maybe…

  7. The team is off to another incredible start this year! All my best wishes for safe rides, joyous camaraderie and resilient arses. You make my heart sing.

    Such fabulous gifts already; so many amazing, generous people.

  8. (Swallow your coffee and put down your cup)
    So when is Joe going to do the rally? It can be a whole family adventure…we could even do a ‘get Joe on the bike’ fundraiser.
    PS….is it Squam Spring 20…16?

    • Never mind…clicked the link. Spring usually shows up in Alaska April, May at the latest. Apparently spring doesn’t visit Squam until June. 😉

  9. Thanks so much for sharing my fundraising link! Hitting my goal has been one of the big stress points for me with the ride, so the generous contributions from the blog are much appreciated!

    I said this deep in the comments on the last post, but I’ll throw a hand-bound hardcover knitter’s notebook (maybe two) into the balancing if I hit my initial goal of $2500 by June 15. (Only $750 to go!)

  10. Stephanie you really are an inspiration!! I have donated but I won a gift last year so it’s time for someone else to win. I just want you to know you are in our thoughts. Go girl go!!! My best to Jen! Pattye

  11. I always enjoy the blog, Stephanie, and think it’s especially wonderful that you’ve chosen to pull the knitting community into so much good work over the years. It’s no small thing, this ability to call people to action on behalf of others. Some might say that knitting is your superpower–and there’s no doubt about your skill there–but I think this might be it, this ability to call people together for bigger, better things.

  12. So last year I volunteered 2 prizes, but i was never called on to mail them anywhere. I sent another email to you a few days ago, so maybe this year…..

    • Hey, Jill … That happened to me too! Nice to know that mine wasn’t a unique experience … and luckily the prizes weren’t perishable, eh? Georgia

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        Georgia told me to be patient, though, and that there’d be another karmic balancing this year! Best regards, Mary Burwell

  13. I can’t help but think that you may not have the right cycling gear if you are constantly cold. Can I be in charge of getting you some cold weather cycling gear? Either by sponsor or donation?

  14. My sympathies to your girl-parts.
    I too would like to know if the little sweater is something you’re making up or an available pattern. Please share-I have grand babies gestating.

  15. Oh, Squam is so on my list of what I’d like to do some year. But the chances of getting time off work this year? I’ll spare you all the whine, but it is not going to happen. Some other year, and I’m not putting my name in for that drawing, but how generous. Meanwhile, to stash dive and see what (lesser) skein or two I can offer karma.

  16. You all are fantastic. The gifts are wonderful. I would LOVE to be able to go to Squam. Unfortunately, I already have a two week family vacation planned in Collingwood ON this summer. We will honk when we pass through Toronto!

  17. I remember when you made the first layette using the patt that you’re knitting now. Is there (pretty please) a chance (pretty please) that you will (pretty please) list/sell the pattern (pretty please)?

  18. Oh how I want to go to Squam, even from 10,000 miles away. I want it with all the parts that are tired from spicy Thai food that make me cry as I walk down the street, the parts that have needed a cold shower three times a day for months now and the parts that can’t buy a ball of hand dyed sock yarn in a city of 10,000,000 people. I know I have the dyes, I know I could dye my own, but it is not the saaaaame and I cooooould get on a plane and come but by now I think some other person has gotten my trip. I hope she or he has a wonderful time and makes many happy memories and monsoon season arrives early in Bangkok to break the awful heat. That is all.
    I love you, Stephanie and all you do and I feel for you and your lady parts as my legs rub together when I try and exercise in the heat that passes for early morning coolness in the hottest city on earth. (It’s true!)

  19. I just read over many of the comments and I don’t have anything new to add but thank you for all you do for us knitters.

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Book on Basic English - Basic English International Second Language

I am surprised that we are able to be reading "Basic English International Second Language" online. I got the book through a sea last year. The price was very high. I had to give an order because it was the last one copy in the online store.
By the way, in this book, a word *televsion* is coming out. This word is not in the list of Basic 850 words and the list of International word.
Now I am interested in a new International Words. *Television* is one of my list of the test words. I have a thought that we may be right of giving a thought in simpler way than my earlier thought.

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The page about Basic English by German! It's interesting.
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Hill inching closer to UW’s career rushing record

Wyoming junior running back Brian Hill needs 74 yards to pass Devin Moore (2005-08) and become the Cowboys’ career rushing leader. Hill enters Saturday night’s Border War at Colorado State with 2,890 yards in 28 games.

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To put that in some perspective, Moore needed 44 games and broke the mark in UW’s last game of the 2008 season against … you guessed it, Colorado State. The Cowboys hope Hill breaks the record Saturday, and then some. They also hope for a better outcome than Moore experienced. UW lost that 2008 game at Colorado State 31-20.

Hill first must pass Ryan Christopherson (1991-94) for second place, but needs only 17 yards to do that. The last time a UW running back broke the school’s career rushing record on the road was Gerald Abraham (1984-87) in the Cowboys’ regular-season finale at Hawaii. Abraham broke the mark with 2,278 yards. That’s now sixth in school history.

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Conway, Okwoli having good camps at WR for Cowboys

Wyoming doesn’t have a lot of proven depth at the wide receiver spot behind seniors Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt.

Redshirt freshman C.J. Johnson had a good spring, and continues to be solid in fall camp and figures to be in the mix behind Gentry and Maulhardt. Same is true for sophomores Joe Parker and James Price.

Two more guys may be getting into the mix as well — redshirt freshman Austin Conway and true freshman John Okwoli.

Gentry has been out with a strained hamstring, which has given Conway and Okwoli more chances for reps with he No. 1 offense during camp. Third-year coach Craig Bohl said after Tuesday’s morning practice both Conway and Okwoli have “exceeded expectations” so far in fall camp.

Here’s more from Bohl on Tuesday’s practice.

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New roles for UW wide receivers amid Gentry injury

Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl said Monday he’s “hopeful” junior wide receiver Tanner Gentry will play Saturday at Boise State after suffering a sprained shoulder in UW’s 28-21 win over Nevada last Saturday.

Gentry’s status for the game won’t be known until later this week, but it’s probably a long-shot that he plays. Gentry leads UW with 37 catches for 678 yards, and is tied for the team lead with four receiving touchdowns. His receiving  yards is 15th in the country, and his 96.9 receiving yards per game is 19th.

So, who steps up for the Cowboys while Gentry is out, whether it is just the Boise State game or future games?

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The first guy is junior Jake Maulhardt, who is second behind Gentry with 36 catches for 366 yards, and is tied with Gentry on the team with four touchdowns. Maulhardt plays the ‘X’ receiver spot, while Gentry plays the ‘Y.’ Maulhardt is a bigger target than Gentry at 6-foot-6, but doesn’t have the speed Gentry has.

“My number may be called more,” Maulhardt said. “I need to capitalize on it an make plays for the team. If it happens, Im ready for it.”

The two guys who likely will see more playing time if Gentry is out are a pair of true freshmen — James Price and Joe Parker. Combined, those two have caught 7 passes for 68 yards this season.

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Maulhardt thinks Price is similar to Gentry in terms of his size (6-foot-2, 208 pounds) and abilities. Parker is smaller (5-10, 182) and seems like more of a slot receiver than an edge guy. Maulhardt said true freshman Justice Murphy played a lot more last week against Nevada, and is “one of the most athletic guys on the team.”

Gentry and Maulhardt have caught 57 percent of UW’s completed passes this season. Offensive coordinator Brent Vigen said human nature often takes over when guys are pressed into stepping up for a team due to an injury to a teammate as compared to trying to compete for playing time when everyone is healthy and front-line guys are being productive.

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Bohl wants to see more from UW’s young wide receivers

There was a lot of publicity and hype for Wyoming’s five true freshmen wide receivers this season. I wrote my share of stories and blog posts about them.

But through four games, there hasn’t been much production.

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James Price

James Price caught two passes for 26 yards in UW’s 38-28 loss to New Mexico last Saturday. Both of those came late when the game was already decided. Those were the first two catches of his career. Joe Parker, who enrolled at UW in January and went through spring drills, has caught two passes for 10 yards.

The other three — Justice Murphy, Dameko Doddles and C.J. Johnson have yet to catch a pass. Murphy and Doddles have played. Johnson will redshirt this season. Murphy scored a touchdown in UW’s 48-29 home loss to Eastern Michigan on Sept. 12 on a fly sweep. He also fumbled later in the game on a similar play.

“We’ve tried to integrate guys into games, but we’re not completely happy with all our freshmen wide receivers, though. They need to take a step forward,” coach Craig Bohl said. “That may mean feeding them with a fire hose. (Juniors Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt) have played some excellent football, but we need to find more than two. We’re pushing some of those guys.”

Another young wide receiver Bohl said UW will take a look at in practice this week is true freshman walk-on Tayton Montgomery, a Cheyenne Central graduate, at 5-11, 165 pounds.

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UW-North Dakota football postgame thoughts

Difficult to come up with many positives from Wyoming’s 24-13 season-opening loss to FCS foe North Dakota Saturday in Laramie.

But there were two glaring concerns: the offensive line and penalties.

I thought going into the season the offensive line would be improved and perhaps a strength of this team. Perhaps it will be, but it didn’t show it in this game. UW couldn’t run the ball, and the pass protection was inconsistent at best.

Here is UW coach Craig Bohl after the game on that, and other concerns after teh game.

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UW’s young receivers trying to break into exclusive group

What started out as something fun turned into a little bit of controversey — but still fun.

Talking to a couple of Wyoming’s true freshmen wide receivers the last few days, they said they have the nickname of WWA — Wide receivers With Attitude.

But after Tuesday’s practice, a previous blog post on this was already up, UW junior receivers Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt came up to me and told me the real story.

Both said they were the ones that came up with the nickname for the current group of receivers during spring drills. Only one of the true freshmen receivers were there then — Joe Parker — who graduated from high school early and enrolled at UW in January.

Gentry and Maulhardt said guys have to earn their way into the WWA, and Maulhardt said both were bothered so much by what the freshmen’s perception of this that he and Gentry wouldn’t allow the freshmen to eat lunch with them Tuesday.

Still, it’s a fun story and there is more on these guys in Wednesday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang, and also on wyosports.net.

Dameko Doddles

Dameko Doddles

True freshman Dameko Doddles (6-2, 208) goes into a little more detail on each one and some of the characteristics of all of UW’s wide receivers.

Here is Doddles’ description of each one:

Joe Parker (5-10, 182): “Small and shifty.”

Justice Murphy (6-0, 180): “Bigger, but a shifty receiver, too.”

Himself and James Price (6-2, 208): “More of a big body. JP likes to back-shoulder the most. I’m more of a post-up type of guy.”

C.J. Johnson (6-2, 190): “A finesse receiver. He’s smooth.”

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Spring practice important for trio of UW wide receivers

Wyoming has held only one of its 15 spring practices, with the second and third workouts coming Friday and Saturday.

All are important for the team, but perhaps none more for three receivers who hope to see the field this season.

It’s safe to assume that juniors Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt will play. They are the Cowboys’ leading returning receivers as both combined for 53 catches for 709 yards and three touchdowns in 2014. Their roles will change this season, and there will be more on that down the road.

But for junior Tanner Simpson of Lander, senior Justin Berger and true freshman Joe Parker, the next month will be their chances to see if they have what it takes to have a role on the field this season.

Kenni Burns

Kenni Burns

“You don’t always have to be a big play-maker all the time,” UW receivers coach Kenni Burns said. “You can be a guy that goes in and spells a guy for 10 or 15 plays a game. A guy that knows what he’s doing and competes at a high level, like (senior) Keenan Montgomery did for us last season.”

“A guy that knows his role and knows his limitations of what he can or can’t do. I think Tanner’s gravitated to that a little bit, along with Justin.”

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