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Hello all! Here's post #2 about all the baby items I've been sewing! No tutorials today- just sharing! 🙂 I would say I am 'done' sewing for now but I keep finding more projects I want to try (I'll list the links to everything that is still on my list at the bottom of the post.).
Then I did some freezer paper stenciling (two different tutorials at those links-both good!) on a t-shirt for Little Man & on a Onesie for the baby. Then I went a step further and used some of the t-shirt I dyed earlier and made a onesie dress using this tutorial. I think they came out SO cute! The font for the words is called 'Pupcat'. The turtle and bird images are from an animal font that replaces the letter with an animal that starts with that letter- sorry I don't have the name!
You've already seen the burp cloths.
I made some baby legs (like I did here) about a week after I found out it was a girl…so I've been hiding these since January! I should go check out the knee high socks at Target again to find some 'summer-y' socks for more baby legs!
Next I used some fabric I had laying around (it's a thick almost outdoor fabric) and a towel to make a HUGE travel changing pad (No tutorial: I just cut the fabric and towel to the size I wanted sewed them right sides together leaving a space to turn it right side out. Next I topstitched all the way around closing the space I used to turn it). My son outgrew the length of the store bought ones really quickly and the width was never wide enough for me. I want to cover the whole icky changing table surface in the restrooms thankyouverymuch. Anyway the picture above is of it folded in thirds (I fold it in half again to put it in the diaper bag) and the picture below is of it folded out.
Last is my version of the Baby Life Quilt. I saw this tutorial and I knew I had to make this blanket! I didn't do the 'quilting' part- just little tacks of yellow satin stich randomly on the blanket. I also just did a border of scrappy strips- no binding. I sewed this blanket just like I described for the changing pad- right sides together with batting in there too. Turned it and sewed up the opening. Here's a few closer pictures of the blanket. I LOVE it!
The pink letters were more of that t-shirt I dyed, the white is part of the dust ruffle I used for the bassinet sheets and the yellow is just a bit of the backing fabric that I had left over from when I made curtains for my family's camp. The green background is actually a sheet that I had made into a duvet cover in college but isn't my style anymore so I cut it up for this! 🙂
So there you have it for now 😉 I didn't have to buy much to make all these projects. I bought the scrappy strips of fabric in a 'jelly roll' type thing for the the quilt, the RIT dye for the projects using that, the t-shirt and onesie for the freezer paper stencil projects, the knee high socks for the baby legs and the diapers for the burp cloths. All the other supplies I already had.
Hope you have a good weekend! Starting on June 3rd I have a few guest posts (What I'm calling "Baby Time Guest Posts") because I'm hoping to go into labor any minute and these ladies were kind enough to write some posts for me so that I can recover and adjust to life with two kiddos!
Here is what is still on my 'list' to sew/make:
Baby Tights
Car Seat Tent (using more of that green sheet)
Changing Pad cover (ditto on the green sheet)
Summer hat
Swaddle blanket (I'm waiting on making this because Little Man hated to be swaddled so who knows what this baby will like?)
Also: there are plenty of baby girl dresses that I'm dying to make but they pretty much all require you to measure your baby…kind of hard right now since I'm still pregnant so those will come later! 🙂


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What does future hold?
May 12, 2013
Taylor Brorby, Minneapolis The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently ran an article about a hot topic in my home state: the oil boom occurring in North Dakota....
"Well, after 8 years of Tim Pawlenty and a couple years of Tea Bag Republicans controlling the MN state legislature, it hasn't been all that good.
But, now that the Dems have taken over, it's starting to get better."
Really? Nobody I know would agree. Maybe you should come down here with we the little people and see if your pathetically partisan nonsense still holds up rather than hanging out in some mansion on Lake of the Isles with all of your high-society, brie-eating friends who presume to know what's best for everyone else.
Yes, why don't you do that?
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Right on partisan cue, NT4M.
A different Democrat couldn't have said it better.
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How will the land be forever changed, by the amount of skyscrapers and 4 lanes like the concrete city you live in?
Hope you and your husband/wife are happy there Taylor.
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gosh taylor, i didn't realize how smart you really are. sadly, MN has you, not us. How's MN's economy, BTW ? MN is too worried about fred marrying frank to worry about jobs. govt supplies jobs, right ?
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Loco You hit the nail on the head when you said "If people would just read"
People do not read anymore.. They turn on the Television or the Radio and everything they hear is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.. All from the Media.. and we all know how the media lies and twists things..
People don't read, and they don't research..they believe everything they are told if it comes from their liberal friends..
Dumb Dumber and Dumbest!!!
You would think with the introduction of the Internet people would search for the truth but NOPE they are content listening to fairy tales and untruths coming out of media sources..
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If people would just read from a plethora of first-person accounts about how things were in Europe before/during WWII, they'd receive a great education about abuses of government, loss of freedoms, hubris of human beings, inhumanities of war, and more.
Scholastic Books has several books (child or adult reading) from survivors of concentration camps. There are classics like "The Hiding Place" or "The Diary of Anne Frank" to read and learn from. Google will be your friend as you look for resources.
"What Does The Future Hold?" An old phrase comes to mind...
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
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Mr Brorby's sky fell and thumped him pretty good. The earth will heal itself like it always has or we wouldn't be here. What is being done in ND isn't new it's just new in ND, some of it anyway.
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Since these "progressive" loons haven't be able to stop "fracking" they attempt to insinuate that somehow this will "hurt the children and those "future generations" He'll fit in well in Seattle
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I can't add a single thing more to subman's and Jack's posts.
Thumbs up!
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I know Mr Brorby took one of my subsidized, solar-powered high speed rails out to Washington state. We in the Democrat Party are only happy to move Mr Brorby forword...
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Mr. Brorby, why do you live in Mlps where you need electricity, fuel etc to live? Why didn't you help save us by walking to Washington state and back instead of riding a fuel powered train? put your money where your mouth is, ie if you hate fuel don't use it, don't just harp about it.
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Dec 16, 2010 12:11 PM
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The discovery of numerous nanomaterials has added a new dimension to the rapid development of nanotechnology. Consequently, the professional and public exposure to nanomaterials is supposed to increase dramatically in the coming years. Especially, carbon-based nanomaterials (CBNs) are currently considered to be one of the key elements in nanotechnology. Their potential applications range from biomedicine through nanoelectronics to mechanical engineering. Thus, it is primordial to know the health hazards related to their exposure. As the public calls for safety studies get louder more and more researchers begin to study the potential toxicity of nanomaterials. Especially carbon-based nanomaterials, due to their numerous and wide-ranging applications and increasing real life usage, get nanotoxicological attention. Scientists in Switzerland studied the toxicity of carbon- based nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanofibers and nanowires) as a function of their aspect ratio and surface chemistry. Their work clearly indicates that these materials are toxic while the hazardous effect is size-dependent.Posted: Jan 19th, 2007
Silver has long been recognized for its infection-fighting properties and it has a long and intriguing history as an antibiotic in human health care. In ancient Greece and Rome, silver was used to fight infections and control spoilage. In the late 19th century, the botanist von Naegeli discovered that minute concentrations of silver contained microbiocidal properties. However, as the first antibiotics were discovered, this old household remedy was quickly forgotten. In an alarming trend, bacteria and other microorganisms that cause infections are becoming remarkably resilient and can develop ways to survive drugs meant to kill or weaken them. This antibiotic resistance is due largely to the increasing use of antibiotics. This led researchers to re-evaluate old antimicrobial substances such as silver. Silver nanoparticles have become the promising antimicrobial material in a variety of applications because they can damage bacterial cells by destroying the enzymes that transport cell nutrient and weakening the cell membrane or cell wall and cytoplasm. Unfortunately, in practical applications, the pure silver nanoparticles are unstable with respect to agglomeration. In most cases, this aggregation leads to the loss of the properties associated with the nanoscale of metallic particles. The stabilization of metallic colloids and thus the means to preserve their finely dispersed state is a crucial aspect to consider during their applications. Researchers in China have successfully demonstrated the use of a natural macroporous matrix for fabricating a stable, biocompatible nanocomposite with high silver content for antimicrobial purposes.Posted: Jan 18th, 2007
The ability to detect few or individual molecules in solution is at present largely limited to fluorescence techniques, and a comparable method using electrical detection has so far remained elusive. Such a technique would be highly desirable for lab-on-a-chip applications and when labeling with fluorophores is invasive or impossible. More importantly, it would pave the way for fluidic devices in which individual ions are electrically detected and manipulated, allowing a new class of fundamental experiments on nonequilibrium statistical physics, transport at the molecular scale, and a broad range of biophysical systems. Researchers in The Netherlands now have demonstrated a new nanofluidic device for the detection of electrochemical active molecules with an extremely high sensitivity. A prototype device allows detecting fluctuations due to Brownian motion of as few as approx. 70 molecules, a level heretofore unachieved in electrochemical sensors. Ultimately, the researchers hope the device will not only be able to detect single molecules in the device, but also discriminate between various species.Posted: Jan 17th, 2007
Nanosurgery holds the promise of studying or manipulating and repairing individual cells without damaging the cell. For instance, nanosurgery could remove or replace certain sections of a damaged gene inside a chromosome; sever axons to study the growth of nerve cells; or destroying an individual cell without affecting the neighboring cells. While the cell nucleus has been transplanted between cells during cloning using micropipette technologies, these methods are too crude for other subcellular structures. First steps towards nanosurgery have been made using so-called 'optical tweezers', where the energy of laser light is used to trap and manipulate nanoscale objects, for instance the nucleus of a cell, without mechanical contact. Combined with a laser scalpel (use of lasers for cutting and ablating biological objects) optical tweezers have been used to study cell fusion, DNA-cutting, etc. Unfortunately, while optical tweezers offer exquisite sensitivity in their ability to position micro- and nanoparticles, they suffer from one important disadvantage: the trapped particle is localized at the laser focus where light intensity is the highest. As a result, the laser light used to trap a particle also has a propensity to photobleach and photodamage the particle, especially when the particle is fragile and small (e.g., a subcellular organelle that is fluorescently labeled). Minimizing this drawback, new research describes the use of polarization-shaped optical vortex traps for the manipulation of particles and subcellular structures.Posted: Jan 16th, 2007
As the most common endocrine metabolic disorder for human beings, diabetes mellitus with an obvious phenomenon of high blood glucose concentrations results from a lack of insulin. Despite the availability of treatment, diabetes has remained a major cause of death and serious vascular and neuropathy diseases. Continuously monitoring the blood glucose level and intermittent injections of insulin are widely used for effective control and management of diabetes. Extensive research has been conducted to develop optimal glucose sensors for diagnostic purposes. Currently, the commercially available glucose biosensors still have some problems to overcome, such as time consuming, relatively low sensitivity, bad reliability. The performance of a glucose sensor is largely dependent upon the materials which construct the sensor. Recent research effort for glucose sensing have turned to on nanomaterials. Nanomaterial-based biosensors already have shown the capability of detecting trace amounts of biomolecules in real time. New research has studied the electrochemical characteristics of platinum decorated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a promising candidate for glucose sensing. Its improved performance may encourage further exploration of this novel nanomaterial in the field of bioapplications.Posted: Jan 15th, 2007
Thermolysis (from thermo- meaning heat and -lysis meaning break down) is a chemical process by which a substance is decomposed into other substances by use of heat. In photothermolysis the transfer of laser energy is used to generate the required heat. And finally, nanophotothermolysis is the process where nanoparticles, when irradiated by short laser pulses, get hot so quickly that they explode. This thermal explosion of nanoparticles (nanobombs) may be accompanied by optical plasma, generation of shock waves with supersonic expansion and particle fragmentation with fragments of high kinetic energy, all of which can contribute to the killing of cancer cells they are attached to. By engineering the laser wavelength, pulse duration and particle size and shape, this technology can provide highly localized damage in a controlled manner, potentially varying from a few nanometers (for DNA) to tens of microns (the size of a single cancer cell) without damaging the surrounding tissue.Posted: Jan 12th, 2007
If you had brain tumor, would you rather receive your medicine through an injection in the arm or have a hole drilled in your skull? Even if you opted for the 'hole-in-the-skull' method, brain cancers are often inoperable due to their location within critical brain regions or because they are too small to detect. Nanotechnology offers a vision for a 'smart' drug approach to fighting tumors: the ability of nanoparticles to locate cancer cells and destroy them with single-cell precision. One of the most important applications for such nanoparticulate drug delivery could be the delivery of the drug payload into the brain. However, crossing the brains protective shield, the blood-brain barrier, is a considerable challenge. Novel targeted nanoparticulate drug delivery systems that are able to cross this barrier bring us closer to this vision of brain cancer destroying drugs.Posted: Jan 11th, 2007
The success of nanorobotics requires the precise placement and subsequent operation of specific nanomechanical devices at particular locations, thereby leading to a diversity of structural states. The structural programmability of DNA makes it a particularly attractive system for nanorobotics. A large number of DNA-based nanomechanical devices have been described, controlled by a variety of methods. These include pH changes and the addition of other molecular components, such as small molecule effectors, proteins and DNA strands. The most versatile of these devices are those that are controlled by DNA strands. This versatility results because they can be addressed specifically by strands with particular sequences. Researchers at New York University have developed a framework that contains a binding site – a cassette – that allows insertion of a rotary device into a specific site of a DNA array, allowing for the motion of a nanorobotic arm. Changing the cassette's control sequences or insertion sequences allows the researchers to manipulate the array or insert it at different locations.Posted: Jan 10th, 2007


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The Future of News?
Adweek profiles two news organizations that still have a viable business model — Bloomberg and Reuters, suggesting that they might ultimately be the last ones standing…
With strong subscriber numbers for their exclusive – and expensive – financial data and reporting, Bloomberg and Thompson Reuters are in growth mode.
This puts them in the unique position to be hiring talent and considering acquisitions of stalwarts of traditional media like The New York Times and The Financial Times.
But with newsroom squabbles between the journalists and the analysts, are either truly capable of serving the general public as well as they serve their current clientele?
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Spare parts are acquired via logistic workflow. At reception, they are entered in inventory. Accounting department verifies on monthly basis the list of spare parts but has to identify which one has to be capitalized.
How could you send spare parts sitting in inventory to asset register? If the spare part is capitalized but need to be replaced/ repaired, how could we change the value of the asset? How could we track the spare part if they are capitalized? How could we follow the spare part as soon as it is capitalized?
Any recommendation on the capitalization of spare parts?
We've used project systems to capitalise costs say for equipment. Spare parts are not capitalised routinely, because the original part that it woudl replace is already capitalised and therefore would need to be taken out of the asset before the spare part can be capitalised. There is not much gain apart from having the exact value jn the asset when the spare part is used.
However, if it's an expensive spare part item, then it can be capitalised as an excpetion with its description plus "spare part". The problem is that it should normally not be capitalised as that requires it to be "in service" or operational.
The best solution is really to keep it in inventory until it is used and then it should be posted to maintenance expense - and the original asset left untouched.
Hope this helps
Hi Anna,
Thanks for your answer. In fact, we try to see if we need to capitalize or not spare parts. I know that you suggested to keep them in inventory .
Here, they try to decide at the beginning of the process if they need to capitalize or not the spare part. There are 2 cases:
case 1: spare part bought at the same time as main asset to which there are related to (= critical spare part) and brought into use at the same time as main asset.
case 2: spare part bought for repair or replacement
I guess that we should capitalize the spare part in the first case. But if we capitalize the spare part, we could not do anymore an inventory management and follow the spare part. This is not very convenient.
In the second case, we need to decide if we are dealing with major spare parts and define some criteria to identify what "major" means (e.g. useful life higher than 1 year)... but this is very difficult to identify.
In the last case, it is more complicate because we probably go through the maintenance order but how do we capitalize then? If the costs are in stock then they can't be also in asset. Does this mean that we need to do some financial adjustments?
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One Foot in the Dales
Departing from the attractive spa town of Buxton you will venture south into the White Peak. Crossing the county boundary line into Staffordshire you will stay in Longnor, the location for the TV series 'Peak Practice'. Visit pretty Hartington before passing some of Derbyshire's most attractive Dales to arrive at spectacular Dovedale. Join the Limestone Way through Tissington, famous for the ancient tradition of well dressing. Visit the neolithic Nine Ladies stone circle before dropping down to the Derwent Valley & on through Chatsworth. Pass through 'Cathedral of the Peak' Tideswell before re-joining the Limestone Way through the Derbyshire Dales nature reserve & back to Buxton.
Day 1: Arrive Buxton
Arrive at your accommodation in the attractive spa town of Buxton with time to explore this charming town, the highest market town in England.
Day 2: Buxton - Longnor (9 miles)
Stroll through Buxton Country Park to join the Dane Valley trail to the spectacular viewpoint at Axe Edge. Continue along quiet pathways to Hollinsclough past Chrome Hill & Cross the County boundary into Staffordshire to reach the village of Longnor, the location for the TV series 'Peak Practice' where you may spot many familiar sights around the village.
Day 3: Longnor - Thorpe (14 miles)
Take the splendid trail past Pilsley castle south to Hartington, famous for its magnificent 17th century hall, a fine example of a typical Peak District manor house. The village is also home to Derbyshire's last remaining cheese factory which can still be bought from the dairy shop. From here the gorge from Beresford Dale through Wolfcotes Dale offers a dramatic introduction to the karst limestone scenery of the area. The walk from pretty Milldale through Derbyshires best known dale, Dovedale shows the beauty of the area to its fullest.
Day 4: Thorpe - Winster (14 miles)
Follow the Limestone Way to Tissington, known for its ancient festival of well-dressing, a custom which dates back to 1350. Tissington is also known for the interesting Norman church of St. Mary & the 500 year old Tissington Hall which is a well worth a visit. Pass through the delightful, typical Peak District Village of Parwich which lies beneath a massive limestone outcrop which rises to over 1000 feet. Continue along the trail to Winster. This pleasant village has some fine 18th century houses, however the most impressive building must be the Market House. Owned by the national Trust the rugged Market House dates from the 17th century & is a reminder of Winster's past importance as a market town.
Day 5: Winster - Baslow (11 miles)
Walk to Stanton Moor & see the Neolithic 'Nine Ladies Stone Circle'. The area is of significant archaeological importance and legend has it that one Sunday nine ladies & a fiddler came onto the moor to dance and, for this act of debauchery, they were turned to stone. Pass through the interesting typical Peak District villages of Birchover & Stanton in the Peak before joining the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to the Chatsworth Estate. Often referred to as 'Palace of the Peak' Chatsworth is without doubt one of the finest of great houses in Britain. If you desire, you should have time to visit the opulent house & gardens before arriving at your accommodation for the night at Baslow.
Day 6: Baslow - Tideswell (11 miles)
Continue along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way before turning towards Calver Peak with fine views over a series of Gritstone edges. A pleasant walk to Great Longstone, through Little Longstone takes you to the spectacular viewpoint of Monsal Head. From Monsal Head you will follow the river Wye along the Monsal Trail through Water-cum-jolly Dale to Millers Dale. Passing through Tideswell Dale takes you to 'Cathedral of the Peak' Tideswell, known for its magnificent 14th century church of St John the Baptist.
Day 7: Tideswell - Buxton (9 miles)
The track out of Tideswell joins with the Limestone Way overlooking Monks Dale, part of the Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve. From the northern reaches of Millers Dale you continue along the river Wye along the Monsal Trail through Chee Dale & Deep Dale to join the Midshires Way. Your final stretch to Buxton allows the opportunity to visit the viewpoint at Grinlow Tower (Solomon's Temple) which overlooks this charming market town.
What the Price Includes
Fantastic Routes
All our routes are along quiet country lanes & tracks (cycling) or Footpaths, tracks, bridleways & country lanes (walking). Routes are designed to take you to the most interesting attractions, picturesque villages & outstanding scenery the Peak District has to offer.
Our detailed maps and route notes ensure easy navigation & take you to the best cafes & pubs. Opening times, telephone numbers & general details are provided for all the places you will pass, allowing you to plan lunch stops, rest stops etc.
Our routes have been designed to keep away from the main roads, avoid killer hills & to take in the nicest & most unspoilt parts of the Peak District.
Most places you will stay are small family run B&B's, country pubs & guesthouses. If you would like a single room please book early as single rooms are often limited.
Local knowledge is invaluable when choosing good accommodation & all the places you will stay have been carefully selected on grounds of location, character, friendliness of the staff and cleanliness.
All prices are per person based on 2 people sharing either a twin or double room. If you would like to book a single supplement please state this on the booking form & we will contact you to discuss prices & availability.
Bikes & Equipment
Our bikes are either Dawes Discovery hybrid/trail bikes or Dawes XC 1.4 or 1.6 24 gear mountain bikes if you prefer.
All bikes come fully serviced, clean & in excellent condition. We have a choice of sizes to ensure you get a bike which is right for you.
All bikes come fitted with handlebar bags which allow you to carry camera, wallet, snacks etc. All bikes also come fitted with water bottle holders, cycle computer, bell, map holders, rear pannier & also puncture repair kit, pump, multi tool, locks & helmets are provided.
Local Information
Your are provided with historical information about all the towns & villages you will pass through, interesting facts about the area and all relevant information about the attractions & amenities nearby.
Emergency Backup number
In the unlikely event that you have any problems you have that piece of mind to know that we are always only a phone call away. It doesn't happen very often but it's reassuring to know that we will come to rescue you if required.
Luggage Transfer Option
If you chose the luggage transfer option we will pick your bags up in the morning & deliver them to your next overnight stop so that they are waiting for you when you arrive. This allows you to travel light & not worry about carrying all your things with you each day.
General Information
A reasonable level of fitness is required on all tours. You don't need to be super fit but there are a few hills on all tours – this is the Peak District! Obviously the ability to ride a bike is essential.
Tour Guide
Easy : 10 - 20 miles of almost flat cycling but a few small hills.
Moderate : 15 - 25 miles of undulating tracks & country lanes with 2-3 longer hills.
Hard : 20 - 40 miles with a number of difficult hills.
Start Location & Dates
All tours depart on any day of the week subject to accommodation availability.
Most tours are designed so that you start from a Location with good rail links and travel by public transport is recommended.
The weather in the Peak District can be very changeable so it is always advisable to come prepared. Check the weather forecast before departing on any ride & always take suitable clothing & equipment as necessary.
All bikes are serviced after every ride, however problems do occasionally occur. In the event that you are unable to fix your bike you can always call our emergency back up line & we will come to meet you & either fix your bike or bring a new one for you.
You are provided with spare inner tubes, pumps & puncture repair kits. Although it doesn't happen often punctures can happen at any time so it is important that you know how to fix one (or find someone who can). Everything you need & detailed instructions are provided so you can fix punctures for yourself.
Peak Tours does not accept liability for any accidents which may occur whilst you are out on your ride. Please exercise due care & attention at all times to avoid any accident or injury to yourselves or anyone else.
Booking Conditions
To book a tour please send a completed booking form & Peak Tours will confirm your booking by email, and send you an invoice for (a) deposit of £50 per person on all holidays or (b) The full holiday cost. If only the deposit is paid at time of booking then full payment of the holiday is required no less than 6 weeks before the start of your holiday. No further reminder is sent. If you book your holiday within 6 weeks of the holiday start date, the full holiday cost is required at time of booking.
Consumer Protection
In order to comply with EU Travel Regulations 1992 your deposit & final payment will be held in a trust fund until your holiday is completed. This is to ensure the financial security of your holiday.
Cancellation by You
If you cancel your holiday the person who signed the booking form must notify us in writing and will be subject to the following cancellation charges from the date of receipt of your letter.
Notice of Cancellation Charge
|Length of time before the tour is due to start
|Cancellation Charge
|More than 42 days before start date
|Deposit (£50 each)
|29 – 42 days
|15 – 28 days
|Less than 14 days before start date
Cancellation by Peak Tours
In the unlikely event that we have to cancel a holiday you will be entitled to a full refund.
We strongly recommend that you take out adequate holiday insurance including medical cover, personal accident, loss of belongings & cancellation cover. We cannot be held responsible for your own illness, injury or loss/damage of your belongings while on holiday.
All prices are in Stirling (GBP) and are valid for 2015. Price includes everything as listed on the website and is based on 2 people sharing.
Group Tours
We reserve the right to cancel a holiday or offer an alternative date if there are not enough people on the tour. In the unlikely event this should happen we will notify you no later than 4 weeks before your departure date.
Bikes & Equipment
With the interests of safety we reserve the right to refuse bike hire to those who we do not consider to be competent cyclists. You are responsible for the care & safe keeping of any equipment you use which belongs to Peak Tours. You will ensure that bikes are securely locked to an immovable object when left unattended. In the event that the bike and/or any accessories are lost or stolen you shall indemnify us for the cost of replacing those items.
We will always do our best to ensure that your accommodation is within accordance to our advertising & your booking requirements. In some locations accommodation is limited & it may be necessary to change some of the details from those advertised or requested. We will notify you of any such alterations as soon as we can, offering alternative arrangements of at least equivalent standard.
Customer Satisfaction
We aim to ensure you have an enjoyable holiday & welcome feedback (positive or negative) on all aspects of our holidays so that we can continue to improve them. If you have any problems or are unhappy in anyway with any aspect of the holiday please call us at the earliest opportunity so that action can be taken to remedy the problem. Any complaint made to Peak Tours after your holiday should be made in writing within 28 days of your return home.


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Fans of the Real Housewives of New York have watched headlines recently as the marriage of star Ramona Singer and her husband Mario's marriage imploded. The estranged couple has dealt with rumors of infidelity that ultimately came true. Mario Singer went so far as to brag about cheating in a newly released RHONY clip.
Housewife Ramona Singer came to face to face with her husband's cheating last month when she came face to face with Mario and his mistress Kasey Dexter at the Singer's Hamptons home. The clip also makes it appear that Mario has been cheating up a storm for a long time now.
Real Housewives of New York's Singer has long painted her marriage as a good and loving one. Cracks began showing when Mario made the statement to the crowd at an event, "Honey, the best cheaters are the ones who get away with it. In every sense of the word."
At the time he made the telling comment, Ramona was standing beside him looking extremely uncomfortable. Mario seemed over enthused when Heather Thompson told everyone that she was taking all of the ladies on a vacation to the Berkshires.
Mario Singer went on to end his affair with Dexter after he admitted having an "unhealthy obsession" with a former lover. Unfortunately for Ramona, she wasn't the former lover he was talking about. After filming of the last season was completed, Ramona Singer filed for divorce.
Keep up with all of the ladies when Real Housewives of New York premieres on Bravo on March 11.
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In state and local government, collaboration is in -- just ask the public-sector movers and shakers in Texas' westernmost county, El Paso. City and county government, school districts, community colleges and others -- groups that make life a bit easier for the citizens they serve -- have a history of working together to deploy projects that otherwise would be difficult to implement. Their latest planned endeavor is a county-run data center that stakeholders hope will provide storage and backup capabilities for several entities.
"We're considering it as a co-location [facility] in the sense that we would not be managing other people's servers; we would just be providing the space, power and infrastructure," said Peter Cooper, El Paso County's chief technology officer. "We would probably each have separate fiber connections."
Cooper works for the county's Information Technology Department (ITD), the group spearheading the planning. Like most county technology departments, the ITD supports other work units with their technology needs, but thanks to this new data center project, the staff members have another tall order. They've been working hard to prepare for it, and they're taking special care to get the project right.
In April 2008, some of Cooper's co-workers attended AFCOM's annual Data Center World Conference in Las Vegas. AFCOM was founded in 1980, when the acronym stood for the Association for Computer Operations Management. The association has evolved into a resource for data center professionals, with annual conferences like the one El Paso's ITD personnel attended. Their goal was to talk to designers and vendors to find out what makes a good data center tick. They came back with some intriguing ideas.
"The interesting thing, both from vendors we've talked to and talking to design people at this data center design conference, is that with blade servers and virtualization, we're actually going to be able to have a relatively small space compared to what we're using now," Cooper said. "This would be our primary data center. We would put in new equipment, blade servers and virtualize as much as we can."
The county's current data center and computer room fall short of what's needed. Cooper said El Paso has already allocated nearly $6 million for the new facility as part of a bond issue.
"We have outgrown our space and cooling," he said. El Paso County had 736,000 residents in 2006, according to a U.S. Census Bureau estimate. "We have two data centers. You can't even call them data centers. We have two computer rooms in the county courthouse. One's up on the 13th floor and one's down in the basement, and we've had flooding in both places."
Cooper recalled heavy rainstorms in 2006 that threatened the data centers because of roof leakage. A water-related disaster is always a concern since the El Paso County Courthouse is on lower ground near the Rio Grande. The county repaired the roof in time to save the equipment, but weather isn't the only threat that could jeopardize the equipment.
"We've also seen water in our lower-level room when a main burst inside the building and water spilled out, and it got dangerously close to shutting us down because it was very close to where we have our equipment," said David Garcia, the county's business applications project administrator. "That was another lesson learned: You don't want to have your data center too close to water."
The facilities department came to the rescue with wet vacuums to siphon water until the spill could be controlled. But as Garcia said, the ITD doesn't want to take any more chances with these types of situations. They've scoped out a new location for the incoming data center away from El Paso's downtown area. Once the designer assesses and deems the land sufficient, the ITD will go to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. "


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JK2 How to finally get my saber from that cage?
I just met luke Skywalker in JK2!
Now i did all of his little tricks to lear the different powers of the force...
I cannot grab my saber... It is in a kinf of cage in the middle of temple-like structure.
I figured out i have to run fast before the cage goes completely down and locks itself, but i am missing a few seconds...
Anyone help me please.
It's been a long time since I've played that level, but there is a platform nearby. Stand on that and you'll be lowered down. From there, run as fast as possible straight at the cage, and at the last moment Force Pull the saber to you.
Can't you use force speed?
It's been a while since I played JOSP (3 or so years).
In detail:
1) Switch to first person.
2) Go down that platform, put on Speed.
3) Run to the platform, use Pull as you target the thing.
Enjoy. ;)
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Public Safety Committee Chairwoman Gloria Martin-Roberts and Councilmember Susan Brown Wilson both objected to the city contract negotiating team being led by Mayor Stephen R. Reed. Reed as city director of public safety would benefit from the enhancement, which applies to officers retiring after Jan. 2, 2009, with more than 20 years' service.
"Shouldn't that be a conflict of interest? I would love to negotiate my own salary," Martin-Roberts said.
Reed wasn't present but a city law bureau official said Reed's role is supported by court cases and law applicable to Pennsylvania third class cities.
Council wants more information before deciding whether to list the matter on the agenda for council's next meeting July 14.


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Liam Coen was the Gatorade Player of the Year in high school at La Salle Academy, and he followed that up by leading the UMass Minutemen to a national title game in college, but now Coen has traded his helmet for a headset. As they prepare for the Ivy League season, Brown University has welcomed Coen as their new quarterbacks coach.
"I think we have a special guy in Liam Coen," Brown head coach Phil Estes said. "He's one of the best quarterbacks to ever come out of Rhode Island."
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Hello Stanford softball fans!
Welcome to Stanford softball's first blog post for the upcoming 2014 season! I'm so excited to be bringing you a behind the scenes look into the Stanford softball team in my blog posts.
First and foremost, many of you are probably wondering who I am. My name is Kayla Bonstrom, but on the softball field, everyone knows me as Bon. I'm a sophomore first baseman/utility player and I cannot be more excited to share the inside scoop on this upcoming season with all of you!
Even though the season hasn't started quite yet, I thought it'd be a good idea to get the word out and let everyone know what the team has been up to this fall. We were proud to welcome five amazing freshman to our family – Bessie Noll, Carley Hoover, Kylie Sorenson, Madi Schreyer, and Lauren Bertoy – all of whom have made an impact on our program already.
As a whole, we have all been working very hard this fall in preparation for the 2014 season. Every practice we come out with the upcoming season in mind and the determination to be the best we can.
Stanford Athletics has a rich tradition of champions and this past fall was awarded our 19th consecutive Directors' Cup. Also, without games to be played, we have been busy cheering on all of our other awesome teams and visiting some of the Boys and Girls Clubs around Stanford to give back to our community. All of us had a blast talking to the kids and playing dodgeball and whiffle ball with them! It was such a great experience working with the kids and spending time with them.
Time for dodgeball givingback pic.twitter.com/tR4ltMZwhm— Stanford Softball (@StanfordSball) December 3, 2013
After finals, everyone went back home to celebrate the holidays with their families. Before we left, we did get to share some festivities as a team. Our holiday party was held at Coach Rittman's house this year and was filled with pizza, cake, a white elephant exchange and some holiday themed games thanks to Coach Olivarez! Even though our games got a little competitive, we all had a blast!
So from our family to yours, Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays Dinner&Games#Family pic.twitter.com/zLPFeXwW6w— Stanford Softball (@StanfordSball) December 7, 2013
I hope to see everyone out at our games this year cheering us on! Remember, we kick off the season in Arizona at the Kajikawa Classic so if you're in Arizona Feb. 6-9 we would love it if you stopped by and showed your support.
Until next time,
P.S. For more regular updates, you can follow me on Twitter (@Kbonstrom03) and on Instagram (@kbonstrom). Be sure to follow the team on social media as well - @StanfordSball on Twitter, @StanfordSoftball on Instagram and at Facebook.com/StanfordSball.
Inspirational Quote of the Week: "The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination." – Tommy Lasorda
Upcoming Events: Kajikawa Classic
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 vs. North Carolina State @ 6pm
Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 vs. San Diego State @ 2pm
Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 vs. Northwestern @ 4:30pm
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 vs. Indiana @ 10:30 am
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 vs. Western Michigan @ 1pm
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 vs. Seattle @ 11:30am
All times Pacific.
Kayla Bonstrom was the 2013 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, an NFCA Second Team All-West Region selection and earned First Team All-Pac-12 honors. She started 57 games and led the team with a .404 batting average and 55 RBI. Her first collegiate home run was a grand slam.


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Classroom manager and room scheduling, prepare course scheduling materials, assist with office assignments, assist faculty search process, prepare travel and lodging arrangements for faculty search candidates. Edit university catalog, course schedules, directories, student handbook, Ledger Lines, and other publications when needed. Coordinate office and telephone moves. Coordinate and maintain instructor pool files and process Affirmative Action forms for instructor pool contracts and hiring paperwork. Maintain/purchase office supplies and equipment, manage general inventory. Prepare data and special reports for Dean and Finance Coordinator. Curriculum committee member and submit electronic curriculum changes and additions. When needed serve as backup to process student and staff payroll forms, prepare faculty contracts, prepare faculty travel authorizations.
Plays clarinet with the Eugene Symphonic Band, serves on the ESB Board of Directors, and was manager of the band for 12 years. Worked in several offices on campus since 1982, including University Publications, Environmental Health and Safety, Erb Memorial Union, and Vice President for Administration. Joined the School of Music staff in 1988.


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How to Become Heartless
If you've been hurt before by romance gone wrong or friends who take advantage of you, you might want to forsake your emotional attachments for some good old-fashioned heartlessness. Whether this is a temporary solution or a permanent lifestyle change, you're going to need some help becoming heartless—follow the steps of this article and you'll get there in no time!
1Don't think about other people. Stop taking their feelings and desires into account when you make decisions. This is not to say you should become self-centered; it's okay to still consider them in a sort of clinical way, but you have to make sure you don't cross the line past acquaintanceship. It will take some practice, but ultimately your heartless agenda will be better served by this mindset.
- Don't spend money on anyone, for anything. This includes birthdays and holidays.
- Don't mix love and money. This includes for children.
2Act like you're a tourist in a foreign country. Be polite (but not necessarily friendly) to everyone and speak only when you must. Volunteering extra information is a sign of weakness and can invite unwanted conversation.
3Play hard to get. Make sure you are never the pursuer and always the pursued in terms of any relationship, romantic or not. If you want to forge new relationships (to benefit you in non-emotional ways) while remaining as heartless as possible, conduct yourself in a civil but not overly affectionate manner, so the person you are targeting understands your intentions.
4Make no your standard word. When someone asks for help, say no. When they want you to do something useful, say no. Espouse the value of no to all who will listen.
5Be straightforward. This applies to the above statement about relationships as well as to daily life. If you no longer want to associate with someone, tell them. If you need something from someone, don't beat around the bush trying to flatter them. Just come right out and say it!
6Constantly monitor yourself. It's easy to slip back into the habit of being sweet and sympathetic rather than blunt and detached, especially if you're not instinctively a cold person. But with diligence and minimal personal interaction, your heartlessness will soon become as natural as breathing.
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My boyfriend always uses slang words to call me; I feel he does it to disrespect me. What can I do?wikiHow ContributorIf you're with someone who doesn't respect you, he doesn't deserve you. Using words to put you down is unhealthy and a form of verbal and emotional abuse. Have courage and break up with him. Someone kind and loving is still out there for you.
- Smile as little as possible. Smiling puts out a vibe of open positivity that you do not want to have associated with you.
- Keep to yourself. This means verbal and body language—try not to talk to anyone and, if someone engages with you, avoid eye contact and enthusiastic gestures.
- Show no consideration to anyone, not even strangers who you think you'll never see again. If you want to truly be heartless, you have to be heartless ALL the time. No generous tips at restaurants, no giving directions to lost travelers, nothing.
- Prepare yourself for insults and other comments you will receive as a result of your new attitude.
- Becoming heartless will earn you a reputation that is difficult to reverse, so you should be 100% certain that this is the path you want before you start to follow it.
- You may lose some of your friends and even family in this process. Be careful how you treat them if you want to keep them around for any reason, and remember, there is a difference between indifference and scorn; you don't always have to adhere to the more extreme side of the spectrum.
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Trevor Turner Bobcat Athlete of the Week Interview
Men's cross country runner Trevor Turner earns his first accolade of Athlete of the Week. His win marks the third time a cross country runner has earned the award this season. Congratulations, Trevor!


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Four wheel drive - four wheel steer - active suspension - active aerodynamics - twin turbochargers - who would have believed these were standard features on every 3000GT sold since release in 1990!
This car is packed with tech, and in it's day the car of choice for any successful IT guru or high-flyer who wanted no compromise performance at a fraction of the cost of a European equivalent.
Good old-fashion turbo boost as it should be, a bit of lag, then "BOOM", a wave of power that shoves the car forward as it it's on rails.
This car is far from a lightweight, however an overload of technology, including 4 Wheel Drive and 4 Wheel Steering ensue this car feels like it's on rails!
A car from the 90's setting stunning 0-60 speeds of just over 5 seconds stock, but also with much more to give, turn up the boost "wow".


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Abu Ghraib is a city just West of Baghdad. Iraq. A prison there is used by American forces for war criminals. In 2003, Abu Ghraib prison was of international focus for the abuse and tortuous treatment that American Army soldiers were imposing on war prisoners in post-invasion period.
Luke Moran wrote, directed and starred in this psychological expose of the life and time of a soldier who was assigned as a guard at the prison. He starred as Jack Farmer, a clean cut All-American jock who was raring to take on the terrorists after September 2011 by enlisting in the Army. Much to his dismay, he was not assigned to the front lines but instead to the old prison which was a post-war detainment facility.
This psychological plot comes into play when he sees the inhumane treatment that is mercilessly performed daily on the prisoners. Meanwhile, he befriends one of the prisoners. They become closer although antagonists, their common bond is that they are both shut off from the world. Farmer becomes mentally traumatized by the treatment that he witnesses. He develops self-destructive behaviors due to his bottled-up emotions.
The 'Boys of Abu Ghraib' is the type of movie that gets your pulse racing because it will touch you. This movie runs for 104 minutes and will bring out mixed emotions due to the harsh realities of war.


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Personally-branded sites key to staying ahead of the curve for sportswriters, media outlets
It used to be you could entice a prominent writer to join your staff with an offer of a signature column. Of course, that now is as ancient as somebody shouting out "copy" in the newsroom.
How about a featured role in a TV show? Nice, to be sure, but that still seems so yesterday.
No, there's a new trend occurring in the sports media landscape. If you really want to attract or keep that big-name star, create a personally branded website. Then to add some extra incentive, give that star complete control over editorial content and hiring for the site.
Call it the sports version of a studio allowing a big-name actor to direct and produce a movie.
ESPN actually started the trend by telling Bill Simmons to conceive and develop Grantland. Monday, Sports Illustrated unveiled Peter King's new MMQB site which will have its own staff covering the NFL.
Then right on top of that, ESPN signed on Nate Silver and his popular FiveThirtyEight site Monday. Send in those resumes because Silver will be in a hiring mode to fill out his staff.
Obviously, it is a no-brainer for ESPN to exploit Silver's massive web powerhouse. However, it is telling that Silver said the presence of Grantland helped entice him to choose ESPN over other offers. The template already was in place. Judging by Silver's comments, Simmons likely recruited him.
"I would say also the importance of Grantland, a successful precedent, was very important for me," Silver said. "There were a lot of dimensions I thought about. This decision took me a long time, but one of the pivotal ones was what I call execution, based on who can actually put this vision into practice, who can be a good partner. Based on meeting John and Marie Donoghue and Ben Sherwood at ABC and Bill Simmons and David Cho, I have a lot of confidence that they're going to do this the right way."
Grantland also is the most-used comparison to King's new site. Like Grantland, MMQB will be more about telling stories and offering insights rather than tick-tock, nuts-and-bolts coverage of the NFL. King isn't even sure if his staff will cover games.
"What I like to do, and part of the excitement in this, is to bring people inside the NFL," King said. "Access. If you look at what I've done at Sports Illustrated, that's a big part of it."
So what intrigued King about starting his own site at age 56?
"The ability to say this is what I would like to do and here are the people I would like to do it with," King said. "This is an attempt to stay ahead of the curve and not get crushed by the curve."
Indeed, if you go to the site's home page, it clearly states at the top, "MMQB with Peter King." If that isn't cool for a lifelong sportswriter, what is?
You can be sure other big-name sportswriters and personalities have noticed. If they are so inclined, they might push for their own personally-branded sites.
It wouldn't be a stretch for ESPN to give the keys to Michael Wilbon and say, go have fun. How about Skip Bayless and/or Stephen A. Smith site? That would be an alarming proposition for their critics, but hey there's a lot of scary stuff on the web.
If King's site is a success for SI, it would make sense to do something similar for Tom Verducci and baseball. Yahoo! Sports could do the same with Adrian Wojnarowski and the NBA.
It doesn't have to be limited sportswriters. ESPN could opt to do a Kirk Herbstreit site for college football. NBC Sports might give Cris Collinsworth his own NFL site.
The possibilities go on and on.
It's all about branding. The top sportswriters and TV analysts have become major brands. Fans want to hear their take on sports.
You can read about the NFL, or you can read King's version of the NFL.
Bill Simmons' brand was strong enough to launch his own site. Sports Illustrated believes Peter King's brand will attract readers to MMQB. ESPN knows the power of Nate Silver's brand.
The people who contribute to those sites then are an extension of those brands. They were hand-picked by Simmons, King, Silver, etc. If the person passes Simmons' litmus test, then there must be something there.
This isn't to say we are going to see a proliferation of personally-branded sites on the big outlets. But I believe there is a budding trend here.
More big names will get their own sites in the upcoming years. It's just a matter of who's next?
For more Ed Sherman on sport media, check out Shermanreport.com and follow@Sherman Report on Twitter.


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In Concord
New Hampshire citizens are free to contact their state lawmakers about their concerns with state issues. New Hampshire voters can find out who their state lawmakers are and how to contact them at this website. University employees who want to contact their lawmakers do so solely as private citizens representing their own personal views, and should do so only on their own time and with their own resources. Only authorized University personnel are allowed to represent the University before the Legislature. In their official capacity, University leaders are using the following talking points found here as a guide.
How does the budget process work in New Hampshire?
The New Hampshire Legislature approved a state budget in June that cuts state support for the University System of New Hampshire by 50 percent. For UNH, this means a historic loss of $33 million.
New Hampshire was already last in the nation in per capita support for public higher education before the budget was approved, and this was the deepest percentage cut in the nation this year. In response, UNH froze salaries and hiring and reduced costs to cover 80 percent of the cut. University System trustees also voted to increase in-state tuition by an additional $650. This comes on top of previous increases, raising the cost of attending UNH for in-state students by 8.7 percent.
The State of New Hampshire operates on a two-year budget cycle. Although there are no immediate plans to amend the budget in the upcoming Legislative session, we will remain vigilant in monitoring UNH-related issues as lawmakers return to Concord this fall.


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Wood 8-TV is reporting today that the body of a woman found at a construction site in Walker may be that of a Guatemalan mother and wife who disappeared from Grand Rapids, Mich., last month. Police believe they have identified the body as that of 42-year-old Berta Yolanda Reyes of Walker, Michigan officials say. Family members who arrived at the construction site say that the clothes found at the scene were the last clothes that Berta Yolanda Reyes was last seen wearing.
The Hispanic mother had been missing since April 24. She was last seen around 5:30 a.m. That's when police say her husband dropped her off at her job at the Neal Mast & Son Green houses near Bristol Avenue. She was reported missing early the next day after she didn't return home from work.
An examination of her work records shows that she did not punch the clock for her shift, and none of her coworkers saw her that day, according to management of the facility. Police have stated that there is no video surveillance system in place that would have captured Reyes entering and leaving the building. People who know Berta Yolanda Reyes say that is unlike her to not make contact with her family. As of now, police do not believe her disappearance is related to a domestic issue, according to MLive.
Berta Yolanda Reyes disappearance and murder timeline: According to Berta Yolanda Reyes' husband, he drops her off at work at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 24. When her son returns to pick her up that evening at around 5:30 p.m., Yolanda Reyes is no where to be found. A missing person's report is filed by the family between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25.
Police activate a canine search for the missing woman the same day. Family and friends hold a vigil for the Grand Rapids Latina on Saturday, April 26. The police investigation goes cold. On Friday, May 16, workers mowing the land at a Walker construction site find a body. According to medical examiners, the death is considered a homicide. Walker investigators are still waiting for more information from the medical examiners to make an exact identification.


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College Hockey:Minnesota State Sweeps UAA
Mavericks Take Care of Business, Sets Up Showdown Next Week in Madison
MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota State's Western Collegiate Hockey Association sweep over Alaska-Anchorage won't win the Mavericks many beauty contests.
But for the second straight night, No. 15 MSU overcame a gritty bunch of Seawolves, building a 4-0 lead and holding on for a 4-2 win — its sixth consecutive victory.
The streak is the longest such roll for the Mavericks since the 2002-03 season. That season turned out all right — it was the last time the Mavericks hosted a first-round home game in the WCHA playoffs, made it to the Final Five, and made their only NCAA Tournament appearance.
"We won last night without our best performance," MSU head coach Troy Jutting said. "Good teams don't follow up a mediocre performance with a mediocre performance. I thought we did a good job tonight of responding and coming out and playing hard and fast."
The Mavericks dominated the first period, outshooting the Seawolves 16-6 in the opening frame. But UAA freshman netminder Bryce Christianson stopped 15 of the shots, including a Geoff Irwin breakaway at the midway point of the period.
The lone goal came at 17:37 following a tremendous individual effort by MSU's Zach Harrison. The sophomore gained control of the puck near the blue line in the offensive zone, deked to the outside around a defenseman and fired a wrister from the left circle that caromed off the far post and into the net. The goal was his fifth of the season. Irwin had the only assist.
The Mavericks pressure continued throughout the second period, too. MSU outshot the Seawolves 14-5 for a two period lead of 30-11. But once again, they were only able to slip one past Christianson.
"I was thinking their goalie was playing really good, it could have been 6-0," Jutting said. "I was getting a little nervous because we had a couple of really good opportunities that we weren't really cashing in on. Sometimes in a game like this, that will come back to bite you. Fortunately for us, it didn't tonight."
The only goal of the second came early, with Anchorage changing players. Jon Kalinski found Mick Berge streaking towards the Mavericks zone, putting a pass was right on the tape, Berge finished the breakaway by beating Christianson five-hole for his team-leading 15th of the season at 2:59. Blake Friesen had the second assist.
MSU was finally able to get a bit more breathing room early in the third.
The Mavericks went up three at 4:24 on a beautiful goal by Kael Mouillierat. Ben Youds floated a saucer pass cross-rink to Hanson, who fired back across the rink to Mouillierat at the left circle. He forced Christianson to commit then weaved around him and buried the puck in the net.
"I think I fumbled it a little bit," Mouillierat said. "But after the first guy, I realized I was at a bad angle, so I just tried to go around him. I looked for [Trevor Bruess] in front of the net, but I looked up and saw the open net and I just put it in."
Mouillierat added another goal off a scrum in front at 6:47 to make it 4-0.
The Seawolves didn't quit, however, and finally beat Zacharias on a goal by Craig Parkinson at 8:16. Following a holding penalty, UAA cashed in again, this time on a power play marker by Josh Lunden at 10:05.
"As long as we didn't lose our composure there, we were going to be fine," Jutting said. "The kids did a good job of regaining their composure and playing the rest of the way."
Anchorage had trouble pulling their goalie before finally getting him to the bench with under a minute to play. MSU kept the puck on the perimeter to hold on for their 15th win of the season.
"We made two mistakes in the third period," Jutting said. "We turned the puck over that resulted in a goal. And we turned the puck over which resulted in a penalty, which resulted in a goal.
"But other than that, I thought we played a very good hockey game tonight."
The win vaulted the Mavericks into the tie for eighth in the PairWise rankings with idle Minnesota-Duluth. The Mavericks are tied with Wisconsin for fourth place in the WCHA with 22 points — three points ahead of UMD.
"We're definitely rolling right now," Mouillierat said. "I think at the beginning of the year, we knew we were capable of this. It just wasn't happening for us."
Minnesota State (15-10-4 overall, 9-9-4 WCHA) will play a pair at the Kohl Center in Madison next weekend at the Kohl Center. Faceoff for both games is scheduled at 7:07 p.m.
Alaska-Anchorage (7-14-7, 3-14-5) will host St. Cloud State at Sullivan Arena.
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Integrating 'High' & 'Folk' Art
Darrah Carr's Irish-Modern Experiment
By Ursula Eagly
Copyright 2001 Ursula Eagly
The differences between
'high' art and 'folk' art have been deconstructed by countless scholars.
But Darrah Carr has discovered that integrating the two is not as
seamless in practice as it is in theory. Darrah Carr Dance is currently
performing its unique blend of traditional Irish and modern dance
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Irish and modern works
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at once. The most ambitious work in this respect is "Whirl." Several
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would have benefited greatly from technically immaculate dancing.
Similarly, the stage at the Joyce SoHo has no wings. Dancers would
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their entrance was cued. It would have been interesting to see Carr
tackle these issues instead of dodge them: how can non-technical
dancers move in interesting ways? How can all of the dancers be
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Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie Reviews
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Release Date: May 04, 2012
Rating: (PG-13)
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I liked this movie a good bit, though it was kind of predictable. I heart Maggie Smith in every thing she does (especially as Professor McGonagall, where I fist discovered the goddess) so I was happy to go see the movie with my mom and grandmom when it came out. It is mostly a movie for older people because it's about retirement and how hard it can be to find the right place to settle down when the time comes to leave the workforce for good. It's something older folks think a lot about, I imagine. For me, it's not something I think I need to worry about just yet. Who knows, by the time I'm ready to retire, India just might be the most powerful country in the world. Mumbai is going to be the future of metropolitan living, so why not?
I wanted to like this movie more than I actually did, which I think may have been because there's too much going on for one movie to handle. I took my mum to see it because it seemed like the kind of movie she'd enjoy (about old folks in an exotic land) and I think she really did like it. It just may have struck a little too close to home since she once wanted to retire soon but now thinks it's better to keep working because of the economy. Anyway, I'm losing my point!
It's kind of like that movie "Outsourced" where an American guy goes to India and finds a whole new unexpected world waiting for him. The elderly British people in this movie are lured to India by the benefits of living in what is know as the Exotic Marigold Hotel but they soon find out that all that glitters isn't gold.
Oh how I adored this movie! It's one of those special treats from the UK that brings together so many great British actors and shows you a slice of life that you never knew existed before. I, for one, never knew that many elderly and retired Brits head to India to spend their last years. It seems like a no-brainer now that I think about it but until I saw this movie I never considered it.
The story is about various elderly British men and women who make their way to India in their retirement to see if they may want to settle there. Some of them love it and some of the detest it - but all of them are changed by the experience. They end up staying at a hotel being run by a young man (Dev Patel) who wants to restore the hotel to its old glory when his father used to run it. He decides that he's going to create the perfect retirement place for all the British ex-pats.
Judi Dench is amazing in her role, of course, as is Dev Patel and Maggie Smith. But the star of the movie is India, which seems to be a land like no other. At the very least, this movie will make you want to visit if not retire there. It's a mysterious and magical place, to be sure.
This is a great movie for mature lovers of thoughtful cinema. A group of expatriate and retired Brits go to India to retire. They come with their preconceptions of the land and the people and quickly learn how wrong everything they know and believe about India is. Some of them hate it while others love it - all of them, however, learn that the hotel they are staying at is much more than just another rent-a-night facility. It's a remnant of an old dream, being restored by a young man who wishes to see his father's old hotel thrive like never before.
The movie is definitely targeted toward older viewers, especially given its subject matter of retirees venturing into a foreign land that they have heavy-handed preconceptions about. The British cast is great, especially Judi Dench and Dev Patel, who elevate the movie above standard potboiler fare to something very special. If you like movies about real people grappling with real issues, then this is the summer flick for you.
Thank goodness film makers are realizing that seniors like to go to the movies when we are offered something other than vampires, zombies, superheroes, blood and guts, and inane vulgarity. On the day my friends and I saw this film, the audience applauded at the end. 'Nuff said!
I walked away entertained, and I'm not quite the older generation....yet (51). The acting was very good, and there was a fun, feel-good story line. Somewhat predictable.
It is a film about older people and I thought i will be not able to relate and enjoy this film but I did and I actually really liked it. I think this film benefited highly from an amazing cast who elevated this film and made it seem fresh and original. The film is flawed but like i said before the wonderful cast is able to mask the flaws pretty well. The film is quite funny and it inspires a more joyful attitude towards life. Overall, I had a good time watching this film and I think it is worth seeing in the theaters.
I did not like this film and do not recommend seeing it in the theaters. I think this film is aimed at an older audience and I just could not relate. The film was pleasant and mild and I was a bit bored. The humor was very mild and the plot was very predictable. I do have to say that this film has one of the best casts I have seen and they all do an incredible job with their roles. I especially loved Judi Dench, she is an amazing actress and proves that one more time in this film. Overall, I think an older audience will appreciate this film much more than I did.
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