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GO Braeden, GO Braeden, GO GO GO Braeden!
That's my NEW Braeden cheer!
THIS was my "e-mail" conference from Braeden's 2nd grade teacher-
Ms. Meiner,
Braeden is doing great! He is a joy to teach and has such a great attitude. Below are all his scores and such with the individualized testing we do periodically throughout the year.
DRA: = 28. (They should be at a 28 by the end of 2nd grade)
ZPD: = 3.2-4.4 (3rd grade 2nd month-4th grade 4th month)
MAP: the academic leveled test taken 3 times a year to measure growth.
Reading: Fall Spring
190 190
They should be at a 190 for Spring
Math: Fall Spring
190 199
They should be at a 191 for Spring
He truly is a great kid. If there were to be anything he could work on, it would be how frustrated he gets when something doesn't go his way. For example he really gets fired up on the playground with basketball. I don't know what it is about boys in sports, but he really gets mad when things get messed up, or there isn't any passing going on. I currently have my basketball on "time out." Ithink they all need some cooling down. He also gets a little fired up in class especially when our class is talking to much (which helps me out), but there is no reason for him to feel that way. Again if I were to pick anything for a place to grow that would be it.
Other than that, you have raised a great son. I love how much fun he is to teach and the amount of time he takes in his work. If you have any more questions about anything just let me know.
Mr. Kruger
THAT'S MY BOY! Bless his heart, he gets his need for things to be "perfect" and his competitive nature HONESTLY! Both Mike and I are sports lovers and sometimes we forget that first and foremost it is supposed to be fun. We've always told Braeden that he needs to pride himself in showing good sportsmanship more than skill. We KNOW he has the skill and the capability to be a great athlete, but I think Mike and I need to do a better job at setting the example of a "good sport." I admit I tend to get a little "fired up" when watching his games and like Mike told me the other night when I was getting frustrated, they ARE kids and they ARE still learning (both how to play and how to show sportsmanship).
I do have to chuckle a bit about him getting mad when his class talks. My guess is that he is afraid that if the class gets in trouble as a whole than that is the same as him getting in trouble. Since he tells us everything and admits to every mistake, I bet he's just looking for a break and a day when he can say he DIDN'T get in trouble. Oh that kid just melts my heart. I love him so much!
Speaking of getting in trouble- here's a funny conversation between Mikey and I one night:
Mama- "Mikey you are going to go night night in YOUR bed tonight!" (the prior night I gave in and he and Braeden both hoped in my bed with me and I had an AWFUL sleep).
Mikey- "No Mommy, I will cry!"
Mama- "No you won't Mikey, you are a big boy and big boys do not cry at night night time."
Mikey- "NO MAMA! I am NOT a big boy…..I am a BAD boy!"
Just for an FYI as much as he may deserve it at times, I NEVER EVER call that precious little guy a "bad boy!"
Have a great weekend. Nana and Roy are coming in tomorrow to see Braeden and celebrate his Birthday (which is Thursday). We have a basketball game tomorrow too and I am going to work on my "positive, encouraging cheers!"
Back in the Game
How is it that another month has almost come and gone? Well, probably because it has been an eventful month. Let's start with the last weekend in December. I was off work (given the whole week off with pay as a holiday bonus). I enjoyed spending time with the boys- just hanging out. Thursday morning I hit the road ALONE to meet Mike for a weekend JUST THE TWO OF US in NC. We met half way between here and VA. I took my time and arrived at the hotel around 6pm, got take-out from Outback and ate in lobby while waiting on Mike. He arrived around 10pm and we were able to ring in the New Year together (after I fell asleep at 11:30 and Mike woke me up at the 10 second countdown). J We had such a fantastic time just being together and doing nothing! It was quite cold (in the teens), but it gave me a good taste of what to expect next winter.
It was back to work and school the following week. I'll tell ya, after 2 weeks NOT having to wake up so early to get Braeden ready for school, it was HARD to get back in the grove. So hard in fact, my body decided to go bonkers on me. Thursday evening as I was driving home from work, I started to feel very dizzy, lightheaded and "out of it." When my hand, foot and lip went numb, Mike's Mom decided I needed to get looked at. A visit to the ER and a clear CT scan later, it was determined I had suffered a severe a-typical migraine. The doctor said I was right to have come in, as my symptoms seemed to mirror those of a stroke. Well, as fortunate as I am that it was NOT a stroke, the severity of my symptoms did allow me a pass directly back to the Dr. and I was able to avoid the 2 hour+ wait in the waiting room.
What time I avoided in the waiting room Thursday night, was certainly made up over the next 3 days (also my Birthday weekend). After eating dinner Friday night at my favorite Japanese restaurant with one of my favorite friends, I developed horrendous abdominal pain. I didn't think much of it at first as this is common (for me) after eating Japanese. When the pain did not subside as it usually does, got worse and I began having rectal bleeding, I called my Dr. who insisted I head to the ER. 6 hours later, lots of medicine and another CT scan (this time of the stomach), I was diagnosed with colitis. Since I didn't get home until 3am and was on lots of medication, I slept most of my Birthday. When I got up, I felt a lot better and even cleaned the house a bit since the boys were still with Mike's Mom. By 8:00pm, I was doubled over in pain and called my Dr. again (who was appalled that I was sent home the prior night). He sent me to another hospital and this time I was admitted. Over the 2 days I was in the hospital, I was hydrated and given antibiotics and pain medicine. After having my blood drawn 5 times, many tests and being spared a visit with a G.I Dr. and a colonoscopy, they went with the "wait and see" diagnosis of a bacterial form of colitis. Basically if this doesn't happen again then they were accurate, if it does, then I will need to see a specialist and have more intense testing done to rule out Crohn's Disease. YIKES!
So far, I have had no further issues. I went back to work on Tuesday (I used my week of vacation to "recover" last week and Monday was a holiday) and other than being super swamped playing catch up at work, I've been fine. I think it helped both physically and mentally that Mike came home last weekend. As I commented on Facebook- absence does make the heart fonder and I feel like no matter how long or how short we've been apart, when we are back together, it's like we are falling in love all over again. Of course the boys were ecstatic to see Daddy and Braeden was especially glad to show off his basketball skills during his Saturday practice that Mike was able to attend.
SO, basketball……this is Braeden's first year playing, but he is doing AWESOME! I am certain that his 2 years playing baseball has helped. Although he is still learning the fundamentals of basketball, he fully understands the concept of a TEAM and is a remarkable athlete. I am really happy that he has taken an interest in an indoor sport since he will only be able to play baseball during the warmer months in VA (RIGHT at the age when he would have been able to play BOTH fall and spring baseball in SC) L Anyway, he is really enjoying playing and I am enjoying watching. It's been proven that I am the loud Mom in the stands regardless of what game my kid is playing. J Although they have lost all 3 games, the team is improving every day and Braeden is picking up on the skills and is individually doing so well. We are so proud of that little guy. Speaking of skill, Braeden brought home a letter from school stating that because of his high test scores in math, he's been elected to take additional testing for the gifted and talented program. Hmmm, maybe he WILL be right where he should be in the VA schools (which are at a much higher academic level than SC schools). We are planning on having Braeden finish his last month of school in VA. We will be moving on the 15th of May and Braeden would have 2 more weeks in SC. We feel it would be beneficial for him to meet some kids as well as for us to get a feel for what if anything he needs to work on over the summer (depending on where he fits in academically). This means he will have to continue into the middle of June (school starts and ends later in the year than SC)- HA- poor kid.
Braeden's team before their first game-
He plays point guard like his Mama did-
So, we are 3 weeks from Mike heading to the academy in GA and thus being able to come home every weekend until we move. I am SO looking forward to him being around more. The boys have adjusted just fine and in fact have grown closer. The other night I listened in the monitor to the two of them professing their love to one another. It was pure music to my ears. Mikey has also woken up the last 2 nights crying and before I can even get out of bed, I hear Braeden comforting him and telling him to move closer and snuggle with him. J As sweet as his big brother is, Mikey doesn't always follow suit. After hitting Sayelor's 6 month old baby sister 2 days in a row, I reminded him when dropping him off one morning that we do not hit Piper. He said, "OK Mama, I hit Piper GENTLE!" Ugh, at least he is grasping something! I hate to compare the two, but one example of Mikey's "beastliness" seems to always be followed by Braeden's pure, precious heart- We were listening to the Christian radio station and they were mentioning how we can give to the "help Haiti fund." Braeden said, "Mama, can we give some money?" I said, "Sure we can, do you want to give your $5 allowance this week too?" Without hesitation he said, "Yes Ma'am, I will even save $10 and give that." If only us adults can be as selfless as that sweet boy.
Out of the blue the other day Mikey said, "Mama, I go to the North Pole and be with Santa." I asked how he'd get there and he said, "I will ride the Polar Express!" He really CAN be sweet and innocent like his big brother and he sure is cute sporting his new hair cut!
Christmas 2009
Christmas 2009 was simply awesome! I feel so thankful to have such wonderful family and friends to share the holidays with. Braeden's Christmas mostly involved Baseball (Phillie's baseball particularly) and Mikey's Christmas was all about trains. It was so much fun to see Mikey really get into Christmas and Santa. He was so thrilled with each gift he opened- which started about a week before Christmas. When we asked him who gave him each present (even before Christmas morning), he'd say, "Santa gave it to Mikey, this is Mikey's present." The Friday before Christmas was Braeden's last day of school before the break. It was pajama day and also the Terrific Kid ceremony for December (which Braeden proudly accepted). He was so cute as he waited for his turn (kindergarten was first then first grade, and then second grade). He looked like an old pro (as this is his THIRD year in a row getting the award) compared to the cute little 5 year old's nervously standing in line. We are just as proud of that little guy as we were the first time he was awarded.
I worked Monday, Tuesday and a half day on Wed the week of Christmas and then received (along with a beautiful picture frame and a gift certificate to a spa), 7 paid working days OFF. I type this blog as Mike and I hang out in our hotel in Rocky Mount, NC (a perfect half way point between home and where he is working in VA) enjoying a weekend alone. It has been a great way to cap off a great holiday. I am so not looking forward to going back to work on Monday, but I feel so blessed to have such a generous boss.
Mike's Mom and I went to Christmas service at the church on the 23rd. The service was as beautiful as it is each year (and something I will really miss next Christmas). My parents, sister and brother-in-law came in town on Christmas Eve day and Mike arrived later that evening. Christmas Eve we all gathered at our house and had some snacks and let the boys open a couple presents.
Here's Braeden opening his gift from my sister and her husband Lorne-
"Look, it's an Ipod!"
"I LOVE my Aunt Lisa,Uuncle Lorne and new Ipod"
The boys also opened several gifts from uncle Jack and his girlfriend Lisa-
A dinosaur book-
and matching pajamas-
Mikey's turn-
"Thanks Uncle Jack and Lisa!"
Braeden had a little trouble falling asleep Christmas Eve (I remember when I was that age, I could never fall asleep and would wake up WAY earlier than I was allowed on Christmas Morning). Mike turned on the portable DVD player and before B knew it……
SANTA CAME and it was Christmas morning! We could hear the boys talking in the baby monitor and Braeden was calling Daddy. Mikey (who was asleep before Mike got home Christmas Eve), said very matter of factly, "Daddy is not here Braeden." SO cute, but also sad that Daddy had been gone awhile that he just assumed he was not there.
The first thing Mikey noticed and ran to was his new Thomas the Train toy-
Braeden opening the gift from Mommy and Daddy. I ordered this gift back in October and was SO excited for him to open it-
His reaction to the gift was ALL I needed for Christmas-
"Look, a framed collage of Chase Utley!"
His new Utley Collage goes perfectly with the framed Phillie's Stadium he opened earlier in the week from Nana and Roy-
And in keeping with the Philadelphia theme, his new Eagles shirt he also got from Nana and Roy. Daddy Aaron and Nancy got him a new Eagles jersey, but it hasn't come in yet. I will take a picture as soon as he puts it on-
Mikey looking at one of his gifts from Santa-
It's a Little People's Fire Station (he is still fascinated with Fire Trucks)-
Aunt Lisa and Uncle Lorne got Mikey a train table-
"Ya ya, love the table, thanks Uncle Lorne now can I go play!"
Mikey got a Thomas book and train from Nana and Roy-
After the boys had opened enough gifts for 20 little boys, they got to do it all over again at Mike's parents when we went over for Christmas dinner-
Braeden got a baseball throwing net (among many other things)-
Mikey got a Polar Express train-
He sat on the floor in the middle of the train and watched it all night long-
We all went downtown the day after Christmas to have lunch, shop and see the train display at one of the hotels. Mikey of course was in heaven!
He couldn't take his eyes off the 3 trains on the tracks-
We managed a couple quick pictures-
Thank you also to Aunt Heather and Uncle Nathan for the baseball pinball, book (next to his foot)-
Potato gun and the Go Fish game for Mikey-
Cita and Pops for UCreate-
And to everyone else who sent gifts or cards to the boys, Mike or I. We appreciate everything so much.
2009 was certainly a year filled with many ups and downs, many struggles, but mostly so much God-given goodness. We ended the year appreciating ALL of that goodness, promising to focus more on and be thankful for it in the new year and praying for health, happiness and many blessings from our loving God, to all of our friends and family. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


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Cabrillo High School football coach Jason Brown obviously was delighted to welcome Darren Gardenhire to the program when the talented defensive back opted to transfer from Lakewood for his senior season.
But even Brown didn't realize what Gardenhire would mean to the 2013 Jaguars, who open the CIF-Southern Section Pac-5 Division playoffs Friday at Tesoro as the Moore League's No. 2 entry.
"I knew he was a talented kid, a special player," Brown said, "but I didn't know how versatile he was. He's just one of those guys you'd call a true gamer.
"It seems like everything he's asked to do in a game, and we've asked him to do a lot, it just turns to gold."
Brown has been at Cabrillo for three seasons, but before that he was an offensive coordinator at East Los Angeles College and San Bernardino College, then head coach at Compton College (2007-08) and Chaffey College (09-10). By his count, he's recruited or coached 18 guys who have gone on to play in the NFL, including Packers rookie wide receiver Reggie Dunn, Cowboy safety Orlando Scandrick and Tennessee safety Daimion Stafford.
So, he's got some perspective on the subject of big-time talent. And he sees something special in Gardenhire.
"He's right up there with some of those guys as far as the intangibles, his savvy-ness goes," Brown said. "He's got the 'it' factor. No matter where I put him, he gets it done."
And Brown isn't the only one who sees it.
The 6-foot, 175-pound Gardenhire's stock has been on the rise throughout his senior season. He verbally committed early to San Jose State but has earned him offers from the likes of Boise State, Utah and Washington State that he's still evaluating.
"It's always good when your coach believes in you," Gardenhire said. "Having him around my senior year has been a good thing for me and the school."
With a shake of his head and a grin, Gardenhire admits he can see why Brown sees him as a gamer.
"Yeah, I don't have a great 40-yard time," he said. "I'm tall, but I'm not that tall. I'm fast, but not that fast."
It's also possible that Gardenhire's 40 time (4.59 seconds) is out of date. He looks much faster than that on the field, as evidenced by the numerous big plays he's made as a senior.
"I wasn't really in that great a shape when I did my last 40," he said smiling. "I think I am faster than that. I know my game speed is different. I think I have a sense of urgency about getting to where I have to go in a game."
A defensive back at Lakewood, Gardenhire has continued to star as a safety and, at times, a cornerback for Cabrillo. But he's also returned punts and kicks and contributed at wide receiver while scoring 11 touchdowns and compiling 1,411 all-purpose yards.
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Hall & Oates Fans Fight Mitt Romney By Forming Super PAC
A group of Hall & Oates fans are declaring "I Can't Go For That" to the Republican party.
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Here's a parody of You Belong With Me by[lastfm link_type="artist_info"] Taylor Swift [/lastfm]sung by a zombie. It should be an ad for an orthodontist!
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Cutting an American family's meat consumption by half is equivalent to getting rid of a car. Why isn't the pressure on, asks Tim Benton.
The most recent figures for carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere give one pause for thought. There was a bigger increase in CO2 in the atmosphere over the last year than had been recorded for many years; despite all we know, carbon is increasing faster than ever, and faster than imagined in IPCC's 'worst case' scenarios.
Continue reading Cars, cows and carbon
GFS Champion Tim Benton explains how engaging with people has shifted his views.
I am very privileged in the role of Global Food Security (GFS) Champion to meet many people and discuss the challenges raised by global demand for food outstripping supply. I have had such discussions with a large range of groups in different government departments: Health, Defra, DFID and the FCO in the UK as well as the Scottish and Welsh governments.
Continue reading Framing the big picture: going round in circles
GFS Champion Tim Benton looks to the New Year and considers food waste on national and personal levels (including his own recipes).
I enjoy cooking, so do the kitchen duty when I am at home. And, of course, Christmas is the most intensive cooking festival. I just totted up that I prepared 141 meals, spread over 32 mealtimes. No wonder coming back to work seems restful!
As food waste is such an issue, we worked hard to minimise waste over the period through a concerted effort of planning, inventorying and negotiation over how to eat left overs. As a result, we threw away very little that was avoidable, perhaps though at the expense of over-consumption!
Continue reading Waste not, want not
Christmas is traditionally a time of celebrating via food. GFS Champion Tim Benton explores the question of whether we should be more self-sufficient in producing it.
One of the questions asked in Westminster is "should the UK be more self-sufficient in food production?" According to government (PDF) data about 62% of our food is produced in Great Britain.
Last August, 62% of the way through the year, the National Farmers' Union had a Back British Farming campaign pointing out that were there no international trade our "larder would be bare" from August onwards – definitely a problem for the Christmas feast then – and so growing more food locally would be benefit our food security by increasing self-sufficiency.
Continue reading Season's greedings: self-sufficiency and the UK food system
We have learnt a lot from the 2007/8 food price spike, but the future will be a bumpy ride says GFS Champion Tim Benton.
The historical era of falling food prices is over. Global demand for food is continuing to increase while production growth has slowed in recent years, leading to significant upward pressure on prices.
It is well recognised that world's biological and ecological resources (its 'natural capital') provides ecosystem services that subsidise production costs: think about how soil fertility, promoted by soil biodiversity, pollination, natural pest control and the climate support agricultural production. Fully investing in sustaining the natural capital, via management of soils, biodiversity, water and carbon emissions would raise food production costs and add to prices.
Continue reading The price is right? Wrong!
GFS Champion Tim Benton takes a personal look at weight gain and ruminates on what quantifies over consumption.
As many readers of this blog will appreciate, the demand for food is rising globally and many posts on this site tackle the issues associated with increasing production. The demand-side of the equation perhaps gets less attention than it deserves.
Like many people of middle age, I have gained weight in recent years. Yes, I know of many extenuating circumstances (= "excuses") that have changed my daily energy budget, but the ineluctable truth is that I have piled on the best part of 10 kilos in the last decade.
Continue reading Eating: how much is too much?
A birth and bereavement gives food for thought. GFS Champion Tim Benton reflects.
Two recent events – the death of my father and the birth of a friend's first child – have made me ponder about the course of a human life. In particular, for someone born now what will happen to the world during their lifetime?
During our debates over food security and climate change we often look ahead. But does the timescale we choose to look ahead matter? If so, is there one that resonates with sufficient power to promote action?
Continue reading Life, death and looking ahead
Top researchers gather to tuck into global food matters. Tim Benton relishes the chance.
I have recently returned from a Meeting of the Agricultural Chief Scientists (the 'MACS') of the G20, held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Each time we left the hotel for a venue, I couldn't get over the security involved in our bus escort which at one stage included 11 or 12 vehicles: motorbikes, police cars, machine-gun mounted jeeps, an army vehicle and an ambulance! And it wasn't all work, one day's meeting was held in the grounds of the Jose Cuervo distillery in the town of Tequila, including a fascinating tour involving vision, audio and (of course) taste(s).
Continue reading A meeting of the big 'MACS'
Fresh from the Rio+20 conference, Tim Benton ponders the paradox of producing more with less.
In the last weeks, I have attended an unsustainable flurry of meetings and discussions about sustainable intensification, sustainable agriculture or sustainable development (or all three together).
So what does "sustainable" mean, in the context of environment?
Agriculture, the world's biggest industry, is rightly seen as the engine of development. It also generates the fuel, literally, that we all require.
Continue reading Sense and sustainability
Tim Benton on the challenges ahead and why he's taken on the role.
Meeting the growing demands for both food and sustainability is a huge interdisciplinary challenge; the answer will not be found in a single discipline. As an interdisciplinary problem, global food security solutions must combine agricultural science (including crop improvement), farming management, understanding trade-offs in land uses (between ecosystem services and agricultural production for example) and a wide range of social issues concerning behaviour, consumption, economics and global trade.
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300 GB, SAS 6 Gb/s
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The 2.5-inch WD S25 SAS drives offer the powerful combination of enterprise-class performance and reduced power consumption required for demanding high-performance computing and mission-critical environments.
The WD S25 SAS hard drives provide up to 300 GB of high performance storage suitable for both enterprise server and enterprise storage applications. The supersonic 6 Gb/s SAS interface enables optimum data reliability, availability and scalability. The small form-factor, 70 percent smaller than 3.5-inch drives, allows more system airflow resulting in lower cooling costs.
In an environment where space and power are limited, the WD S25 drives are an effective solution for high performance computing solutions such as power-constrained data centers, database transaction processing, and rack, tower, and blade servers.
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Ultra fast - 6 Gb/s transfer rates and SAS 2.0 feature set delivering sustained sequential data rates of 128 MB/sec and high random IO rates.
Low power consumption - Requires less than 8W to operate.
Dual port, full duplex connectivity for the mission-critical Enterprise topologies.
Industry's highest reliability rating at 1.6 million hours MTTF (MTBF).
Preformatted for PCs - Designed for use with Windows-based computers. Can be easily reformatted for use with Macs.
Planet friendly with RoHS compliant halogen reduced components.
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Performance storage Data centers and large data arrays
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Buffer Size 16 MB
Average Latency 3.00 ms (nominal)
Seek Times
Read Seek Time 3.6 ms (average)
Write Seek Time 4.2 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time 0.7 ms (average)
Transfer Rates
Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) 128 MB/s (Sustained)
Physical Specifications
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Interface SAS 6 Gb/s
Form Factor 2.5-inch Drive
User Sectors Per Drive 586,072,368
Physical Dimensions
Height 0.59 Inches
Length 3.94 Inches
Width 2.75 inches
Weight 0.48 Pounds
Height 15 mm
Length 100 mm
Width 69.85 mm
Weight 219 gm
Environmental Specifications
Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock 300G, 2 ms
Idle Mode 27 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 34 dBA (average)
Temperature (English)
Operating 41° F to 131° F
Non-operating -40° F to 158° F
Temperature (Metric)
Operating 5° C to 55° C
Non-operating -40° C to 70° C
Operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
Linear 20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak)
Random 10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz
Low Frequency 0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
High Frequency 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
Read/Write 300 mA
Idle 140 mA
Read/Write 750 mA
Idle 700 mA
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 7.35 Watts
Idle 5.18 Watts


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Queretaro hotel with an outdoor pool
Situated in the city center, this hotel is close to Plaza del Parque Shopping Mall, Plaza Boulevares Shopping Mall, and Nestle Headquarters. Also nearby are Cerro de Las Campanas National Park and Autonomous University of Queretaro.
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In addition to a restaurant, Hampton by Hilton Queretaro, MX features an outdoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and a coffee shop/café.
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Hampton by Hilton Queretaro, MX features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Business amenities consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 468 square feet (43 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and multilingual staff. An area shuttle within 15 km and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) are complimentary for guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in June 2010.
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I just wanted to thank Sam Love (police chief), and the officers of the Ferris Police Dept. for all of their help and concern this last week. I was trying to help a homeless person who wanted help to get food and shelter.
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Benjamin Percy, whose new novel Red Moon updates the werewolf mythos for our era, loves the way suspense ratchets up before something terrible is revealed. When I asked him to choose a favorite passage from literature, he chose a section from Cormac McCarthy's The Road that has haunted him for years. It's the only instance Percy can think when what's finally revealed is, in fact, far scarier than anything he could have imagined.
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Benjamin Percy: I picked up Blood Meridian as my first introduction to McCarthy. I remember, at that moment when there's thunder on the horizon and a cloud of dusk and the horde of Apaches dressed in the blood-stained wedding garb as they thunder towards Glanton and his men, being completely overwhelmed by both the language and the horror and the beauty of the situation. I actually set the book aside after I read that passage and felt as though I'd been rewired aesthetically.
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As many have pointed out before me, he's unafraid to stare into the abyss. He's peering into the darkest corners of human existence, using a lamp with blood.
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Jesus, he whispered.
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|Is it just me, but aren't the leaves still hanging in there and greener than normal? Usually by now, I am going full force raking and trying to keep ahead of all the falling leaves. This year my trees are still holding on.
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- Posted by MrsGalihad z6b Pa (My Page) on Thu, Oct 27, 05 at 13:26
|I've been thinking the same thing. Usually I have at least started raking by now.
|It is the same here in western PA. We are about at "peak' color now in the maples, but still mostly green in others. Normally the leaves are all down by Halloween. That is not gonna be the case this year. It would be drop dead georgeous out there now if we would just get a little sunshine.
- Posted by garden_grammie SE Pa. (My Page) on Fri, Oct 28, 05 at 8:28
|I wonder if the drought has anything to do with it.
- Posted by cornstalk98_98 6 PA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 28, 05 at 16:32
|Hi grammie.....same thing here in the SE. But, around the corner from me a maple is in full color yet mine is still green. Can't figure out Mother Nature. We've had dry times and wet times so who knows? (the maple I speak of is the "little leaf" or "swamp maple"
- Posted by jenny_in_SE_PA USDA7 Sunset 32 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 29, 05 at 8:47
|What's odd around here is that most of the oaks have either completely defoliated or the leaves that are left are brown and crisp and are in the process of dropping. The sycamores and london planes are also crisping up and dropping rather uncolorful leaves, many having already defoliated as well. However many of the maples are going full tilt green with only a few of the more well known colorful ones finally turning yellow and/or red (where the younger trees started first). The locusts are finally starting to turn yellow as well. Most of the rest of the trees including ones like ginkos, willows, and a myriad of ornamental fruit trees like cherries, etc., are completely green and growing. Even the infamous but soon-to-be extremely colorful Callery pears are dead green.
I think this past week of lows in the 40s did help a bit to trigger some changes and I'm starting to see some color, but it's slow in coming - perhaps because the ground is still so warm after this summer. I expect we may peak over the next couple weeks.
- Posted by clarysage1717 s.central pa z6 (My Page) on Sat, Oct 29, 05 at 10:06
|Same thing in the Harrisburg area. I think it's because we haven't had a real frost yet - I suspect the frost triggers the release of the leaves or something. I'm enjoying the beautiful color, whatever the reason for the late drop.
|Definitely late in central PA. Likely a combination of factors. I was reading that even the latness of Spring has an effect. The overall drop in temperatures w/o freezing over night coupled with the shorter days makes the normal change of colors. Central PA is usually at peak color about mid October, but many trees are still green this year. My theory is that it was so dry here for so long and then we have had several rains that the plants were rejuvenating or some such. Also, it was rather warmish overnights 'til just recently. (Frost not 'til the 29-30th.)
The rain/snow event last Tues (25th) was a bummer in some areas here, and brought down a lot of branches from trees still in full leaf.
About maples of different stages and colors: The varieties do vary in color and maturity. Sugar maples, for example, are the bright reds. Others turn yellow. A neighbor has two maples about 40 feet apart. One is in full color at the moment and starting to drop. The other is still grass-green but will turn yellow.
- Posted by Pipersville_Carol z6 Bucks PA (My Page) on Mon, Oct 31, 05 at 11:54
|It's greener than usual in Bucks, too. The ashes yellowed and dropped early and the red maples and oaks are finally turning, but the willows, black cherries, and silver maples are still green. My sister in Indiana has noticed the same thing.
I like a nice prolonged leaf season. Makes for a pretty commute.
|It is a nice commute lately.
My magnolia usually gets a little yellow before dropping the leaves. It's still totally green, but started dropping the leaves anyway. I think the last few nights of frost changed it's mind...... I don't get it, I was scraping ice of the windshield this morning but then was driving around this afternoon with the windows open for the breeze. It went up to 75 here.
|Here it is starting the second week of November, and I haven't seen a frost on my lawn and garden yet either. It seems about 2 weeks late.
I can generally count on the first frost killing off all the leaves on my Paulownia tree (So darned sensitive to cold you can almost frost them by carrying a Sno-cone past it)but this year it hasn't lost a leaf. They drop within a few hours of frost, and then smell like rotten tennis shoes till I get so sick of the smell I put in extra time to rake them up and carry them WAY back behind the garden shed.
- Posted by Four_Seasons z6 PA (My Page) on Tue, Nov 8, 05 at 20:05
|Well, I had to go out of town on Wednesday and when I left the silver maples in the yard were FULL of leaves -- turning, but still there. When I got back on Sunday ALL of the trees had lost their leaves and I swear it looks like winter has hit along my road. Thank God everywhere else on my way to work still looks like a beautiful fall! I must live in a Zone 3 micro-climate! Yikes!
- Posted by garden_grammie SE Pa. (My Page) on Fri, Nov 11, 05 at 19:02
|What a beautiful display of colors this year!
But alas they did start to drop fast and furious during that wind storm the other day. Many of the oaks and tulip trees are still holding tight,but I think by the end of next week the fall colors will just be a memory. Now, the aches and pains from raking may last a bit longer.(HA HA)
- Posted by Plantman56 z6 PA (My Page) on Mon, Nov 21, 05 at 12:52
|there are lots of factors to when leaves drop. This link is very helpful.
Here is a link that might be useful: leaves drop
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On a day that many predicted would be full of trades and movement, the NHL Draft maintained a level of calmness. Not too many trades were made at all on day 1 and the order of the top 10 remained the same, which meant the Leafs made their selection at 8. (more…)
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It's a zoo outside San Quentin prison, where convicted murderer/Crips gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams is scheduled to die by injection at San Quentin Prison at 12:01am Pacific time for murdering four people during two 1979 holdups. Live KPIX video feed outside San Quentin here. (Hat tip: Reader Dave.) Photos via readers and Yahoo!:
Jesse Jackson, the racial demagogue-turned-wannabe Death Row gawker, is desperately lobbying to be one of Tookie Williams' execution witnesses, according to cable news reports.
Reader Doug from Upland e-mails that the crusading Rev. Jackson did not know the names of Williams' victims when asked by KFI-AM radio talk show hosts John and Ken.
[Update: Reader Denise R. writes, "I was listening to [KFI host] John Zi[e]gler, he actually asked Jesse Jackson the names of the victims on a couple of occasions and his microphone was taken from him by Judge Mathis (the TV judge) and broken. He also was pushed by Jackson supporters, after that happened he was forced away from Jackson by Sheriff's Deputies.]
On MSNBC this evening, host Tucker Carlson told his "friend" Al Sharpton that he would spare him embarassment by not asking him the names of the victims.
Why would he do that? Guess he didn't want to ruin the freak show vibe.
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The evidence of guilt, the governor's statement said, included testimony from two of Williams' accomplices, ballistics evidence linking Williams' shotgun to the murders and testimony from four people that Williams had at different times confessed to one or both murders.
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Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson said she thought that Williams' clemency bid was plagued from the start by his position that he would never acknowledge that he committed the four murders.
"I will never admit capital crimes that I did not commit — not even to save my life," Williams wrote in his 2004 autobiography "Blue Rage, Black Redemption." He repeated that position Monday afternoon in a conversation with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jackson told reporters.
"Tookie wanted to have it both ways — he wanted to maintain his actual innocence claim so that he would have something to argue in the courts, but he still wanted to claim that he had been redeemed," Levenson said. "In the end, he lost on both fronts."
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Hey there,
Well you have several issues. I think the camera and your gf did reasonably well, but clearly she didn't fully understand what she was supposed to be doing.
The sign on the front of the lectern is fine, unfortunately you are further back, in darker light, out of critical aperture dof and seem to be moving such that the SS was not high enough to stop your motion. You also have some pretty bad noise and jpeg artifacting, so much that sharpening is difficult.
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Is the market for today's Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron and Shire falling away?
Without question top hitch horse prospects of these four breeds capture the big dollars. Tall, stretchy horses, geldings or mares that will hitch, enjoy this fast market. These potential hitch horses must have headset, length of neck and stretch. It is important these potential hitch horses exhibit desire, stand on lots of leg and lift high in front. Correct conformation seems less important, for the harness worn by hitch horses masks traits long considered undesirable. Few individuals are ever shown on halter. A growing school of horsemen feel buyers are rewarding flash, style and headset; while giving less consideration to soundness, conformation and structural correctness. This said, today's exhibition hitches capture the public eye. They are a powerful advertisement for each of the listed draft horse breeds. However, there is cause for concern.
Hitch horses command a fast, albeit limited, trade in numbers. Today most horsemen breed for this lucrative trade. Yet, the number of Belgians, Clydesdales, Percherons and Shires in exhibition hitches is a small percentage of each breed's annual foal crop. What future do hitch-type draft horses have, if exhibition hitches or teams of parade horses can only employ but a limited number?
Horse loggers will often buy hitch-type draft horses. Sadly, relatively few loggers employ draft horses today, regardless of their type. Horsemen engaged in the sport of pulling seldom buy hitch-type draft horses. They are not thick enough, rugged enough or correct enough, to participate in this sport. Horsemen who want farm or ranch teams, or a team for recreational purposes, seldom buy hitch-type draft horses. They are too tall and too inconvenient to harness, let alone house and handle.
Experience has taught successful Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron or Shire breeders that the taller, high-headed, long-legged females, with few exceptions, are less fertile. Few are known for the excellence of their progeny. All too often, these are the type of mares seen in a female six-horse hitch. Their foals, few as they are, often fail to become hitch horses like themselves. Such mares exhibit few of the feminine traits found in the successful broodmare. Many are little more than female geldings.
Today, the market for Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron and Shire draft horses of more moderate size is growing. This market has manifest itself several ways. Breeders report a growing number of enquiries from potential buyers searching for well-broke draft horses that are more traditional in type. These buyers have little interest in purchasing draft horses that stand 18 hh or more. This demand is also evident at public auctions, for Belgians, Clydesdales, Percherons and Shires that are more moderate in size, often outsell their larger counterpart. This was evident at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in January. Farm teams realized a fast trade. The top price for a Belgian female was $7,900; top price for a Percheron female was $7,000. The high-priced farm team won a last bid of $13,400. Demand for smaller crossbred horses that combine light and draft horse blood, is also growing. While such horses will never outsell star hitch horse prospects, the percentage of hitch-type draft horses considered stars will always remain small. What future have the many other draft horses of hitch-type?
Are today's horsemen going too far, breeding hitch-type draft horses only? Sixty years ago horsemen went too far breeding general purpose-type draft horses only. It is time for heavy horse breeders to reflect on their breeding programs. Single trait selection has destroyed many livestock breeds. The future of the Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron and Shire is at a crossroads. At least this is how I see it!


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EAU CLAIRE — In an effort to help set an official Guinness World Record, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Oak Ridge Hall Council is sponsoring "Stand Up and Speak Out Against Poverty" by staging a photo to communicate the desire to fight poverty at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Sutherland Hall fire pit on upper campus. The evening will kick off with a 7:30 p.m. screening of the film "The Invisible Children," which portrays the rebel conflict in Northern Uganda.
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But analysts wanted to know when Pinnacle would expand to new markets or buy another bank. Turner says it's possible he could snatch up a competitor. But he wants to focus expansion efforts on Middle Tennessee and Knoxville, where Pinnacle already does business. "It's not like there's a list of 43 banks we're going to go out here and take a look at," he said. "It's a pretty short list. Knoxville, the rationale is a little different. I'd like to accelerate distribution. I've only got four offices in Knoxville with a little better than a $600 million asset base over there. So, I need more distribution"
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