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DoH! LoL Not much of a guessing game...
You know what's funny is that I sat in that same exact seat in the same exact row... from Kindergarden - 6th Grade in the same school. So whenever we have one of those family reunion things where we all look at photo albums... everyone laughs at me because I never change much and am always in the same spot... sigh... that was because I was always the shortest one in class... they place you according to height in the pictures... BLAH...
::looks at myself in the mirror:: Yup nothing much changed... still short as heck... guess that's what high heels are for lol... but what am I going to wear when I'm an old lady? Old lady with high heels is a little bit disturbing lookin'... Oh well, when I'm that old... it won't matter anymore... it matters now because its hard as heck to find pants that fit...
Hey do you guys have any school pics?
Edit: Oops YA I'm the one in the light blue with red shoes (dam I hated those shoes...) in the first row, first seat...
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Location: Paris, France ~♪
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gravitation > You're the 4th one from the left in the first raw
PiGGiEE > You're cute You looked exactly like my little cousin when you were a kid (same face, same hairstyle ^^)
[Guyverrr] > It seems you can't stop with the funny pics
[Titan] > meh, you're a cutie! ~(^_^< )
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OmG there are alot of Agent Smiths hahahahhaahaha... Hmmm which one to choose...
Top Row, 2nd spot from the left or First Row, 4th spot from left
Dam gravitation.. how old are you? You're a young buck! Man... I feel old now... anyone here on the forums 24+?
That kid in the top row, 1st spot from the left.... doesn't he kinda resemble either...
Jack Black or Brian Austin Green?
Errr if not... I'm just probably high or drunk off my butt then... lol...
Helly-chan: Awww thanks for the comment >.<
Titan: Ya Titan is a cutie in that nice sweater he was wearing in the pic
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Castles and Lords
Templar Castle in Castile-León
City walls (Lugo)
Loarre Castle (Huesca)
Arévalo Castle (Ávila)
Kings and queens, princesses, knights, vassals and pages, what today are storybook figures were once part our world. Spain might be compared to a great chessboard, with more than 6000 castles, towers, palaces, fortresses and watchtowers set upon it; defensive pieces of the Peninsula's towns and beaches that entertain children and adults while recreating history.
To visit Spain's castles is to step back into the history and culture of the peoples of Europe: Greeks, Romans, Celts, French, English and Turkish. Standing far from the main roads with their Keeps ever watchful on the hilltop, they seem still to defend themselves from the passage of time, which has left its mark on many of them. There are medieval castles, many of which were built as the Christian Reconquest gained strength and designed as a place of refuge for the townspeople; there are Renaissance and Baroque constructions as well, and fortified towers built opposite the sea to prevent attacks by the Berbers or, in the 16th and 17th centuries, from the fearsome pirates who assaulted the coasts.
If this were a legend, what better way to begin it than with the Alhambra of Granada? A true fortified city surrounded by palaces, fountains and gardens right out of A Thousand and One Nights. The Alhambra--for which King Boabdil wept after turning over the city of Granada to the Catholic Kings. Then you might turn your steps towards the Castle of Mondújar, now in ruins, where his wife was buried.
Also of Arabic origin are the Castle of Calatayud (Zaragoza), conquered by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid Campeador, after his exile from the Castilian court. The battle is described in the Cantar de Mío Cid; the fortress of Mérida, built on the order of Abderramán II, with its imposing walls and lovely cistern conserved in the center of the building; or the Palace of the Aljafería in Zaragoza, converted into a fortified palace by Abu Jafar.
The Middle Ages saw the rise of knights and knightly orders throughout the Peninsula such as the Knights Templar, much feared for their strength and daring in battle. It is said that the Castle of Ponferrada, the most widely known medieval fortress in Spain, is linked to the castles of Cornatel, the Castle of Monforte de Lemos (Galicia), and the Monastery of Carracedo by tunnels, by which the Templars fled when they were under siege. The Order of Calatrava had its headquarters in the Castle-Fortress of Calatrava la Nueva (Ciudad Real), which was one of the largest buildings of its type in Spain.
Perhaps the most important of the medieval castles, however, is the Castle of Loarre (Huesca). Built on the order of Sancho Ramírez I of Aragon upon the remains of a Roman building, this castle served as a royal palace until the 12th century, when it was converted into a convent of the Order of St. Augustine.
The history of the Castle of Arévalo (Ávila), which is surrounded by the signature ochre-toned landscape of Castile, is linked to the history of poor Blanca of Bourbon, daughter of the Duke of Bourbon and Isabel of Valois. Three days after marrying Pedro I "the Cruel", he abandoned her for another: María de Padilla.
During the Renaissance, Spain's castles underwent important modifications to their structures as it was necessary to resist the widespread use of firearms. They were made smaller with rounded towers, and spaces were made in the walls for canons. Examples of these modified castles include those of Berlanga de Duero (Soria), a fortified city that, if at one time served to protect the Christian advance to the south, was transformed in the 16th century to a lordly residence; the Castle of the Counts of Cabrera in Chinchón (Madrid), and the 16th-century Castle of Grajal de Campos (León), an artillery fortress par excellence. It has a large quadrangle protected by towers at each angle, as well as many circular lookout points opened in the walls that are crowned with parapets and battlements.
It was Rodrigo de Mendoza, Marquis of Cenete and son of the great Cardinal Mendoza, who had La Calahorra (Granada) built, This is a fantastic construction in the purest sense of the word, isolated in the middle of a bleak plateau with Las Alpujarras Mountains as its backdrop. This fortress's rather inhospitable exterior hides a Renaissance palace containing all of the amenities of that era.
The coasts of Spain are scattered with castles and watchtowers, always on the alert for attacks by sea from pirates and enemy ships. In A Coruña, the Castle of San Antón is famous for fiercely defending the city from the bloody attacks of English pirate and privateer Sir Francis Drake, who was eventually forced to flee by María Pita, the city's heroine. The Castle of Santa Bárbara in Alicante has repelled French, English, Arabs and even the Cantonalist or decentralist rebels of Cartagena (Murcia) from its coasts.
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The Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership
About the Award
America's hospitals and health systems are making a significant commitment to improving health care quality and have demonstrated notable progress in recent years. As evident in numerous local and national efforts, health care outcomes across the six IOM aims (safe, timely, effective, equitable, efficient and patient-centered) have improved. At the same time, allied (state, regional and metropolitan) hospital associations have played an increasingly important role in facilitating and promoting health care quality improvement.
The Dick Davidson Quality Milestone Award for Allied Association Leadership is presented annually to a state, regional or metropolitan hospital association which, through its programs and activities, demonstrates exceptional organizational leadership and innovation in quality improvement and has made significant contributions to the measurable improvement of quality within its geographic area.
The goals of this award are to:
- recognize outstanding efforts among allied hospital associations to improve quality;
- encourage allied hospital associations to play key roles in raising the level of hospital and health system performance to achieve care that is safe, timely, effective, equitable, efficient and patient-centered; and
- spread the learning and progress toward national health care improvement that are being promoted by allied hospital associations.
About Dick Davidson
The award is named after American Hospital Association (AHA) President Emeritus Dick Davidson, who strongly promoted the role of hospital associations in leading quality improvement initiatives during his tenure as AHA president from 1991 to 2006 and as the first president of the Maryland Hospital Association from 1969 to 1991.
During his years at the Maryland Hospital Association, he was involved in many local, state and national health policy groups and initiatives. Under his leadership, the organization was recognized nationally for its work on trustee involvement in state association affairs, payment reform, the development of clinical quality indicators, and medical and corporate values and ethics in the hospital setting.
Born in Philadelphia, Dick earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in education from West Chester University and Temple University, respectively, both in Pennsylvania, and a doctorate in education from Washington, D.C.'s George Washington University.
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The American Hospital Association is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations that are committed to health improvement in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care. Founded in 1898, AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA web site at www.aha.org.
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Though the Pac-10 recently added two new teams, it seems as though a pair of old foes will determine the final look of the expanded conference.
Agreement on the placement of the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford appears to be the final obstacle before the conference splits into a two division, 12 team format for the 2011-2012 season, reports ESPN.
Pac-10 athletic directors were unable to reach a deal during meetings last week in San Francisco, but two possible scenarios exist and a compromise seems to be close at hand.
The Northwestern schools seem to favor a north-south split that would place Washington, Washington State, Oregon, and Oregon State alongside Cal and Stanford, which would allow those schools to maintain the ability to recruit in talent-rich California. The alternative is a "zipper" format that would break the teams up along east-west lines.
However, the Bay Area schools, along with their So Cal brethren - UCLA and USC - would prefer to stick together and add Arizona and Arizona State to complete their half of the conference.
Conference administrators seem to favor the first plan, which would break up the four Golden State schools and place new members Colorado and Utah with USC, UCLA, Arizona and ASU.
Whatever the deal, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott said that league play would still consist of nine games and flexibility would be built in to address rivalry games.
The presidents and chancellors of the schools in the conference are set to meet on October 21 in San Francisco and Scott hopes that an agreement can be reached and an announcement made shortly thereafter.
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Happy Hour: Easy Mango Mojito
When the weather gets warm, I crave mojitos, but ordering one in a crowded bar makes bartenders groan. This bane of a bartender's Summer existence is also very time intensive to make at home, since you have to muddle mint, juice limes, and make simple syrup.
I've also noticed more bars offering mojitos with muddled mango, which are even more trouble to make. Since I love them so much, I came up with this shortcut version of a mango mojito that requires very little effort and fewer ingredients.
This totally simple Summer cocktail uses store-bought mango puree and lime-flavored sparkling water. It needs just a little bit of muddling. If you have fresh mango at home, you can use a slice as garnish, but it's not required. Since this mojito contains no additional sugar or simple syrup, it's not too sweet and very refreshing.
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Easy Mango Mojito
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- 6 to 8 fresh mint leaves
- 1 oz. light rum
- 1 oz. mango puree
- Ice
- 1/4 cup lime-flavored sparkling water
- Mint sprig for garnish
- Drop the mint leaves into the bottom of a sturdy glass and cover with 1 ounce of rum. Let it sit for 1 minute to allow the mint leaves to soften.
- Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, coarsely muddle the mint leaves so that they are broken into large pieces.
- Add 1 ounce mango puree and stir vigorously.
- Drop 3 to 4 ice cubes into the glass, then top with lime sparkling water.
- Garnish with mint sprig and serve.
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The show concerns a group of senior citizens living on New York's Upper West Side who learn that the long-term hotel they live in will be sold off to developers - making the seniors homeless. To save the hotel, the seniors form a ring of unlikely thieves, wreaking havoc in stores from Sadies' Second Hand Furs to Bloomingdales. In the process, they regain their zest for life. The seniors proceed to use their ill-gotten gains to spruce up their digs and to provide safe harbor for other poor seniors. The musical is based on the 1960 British film 'Make Mine Mink' and its antecedent, Peter Coke's 1958 London stage comedy, Breath of Spring.
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Thanks to Rep. Nancy Jenkins for vote on Medicaid expansion
To the Editor, I would like to thank State Representative Nancy Jenkins for her principled vote to stop Medicaid expansion in Michigan and thus prevent the establishment of this part of the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) in our state. Her courageous vote in opposition to this unaffordable and unsustainable overreach by the federal government demonstrates her commitment to states' rights, small government, and fiscal responsibility. She was not lured by the offer of money by the hopelessly indebted federal government to fund and supplement this expansion, nor did she cave to the pressure applied by the majority of her fellow House members.Representative Jenkins is already considering Medicaid reforms that would better serve our citizens who are truly in need of government assistance should the Michigan Senate do the right thing by defeating the Medicaid expansion. She is fully aware of the severe increases in the cost of health care insurance that have taken place in spite of the promise by President Obama and his administration that those costs would go down with the passage of the Affordable Health Care Act.I also want to thank Representative Jenkins for her sensitivity to the needs of our veterans and for her bill that was passed and signed into law that provides quicker, better service for them.Representative Jenkins has lived up to the values and principle that she claims to embrace and for that she deserves our support.Larry KeckSand Creek
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text: We joined a National Audubon Society boat trip out of New Harbor, on the Pemaquid peninsula, to see the puffin colony on Eastern Egg Rock. The colony was reestablished by the National Audubon Society's Project Puffin (www.projectpuffin.org) in 1972. There are now several hundred breeding pairs of puffins on the island each summer, where previously there were none. It was a magical summer evening–warm, clear, with just a little sea breeze. Along the way, we saw a minke whale, harbor porpoises, harbor seals, and lots of sea birds. Here are some images we made of the trip (while we went on an Audubon Society charter, the trip is run daily in the summer by Hardy Boat Cruises: www.hardyboat.com).


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Leaves generally cauline, generally simple, generally alternate, petioled or not; stipules 0
Inflorescence: panicle, raceme, spike, or flowers solitary in axils, generally open; bracts leaf-like or not
Flower: bisexual, radial or bilateral, sometimes inverted (pedicel twisted 180°; hypanthium generally present, ± fused to ovary; sepals generally 5; corolla radial to 2-lipped, generally fused (tube sometimes split down back), lobes generally 5; stamens 5, free or ± fused (anthers and filaments fused into tube or filaments fused above middle); ovary inferior, sometimes half inferior, chambers 13, placentas axile or parietal, ovules many, style generally 1, 25-branched
Fruit: generally capsule, dehiscing on sides or at tip by pores or short valves
Seeds many
Genera in family: ± 70 genera, ± 2000 species: worldwide. Some cultivated for ornamental (Campanula, Jasione, Lobelia ). Subfamilies sometimes treated as different families.
Annual, glabrous to hairy; roots fibrous
Stem erect, simple or branched, 240 cm, 4-angled
Leaves cauline, widely linear to ovate, serrate, sessile
Inflorescence: flowers generally solitary, terminal
Flower pedicelled or not; sepals 0.53 X ovary, linear to narrowly triangular; corolla cylindric, funnel-, or bell-shaped, throat white, lobes linear to widely ovate, white to deep purple; ovary inferior, obconic to cylindric and narrowed near middle
Fruit dehiscing at top, through opening formed when style base falls off
Seeds ± 1 mm, angular-fusiform
Species in genus: 4 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: Githago -like)
Reference: [Morin 1983 Syst Bot 8:436468]
Plant glabrous to hairy
Stem erect, 440 cm
Leaf 320 mm; bracts 215 mm, 230 mm apart, lanceolate
Flower: pedicel 010 mm; sepals 2 X ovary; corolla 724 mm, 11.5 X longer than wide at level of sinuses, narrowly to widely bell-shaped, lobes < to > tube, light violet to deep blue; filament bases wide, ciliate; ovary 2.510.5 mm, cylindric to obconic, 25 X longer than wide at top, base long-tapered, top round, ribs 10, equal, style 412 mm, upper 6690% papillate
Chromosomes: n=10
Ecology: Oak woodland
Elevation: 301300 m.
Bioregional distribution: High Cascade Range, n&c Sierra Nevada.


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Quinoa Salad Stuffed Artichoke Recipe
Our family's just back from our wonderful trip to Europe. Our last stop was in Paris and I have to stay I might have overindulged on delicious pastries from my favorite boulangerie, Moulin de la Vierge. Their croissants are to die for. As a result, now that I'm home I'm preparing light, healthy meals.
For this recipe, I stuffed tomato and corn quinoa salad into jumbo artichokes and served them during our quiet July 4th weekend.
I want to thank the people who stopped by during my booksigning event at Barnes & Noble Blossom Hill. I'm going to be repeating the fun next Saturday at Barnes & Noble Eastridge, so if you live in the Bay Area, please mark your calendar!
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Artichoke Risotto Recipe
Stuffing risotto into jumbo artichokes can be a stylish way to serve the main course of your next dinner party. Given that the delivery device for the risotto is an artichoke, it only makes sense to repeat the flavors in the dish itself. In general, you shouldn't use too many ingredients to flavor a risotto, so I limited the additions to chopped roasted yellow bell peppers and artichoke hearts. To make the risotto creamier and more colorful, I also added cheddar cheese.
Mother's day is coming soon, and this dish would make an excellent choice if you're planning on cooking for the mom(s) in your life. We'll be taking my mother-in-law to her favorite restaurant for lunch, and I'm planning on helping the girls prepare a special dinner at home. In case you need inspiration, I'll be posting dinner menu suggestions for Mother's day soon, so stay tuned.
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Albuquerque, NM - Katie Wilson placed ninth in the women's 200 meters for the highest showing by a Cal State Fullerton performer on the opening day Friday of the University of New Mexico Collegiate Indoor Track and Field Classic.
Wilson was clocked in 25.04 in an event won by Titans' assistant coach Ciara Short running unattached. Short's winning time was 23.97, just .12 off her school record. Ashley Sims placed 18th in 25.44.
Fullerton had three entrants in the weight throw but Danielle Morton and Sabrina Kraft fouled on all three attempts. Amanda Mercado finished in 14th place with a best mark of 47 - 5 1/4.
The only other Titan competitor Friday was Morgan Thompson, who was 12th in the 600 meters in 1:40.0.
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As protesters in Iran started using online tools to organize and publicize disaffection with national election results, the Iranian government just as quickly began to cut off access to those tools.
But with the help of hackers like San Francisco's Austin Heap, they're managing to get the word out anyway.
Heap, an IT professional, has been helping activists in Iran circumvent government restrictions by maintaining lists of Internet proxies -- which can route traffic around blocks and help users remain anonymous.
Right now, the work is for naught, as Iran has blocked nearly all Internet access throughout the country.
For his trouble, Heap has been subject to counter-attacks and emailed threats.
But he hasn't given up trying to help, especially since the positive responses have been so powerful.
"Most of the reactions from Iran have almost made me cry," Heap told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Jackson West would like to point out that our own regime hasn't been so great about keeping the Internet free from spying and censorship.


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I was given the pleasure of reviewing a copy of Chloe Coscarellis new cookbook that just hit bookstores this week. If you don't know who this adorable vegan chef is yet, then where have you been?!!! No no, I'm kidding. But just to updarte you a little, she was the first vegan baker to bring home the win on Food Networks Cupcake Wars, which was very exciting to all vegans and vegan bakers! We all already knew how delicious vegan baked goods are, but she really brought that to the masses and I'm sure intrigued many to want to give vegan goodies a try! Way to go Chloe! She has also had several other appearances and publications in various news articles and magazines bringing wonderful vegan food to mainstream media. And shes just plain adorable to go with it. Many excited fans of hers have been eagerly awaiting her new cookbook.
I don't know about you guys, but I love a cookbook full of beautiful color photographs. And this one definitely comes with some mouth watering pics to get you motivated to get in the kitchen! I would say that her food in her book has a level of familiarity and "comfort" to it, as well as being easy to prepare.
The first dish I made from the book was this Pineapple not-so-fried rice. It was an absolute delicious pairing of sweet and savory. I swapped using extra firm tofu for some homemade seitan that I already had n my fridge and that worked wonderfully in the recipe as well!
Its brown rice, pineapple chunks, cashews, pease, marinated tofu or seitan in soy sacue, and some curry and coriander spicing. So so yummy!
I also tried the Double doubel drive-thru Bruger. I think the photo speaks for itself. Don't tell me this doesn't make you hungry!
The recipe suggests using tempeh or brown rice as a base, and I went with tempeh, which I think helped it really hold together great and gave it very good texture. The burger is also filled with toasted walnuts, lentils, and some onions and garlic. Topped with her special sauce and all the fixins of a gereat burger, both my husband and kids loved this one and leftovers keep beautifully in the fridge for quick burger making the next day!
A few other dishes I made (but didn't get a chance to photograph) were the Fettuccine Alfredo. Again, delicious! I stuck with the recipe but added in some sauteed mushrooms and also some sauteed kale.
And, last but not least, I made the salt and vingar baked fries. This was possibly my favorite thing I made. I totally had a "why didn't I think of this" moment while we were eating them, and unfortunaly they were gobbled up so fast I did not get a chance to photograph these either. They are the baked fry version of salt and vinegar chips, which I love! I will be making these again, and again, and again!
There are several other things I am dying to make, specifically in the dessert section of the book. Think baked donuts and her award winning cupcakes.
If you are looking for a new cookbook full of great recipes and beautiful photographs, I highly recommend this one!


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**The Kleefeld Parent-Child Program is held every Friday morning from 9:30am – 11:30am in the East Hut, Kleefeld School.
The Hanover Parent and Child Community Program would like to invite Hanover parents and their preschool children (1 to 5 years) to attend free parent-child programming. This program is being provided by the Hanover School Division in each elementary school in the division to promote development of school readiness skills. Children will have the opportunity to play, learn, create, sing and develop skills to prepare them for kindergarten. Parents will be able to visit with other parents, learn new skills and participate in activities with their children. Snacks will be provided.
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Glidden's Tracy McIntosh saddles up for endurance rides
She and Amigo finish famed Tevis Cup and are competing this weekend in Oklahoma
By LARRY DEVINE
, News Editor
The Tevis Cup in California covers 100 miles of mountains, canyons and switchback. Tracy McIntosh (above) of Glidden completed he first "real" Tevis this summer.
Tracy McIntosh was 69th out of the 98 riders who finished the Tevis Cup within 24 hours. She notes the saying at the event is "To finish is to win." She shows a commemorative buckle from the race. Daily Times Herald photos by Larry Devine
Riding a horse on narrow trail with sheer cliff on one side and straight drop-off on the other isn't for the faint of heart.
Navigating such terrain safely, riders employ their considerable skills and also put great trust in their horses.
A misstep can mean tragedy.
That's the challenge Tracy McIntosh of Glidden accepted this summer when she and her 14-year-old Arabian horse, Amigo, who's already proved himself to be a survivor, participated in the annual Tevis Cup in California, considered to be the country's pinnacle of endurance horseback endurance racing.
Riders push to complete the 100-mile course that steers riders and horses through highly demanding of terrains — mountain, canyons and switchbacks — within 24 hours.
Tevis Cup began shortly after 5 a.m. Aug. 4, at Robie Equestrian Park near Truckee, Calif., crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains and finished at Gold County Fairgrounds arena at Auburn.
Right off the bat, riders climbed from 6,200-foot elevation at Squaw Valley to 8,750 feet at Emigrant Pass.
For McIntosh, that was a grueling start but also a favorite part of the ride. "That was really beautiful climbing. And the scenery was beautiful up there," she says.
Indeed, the course's dramatic changes in elevation was one of the biggest challenges for McIntosh and Amigo.
"In Iowa, there's no place you can train for those elevations," she says. "You can't really train for the altitude. You just have to put in your miles and try to do some hills."
With the cliffs, canyons and dropoffs, the Tevis Cup course has a lot of other features McIntosh doesn't normally see.
Danger adds to the challenge.
"You don't have a lot of trail space," she says. "The trail can be barely a foot wide. They've widened it a little bit, but you have cliffs and you have dropoffs, so you can't add too much."
With the course crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains, she remarks, "It's tough stuff. You just have to trust your horse you won't slip and fall."
Canyons also are some of the toughest parts of the trail.
"They go down for three miles, then up for three miles," McIntosh says. "That's tough on a horse at that elevation."
At Last Chance — 4,500 feet elevation, the halfway mark of the ride — McIntosh says, "I got off my horse and 'tailed,' where you hang onto the horse's tail, you run on foot, and the horse will take you up. That saves their strength a little bit. I did that, and, oh, it about killed me. That was really hard." McIntosh prepared for the ride also by improving her physical fitness, running several miles a day.
Watching out for horses, Tevis Cup requires a one-hour stop at two checkpoints, where veterinarians see if horses are fit to continue. Horses receive a third and final check at the finish line. Riders haven't officially finished until veterinarians say their horses would have been OK to continue.
Spending so much time together on the Tevis Cup, McIntosh says, horses and riders get to know and trust each other.
"Some people say you get to know your horse even better than you do your spouse," she says. "And trusting your animal, that's pretty neat being out there alone your horse. You understand your horse if he's not feeling well. Looking out for each other is part of the game. You're aware of what's going on with your horse."
And McIntosh credits Amigo with living up to his name by looking out for her.
"I had this weird, sleepy feeling about 2 or 3 in the morning. I just wasn't feeling quite with it," she recalls. "I was starting to slip, and the horse bumped me back this way (upright on the saddle). He did that a couple of times."
That occurred on about 15 miles of switchback, and McIntosh observes, "So I know he knew we were on a bad part. That would not have been a good place to fall off."
Catching sight of the finish line at the Gold County Fairgrounds arena, McIntosh says, "The emotions are pretty high after you have ridden that far."
Out of 204 men and women who started the Tevis Cup, only 98 finished, and McIntosh took 69th place in 21 hours, 3 minutes. She finished at 4:18 a.m. Riders' times include the two one-hour checkpoints.
Riders start the Tevis Cup from two "pens." Elite riders begin ahead of the rest of the competitors. The second-pen riders are led out about five miles to start.
The first- and second-place riders finished in 14 hours and 50 minutes, entering the arena shortly after 10 p.m. the same day they started.
McIntosh has a certificate and buckle to show for her accomplishment.
"For me, it wasn't really a race. It was just to finish," McIntosh says, adding, "They say, 'To finish is to win.'"
McIntosh, who's competed in endurance rides for four years, says she decided to tackle the Tevis Cup challenge after a five-time Tevis buckle winner who has moved to Iowa from California told her, "There's no way you can take a horse from Iowa and go out there and do that."
"Well, that's why I did it," McIntosh says. "Yeah, I can. I proved her wrong."
This year's Tevis actually was McIntosh's second. She also rode last year, but the course was dramatically altered because of snow. So riders began at the finish, rode out 50 miles, then returned. Snow shut off some of the hardest part of the course.
So this year was McIntosh's first "real" Tevis.
"The reason I went back was that last year's was not considered a real Tevis," McIntosh says.
Satisfied she's now completed this challenge, she doesn't plan to return in 2013.
"The horse proved himself, and I proved a horse from Iowa can do it," she says. "I'm not going to take that horse again. We'll try other rides now."
McIntosh, one of only five Iowans in the 3,500-member American Endurance Ride Conference, and Amigo qualified for Tevis by completing more than 300 miles of endurance rides — 50 miles or longer — together.
Since she began endurance riding four yeas ago, McIntosh and Amigo have totaled 1,525 race miles in events of 50, 75 and 100 miles.
McIntosh primarily races in events in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Wyoming.
In September, following the Tevis Cup, McIntosh and Amigo took 20th place in the AERC National Championship in North Carolina. At National, McIntosh rode with top U.S. riders who then went on to take fourth place in the world championships in London following the Summer Olympics.
McIntosh is doing more endurance riding this weekend, competing today and Saturday in the AERC Season Finale events at Chandler, Okla.
A native of Kansas City, Mo., where she learned English riding when she was a youth, McIntosh, 47, began endurance racing under the mentoring and coaching of Alvin Grabill of Audubon. She's thankful for the support she's received from family and friends — her dad Vic Webber; farrier Allen Riesenberg and his wife, Lynn; and riding companions Barb Brockelsby, Ruth Nellesen, Sue Schrad and Diane Tracy. A number of them have provided not only encouragement but also crewed for her at Tevis and other events.
Tracy's husband, Bill, is an optometrist in Carroll, and the couple have two sons: Wesley, 22, and Kyle, 20.
At their home on the northwest side of Glidden, the McIntoshes care for Amigo as well as Rupert, a black Shetland pony; Storm, a 24-year-old gray Arabian; Dance, a 16-year-old paint horse; and Candy, a rescue horse from South Dakota that's in training to do some endurance racing. McIntosh says that at 14 years old, Amigo is actually middle-aged for an Arabian, so she's looking forward to more good years with him.
The McIntoshes bought Amigo, an Iowa-bred dark bay Arabian, at Belle Plaine. Amigo stands a little over 15 hands tall and weighs 1,150 pounds. Tracy says Amigo comes from a bloodline of Polish-bred Arabians brought to the U.S. by Army Gen. George Patton. She notes that Arabian endurance horses are stockier than show horses.
Amigo is proving his heartiness after he received a new lease on life. At age 9 he nearly died of a colic attack when a tumor wrapped around his intestine and veterinarians at Iowa State University in Ames removed 2 feet of his intestine.
McIntosh says of Amigo's performance in the Tevis Cup, "For a flatlander, a horse from Iowa where we don't have mountains, that's a pretty good accomplishment for an old feller like him."
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06 December 2011
"Let's go out for Korean next Wednesday."
I'd been talking about Korean food a lot since my return from visiting John's family. One of my favorite things about taking the kids to Michigan is eating lots and lots of Korean food, both home-cooked and in restaurants. John was the Korean chef in our house and I never picked up his skills, so I use our time with the in-laws to get my fill.
And so, either tired of or inspired by my gochujang-laced sighs and daydreaming, the suggestion was made and it was decided. Next Wednesday, what is settling in to be our usual mid-week date night, we'd go out for Korean food. Who was I to argue? Most people I know--myself included--need more Korean food in their lives, and his interest in trying new restaurants and new cuisines is one of the many things I find endearing and appealing about him.
What I neglected to note is that tomorrow, the appointed day for the Korean food outing, is John's birthday. My Korean chef would be 39 tomorrow. And now it happens that I will find myself eating Korean food with another man, one who reminds me in many wonderful and meaningful ways of John.
In fact, in the important ways he could not be more like John. He is the embodiment of kindness. He is thoughtful and generous. He brings out in me the things I like most about myself, and being around him encourages me to be the person I want to be.
He's not Korean, not by a mile. Not by a million miles. But there's a bittersweet, unintended symbolism to the fact that he'll have his introduction to Korean cuisine tomorrow. And even better, that tomorrow, as the banchan arrive, I can explain to him the significance of the day and he will appreciate it and value it and understand it.
John's birthday has since his death been one of the hardest days of the year for me. Much harder than the day of his death. The day of his death seems more of a celebration to me, the end of a struggle whose time had come, even if was not welcome. His birthday, though, marks the days he didn't get to have. Birthdays are for thinking about the year that has passed and the year that's to come, reflections that in this case are hollow.
I'm not very New Age-y or metaphysical, but coincidences around dates and events don't seem entirely random to me, either. I feel John with me this year in comforting ways. I was shopping over the weekend and one of the stores I was in was giving away Charms Sweet & Sour lollipops, a favorite of John's before he had cancer and a help during his treatments as they kept the nausea at bay. I would buy those things by the case and stash them in his briefcase, coat pockets, and car so that he'd have them at hand if he felt queasy. I don't think I'd had one since he was sick, and then there one was, days before his birthday. Last Friday, I learned that a neighborhood friend shares John's birthday. Then I made the realization about the Korean food date. I don't take any of these things as a sign of any type, per se, but as . . . something.
I ate my lollipop today, I'll eat Korean food tomorrow. Maddie and Riley asked about baking John a cake, but he didn't really like cake, so we're not going to do that. I'm going to take Maddie and Riley to school, go running, go to work late. He valued time; I will give some to our children, take some for myself.
Happy 39th, Goose.
27 comments:
thank you for this.
- 22:29
- erk said...
You'd better take Maddie out for a Mr. Misty Float.
- 22:48
That is really nice that you can handle the "coincidence" of the Korean food/birthday in that way. I would have cancelled. I like your way better. Enjoy your time, I know your kids will!
- 23:26
- Mizasiwa said...
Wow - you have grown so much as time has gone (or maybe found yourself again?) Im glad for you that you didnt cancel and that you are able to honour the date in the way you will be, its hard the days they miss - i know. but you are so strong!! I hope that the day is a good one for you
- 00:09
- ashleyjnc said...
Ha, I made it through until I saw the Goose, and then the tears... I began reading shortly after you made CNN a couple years ago.... You have evolved so well... the kids are amazing and I know John would delight in them. Perhaps these subtle reminders are giving you the approval on the new fella.
- 00:56
Ashleyjnc said it before I could. Was doing so well, until "Happy Birthday Goose".
Have a lovely day today. It sounds like it will be.
- 01:29
- Sandy said...
Thank you.
- 04:40
Happy Birthday John.
Thinking of you (all)
- 04:55
Just an observation it seems Baking the cake is less about what John would have liked and more about what Maddie and Riley want to honor their dad.
- 06:02
- Goddess in Progress said...
That makes such sense to me, that his birthday would be harder than the anniversary of his death. Your words get that across so well.
I hope today is a good day, more sweet than bitter.
- 06:24
- Betsy said...
Poignant, beautiful words. I echo everything your commentors have stated - you are doing exceptionally well, honoring John beautifully, and helping your children keep him in their lives. It is nothing short of amazing! Thank you for sharing your journey. I hope today goes as well as it can as you remember John and spend time with important people.
- 06:31
- Jen said...
Thinking of you today, and appreciating your sharing of coincidences and memories.
- 07:22
- liz smith said...
My dad died very suddenly the end of October. Four days before my birthday and six days before my sisters. We muddled through and everyone said Thanksgiving would be hard. WE did OK for T-day but I was blindsided by the gut aching pain of what would have been his 66th birthday the following week. I get what you are saying about the loss of future with that day. I hopw you find peace and comfort witht the day.
- 07:56
- Wanderoke said...
It's difficult for me to enjoy my late wife's favorite foods. How wonderful for the kids that they can share in some of John's favorites with his parents.
And what great strength you have. Thank you for sharing all that you do.
- 08:00
- Barbara Jean said...
This is a beautiful post. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you all the best.
- 10:57
- Rachel said...
What a lovely post. Sense memories can be so powerful. I am sending you warm thoughts. Enjoy the meal.
- 14:40
- Alayna said...
Thinking of you today. Sending lots of love. Happy birthday, John!
- 18:30
- Elaine H said...
You sound like you're doing well. I've been reading your blog for about 4yrs and it just keeps making me smile!
- 13:58
It sounds like you have met someone truly wonderful, and that John approves (I almost typed "would approve," but somehow the active tense seems more appopriate).
I'm really happy for you. Thanks for sharing your journey!
- 18:31
- Kelli at little lovely said...
happy birthday John. whenever I read your posts, and I read nearly all of them, I just wonder how you cope. my boy/girl twins are just a few months older than m & r and I just cannot imagine having been through all you have...
I dont mean to sound down, and maybe I did, but to tell you that I am amazed by your strength.
I hope you enjoyed your Korean food, and am so happy to read that you are enjoying yourself with someone over the age of five. ;)
ps: I grew up outside of Portland, and miss it so much sometimes! I think it's great that you're back there raising m & r.
- 23:28
- OTRgirl said...
I like that you can tell him about it and he'll be ok with it and not freaked out. That's amazing and wonderful.
What a bittersweet day.
- 20:40
- bebelala said...
Ah, I love this post so much & love the symbolism of the timing of the date.... and I can very much relate- had a similar experience with meaningful dates and subsequently moved across country to live with my wonderful man. (Um, not just because of date coincidences, though- he has lots of wonderful qualities.) Anyway, very happy for you, Snick. :)
- 13:05
- ~ Jolene said...
Sending hugs. *sigh*
Beautifully written...
- 12:02
- winecat said...
It's nice to see that you can handle the date coincidence with such aplomb. You have grown so much. Congratulations
- 18:49
- Mama Mama Quite Contrary said...
So lovely. I hope December was a meaningful time for you all around.
- 16:12
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- 12:25
- kyouell said...
I loved this post.
To the commenter that thought the children should get to honor their dad with a cake, I think that it's important that they know that he didn't enjoy cake. Everything their mom can teach them about him is important, including that he didn't want cake on his birthday.
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The sound only screen also is easy to understand. Who really wants to be looking at brains if they don't have to. Also it is doubtful the High Council really wanted anybody to know that they were just brains.
For the secrecy part about the whole sound only thing and only the assistant knowing where they are, it kind of reminds me of Black Cat with the Chronos Elders. They were the head of the organization. Everyone knew they were the head of the organization. Only like two people knew where they were so that they could avoid being assassinated. Same thing with the TSAB High Council (First of all I doubt they would be called that if it was supposed to be a secret group.) Since they are the leaders and are only brains at this point, they are probably freaked out about being attacked while they are defenseless. So they make it so nobody knows their location. Didn't really work in the end but it was a good try.
I do know about the council that showed up for the big meeting, but I don't think there being a HIGH Council is to hard to imagine.
Also, if they really were a secret group that only manipulates Regius, then why would Jail even use the time to kill them? He planned on killing Regius himself anyways and that would leave them with no connections.
I already do understand what their purpose is. I understood after just watching the show. My only thing is that I think it wasted time and could have been done in some other way. Seven Arcs probably could have just shown seens of Regius talking to Jail and removed the whole High Council.
I think there was only one real reason they existed and that was to demonstrate again how Due can change her apperance and is good at espionage. However she dies like two episodes later so why should we really care.
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They wanted to create an army of artificial mages (like the Clone Wars) and they used a motherf$%&@" clone (Jail) to make the research
The brains remained in clandestinity to make sure noone suspect of their illegal contacts, Jail send Duo to take out the brains when the time has come so they coulkd do nothing to stop his.... hummm... Research? Reserach for what?!
Crap! StrikerS plot is more complicated that The Davinci-code!
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I have a headache...
To be honest I always expected Jail to run off with Fate and Erio at some point alongside Vivio; honestly, he expressed so much interest in them that I was surprised that nothing more was born from it than him getting his backside handed to him by Bardiche.
And hell, don't get me started on the whole "Ginga being brainwashed into Number 13" thing. That one had so much plot potential I could cry. Seriously, just go the route of "character is brainwashed and captured but regains sanity and plays along to figure out what's going on" and you could have expanded on the Numbers, Jail, even Lutecia.
Heck, in general, I feel as though Lutecia and Zest got the short end of the stick in this series. Agito, too. The three of them had so much potential and so much of their story to be told, but nooooo....
I still don't totally understand Zest, though. Was he dead and brought back to life, or was he just fatally injured and nursed back to health by Cinque? Because the anime was never clear on which he was.
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Lutecia had almost no development and all the stuff that could have been talked about regarding Signum/Agito was ignored.
I think that Zest actually got an okay amount of information. Well, compared to some of the other characters at least.
No. Zest did get killed by Cinque. Jail then used his cloning techniques and stuff to make the artificial mage Zest. Then he went and put Zests' memories into the Artificial mage.
However, when Jail did this he still had not perfected the method so Zest's body constanly deteriorated after his revival. Eventually he got to Regius, was about to get his questions answered, and the Due decieded to be a BIACH and killed Regius. But she got her just desserts and was then killed by Zest. Then Signum went and gave Zest a knights death.
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I'm just saing that 7arcs complicated themselves with the plot a lot, they could made the things much more simpler, reducing the number of New Characters, and focusing the story on a single plot since the begining, I mean, they had 26 chapters!
I'm just saing that you should be less rough when posting
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You have obviously never ever spoken to Wild Goose or TK1997 when they're in a bad mood, Rick. My comments are as mild as a spring rain compared to the pain they bring to the forums whenever they get a reason to start bitching about something.
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I'm just saing that you sound really agressive whne demanding 9taileddemon to post probs to backup his arguments hwne he was just tring to help
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I would ask the same question of someone who read the novel and decided it was canon and tried to tell me that TSAB forcibly recruits mages off of Non-Administrated Worlds. "Prove it according to the anime. Where do you see evidence of this and how do you respond to the prevailing opinion/interpretation?" Perhaps there was a bit more venom in my tone than was necessary, but I would still like to see 9 back up his claims regardless.
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@Evangelion Xgouki
You do make some good counter points and I am sure that if we wanted to we could argue about this over a couple of days and have a big long discussion.
However my brain has been burned out today from a large AP Biology and AP US History test so I really don't feel like doing that.
For now I think I will just use the "we each have our own opinion" excuse to drop out of this argument for now. It is doubtful that either of us are going to change our views anytime soon and I need to use most of my brain cells for a big project coming up.
Maybe this weekend I will go and restart this if you wish.
DARN YOU SCHOOLWORK. Taking my time away from having fun debates with people.
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The problem is, if it has canon status, then no other sources are necessary to prove its existence. If it is not canon, then it doesn't matter. Canon status is decided before you started interpreting (one of the reasons being so you can't throw out a source because it has tidbits you don't like).
Frankly, if someone wants to say the novel is non-canon because it contradicts the anime, a much better point of complaint is where are those "less than 5%" AAA mages!
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Conscription, however, was never suported by the anime, nor any of the other sources, and continously disproven by all the characters who are bing given a choice. Yes, you can say 'but those characters had high-ranking people guarding them!' but if anyone can apparenty ignore that rule by choice without any repircussions, does that rule exist at all?
Furthermore, the anime, manga and soundstages does everything to depict the TSAB as the friendly neighborhood watch rather then the big evil military that kidnaps kids for their army. Point in this case being the currently debated High Council, if the TSAB really doesn't want to bother looking nice, why do they have to hide their lower humanitarian research?
I have no problem accepting information from any of the three conanical sources, however the Novel has already shown to be directly contradicting all three, so everything it states should be taken with a grain of salt. If the information it states is not directly contradicted, then we can safely incorporate it. If what it states is directly contradicted, then the novel, which has already shown itself to be out of line, is the source that will be seen as non-canon.
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Unless the TSAB mage population was horribly small, it sure as heck doesn't look like 5%. Yet no one ever even tries a tsukkomi down this route. It is always the impressment part. Funny, hmm?
Also, if a rule is bent due to powerful people, it does not mean the rule does not exist. It means that the system is corrupt.
1) The author did not intend for the TSAB to be as white as you think it is.
2) The author did not believe that this impressment stuff blackens the TSAB (and certainly, there are ways to calculate this as a net positive).
Which by the way shows one of the greatest problems with "premise / intent" rather than observational analysis. What almost always happens is that the debater's own premises and intents are projected onto the author's. You assume that the author intended to show the TSAB as goody-goody, when in fact the author's definition of goody may be a bit different from your own, never mind whether he really intended to show them as goody-goody.
Here's the question. You've apparently agreed that we should at least incorporate as much of the novel data as we can. If some character said this in the anime, will you reject it on the account it is "directly contradicted", or will you work with it?
If you will work with it, that means it is not "directly contradicted" in your book, in which case you have to consider your real reasons for considering it a "direct contradiction". But if it is not a direct contradiction, then you have to incorporate it and work with it.
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Why did I never figure that out? D:
Thanks for clearing that up.
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So if the Bureau is as good as canon says it is, why should we accept the notion that the legitimate higher-ups are anything except pure and noble defenders of the innocent? That's what you haven't said yet.
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Besides, we only really saw them talking to Regius, so the chance exists they'll do something else with other audiences.
One can also consider that both the High Council themselves, and the Three Admirals, agree that the group's role was "見守る". The kanji literally means "watching and protecting", and it is a term that implies supervision.
Generally, it means that you are letting someone subordinate to you do something, and if everything goes well you won't interfere, but you are seeing how they are doing. The "protect" part is that you are ready to intervene if you feel necessary. So the diction itself implies the Council has power, even though they don't interfere day-to-day. That the Three Admirals agree that was their role suggests that they have legal power to intervene.
By the way, you are going to have to help me here. Where did they explicitly say that it is a democracy, in the Western sense of the word. We already know that they are a little different from contemporary Western ideas of ideal government, such as their mingling of enforcement and judiciary into one organization, a dangerous concentration by Western theory
Step 1: Assume the TSAB is good.
Step 2: Assume that the TSAB's idea of good is equivalent to your own.
Step 3: Aggressively attack anybody who dares review the evidence to see if they actually match up to your personal ideas of "good".
I can understand the lazy desire to associate "protagonist's organization" with "good". I do that for 99% of shows myself. However, if one goes down this path, IMO one should be more open to someone who thinks different.
And why do you loathe Regius so much?
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K so gotta say, this was a good anime but as always it falls short as far as the plot. There were many openings for good stuff such as the Signum/Agito moments but they were left undeveloped
Also.... I thought they were going to elaborate more as far as what happened to all the impregnated androids who are carrying the seed of this crazy scientist .... are they going to have evil babies now? I thought that part was left unchecked.....
The good parts for me were:
-- The Nanoha/Fate and Vivio mothers/daughter relationship ... very cute actually since Nanoha really did assume the roll of a mother .... (she was also kinda like everyones mother in the anime...)
-- The first mock fight when Nanoha struck down this other chick in her team (very nice!) ... gave Nanoha an edgier profile except for the fact that the shots she fired were hollow. Nice nonetheless.
-- Signum + Agito unison ... while I strongly feel the writers could have elaborated and developed more of a relationship between these two... the whole thing felt too rushed. Agito was very cute tho ... also liked the last part when Agito plays around with Zwei
-- Fate's final form (very hawt!.. Fato mama! ...lol)
-- The part when Ginga was taken away from Subaru ....not much the rescue... but the part when Ginga was captured... I loved Subaru's reaction, she really went Berserk that time
-- The battle androids were very hawt .... and number 4 was crazy as hell or ... at least as crazy as Jail..
I think that the whole Ginga/Subaru fight and drama was just an added goody... it didn't do much for me. Also, I don't know if the transformations which took ~20 sec each were intended as some sort of fan service but must say ... if that was the idea... it didn't meet the expectations and initial intentions because must girls in Nanoha were drawn to be cute fighters instead of hawt battle babes .... feel free to elaborate on this one ..
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Those looking for a home have always had enough reasons to wait. Sometimes they wait for lower interest rates or lower home prices. Sometimes they wait for their incomes or credit scores to rise. And sometimes they are just waiting for the right home.
Their waiting reminds me of the story I was told about a bride and groom who were walking down the aisle of a church to tie the knot. Both were getting married for the first time, and both were in their 80s. A caretaker who happened upon the wedding could not help himself, and he asked a guest why the couple was so old.
"Oh, them," said the guest. "That's the couple who waited until everything was perfect before they got married."
Buyers, this is the perfect time to buy a home: Interest rates and prices are low and there is an abundant housing inventory at all price levels.
What you may have read over the past week is that the Orange County real estate market may absorb a substantial number of foreclosures that could drive prices down even further. While there may be more foreclosures, it is a mistake to gamble that it will be in numbers that will reduce prices.
And even if the price pressure materializes, it is not likely to offset the long-term home ownership cost you will be paying due to higher interest rates.
If you're about to pull the trigger on a purchase, be prepared for a shock, for those low mortgage rates come with a mountain of paperwork.
Justin Hayward is the president of Hayward Capital in San Juan Capistrano, a family-owned mortgage brokerage that has seen the best and worst of the loan business for more than 20 years.
"In 2005, the paperwork required to complete a loan was anywhere from a quarter of an inch to half an inch thick," Hayward said. "Today, it's over an inch thick."
I can support Hayward's impression. When my wife and I refinanced our home last June, we were so shocked at the breadth and depth of the paperwork we were required to submit and to sign, that I expressed my exasperation to the notary. He smiled and said, "It's not like it used to be."
If you are planning to buy a home this year, Hayward points to three areas that most lenders will be scrutinizing.
"Today, it's all about income, credit score and the down payment," he said. "Unlike a few years ago, mortgages are being underwritten from a defensive posture. Today, their staff is looking for negatives because if they make a mistake and the loan goes into foreclosure, they'll get fired."
I asked Hayward to walk the potential buyer through the qualification process based on his three criteria.
"For income, they'll be looking at the last two years," he said. "And if they see a declining salary, they will use the lowest salary number in their calculations."
Hayward said that the magic credit score is 620, which happens to be the minimum credit score required for Fannie Mae. When I commented to Hayward that the number seems low, he pointed out that a 620 credit score will not generate the most favorable interest rates.
Hayward then pointed out the specific down payment requirements, which will have a direct effect on the percentage of income used to pay down the mortgage each month.
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac typically don't want to see more than about 42% of your income going towards your home," Hayward said. "It's kind of case by case, but that's a benchmark. If it's conventional financing, they don't want to see more than 50% of your income going toward your home. If it's FHA, that typical threshold is about 56%."
So, a higher down payment creates a lower income-to-payment percentage.
If the mortgage requirements look strict, take the long view: In most cases, qualifying has simply gone back to the way it used to be just five years ago. And according to Hayward, it's still possible to get 100% financing, though the price paid will be in a higher interest rate.
Buyers in 2011 should try to avoid the perfect purchase, otherwise they could wind up looking like the elderly bride and groom at the wedding.
"This is a phenomenal time to buy," Hayward said.
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