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An old saying in harness racing is you never know where your next smart horse may come from. Last nights outstanding winner at Alexandra Park in Blinding Light fits that description to a tee. A son of the Christian Cullen sire Charles Brosnan, Blinding Light is owned by well known northern horseman and now transport operator, Les Purdon. Les was down at Graham Courts property in Canterbury when he was taken by the cut of several of the progeny of Charles Brosnan. "Graham had quite a few there and I was really taken by their type and appearance. "I thought they were as nice a bunch of yearlings as I had seen," Les told Harnesslink this morning. Fast forward a few months and Graham had sent one of the yearlings north to Les in appreciation for his help over a few transport matters. Already broken in when he arrived, Les liked him from the start. "He is a great looking horse, a real Christian Cullen type "Just a nice horse to do anything with" he said. Placed with Steven Reid, Blinding Light just kept getting better the more they worked him. Qualifying in February, the then 2 year old Blinding Light lined up against the older horses in his debut in March at Cambridge and absolutely brained them. A smart third at his second start, Blinding Light went poorly at his next start due in the main to a bout of colic and was spelled straight after. Brought back up slowly, Blinding Light was working the house down at Reids but as he was getting ready for his season debut this week they were blindsided a touch when he was placed in the C1/C2 pace even though he was still a maiden. In the end it mattered little as Blinding Light give them all a start and a beating. Allowed to settle last from barrier five by driver Simon Lawson, Blinding Light was still last as they went past the 400 metres mark. Angled wider on the track as they turned for home, Blinding Light breezed on bye in the blink of an eye for an emphatic victory. He paced the 2200 metres in 2:44.4, a mile rate of 2:00.2 with closing sectionals off the front of 56.9 and 28.6 Blinding Light was privately timed to run his last 800 metres in 55.6 and 400 metres in 27.5 and seemed to do it with a bit in reserve. Les has taking a fair bit of ribbing from friends and associates about racing a Charles Brosnan but as he knows Blinding Light doesn't know what he is by. "Blinding Light doesn't know who his sire is and he is from a half sister to Dream Out Loud 1:48.4 ($316,246) and the grand dam is a half to Defoe 1:53 ($262,895) so the family is strong. "The way Blinding Light goes I wouldn't mind another couple of Charles Bronsan's" he said. Blinding Light is yet another example of judging a horse on his performance and not what he is by. Harnesslink Media
Harness racing can be tough business at times as luck plays a part of any horses career. One horse who has never had a lot of luck during his 22 starts to date is the Live Or Die gelding, Elliot Daniel. Bred by well known Auckland breeder and owner Bernie Lim and raced by him from the stable of Richard Brosnan, Elliot Daniel has always looked the kind of racehorse that had two or three wins in him but just never got the rub of the green when he needed it on raceday. Rising seven and with just three placings from 22 starts, Elliot Daniel was put on the market recently as the patience of his camp had run out. Enter Steven Reid who was looking for a horse at the time and like a lot of people thought that Elliot Daniel had a couple of wins in him. With a horse now seven, Steven Reid thought the change of enviroment may work the trick with Elliot Daniel and judging by last Saturday's win at the Auckland workouts he may be right. Elliot Daniel ran out a narrow but impressive winner of his six horse heat with the last 800 meters in 58.4 and 400 meters in 27.6. By Live or Die, Elliot Daniel is from the handy Sands A Flyin mare Sequita who won twice and was placed nine times in a brief twenty start career on the track. Sequita is a half sister to Kaiapoi Lil 1:52.6 and is closely related to the former star juvenile in Australia My Handsome Fella 1:59 ($79,573) Tomorrow night at Alexandra Park, Elliot Daniel starts from barrier six in the 4 year old and older 2200 meters mobile with Simon Lawson in the bike and looks a realistic winning chance. All Elliot Daniel really needs is the rub of the green to finally make it to the winners circle. Harnesslink Media
Last week was possibly the worst ever for the ring-around with just the one winner. However, that one winner, Equulei, tipped by Jay Abernethy, did pay odds of $10.70 and $2.50. Let's see what the boys have come up with for us this week: Addington – Thursday Jonny Cox: Thinks 2-win mare Pay Me Quick, who has been in sublime form of late, will be hard to beat against non-win rivals in the first race on the card. Ricky May: Has opted for the very smart Dalton Bromac, who looks half of the quinella with Wesley Silcox – race four. Matthew Williamson: Expects Very Persuasive to prove very hard to beat in the Golden Girls Final – race eight. Ken Barron: Has a massive opinion of Bracken Ridge and expects him to be simply too classy for his rivals in the last race on the card. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Bracken Ridge – race nine. Alexandra Park - Thursday Josh Dickie: Thinks Sunny Vacation, with manners, is the one they all have to beat in race six. Scott Phelan: Thinks the inform Cyamach, who is likely to head to Australia for the Breeders Crown, can continue on his winning ways – race seven. Todd Mitchell: Is bullish about the chances of Tangos Delight, who looks a strong chance in the eighth race on the card. Simon Lawson: Thinks Shedontloveme is a very good each-way chance in the last race on the card. Kurow – Sunday Blair Orange: Thinks Quaint Glen, who had trialled up stylishly prior to her debut third, can win the first race on the card. Tim Williams: Has opted for Lovetodream, who also looks a good chance in the first race on card. Gavin Smith: Thinks Billies A Star, who has been ultra impressive at the trials, should prove too strong for what looks an average maiden line-up – race five. Mark Jones: Thinks Sunoflindenny, who has been backed and beaten in his first two runs back, can make amends in the sixth race on the card.
Last week the ring-around produced six winners with Matthew Williamson, Nathan Williamson, Scott Phelan, Ricky May, John Dunn, and I all delivering the goods. The best result was my tip Spell which romped in at odds $5.50. Let's see what winners we have in store for you this week: Cambridge – Thursday Jay Abernethy: Thinks Equulei can kick the ring-around off in style in the first race at Cambridge. Simon Lawson: Rates Betty Boop Brogden as a good each-way chance in the fourth race on the card. Alexandra Park – Friday Todd Mitchell: Has opted for Miss Lotty, who was seen doing her best work late when second last start. She looks a good chance in the first race. Brent Mangos: expects impressive trialist Vibhuti to prove very tough to roll – race four. Steve Richardson (T.A.B): Has opted for Djokovic, who looks a bold chance in race five. Scott Phelan: Rates the chances of inform pacer Cyamach, who looks a strong chance despite meeting a very good field in the sixth race at Alexandra Park. Addington – Friday Ken Barron: Expects both Bracken Ridge (race two) and Quaint Glen (Rangiora race 3) to prove very hard to beat. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Bracken Ridge – race two Mark Jones: Thinks the consistent Jaccka Len can break through for another win – race five. Gavin Smith: Rates She's Extreme as a good place chance in the sixth event on the card. John Dunn: Is expecting a big run from two-year-old filly Cullens First Meddle – race six. Tim Williams: Has opted for smart mare Here We Go Again, who downed likely favourite Fifth Edition in her last start – race eight. Matthew Williamson: Expects Ohoka Benson to be hard to beat in what looks an average C1 field – race ten. Rangiora – Sunday Terry Chmiel: Has opted for the inform That Guy Finn, who looks a good chance despite meeting a strong C1 and 2 line-up – race six. Jonny Cox: Thinks Explosive Art can continue to explode through the grades – race nine.
Last week was a quiet one for the ring-around with just the two winners. However, T.A.B Bookmaker Steve Richardson did find us some value in the form of $8 and $2.50. Let's see what good oil the boys have found for us this week. Forbury – Thursday Matthew Williamson: Has opted for Monnay, who is the class horse of the field but and looks a chance despite his huge seventy metre handicap – race six. Nathan Williamson: Rates the chances of Onedin Mach, who should have benefited off his fresh-up fourth. He looks the one to beat in race seven on the card. Jonny Cox: Rates the chances of Homeforabubbly, who looks well placed in the ninth race on the card. Alexandra Park – Friday Simon Lawson: Has selected Westwind Flyer as his best bet of the week – race one. Scott Phelan: Believes Pieces Of My Heart can go one better in the third race on the card. Josh Dickie: Has opted for Katieellen Castleton, who would only need to do things right to win the fourth race. Addington – Friday Stephen Richardson (T.A.B): Has selected Hikoi, who got too far back last start before finishing strongly for fourth. Steps up to 2600m this week which should suit – race two. David Butt: Rates the chances of Stingray, who returned to form last week with a nice win. He meets the same sort of field this week and looks a good each-way chance again - race five. Ricky May: Has opted for the impressive Dalton Bromac. He looks the one they all have to beat in the same event – race five. Craig Thornley: Has opted for Playaway, who was a fast finishing second last start. She looks a good each-way chance in the sixth race. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Spell – race eight. Ashburton – Sunday Mark Jones: Expects smart filly Goodness Gracious Me to prove very hard to beat in the sixth race. Ken Barron: Has opted for Change Time, who returns to mobile racing and has landed the plumb draw. She has produced big runs in her last two outings after missing the kick from standing starts and looks a good chance on Sunday – race eight. John Dunn: Thinks stable newcomer Wesley Silcox, who trialled up nicely on Monday, can keep his unbeaten record intact – race eight.
Last week was a great one for the Harnesslink ring-around with Matthew Williamson, Ken Barron, Scott Phelan, Josh Dickie, Jonny Cox, Craig Thornley, Ricky May, Anthony Butt, and Blair Orange all tipping out winners. Here are this week's selections: Cambridge - Thursday Simon Lawson: Expects Ton Tine to win again – race five. Alexandra Park – Friday Steve Richardson (Harnesslink): Thinks Russley Haste will prove very hard to beat in the fourth race on the card. Scott Phelan: Has opted for the in form Cyamach in the Winter Cup - race seven. Forbury – Friday Mark Jones: Has declared Lady Mackendon as the biggest cert he has ever taken to the races. "It's like Master Lavros in a maiden trot. Only a bad drive will get it beat." Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Rip Roaring - race two. John Dunn: Expects smart juvenile Robbie Burns to make it two wins from as many starts – race four. Josh Dickie: Has just an average book of drives this week, but rates Russet Norkotah, who will be at any old odds, as the best of them - race five. Matthew Williamson: Thinks Al Razza will prove very hard to beat again – race ten. Nathan Williamson: Will go head-to-head with brother Matthew, with the talented Sheeza Shark in the same event. Rangiora – Sunday Blair Orange: Rates Zakspatrol as his best chance of the week – race seven. Terry Chmiel: Has opted for That Guy Finn, who will shoot for three wins in a row in the same event – race seven. Ricky May: Has opted for smart three-year-old Explosive Art, who has been coming along in leaps and bounds in recent starts – race eight. Ken Barron: Thinks Livura will prove hard to beat in the ninth race on the card. Jonny Cox: Has a decent book of drives, but rates Galleon's Triumph as the best of them – race eleven. Anthony Butt: Is bullish about the chances of smart 2yo Field Marshal in the last event on the card.
Last week the ring-around produced four winners, all at relatively good value. This week we have a smaller ring-around than usual due to some technical problems, however I am sure it is still chock-a-block with winners. Forbury – Thursday Nathan Williamson: Thinks Nickelson can give Father Christmas a run for his money in the fifth event tonight. John Dunn: Expects Alta Jerome to be hard to bowl from his handy barrier draw in race number six on the card. Tim Williams: Rates the chances of Queen Of The Crop in race eight. Matthew Williamson: Is very bullish about the chances of Lionel's Meddle in the claimers' event – race eleven. Alexandra Park – Friday Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Te Amo Bromac – race one. Josh Dickie: Rates the chances of Stellar Kamwood in the fourth event. Todd Mitchell: Rates the chances of Cyclone Prince, who finished sixth in the 3YO Emerald. He looks the one to beat in race number six. Steve Richardson (T.A.B): Has opted for Norvic Nightowl, who finished a creditable fourth in the 4YO Emerald. – race eight. Ashburton@Addington – Friday Ken Barron: Expects Mighty Major to prove very hard to beat in race one on the card. Blair Orange: Thinks he can bring up his 100th winner for the season aboard Someardensomewhere – race four. Cambridge – Sunday Scott Phelan: Thinks Megs First is a strong each-way chance in race eight. Simon Lawson: Rates the chances of Ton Tine in the same event. Ashburton – Sunday Ricky May: Has opted for The Emperor Robyn, who looks well placed in the first event on Sunday. Mark Jones: who found some good place value in Eastburn Mara, has opted for Kowhai Whiz in the fourth event.
A belief in the direction that the Auckland Trotting Club is taking; and the future of the Franklin Training track; were two major reasons why John Street is relocating Lincoln Farm's harness racing business from Kumeu to Pukekohe. Street recently bought the National Bloodstock property on Golding Road right adjacent to the Franklin track. He is currently spending another $500,000 upgrading the property into a racing stable. "It's going to take a couple of months before we can move in because hardly anything has been done on the place for 20 years,'' Street said. "But I've got six contractors working on site now. The place has up to 60 horse boxes, so we are able to relocate all 30 of our harness horses. "This also includes 21 rising 2-year-olds. "It took a bit of time planning and negotiating but we are pleased with the purchase.'' Street said the Lincoln Farms in Kumeu would continue to house broodmares and stallions. "The property hasn't sold yet but we are in no hurry, it is serving a very good purpose now." Street said his team could now just walk through to the Franklin track rather than the current situation where they had to be transported into Kumeu or Alexandra Park to work. "The Franklin track is in a much better state and is regularly maintained, the boys do a good job out there and I believe it will be improved even more to make it the Auckland Trotting Club's major training centre. "The Auckland Club is doing a good job and I want to support them as much as possible. "We both see Pukekohe as the training centre of the future and personally for us the best place to further our success. "Ray (Green - trainer) and all the staff will relocate, it will be the same team with Simon Lawson, Maurice McKendry, and Zac Butcher being used as our drivers." The 69-year-old Auckland businessman who sold his Pak Save Supermarket last year, said he was now spending his retirement developing his thoroughbred and standardbred enterprises. "We are looking to have 10 per cent of our gallopers race with our trainer Lisa Latta in Singapore, and we will continue to promote our popular harness racing syndicates as well. "We have virtually sold Beaudiene Boaz to Gary Hall in Perth and the boys in that syndicate invested about $10,000 and made $40,000 each on him." "Ian Middleton is overseeing 10 syndicates for us now, and we have got lots of people, especially South Islanders keen to get in. "I think people are realising now that we don't keep the horse unless we make money." Street said he enjoyed syndicating standardbreds – simply because they were not difficult to sell on. "They are also easy to sell to Australia for a good price if they have or have not met their grade here," he added. Meanwhile, Street said it was unlikely he would be relocating to Pukekohe. "I am very happy here in Half Moon Bay. Lincoln Farms was the brainchild of Street and his late great mate Graham Blackburn. The company has been in operation for more than three decades having commenced modestly with two horses in 1985 and has now won well in excess of than 300 races and millions in stakes money. Their greatest victory came via Sir Lincoln in the 2012 Auckland Cup. Their most tightly assessed horse is 14-win recent Taylor Mile winner, Besotted. Lincoln Farms has won numerous age races, the most recent of them being Group $150,000 Emerald 2yo Colts and geldings Jewels winner, Beaudiene Boaz. By Duane Ranger (Harness Racing New Zealand)
Congratulations to Matthew Williamson, Ricky May, Todd Mitchell, Joshua Dickie, Jonny Cox, and Nathan Williamson who all produced 'the goods' last week. The best result was Katieellen Castleton, who was backed into a closing price of $6.50. Let's see what good oil the boys have come up with on this massive week of harness racing. Addington - Thursday Colin DeFilippi: Has opted for Strathfield Sun, who recovered well to finish fourth after an early gallop last start - race one. Gavin Smith: Was impressed with Karanga Red Fantasy's fresh-up second behind Anton Oliver, and think she can go one better in race six tonight. Mark Jones: Has opted for Rock Till You Drop on the back of a couple of impressive workout performances. - race six. Ricky May: Is bullish about the chances of Nevertheless, who has been very good in his last two starts - race seven. Franklin - Friday Jay Abernethy: Likes the chances of Pacific Rapture, who produced a big performance after breaking behind the mobile last start- race six. Simon Lawson: Has opted for the consistent Gold Elite - race eight. Josh Dickie: Rates Kippenberger as a good each-way chance- race nine Forbury Park - Friday Nathan Williamson: Thinks Mr Majestic can break his maiden status in the first race on Friday. Tim Williams: Believes it won't be long before Mordecai cracks maidens. Probably Friday night- race three. Cambridge Harness Jewels - Saturday Greg Hope: Thinks he has Monbet right back on top of his game and expects him to prove very hard to beat in the 2YO Ruby - race two. Steve Richardson (T.A.B): Has also opted for Monbet on the back of an impressive workout at Cambridge. - race two. John Dunn: Thinks Venus Serena has a cracking winning chance despite her tricky second-line - race three. David Butt: Thinks One Over Da Moon only needs a touch of luck to be a major player in the 3YO Ruby - race four. Ken Barron: Thinks that if Majestic Time is at her best come Saturday she will be a force to be reckoned with - race four. Anthony Butt: Has opted for smart filly Joannes A Delight, who should strip a better horse this week after missing work last week due to a foot abscess - race five. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Supersonic Miss - race five Todd Mitchell: Is very happy with Prime Power, who will attempt to defend his Jewels title on Saturday - race seven. Matt Markham (HRNZ): Rates Prime Power as the bet of the day on Harness Jewels Day - race seven. Ashburton - Sunday Dexter Dunn: Has a good book of drives on Jewels Day, but has instead opted for Artismee in race two on Sunday Stephen McNally: Thinks Hikoi is closing in rapidly on his maiden win- race five. Terry Chmiel: Thinks last start winner That Guy Finn, can repeat the dose on Sunday - race seven. Sam Ottley: Rates the chances of Mattjestic Rebeck - race nine. Invercargill - Monday Jonny Cox: Is bullish about the chances of King Louie - race five. Clark Barron: Rates Royal Taz as his best chance of the weekend - race eleven.
Last week was an adequate one for the ring-around with just, Blair Orange, Nathan Williamson, and yours truly selecting winners. Let's see if we can add to that tally this week. Forbury Park - Thursday Matthew Williamson: Thinks Cullen's Finest looks well placed in the second race on the card. Blair Orange: Has opted for Doves Veecee, who is now with Jamie Gameson. He was an impressive trialist earlier in the month and looks hard to beat - race five. Ricky May: Rates the fresh-up Even Flo as a very good each-way bet - race seven. Mark Jones: Has opted for capable two-year-old Pomme Roy, who was unlucky in last week's Sires Stakes Final. Expect him to lead and win race nine. Alexandra Park - Friday Scott Phelan: Rates Berlusconi as his best bet of the week - race four. Simon Lawson: Thinks that The Wonkey Donkey, with manners, can win race six on the card. Todd Mitchell: Has opted for smart three-year-old Cyclone Prince, who looks well placed on Friday night - race eight. Anthony Butt: Thinks smart filly Joanne's A Delight can lead and win the Sales Series Final - race nine. Jay Abernethy: Has opted for The Early Wicket, who finished a nice second on debut - race twelve. Josh Dickie: Thinks Katieellen Castleton can provide some value in race twelve. Addington - Friday David Butt: Expects One Over Da Moon, who was sensational in the Northern Derby after making an early break, to prove too good in race five on the card. Colin DeFilippi: Has opted for smart mare Elusive Chick, who is now back with Derek and Adele Jones. She has trialled up super in preparation for her resumption and looks the one they all have to beat- race six. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Elusive Chick - race six. Samantha Ottley: Thinks the consistent Spell, who has finished second in her last three starts, can breakthrough for her second win - race eight. Steve Richardson (T.A.B): Rates the chances of Lucky VC, who downed a smart type in Mach Winger at a recent trial - race ten. Winton - Sunday Jonny Cox: Has opted for stable newcomer Pay Me Quick, who looks a good each-way chance in the maiden Claimers Final - race two. Nathan Williamson: Thinks Spash Cola, who produced a herculean performance to win her debut, can repeat the dose - race four. Clark Barron: Has selected Strategic Miss, who looks a strong chance in an average C0-1 line-up - race five. Andrew Armour: Thinks Trial By Jury, who finished second on debut, can go one better on Sunday - race six. Addington - Sunday Dexter Dunn: Expects Delightful Dash, who downed a nice field last start, to win again on Sunday - race two.
Last week the Harnesslink ring-around produced four winners as well as a string of minor placegetters. Let's see if we can add to that tally this week: Cambridge - Thursday Simon Lawson: Thinks handy two-year-old Blinding Light will prove hard to in the first race on the card. Todd Mitchell: Rates the chances of Jovani, who was a good fresh up second - race one. Manawatu - Friday Stephen Richardson (T.A.B): Has opted for Kilkeel Lady as his bet of the week - race three. Addington - Friday Terry Chmiel: Thinks that That Guy Finn will give him his best chance of greeting the judge this weekend - race three. Blair Orange: Has opted for Jayceekay, who backed up his dazzling debut win with a cracking third last start. He looks the one to beat in race five. Ken Barron: Likes the chances of smart two-year-old trotter B D Love in the same event - race five. Colin DeFilippi: Thinks the consistent Rise And Shine can break through for a maiden win - race nine. John Dunn: Is bullish about the chances of smart two-year-old Say My Name in the Sires Stakes Final - race ten. Jonny Cox: Thinks Jaccka Justy will prove hard to beat despite his 40 metre handicap - race eleven. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Messini - race twelve. Invercargill - Saturday Tim Williams: Will be Popular if he can rein the filly with that exact name home in the first race on the card. Nathan Williamson: Thinks handy trialist Splash Cola can kick her career of with a win - race four. Andrew Armour: Is bullish about the chances of the very capable B D Windermere - race nine. Matthew Williamson: Rates capable trotter Zhenya as his bet of the week - race twelve. Oamaru - Sunday Ricky May: Has opted for Mach Winger on the back of a dazzling performance at the Ashburton trials - race five. Mark Jones: Thinks Juneamy Castleton looks well placed in race six on the card. Anthony Butt: Thinks smart two-year-old Field Marshal can make it back-to-back wins despite his wide barrier draw - race nine.
Anthony Butt still maintains Joanne's A Delight is one of the best 2-year-old fillies he has ever driven. "She put the pressure on all the way tonight and proved to me again just how good she is," Butt said. "She never really got an easy quarter. It was a gutsy run." The champion reinsman made those comments shortly after Joanne's A Delight won the Group One $150,000 Magness Benrow Sires Stakes Championship for 2yo fillies at Alexandra Park tonight. The Nigel McGrath trained daughter of Bettor's Delight burned to the lead early from gate two and never relented holding out the fast finishing Fight For Glory and Natalie Rasmussen by a nose. There was a length and 2-3/4 lengths back to Bettor Be Supreme (Tony Herlihy) and Unforgiving (Simon Lawson). The brown filly stopped the clock in 2:01.97 with a very slick mile rate of 1:55.4. Her final sectionals for the 1700m mobile were 59 flat and 29.5. "She just kept giving tonight." "I'm pleased for Nigel because he's got her in brilliant condition and she hasn't been far away in recent starts." It was Joanne's A Delight's second win in five starts. She placed in her first look at Alexandra Park last week. "She's just got a great feel to her and there wouldn't be many 2-year-old fillies I've driven that would be better than her," Butt said. "I think this will be the first of a few more big wins," he added. The gifted filly took her stake earnings to $107,458. She is owned by American's Mark Hanover and Gordon Banks and was bred by Jack Smolenski. By Duane Ranger (Harness Racing New Zealand)
Last week the ring-around produced six winners including, Waitoto Express ($6.40), Doubleodeano ($6.10), and Lancewood Lizzie, who was backed in from an opening quote of $9 and ended up starting a warm favourite. Let's see what good oil we can dig up this week! Cambridge - Thursday Todd Mitchell: Expects Jovani, who was a luckless fresh-up sixth, to prove hard to beat from her ace alley - race three Simon Lawson: Is bullish about the chances of two-year-old Blinding Light, who will shoot for two from two in the sixth race on the card. Jay Abernethy: Is expecting the inform Beta B Quick to go another good race - race nine Josh Dickie: Expects Giuliana Rancic to make a winning debut on the back of some handy trial form - race ten Alexandra Park - Friday Blair Orange: Expects in form trotting mare Paramount Queen to carry on her winning way- race one. Scott Phelan: Rates Pretty Awesome as his best drive this week - race three. Anthony Butt: Has opted for Joanne's A Delight, who was a brilliant third after dragging a flat tyre last week - race four. David Butt: Thinks a few gear changes and the extra distance can see One Over Da Moon claim Group One glory in the Northern Trotting Derby - race six. Steve Richardson (T.A.B): Thinks Franco Nelson, who has recorded some very good sectionals in his last two starts, is a very good chance in the NZ Messenger - race seven. Forbury - Friday Matthew Williamson: Has opted for Imperial Ace as his best bet of the week - race two Nathan Williamson: Thinks Nothingforthemedia is a very good chance at odds in the same race - race two Jonny Cox: Is bullish about the chances of Play Action, who was a very good second behind a smart type last start. Take a boxed quinella and trifecta with the three of them? - race two Mark Jones: Thinks Jaccka Len can cap off some consistent form with a win in race five on the card. Tim Williams: Has opted for Never Sighted, who looks very hard to beat on debut off the back of some super trials performances - race seven Addington – Saturday Dexter Dunn: Thinks Speights Girl will take all sorts of beating in the first race on the card. Ricky May: Has opted for the talent Monbet as his bet of the week - race five Craig Thornley: Rates Playaway as a good each-way chance - race six John Dunn: Thinks Say My Name can give Alta Orlando a run for his money in the Sales Series Final – race ten. Timaru - Sunday Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Field Marshall - race three Samantha Ottley: Rates Spell, who has been very good in her last two outings, as her best chance of the week - race six Gavin Smith: Thinks Waihemo Art can get some money in what looks an average maiden line-up - race nine. By Mitchell Robertson
23-year-old harness racing reinsman Simon Lawson nailed his first Group One driving success when steering Besotted to a New Zealand record victory in tonight's $100,000 Group One Taylor Mile at Alexandra Park. After making the most of his inside alley and holding the lead early, Lawson took a trail behind second favourite Elios. Besotted then powered up the sprint lane in the homestretch to win by ¾ of a length over Elios, while champion mare Adore Me endured a torrid trip and was close-up in third. Besotted upset the apple cart winning at staggering odds of $42. "He had actually been going very good races from bad barriers. I was absolutely thrilled with him last start," advised an excited Lawson. "I decided I may as well make the most of the draw and was only ever going to hand up to Elios or Adore Me. In the end it worked out perfectly," he enthused. Lawson was full of praise for Besotted's trainer Ray Green as well as his owner, John Street of Lincoln Farms. "Ray always has his horses perfectly prepared. I don't think I have ever driven a horse for him that has gone no good," said Lawson "And it is overwhelming for a man of John Street's stature to put his faith in a young fella like me in a big race like this one," he added. Besotted, who is a five-year-old son of American Ideal, paced the 1700 metres in a New Zealand record time of 2.00.0 (1-53.5), which ironically shaved 0.5 seconds off the previous record held by his former stablemate Sir Lincoln. Besotted has now won 14 races and stakes close to $250,000. By Mitchell Robertson
Last week the ring-around produced seven winners, with Mark Jones, Stephen Richardson, Blair Orange, David Butt, Simon Lawson, Terry Chmiel, Jonny Cox, and Ricky May all producing the goods. Let's hope for a repeat performance this week! Forbury Park - Thursday Andrew Armour: Has opted for Al Raza, who will look to go one better after a nice debut second - race two. Jonny Cox: Is bullish about the chances of Tagataese, who smashed his rivals in a penalty free maiden claimers race last start. He competes in the third race on the card. Tim Williams: Has opted for the consistent Waitoto Express, who should add to his bank balance on Thursday - race five. Matthew Williamson: Had the choice of three drives in the last race at Forbury but opted for Lionels Meddle, who looks well placed in the tenth race on the card. Alexandra Park - Friday Blair Orange: Is bullish about the chance of Full Speed Ahead, who was an emphatic winner at Addington last start - race one. Todd Mitchell: Has opted for the smart Doubleodeano, who looks the main threat to Full Speed Ahead. - race one. Steve Richardson (T.A.B): Rates the chances of smart filly Lancewood Lizzie, who is now trained by Barry Purdon - race four. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Linda Lovegrace - race five David Butt: Thinks One Over Da Moon can make the most of his ace alley in the Northern Trotting Derby - race eight. Ken Barron: Expects star trotting filly Majestic Time to prove very hard to beat in the Northern Trotting Derby - race eight. Anthony Butt: Will take the reins behind Aussie raider Zedalite, who was a very good second in the Anzac Cup last week - race ten. Nathan Williamson: Has taken The Wonkey Donkey north and expects him to be very competitive in the last race on the card. Addington - Friday Mark Jones: Thinks two-year-old Smoke N Santanna will be very hard to beat in what looks an average maiden line-up - race one. Gavin Smith: Thinks the consistent Naughty Maravu can be competitive despite his tricky barrier draw - race eight. Thames@ Alexandra Park - Sunday Josh Dickie: Has opted for Live At Speed, who drops back from a handy fifth in a much stronger field last start - race one. Jay Abernethy: Rates Riverboat Sue as his best chance of the week- race five. Ashburton – Sunday Ricky May: Believes Franco Salisbury, who was a fast-finishing fourth last start, will prove hard to beat from his ace alley – race seven. Terry Chmiel: Thinks Little Tess looks very well placed in the ninth race on Sunday.
Last week was a disappointing one for the ring-around with just Blair Orange and Mark Jones producing the goods, however a form reversal is expected this weekend. Here is what some of New Zealand's leading harness racing participants came up with for us this week. Addington - Thursday Josh Dickie: Was pleased with Speeding Spur in his South Island debut and expects him to be hard to roll in the feature two-year-old trot - race two. Mark Jones: Has opted for impressive trialist Fleeting Grin, who should take all sorts of stopping in race five on the card Craig Thornely: Expects Gotta Grunter, who is now on the beach with Mark Jones, to break maidens at short notice - race five Stephen Richardson (T.A.B): Was impressed with the way Fifth Edition found the line last start. He looks well placed in race six on the card after dropping back from C2. Matthew Williamson: Thinks Mokosun can make it three wins on end in race eight on the card. Nigel McGrath: Believes that Heza Mighty Monarch will take a power of beating if he is to do things right in race ten. Mitchell Robertson (Harnesslink): Has opted for Iceobar on the back of an eyecatching fresh-up third - race eleven Gavin Smith: Thinks Waihemo Art is a strong chance in what looks an average maiden line-up - race twelve Alexandra Park - Friday Blair Orange: Expects a bold preformance from Paramount Queen in the first race of the card. Stephen McNally: Thinks K D Muscles, who has been racing well in age group company, looks the one in race three. Scott Phelan: Rates Sweet Art as a good each-way chance- race seven Todd Mitchell: Was impresed with how Prime Power worked during the week and expects him to be very hard to beat in the Anzac Cup - race nine David Butt: Expects One Over Da Moon to prove too good if he can jump to the lead early - race eleven Simon Lawson: Has opted for classy two-year-old Beaudiene Boaz - race twelve Gore - Saturday Tim Williams: Thinks Bettor Buy It will prove hard to beat in the Southern Supremacy- race ten Rangiora - Sunday Terry Chmiel: Thinks Dynamic Party looks well placed in race two despite his tricky barrier draw. Ken Barron: Believes Pacquiao can top off a string of good runs with a win in race five. Jonny Cox: Is bullish about the chances of Jaccka Justy, who was a game second behind Master Lavros last start - race seven Ricky May: Expects Terror To Love to finish his season in style in the Rangiora Classic - race eight


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One of the many events run on Workout at Work Day 2014 was at an outdoor gym in Clerkenwell, London. See the above video report, and read more about what happened in our live blog of the day.
What is Workout at Work Day?
The CSP launched W@WD in 2011 in order to increase levels of physical activity amongst employees during the working day, and to inspire staff to move more and address poor work habits, such as not taking regular breaks. The aim of the day is to improve public health, reduce sickness absence and promote the important role which physiotherapy plays in keeping people 'fit for work'.
On W@WD hundreds of physiotherapists and physiotherapy staff run events in different workplaces and public spaces across the UK, in order to promote the health benefits of physical activity in the workplace.
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Physiotherapists have a key role to play in preventing and treating work related ill-health and can advise on safe exercise to improve health and keep people in employment.
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- 89 per cent said it increased their knowledge of and understanding of the importance of exercise
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- Fit for Active Work – for people working in roles where standing, lifting, physical effort or repetitive movements are involved.
- Easy Exercise Guide – which offers advice on taking the first steps towards a healthier lifestyle.
- Under Pressure – a leaflet looking at the link between physical activity and mental wellbeing, with advice on staying happy and healthy at work.
- Fitness Profits – a booklet offering advice to employers about the role physiotherapy can play in keeping staff healthy and productive.
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In a fit of sense, our own Occupational Safety and Health Administration has generally refrained from trying to protect symphony orchestra members from the noise of the bass trombones, trumpets and tympanies in their midst. Not so in the European Union, where a newly promulgated rule "reduces the allowable sound exposure in the European orchestral workplace from the present 90 decibels to 85. The problem is, a symphony orchestra playing full-out can easily reach 96 to 98 decibels, and certain brass and percussion instruments have registered 130 to 140 at close range." (James R. Oestreich, "The Shushing of the Symphony", New York Times, Jan. 11)(via Arthur Silber). See Mar. 8-10, 2002 (bagpipes); Dec. 22-25, 2000 (military bands). More: "Mindles H. Dreck" at Asymmetrical Information has further commentary and a BBC link.
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By Forrest D. Moyer
It is needless to express the division that exists in the brotherhood today over the church and her
relationship to orphan homes. It is the purpose of this paper to seek to clarify the issues involved.
When we speak of the church, we are referring to a local congregation since this is the only unit of
organization that there is. A local church is a group of Christians who meet together for worship and work in
a given locality. An example is Phil.1:1-"saints . . . with the bishops and deacons." The local church, under the
oversight of the elders, is charged with the work of preaching, teaching, and giving aid to saints in distress.
What is an Orphan Home
Here is where there is much misunderstanding. Some seem to think that all that is involved is simply a place
where destitute children live. Such is not the case! In witness of such, please refer to the charter of Boles Home.
"I. The name of this corporation shall be BOLES ORPHAN HOME, Greenville, Texas.
"II. The purposes of this corporation are to provide a home for destitute children. . . "
Now please observe: the corporation has a name. The name is Boles Orphan Home. Therefore, Boles Orphan
Home is not a place where children live-it is a corporation. A corporation is "a number of persons united in one
body." Thus, Boles Home is a group of persons united in one body. (This one body is different to the church;
Bro. Oler says it is not the church.)
This corporation has a purpose. "The purposes of this corporation are to provide a home for destitute
children. . ." Observe that the dwelling place for destitute children is to be provided by the corporation. The
orphan home is, therefore, an institution which in turn provides the place for the care of children. It is much
more than just a dwelling place.
The Orphan Home is a Human Organization
1. It is built according to a human plan. There is no pattern in the Bible for it.
2. It has a human board-the Bible doesn't prescribe the board nor the qualifications for such.
3. It has a human charter. None would deny this.
4. It has a human name. Again, this will not be denied.
Therefore, it is a human organization. It is strange indeed that some will say that it is a divine institution. Bro.
Roy Osborne, a leading advocate of church supported orphan homes, says: "In the first place the claim is made
that the orphan home is a human institution. . . Well, it's a human institution, I'll have to grant that. So what?"
Thus, it is quite clear that the orphan home is a human organization.
The Problem Facing the Church
It is quite obvious that up to this point, there would be nothing that could cause division among brethren.
The real problem may be simply stated. Is the church authorized by the scriptures to donate money to this
human corporation, the orphan home? Some say that the church can do so. Others deny that it can be
scripturally done. As simply as it can be stated, the church is not authorized by the word of God to donate
money to any human organization. Where is the scripture that authorizes such? There is none. Hence, when
a church donates money to an orphan home it does that which is not authorized. In order to justify such, it will
be necessary to find these things in the scriptures:
I. The church. This of course is easily done.
2. It will be necessary to find a human organzation such as an orphan home.
3. It will be necessary to find the churches either donating money to this human institution or authorized
to do so. Until this is found, there can be no authorization for such.
Efforts to Justify Such
There have been many efforts made to justify a church's donating money to an orphan home.
1. One effort is thus stated : "God didn't say how, and we can do it any way we see fit."
Answer: The question is not the HOW, but the ORGANIZATION. True, the church may use any
legitimate method in doing its work. But where did God authorize the church to donate money to another
organization to do its work? Such cannot be found.
2. Some have said: "An orphan home (corporation) is like an individual's home. Since the church can
donate money to a private home (such as a preacher's home or a needy family), it can donate money to the
orphan home."
Answer: Where is the scripture that authorizes the church to donate money to a private home or preacher's
home? I know of none, and I don't know of any congregation practicing such. The church gives money to me
(a preacher) as an an individual. It is the responsibility of the church to do so (I Cor. 9.) I support my family
myself, for this is my responsibility (I Tim. 5:8.) The church donates money to a poor saint and he in turn
supplies the needs of his family. Giving money to an individual is not the same as giving money to a
corporation. Anyone can see the difference. One is the New Testament; the other is not.
There is simply no scripture authorizing the church to donate money to an orphan home or to any other
organization. Please, brethren, let's not do that which the Bible doesn't authorize. If brethren want to operate
an orphan home, let them do so. But keep the orphan homes free from the church, and there will never be any
trouble or division over orphan homes.
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Breeds that originated in the Arctic, in high mountains, or in Northern Europe are sometimes called snow dogs. These dogs share a number of characteristics that make them well suited to cold and snowy climates. Some of these breeds include the Akita, the Alaskan Malamute, the American Eskimo Dog, the Finnish Spitz, the Norwegian Elkhound, the Samoyed, and the Siberian Husky.
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Most snow dogs have traditionally performed an important job for their owners. Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes are sled-dogs. Akitas, Finnish Spitz, and Norwegian Elkhounds are hunting dogs. American Eskimo Dogs are also descended from hunting dogs. And the versatile Samoyed was used to pull sleds, herd livestock, and serve as a hunting dog.
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Irresistible Me Hair Extension Review
I've been a big fan of hair extensions for years but due to my hair going through a delicate phase have been avoiding them. Clip ins seem the perfect compromise and I was thrilled when Madison from Irresistible Me offered me the chance to to road test their clip in hair extensions. They had a nice selection of colors and lengths to choose from and I opted to go for the Silky Touch 20 inch golden blonde clip ins.
The packaging: The hair came in a nice black box and I was impressed that inside the sealed bag was a mini pouch. This pouch had a color test for you to try before you opened the full sealed packages- as extensions are non refundable, the mini strands were a nice way to make sure you had the right color.
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Burn your hair to treat split ends?
There are many things that I do on the hunt to long lovely locks but hair burning has never been on that list. Yes, hair burning, the act of turning tresses into smokey smoldering singed locks. Ummm, nope.
But apparanely this isn't as crazy as it sounds. Victoria's Secret model Barbara Fialho said that she likes to use a candle to burn her hair to keep it looking good. Not convinced? There's a proper name for this- "Velaterapia" and it basically just means using a flame to burn off your split ends. Cos scissors are so last year right?
I'm not the only one to be shocked by this.. or to question it's veracity.
Trichologist Iain Sallis commented on Safety in Beauty, "In all the 12 years as a Trichologist, I am shocked to read this story about a naked flame being used to cauterize hair. Hair is not only incredibly flammable (thanks to the abundance of sulphur in it) but the theory that it somehow opens channels for nutrients to seep into is incorrect."
So why do women get this done?
Elle.com reported that this so-called split end savior gets devotees hooked by its promises."The burning supposedly opens up the hair follicle, making it more receptive to nutrients, in turn making the conditioning treatment even more effective. It takes three and a half hours, and loyalists get it done about every four months."
I understand desperately wanting better hair, but with so many great options put there this just seems like a recipe for disaster.
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The Yuca Handsfree Hairdryer for Freestyle Drying
Drying hair sucks. It's noisy. It takes a lot of time. And you lose the use of your hands. Seriously. That's thirty minutes gone forever. Well the Yuca Handsfree dryer could be a great help/ make you look insane.
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Karmin G3 Salon Pro Hair Straightener REVIEW
Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm quite the hair straightener addict and the my beloved GHD's are never far away. Can Karmin tempt me to their brand with the promises of tourmaline ceramic smoothing plates and a pretty design? I had to try it to know for myself…
The Karmin G3 Salon Pro Hair Straightener came in a lovely box, a smart shape with a snap closure and the content displayed well. In side lay a carry-case/ combo heat mat (that Detached) which was black with a light white floral overlay, subtle, but not extreme. The straightener came with two type of lug fittings as well to make it easy to travel with which was a very sweet addition. There was also a 3 years manufacturers warranty include, which never hurts!
I also really liked the 3- metre carry cord as that's very helpful when you live in plug socket hell. The pink color was also an extra bonus, as it's bright and fun, and it's nice to have a pop of color in the morning.
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Vacuum Hairdryer solves age old problem
Hairdrying makes your hair soft, volumized and dry. But it can lead to shedding, flyaways, broken strands and piles of broken pieces sticking to the carpet. Sadly, this is pretty much unavoidable. Well, to an extent. The vacuum hairdryer won't solve breaking, but will help you keep your apartment free from piles of lint.
The Vacuum Dryer is a concept gadget (read: Can't buy yet) that is incredibly smart. It's a simple idea that makes you wonder why it hasn't been made yet/ One side of the hairdryer "dries" the other vacuums up the flyaways and broken hair. Both utilize a nozzle, and hot air, and it seems pretty self explanatory that you could blow or suck fromt he same device.
Designer Jeong Shin Yoon created a mock up, taking into account the grill needed to capture hair and how the air flow system would work. Sign me up!
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Wishlist: Jose Eber Infrared blow dryer
How much would you pay for a hairdryer The Jose Eber Infrared blow dryer is not cheap not cheap at all. Yet somehow I'm drawn to it, and part of the reason is the promises it gives out.
The thing is I really hate blow drying my hair. I hate the noise, I hate the time, I just want the process to be done. The Jose Eber Infrared Blowdryer says that it does two awesome things to the hair: Halves the drying time and makes the hair smoother too. How and why?
Well the premise is that by using infrared light (as well as heat) the air shaft dries FROM THE INSIDE OUT. Like,inside of the hair cuticle. Surreal, but very cool.
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Christmas wishlist, maybe?
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The Hot Iron Holster is genius
This is such a smart idea that I'm half kicking myself that it wasn't mine. The Hot iron Holster is a portable carrycase for your heated appliances and what's so amazing about it is that it can GO anywhere. You can poisition it on your night stand, the bathroom counter, wherever and it will stick firmly in place till you peel it up again.
Made from silicone, the pouch part holds hair straighteners and the like securely, without heating up, and the flap part adheres to whatever surface you put it on, no glue or sticky tape needed.
I'm always looking for somewhere to balance my straighteners as I clip my hair out my face and I love the portability of this. Durable is a key watchword here and this will save me from many bathroom burns and curses. Available in three colorways, black, pink and white I think this is one of those, " You didn't know you needed it and now you can't live without it" devices.
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text: CHIPstatement AAP.org > About the AAP > AAP Press Room > AAP Issues Children's Health Insurance Program Policy Statement AAP FactsDepartments & DivisionsCommittees, Councils & SectionsChapters & DistrictsAAP Press RoomCurrently selected Press Room ArchiveNews FeaturesHealth & Safety TipsPublic Service AnnouncementsAAP in the NewsAAP Press Room Media CenterAAP Conferences Press InformationMedia KitsSpokesperson ResourcesLeadership BiosEmbargoed Media Content Donate NowCorporate RelationshipsEmployment at AAPAdvertise with AAPHelp/Feedback aaa print email share Facebook Twitter AAP Issues Children's Health Insurance Program Policy Statement 1/27/2014 Statement comes on the heels of five-year CHIPRA anniversary Article BodyWashington, DC— Five years after President Barack Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) into law, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a revised policy statement that analyzes the evolution of the program and makes recommendations to keep the program strong for children and families. The policy statement authored by the AAP's Committee on Child Health Financing, "Children's Health Insurance Program: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations," was released online Jan. 27 and will be published in the March 2014 issue of Pediatrics. First enacted in 1997 as the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the program was renamed CHIP as part of President Obama's reauthorization on Feb. 4, 2009. The program has grown to finance health coverage for nearly 8 million children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but whose employers may not pay for health coverage for dependents. The AAP celebrates the success of the program while also identifying challenges for moving forward. "CHIP has improved three important aspects of children's health: access to coverage for medical services, utilization of those services, and the health of millions of children who have benefitted from the program," said Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD, FAAP, lead author of the AAP policy. In 2012, Medicaid and CHIP provided health insurance to more than 50 percent of children in the United States, making both programs combined the largest insurer of U.S. children. Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorized CHIP through 2019, the program is only funded through September 2015. In order to keep CHIP strong for children, the AAP urges Congress to fully fund the program through at least 2019. "Uninsured children are three times more likely than children with insurance to lack access to a needed prescription medicine, and five times more likely to have an unmet need for medical care," said AAP President James M. Perrin, MD, FAAP. "CHIP is critical in helping to ensure no child falls through the cracks and all children have access to the high-quality, affordable health insurance they need and deserve." Since the program's enactment in 1997, the number of uninsured children has been cut in half, while the number of uninsured adults rose significantly. In addition, the reauthorization of the program in 2009 included several improvements, such as age-appropriate health benefits including dental, mental health and substance abuse services to the same extent as medical and surgical treatment, and a $225 million investment in child health quality improvement. "CHIP works. It's that simple," said Dr. Racine. "Eight million children across the country rely on CHIP to meet their needs, and we owe it to them to make sure the program continues." 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Dear everyone
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Thank you for your help
& Merry Christmas!
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And as my brief stint as an English 101 instructor comes to an end, I give you the proofreading pep-talk of this new millenium.
And as my brief stint as an English 101 instructor comes to an end, I give you the proofreading pep-talk of this new millenium.
Over the Memorial Day weekend, a graduate of Yale University planned to move into her new apartment and begin work as Editorial Assistant at The New Yorker magazine.
Marina Keegan, age 22, made these plans after writing a brief and upbeat address to her fellow classmates on Facebook. In the post, she alluded to the "opposite of the word loneliness" as a way of describing her sense of community and blessing. She also offered this poignant clause: "We have so much time…"
Over the Memorial Day weekend, this vivacious young woman died when her boyfriend's Lexus rolled over on a highway in Dennis, Mass. Michael Gocksch remains in critical condition, but Marina Keegan lost consciousness at the scene and never recovered… And so, the promising author won't be learning the craft at the prestigious publication after all. The New Yorker will have to look elsewhere, and that's sad on multiple levels.
First, as an undergraduate, Keegan had the nerve to contradict Mark Helprin, who rose at a collegiate event to discourage various would-be writers by telling them that genuine jobs in the field are few and far between. That's the first level of melancholy associated with this rising star's fade into oblivion: the fact that she won't grow up and grow into her antagonistic polemic against the intellectual-property-rights twit of the year. And the second level of profound grief for the young woman's absence is like unto the first…
Well, I've done it again. I've entered another writing contest, which means my bank account is $20 lighter and that I'll receive a subscription to a journal that I'll read later and remark while turning the pages, "That's it! That's the winning poem!"
Alas… One of my M.F.A. colleagues (on staff at Willow Springs) says that if I review a batch of poems that have been submitted and I provide reasons for it not to be accepted (or pursued further by my fellow editors), that must mean that my own verse is better.
Well, I'm not sure that it "must," but for the time being at least, I am struck with how we rationalize by non sequiturs ad infinitum (and how we lapse into latin). Nothing follows nothing: good, better, best… And the grand prize goes to… Subjectivity!
Jorie Graham has loads of fascinating things to offer about the poetics we practice, the poems we write and the poems we judge (ie., compare and contrast with other poems). In this regard, the Poetess-in-Charge at Harvard U. even has her own rule named after her own controversial evaluation of various works in the University of Georgia's 1999 contest. The rule essentially stipulates that a judge must recuse her or himself if the potentially award-winning poems are penned by the aforementioned judge's students, or her future husband.
There's something about a Dean Young poem being recited in public!
I'm nervous about writing, and perhaps I should be.
Growing up I never liked to read. Neither of my parents went to college. Neither of them took the time to peruse much more than a copy of Popular Mechanics, or maybe, the Readers Digest abridged version of Alex Haley's Roots, which they would watch on television anyway… But I can't blame my anxiety about reading and writing well on them.
All I can say is that I love the capacity of words to inject emotional energy into a Tuesday afternoon with the drive-through traffic at Starbucks swirling around me. I grew to love novels, short stories and poems, but first and foremost, I was impressed with the miracle of a well-chosen word. And sometimes, even an poorly-chosen word would suffice and set me off. Just the sheer effort of an individual to articulate his or her experience–that's enough to make my hair stand on end. Hence: my apprehension!
What if I fuck it up?
Today I heard on National Public Radio a segment with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It dealt with "Roots Envy," or the inability of some folks to trace their family ancestry back generation after generation like the legendary figure of the 1970's best-seller. Gates, around that time, became enamored with the possibility and discovered some things about his mother and father that were remarkable. For example, evidently one of Gates' kin had marshaled in and out of a Revolutionary War militia between the years 1777 and 1784. For an African-American that's especially intriguing. Also, during the broadcast, Neil Conan asked the author of the Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reader to revisit what he had written about his mother's funeral. (The audio of this reading, available today at 6 p.m., is worth listening to.) He actually didn't appreciate the stale, blue-blood service that they had back in 1997. And so, with nothing more than a few words, he described the rowdy sermon and the swaying hymn-sings and the falling-down-in-the-aisle catharsis that would have been preferred. It would have been a funeral like they had had for this uncle or for that aunt. It would have been hot. It would have gone on for hours. It would have included those paper-fans, by which the mourners move the air about in vain…
I tell you, when I heard Gates read about this re-cast episode of his life, I wept like she were my own mother. While driving through road construction barriers on I-90, I nearly couldn't see that I'd be losing the left lane. And I realized, while putting my foot on the brake, that I don't have to be so nervous, that I'm not so much searching for that perfect word as I am searching for that intuitive trigger or that trap door that allows me to plunge into humanity's collective subconscious. Is there such a thing… such an ocean of dreams?
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Non-Fiction's tether to the facts has always been frayed. And we're just now getting nervous about it?
A federal judge in Montana has saved the non-fiction writer's proverbial ass. (Not really!)
He has, for the foreseeable-future, allowed the authors of memoirs, essays and sundry 'aboutnesses' to ostensibly do what novelists and poets do all the time. That is, tell little fibs. That is, craft big ones through which we can see, but the gist of which we want to believe so desperately, we pretend there are no holes. That is, fabricate the truth. That is, construct a world in which the center may not hold. That is, present the narrator as the legendary hero he, or heroine she, always imagined him or herself to be.
Yes, we have Sam Haddon to thank for the barrage of mythic forays to come. The U.S. District Gavel-Swinger has thrown out the suit filed on behalf of a million (alright, four) non-fiction readers, a suit that may have required author, Greg Mortenson, to pay damages to those who understood his Three Cups of Tea bestseller to be entirely factual (and cough up $15 per disillusioned reader), a suit initially brought to bear by another writer, Jon Krakauer in Three Cups of Deceit… (Boo! Hiss! What a party-pooper!).
And so, where do we go from here?
I, for one, am not going to take this lying (down). To my credit I have an entire half of a graduate course with Natalie Kusz, and the topic of embellishing on the events and adventures of our lives has been raised every Tuesday. Tonight we'll do it again. We'll say that we can't make stuff up. But what puts the Creative in the genre of Creative Non-Fiction is how we beautify the gory details of our fragmented days, weeks, months and years. Then, of course, someone will wrinkle his brow and it will be assumed that in streamlining the crap of our experience we, as writers, have made everything up. This is as it should be.
I'm going to try an exercise today in English 101/Section 10.
In previous classes (for previous courses) I've done things like play Jenga (analogies TBA), arm wrestle (to illustrate dialectic), role-play a Greek tragedy (to flesh out the human condition), and lastly I've hurled a hard boiled egg into the throng of a crowed lecture hall. "Poetry differs from prose," I proclaim with this latter demonstration… "Everything is coming at you — and potentially it's going to be messy."
You may, of course, call that a gimmick, or the hobgoblin of an inexperienced college professor's tortured mind, but I love to see the bodies scatter, while others cover and duck.
And yet, with Tuesday's educational schtick, my hope is to play things a little more close-to-the-vest. The exercise will consist of a free-writing response to five poems and will hopefully allow the students (ages 18 to 20) the opportunity to resonate with an image. An image or two… I'll let you know how it goes. My thinking is that many of these first-generation freshmen have never encountered the likes of Denise Levertov, Gary Snyder, Sharon Olds, William Stafford and Anne Sexton, and that some of their word-explosions might shower down body-parts into the blend-in style of dormitory prose.
You see, thus far, we've muddled through one Essay Exam and assorted supportive gigs in which I've asked them to harangue the system in which they're all clamoring to become a cog. How to write a thesis statement... How to identify key words, indexical concepts, supportive evidence… This is the standard fare of what every incoming neophyte should learn about academe. Later in the quarter, we'll marshall our skills of mimicry in the service of a Persuasive Essay. Whoopee! Potential research foci may include The Decline of the Hipster In What Used To Be Pop-Culture, The Resurgence of Dallas and Other '80's Nighttime Dramas and Snooki: The Femme Fatale of A Post 2001 Generation. And, for all the fantastic insights these papers may elucidate, I'm not expecting that the full-throated 'second naiveté' of Paul Ricoeur has caught up with the budding intellects. That is to say, I trust the wounded hearts of these students more than I do the reductions of rationalism we often require them to make.
We teach how not to write and we teach writers to teach themselves how not to write.
When we teach how to write, the student had best be on guard.
–Richard Hugo, The Triggering Town, p. 64
There's an institution, which shall remain nameless, whose H.R. Dept. has asked for a philosophy of teaching.
I thought I'd offer the readers of Bark both the 'Erasure' version (followed by the thing that I submitted for the job)…
Thinking The Other
Commodities want
to know
shelter with flesh.You ask the kind
of reward
virtually. Through-out we are known, feel
exposed, full of
weeds worth even more.The what splintered
too and filth-strewn
glitz grammarseek partners already
exhaustedand roll.
To Cultivate Critical Thinking and Imaginative Engagement with The Other
Not all questions are equal. In North America, for example, we often pursue answers like commodities, as if we're constantly in the market for the idea or the semblance of thought that will make life easier or more convenient. Other answers are born into the marriage of curiosity and vulnerability. We want to know something that matters, that persists throughout generations, a thing that binds us to their pursuit of truth and makes it our pursuit too. Moreover, we feel exposed to the social vicissitudes of life and death without at least trying to find shelter with other flesh and blood participants. Where, you ask, do we find such shelter?
Spokane is the key. And if you ask me "the key to what?", I'd have to say the key to the metaphysical fun park! It's like the entire Lilic City, the hometown of Bing Crosby and Gonzaga basketball, is nothing more and nothing less than the glossy sign at the entrance to North America's grand spiritual conundrum. You are here! (See the arrow! Or, could that be a question mark?) Why are you here?
Why I happen to be here over twenty-five years after leaving has nothing to do with church. It corresponds a little bit with this calling I felt to start another new church, known as Latah Valley. But the ultimate reason comes into view when that commercialized ecclesial wrapper has been peeled back… revealing what the Celts refer to as a thin place in the world.
Consider the odds. What are the spiritual hot spots of the world? The top-ten locales for communing with one's deity of choice, or for congregating with the hoypoloi of doctrinal sensibility and decorum? Rome? Jerusalem? Tibet? Mecca? You see, as the last of these designations suggest, each so-called axis mundi has been overrun with familiarity. Spokane is familiar. Yet, not in the same way. Spokane is familiar like the brick wall in Diagon-Alley in the Harry Potter series. Spokane is familiar by way of the same metaphorical thinking that eventually made Mecca, Saudi Arabia into the mecca of every genre of culture on earth. Spokane is the nirvana-nexus into the new world without the Grunge-movement of Nirvana and Kurt Cobaine. Spokane is on the cusp of major, authentically enfleshed revelation, something akin to Joseph Smith before Mormonism went big (and even before Smith himself went big with his declarations concerning bigamy).
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In a rowboat on the Perkiomen Creek, near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, I caught a 1 lb bass on a Pocket-Fisherman reel (one of those $9.99 promotional deals I'd seen on channel 29). And so, with my bass, dangling from the stringer, someone took this picture of me and in the background you can make out the shadowy figure of a girl, who would later become my muse. In the photograph, she's wearing a t-shirt over her swimsuit that reads something about being the "REAL THING," and she's smiling because, well, she has fully developed breasts and I haven't grown into my limbs yet. That, at least, is my theory on her smile and I could be wrong.
I hope I'm wrong. And if I am, the reason is that this girl was not a muse at all. She was just another self in a parade of selves, and as I celebrated my catch, I was doing that I And Thou thing that the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber talks about. He says, for example, "Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons."
And here's where you might want to excuse the kids from the room.
Perplexed doesn't cover my state of mind as I contemplate what I perused recently in a 1977 essay by Sandra M. Gilbert:
While the male poet, even at his most wretched and alienated, can at least solace himself with his open or secret creativity, his myth-making power, the female poet must come to terms with the fact that as a female she is that which is mythologized, the incarnation of otherness… and hence the object of anthologies full of male metaphors…
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Guy Who Helped UBS Clients Avoid Paying Taxes, Ratted Out Colleagues To IRS Would Like Reward For A Job Well Done
By Bess LevinBradley Birkenfeld was sentenced in August to more than three years in prison for helping some people not pay their taxes during his time as a private banker at UBS. That's fine, and he accepts that. What Birkenfeld does not accept, however, is a bull shit claim by the Internal Revenue Service that they don't owe him any money for helping build a case against the Swiss bank, and what appears to be less than a veiled threat that they won't have a check waiting for him when he gets out of the joint. His representation agrees.
Birkenfeld lawyer Dean Zerbe of Zerbe, Fingeret, Frank & Jadav said his client is entitled to a piece of the U.S. government's $780 million settlement with UBS, and that he also has a claim to a portion of the money the IRS recovers from wealthy Americans who hid assets in offshore accounts — both at UBS and at other banks.
Zerbe also makes a seriously bold claim that while probably difficult to prove could make Birkenfeld's case.
"He didn't just give them a piece of the puzzle. He gave them the entire puzzle," Mr. Zerbe said. "They didn't know how to spell UBS until he showed up."
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UBS Sucks
Sounds like Zerbe is stealing JD's lines.
Federal False Claims Act. Smith Barney banker who ratted out the municipal bond "yield burning" got millions from the settlement payments.
I'm more concerned about the 6 year old trapped in a home made helium balloon spaceship floating across Colorado.
I think they should get chopper 5 on the case. -
Greg –
I am going to dress as a clown and bring you a baloon. And make you sit in my lap.
John Wayne Gacy -
The bums lost, sir!! Condolences!!
This is why you don't become an informant. No upside whatsoever and you'll never get a real job again.
@7– well that's like, your opinion, man
@7– well that's like, your opinion, man
@9/10 – I know who you are. Don't Dartmouth juniors have better things to do than troll Dealbreaker?
@11 if you could identify 9/10 as a d-mouth junior wouldn't that make you one? or a dartmouth sophomore/senior?
That's a great plan, [Zerbe]. That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch
The U.S. government was forced to admit in open court two months ago that it had absolutely no idea that UBS was engaged this illegal activity all of these years until the whistleblower, Bradley Birkenfeld, voluntarily initiated contact with them (IRS, SEC, Dept of Justice and U.S. Senate) and told them all about it. In fact, they admitted that if Birkenfeld had not come forward to tell them what was going on, right under their own noses, the illegal UBS conduct would still be going on today.
IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman boasted about the new "robust" whistleblower program while testifying before the Senate in March of this year. Well, this is a golden opportunity for Mr. Shulman to put his money where his mouth is and reward the whistleblower in accordance with the law, instead of subverting and attacking the whistleblower (the law was actually passed before he was named IRS commissioner but Mr. Shulman is not one to let the facts get in the way of a good boast). -
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a fun and bright color to paint basement walls for a playroom? The walls are cinderblock so i'm not sure if a color that would look awesome on a regular wall would have the same effect as when it's slapped onto a cinderblock wall. Also, it's a basement, so it gets little to no natural sunlight.
I was looking at Behr Japanese Fern or Grape Green. I should add that it has to be Behr paint (contractor is only using behr paints). Posting pics of the color suggestions would be super helpful. :) Thanks! |
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- Posted by halskinner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 22, 11 at 19:52
If the walls are over 5 years old you probably wont need to worry about this. The Ph level should be checked. There are inexpensive kits at paint stores. You want the Ph level to be below 4 or you can have problems with peeling. It is possibe to insulate at the same time you paint walls and ceilings. By the way, get exactly what you pay for with paint and coatings. |
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