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|May 22, 2002
Volume 4, Issue 21
|Midwifery Today E-News
"International Doula Month"
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In This Week's Issue:
1) Quote of the Week
1) Quote of the Week
"Women's strongest feelings [in terms of their birthings], positive and negative, focus on the way they were treated by their caregivers."
- Annie Kennedy & Penny Simkin
2) The Art of Midwifery
Doula trick of the trade: All our local hospitals have a policy of mandatory 20-minute electronic fetal monitoring upon admittance to labor and delivery. (Most are lax about further monitoring once they observe the laboring rhythm a woman has established at home.) That 20 minutes is usually a readjustment phase, so to help mom relax and get back into her labor groove, I give her a foot massage. Pressure points and essential oils can be used, and mom is pleasantly distracted from hospital admissions procedures.
- Hilary Biesecker, CLA
DOULAS: We encourage you to continue to send in your favorite tricks of your trade!
What works to help relieve standard edema with no other symptoms? Warm weather is approaching, and the problem of edema will increase.
- Jennesse
3) News Flashes
In a randomized study of 314 nulliparas who delivered in one of three health maintenance organization-managed hospitals; 149 had doulas and 165 had usual care. Women who had doulas had significantly less epidural use than women in the usual-care group. Women who had doulas also were significantly more likely to rate the birth experience as good, to feel they coped very well with labor, and to feel labor had a very positive effect on their feelings as women and perception of their bodies' strength and performance. The two groups did not statistically differ significantly in rates of cesarean, vaginal, forceps, or vacuum delivery, oxytocin administration; or breastfeeding, nor did they differ on the postpartum depression or self-esteem measures.
- "Effects of providing hospital-based doulas in health maintenance organization hospitals."
4) What is a Doula?
The doula is professionally trained and may even be certified in labor support. However, she does not use medical skills, does not offer medical advice, and does not deliver the baby, which is what makes her different from a midwife. She may have personal experience with birthing her own children. She is caring and compassionate, yet emotionally detached from both the mother and her partner. She is knowledgeable about a variety of laboring and birthing matters and is available to discuss the pros and cons of advice from the medical staff. She does not make decisions for the mother, nor does she speak to the staff directly about the mother's wishes. Rather, she reminds the mother of her birth plan and asks her questions that empower her to be her own best advocate.
The doula typically stays with the couple throughout the labor and for the first hour or two after birth. During that time she usually witnesses more than one shift change of the medical staff. As everyone else comes and goes, the doula remains a constant presence for the couple. When the intensity of labor increases, the doula is there to suggest new positions or activities to assist the progression of labor and help the mother feel as comfortable as possible. When mom is feeling scared and feels she can't go on, the doula is right there to provide reassurance and instill confidence that all is well. She is also there to provide massage, apply counterpressure to mom's back when needed, get food for the couple, and do whatever else supports the birth process.
- Excerpted from my article here: www.babyzone.com/features/content/display.asp?contentid=83
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- Judi Fitts, CD (DONA)
I am a doula in the US. My work was born from my love of birth, having my own babies, and my desire to "be there." I didn't know much about doulas when I first started to attend births as support for friends. Now I am certified through Doulas of North America (DONA) and love my "job." It is a calling much like midwifery. Some doulas eventually progress to midwifery, and others are content to be non-medical support who care for the physical and emotional comfort of the mother. I see my role as helping the mother feel she has a voice and seeing that she has a positive memory of her birth no matter what happens. Though I use comfort measures and tricks of my trade, some moms are just content to know that a caring empathetic woman is in the room and will not leave her.
- Shawna Becker CD (DONA)
Over the past year and a half, I have been asked, "What is a doula?" several times. I answer that I am a pregnancy and birth assistant and that I provide physical, emotional, informational, and advocacy support to birthing families. Of course, as most doulas know, this leads to the next question: In what ways are doulas like midwives? If I'm lucky, I get asked a question or two about the births I have attended. However, during the last year and a half I have also found myself explaining to other doulas what I do as an assistant. At first, this really caught me off guard, for why would a doula not understand what another doula does? I came to understand that birth work has different comfort levels for different people. I have concluded that there is no one definition for a doula other than that we are not the primary caretaker and we are not responsible for the medical health of mother and baby. There are doulas certified through various agencies with various standards of scope, there are uncertified doulas, there are doulas who have other training that gives them skills to enhance their care, and there are doulas who give only emotional and informational support and are valued just as highly for their work. To me, being a doula is a job and a passion. I breathe birth. Sometimes at the least likely moments I find myself deep in conversation about pregnancy and birth with the least likely person. Sometimes my passion intimidates women and causes fear and uncertainty when I tell them they have choices and they insist they have none. In America the doula is quickly becoming the first line of defense for birthing families. We see the day-to-day struggles of families, the economic hard times, the nutritional deficiencies, the battered, the abused, the coerced and the forgotten. We have become watchdogs for humanity. Often we remind the care providers that they are dealing with a human being who needs compassion, understanding and patience. I am proud to be a doula. Question me all you want; in the end, we both may learn a thing or two.
- Chantel Haynes, pregnancy and birth assistant
I listen, I educate, I offer suggestions for non-medical solutions to issues the mother faces in her pregnancy, labor and birth. I support the birthing woman's choices and help her stay confident in her ability to birth her baby. I do this work because too often women are told they cannot birth their babies the way their bodies tell them they can, so I am the counterweight to what they hear from their medical doctors. I do this work so that a woman never labors alone and so partners don't have to carry the entire load of supporting the laboring woman. I do this work so I can feel joy on a regular basis.
- Amy Hyams, doula
The birth guide and partner should be present to support a woman but not direct her. If a woman is walking the path of her labor and doing well, she should not be told how to do things differently. If she begins to need assistance - encouragement, affirmations, suggestions - that is when the birth guide should offer to gently guide her back onto the path.
When a doula arrives too early in a woman's labor she interferes with the natural process of letting labor unfold. She may be close to the mom, but she is still an outsider of sorts. This is the time for mom to start allowing her mind to totally trust her body's ability to give birth. It is essential that a woman start to see how her body can manage through the early stages of labor, a self awareness that will build confidence in her ability to handle the ever-increasing intensity of labor. Being able to talk to her doula about anxieties or fears is helpful, but having a doula present in early labor causes some women to feel pressured to perform, when it should be an empowering time of self-discovery.
If it is early in the day, the mom can try her normal routine of daily activities until labor demands her full attention. If it is late in the day, a restful walk followed by a warm bath can help her achieve rest before labor becomes more active. The most important thing is for her to mentally prepare to let go and unfold for the upcoming birth.
As the mom's labor progresses, she may want her doula to come to her home. The doula can help the mom with techniques to cope with pain, positioning and ways to help labor progress. When the mom wants to move to the birth location, the doula will accompany her, helping smooth the transition from home to the birthplace. The doula will stay with the mom throughout the labor, giving continual support whether the labor is long or short. Most doulas are able to facilitate mom's initial bonding time with the new baby and help get baby latched on properly. In short, mom can rely on her doula when she needs her, but she is encouraged to rely on her instinctive voice beforehand and along the way.
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- Teresa Howard, CD (DONA), CLD (CAPPA), labor doula and Birthing in Awareness CBE, CAPPA Georgia State representative
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Are there doulas/birth educators who use movement/bodywork (other than massage) to educate women about their bodies, correct posture in
- Skye
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Question of the Week
7) Are there any studies, observations, or research that indicate a correlation between nursing throughout pregnancy and postdate babies? A friend/LLL leader and I have compared notes and we see a correlation: moms who nurse throughout pregnancy and especially moms who tandem nurse throughout pregnancy seem to grow their babies for a bit longer.
- Carrie Foster Evans, future CBE
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8) Switchboard
[Editor's note: The Quote of the Week in Issue 4:20 should have been attributed to Eileen Sullivan. Thanks for your wisdom and humor, Eileen!]
I read the sections on aromatherapy with alarm [Issue 4:19]. I suffer from allergies to some scents, some severe enough to be life threatening. For example, a strong whiff of jasmine-based perfume is enough to send me to the emergency room in anaphylactic shock. I suggest the following rules for scent lovers and those who practice aromatherapy:
Aromatherapy works because aromas are a powerful medicine. We have learned not to indiscriminately use antibiotics because of the potential for negative side effects and have learned not to smoke in public places where we risk hurting others. We must develop the same attitude about scents.
- Natalie K Bjorklund
Regarding the all-fours position and risk of meconium aspiration
- Gail Hart, midwife
Horseback riding and pregnancy [Issue 4:19]:
My warning to moms who rode while pregnant was that they must listen closely to their own body. When it begins to say, "Ouch", it means listen and don't continue to ride. All stopped riding during the third trimester. Women must remember that a fall from a horse can be very dangerous to their baby as well as to themselves and is a risk they must consider. They must evaluate their own skill, horsemanship and the degree of risk they are comfortable accepting.
- Judy, CPM
If she is worried, she should listen to her instincts and not do it. I rode throughout both pregnancies, up to 4-5 months, at which time I no longer felt comfortable. All literature I have read suggests that it isn't an ideal sport to start up during a pregnancy, but all activities do not have to cease either, if it is a sport you already participate in. I have known women to ride until the day they give birth, whereas others say you could risk the baby's life with a fall and they wouldn't chance it. A practical tip for riding with a large pregnant belly is dismount by swinging your leg in front of you rather than having to slide down on your front. Also back supports may be helpful.
- Debra, antenatal and birth doula
I've heard about a woman who was a horseback rider whose perineum was
- A. Topping, doula
I've found out that NARM-certified midwives have a lot of out-of-hospital training and are best suited for the "out-of-hospital"
- Jason
I am very concerned about water requirements given to increase a milk supply. Ingestion of liquids beyond thirst has been found to have a negative impact on milk supply. Please reference Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Professional, 5th edition, pg. 305. According to a controlled cross-over study of lactating women, those who forced fluids beyond thirst actually produced less milk (Dusdieker LB, Booth BM, Stumbo, PJ et al: Effect of Supplemental Fluids on Human Milk Production, Journal of Pediatrics 106:207, 1985). This is a better-designed repeat study of a 1940s study by A. Olsen. Disregarding these important lactation studies is contrary to good evidence-based practice. Mothers should be advised to drink to thirst and monitor other physiological signs, not consume a set amount of water each day.
- Charity M. Pitcher-Cooper BSN, RN, aspiring IBCLC, aspiring homebirth midwife
Why is evening primrose oil not recommended for VBACs? I was under the impression it softens and ripens the cervix, so we use it prenatally. How could that contribute to a rupture?
My "record" short mom [Issue 4:19 & 20] is a 5' 0" teenager who started her pregnancy 100 lbs soaking wet and who wore size 0 jeans. The day before she delivered, she weighed 140 lbs. and measured 42 cm. It was a tough push, to put it mildly, and we were ready for problems with the shoulders. Her first had been 9 lb 13 oz and took only 7 hours (though she'd weighed 120 to start). When the head was born it was literally twice as big as the top of her thigh. As our eyes bugged out, she pushed out the rest of the baby over an intact perineum. The baby weighed 10 lbs 1 oz., more than 10% of her weight. By four months the baby boy weighed 25 lbs on breastmilk. After that, I decided ANY woman deserves a chance to labor naturally. If her "failure to progress" faster than about 1 cm/3 hrs had resulted in a cesarean, everyone would have said "of course."
- Cynthia B. Flynn, CNM, PhD
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Dear Paul - I never doubted you, and I always thought you were awesome. Just wanted that on record
Never half-a** two things. Whole-a** one thing.
Haha, you losers, I always said he would be great no one believed me but like always I am right on everything.
I knew the talent & potential was there, but I had very serious doubts about killer instinct and drive to be a star player. In fact as we all know early this season I thought his character had been shown because he was not only not stepping up to the task but he was shrinking from it. To my credit the zero point game was not the first bad game he had, remember the game before in Sacramento he had 5 (or something close to it). In fact he actually had a miserable west coast trip.
But he more than proved me wrong. He has not only played at the next level, he is playing at the star level bordering on elite status. Defensively he is playing at an elite level right now.
So yes, I was dead wrong.
I always believed he would get to where he was today at some point. I was wrong about how quickly he'd be here though. He's been even better in February than January and December, which is amazing (he's at 20.8 ppg 8.4 rpg 4.8 apg so far on 45/40 from the field) I thought these numbers would be something he'd approach when he was 24 or 25, entering his prime, now I believe he can be a legitimate elite player someday, and his play over the past 37 games hasn't been far off from that plateau truth be told. So, sorry I underestimated you guy, even if I thought I was being a sunshiner in my predictions.
I have zero problem with admitting that I didn't see what many of you saw in PG prior to the GSW/Indy game....up to that point....he didn't have that killer instinct and willingness to take over a game.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I never gave up believing he could turn into something but I began to believe he may not be as good as I thought initially. I became impatient and ticked with his Brandon Rush-ish performances and started piling on him. But at no point did I really throw in the towel.
BUT as early as last fall I honestly did not think he would ever be as good as he is right now. I cannot imagine how good he will be in a few years.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
I always thought PG had "special player" potential, from the second I saw him in summer league. I didn't question his head either. I think because of Rush people get concerned, but I always saw a kid waiting for his turn, and I don't consider respecting vets a bad thing. He always came off as someone with a very good work ethic.
However, what I was completely wrong about..was..I thought PG was too raw to really be "great" this season. I figured he'd really blossom offensively around the age of 25.
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A Wiltshire charity has been forced to close, after 20 years of provided advice and support to parents and carers across the county.
Ask Wiltshire provided a dedicated information service covering issues from childcare and play groups to support classes and holiday activities from its Steeple Ashton base.
The charity's trustee confirmed they had taken the decision to fold following a reduction in funding. It stopped providing services on March 31, and will formally close on June 30.
Chief executive Linda Cantillon-Guyatt said: "It has been a painful decision.
"I have been involved with the organisation for 20 years and together with a dedicated team I was determined to fight to the very end, but there comes a time when it is no longer viable to struggle on, and that point has now been reached.
"The phone lines are now silent and where once there were skilled staff answering calls and providing help there are now just empty desks. It is very sad."
Chairman Liz Garrett said: "It is sad that an organisation which has provided vital services to help parents and carers has become a casualty of changes to the way that voluntary organisations are funded and contracts awarded.
"The Trustees of ask hope that parents and carers in Wiltshire will continue to get the information, support and advice they need through the arrangements that are now in place for that.
"We believe that the work of ask over the past two decades will be recognised as an important and valuable community service which is a great loss to the county."


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ONE of Winchester's great "untold stories" about how the city filled its spare rooms and cellars with First World War soldiers is set to take centre-stage at a major archaeology conference this weekend.
Dr Phil Marter's lecture will focus on the huge Morn Hill transit camp where 700,000 US soldiers - half of all those who served on the Western Front - stayed before being sent to mainland Europe.
A total of two million troops passed through the camp during the war, most only staying for a few days, with around 50,000 there at any one time once it was fully operational.
It was set up in the autumn of 1914, with military personnel still sleeping in tents when bitter winter weather swept in.
To prevent many succumbing to pneumonia, patriotic Winchester flung open its doors and took the men in, stashing them to sleep wherever space could be found.
"The city had a population of about 30,000 in 1914 and yet up to 20,000 men were found temporary billets that winter," said Dr Marter.
"The First World War had much more impact on Winchester than the second. Lots of tradesmen were drafted in to build the camp, and then many shops sold food and other goods to it.
"Some buildings at the bottom of St Giles' Hill, near the Chesil Rectory, were demolished to make the junction wider for military vehicles. Social history is very important, it's part of Winchester's story."
Dr Marter and his team have excavated part of the camp, situated either side of the Alresford Road near to St Swithun's School, unearthing parts of the cinema built to entertain troops there.
The Winchester: Archaeology and Memory conference, organised by Winchester Excavations Committee, Winchester College and the city's university take place at the Sparkford Road campus this Saturday and Sunday.
"This is the most thoroughly excavated city in Britain and the finds among the most fully recorded," said Dr Simon Roffey, conference organiser and Reader in Medieval Archaeology at the University.
"The aim of this two-day multi-disciplinary conference is to make a wider reading of the city's archaeology through the lenses of history, art, architecture, literature, memory and the processes of archaeology itself."
Topics will include the excavations of England's earliest medieval hospital, Iron Age Winchester, King Alfred, as well as the city's place in a wider national and international context.
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Community Summit to End Homelessness
The Community Summit to End Homelessness brought together community members on April 7, 2006, including government, business and nonprofit leaders, with experts from around the nation to generate new ideas and solutions to end homelessness in Fairfax County. This community summit, requested by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and funded by Freddie Mac and the Freddie Mac Foundation, reflects the nationwide effort by communities to end, rather than manage, the problem of homelessness.
Summit Presentations and Documents (PDF's)
- "Creating a Diversity of Housing Options"
- "Housing Diversity for the Homeless: Residential Studio Units"
- "Housing Diversity for the Homeless: Random Considerations"
- "Direct Access to Housing"
- "Bringing People Home: Housing First to End Homelessness"
- "Bringing It Home: Housing First From the Lens of a Supportive Housing Developer"
- "Preventing Homelessness in New York City"
- "There's No Place Like Home: Chicago's Plan to End Homelessness"
- "Homeless Prevention for Persons with Mental Disabilities"
- "Triage and Diversion to Prevent Family Homelessness"
- "The Self Sufficiency Standard for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area 2005"
- "Engage and Sustain Community Support"
- "Foundations of Public Participation"
- "Develop and Utilize Outcomes in Program Design"
Summit Remarks
Community Summit Recap
Anne is a former school teacher with a master's degree. She is bipolar. She is also homeless.
Bill is a Vietnam veteran and a recovering alcoholic. He's living in the woods with his bags of medicine, battling hepatitis, post-traumatic stress disorder and paranoid schizophrenia.
These are two faces of homelessness that community leaders are trying to find solutions for as Fairfax County develops a 10-year plan to end homelessness. According to the latest data, more than 2,000 people in Fairfax County are homeless, of which more than 700 are children.
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Courtesy Page Six Magazine
Rachel Bilson is already one of our biggest fashion crushes, and in this week's Page Six Magazine, their cover girl reveals her own fashion inspirations — and dishes about her real-life loves. Rachel might count Coco Chanel as a favorite style icon, but she says that her own look is also inspired by someone a little closer to home: her mother, Janice. "Vintage is her love," the actress tells the magazine. "She has a great eye, which I think I inherited from her." Part of Rachel's sartorial success is a willingness to take risks and follow her instinct — no matter what others say. "I think it's cool to be on the worst-dressed list," she says. "If people aren't accepting, that's OK. Bring it on, I don't care!" With a DKNY design collaboration coming out this fall, Bilson is turning her attention back to acting, including a role in the upcoming film New York, I Love You, which she stars in with boyfriend Hayden Christensen, another of her passions. "I have someone really great," she says of the Star Wars star. "Someone who can make me laugh — that's always what comes first. It's the best to be able to really, like, truly laugh with someone like they're your best friend, you know?" As for past love, O.C. costar Adam Brody, Bilson says, "They say don't date your costar, but that's who you're around. If you're in an office, and you see someone everyday and you click well, you'll start dating. It's the same thing." Hear more from Rachel online Monday at pagesixmag.com


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For the seventh consecutive year, the campus of ULM was
invaded by Bayou Jamb. The home of the Warhawks, Malone Stadium, played
host to a trio of state champions from last season as the area's tops schools
matched up for the annual kickoff to the football season. This year
organizers setout to break the record attendance from last season and succeeded
with 33,640 fans filling the stands throughout the day for the event.
NEVILLE vs. WEST MONROE
The battle of the 5A and 4A state champions from last
season West Monroe and Neville, respectively, closed out the seventh annual
Bayou Jamb. After the two teams traded punts, a blocked field goal ended the
first half with Tory Moore returning it 70 yards to put the Rebels of West
Monroe on top 7-0. Junior
Steven Jones then took over exploding for a 66 yard score. Jones ended the
night with nine carries for 108 yards. Rivals 4-star rated quarterback
John Diarse showed his senior leadership as he connected on 14 of 20
attempts for 147 yards and one passing TD to Marqueze Gulledge from 28 yards out
to pull within seven. Diarse looked to lead his team on a final drive, making
it to mid-field before time expired.
Neville opened the 2012 season in week one at Ruston
West Monroe opens the season by hosting C.E. Byrd
BASTROP vs. OUACHITA PARISH
A back and forth battle between the Bastrop Rams and
Ouachita Parish High Lions came down to one simple area, special teams. The
Rams struggled in the kicking department, forcing them to go for 2-point
conversions, while the PATs of Jake Blake propelled the Lions to a 21-20 win in
Saturday night's Bayou Jamb game. Ouachita was led by senior Diquan Wilson's
dual threat of passing 7/14 for 69 yards and a score and nine carries for 107
yards. Bastrop kept the contest close on the air raid of senior Jaetarius Davis
to junior
Jamari Payne. Payne tallied seven receptions for 160 yards and a TD.
Bastrop will host Greenville in the first week of action
Ouachita will kickoff Friday night against city foe Wossman
OUACHITA CHRISTIAN vs. OAK GROVE
Class 1A state champion Ouachita Christian opened up the
2012 season just how 2011 finished, on fire with a 34-6 win over Oak Grove.
Junior quarterback
Quinn Graves tossed a pair of first half touchdown passes to push the Eagles
to a 27-0 halftime lead, before giving up the duties to senior
Braden Bristo, who spent the first half at safety, and the second half
playing both ways. Bristo added an 11 yard TD run from the QB position and
captured the game's MVP honors.
OCS takes on 4A Franklin Parish to begin the season
Oak Grove travels to Rayville for a Thursday night game
WEST OUACHITA vs. STERLINGTON
In the opening contest, Sterlington High returned to their
roots in the triple option to cruise past the West Ouachita Chiefs 20-7. Senior
Taylor Lockwood looked comfortable in the new offense, as he also threw a
nice fade route in addition to commanding the offense.
Sterlington begins 2012 on the road at Benton
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100% silk. Made in USA by R. Hanauer. 2 1/2" width. Adjustable up to size 17 1/2" neck. Colors: black, red, purple. Both red and black have silver woven skull and crossbones, purple has yellow. To tie, same knot as tying your shoe, (but we include intructions just in case).
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White Heather Farmhouse
A warm welcome awaits you at our farmhouse located on over 100 acres, in a quiet location with stunning mountain views. The White Heather Farmhouse is located a short drive from the heritage town of Kenmare with its many restaurants and shops.
We have 5 Bedrooms with en-suite (toilet, wash basin and shower) facilities and Internet WiFi access. All rooms have a TV, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities on request. There is no stairs in the farmhouse and all rooms have mountain views. There is also a large parking area and a garage for storing bikes.
Pets allowed, children, walkers and cyclists most welcome. Many of our guests take a stroll before or after breakfast to the farm, enjoying the panoramic views on the way. The more adventurous take a picnic to the top of the mountain and walk along the sheep tracks.
The Lovett Family have been farming the land for generations. The old stone farm cottage still exists. Cattle mainly Hereford & Charolais, and sheep namely Suffolk & Scotch are reared on the farm. The sheep can be found on the low land in spring during the lambing season and are returned to the mountain in early Summer.
The farmhouse is ideally located for touring Ring of Kerry and Beara Peninsula. Local activities include golf, fishing, wildlife cruise on Kenmare Bay, hill walking and horse riding. We look forward to meeting you.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
B&B Facilities & Policies
- Bicycle parking
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Cots available
- Credit Cards Not Accepted
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Internet Access
- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Pet Friendly
- Towels Included
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
GPS: 51.85649 -9.529506. Located 3.5km from Kenmare town on the N71 Kenmare to Glengarriff road. Clearly signposted on the right hand side with the mountains in the background.
Nearest Train: Killarney town. Nearest Airport : Kerry and Cork
Please see our map on website for more details.
Located Near
GPS: 51.85649 -9.529506. Area is called Gortrooskagh and is located 3.5km from Kenmare town on the N71 Kenmare to Glengarriff road. Clearly signposted on the right hand side with the mountains in the background.
Convenient for touring Ring of Kerry and Beara Peninsula.
Nearest Train: Killarney town. Nearest Airports : Kerry and Cork


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A Time to Shine
The star power is set on "Mute" as Matthew McConaughey rolls up on his bicycle. It's hardly a movie-star entrance: no limo or flashy car, no entourage, no stylish threads and no "don't look at me" baseball cap and sunglasses either. Just Matthew McConaughey from Uvalde, Texas, who, 15 years after his breakout role in John Grisham's A Time to Kill, still tries to live by the same credo he followed when he started out: "Be a gentleman and don't lie."
It's a sunny but chilly day shortly before Christmas in New Orleans and McConaughey is wearing a red North Face jacket and gray workout pants, with a head-clinging stocking cap that comes almost to his eyebrows. He hauls his bike casually up the steps of the Mayan Import Company, a Garden District cigar store, and commandeers a table on the front porch for an interview. He pokes his head inside and says, "Hey, is it OK if we sit out here while we talk?" then climbs into a chair.
Not that he lights a cigar, though several are on the table (his favorites are Romeo y Julietas): "I do like to smoke when I'm playing golf," he says (he's carded four holes-in-one in his life, including two within 11 days of each other when he was in high school). "I don't smoke them as often as I used to. Smoke doesn't agree with me on a daily level.
"I like to chew on a cigar, almost like a cud. I like one with a late-night port with a friend—that traditional set-up. You have a conversation, a cigar, some port—it frames it with a certain formality that's traditional and that's a great thing. It's just relaxing."
When he was shooting A Time to Kill, he recalls, he chewed on a cigar in character: "Swisher Sweets, which is what you smoke as a kid because that's all you can afford. I still like to taste a little sweetness in my cigar. A hardcore Cohiba is a little strong for me. But then, if I'm drinking beer, I'll drink Miller Lite because I can drink more of it."
He's been schooled by friends in the fine art of cigars, including producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, a former head of Warner Bros. worldwide theatrical distribution: "He always had good cigars when I'd see him," McConaughey says. "When I'd meet up with him, he'd give me a cigar and say, 'Now don't smoke this for 10 years.' I love the lineage of that, the patience to say, 'Ah, this will mature.' I've got a few in my humidor that I'm not supposed to touch for another decade."
Sitting on the cigar-store porch away from the sidewalk, even though he leaves his hat on and does nothing to call attention to himself, McConaughey is recognized several times during the interview by passersby. Twice, groups of young women approach tentatively, asking whether McConaughey would be willing to have his picture taken with them.
"You know, I'd rather not right now because I'm having a conversation with my friend here—is that alright?" he says with that blue-eyed, high-wattage smile that helped earn him People magazine's designation as the Sexiest Man Alive in 2005. He asks their names, thanks them for stopping to chat and sends them off smiling with a cheery "Merry Christmas!"
"Matthew always seems to be fundamentally the same guy," says Richard Linklater, who cast McConaughey in 1993's Dazed and Confused and subsequently has worked with him on two other films: 1998's The Newton Boys and the upcoming Bernie, in which McConaughey stars opposite Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. "He's the kind of guy who will call you up out of the blue and say, 'Thank you for any part you played in helping me be where I am today.'"
But, Linklater says, he's also a guy who loves juicy give-and-take in a conversation: "He's always thinking about things," Linklater observes. "He's a thinker. He'll take a subject and turn it upside down and inside out. It's not that he's negating your thing, he's just taking it all in."
"I always loved to debate. I still do," McConaughey, 41, says. "I wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer at one point. And I always seem to be playing them."
Including The Lincoln Lawyer. The 2005 novel by best-selling writer Michael Connelly, and now the film version, take their title from the massive Lincoln Continental that serves as the trademark of the book's hero, fast-talking defense attorney Mickey Haller. Haller is chauffeured by a former client who is settling his debt by driving Haller to the numerous far-flung municipal, state and federal courthouses that dot the Los Angeles landscape. The character, Connelly says, was inspired by "a friend of a friend" he met at a Los Angeles Dodgers game a decade ago.
"He was a defense attorney who told me how he worked out of his car because there were so many courthouses in L.A.," Connelly recalls. "He had a client who couldn't pay his bill, so the client offered to drive him around. And while the guy drove, he worked the phones and the computer as he traveled from court date to court date. When he told me that, a lightbulb went off in my head."
Connelly had another such flash a couple of years later. As he settled into his local multiplex to see the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder, McConaughey came on the screen, playing a fast-talking, ultra-insincere Hollywood agent.
And Connelly immediately thought, "That's the guy."
Which guy? The one who could star in a movie of The Lincoln Lawyer, playing the sharp-shooting Mickey Haller.
"He's good at portraying someone who's looking for an angle," Connelly says of McConaughey. "I've seen it in some of his other movies, too. There was something about his eyes. When I wrote the book, I created an image in my head. And when I saw him in Tropic Thunder, I said, 'He'd be good as Mickey.' And I was right."
In fact, Mickey Haller in The Lincoln Lawyer, which opens in mid-March, is just one of three films—offering extremely varied roles—which McConaughey has poised for release in 2011. It's not a comeback, exactly. But it is the first time in a while—since We Are Marshall in 2006—that McConaughey has not had his name above the title of a romantic-comedy.
"I personally don't like to go see romantic comedies," McConaughey admits with a smile. "But people do want to see them, and they seem to want to see me in them. And quite a few of them have been real successful. I like to think that they're not shallow—they're light. And it's hard work to keep them light, to keep the comedy buoyant. If you dig too deep in those, you kill them.
"In some ways, it's a lot easier to do something like The Lincoln Lawyer. The punches hit, the bullets land and the consequences are life and death. I can click into that."
McConaughey is in New Orleans because he's just wrapped shooting on Killer Joe, a film based on the play of the same name by playwright Tracy Letts, who won a Pulitzer Prize for "August: Osage County."
In Killer Joe, a dark comedy, McConaughey plays the title character, a private detective who moonlights as a hired killer.
Director William Friedkin, an Oscar nominee for The Exorcist and an Oscar winner for The French Connection, says, "Normally it would be played as a character who was much darker. But I wanted him to have charm, ease and good looks—like Matthew. Not only does Matthew have comedic instincts, but he's one of the best-looking guys around. He has an inherent star power."
McConaughey, who leapt to stardom playing an idealistic defense attorney in A Time to Kill, assays a more cynical character in Mickey Haller: a defense attorney for whom the law has long since lost its glitter, one who uses whatever means are at hand (usually within legal limits) to sow enough reasonable doubt to get his clients off the hook. But he comes up against something different when he is hired by a rich real-estate agent (played by Ryan Phillippe) accused of murder, whose past has an unexpected tie to one of Haller's former clients.
"One of the things I liked about Mickey is that he seems to be one step ahead of the game—but there are many points where I don't think he really does have a plan," McConaughey says. "He's just rolling the dice and he doesn't know whether it will work. It's a great story about the system.
"I didn't have any idea that attorney-client privilege extends as far as it does, which means that Mick is walking some tightropes. And I had no idea that 90 percent of cases are dealt with out of court, through settlements or plea bargains. They're all wheeling and dealing, playing the game, and Mick plays the game well. But he's in a game with more serious consequences than ever. And he's got to play well just to survive."
Talk about deals and working the system sets McConaughey off on a discussion of the current legal climate, in which, he says, the people who should be pointing the way are instead being led by public opinion.
"Public opinion is the tail wagging the dog, which is the law," he says. "It should be inverted. We elect these people because they supposedly know the law. Experts supposedly make the law. Judges are judges because they're supposed to know the law. But when the public shouts first, public opinion creates a verdict before something even gets to court.
"Look at the Michael Vick thing. The NFL didn't go hard on him until public opinion said, 'Hang him.' Then the feds and the NFL stepped in. I don't think the penalty would have been what it was until the public's outrage was expressed. I'm not saying he shouldn't have served time. But look at all the high-profile people who've been allowed to stay free while doing heinous things to other people. But you create any kind of smoke and a team or an institution is going to say, 'We don't like this attention,' and they'll fire him."
Playing defense attorneys gives McConaughey a taste of what his life might have been like had he followed the impulse that guided him through his first two years at the University of Texas: "I was going to go to law school," he notes.
But as the end of his sophomore year approached, McConaughey realized he was too eager to get on his with life to invest the time necessary to become a lawyer. So he began searching for something else.
"Sophomore year was when credits started sticking and counting toward your major," he says. "If you changed your mind after the start of junior year, you were wasting those hours. I had really started to come into my own, to know myself, to have opinions and do some writing. I was 20 or 21. I realized that I had two more years of college, and if I then went on to law school, I wouldn't be back in society—in the game—until I was almost 28. I thought, 'I've got stuff I want to say and do right now.' I wanted to go to school, but I wanted to get in the game.
"I talked to a friend who had gone to NYU film school. He said, 'Have you ever thought about acting?' I said no, but the storytelling side of it interested me. So I decided to go to film school."
Even as he studied film and made short documentaries, McConaughey began landing small acting roles.
"I was waiting tables, picking up $1,500 here and there from commercials." he recalls. "I did a commercial for Miller Lite and made like $6,000—and that was huge!"
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If you're in the mood for a fancy pastry that's not built around chocolate, nuts, caramel, or berries, your options are limited. Enter Francois Payard's Pomme Verte ($7.25). This strikingly beautiful glossy green cake is all about apples.
The dominant feature of the cake is a tart-but-sweet apple mousse flavored like Granny Smith apples. Cut into the cake to find a tiny pocket of soft, cinnamon-coated apple bits with a fresh apple aroma. A ring of crunchy almond croquant (almond candy) surrounds the cake and adds a bit of crunch to the smooth, glassy exterior. Apple lovers: get on this.
About the author: Native New Yorker Niko Triantafillou is the founder of DessertBuzz.com his photographs of desserts and pastry chefs have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Dessert Professional Magazine. He is an unabashed foodie nerdling. Follow him on Twitter at @DessertBuzz.


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well blue has been discontinued (so I've heard) and that would only leave red, pink. purple and black and it is possible that they may be phasing one of those colors out too (or maybe they're only guaranteeing stock in three of the colors)
What about white? It's the best looking color besides the Zelda version of the 3ds.


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In Regional Roundup, we've gathered the top stories from each of our eight weekly newspapers every Thursday. Here are the regional stories you don't want to miss from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29, 2014.
Teacher Linden gets to meet his favorite Browns player — Frank Ryan
On Feb. 2, football fans across the country will watch quarterbacks Peyton Manning of Denver and Russell Wilson of Seattle try to help their teams win a Super Bowl title.
Forty-nine years ago, quarterback Frank Ryan led the Cleveland Browns to the NFL championship -- two seasons before the game became known as the Super Bowl. The Browns hammered the Baltimore Colts, 27-0, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on Dec. 27, 1964.
Cuyahoga Falls
Update: Son of Cuyahoga Falls mayor indicted on October drug charge
The son of the Cuyahoga Falls mayor has been indicted by a Summit County grand jury on a drug trafficking charge from an arrest last fall.
Nicholas A. Walters, 19, was indicted Monday, Jan. 27, on a charge of trafficking in marijuana, a fourth-degree felony, according to Summit County Common Pleas Court records. The charge stems from an incident which allegedly occurred Oct. 18, 2013, according to the indictment.
Free Tom Randall Facebook page launches 'world is watching' campaign targeting Filipino FBI
Members of the Free Tom Randall Facebook page launched a "world is watching" campaign Jan. 27 targeted at the National Bureau of Investigation Facebook page.
The NBI is the Filipino equivalent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
An "action request" was posted on the Free Tom Randall page shortly after noon.
Roadway may be named for fallen Stow soldier Army 2nd Lt. David Rylander
Columbus -- The Ohio Senate moved legislation Jan. 22 to name a section of roadway in the community of Stow in memory of a local man killed while serving in Afghanistan two years ago.
Senate Bill 222 was offered by Sen. Frank LaRose (R-Copley) to honor Army 2nd Lt. David Rylander, a Stow man who was killed by an improvised explosive device in the Logar province of Afghanistan in May 2012.
Tallmadge Schools saves money by eliminating six jobs, having school during cold weather
In the Tallmadge City School District's ongoing effort to save money, the Board of Education authorized the administration Jan. 15 to eliminate six part-time jobs.
Five recess monitors -- two at Dunbar Primary School and three at Munroe Elementary School -- and one instructional paraprofessional at the high school were taken off the payroll as of Jan. 7. According to Treasurer Jeff Hostetler, the move will save the school district an estimated $35,000 annually.
Nordonia Hills
Update: Macedonia standoff ends, man taken into custody
Police announced the scene of a standoff with an armed resident facing eviction ended without injury with the resident in police custody. Summit County Sheriff's Inspector Bill Holland told the News Leader a team from combined Metro SWAT and the Summit County Sheriff's Office SWAT entered resident David Smith's Shepard Road home around 5:30 p.m. and arrested him. Holland said members of a county hostage negotiating team had been in contact with Smith, who was armed with a handgun. Holland said no shots were fired and neither Smith, nor officers who arrested him were injured.
'Chef' Bill Thompson arrested, indicted on theft charge
Stringz & Wingz Owner "Chef" Bill Thompson was arrested at 1:38 p.m. Jan. 23 in Cuyahoga Falls, according to Portage County Sheriff David Doak.
Doak said Thompson has been indicted by a Portage County Grand Jury on third-degree felony charge of theft.
On Dec. 30, Streetsboro Family Days Founder Chuck Kocisko filed a police report with Streetsboro Police Department, alleging Thompson hadn't paid him money earned during a Nov. 15 and 16 fundraiser benefiting Cleveland-based rocker Sonny Geraci, who has performed many times during Streetsboro Family Days' summer festival.
Former Twinsburg Fire Capt. Tim Morgan named fire chief
As he settles into his new position as the third full-time chief of the Twinsburg Fire Department, Chief Tim Morgan said his highest priority is to move the Twinsburg Fire Department forward and continue its high standard of service to the community.
Morgan, previously a fire captain, accepted a promotion Jan. 22 to be the newest chief of the 42-person, $3.6 million department. He will replace outgoing Chief Richard Racine, whose Jan. 3 retirement came after more than 39 years with the department. City officials say a total of five candidates -- all captains -- were interviewed for the position. A swearing in date was canceled for Jan. 28 but is expected to be rescheduled soon.


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Frieda's employees helped the specialty fruit and vegetable marketer celebrate its 50th birthday.
The Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda's Inc., marked its fifth decade at a June 23 company picnic.
The company invited employees and their families to El Dorado Park in Los Alamitos for food and games. Founder Frieda Caplan, president and chief executive officer Karen Caplan and vice president and chief operating officer Jackie Caplan Wiggins provided prizes and thanked the employees for their service, according to a news release.
"Frieda's isn't just a family-owned company, but a business that has become a family," Caplan said in the release. "We wanted to thank all our employees and their families for their support as we recognize this company milestone. We couldn't think of a better way than a fun-filled day in the park with all our family and friends."
Caplan also thanked Frieda's vendors and suppliers, which also donated gifts.
In 1962, Caplan founded the first U.S. wholesale produce company to be started, owned and operated by a woman, according to the release. The family operation introduced more than 200 specialty produce items including kiwifruit, spaghetti squash, habanero peppers and black garlic, according to the release.


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Some people are lucky enough to grow up around the Lowrider culture. Jimmy Gustamantes Jr. of San Jose, CA is one of those lucky people. The young Jimmy started Lowriding when he was only ten years old, after receiving the proper introduction to the culture from his father and godfather. Jimmy Gustamantes Sr. was already into custom cars, and Jimmy Jr. can remember his godfather, John Jordan, taking him to car shows when he was in elementary school. Jimmy would ride in his godfather's '53 truck to the legendary car shows at the San Jose Fairgrounds in the early '80's. "Ever since then, I've had a Lowrider bike," says a proud Jimmy.
The '53 came into the family when Jimmy was just twelve years old, and Jimmy purchased it from his father shortly after graduating high school. His quest to rebuild it began, and he definitely had his work cut out for him. "When I first got it, it had a blown rear end and blown transmission because my dad used to beat it up," says Jimmy, laughing about it. "The motor was on its last leg so I had to redo everything on it." It took him a few months to get the truck running but when he did, the '53 became his daily driver.
While the '53 is pristine, it is far from Jimmy's first car; he's had a few others, including a '51 Suburban that he sold to someone in Arizona, and a '36 Packard that he sold over to Japan. Currently Jimmy has the '53 truck and a '47 Chevy Convertible in his garage. During the build of his '51 Suburban, he saw another one in a magazine from the L.A. area and decided to get in contact with the owner. "There were no old school Suburbans in NorCal at the time, so I contacted the owner and it ended up being Crazy George from Viejitos." That was almost nine years ago, but Jimmy remembers it like it was yesterday. He and Crazy George really clicked and even though Jimmy was only 23 years old at the time, he got the green light to start up the first NorCal chapter of Viejitos in San Jose, CA. Since then Salinas Valley, East Bay, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento and Reno have all started up chapters under Jimmy's leadership, as he is currently the club's regional officer for the area. "Since we started up my chapter, the club has annual toy drives and picnics," Jimmy says proudly.
As far as his truck is concerned, Jimmy takes just as much pride in it as he does his club, and five years ago, Jimmy decided to take it off the frame to powder coat and chrome everything. This '53 is a show winner, with a sweepstake award from the Lowrider Magazine Super Show in Las Vegas, but Jimmy enjoys cruising it down Story and King to prove his point that cars and trucks are meant to be driven, not trailered. "People ask me why I cruise it when I have a chrome undercarriage and I tell them that it's just a truck," he says with a grin. Jimmy certainly put in a lot of blood, sweats and tears into the build so he has every right to ride it and cruise it. "I didn't build it for shows, I just built it for myself and I don't consider myself a competitor or else it would have been torn down again," says Jimmy while laughing. Jimmy would like to thank his engraver, Benny Padilla from Oregon, his friends and family members, and all his Viejitos car club members for the support over the years.
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Lock Down '53"
Owner: Jimmy Gustamantes, Jr.
Vehicle: 1953 Chevrolet 3100 Pick-Up
City/State: San Jose, CA
Car Club: Viejitos
Engine: Wrenching away at the '83 Corvette 5.7 engine was Jose Ayala of San Jose, CA. Jimmy sent everything that needed chrome to Speedy's Polishing in Los Angeles.
Body/Paint: Eddie Tapia of Newark Collision in Newark, CA., spray-painted the step side with a PPG Calahari Beige after he finished the bodywork. Angelo Mason added some stripes and leafing to the truck, and Freddy Alfaro of Alfaro Designs in San Jose, CA., added the Lowrider/Prison Art murals on the molded firewall.
Interior: Wesos of D & A Customs from East Side San Jose, CA., stitched the tuck and roll with black vinyl.
Sound System: Amador of D & A Customs in East Side San Jose hooked up the 18 band Zapco, two 1000-watt Kicker amps and 12-inch Kicker subs.
Suspension: The '77 Camaro front clip was installed by Jimmy Gustamantes Jr. and Sr. and the suspension was chromed by Apolonio Barbosa at AB Polishing and Chrome in Montclair, CA. Danny Torres of D & A Customs from East Side San Jose hooked up the two-chrome Pro Hopper setup with three batteries.
Tires: 155/80R13 Hankook
Wheels: 13×7 OG Wire Wheels.


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Category: names ending in illa
Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato, of Upswing Baby Names spots an impending baby names trend: names ending in 'illa' replacing the ubiquitous 'ella's.
When it comes to names, a small change can make a big impact. Ella-ending names have been loved for a while for their elaborate elegance. To find fresh alternatives, simply swap a vowel in the suffix: Illa-ending names are just as graceful, but not nearly as ubiquitous, as their Ella-ending cousins.
The most popular illa-ending name, Camilla, has steadily climbed the U.S. Social Security list over the past decade, but is still relatively uncommon compared to its super popular ella-ending counterpart. There were over thirty Isabellas for every Camilla born in 2011, the latest year Social Security statistics are available.


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ARCADIA, Calif. - Mucho Macho Man won the $5 million Classic by a nose Saturday, making Kathy Ritvo the first female trainer to win North America's richest race at a Breeders' Cup that began tragically with the death of a horse in the first race.
Gary Stevens capped his comeback at 50 in stellar fashion, surviving a photo finish in the Classic after winning the $2 million Distaff with Beholder on Friday for a sweep of the biggest races at the two-day world championships at Santa Anita.
Ritvo became the fifth female trainer to win a Breeders' Cup race and got to celebrate a year after seeing Mucho Macho Man finish second by a half-length to winner Fort Larned.
This time, she had to sweat out the results.
Mucho Macho Man stretched his neck at the finish to narrowly edge Will Take Charge, trained by 78-year-old Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas.
Game On Dude, the 8-5 favorite, finished ninth on his home track for trainer Bob Baffert and co-owner Joe Torre, the retired Dodgers and Yankees manager.
The 30th Breeders' Cup got off to a troublesome start, with a rare disqualification in the opening race and Secret Compass euthanized because of a broken leg.
The $2 million Juvenile Fillies went from strange to tragic over several minutes. The DQ was announced after a green screen went up in a spot approaching the final turn to shield injured Secret Compass from the crowd.
"When you lose a horse like that, it just took all the wind out of our sails," Baffert said. "I've never had something like that happen on a big day. We're all still in shock."
John Velazquez, who rode Secret Compass, had emergency surgery to remove his spleen after internal bleeding was discovered shortly before he was to be released from a Pasadena hospital.
Ria Antonia finished second but was declared the winner of the 1 1/16-mile race after She's a Tiger was disqualified by the stewards.
They ruled that She's a Tiger and Stevens drifted out late, bumped Ria Antonia and Javier Castellano, slowing her momentum.
"I had gotten by Gary but when he came in to me, he bumped me off-stride," Castellano said.
Stevens said the stewards had a tough call.
"The stewards made their call and I wouldn't disagree with that," he said.
It was the first DQ of a winner since the inaugural 1984 Juvenile Fillies race in which Fran's Valentine won and later was placed 10th.
"This is heartbreaking," said Jeff Bonde, who trains She's a Tiger.
Sent off at 32-1 odds, Ria Antonia paid $66.60, $29.80 and $17.40. The winning time was 1:43.02 and the margin was a nose.
"If that horse changes course and doesn't make contact, you say, 'OK, leave it up,'" said Jeremiah Englehart, who trains Ria Antonia. "But once you make contact it has to come down."
She's a Tiger returned $6.40 and $4.80. Rosalind paid $6.80 to show.
Running third at the time, Secret Compass' front legs collapsed, slamming Velazquez hard into the dirt. Baffert's 2-year-old filly was euthanized after sustaining a lateral condylar fracture, according to on-call veterinarian Dr. Wayne McIlwraith.
"It is the worst type of injury we get, unfortunately," he said.
Velazquez was to ride in all nine Breeders' Cup races, but he was replaced by other jockeys.
Baffert was smiling later when 10-1 shot New Year's Day rallied on the rail to win the $2 million Juvenile by 1 ¼ lengths. The colt paid $23 to win, with jockey Martin Garcia earning his first Cup victory.
But the trainer's emotions were raw.
"Just the win is exciting, but in the back of my mind, I'm thinking about that filly," he said.
Baffert and Garcia also teamed to win the $1.5 million Sprint by a neck with Secret Circle.
Baffert earned his third win in the Juvenile, whose winner is typically tagged as the early Kentucky Derby favorite. His other entry, Tap It Rich, finished fifth.
Havana, the 5-2 favorite trained by Todd Pletcher, was second. Strong Mandate, trained by Lukas, was third.
Current Horse of the Year Wise Dan repeated in the $2 million Mile, winning by three-quarters of a length under Jose Lezcano, a late replacement for Velazquez. He paid $3.60 to win as the 4-5 favorite.
After the early drama, 3-2 favorite Dank restored order by winning the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf by a half-length over Romantica.
Ridden by Ryan Moore, Dank ran 1 ¼ miles in 1:58.73 and paid $5, $3.40 and $2.80. The Britain-bred filly is trained by Michael Stoute.
Another favorite, 3-1 Groupie Doll, won the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint for the second straight year by a half-length.
Ridden by Rajiv Maragh, the 5-year-old mare covered seven furlongs in 1:20.75 and paid $8, $4.60 and $3.40. She's trained by Buff Bradley, who said Groupie Doll will be sold to support her ownership's other horses.
Mizdirection defended her title in the $1 million Turf Sprint for co-owner Jim Rome, the sports talk host.
She ran 6 ½ furlongs in 1:12.25, improving to 7-0 on Santa Anita's downhill turf course and paying $7.40 to win as the 5-2 favorite.
Rome said Mizdirection is headed to the sales ring in Kentucky on Monday. Before the mare's success, he said, "We got our brains beaten in and we lost a lot of money."
"It's tearing me up, but from a business standpoint, and this is a business, it's something we need to do," Rome said.
Mike Smith guided Mizdirection to a half-length victory, extending his record for most Cup wins by a jockey to 20. He won two races on opening day Friday.
Reneesgotzip and Tightend Touchdown dead-heated for second.


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When empty the Noblo folds up so it does not take up much space at all.
From the makers of Noblo
After witnessing a horrible accident we then understood the urgent need for umbrella safety. It was then that we started a grassroots movement to raise awareness about the problem. Like all mothers in need we developed a simple device to anchor our umbrella. This enabled us to provide sun protection for our small children without the fear of our umbrealla blowing away . Unfortunately, everyday countless umbrellas are blowing down the beach. We would like to see all umbrellas properly anchored for the safety, convenience and enjoyment of all beach goers.
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Chris Quintana
My name is Chris Quintana, and I just graduated from Nyack High School in Nyack, New York. I love music and play the piano and saxophone. I am also enamored with physics, mathematics, and philosophy. My interest in physics began when I read a book by Stephen Hawking at a young age. After looking through that book, I came away not with new knowledge, but with nebulous ideas, frustrating questions, and an overwhelming sense of ignorance. I continue living today with a strong curiosity about our universe and its many mysteries. I still feel like the young child I was, pondering about deep questions and, as new questions arise, often seemingly drifting further away from the answers. This feeling is what drives my passion for the truth and for physics. I plan to major in physics at Princeton University, and after that, I plan to attend graduate school and earn a PhD. I am very grateful for this generous scholarship from the American Physical Society.


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