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It is estimated that over 90 percent of the U.S. population has some degree of Candida or yeast-related overgrowth in their bodies. Saxion defines the problem, provides a self-test for detection and sets forth a practical treatment plan anyone can perform.
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This essential handicapping book shows readers how to deal effectively with the elusive class factor for all horses racing at every racetrack.
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Maybe the best handicapping book ever.......2007-05-07
I've read several books on handicapping and wagering on racing. Some have been very good and very helpful.
None were as helpful as this.
As a casual handicapper, you learn to look at speed figures and try to guess who's fastest. But the fastest horse doesn't always win. Class and form are sometimes overlooked.
This book taught me to look at who belongs and who doesn't. And who was meant to win this particular race.
After you read this book, you won't miss as much regarding class and form. This will likely lead you to more live horses at longer odds. Especially when so many others use speed as their primary criteria and create short prices for the horses with the highest Beyers.
And the appendicies are a tremendous tool for day-to-day handicapping. A must-read for any serious handicapper.
Must have!!!!!!.......2007-02-25
This book is awesome, and simply the best as it pertains to condition, class, and form. A must have, will simply improve your handicapping skills by leaps and bounds.
As you can see from the others reviews; all positve, all five stars plus!!!
Possibly the best book ever on the subject.......2006-03-06
Quinn takes class evaluation of thoroughbreds to a new level and backs it all up with statistical data to prove which horses are best suited for each race and it's conditions. Quinn explains in exceptional detail how to seperate contenders from pretenders. I don't think you want to throw a true beginner into this, but novices can substantially improve their understanding and win percentages by mining this volume for ideas of what to look for. The Appendix summarizing what kind of horse to look for in each type of race is worth it's weight in gold and is something almost anyone with even limited experience can apply to their handicapping. I can honestly say that I believe my handicapping is going to a new level as I read and re-read this book to absorb the material.
how to pick the favorite.......2005-05-31
pretty comprehensive
one of the classics and will teach you all the pertinet aspects of handicapping
i have referred to my copy again and again over the years and this book will never go out of date as it deals with the fundamentals of handicapping
breaks down the races into specific catagories and in each catagory specifies the attritbutes that the top contenders should have.
probably one of the most intelligent books i have read on handicapping horses and i have read plenty over the past 25 years
Increase your handicapping I.Q.: .......2005-05-15
james Quinn has written the Bible of race conditions. Quinn de-mystifies race conditions and melds conditions into class considerations. He has a separate section for each condtion: Maiden Special Weights, Maiden Claimers, Alw NW1X, NW2X, etc, claiming races -- Stakes etc. Quinn devotes an entire section on 3-year old races. After reading and absorbing this book, the handicapper is able to "throw out" non-contenders at nearly a glance -- leaving only the horses that can win today. Quinn has made me a knowledgable handicapper who knows exactly why the horse I am betting on today should win.
I refer to Quinn's Condition Book often -- I recommend it to all handicappers who want to improve their win percentage, make more money, and of course, have more fun 10 stars for this one.
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No longer just pocket money for American teens, wages paid by multinational fast-food chains are going to a new generation of order-takers, burger-flippers, and basket-fryers - newly arrived immigrants.
Hailing from China, the Caribbean, Latin America, and India, a colorful sea of faces has taken its place behind one of the most ubiquitous American business institutions - the fast-food counter. They have become a vital link between the growing service sector in our cities' ethnic enclaves and the multi-billion dollar global fast-food industry.
For four years, sociologist Jennifer Parker Talwar went behind the counter herself and listened to immigrant fast-food workers in New York City's ethnic communities. They talked about balancing their low-paying jobs and monotonous daily reality with keeping the faith that these very jobs could be the first step on the path to the American Dream. In this original and compelling work of ethnography, Talwar shows that contrary to those arguing that the fast-food industry only represents an increasing homogenization of the American workforce, fast-food chains in immigrant communities must and do adapt to their surroundings. Rather than focusing on how ethnic communities become relatively sealed off from the larger economy, Talwar explores the interplay between globalizing mainstream forces like fast-food chains and the immigrant communities of our largest and most diverse cities.
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Very informative.......2004-01-23
This is a picture of America that you don't get elsewhere! She worked inside fast food restaurants to research this book, and I think she has done a stellar job here. Any American could learn a lot from reading this fine, fine book.
An interesting study.......2002-10-29
Sociologist Jennifer Parker Talwar spent four years working in a Burger King as a part of her research on this book. She interviewed a wide range of immigrant fast-food workers in New York City's ethnic communities. The result is an interesting study in immigration, ethnicity, labor and community in New York City.
As a white American who has worked in fast food before, I was surprised to read about just how much is going on with fast food restaurants in a major metropolis, both in terms of the labor side and the business side. My experience was archtypal middle America - the kid working to make extra money. I think that this description still applies for the vast majority of the country, but the more I think about the faces behind the counter of many fast food restaurants in Washington, DC, Talwar is right - fast food is the entry for many immigrants into the mainstream American workforce. Accordingly, this book is a must-read for those who want to consider how immigrants are assimilated into modern America.
The main limitation is that it is a study of immigrant labor and fast food in New York City. The broad range of ethnic diversity and community experiences that were drawn upon for this book simply do not exist anywhere else in the United States. I cannot think of any other city that could readily provide the "United Nations" workforce of the Chinatwon McDonald's described in this book. Therefore, how applicable Talwar's work is to the country at large must be called into question. Also, do not be fooled by the cover into thinking that this book is anything like "Fast Food Nation." It is a specific (and appropriately narrow) sociological study, and lacks the range of that excellent book.
Readable and Comprehensive.......2002-02-18
Clearly the result of exhaustive research, this book takes traditionally very dry material and presents a highly readable text that identifies fascinating perspectives on the American Dream.
Recommended without reservation.
Recommended.......2002-02-15
A very readable book while addressing important contemporary issues related to immigration and the consumer economy. Highly recommended.
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Blindside: Why Japan Is Still on Track to Overtake the U.S. by the Year 2000
Eamonn Fingleton
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In the first four years of this decade, Japanese exports rose 32%, the yen rose 27%, and Japanese employers created a net 3.2 million jobs. Though Japan is now the world's largest manufacturing economy, Fingelton argues that Americans are still underestimating the country's economic prowess.
"... a crisp, well- written, well-executed alarum." --
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An Eye Opener.......2004-04-26
I was speaking to a friend of mine who is in the insurance sector in Tokyo. During the course of our discussion, we came to the topic of economic slump and how people who visit Tokyo on business are led to believe that the slump is much larger and more devastating than what the press reports.
My friend laughed it off and said the Japanese are good artists of deception and he went on to give me an example. India ( like most developing countries of the region ) takes loans from ADB. apparently ADB is funded by Ministry of Finance, Japan to a large extent. Now an ADB loan is used for infrastructure development like say laying of roads.
Japanese cos. are given the contract for providing the raw material and equipment for the same like Mitsubishi Tar and Sumitomo cement and so on citing that Indian cos are below par for such raw material ( its a different matter that L & T cement is used in construction of airports in many countries )
Finally for the repayment of the loans, the Japanese Govt formally issues a soft loan to repay the ADB debt. In the larger scenario not only has the govt benefitted from this but Japanese cos also are benefitted in the longer run. So the money given out as loan by the govt reaches Japan through the Keiretsus.
A lot of this may not be available in the open to be proved but is definitely the source of speculation and thus may never be proved.
On reading Blindside such practices only come out in the open.
Overall, one of the best books i have read - both in fiction as well as non-fiction.
Brilliant analysis of a World beating economic system.......2002-02-24
Brilliant analysis of a World beating economic system
Reviewer: Patrick Walsh from Amsterdam, North Holland The Netherlands
Don't pay any attention to the detractors of this author.
He lives in Japan.
He has worked as a successful financial journalist around the world.
His correct forecasting of the Japanese economy is on record (e.g. Euromoney Magazine).
Has been widely praised (see two sites, unsustainable dot org and, fingleton dot net).
Check out the above dot org site for current articles from
this author.
You will be surprised at the articles on there that deal with the press, who widely report a slump in Japan that never seems to happen
- if Japan is in a slump, why such continued strong export performance in the hi-tech area?
Japan may have "crippling" debts, but you can be sure its not
foreign debt and,
therefore much less of a problem, unlike the USA which is burdened by a debt with a large foreign component.
Fingleton rightly points out in this book that the Japanese economy cannot be understood
without looking at it in terms of a big picture.
Read the content on the above sites, think a little,
read this book and, his more recent work "In Praise of Hard Industries" and, you will be a lot farther along the road to understanding where the World economy is going.
Brilliant analysis of a World beating economic system.......2002-02-24
Brilliant analysis of a World beating economic system
Reviewer: Patrick Walsh from Amsterdam, North Holland The Netherlands
Don't pay any attention to the detractors of this author.
He lives in Japan.
He has worked as a successful financial journalist around the world.
His correct forecasting of the Japanese economy is on record (e.g. Euromoney Magazine).
He has been widely praised (see two sites, unsustainable dot org and, fingleton dot net).
Check out the above dot org site for current articles from
this author.
You will be surprised at the articles on there that deal
with the press, who widely report a slump in Japan that
never seems to happen.
If Japan is in a slump, why such continued strong export performance in the hi-tech area?
Japan may have "crippling" debts, but you can be sure
its not foreign debt and,
therefore much less of a problem, unlike
the USA which is burdened by a debt with
a large foreign component.
Fingleton rightly points out in this book that
the Japanese economy cannot be understood
without looking at it in terms of a big picture.
Read the content on the above sites, think a little,
read this book and, his more recent work
"In Praise of Hard Industries" and, you will
be a lot farther along the road to understanding
where the World economy is going.
this one has not aged gracefully.......2001-09-18
In the late 1980s and early 1990s a number of journalistic books appeared which purported to explain how Japan was eating our lunch. "Blindside" is typical of the genre.
These books tended to be based on simplistic anecdote-based economics. Their starting point was Japan's strong postwar economic growth (exagerrated by Japan's asset price bubble of the late 1980s). They uncritically ascribed this to Japan's unique economic institutions or "the Japan model" and then extrapolated forward.
The subtitle of the book "why Japan is still on track to overtake the U.S. by the year 2000" hints that by the time this book was published in 1995 that something was going wrong. Indeed, by 1995, it was apparent to close watchers of the Japanese economy that something was seriously amiss, putting cheerleaders like author Eamonn Fingleton on the defensive. This one was past its "sell by" date the day it was published.
The intervening years have not treated Japan or this book gently. Rather than overtaking the U.S., Japan's economic performance between 1990-2000 was the worst decanal performance exhibited by any industrial country in the postwar period.
This book provides only inadvertant insight into why things went right in Japan for an extended period of time and then began going horribly wrong beginning around 1990.
this guy knows Japan.......2000-02-12
for anyone wishing to understand the Japanese economy and the people that make up that economy, this is the book. Fingleton gets beneath the surface-view of Japan that so many Westerners use to describe the country. those who label Fingleton as alarmist or racist follow the lead of typical Japanese thinking that equates criticism of the government's policies with anti-Japanese sentiment.
Fingleton has a deep respect for the Japanese government's ability to manipulate both its own citizens and the U.S. in order to strengthen its economy. The premise of the book is to reveal the mindset of the Japanese government and people so that Americans can better understand how they are viewed by Japanese and respond more adroitly to the challenges of the ever-expanding U.S.-Japan relations.
The most interesting part of the book are the 40 pages devoted to the history of U.S.-Japan relations in the chapter "The Will to Win".
If you need one book to give a well-documented overview of the Japanese economy, this is it!
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Changing Track: A New Political Economic Direction for Australia
Frank Stilwell
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The Handicapper's Condition Book: An Advanced Tretment of Thoroughbred Class
James Quinn
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good basic intro to handicapping.......2005-06-27
don't know why no one has not written on this book
a classic and one of the better books on handicapping
structure is to classify and then list positives and negatives for each class of race category
intelligent treatment of handicapping
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On Different Tracks: Designing Railway Regulation in Britain and Germany
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The governments of several countries are in the process of reforming their regulatory regimes for the railways, and there is much debate about the appropriate regulation of transport in general and railways in particular--especially in light of environmental concerns about traffic congestion and air pollution and economic concerns about the financing of infrastructure and services. This volume investigates how Britain and Germany regulated their railways at three different points in time over the past century: after the First World War, after the Second World War, and in the 1990s. Its central focus is the design of regulatory regimes and the impact of institutional factors on the selection of design ideas and on processes of isomorphism. By placing a comparative analysis of regulatory design in a historical context and an institutional framework, the author contributes to the current debate on the emergence of the regulatory state in the late 20th century.
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- Memorable Memoirs
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Track Conditions
Michael Klein
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Pursuing a lover who fled because of his alcoholism, the author wound up as a racetrack groom in Cincinnati. His lyrical, episodic narrative chronicles five years in horse racing (1979-84), with flashbacks to a ghastly childhood. Michael Klein (now sober) is a poet, and it shows in his unerring use of just the right words to describe, precisely yet colorfully, an out-of-control life that climaxed with being fired just before his Kentucky Derby-winning colt ran the Preakness. A moving memoir and a loving depiction of the byzantine track world.
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Out of the frenzied pace of bustling New York, aspiring artist Michael Klein sets off for the racetracks of the Midwest in pursuit of his lover--and into the exotic, incomparable world of horse racing. While grooming horses in the cool, hay-scented stalls, Klein searches for salvation--from the memories of a sexually abusive stepfather, his mother's sudden death, the demon of
drink and sexual addiction . . . even himself. Then one remarkable horse enters his life. And through the innocent ritual of caring for Swale, an incredible Kentucky Derby-winning colt, Klein's life is suddenly, by almost miraculous means, transformed forever.
In strikingly honest prose, Track Conditions is an unusually powerful, unsparing memoir of one troubled man's unforgettable healing connection to an extraordinary horse. His story of finding redemption is one you will never forget.
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Memorable Memoirs.......2007-05-25
Klein, Michael. "Track Conditions: A Memoir", University of Wisconsin Press, 2003.
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Michael Klein is an award winning poet and should win awards for his wonderful memoir "Track Conditions". It is both shameless and fascinating. After he followed his lover to an Ohio race track, Michael Klein began a three year career as a groom in the world of horse racing. He managed to bond with the 1984 Kentucky Derby winner, Swale. However he was plague with alcoholism and deeply concerned about his relationship with his lover which was on the skids as well as memories of having been abused as a child. His memoir is a story written from the heart and it is a tale of resilience. Using the race track as a metaphor for life, he shares his joys and his pain.
This is some of the most beautiful writing I have ever read but that does not mean that Klein does not get down and gritty. He holds nothing back as he illuminates his life. His life is not a pretty story--it is filled with excesses--but even so it is beautifully rendered. Here is an honest recreation of a life that is compelling.
We read as Klein succumbs to alcohol and enters a depressive state over lost love, dependency and casual random sex. It is never easy to read coming-of-age stories that are filled with pain but this is a coming-of-age story not to be missed.
It is likewise a story about horses and with the equestrian background we read about a relationship between tow men that are in the midst of deterioration.
The world of horse racing is a homophobic place but Klein managed to survive it and move up along the circuit as a groom. He discovered an affinity for horses and loved them as they loved him. We get to look into the world of horses and learn things that the average person never knows. He refers to the secrets of the world of horses as "racetrack society. The world of horse racing is a gritty and unreal world but it is not just that world that Klein tells us of. He writes of how little was available to a young homosexual with very limited means.
Written in the past tense, the memoir puts a distance between reader and writer from his beginnings until 1984 with quite a shocking ending. Klein makes no evaluations or judgments--he leaves that to the reader.
It is Klein's openness that makes this book so good. He defies the usual conventions of narrative and he is a writer to be cherished. The book is unique and very special and in no way follows the styles of other coming out stories. It is harrowing tale of redemption written by a poet in prose. The chapters are short and amazing and we realize early that there is little chance of resolution to be found. It is not a tell-all memoir--rather it is a half-told life and has something for everyone. It is not a book just for gays but rather a small life story that looms large.
A Different Kind of Horse Story: A Million Big Stars.......2006-04-25
Oprah, for a million little reasons, you chose the wrong memoir for your book club.
In an age where honesty in memoir seems to be a rare commodity, TRACK CONDITIONS is probably one of the most honest, compelling, and underrated books in print.
A fascinating glimpse into author Michael Klein's downward spiral into alcoholism, lost love, dependency, and casual sex, this lyrical memoir is not an easy read-never easy to read about another person's coming-of-age psychic pain. But this memoir is a must-read.
A real-life thoroughbred horse story, from a former groom's point of view, this memoir focuses on the deteriorating relationship between two young men in the midst of their own personal crises.
In 1979, Klein, a confirmed New Yorker, desperately followed his lover Richard Coatney into the homophobic underworld of thoroughbred racing, beginning his career as a horse walker at River Downs in Cincinnati and working his way up to groomer at Belmont, Churchill Downs, and Pimlico.
Among all the empty booze bottles and one-night stands, Klein discovered an aesthetic affinity for horses, in particular one special--and well-known--thoroughbred, precipitating the author's final downfall and then leading toward his eventual salvation--and this memoir.
Klein leads the reader into a world rarely ventured into by the average horse track bettor: vivid descriptions of lame horses being cruelly euthanized and the casual doping of horses for monetary gain. At the beginning of chapter three, the author summarizes, from his perspective, the visible and invisible aspects of "racetrack society":
"There are people you see all the time: the barn help, the trainers, the exercise crew, the men and women who deliver hay and straw and feed. And there are those you see only rarely, if at all: the jockeys, the parimutuel clerks, the owners, the starting-gate crew. Two worlds: the training world and the racing world."
Ironically, from the reader's perspective, the visibility/invisibility paradigm is directly the opposite from the author's.
And Klein offers insights into worlds which are largely invisible to most of us: in addition to the gritty side of thoroughbred racing, he also reveals the limited options available to an impoverished young homosexual, also a poet and rebel, of the late seventies and early eighties.
First published in 1997, the memoir's main narrative covers the author's racetrack life, from its inauspicious beginning to its shocking 1984 denouement, with some interspersed flashbacks to his abusive and incestuous childhood and Manhattan life with Richard.
While revealing vivid and harsh details about his life, the author maintains a psychic distance from the reader through his dispassionate use of the past tense; moreover, he does not editorialize from the perspective of the forty-something memoirist.
He simply unfolds his story, leaving judgments, analyses, and evaluations up to his readers.
The distance works well; the author never whines or asks his audience to feel sorry for him. He simply presents "in-your-face" statements and facts, like them or hate them.
It doesn't matter what the reader thinks; in the end, Klein, with a metaphorical kick from his equine friend, triumphs.
There is beauty and poignancy in Klein's spare prose, yet glimmers of humor add some comic relief, for example, when he describes some of the other grooms and other track people and recounts some his late mother's family stories.
I recommend this book for both gays and straights--anyone who appreciates a well-written life-story, no matter how down and gritty.
I own the 1997 hardcover edition, and it is worth every one of the twenty-two dollars that I paid for it.
Beautiful, simply beautiful.......2004-08-29
Being a straight nursing student who lives in small town america,I wasn't sure I would relate to this book. But the writing and the openess of the author surpasses any differences between our lives. An amazing book.
pure blues and bliss.......2003-10-08
Michael defies narrative convention while achieving its goals in his long prose poem/memoir/story. His is a story of triumph: whether found covered in ash and velvet and 100 dollar bills or perhaps in the spotlight of literary praise. Either way this story helped save me. Michael is a writer I respect and emulate.
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The best gay memoir ever.......2001-04-07
This book is so unique and special -- not at all your typical gay coming out story. There are horses here and the tactile world of the racetrack and Klein's lyrical and spare prose adds just the right kind of music to a poignant and harrowing redemption tale.
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