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Then spring will come. I notice seasons more and more every year .... it's amazing how all the green buds have been hiding in the bare sticks all along! Trickers! Can't believe that I'm 37 and only just realised this for the first time.
Also on the weekend, Dave and I fought like a pair of wild alley cats. It was mainly my fault .... poor Dave. Two days of stupid, pointless arguing around the same old circles. I wondered how other people fight. Surely not as messy as us? A lady walked past me in the shopping centre mid-fight with her husband, and I just felt so much better. We are not the only ones fucked up, I thought.
We each spiralled and fell down, separately. We were at his mums, where it's very difficult to ever have a good time anyway .. but on the last day, she confided in me about something so big and scary for her that I was humbled and ashamed of myself. Told her we may have had our differences over the years but I was there if she ever needed.
Dave having a quiet lie down at Nana's -
I forced Dave to come with me to the movies, we NEVER get the chance together anymore. I knew it would shake us out of our reality and it did - Inglourious Basterds was dark, violent, and twisted. Exactly like Dave and I. We fucking loved it, got back in at 12.30am and made sexy love time.
We drove home and I made a baked dinner to welcome my brother back from overseas. Tim's friend stayed over too ... six guys and me, sitting together around the dinner table. I wondered why I was the only girl in this house, and what that teaches me. Tim and Max were arguing over who had done a fart. "You done that fart" ... "No, YOU done that fart!!" I said, "GUYS!" And they both waited to get into trouble. "It's who DID that fart, not done."
In the paper yesterday I read that half of people who get diagnosed with cancer are dead within five years. It freaked me out ... especially since Dave had to see his oncologist today. He got a blood test, had a chat. We've been concerned ("concerned" meaning TERRIFIED) about his recent bouts of reflux and indigestion. I was thinking it could be all of his tumours back again, badder than before ... the doctor advised Dave to stop drinking coffee for a while, which really makes sense, considering he drinks four double-shots a day. FOUR.
I went to Max's reading circle at his school yesterday, for Book Week. I bought him a brand new Enchanted Woods book, which was my all-time favourite series as a kid. Max was happy, but pulls out his Simpsons comic. "Ummm, can we actually read this, mum?" We lay together on the pebblecrete, sharing a cushion, holding the magazine up to block the sun from our eyes. The other children were reading Roald Dahl, Green Eggs and Ham, and Mr Men books to their parents.
I lay there with my son and we both pissed ourselves laughing at Monty Burns bossing Smithers around.
Last Sunday, Dave stood at the local fair, watching Max slide down the huge slide. Max loves slippery dips, one of his first words was "sippy bip." He kept saying "Come on, dad! COME ON!" But he didn't feel like it and kept saying no. I walked over and bought them both a ticket, saying well, you have to go now. He took his morose butt over, grabbed a sack, wearily climbed the stairs. They went whooshing down together.
Dave came over to me munching my corn on a stick, waiting by the pram, Rocco asleep and the strains of "I was working as a waitress in a cocktail ba-ar .. when I met you."
Dave had a half-smile, we were still re-connecting. I said, "See? You just needed a big slide. All better now?"
As if one slide could take away all the pain and fear of last year and all the damage it caused. I looked him in the eyes, the same crinkly, wonderful eyes I've been looking in for the past ten years.
And we laughed and laughed.


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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong protesters held a vigil for "martyrs" on Saturday and many demanded "revenge" after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall, fuelling anger among pro-democracy demonstrators who first took to the streets in June.
Thousands of people peacefully gathered in Tamar Park next to central government offices in the former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, after they had secured rare permission from the police to hold the evening rally.
The protesters sang hymns and carried flowers, while many shouted "revenge," a call heard increasingly often at rallies and given added impetus since a student died on Friday after falling from a multi-storey car park during a protest.
Police estimated 7,500 people attended Saturday's vigil.
"Tonight we are not only here to mourn for him but to show the government, the Chinese Communist Party and the world that the things that have happened in the last six months have not been forgotten," said Tom, 26, a government worker who asked that only his first name be used.
Chow Tsz-lok, 22, a student at Hong Kong's University of Science and Technology (UST), fell on Monday as protesters were being dispersed by police. Attendees hang a banner at a gathering, paying tribute to Chow Tsz-lok, 22, a university student who died after he fell during a protest in Hong Kong, China, November 8, 2019.
Rallies have often erupted into clashes between police and protesters, creating the worst political crisis in the territory for decades, although Saturday's vigil that drew students, older people and a few children was quiet in the early evening.
Police said they had fired one round of live ammunition on Friday as a warning to what they described as "a large group of rioters armed with offensive weapons" who threw bricks at officers trying to clear street barricades in the Kowloon area.
"The lives of the officers were under serious threat," police said in the statement, released on Saturday.
Students and young people have been at the forefront of the hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets to seek greater democracy, among other demands, and rally against perceived Chinese meddling in the Asian financial hub.
China denies interfering in Hong Kong and has blamed Western countries for stirring up trouble.
Under China's "one country, two systems" formula, Hong Kong has retained freedoms from the colonial era not enjoyed on the mainland, including an independent judiciary and the right to protest.
Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers had been detained or faced arrest as of Saturday and are due to appear in court on Monday on charges of obstructing a May meeting of the local assembly, according to police and several of the lawmakers.
"We believe that the government together with the police, as well as the pro-establishment camp, they are trying to escalate the anger of Hong Kong people in order to cancel or even to postpone the upcoming district council election," Tanya Chan, a pro-democracy lawmaker, said at a press briefing, referring to upcoming elections on November 24.
One of the arrested lawmakers, Gary Fan, said the detentions were the result of "political prosecutions and judicial crackdowns" by Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam.
Protesters have called for a general strike on Monday and for people to block public transport, although when such calls have been made in the past they have come to nothing.
The death of the student is likely to fuel anger against the police, who protesters accuse of using excessive force.
Since June, protesters have thrown petrol bombs and vandalized banks, stores and metro stations. Police have fired rubber bullets, tear gas, water cannon and, in some cases, live rounds.
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Rep. Jerry McNerney lost his hometown of Pleasanton in his new District. He decided to move East to his exiting base inland. McNerney wasn't given much of a chance the first time he ran as a write-in candidate, and he didn't have much of a chance. Two years later voter attitudes towards Congress and the Federal Government were changing. McNerney still wasn't taken seriously by the State's Democrat Party, but McNerney plugged away and found support among veterans and the military. It was only when polls showed McNerney could beat Pombo that Democrats rallied behind his candidacy.
McNerney is a tough campaigner and earned his place in Congress, but attitudes against incumbents are worse now than when McNerney won the first time. Still I predict he will be reelected in his new District.
So whom does that leave us with? Well our new District 15 is Pete Stark's. Pete is a feisty, outspoken, Liberal Democrat. Stark turned 80 last year and I thought he might retire, but no, he's already announced he will be running for his new District in 2012. So far Stark does not have any opponents, either Democrat or Republican, but I expect at least one candidate from the Tri-Valley to give the new 15th District a try. I consider Stark vulnerable this time, so we might wind up with someone else, but in either case we will have a new Representative in Washington, D.C.
County Supervisor Gayle Uilkema has announced she will not run for reelection in her new District. She was opposed to the change of her boundaries to include most of the Tri-Valley. Candace Anderson, who is serving in the annually rotated position as Mayor of Danville, announced she will run for Uilkema's new district. Tomi Van de Brooke from Orinda, Supervisor Mary Piehpo's Chief of Staff, announced she will run too. I expect at least one more candidate to announce. Not because I have anyone particular in mind but an open Supervisor's seat in a newly configured district is too great an opportunity for political climbers to pass up.
Joan Buchanan will run for the final time for Assembly District 16. She will be termed out at the end of that one. Much of her new District overlaps the old Assembly District 15, so she should do well as the incumbent. So far only David Haubert, Dublin School Board trustee, has announced plans to run.
San Ramon Councilmember Dave Hudson told me last year that Abram Wilson is definitely planning to run for Buchanan's Assembly seat again. Abram's defeat in the City Council race is one strike against him now, and he might have to face Haubert and other Republicans in a Primary. My advice to Abram is don't try it again. Buchanan looks like a shoo-in this time.
The last local political office is State Senate District 7, which is held by Mark DeSaulnier. So far DeSaulnier does not have any opponents. He's an established politician and will probably keep his seat whether we like it or not.
The latest news that affects San Ramon's future is the State Supreme Court's ruling upholding Governor Brown's law abolishing Redevelopment Agencies. Hooray! Redevelopment in upscale cities like San Ramon is little more than a means to tear down old buildings and replace them with new ones.
Anything more than 30 years old or vacant fits San Ramon's definition of "blight." That's why the RDA was able to allocate almost half-a-million dollars in RDA funds to tear down Mudd's only a year after spending $2.3M in RDA funds to purchase the property.
I don't know if eliminating the RDA will kill projects already approved, like the changes to Beta Court in the Crow Canyon Specific Plan or tearing down Mudd's, but without the tax increment for property improvements, the motivation to "improve" these properties was eliminated too.
The revised definition of blight was added to the RDA plan in 2006 when Phil O'Loane was on the Economic Development Advisory Committee. Phil is now on the City Council, which would also put him on the Redevelopment Agency if the RDA continues at all. I'm not sure if it will still meet to make decisions on past projects. That may fall to the City Council, which at least will make these decisions more visible.
I expect Phil will spend most of 2012 getting his feet wet and learning the differences between being on the City Council instead of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission is mostly advisory while the Council makes the decisions.
Newly elected Mayor, Bill Clarkson, told Tom Morrison on his first Mayor's Report that he had only one month to prepare for being Mayor. Well Bill you ran for Mayor and not City Council, so you didn't get the usual years of preparation from serving as a Councilmember first. Your experience on the School Board is very valuable, but since the SRVUSD meetings are held at the same time as San Ramon City Council meetings, you couldn't even bone up in advance by attending meetings. So now you will be learning on-the-job.
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text: Globalstar satellite transmissions used for tracking truck fleets and wilderness hikers can be hacked to alter messages being sent with possibly dire consequences for pilots, shipping lines, war correspondents and businesses that use the system to keep an eye on their remote assets.The technique, described at Black Hat 2015, can\u2019t affect control of the Globalstar satellites themselves, just the messages they relay, but that could mean altering the apparent location of assets the system tracks. So a cargo container with a satellite location device in it could be made to seemingly disappear, or an airplane could be made to seem to veer off course, according to a briefing by Colby Moore, a security staffer at Synack.+ See all the stories from Black Hat 2015 +He even spun out a scenario where an armored truck might be hijacked, but the hijackers could send signals that indicated it was still following its assigned route while the robbers made their getaway.The flaw that he exploited has to do with the data protocol itself, it\u2019s unlikely that it can be patched, he says, given the inaccessibility of the satellites and the limitations of the transmitting devices themselves that are issued to customers.The transmitters know where they are via geolocation and transmit that data over the company\u2019s array of satellites and down to ground stations. From there messages are relayed via terrestrial means to the customer that is tracking the plane or truck or person carrying the transmitter.Using information he gleaned from Federal Communications Commission about the system as well as from product specifications from companies that make component parts for the transmitters, Moore reverse-engineered the protocols they use. Then he injected extra data into the stream being sent to the satellite.His hack is more of a proof of concept and it revealed that the date sent over the network isn\u2019t encrypted and is hackable using off-the-shelf components that cost less than $1,000. He says he\u2019s going to post the details of how he did it on GitHub in a day or two.Part of his work included cloning a transmitter so it could send messages that seemed to come from a legitimate device.The hack would need to be refined in order to be put into practice, Moore says. He only injected data in the upstream traffic, not the downstream traffic, for example, and he wasn\u2019t able to process in realtime the information being sent. To do that he would need sophisticated computing equipment like that found in ground stations. So a practical exploitation of the system would require considerable resources.He says it\u2019s not surprising that the protocol isn\u2019t encrypted since it was likely created in the 1990s when encryption key distribution was difficult.Moore says he told Globalstar about his discovery about six months ago and received this response: \u201cLike all companies and industries in the 21st century \u2026 Globalstart monitors the technical landscape and its systems to protect our customers. Our engineers would know quickly if any person or entity was hacking our system in a material way, and this type of situation has never been an issue to date. We are in the business of saving lives daily and will continue to optimize our offerings for security concerns and immediately address any illegal actions taken against our company.\u201dMoore says he is a Globalstar customer who uses its service while he\u2019s backpacking in the wilderness so he can be found if something goes wrong.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Saints have fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo after one season - a record-setting year in the wrong way.
New Orleans ranked last in the NFL in total defense and run defense, yielding the most yards (7,042) ever in a single season. The Saints went 7-9 this season and allowed 454 points; only Tennessee gave up more.
Head coach Sean Payton, who returned to work this week after a season-long suspension, announced Thursday that Spagnuolo was being released. Payton also fired secondary coach Ken Flajole.
"I personally want to thank Steve and Ken for their contributions during what was an unprecedented 2012 season," Payton said. "Philosophically we are changing our defense to a 3-4 alignment and right now is the best time to accomplish this transition."
Without Payton, who was suspended for his role in the Saints bounty scandal, and with linebacker Jonathan Vilma and end Will Smith in limbo for portions of the schedule while their suspensions were being appealed - and eventually rescinded - the Saints lost their first four games. They gave up at least 27 points 11 times, and surrendered 52 to the Giants, 44 to Carolina, and 40 to Washington.
Spagnuolo was the Rams' head coach the previous three seasons, going 10-38. He coordinated the Giants' defense when they ended New England's unbeaten season to win the 2008 Super Bowl.
Flajole was with Spagnuolo in St. Louis and moved with him to New Orleans last season.
On Wednesday, Payton hinted at the moves that would occur after he met with his staff.
"This meeting we're going to have is going to be painful," Payton said. "We've got a lot of tough meetings ahead. That's what 7-9 is. Those are our biggest challenges."


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You're dying to ask him what's wrong, but you don't. You tippy-toe around him, holding your breath. And you force yourself to accept the silence and the distance between you.
You both pretend everything's okay—and you both know it's not.
I know how confusing and frustrating this experience can be, because I've heard this from so many women. But it doesn't have to be this way!
How to Get Him to Open Up to You
And Express His Feelings
Many women believe that men just don't like expressing their feelings. They think men are just born this way and there's nothing they can do about it.
Unfortunately, this means that many women also give up. They stop trying to connect with their man, because they believe there's simply no point.
Don't do it! Nothing could be further from the truth!
Here's a little-known secret that will turn your love life around and bring you the closeness you've been seeking…
Men don't like drama or high emotions. (Read that again.) It makes them uncomfortable. But that's not because they don't care. Rather it's because they're not as comfortable handling emotions as women are. So emotional intensity or hidden intensity makes men want to shut down and withdraw.
In order to feel comfortable opening up, a man needs to feel safe with you. And he can't feel safe if you're making him uncomfortable. However, if you can express our feelings in a non-judgmental way, you allow your man to stay open to you. And he'll feel more comfortable opening up to you, too.
"I think the advice is right on and have found it very helpful. I have a friend who is a marriage counselor and she says many of the same things, which puts her in good company. I especially like the section on How To Read His Mind. I love Bob Grant!"
Here's How to Get Your Man to Start
Listening to What's Important to You:
Step 1: Stop "Stuffing"
Stuffing down negative emotions or pretending that something doesn't bother you doesn't work. Sure, you'll avoid outright conflict, but you're not fooling anyone—least of all your man.
He'll feel your uneasy 'vibe' and, while he may not know what's going on, he knows you're not being authentic with him.
In turn, he becomes uneasy around you because he senses you're pretending. If you're not honest with him, he's not going to feel he can be honest with you. And, in turn, you sense him withdrawing. (See how this destructive cycle begins? It creates a mess!)
So, instead of stuffing your emotions, allow yourself to be vulnerable and authentic. Women often don't realize how appealing that makes them to a man, and how it awakens the strong protector in him.
But how do you allow yourself to be authentic and vulnerable without coming across as confused, angry, and insecure? Do this…
STEP 2: Share Your Feelings Without Making Him Responsible
The next time you're tempted to tell a man what to do or what you think, STOP!
Instead, share your feelings, not your thoughts or actions. What do I mean by this? Let me explain:
Let's say your guy has been working a lot, and coming home late. You hardly see him anymore, and it's begun to feel like you're roommates sharing a space, instead of lovers sharing a life. Worse, when he is home, the two of you never talk about your relationship any more. It's as though your life as a couple has ceased to exist.
Lately—when you hear him come in—you're not delighted and excited to have him home. Instead, you dread another long evening of silence and small talk.
At the sound of his key in the lock, your heart pounds, and your stomach tightens. Once those physical feelings meant love and desire. But now those feelings mean you're frustrated and anxious, because you don't know what to say to him.
Instead of letting your frustration and sadness boil over into scalding criticism of his actions ("I can't believe you forgot our anniversary!") try communicating the simple, real feeling you're having ("I'm really sad that you're so busy at work that you couldn't get home early for our anniversary")
Feel the difference? (Yes, it's a FEELING!) You've expressed how you feel in a way that allows him to hear you… without making him feel like he's the reason you feel awful.
That's why I urge you to read my powerful, best-selling eBook, What's He Really Thinking? I'll show you exactly how to express your feelings without making him feel guilty and helpless. You'll be amazed at how expressing your feelings this new way will inspire your man to open up to you, and connect to you in ways you never imagined.
What's He Really Thinking? gives you incredibly powerful relationship tools to create small shifts in the way you relate to each other. Tools that will make an enormous difference in the closeness of your relationship.
To learn how to achieve the kind of closeness you've always wanted with a man, starting right now, download What's He Really Thinking? and try it free for seven weeks. Refer to it whenever you desire more closeness, or whenever you want your man to really connect with you.
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Fact is, once you know how to attract a man's heart, not just his body and mind, you will have him forever.
LISTEN: The information I'm going to share with you is not the fluff you see in bookstores or online. You know the ones I mean. The crappy e-books loaded with nothing more than someone's opinions about why your relationship isn't working.
It's also not one of those generic guides cobbled together from other people's mediocre websites.
And it's also nothing like those so-called celebrity "gurus" who seem to take pleasure in telling you how it's YOU who screwed things up… how YOU'RE the one that's tearing your relationship apart… or how YOU'RE the one who needs fixing!
HOGWASH! Fact is, the vast majority of relationship problems that men and women experience have nothing to do with YOU, but are totally explained by biological science!
Scientists Prove that Men's Brains are Actually
"Wired" Differently Than Women's
Read these fascinating facts…
Recent research proves what you probably already suspected: Men don't think like women.
It has to do with the way men and women are wired. It's fascinating… and most women know absolutely nothing about it. (And it shows by the way they interact with men.)
For example…
A man's brain secretes less of the powerful primary bonding chemical oxytocin; a chemical which women have in abundance.
Men also secrete less serotonin, a brain chemical that creates feelings of calm and well-being.
On the other hand, male hormones such as testosterone and vasopressin fuel the male drive to seek competition and prove self-worth and identity.
When men and women interact, they do so in very different ways. In general, women use language to connect and bond with others, while men typically use language (or don't use it!) to create boundaries and distance.
In everyday life, this means that women de-stress and relax by talking and sharing with their friends.
In contrast, men will zone-out from the day's pressures by silently heading for the couch and the remote.
Researchers also believe women's brains are designed to crave intimacy and cooperation, while men's brains are programmed for preferring lists and hierarchal order. (Which explains why he can remember fifteen years of stats for his favorite football team, but forget what you talked about yesterday!)
By now, you can begin to see that many of the things that are confusing and frustrating about men, actually have a simple explanation: biology.
In the same way, in What's He Really Thinking? I reveal the simple truths about why men act the way they do. Even better, I give you specific, actionable, how-to strategies to allow you to release old, destructive myths about how men think, so you can focus on truly understanding how your man thinks and feels.
The result? Instant relationship improvement… a far deeper connection… amazing communication… and greater personal power.
PLUS… because I'll teach you a therapy-tested way to talk to men—he'll understand you like never before and see you in a whole new and positive light. (Yes, really.)
"I was reading through What's He Thinking and laughed my head off when I got to the part about how men focus on just one thing at a time. It explained so much! Now I know how to get his attention pretty much whenever I want. Thanks so much."
What's He Really Thinking? also reveals solutions and answers to some of your most perplexing man mysteries:
The #1 way to make a man want to stay with you forever. (Hint: it's NOT sex!) (See page 59)
Are you making this crucial relationship blunder? 9 out of 10 women do. How to avoid being one of the unlucky ones. (See page 10)
15 things he REALLY wishes you knew… but most women DON'T! (See page 27)
Should you stay or should you go? Do this ONE thing, and you'll instantly discover his true intentions. (See page 16)
Is the bickering making you crazy? When you understand this about men, you'll know EXACTLY how to stop fights before they start. So powerful. (See page 15)
3 simple (and sneaky) steps to make any man do what you want. So subtle, he'll think it's his idea! (See page 58)
He finally opened up to you, but now he won't return your calls. DON'T WORRY… IT'S NOT YOU! Here's how to help him overcome his relationship fears… and keep your sanity! (See page 87)
How to make sure he'll want to see you again. Tips for turning an ordinary date into a night he'll always remember. (See page 88)
Crucial relationship truths every woman in love must learn. Understanding these essential "love lessons" will fast-track your relationship to success. (See page 29)
How to find your soul mate. Sure-fire ways to pick the perfect man for a lifetime of togetherness and bliss. Yes, it really can be done. (See page 47)
Who's got the power? How to help him feel in-control… without you being a pushover! Tap into the forces of Mother Nature and win every time. (See page 72)
Before you waste your time, make sure he passes this "good husband" test. It's a shockingly accurate predictor of a happy marriage… or certain divorce. (See page 101)
And so much more
"Reading this book helped me to get rid of a lot of previous assumptions that I made about men. It opened my eyes and caused me to really think twice about the way that I judged things that guys do or say. My boyfriend has already noticed a big difference. I guess that's why he's started spending more time with me, :-). Thanks Bob!"
You Know all the "Strange" Things
He Does? I Tell You Exactly WHY
He Does Them.
(This helps save you a lifetime of frustration… hurt feelings…
painful miscommunications… and one broken heart after another.)
It's time to stop living in the past and repeating the same painful mistakes.
It's time to stop taking all the blame for everything that goes wrong in your relationships. (Now you know it's often nothing more than biological programming.)
It's time to stop letting your heart get broken because you can't decode your man's mystifying behavior. (I teach you how to crack the code of even the most frustrating things he does.)
And it's time to start getting the love, respect and affection you deserve, from a man who believes you're the only one who truly understands him. (And that's exactly what he'll think when you learn to communicate with him in the way I'm going to teach you.)
You Can Finally Have the Loving & Satisfying
Relationship You Deserve
No longer do you have to feel uncertain about what your man really means … no longer will you have to spend hours worrying about how to "interpret" something your man said.
And best of all, you can start right now! Beginning in the next few minutes, you can gain a clearer understanding of the man you love. You can take steps to ensure you keep your soul mate, the love of your life, for the rest of your life.
You see, What's He Really Thinking? was written not only to help women just like you, but because of women just like you.
I took 20 years of the most powerful insights my clients gave me, and condensed them into what I believe are the clearest and easiest ways to peek inside the male mind.
The best part? You can put this information to use right away. You'll quickly discover the many ways men are predictable, and how you can use that knowledge to benefit both of you.
In fact, while you're reading What's He Really Thinking?, you'll feel as if you're in a private session with me. And—better still—when you start putting the information to use, it'll be like having me by your side… tugging on your sleeve… telling you all the right things to say and do… whispering in your ear the secrets that will change his moods… make him cooperative… understand your feelings… and see you for the amazing women you are!
Yes… effective communication really can be this powerful. If you doubt it right now, it's only because you haven't yet experienced its power. Good news: you don't have to believe anything I say. Simply use the ideas I share with you. They work whether you believe they will or not.
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What's more, you'll also discover (by learning to understand how your man thinks and feels) things about yourself that will empower you, and help you have better relationships with all the men in your life!
Whether he's your husband, boyfriend, boss, brother, son, father … it's a complete guide to male behavior. Using the secrets contained in What's He Really Thinking? you'll have the know-how to transform all your relationships with men… ESPECIALLY the romantic kind.
I Guarantee You Will Laugh at the
Way You Used to Think About and
Interact With Men
(And you'll be shocked at how so many other women do the same!)
What you'll be learning about men will cause you to see them, and interact with them, in brand new, positive ways.
And men will notice. They will respond to you differently. They will realize that you're not like any other woman they've met.
It's a lot of power to have. But it's a power that's been denied to women like you for too long.
For too long, women have been led to believe that they have little or no power in their relationships with men. It's time to change that. And I'm going to help.
It's time for you to take the power that you have within you, and use it to create a stronger, closer, more loving, and more satisfying relationship with the man you love..
It's time for you to know what you need to know… instead of foolishly guessing and hoping and keeping your fingers crossed that it all somehow works out.
What's Your Man Thinking
Right now, the most important man in your life may be feeling misunderstood… maybe even unloved. He may even be wondering if there's any point in you being together. He may be thinking of moving on, getting out, or giving up. Or simply questioning the relationship. Maybe he's simply unsure and he's bouncing around his thoughts and feelings… waiting to see what you do next.
Think this can't happen to you? WAKE UP! It happens more often than most women think. Even in a great relationship, there are many times that your man will have these negative thoughts. It's just how the male mind works. And if you're not aware of this—and know how to counteract it—you might find yourself single once again… scratching your head wondering what happened.
No kidding!
Instead—after I'm done teaching you… you'll know how the right word or gesture from you could change his mind. How the right word or gesture from you could transform your relationship and make it stronger than it ever was. You'll know what to say and how to say it. You won't simply hear his words—like most other women may—but you'll actually hear and understand the intention behind those words… the only part that really matters!
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Last year, a tedious brew of Occupy protesters and "Cop-Watch" activists took to the streets in Rochester, New York. They mobilized behind a contemporary flower-child named Emily Good. Good had been detained briefly after interfering in a police stop that occurred outside her urban hipster-neighborhood home.
After the actual subjects of the police stop slunked into the night, never to be heard from again (and doubtlessly grateful that Good's hysterics had distracted the police), Good and her supporters tried to make hay out of her arrest. She granted interviews to CNN and posed for pictures "doing ministry work" in a drop-waist dress, all the while denouncing the "horrors of police brutality" on Rochester's violent streets.
Good on CNN
But it soon emerged that Good was not the earnest-random-citizen-witness-to-alleged-police-brutality she pretended to be. Video showing her physically attacking an Olympic torch runner in Canada and feigning abuse at the hands of police during a violent squatter's protest revealed her real identity as a professional anti-policing activist — one trained to incite and escalate conflicts with the police. Luckily, the videos of Good's prior activities were saved by a smart local blogger before Good and her supporters cleansed her Facebook page of evidence of her radical activities.
Good Pretending to Be Brutalized By Police
The Olympic torch video was particularly chilling. Good and other "native Canadian rights" activists knocked down the woman runner, who was nearly ignited in flames from falling on the torch. Rather than being chastened by the near-disaster, Good bragged about it online, gleeful that she had interrupted the "Gestapo" Olympic torch run. She wrote:
The runner actually tripped over all of her security people who were frantically shoving us out of the way. Anyway, the torch went down! Hitler started that tradition for the nazi olympics — time to extinguish it!
What sort of person jokes about nearly setting another human on fire? More importantly, who does such a thing while simultaneously believing she is on the side of angels, who sees herself not as a violent person but as a social heroine, feeding the poor and spreading justice to the dispossessed? It is to our detriment that we have forgotten about the lost girls of the Seventies, those college-educated daughters turned glassy-eyed cultists who flocked to Charles Manson, shot at presidents, or blew themselves up wiring bombs in their daddies' townhouses.
John Updike's story, "The Lovely Troubled Daughters of Our Old Crowd," says something about the starting point of this sort of social disintegration. Not precisely, but read it anyway.
Good and her compatriots were protesting the "imperial" Canadian state and the evil corporations hosting the Olympics. That justified almost setting an innocent woman on fire.
In the mindset of activists like these, anybody who does not agree with their politics is an expendable dupe, and the police are no less than the Gestapo.
Emily Good with Hugo Chavez: Just Another Young Woman Who Cares About Justice
Bread Not Bombs
Emily Good is a member of the radical activist group Food not Bombs. Good even wore a Food Not Bombs t-shirt to one television interview in which she denied that she had ever been involved in anti-police activism. "I have never agitated directly against the police . . . I wouldn't say I'm an activist against the police at all," she told the reporter, while wearing a t-shirt for an organization that agitates against police.
In recent years, Food Not Bombs Rochester has hosted events such as: "Open Mic Against Police Brutality and State Repression" and "Support the Police: Beat Yourself Up." The reporter didn't ask Good about her t-shirt during the interview: the media has utterly failed to report credibly on the war on cops being waged by radicals ranging from activists like Good to national lawyer's groups subsidized by billionaire financier George Soros.
Tampa, beware: the Emily Good story — the media's epic failure to identify her, or to report on Food Not Bombs' radical motives and training — is a cautionary tale for the city of Tampa, which is preparing to host the 2012 Republican Convention. Food Not Bombs is planning to arrive in the city in advance of the convention and set up so-called "feeding stations" providing "vegan food for the homeless." These encampments will serve as cover for other radicals. The local media is taking its marching orders from the A.C.L.U. instead of investigating Food Not Bombs' tactics. So the public remains uninformed, while elected officials pander to the professional activist classes instead of asking hard questions of the protestors, let alone holding them responsible for the trespassing and code violations they have committed so far.
Nothing to See Here: Good Denies Anti-Police Activities While Wearing an Anti-Police T-Shirt
The media's failure to notice Good's shirt would have merely been funny if the stakes weren't so high. Cities like Rochester are contending with exploding crime rates, while police budgets are gutted and police find themselves are under attack.
Rochester has been living through a 40% increase in homicides and a 73% increase in shootings. Nevertheless, the A.C.L.U. keeps encouraging the public to resist all crime-fighting measures. Through an initiative subsidized and orchestrated by George Soros' Open Society Foundations, A.C.L.U. activists advertise free phone apps that teach people to videotape police and interfere in crime fighting. Meanwhile, Rochester burns. Little wonder that people in high crime areas are less enthusiastic about A.C.L.U. lawsuits and anti-cop street-marches than the dilettantes who pack up after marching picket lines and return to nicer houses and safer neighborhoods.
Still, silly as they seem, there's no underestimating the damage such people can do.
Last year, Emily Good and her trumped-up "persecution" cost the police time and money that could have been spent fighting real crime. It also tied their hands, as activists descended on Rochester to take advantage of Good's fifteen minutes of embarrasingly-non-vetted media fame. Even now, as the murders and shootings pile up, the A.C.L.U. keeps playing by the script, accusing police of brutality no matter what they do to try to quell the crime wave. But some residents are speaking out in support of stepped-up police protection. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Columnist Jermayne Myers recently wrote:
Kudos to Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard and the police department for shifting into over gear to help curb a recent spike in shooting, stabbings, robberies, homicides and other senseless acts of violence and crime in the City.
As I've said in the past, our city and its residents have been held hostage by the numerous senseless acts of violence and crime over the past two-three months. With 21 homicides and 95 gun assaults, and still counting as of last week, Rochester is on the path to seeing one of its worse and most violent summers.
One recent tool to help combat this rash of violence and crime is operation "Cool Down". According to Sheppard, during operation "Cool Down", additional officers will be highly visible, and engaging people on the street to prevent crime rather than reacting to its aftermath.
I commend and respect Sheppard for not being scared to use these tactics to target and make those that commit crime and violence in the city feel uncomfortable walking or riding around our streets, neighborhoods and communities.
As a young African-American man living in the city, I endorse these tactics (when used correctly) to help reduce violence, crime, homicides and keep our city safe.
I'm sick and tired of hearing about someone else getting shot, stabbed and/or killed on our city streets, and sadly both the victim and perpetrator are young African-American men. If you're not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about. Just cooperate with police, thank them for doing their job and keep it moving.
This sort of attitude is anathema to the Emily Good and A.C.L.U. lawyers. Of course, they don't spend their nights worrying about their families' safety or hauling bleeding young men to emergency rooms. As Rochester mayor Tom Richards wryly observed, in response to a predictable media question about the civil rights implications of stepped-up police patrols:
"The ultimate violation of your civil rights is to be shot to death."
Neighborhood activists — not radical activists like Emily Good — cheered the increased police activity:
When News10NBC informed her of the police department's "Cool Down Detail," [Doreen Brown] was thrilled. "I would be very proud for that to happen. We care about out neighborhood, we care about our neighbors and we would love to have more patrols around here there is too much violence."
Brown said, "We have people that are terrified terrified. We try to stay together to keep peace. We don't want it to seem like we just a bad neighborhood with crime, but if we don't have help from the police, what are we to do?"
Adults in Charge: Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard and Mayor Tom Richards
The adults solve the problems, while the activists destroy, no matter the human cost.
More information about the radical anti-police movement: The Soros-Funded War on Police


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TAMPA, Fla. – Alex Rodriguez has an interesting offer for Jeremy Lin: Need a new roommate?
"If he's still looking for a place to crash, maybe he can crash at my apartment," the New York Yankees star said. "Imagine the tabloids then."
A day after arriving at spring training, Rodriguez said Saturday he feels healthy and gave a lot of credit to a special treatment suggested by another NBA star, Kobe Bryant.
But it didn't take long before A-Rod, like almost everyone else these days, was talking about the sudden success of Lin, the New York Knicks point guard who spent the night before his breakout game sleeping on teammate Landry Fields' couch — only because his brother's place, where Lin had been staying, was unavailable.
Of course, now that his contract is guaranteed for the rest of the season, Lin has found his own apartment.
"Linsanity. Wow. What a run," Rodriguez said. "You look at the Giants, you look at Linsanity and there's been so many great things happening in New York. We kind of feel like we want to jump in the party.
"The great thing about Linsanity is that, it kind of reminds you of how fun the game should be," he added. "For some of us that have been playing for a long time, it's just the one second you take the game for granted, it makes you realize how much fun the game is."
Rodriguez had knee surgery last July and his power numbers dropped off in the second half and postseason.
The 36-year-old third baseman had plasma-rich platelet injections in his right knee and ailing left shoulder in December. The treatments were done in Germany following a recommendation by Bryant.
Rodriguez said Bryant was adamant about how much the procedure had helped him. Bryant said the pain was so bad for him that he almost thought about retirement.
"That's how much pain he was under, and said after he went to Germany that he felt like a 27-year-old again," Rodriguez said. "Now the thing is, if I can play as well as Kobe, we're in business."
A-Rod played in just 99 games last season and hit 16 home runs. He has 629 career homers.
"My knee does feel a lot better," Rodriguez said. "Basically it was five injections right into your knee on five consecutive days. After the third day it felt pretty darn good. Kobe said, 'Look, your third or fourth day you actually will start feeling a lot better,' and he was exactly right."
The Yankees gave their permission after vetting the process, saying the therapy is in "complete compliance" with WADA and Major League Baseball regulations.
"We're in a no-excuses business," Rodriguez said. "Last year, for me, was a disappointing year. I don't think there's one guy that at the end of the year, September, October, November, that's going to say he's 100 percent. I just didn't get it done."
Rodriguez, who had surgery on his right hip in March 2009, was also examined by specialist Dr. Marc Philippon during the offseason.
"He's very happy with the range of motion and how it looks," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez declined to address Thursday's announcement that National League MVP Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension was overturned by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das, the first time a baseball player successfully challenged a drug-related penalty in a grievance.
"I don't know any of the details or facts," Rodriguez said.
Notes: Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said he will throw off a mound for the first time Sunday. ... New York reliever Joba Chamberlain (elbow ligament replacement surgery) was fine one day after his latest half-mound session and remains scheduled to throw for the initial time on a full mound Tuesday. ... RHP Ivan Nova made 25 pitches during his first batting practice session. ... DH Raul Ibanez said he prepared in the offseason to be ready for some outfield work this year.


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2012 Boston Double Homicide Is Linked To Hernandez
Police in the Connecticut hometown of Aaron Hernandez say Boston authorities have asked for their help with an investigation into a double homicide connected to the former NFL star.
Hernandez has already been charged with murder in the shooting death of his friend Odin Lloyd. His body was found June 17 near Hernandez's home in Massachusetts.
Bristol Police Lt. Kevin Morrell says the request from Boston Police in the double homicide case was based on evidence developed through the investigation of Lloyd's slaying. He said Tuesday police searched the same home in Bristol for both investigations, and a vehicle was seized at the address on Friday.
Two people were killed in the shooting in Boston's South End on July 15, 2012. Boston Police have declined to comment on whether Hernandez is being looked as a possible suspect.
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Entries for the 2018 Midwest Mixed Sale are now closed. A full sale of 147 entries are consigned, and a supplement will not be taken this year due to facility capacity. Entries include many in foal mares, racehorses ready to drop in the box, stallion shares and 2019 stallion breedings. There will be something for […][ Read More ]
Operated by: Hoosier Classic Sale Company
PO Box 1488
Middlebury, IN 46540574-825-4610
Terms and Conditions
I enter the foregoing described horse in Midwest Mixed Sale in Shipshewana, Indiana to be held by Midwest Auction Company, LLC (the "Company") on November 23, 2018, subject to the published terms and conditions of the sale appearing in the 2018 Midwest Mixed Sale sale book and terms of this contract which I have carefully read and examined, and all of which I hereby fully accept and agree to be the contract between us. I certify that I (the "Consignor") am either the sole owner of the horse listed on this contract, or fully authorized by the owner and/or co-owners to act as agent. For the remainder of this contract, I make all representations or warranties as owner with respect to my horses or as duly authorized agent for the Owner or co-owners with respect to all agent horses:
1. Consignor must deliver the entered horse to the place of sale prior to the beginning of the day on which the horse is to be offered for sale. Company disclaims all responsibility and is hereby released from and indemnified for illness of or injury to any horse or to any person or persons or property from any cause prior, at, or subsequent to the sale. Such liability shall be and remain the sole financial responsibility of the Consignor and as such, Consignor should obtain adequate liability coverage. It is understood and agreed that the horse will be presented for sale upon the terms and conditions stated in the Sale Catalog.
3. The only exceptions to payment of the amounts set forth in paragraph 2 above shall be in the event a horse is not presented for sale due to its death, because it has been claimed, or because it does not reach the $500 minimum bid ("upset price") in the sales ring. In the event of a horse's death, evidenced by an acceptable veterinarian's certificate, Consignor shall pay the sum of $50 to cover costs. In the event a horse has been claimed, Consignor shall pay the Company $250, in addition to the $225 entry fee. In the event the horse does not reach the $500 minimum bid, Consignor shall pay the sum of $50 to cover costs.
4. Upon execution of this contract, Consignor shall pay to the Company a NONREFUNDABLE entry fee of $225 for each horse entered. This entry fee should accompany an executed copy of this contract and the signed registration certificate.
5. Consignor shall retain dominion and control of said horse until its sale. The Company shall have no liability with respect to any movement of horses, whether by Company personnel or otherwise, necessitated by operation of the sale.
6. The Company shall bear the risk of a credit buyer's financial ability to pay (provided the Company has expressly extended credit either before or after sale and further subject to paragraphs 10 and 22 below). All other risks in connection with the sale of any horse shall be borne by Consignor, including but not limited to: (i) THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF ALL PRINTED MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE CATALOG; Consignor bears responsibility for confirming the accuracy and completeness and updating in writing such material prior to sale; the Company reserves the right to make any announcements it deems appropriate at the time of sale; Consignor must notify the Company in writing if the horse has been gelded, spayed, or nerved, suffers from any material physical problem or was bred using embryo transfer; notations on registration or other documents do not constitute adequate notice to the Company; (ii) FREE AND CLEAR TITLE; Consignor hereby represents that there are no claims, liens, or ownership disputes relating to any entered horse; in the event the Company is notified about any such dispute before or after sale, the Company may take any action it deems appropriate; (iii) PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE HORSE; all horses are sold "as is"; nonetheless, the Company does not bear any risk relating to the physical condition of the horse (including a buyer's refusal to pay on the basis of such physical condition); (iv) FALSE BUYERS; in the event a successful bidder who has not been extended credit by the Company refuses to pay or cannot be located by the Company after reasonable efforts by the Company, Company shall not be obligated to pay the sale price to Consignor and Company may, at its discretion, invoke the remedies set forth in paragraph 10; (v) Veterinary opinions concerning the in foal status or suitability for mating of consigned mares.
7. In the event of a dispute arising from a risk borne by Consignor, Consignor shall bear (and indemnify the Company from) all damages, expenses and fees, including legal costs of the Company, all of which may be deducted from Consignor's total sale settlement, if any. Consignor shall also pay the sale commission and costs. Furthermore, the Company may use its discretion in attempting to resolve any such disputes. Any funds received by the Company with respect to the sale of Consignor's horses shall be deemed general funds of the Company and not trust funds or special account funds on Consignor's behalf.
8. Consignor or his duly authorized representative will be present in person to make true representations respecting each horse offered for sale by such Consignor. All information posted or disseminated regarding any horse remains Consignor's sole responsibility. Company reserves the right and privilege to refuse to offer a horse unless such horse is represented by the owner or owner's authorized agent. CONSIGNOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IDENTITY AND DESCRIPTION OF ALL HORSES CONSIGNED AND OFFERED FOR SALE BY HIM AND FOR ANY INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE HORSE, INCLUDING APPROPRIATE AUCTIONEER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
9. Consignor will furnish a halter free with each horse which Consignor offers for sale. Consignor will not offer any horse that is unsafe or vicious at this sale.
10. In case any bidder fails to pay for and receive a horse which has been struck down to such bidder, Company shall have the right and privilege to accept the same amount from another bidder or to accept the next highest bid; or, if in the judgment of the auctioneer or the Company it would be in the best interests of all parties, to put up the horse for sale again. In any of these cases the result shall be the effective sale under this contract.
11. All horses must be duly registered with the UNITED STATES TROTTING ASSOCIATION. It shall be the duty of the Consignor to furnish a signed Registration Certificate (the Company cannot accept "paperless" transfers) and a current negative Coggins test for each horse taken within six (6) months prior to the date of sale (must be drawn after May 24, 2017) and to file the same with the Company at least seven (7) days prior to the date of sale. The Coggins test submitted for each horse must include the Identifying Number, any freeze brands and all identifiable markings of the horse. Consignor agrees that if the Coggins test or any other document furnished for any horse entered in the sale is invalid, improperly filled out by the seller's veterinarian, or is not in a format acceptable to all states, racetracks, provinces or national racing commissions or regulatory agencies, or precludes said horse from crossing the Canadian border, the Company may have the horse retested. All expenses incurred thereby and associated with obtaining a valid Coggins test and proper federal health certificate, including but not limited to board, testing and transportation, shall be borne by the Consignor. The Consignor hereby authorizes the Company to deduct the monies from the sales proceeds. THE COGGINS TEST MUST BE AN ORIGINAL OR CARBON COPY OF AN ORIGINAL, LEGIBLE, AND UNALTERED. NO COPIES MADE ON A COPYING MACHINE ARE ACCEPTABLE. EACH HORSE MUST BE LISTED ON AN INDIVIDUAL PAGE FOR ALL COGGINS AND/OR HEALTH CERTIFICATES. In the event that such Registration Certificate(s) and current negative Coggins test(s) are not submitted within the time designated, a penalty charge of $50 per document is hereby imposed against the proceeds derived from the sale of the horse of such Consignor. If the Company must provide a Coggins test for any reason, an additional charge of $100 for this test will be made against the proceeds of sale derived from the sale of the horse of such Consignor. DOCUMENTS NOT AVAILABLE ON SALE DAY WILL BE ASSESSED AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF $50 PER DAY PER DOCUMENT FROM DATE OF SALE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE COMPANY.
12. BROODMARES — In the case of in-foal broodmares offered for sale, a mating certificate must accompany the Registration Certificate and current negative Coggins test. Such mating certificate must be on file with Company at least seven (7) days prior to the date of sale. If such requirement is not met, a penalty charge of $50 will be assessed against the proceeds derived from the sale of such horse. DOCUMENTS NOT AVAILABLE ON SALE DAY WILL BE ASSESSED AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF $50 PER DAY PER DOCUMENT FROM DATE OF SALE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE COMPANY. In-Foal Broodmares will be sold ONLY with service fees paid. Consignor must state whether service fee IS or IS NOT refundable in the event a broodmare fails to produce a live foal.
13. Confirmation of in foal status shall be Consignor's responsibility. Company disclaims any responsibility relating to in-foal status.
14. YEARLINGS, WEANLINGS AND/OR SUCKLINGS – Will not be sold unless a signed Registration Certificate and a DNA parentage verification report are on file with the Company at least seven (7) days prior to the date of sale. If such requirement is not met, a penalty charge of $50 per document will be assessed against the proceeds derived from the sale of such horse. DOCUMENTS NOT AVAILABLE ON SALE DAY WILL BE ASSESSED AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF $50 PER DAY PER DOCUMENT FROM DATE OF SALE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE DOCUMENTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE COMPANY.
15. Settlement(s) by the Company with a Consignor for horses sold shall be 50% of the net proceeds paid on day of the auction IF ENTRY FEE IS PAID AT TIME OF ENTRY, balance not be due before the thirtieth business day following the day of the sale. If entry fee is not paid at time of entry, 100% of net proceeds will not be due before the thirtieth business day following the day of the sale.
16. Consignor agrees that service of any notice, process or pleading in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the sale of any horse hereunder is properly made if a copy of said notice, process or pleading is mailed to Consignor at the address set forth below, certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by overnight courier and Consignor hereby consents that any action or proceeding against it be commenced and maintained in any court within the State of Indiana by service of process as set forth above; and Consignor agrees that the courts of the State of Indiana shall have jurisdiction and venue is proper with respect to the subject matter hereof and the person of Consignor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company, in its absolute discretion, may also initiate proceedings in the courts of any other jurisdiction in which Consignor may be found or in which any of its properties may be located.
17. In the event a stallion share is the subject of this consignment, Consignor warrants and represents that such share does not constitute a security under applicable federal or state securities laws and Consignor shall indemnify Company against any claims in connection therewith.
18. The Company reserves the right to reject any entry at its sole discretion.
19. The Company has full authority to decide the hip numbers and stall locations for all horses which are accepted for sale.
20. A $25 charge for the production and distribution of racelines will be assessed for each horse. No charges will be made to the Consignor by the Company for advertising or other expenses strictly incident to the conduct of the sale, unless by special agreement.
21. The commission will be due on all horses, including bid-ins and horses returned for material physical problems.
22. In the event that a separate credit arrangement is made between a purchaser and Consignor, the Consignor shall immediately present written confirmation of the arrangement to the Company. Any separate credit arrangement between a purchaser and Consignor shall relieve the Company from any responsibility for collection from the purchaser. Consignor shall be responsible for determining all other terms of the credit, including any provision for insurance. The Company may rely upon the Consignor's agents and employees in determining that such a credit arrangement has been created. A separate credit arrangement shall not relieve the Consignor from its obligation to pay.
23. Consignor represents and warrants to the Company that Consignor has full authority to consign the horse listed above and that unless Consignor has furnished full particulars to the contrary with this contract, no embryo, egg, semen or other genetic material (excepting only genetic material required and used for DNA testing or other nonreproductive purposes) has been obtained from that horse.
24. In the event that Consignor(s) is more than one person or entity, each such person or entity acknowledges and agrees that the signature of any one of them shall be sufficient to bind each and all of them with respect to subsequent consents, waivers, agreements, etc.
25. I understand, acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for providing veterinary services during the sale sessions; that if any veterinary services are made available by the Company, such services are being made available for convenience purposes only and that any use that I may make of such services will be at my sole cost, expense and risk; and that no such veterinarian has any authority to make any representations or warranties on behalf of the Company. Any examination by any veterinarian at the Company's request shall be for the Company's purposes only and neither Consignor nor any third party shall rely on the results thereof.
26. The Company makes no representation or warranty regarding the condition of any horse. Any examination made or information posted or announcement regarding a horse's condition, including in-foal status, is Consignor's sole responsibility.
27. Consignor and Company agree that this contract was formed and performed in the State of Indiana.
PAPERWORK (Registration Certificate Must Be Signed By All Owners. See Also Paragraph 11 and is due with this contract) A current Health Certificate (within 30 days of sale) and a Negative Coggins (E.I.A.) Test taken within SIX MONTHS of the sale (dated after May 23, 2018), must be submitted, and on file, with the Company 7 days prior to sale date. THE COGGINS TEST SUBMITTED FOR EACH HORSE MUST INCLUDE THE IDENTIFYING NUMBER, ANY FREEZE BRANDS AND ALL IDENTIFIABLE MARKINGS OF THE HORSE, AND MUST BE AN ORIGINAL OR CARBON COPY OF AN ORIGINAL, LEGIBLE, AND UNALTERED. NO OTHER COPIES ARE ACCEPTABLE.


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William Paul Thurston
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Rochester, New York, USA
BiographyBill Thurston studied at New College, Sarasota, Florida. He received his B.S. from there in 1967 and moved to the University of California at Berkeley to undertake research under Morris Hirsch's and Stephen Smale's supervision. He was awarded his doctorate in 1972 for a thesis entitled Foliations of 3-manifolds which are circle bundles. This work showed the existence of compact leaves in foliations of 3-dimensional manifolds.
After completing his Ph.D., Thurston spent the academic year 1972-73 at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Then, in 1973, he was appointed an assistant professor of mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1974 he was appointed professor of mathematics at Princeton University.
Throughout this period Thurston worked on foliations. Lawson ([5]) sums up this work:-
It is evident that Thurston's contributions to the field of foliations are of considerable depth. However, what sets them apart is their marvellous originality. This is also true of his subsequent work on Teichmüller space and the theory of 3-manifolds.In [8] Wall describes Thurston's contributions which led to him being awarded a Fields Medal in 1982. In fact the1982 Fields Medals were announced at a meeting of the General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union in Warsaw in early August 1982. They were not presented until the International Congress in Warsaw which could not be held in 1982 as scheduled and was delayed until the following year. Lectures on the work of Thurston which led to his receiving the Medal were made at the 1983 International Congress. Wall, giving that address, said:-
Thurston has fantastic geometric insight and vision: his ideas have completely revolutionised the study of topology in 2 and 3 dimensions, and brought about a new and fruitful interplay between analysis, topology and geometry.Wall [8] goes on to describe Thurston's work in more detail:-
The central new idea is that a very large class of closed 3-manifolds should carry a hyperbolic structure - be the quotient of hyperbolic space by a discrete group of isometries, or equivalently, carry a metric of constant negative curvature. Although this is a natural analogue of the situation for 2-manifolds, where such a result is given by Riemann's uniformisation theorem, it is much less plausible - even counter-intuitive - in the 3-dimensional situation.Kleinian groups, which are discrete isometry groups of hyperbolic 3-space, were first studied by Poincaré and a fundamental finiteness theorem was proved by Ahlfors. Thurston's work on Kleinian groups yielded many new results and established a well known conjecture. Sullivan describes this geometrical work in [6], giving the following summary:-
Thurston's results are surprising and beautiful. The method is a new level of geometrical analysis - in the sense of powerful geometrical estimation on the one hand, and spatial visualisation and imagination on the other, which are truly remarkable.Thurston's work is summarised by Wall [8]:-
Thurston's work has had an enormous influence on 3-dimensional topology. This area has a strong tradition of 'bare hands' techniques and relatively little interaction with other subjects. Direct arguments remain essential, but 3-dimensional topology has now firmly rejoined the main stream of mathematics.Thurston has received many honours in addition to the Fields Medal. He held a Alfred P Sloan Foundation Fellowship in 1974-75. In 1976 his work on foliations led to his being awarded the Oswald Veblen Geometry Prize of the American Mathematical Society. In 1979 he was awarded the Alan T Waterman Award, being the second mathematician to receive such an award (the first being Fefferman in 1976).
In 1991, Thurston left Princeton University and returned to the University of California at Berkeley as Professor of Mathematics. In 1993 he was appointed Director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley. In 1996, while remaining at the University of California, he moved from Berkeley to Davis. Then, in 2003, he was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Cornell University.
In 1997 he published Three-dimensional geometry and topology. Vol. 1. The history of this remarkable book is explained by Athanase Papadopoulos in a review:-
In 1978, W Thurston gave a course at Princeton University, whose subject was the geometry and topology of three-dimensional manifolds. He wrote notes for that course, and the notes immediately circulated all over the world. It is probably the opinion of all the people working in low-dimensional topology that the ideas contained in these notes have been the most important and influential ideas ever written on the subject. These notes created a new circle of ideas, and the expression "Thurston type geometry" has become very common. The 1978 Princeton lecture notes, although written in an informal style, are self-contained and accessible to graduate students in topology or geometry. At some places the proofs are only sketched, but for most of the important new results, the arguments in the proofs are given completely. Besides the fact that many of these ideas are completely new, the notes present the subject matter in a great coherent expository (although special) style. Thurston's style of exposition is special in that it asks the reader to participate actively in what's going on by providing room for mental images, and this is one of the reasons why it is easy to get stuck if one tries to read these notes in a linear manner. For many years, Thurston was asked by many people (and it was probably also his own intention) to write a more detailed version of these notes. (Details of some sections have already been worked out and published by different individuals and groups of people.) The book under review grew out of the author's effort to organize and expand the notes, and to make them more accessible, both in form and in content. This book contains developments for only part of the original Princeton lecture notes, and since the title of the book refers to "Part I", there will hopefully be a sequel. The net result that we have here is a book which is, fortunately, still written in Thurston's style, demanding the participation of the reader's imagination, but with many more details than the chapters of the Princeton 1978 notes from which it grew.He ends his enthusiastic review saying:-
There is a lot of beautiful mathematics here.On 6 January 2005, at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta, Georgia, Thurston was awarded the American Mathematical Society Book Prize for Three-dimensional geometry and topology. The citation for the award states:-
This is exciting and vital mathematics. Thurston's book is nearly unique in the intuitive grasp of subtle geometric ideas that it provides. It has been enormously influential, both for graduate students and seasoned researchers alike. Certainly the army of people who are working on the geometrization program regard this book as 'the touchstone' for their work. A book that has played such an important and dynamic role in modern mathematics is eminently deserving of the AMS Book Prize.
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- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Paul-Thurston
- H Araki, Profiles of 1982 Fields Medal winners (Japanese), Sugaku 35 (1) (1983), 70-77.
- W Browder and W-c Hsiang, The work of William P Thurston, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (1982), 501.
- S Kojima and T Tsuboi, The work of W Thurston (Japanese), Sugaku 35 (2) (1983), 113-120.
- B Lawson, Thurston's work on foliations, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1979), 294-295.
- D Sullivan, The new geometry of Thurston, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1979), 295-296.
- W Thurston and J-P Bourguignon, Interview de William Thurston, Gaz. Math. No. 65 (1995), 11-18.
- C T C Wall, On the work of W Thurston, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Warsaw 1983 1 (Warsaw, 1984), 11-14.
- Waterman award for William P Thurston, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1979), 293.
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Its good but its no Xena...
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