Horse Fixin': Forty Years of Working With Problem Horses

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Amusing truths.......2006-11-03

This little book provides both humor and truths about riding and training horses.

Despicable, worthless book.......2003-07-11

In my opinion, Frankie McWhorter should be in prison.
I would caution anyone against purchasing this book. I was hoping to discover another perspective on traditional training methods but instead was appalled by the abject cruelty that Mr. McWhorter advocates. Anyone who would subject horses to being shot repeatedly, or stabbed with a pitchfork over and over and exposed to countless other atrocities cannot be taken seriously as an educator. There is little to be learned from this individual. Passing off his methods as quaint, old-fashioned, and anecdotal do nothing to diminish the fundamental immorality of his techniques.
I have returned the copy of the book that I unwittingly purchased as I begrudge Mr. McWhorter a single cent from the sale of his perverse approach to horsemanship. Instead, I prefer to spend my time and money adopting credible, effective methods pioneered by men like Chris Irwin. Such trainers clearly know that training often requires considerable strength and assertiveness, but never do they resort to sickening, savage brutality.

The absolute truth about fixing bad habits and more.......2002-06-20

If you don't know much about true horse nature or how a horse actually thinks, you aren't going to like this book. You will think the author is too crude. However, if you are looking for "real" answers to horse behavior problems, this book will give you some ideas that really work. This author knows horses and he's had a lot of experience dealing with dangeruous habits. His advice is probably the most "honest" I've read in a long time. Seems like nobody wants to admit that to change a horse's habit of behavior, you have to make the "bad behavior" very uncomfortable and the "good behavior" very rewarding. The author of this book gives several good examples of this.

The forward of this book, states the author's methods may be outdated and are not appropriate for our modern times. That's not true. Every top trainer I know uses the same kind of logic explained in this book. Why? Because it's the truth.

If you are interested in learning training techniques that really work, go to my web site and read my "training tips". Go to www.HorseTrainingVideos.com

Larry Trocha

Experience Talks.......2001-06-16

I loved this book. Granted a lot of the advice is old fashioned and by today's standards harsh, but if you look at the "cause and effect" reasoning behind the methods they are mostly sound. Throughout the book the author does acknowledge how times have changed, and does not expect people to accept everything. Mostly he is telling horse stories from his life. The advice for handling horses that buck and rear was invaluable. Simple methods for correcting and fixing behavior is much more valuable than the cliche "a horse never misbehaves on purpose" which most authors hang on. Or the old "does your saddle fit" sidestep.

A Book NOT to Read!.......2001-05-11

This book is a horrible example of how horses have been abused by men who feel a need to exert their dominance over them. The atrocities Frankie McWhorter inflicted on horses he worked with disgusted me and I hope no one follows any of his suggestions like tying a horse's head in the air and leaving him that way for hours, or tying a horse up on the ground and stabbing it with a pitch fork until the horse bleeds, or shooting a horse with a BB gun. Who in their right mind would cause any animal such pain and anguish and call themselves a "horseman". If Mr. McWhorter is not dead yet, someone should do these things to him and see how he likes it. I pity the poor horses that crossed paths with this monster. Thank God there are trainers in the world now who preach and practice working with these beautiful creatures with patience, love, and understanding.

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The golfing planets seemed so aligned for the 2000 U.S. Open that even before Tiger tied his spikes you could hear the remarkable harmonies converging: the millennium, the majesty of Pebble Beach, the emotional absence of defending champion Payne Stewart, Jack Nicklaus's avowed swan song. Then, of course, there was Woods himself; a golfer on fire with 11 titles in his last 20 starts, he had staged a brilliant come-from-behind charge on Pebble's seaside track just a few months before. Something had to give.

Did it ever. When the dust settled on the 72nd hole, Woods had outdistanced the field by an inconceivable 15 shots. His brilliant play, writes Brown in The Major, a pictorial scrapbook of the event, "catapulted him into an echelon where he could only compete against perfection--and ghosts." It was a performance for the ages, to be sure, and The Major neatly holds up for our admiration not only Tiger's masterpiece but also, through various sidebars woven into the narrative, the dramatic dimensions that contributed to it--the tributes to Stewart, the improbable play of qualifier Bobby Clampett, John Daly's crash and burn, and The Golden Bear's last hurrah.

Beginning before the onset of the Woods era, The Major presents a compact history of previous Pebble Beach Opens and a visual exploration of how the course prepares for a championship of this magnitude. And then there's the invasion of the golfing fraternity, and the golf itself, which both text and photographs tee up with appropriate drama, perspective, and awe. It makes for a fitting album of one of the truly overwhelming sports achievements of any millennium. --Jeff Silverman

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The setting was Pebble Beachthe greatest meeting of land and sea. The 2000 U.S. Open was slated to be the ultimate challenge for pros on the ultimate course, a decisive major tournament to begin a new decade and millennium. It began with speculation and honoring those champions of the past, and ended with speculation once again and predictions for an extraordinary future. The award-winning staff of the Monterey County Herald covered every step of the tournaments preparation and every step of Woods stunning victory and captured it for you in this incredible photographic journey.

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Classic Golf Book.......2000-11-27

This book is a great illustration of the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach. Brown describes all of the many story lines that made this tournament so compelling. Stories of Tiger Woods' domination, Jack Nicklaus' final US Open; memorials to Payne Stewart and many other story lines are captured by Brown's words and telling photos.

The Major.......2000-11-24

This book is a fantastic compelation of photos and articles onthe US Open. Scott Brown has done a great job weaving the stories ofTiger Woods' domination into the many other stories from Pebble Beach.The photos from the Payne Stewart Memorial and 21 Drive Salute arechilling.

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The Open Championship
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club
Manufacturer: Hazleton Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Open Championship
John Hopkins , Michael Williams , Michael McDonnell , Raymond Jacobs , and Alister Nicol
Manufacturer: Partridge Press
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The Open Championship

Manufacturer: Partridge Press
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The Open Championship 1996
Robert Sommers , Michael McDonnell , Michael Williams , Andrew Farrell , Alister Nicol , and John Hopkins
Manufacturer: Hazleton Pub Ltd
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The Open Championship: 2000
Robert Sommers , Michael McDonnell , Robert Green , Andy Farrell , Ron Sirak , and John Hopkins
Manufacturer: Hazelton Publishing (UK)
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U.s. Open 2000 Tennis
Eugene Scott
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us open 2000 tennis championship

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The Open Championship

Manufacturer: Partridge Press
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Deep in the mysterious Himalayan mountains of Tibet, a journalist and his daughter, Lilah, are separated during a snowstorm. He vanishes without a trace, but she makes it back to civilization with a tale of a Silver Tower that marks the entrance to a village inhabited by giants. Now you and the intrepid Indiana Jones must find Lilah's missing father somewhere beyond the snow-capped peaks where hideous monsters dwell, bent on destroying anyone who dares enter their sacred lands . . .

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hated it.......2000-05-23

this book had a cruddy storyline, dialouge, the works. It was not an indy book. I didn't even finish it. whatever you do, dont buy this book!

Great story that involves the reader.......2000-05-03

All of the books in this series are fun for the reader, because they involve the reader in the story. In fact, the reader controls where the story goes. The plot in this book is great, as Indy and the reader take an adventure into the Himilayas. A great read especially for younger readers.

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This volume represents the first collection of methodological approaches to P450 investigation which includes the use of molecular biological techniques. It is designed for use by those who study the P450 super family. Methods are presented for the identification and characterization of unique forms of P450 mRNA and protein, for expression of P450s in heterologous systems, for the study of human P450s, and for the characterization of P450s in different tissues.

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This book combines physics, history, and philosophy in a radical new approach to introducing the philosophy of physics. Accessible to readers with little background in physics or philosophy, this book allows the reader to wrestle with the metaphysical and conceptual problems that drove innovation in physics, from nineteenth-century electromagnetic field theory through relativity and quantum mechanics. Among the topics treated are locality, causality, and scientific explanation; relativity, energy, mass, and the reality of fields; and quantum metaphysics. The book's engaging, non-technical style makes it ideal for those who want to go beyond the equations and discover what physics reveals about reality.

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Great introduction.......2006-02-13

In college, foundational questions in physics are often swept under the rug, typically by rushed professors who neither have the time nor the inclination to answer questions like: 'What, exactly, is an electric field?' 'Is a Poynting vector a real thing or merely a mathematical construct that aids our ability to visualize or make calculations?' 'How do we make sense of quantum non-locality?' Having been shut down in class on several occasions, most students just turn in their problem sets and learn what's necessary to do well on exams. Well, these questions still remain, and this book does a fantastic job in both identifying and addressing at an introductory level how they may be ultimately resolved. The mass-energy equivalence and the specious conclusions even physicists derive from it was an eye-opener, to say the least. Physics professors should put this book on their suggested reading lists to address the questions of the more inquisitive. I wholeheartedly recommend this book for people just starting out in the philosophy of physics, and even for physics majors who, during a summer soul-searching session, desire to think about things on a deeper level.

A must read.......2004-02-09

This is just an excellent book. With questions that all early physics students ask and are usually shunned for asking them. Is the electric field a real entity? What is the difference between a real quantity and a math tool that gives us the right answer. Spactiotemperal locality is covered very well, the mix of physics and philosophy is superb. The last chapter on quantum mechanics could be expanded and perhaps the author can do a seperate book on that topic. This book is a must for all students of physics and philosophy.

Lange, Marc. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass.(Book Review): An article from: The Review of Metaphysics

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Lange, Marc. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass.(Book Review): An article from: The Review of Metaphysics
Nathaniel Goldberg
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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 817 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lange, Marc. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass.(Book Review)
Author: Nathaniel Goldberg
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass
Marc Lange
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
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Wendy Lesser's new book is "an inspired intellectual romp: part memoir, part criticism, though actually a bracing, larkish reinvention of them both" (Lawrence Weschler). Revisiting her favorite books after the passage of twenty or thirty years, Lesser is stirred by the changes she findsin the books, in herself, and in the wider world. If NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME is a book about reading, it is also a book about time, with rereading as a special form of time travel. From classic novels such as ANNA KARENINA and THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY to a charming tale for young adults called I CAPTURE THE CASTLE, from nonfiction by George Orwell and Henry Adams to poetry by Wordsworth and Milton, from the deeply American HUCKLEBERRY FINN to works in translation like DON QUIXOTE and THE IDIOT, Lesser covers the whole literary spectrum. NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME is a witty and humane exploration of what books can mean to our lives and vice versa, by a writer who "has the gift of enabling a reader to grasp the deeper workings of art forms, both high and low, in the act of describing how they affect her" (James Shapiro, New York Times Book Review).

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On my 'most beloved' shelf........2005-06-28

I read this when it first came out, and have reread it again several times since. Some of it I now know by heart, and it has become a part of me.

Which is to say, Wendy Lesser has affected my thinking about Art and the way we view Art through life. It has helped me rediscover books and movies that I had previously written off as a younger man. Some colleagues have told me that it changed their reading habits and enhanced their enjoyment of the many classics discussed too.

For instance, she devotes a chapter to the movie, Vertigo. It was a failure when it first came out:

"In 1958, when Vertigo came out, movies were not quite the willed. eternally accessible experience they are today. You couldn't just pop down to your local video rental place or order up the film online. You had to wait for the movie to appear in its own good time...then the movie was taken off the market for 15 years."

And audiences did not like the movie the first time because it was slow, slow, slow. Jimmy Stewart was having surreal experiences, a vertigo in which, on the screen, his figure in superimposed on a descending hardwood corkscrew, his hands out in a state of zombie paralysis.

When she saw it the first time, Lesser says she thought that Stewart's obsession with Kim Novak was silly, and the slow, slow, slow kiss, now famous for the 360-degrees turning camera against the surging music, particularly slow and ridiculous. Hokey and embarrassing.

It was fifteen years before she saw it again, and it was then a different experience. She says, "I was aware, even at the time, that I was getting the benefit of a second viewing. The first time I was too caught up in the suspense, and if that is your motive, the end of Vertigo can be a bit disappointing."

"But once you know how it ends, you are free to focus on the emotional progression of the film. For the first time I saw how much of the movie was about loss, and about second chances." Something she had learned to care about in the fifteen year gap between viewings. "What had seemed hokey and melodramatic to me before now seemed tragic and true: this was what love was like."

And what was she learning from this second viewing of Vertigo, this story of obsession and ghosts and love and loss?

"Well, all of the usual things that those of us who have ever had their hearts broken learn. That you temporarily lose yourself when you lose somebody you love. . .that you go looking for your former self as much as for your missing half. . .That love is mysterious and archaic, with something almost ghostly about it, so that being powerfully in love seems to take you back to some point of origin, back beyond your childhood to a past you couldn't actually have known."

"We are soul mates, we say. I seemed to have known him forever, we say. These are the banal, colloquial expressions of a feeling that Vertigo, with all of its dramatic excess, subtly and skillfully captures."

"At the heart of the movie is a ghost story that doesn't really exist, not in the obvious sense, but because it has largely been made up by a character in the movie. Galvin Elster constructs the tale of Carlotta Valdes, a long-dead woman whose spirit is now haunting Madeleine Elster, driving her toward madness and suicide." He hires Jimmy Stewart to follow her and observe her strange behavior.

But the story he makes up is part true, as he weaves in facts and places that Jimmy Stewart knows, and for those living at least in San Francisco, they know too. Doing this creates pegs of reality on which to hang the ghost story upon with the audience, just as the real books and real history that John Harwood's protagonist mentions in her creates pegs for us.

"So Jimmy Stewart's character learns from a local antiquarian book dealer that there was indeed a Carlotta Valdes, a San Francisco woman who was abandoned by her rich lover, and whose grave can be found at Mission Dolores. This part of the story is true, in the sense that Gavin did not make it up; it is true, that is, in the context of the movie, which is a made-up story of things that happened in real San Francisco."

"Jimmy Stewart discovers that there is also a portrait hanging in a local gallery called Portrait of Carlotta, and the woman he takes to be Madeleine closely resembles it, down to the rosebud bouquet she carries, the twist she puts in her chignon, and the strikingly individual piece of jewelry she wears around her neck."

Gavin explains to Stewart that Madeleine is Carlotta's granddaughter, and that she inherited the jewelry.

The first time we see the movie, we are with Jimmy Stewart; we believe, or a part of us believes, in the ghost story. The first time we see the movie a part of us is let down at the end when we discover that it has been a con. A part-con containing fragments of reality.

"We knew going into this book that it is a ghost story and that ghosts do not exist, just as we know that movies are a temporary suspension of belief; but while Vertigo is just a movie, and The Ghostwriter is just a book, there are feelings in these stories that ring true to us and enter our reality. Hence we become involved, we care, we have a rooting interest in what happens.

In the movie, we discover that the Madeleine he lost and the Judy he now has found are the same person--this has to dawn on the viewer, the movie never tells us.

Like Judy, we in the audience continue to hold on to something from the Carlotta plot even though it has been proven a fake. This particular Hitchcock device is the very opposite of a MacGuffin: it is a story element so powerful that even after it has ceased to function in the mystery it persists in ghostly form in our imaginations.

It is bigger than Gavin 'Elster, who created it, and much bigger than Judy, who embodied it. When we think about Kim Novak in this movie, it is Madeleine we remember, not Judy. . .And because Madeleine exerts this powerful hold on us--from beyond the grave, as it were--we understand not just why Jimmy Stewart can't love Judy for her down-to-earth self, but also why Madeleine herself can't let go of Carlotta.

So the made-up story of a woman inhabited by her own dead ancestress comes to be as real, or as important, as the central love plot doubly enacted by Jimmy Stewart. As is not really the right connective here: they lend each other importance because they are in some way the same plot.

The longing to be haunted by something richer and more mystical than one's own daily existence--that is what Vertigo so cunningly enables us to feel. You can call it romantic love, or the movies, or fiction, or ghosts, or history (Vertigo at various times calls it all of these), but whatever you decide to call it, you will not be able to rationalize it away by pointing to its invisibility, its patent nonpalpability. Whatever it is, it is there even when it is not there."

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