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Recently I received this Twitter message:
Hey Lisa, I did poorly in two recent phone interviews. Do you have any tips on that? I enjoy your podcast. Please help me!
Thanks for your tweet. Unfortunately, it seems you learned the hard way that, today, phone interviews can easily get you knocked out of the race before the competition even heats up. When there are so many desirable candidates in the marketplace, more and more organizations are using phone interviews to quickly and inexpensively narrow down their choices. One small mistake can greatly impact your chances of moving forward through the rest of the process.
In today's episode I'll cover the six common telephone interview mistakes people make and my tips for avoiding them.
Mistake #1: Appearing Distracted
First, it's important to avoid interruptions. To do your best, you'll need to focus 100% of your attention on the call. Interruptions (like your cell phone ringing or people talking in the background) make you appear distracted and unfocused.
Of course, it's best to use a landline phone and choose a quiet room in which to talk. Be sure you lock the door and turn off your call waiting, your cell phone, and even the sound on your computer so you can avoid any accidental interruptions.
If you have to schedule the call during your regular work hours, then use your cell phone in your car or in a very quiet place—like an empty cafe. But be sure you have plenty of battery power and are in place that gets good reception. If a recruiter calls you out of the blue, just say, "Right now I have a conflict, would it be possible to reschedule?" It's important to ensure that you have a quiet, interruption-free environment.
Mistake #2: Not Understanding Who and Why
Next, it's important to understand who will be interviewing you. Be sure to ask for the name and title of anyone who you'll be talking with. If it's an HR representative, most likely the main purpose of the interview is to confirm the facts of your resume, to evaluate your communication skills, and to determine if you are a fit for the organization's culture. Most HR screenings are about 15-20 minutes.
If it's the hiring manager that you're talking with, you'll likely be on the phone 45 minute to an hour. Hiring managers are generally more interested in determining if your technical skills are a match for the position. Of course, they're also evaluating your communication skills and whether you'll make a good addition to their existing team.
Mistake #3: Not Preparing Specific Responses
Phone interviews are no longer filled with softball questions; you need to be as fully prepared as you would for an in-person interview. Use your social and professional networks to learn as much as you can about the specific person who will be interviewing you. The more information you have, the better.
Next, at a minimum, you should prepare and rehearse responses to typical phone screening questions, like "Tell me about yourself," "What do you know about our company?" and "Why did you leave your last position?"
Most importantly, it is critical that you know which of your accomplishments are the most relevant to the position and therefore the best to highlight in your interview. Then you should concisely articulate your success stories that support these accomplishments. Again, your answers should not be generic but targeted for the position, company, and person you're talking with. (Unfortunately, in this short podcast, I don't have time to explain exactly how to do this, but I do cover the entire process in my audio book, The Public Speaker's Guide to Ace Your Interview.)
For phone interviews, you need ensure that your responses are succinct. Provide clear, concise, answers, then pause. If the interviewer wants to hear more, he or she will ask.
Mistake #4: Poor Communication Skills
As I mentioned, for phone interviews, you need ensure that your responses are succinct. Provide clear, concise, crisp answers and then pause. If the interviewer wants to hear more, he or she will ask. Your ability to answer in an organized and succinct manner is being judged just as much as the content of the response. So it's important to prepare and practice.
One of the advantages of a phone interview is that you can refer to your notes. Just be sure they are usable. For me, this means writing my notes in a very large font and in bulleted form so that I can easily respond in a conversational manner.
Mistake #5: Not Communicating Confident Energy
Next, it's extremely important on articulate your messages with energy, excitement, and confidence. Eagerness and enthusiasm can overcome many deficiencies and can be your edge over an equally qualified candidate.
Think about it. Who would you rather have work for you? Someone highly qualified, but less than enthusiastic about the job, or someone who isn't quite as experienced, but is extremely motivated to excel in the position?
We perceive enthusiasm and confidence mostly from signals like smiling, a fast rate of speaking, and the loudness and quality of our voice. When we talk on the phone we can't communicate using visible signals—like smiles or nods of the head—therefore you need to be more animated than normal to ensure that the signals that do get through are strong.
You can enhance the quality of your voice by standing up and by breathing properly; I've covered proper breathing in a previous episode. It's also important to smile while talking and to use gestures. Although the recruiter won't see your smile or gestures they will be able to hear them in your voice.
Along those same lines, some experts suggest that you put a suit on. If certain clothes make you feel more confident and professional, then wear them. Again, the interviewer will hear that confidence in your voice.
Mistake #6: Not Communicating Interest
Finally, you need to show your interest. Be sure to have questions prepared that focus on the position, the company, or the interviewer (and not about your salary, your benefits, or your hours!).
At the end of the interview, if you liked what you heard, then you'll need to explicitly communicate your interest in moving forward with the process. Briefly summarize the experience you have that will help you make an immediate impact in this position—basically why you are a great fit for the position. Then ask about next steps and when it would be appropriate to follow-up.
Often an interviewer will respond immediately if you've done well or if your skills didn't match the position. However, no matter what the outcome, always send a thank-you note. A handwritten note is best, but sending an e-mail is OK too.
So, to summarize, don't let interruptions make you appear distracted and unprofessional. Be sure to understand who is interviewing you and what the specific position is so that you can choose the most appropriate accomplishments to share. Be sure to prepare and practice so that your communication is clear, concise, and compelling as well as energetic and enthusiastic.
Finally show your interest. Hopefully with these quick and dirty tips, you'll increase the probability that your phone will ring again; this time for an in-person interview.
This article was originally published on Quick and Dirty Tips.
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TopicsFirst Interview , Job Search , Phone Interviews , Interviewing for a Job , Communication
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One thing is for sure, no theory of everything is a theory of everything unless it accounts for everything. I do not need to bring in QM, M-Theory or other pseudodrivel explanations to know there is a problem. My prediction is that the more is accounted for, the more complete our understanding of the physical the more obvious the problem will be. Perhaps a solution will come but it will be of a nature not yet explored, at least in a rigorous way.
Why would the world that it appears that you align yourself with even discuss the hard problem of consciousness when there is absolutely no scientific evidence whatsoever that a first-person experience of qualia exists? It's all anecdotal evidence and you know it. No number of reports counts as evidence. It should be categorized as superstitious nonsense. Do you acknowledge or deny this said phenomenon as fact?
Originally posted by sirnex
reply to post by EnlightenUp
What I find uniquely interesting is that most if not all of these 'experiences' can be and some have been shown to occur all within the brain. What it sounds like to me is that you would rather the TOE explain these thing's as existing outside of the brain, regardless of labs being able to reproduce these events in a controlled setting.
I am what you would call a qualophobe. Red isn't red because it is red, rather it's red because the brain interprets that particular wavelength separately from the other wavelengths and then we utilize our capacity for language to label that particular wavelength as red. Red can equally and validly be called twelve or bridge.
Ah, but they have not.
They've only shown correlates of neural activity to reported conscious experience. We know correlation isn't causation (please excuse my use of that cliche, I had to ).
Even if the TOE explains it on a neurological level, it is still left to explain this other thing.
If it cannot or will not explain it while remaining adamant that it is a TOE, it has to admit that something is outside its reach, at least as it stands.
Once it does that it is no longer a TOE. To remain a TOE it must deny what's obvious to a good number of experiencers.
Red is red in its essence because it looks red.
Originally posted by sirnex
reply to post by EnlightenUp
Have not what?
Effects are reproducible.
What other 'thing'?
So your demanding that this 'other thing' resides outside of the brain whilst lacking to explain it yourself.
Such as rain Gods instead of water cycles?
Red is not red because it looks red. It is red because we agree upon labeling that wavelength of light as red. Red can equally be labeled milk dud. Our brains could even interpret that wavelength as a different color or not process that wavelength at all or properly as in color blind individuals.
We can show that consciousness is a direct effect of a species brain.
Without the brain, there is no consciousness.
By tweaking the brain they have not shown that the experience of experience originates in the brain even if experience, or perhaps more accurately, the specific form experience takes originates in the brain.
Of course they are. Alter the brain and what is observed by the reasearcher changes in fairly predictable ways if the function of various regions are known. Subjective reports of subjects are in fact observations by the researcher.
This other thing. The thing I know is there. My personal inner experience of my experiences.
It isn't being explained by anyone. Even the idea of a soul is a homunculus. That is obvious but in itself neither confirms nor denies the soul's reality. Really, I don't need that here anyway.
Ummm...no. That's just your attempt at being patronizing towards me. It's rather pathetic. I am neither bothered nor deterred. It makes me laught a bit and so in a way you are giving me a blessing.
What is red in essence is not subject to change. You've just admitted it would require a different interpretation to not experience it as such, in which case it would no longer be "it". If someone experiences a lemon as sweet rather than sour, they are experiencing sweet, not sour.
There are also myriad colors I have no name for but can still see. In fact, they must be seen first then a label attached to the perception. I saw colors before classifying them. The essences haven't changed, only the associations. Those associations do bend the experience a little but don't take away the essential substance of it. They don't make red look cyan. If I could bend it that far it would be an experience that isn't of red. Even in cases of color illusions, the experience is of the final shift in perception to something other than the wavelengths correlations.
Zombies may in fact exist. You may be one. I cannot say for sure. At least your are being somewhat consistent with the only logical possibility that your assumptions leave open to you. One thing is for sure, my own internal awareness of my awareness is not subject to your evaluation of your own subjective state, which is the only thing anyone can really know. Outside of that, all is subject to fakery.
Who is "we" and how have y'all shown it? Nothing has been shown that consciousness itself, the experiencing of experience, awareness of awareness, the apparent presence of qualia rather than the specific ones, is a direct effect of any spiecies' brain. Great knowledge is being uncovered however in how an organism operates and is quite intriguing.
The problem is is that if you are one of those zombies, you'll not have any grasp of what I am speaking. If you have been blind since birth, you'll never understand the visual experience of purple or a painting no matter how much I speak about it. The only possible way to have that understanding is the experience.
I could agree more along the lines of without the brain, there is no experience, at least not of the variety of a human or other biological entity. With a different brain, there is different consciousness. Anyone denying that a good smack to the head can alter the apparent organism is clearly delusional.
Originally posted by sirnex
reply to post by EnlightenUp
They've been able to show certain areas of the physical brain that fire up when these experiences happen, showing that the physical brain is a part of the process.
experience is an abstraction of memory of past events.
Experience is explained, hell I even just explained it.
Wrong. It is simply labeled sweet. We can label it dog crap, does that now mean we are tasting dog crap?
If the brain even interprets them to begin with or interprets them as color and not various levels of pain.
And unicorns and dragons and God and little keebler elves.
Consciousness is another way of saying self aware.
Ah, your one of *those* people.... Cute.
OK, good. So your not one of those nutters who think consciousness is some magical thing that detaches from the body after we die? I assumed you were for your other nuttery.
I agree on that. It's too obvious that the brain is important to the man, even to my own inner experience.
I'm experiencing experience NOW, as I type this along with those pesky qualia that will never go away. Perhaps the real armageddon will be fought over it-- between the Zombies and the Awares. LOL.
Ok, call off the scientists. We don't need them now. It's all explained.
The problem with a TOE is that the TOE must declare what "everything" is and formulate around that. Tied to that TOE for better or worse comes "everything else" that it decided it didn't need to include.
If it's a new experience and there is no label, then it's difficult to call it anything. If some chemical altered the brain so that a new color appeared in an hallucination that can't be made from any primaries, then it something unique that cannot be communicated in words to convey it, other than to say essentially that it was just too weird to explain. YOU, having not experienced that anomaly, cannot know what I experienced. It is patently obvious to me.
Letters look like frozen sound patterns to me, to the point they look like facey mouths making a silent sound. That's the truth. It's about the best description I can come up with for it. I have asked others and they do not know what I am talking about. If you do not experience text in that manner, do you know what I really mean about my own consciousness in that regard? No way.
The term "zombie" relates to entities that are not conscious but perform all the functions and have all the responses of the organism, etc; etc. It's not about faeries, goblins or unicorns.
It's a lousy was to define it. I don't think it requires awareness of being a self, not on an intellectual level anyway.
I'm probably worse. It's never really attached to the body per se. In some pure form it exists in a potentiated way but not defined by brain organization. What it experiences is related to brain organization.
But, I am checking most of my more aberrant thinking at the door. Catch me in a thread about astral projection you'll see a nutter extraordinaire. I'll even argue with a different set of rules.
Originally posted by EnlightenUp
I'm experiencing experience NOW, as I type this along with those pesky qualia that will never go away. Perhaps the real armageddon will be fought over it-- between the Zombies and the Awares. LOL.
Originally posted by sirnex
Are you really? How can you experience something that you recall moments before a next 'now'?
Originally posted by sirnex
[Ok, call off the scientists. We don't need them now. It's all explained is] a bold statement, certainly not one I made.
Originally posted by sirnex
Experience is explained, hell I even just explained it.
Originally posted by sirnex
What 'everything else'? If we ever develop a TOE, then what would be left that it just decided to not include? How would that be considered a TOE? Your not making much sense there.
Originally posted by sirnex
Your right, your brain interprets various inputs differently than mine. Your genetic code created a uniquely different neural network that will interpret everything different. So where is the 'qualia'? If sweet is sweet to you and not sweet to me, then does sweet exist as something to "be experienced" or is it just something you labeled?
Originally posted by sirnex
I still don't see how this [experience of letters] qualifies as a concept of 'qualia'.
Originally posted by sirnex
Never attached? So where was it [your consciousness] before your birth? What evidence do you have for that statement?
Originally posted by sirnex
Let's call astral projection the willful conscious meditative dream-state.
Experience through the senses and cognition is actually an impression from the past.
If all is certain about what experience is, there is nothing to learn about it. We can allocate funds to more perplexing subjects.
And what did I have available to label if I didn't experience it first? In that, my cognitive organ had to have the potential to process it in such a way that it can be categorized.
It is not experienced intellectually. It is experienced subjectively as belonging to. However, even the experience itself of intellect is qualia.
It is not really MY consciousness. Our consciousness is the same consciousness. Before I was born, it never experienced me. It is currently experiencing us.
When my biological processes halt, it will stop experiencing me, here, now-- even if the essential form can be transfered after death into a different medium. The interesting thing is, is that this also occurs across the moments, leading to what we consider a "lifetime". Yes, we are now experiencing the residue of this process, NOW. Also, the process can be observed in process but the experience is not observed across interconnections of form.
You may willfully call is as you please. That is only partly correct from my vantagepoint. For it to be truely willful for myself would help evaluate its nature. To perform research with those experienced individuals who can do it willfully and naturally would be more valuable than relying on NDE's, stories of accidental flukes or using invasive stimulation to the temporoparietal junction.
Originally posted by Key2life
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And the two of you have some interesting things to say. Might you two think that maybe you are both right or that maybe you are both wrong or that parts of each other statements are true!
sirnex is essentially trying to say I don't experience what I experience (ie. I don't believe in qualia therefore you don't experience them).
This is clearly absurd since I experience what I experience at all times as no alternative exists for me as an experiencer (the alternative being that I don't experience what I experience).
The question of its "correctness" relative to "objective" observations, which don't exist because an observer is always involved, needs not even be considered.
sirnex's experience of my experience doesn't match my experience of my experience.
If our experiences were in lock-step, we would be indistinguishable to each other as separate entities and could not even meet in order to carry on a conversation.
Except in this case there is noone to save me from sirnex's deception but myself! Noone else can observe the "lights" to reassure me that there are really four, except on faith of course. Bravo to his Cardassianmanship!
Originally posted by sirnex
reply to post by EnlightenUp
Not at all, I am just not elevating the status of experience to something that it is not.
We have our five senses, but at no time are those five senses or the brains ability to process the inputted information from the sensory organs an accurate enough depiction of reality to simply state that I experience red because it is red. All that is doing is simplifying the issue.
Pure BS honestly. A conscious observer is not required for thing's to exist and there is no theory or observation to prove this assertion.
Case in point against concepts like qualia. You may process a particular wavelength and label it red by your capacity to abstractly think about that information received and your ability to use language to apply a label to it, whereas I may not even process that wavelength the same way and it would appear to be a different color or heck, I could experience it as pain.
You would be on to something there only and *only if* we were actually the same individual person and not separate entities. ...
Even in identical twins raised the same way don't inherently come out into life the one and the same indistinguishable from one another.
Cute, but pointless crap spouting that doesn't really appear to help your case in my opinion.


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The American Rabbit Breeders Association recognizes over 45 different breeds of rabbits, the smallest is the very popular Netherland Dwarf. This diminutive breed weighs in at an ideal show weight of only 2 Lb. and boasts over 24 different color varieties, the most of any breed. This dwarf breed has a very distinctive look, the show standard calls for a large rounded head, bold eyes, topped off with small well furred ears on a short compact body. The shoulders and hips should be of equal width and the body should have good depth over the top. The fur of the dwarf is soft and dense which produces a rollback quality. They have good temperaments and are very curious creatures who also enjoy interaction with their owners. The Netherland Dwarf is one of the most popular breeds and their small size makes them an ideal pet.
Rabbit Shows:
It is surprising to many people that there are rabbit shows. Shows are great places to meet other breeders, socialize, pick up rabbit supplies, and of course enjoy friendly competition. ARBA is the organization responsible for defining show rules, training and licensing judges, registering rabbits, and maintaining the Standards by which each breed is judged. They also have a system for registering rabbits that meet the breed standard and are free of disqualifications at the time of registration. A rabbit that is registered and meets additional show success criteria is awarded a Grand Champion certificate.
Netherland Dwarfs are divided into 5 color groups, Self, Shaded, Agouti, Tan Pattern, and AOV (any other variety) and judged according to their breed standard. Dwarfs are known as a 4 class breed. During judging each color variety is divided into four classes, senior buck, senior doe, junior buck, and junior doe. The first place animals then compete against the others of a color to pick Best and Best Opposite Sex of Variety. The BOV and BOSV winners within a color group then compete for Best and Best Opposite Group. The Best of Breed and Best Opposite Sex of Breed winners are chosen from among the group winners. Finally the BOB winner can go on to compete against other breed winners for Best 4 Class and Best in Show.
The Netherland dwarf 's origins go back to the early 1880's in England. Some litters of Dutch rabbits had mutations, white colored kits with red eyes, a short cobby body similar to a Dutch, and a soft coat. They were given the name "Polish". These mutations were able to reproduce and through careful line breeding more of these red eyed white rabbits appeared. The new breed was first exhibited in 1884 in Hull, England and were exported to Germany.
Their arrival in Germany brought great excitement and a standard was created which was similar to our current dwarf standard. The white rabbits were crossed with small wild rabbits to improve the type which also resulted in agouti colored rabbits. The next generation resulted in black colors and finally the whites reappeared. Mr Otto Lippolt was given credit for perfecting the breed, now known as "Hermelin". They were becoming very popular in Germany and some were exported to Holland.
Until the late 1930's color choice was limited to Blue-eyed whites and Red eyed whites. At this time the Dutch fancier Jan Meyering and some close associates began crossing the REWs with other breeds to get different colored dwarfs. After years of careful breeding colored dwarfs appeared that resembled our present day animals and were given a standard in 1940.
After the second world war the Netherland Dwarf arrived in England. Some English Rex fanciers visited Holland to help the Dutch fancier's whose rabbitries had become non-existent or depleted due to German occupation. This was 1947 and the English first saw and feel in love with the dwarf at an exhibition in Amsterdam. They wanted some to take home, however at this point only 17 dwarfs had survived the occupation. Finally in 1949 Joyce Naylor and some other fanciers were able to get a hold of 9 of these precious gems. On October 13, 1949 these fanciers formed the Netherland Dwarf Club in England. Popularity grew quickly and in 1950 the British Rabbit Council gave them official recognition. A total of 18 rabbits were entered in their first dwarf show at New Malden in Surrey.
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As early as 1965 Netherland Dwarfs were exported from England to the US by fanciers to improve the Polish breed. In 1969 Darrell Bramhall met with English fancier Jack Turnbull and began a life long interest in Netherland Dwarfs. Mr. Bramhall bought some dwarfs from Mr Turnbull, a pair of himmies. Mr Bramhall suggested that they form a specialty club to promote and encourage the breeding and showing of Netherland Dwarfs in the US. He also began work on a standard for dwarfs to be accepted by the ARBA. The English standard formed the basis and a few minor changes were made. The standard was presented to ARBA at the 1969 convention in Calgary Canada. At this show there were a total of 6 dwarfs shown by 2 exhibitors. Alot of interest was generated at the convention and ARBA accepted the proposed standard.
The American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club, the proposed specialty club for dwarfs, was granted an ARBA charter on Jan. 15, 1970. At the 1970 ARBA convention in Syracuse NY the number of dwarfs exhibited dramatically rose to 85 from 6 the previous year. The following year the ANDRC held it's first National show at Montpelier, Ohio, with eighty-five dwarfs shown by 26 exhibitors. During this time a club newsletter called Netherland News was created.
Membership saw rapid growth during this time to 550 members in 1973 and over 1200 by the end of 1974. The newsletter name was changed to Dwarf Digest. Today the ANDRC is considered one of the best and largest specialty clubs in ARBA and offers many services to it's membership. The Dwarf Digest and club guidebook offer invaluable information to both new breeders and old timers. The ANDRC also has a scholarship program for youth members.
In 1984 at the ARBA convention in Orlando, FL, Ruth Terna of Hawaii won Best Fancy (Best 4 Class) with a REW senior doe. This was a first for a dwarf in open competition at an ARBA convention. In 1988 a new color was accepted, the otter variety, this color was sponsored by Les Everett.
At ARBA conventions Netherland Dwarfs are among the largest entries. At the Louisville, KY 1995 convention 1,602 dwarfs were entered. ANDRC membership now stands around 2,250 and there are almost 1,800 dwarf shows sanctioned each year. The popularity of dwarfs are still increasing, they are now being raised in every rabbit raising nation of the world!
Proper Care for Netherland Dwarfs:
Despite being a small breed Netherland Dwarfs are very hardy. They can be housed indoors or out even in winter. When housed outdoors care should be given to protect the rabbits from predators, both four and two legged. The hutch should provide protection from drafts and wetness in winter and be placed in shade during summer. Of course many pet owners prefer them inside to spend time interacting with their pets. A dwarf needs a cage at least 18"x24" and 12" high, most owners prefer a wire bottom cage so droppings fall through. They can be trained to use a litterbox which makes them an ideal house pet. The owner must take care to bunny-proof any rooms their rabbit will be allowed loose in. They love to chew cords so any electrical, phone, or computer wires must be concealed or protected. A rabbit should also be watched when allowed free run of the house so they dont try and chew furniture, baseboards, or walls. Chewing and digging are normal rabbit behaviors and instead of discouraging it you should work to redirect it to acceptable chew toys and digging spots. This can be accomplished by spraying the rabbit with water and shouting no when he misbehaves. In order to properly train a rabbit the owner must have patience and commitment.
Pet owners receive much pleasure interacting with their pet rabbits. Most people do not realize the amount of communication and affection a pet rabbit is capable of. For example a rabbit will often use their teeth as a form of communication. A gentle nip can mean pet me while a hard bite is telling the owner bunny has had enough. They will often use their nose to nudge and push you, again it may mean they need attention or that you are in the way. Other rabbit body language can include circling (a sign of affection or mating behavior), licking (bunny kisses), or the most entertaining of all hops and sprints to express joy. These bunny hops are often performed at the end of a sprint, sometimes they leap straight up and other times up and to the side. It is hard to miss the look of happiness that appears on the rabbits face when performing this stunt. Many owners have rabbits that enjoy cuddling with them and demand lots of pets, however some rabbits tend to be "loners" or shy and prefer less obvious displays of affection. Each one has their own individual personality so the owner must learn how best to bond with their rabbit. A rabbit owner should also be aware that rabbits thump their hind feet to signal danger so it is best to refrain from using thumping or banging to get bunnys attention, unless it is to tell them to stop.
One must also be careful when handling a rabbit. If you do not support their hind end when lifting they think they will fall, become scared, and will struggle. A rabbit has a very fragile spine and rough handling can cause a break. Children under 7 years of age are not good candidates for pet rabbit owners, their energetic behavior can often scare or injure a rabbit. A rabbits powerful hind feet can also cause deep scratches if they are handled improperly. Frequent and gentle handling will make your pet docile and unafraid. Speaking softly helps the rabbit bond with you and some will even respond to their names.
Rabbits will also exhibit undesirable behavior that will make the owner unhappy but are natural for bunny. Some of these include sexually motivated behaviors such as urine spraying, aggression, digging, and mounting. Litterbox habits may also suffer because droppings are used to mark territory. Some does will also go through false pregnancies and dig nests and pull fur as well as become very aggressive. Usually spaying or neutering will prevent these behaviors or lessen them. Altered rabbits are also easier to find companions for without the fear of unwanted litters and less fighting between newly introduced pairs. Rabbits can bond with another but be advised that in many cases it takes time and intervention during fights. Rabbits can also live happily with other household pets including the family cat and dog. Again caution must be exercised when introducing other animals. Obedience training is also a necessary requirement.
A very important aspect of rabbit care is proper diet. Many owners unintentionally fail at this point and that often spells disaster for their pet. Netherland Dwarfs have a digestive system even more sensitive than most breeds. The best diet consists of fresh, good quality rabbit pellets fed in limited amounts. It is crucial that the pellets be fresh and stored for no longer than eight weeks, do not use pellets which are moldy or have been contaminated. As pellets age they lose important nutrients and a rabbits system will become susceptible to disease. The owner should also be checking the label for the percentages of protein, fiber, and fat. The National Research Council lists minimum rabbit nutrient requirements for a maintenance diet as 14% crude fiber, 2% fat, and 12% protein. It is best to feed a pellet that is higher in fiber (18-20%) and lower in protein (14-15%) and fat (2-3%) to a pet rabbit. Once you find a good brand stick with it, frequent changes in diet can cause digestive problems. If you need to change brands be sure to mix the new feed in with the old and increase the amount of new to old over a weeks time so the rabbit can adjust.
The next important step is to feed the pellet in limited quantities. The cause of many diet problems in pet rabbits is the overfeeding of pellets which lead to obesity and greater incidence of disease. The average dwarf should be fed 2-3oz. of pellet per day, the owner may have to adjust the amount higher or lower depending on the adult weight of their rabbit. They will eat more in winter due to greater energy demands for heat and less in summer when they need less energy to keep warm. It is also important not to over indulge the bunny in treats. Treats should be given in very small quantities to dwarfs, think in terms of teaspoons or less. Some popular treats include: oatmeal, fruit, vegetables, herbs, dry bread, and rabbit supplements. When introducing a new treat give a small amount and wait 24 hours to check for diarrhea, if it appears do not give that particular treat again. One should avoid iceberg lettuce, avocado, and treats which are sugary or salty, these can all cause digestive system upsets. Also be sure not to feed produce that contains pesticides or is rotting.
The last aspect of proper diet is plenty of fresh clean water and access to hay. Hay can add fiber to the diet and
the roughage helps prevent digestive system problems such as hairballs and enteric conditions. Bunnies also love to chew
on it and make a mess. Timothy hay is preferred to alfalfa for pet rabbits because it has fewer calories, also alfalfa is the
primary ingredient in pellets. Care should be given to keep water containers clean and free of bacteria. Rabbits also
engage in coprophagy, they produce special droppings called cecotropes which contain additional nutrients which they
Medical Concerns
The best treatment of disease in rabbits is always prevention, a proper diet and strict sanitation is a necessity but most owners at some point will encounter sickness. Catching a problem early is the key to successfully treating a rabbit disease. The owner should check the rabbit daily and know the signs of disease, which include: going off feed and/or water, diarrhea or loose stools, discharge from nose, eyes, or genitals, lumps or bumps, sores, listlessness, decrease in fecal droppings or imbedded hair, and any abnormal behavior or sudden change. It is best to consult a veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment options. Pet owners should locate a rabbit experienced veterinarian before they encounter disease problems. Some of the common diseases rabbits may get include: diarrhea or enteric conditions, fur or ear mites, malocclusion (buck or wolf teeth), snuffles, sore hocks, hairballs, weepy eye, wry neck, and heat prostration.
Pet owners may notice red urine, this is different from blood in the urine. Rabbit urine can range in color from cloudy white to reddish brown, the variations are caused by dietary factors and is not cause for concern. Blood in the urine will usually appear as flecks of blood, if an owner is unsure a trip to the vet for confirmation is best.
Another medical concern for pet owners is whether or not they should spay their pet to prevent uterine cancer. All females are at risk for uterine cancer but how big of a risk is still being debated, scientific studies have found incidences of between 14%-50% in some random bred colonies. Most veterinarians agree that uterine cancer is the most common form of cancer in rabbits but have not come out with an incidence rate for the general rabbit population. Age and genetic background can also influence occurrence. Since there is a behavioral benefit to spaying many owners decide to have it done. It is critical to have a rabbit experienced veterinarian with a low mortality rate for spays perform the surgery.
A last note under medical care concerns types of litter for the litterbox. There are several good types to choose from and each owner has to decide which will work best for them. Some types of litter are not good to use for a rabbit. Clumping cat litter can cause blockages if ingested so it should be avoided. Rabbits often ingest the litter so the owner must be aware of this and not use litters that are toxic. Litters that are very dusty can also cause respiratory problems. Cedar shavings should also be avoided because if too much is ingested it can be toxic. Pine shavings are safe although many pet owners have been misled about using them. Scientific studies from the sixties have shown that untreated softwood shavings induce Hepatic Microsomal Enzyme activity. HME activity is affected by many factors and the studies were done to try and explain why pharmacological studies on drug interaction results varied between different labs, however I have not found any evidence that the increased HME activity is harmful. Heat treated shavings do not cause induction of HME so if the pet owner is really concerned they can use treated shavings.
Netherland Dwarfs do not require much grooming. During times of heavy shedding (molt) a slicker brush can be used to remove excess hair and prevent a possible hairball. Rabbits will molt throughout the year but the heaviest molts usually occur in fall and spring. The owner can also wipe the rabbit with a damp cloth or hands to pick up loose hair. Rabbits should not be bathed because it can stress them too much. If your bunny has a dirty spot you can wash the spot or try using cornstarch to remove the stain. The pet owner will also need to trim toenails. It isnt too difficult, unless your bunny does not like to hold still, in that case a towel or second person helps. Most rabbits will get used to being turned over on their backs and this is the easiest position to do the trimming. Light toenails are easiest because you can see the quick and cut below it. If you cut too far and into the quick it will hurt and the toe may bleed. Rabbits with dark nails take a little careful guess work or a flashlight held behind the nail to avoid cutting into the quick.
Breeding Challenge
Breeding Netherland Dwarfs is very challenging, their small size produces an average of only 2-3 kits per litter. They are also prone to birthing difficulties, usually in the form of "stuck" babies. In addition to that we also face the typical problems all rabbit breeders have: weanling enteritis, Young doe syndrome, stillborn kits, to name a few. Being a small breed they can reach sexual maturity as early as three months of age, but breeders wait until they are at least six months old and fully mature before breeding them. Since there are so many different colors of dwarfs the breeder must also take care to learn about color genetics. Breeding incompatible colors can not only cause strange colors to appear in the litter but also affect future generations. Most breeders will also breed to the standard published by ARBA, this means only the best are bred together and any with genetic problems or deformities are removed from the breeding program. Breeders are also careful to breed only those with good temperaments, and not aggressive animals. Despite all the difficulties we might face, the joy of raising a litter of happy and healthy dwarfs makes it all worth it. Anyone who has ever raised or kept a Netherland Dwarf as a pet knows they are truly the "Gem of the Fancy".
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"Caring for Your Pet Rabbit" Buckys Bunny Barn, 1997
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Pokeys Holiday Pizza Party
Sky fans spent the evening at talking hoops with Coach Chatman and Assistant Coach Jeff House and were given some insight into the upcoming season.
"You just get a great feeling being here," said Chatman. "You get to see familiar faces, you meet new people, you reminisce about past games and moments and it gets you ready for the season. The flip side of that is I go home and get all excited and I have to remind myself that it is only December. But it is great to be here and see new fans and get to reminisce with the old ones."
Over 100 fans packed into Abruzzi Restaurant to hang out with Sky Guy, Sky staff and coaches Chatman and House. Fans were excited to talk basketball with the coaches and see what the Sky had in-store for the season. The event was also a great way for many new Sky fans to learn about the Sky. Brianna, 7, came with her grandmother and family to learn about the Sky.
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Brianna's grandmother, Stella, purchased season tickets for the upcoming season the night of the holiday party. "I am thrilled to be a season ticket holder this year," said Stella. "I was originally a season ticket holder when the Sky was first formed back in 2006 and then I kind of got away from it. Then last season a friend invited us to a game and I really enjoyed it and saw how much the kids were enjoying it, so I thought it would be a great fit. Growing up I never got an opportunity like these players have today, and I am all for women's sports, and I really want to see them succeed."
Coach Chatman wrapped up the event talking about the upcoming season and thanking fans for coming out.
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Sonnet Xxxi: With How Sad Steps, O Moon - Poem by Sir Philip Sidney
With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies!
How silently, and with how wan a face!
What, may it be that even in heav'nly place
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries!
Sure, if that long-with love-acquainted eyes
Can judge of love, thou feel'st a lover's case,
I read it in thy looks; thy languish'd grace
To me, that feel the like, thy state descries.
Then, ev'n of fellowship, O Moon, tell me,
Is constant love deem'd there but want of wit?
Are beauties there as proud as here they be?
Do they above love to be lov'd, and yet
Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess?
Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?
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AWC chapter garners national awardPosted 8-29-2011 by Keith Bartholomew
The UTA chapter of The Association for Women in Communication was recently awarded the large chapter division of the outstanding student chapter award. The active chapter hosted a variety of events including student speakers, round table discussions, workshops, fundraising events and many philanthropic events.
"Our members are committed to hands-on experience in the communication field,†explained Dr. Sasha Grant, assistant professor and AWC faculty sponsor. "This year's programs focused on a variety of topics including finding a dream job, networking, resume writing, television broadcasting and issues and trends in the field of communication.â€
The AWC chapter also worked throughout the year to promote worthy causes, Grant added, including AWC's Fit to Fight Cancer. Members raised nearly $850 for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event.
The Association for Women in Communication champions the advancement of women across all communication disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the evolving communications era, according to the group's website.
The UTA chapter welcomes Department of Communication students to get involved for the 2011-2012 academic year. The group meets the second Friday of the month at noon in room 264 of the Fine Arts building.
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From Library of Congress Name Authority File
Pope, Albert A. (Albert Augustus), 1843-1909
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- 1843
Death Date
- 1909
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- found: Colonel Albert Pope and his ... 2000.
- found: LC data base, 07-12-00(hdg.: Pope, Albert A. (Albert Augustus), 1843-1909; usage: Albert A. Pope)
- found: NUCMC data from Westfield Athenaeum for Bicycle collection, 1896-1970(in 1904, Colonel Pope moved all his bicycling manufacturing to Westfield, Mass. and the local factory became [known as] "the Pope")
Change Notes
- 2000-07-12: new
- 2015-07-02: revised
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Lake of Martignano9 7 Share Tweet
Lake of Martignano, you will hate it or love it for the rest of your life, and you realize it immediately.
Lake Martignano is about 3 kilometers from the small town of Anguillara. It is a difficult place to get to (but it's always better than the endless tailback to reach the seaside of Rome). The lake is a natural reserve, and you have to drive through a dirt track in the roman country side to arrive in this place, (at this point, all the people that perfectly know all the tastes of Arbre Magique or that clean and polish their car every week, give up).
After, you have to park the car at the top of a hill, because the only way to go there it's by foot (at this point lazy people give up). You go down to reach the beach, and in the meanwhile you think that it will be very hard because on the way back the road will be very uphill, but you don't have time to regret because you are already in a panoramic point, and the lake is there, in your eyes, blu in the green. The lake is very beautiful and calm due to its difficult access.
When you arrive to the beach, you can read a book on the hammock, you can talk with your friends, drinking a beer or whatever you want…you can play football by barefoot on the fresh lawn grass…you can enjoy the sun and than refresh yourself with a dive…you can eat under the shadow of the trees, listening good music…you can wait the sunset, when the lake become pink…
I go there both in summer and winter and the lake has never disappointed me.
I recommend this destination to everybody.
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The Meeting commenced with a one Minute silence in memory of retired Gotham Parish Councillor Roger Holland, GPC Chairman from 1990-1993.
Present: G.Hutter, (Vice-Chairman), J.P.Anderson, J.M.F.Royce, B.J.Walker, P.Bower, H.Taylor, M.Wilkins. A.Clayworth, G.May.
16/244: Election of Chairman: Nomination: G.Hutter to stand as Chairman until the May Annual Meeting 2017. PROPOSED: J.M.F.Royce SECONDED: A.Clayworth. Vote: All in favour. G.Hutter accepted the position of Chairman and signed the Declaration of Acceptance.
16/245: Election of Vice-Chairman: Nomination: B.J.Walker to stand as Vice-Chairman until the May Annual Meeting 2017. PROPOSED: G.Hutter SECONDED: J.P.Anderson. Vote: All in favour. B.J.Walker accepted the position of Vice-Chairman.
Apologies: D.Bexon, C.Dabell, County Councillor, A.Brown, Borough Councillor, S.Matthews.
16/246: Acceptance of Apologies:
PROPOSED: J.P.Anderson SECONDED: J.M.F.Royce. Vote: All in favour.
16/247: Declaration of Interest: Memorial Hall Trustees in any business pertaining to the Memorial Hall.
16/248: Minutes of the previous meeting:
Resolved: That the previously circulated Minutes of the Parish Council meeting held on the 2nd November, 2016, be accepted and signed as a true record of the business transacted, with the following amendment:
16/240: Chairman's Report: re-write first sentence as follows: The Chairman reported, her reason for seeking assistance from the Monitoring Officer was due to the conduct of two Councillors' who had since resigned from the Parish Council. 16/235: : Well House: re-word second sentence: 'The slats were recycled plastic'.
Acceptance of Minutes: PROPOSED: B.J.Walker SECONDED: G.Hutter. Vote: All in favour.
Progress: 16/231: The Clerk reported all Gotham News advertisements are paid up to date.
16/237: Councillors J.M.F.Royce, B.J.Walker, P.Bower, C.Dabell, G.Hutter, M.Wilkins, D.Bexon attended the Remembrance Day Parade and Service Councillor Walker laid the wreath on behalf of GPC. Also in attendance were the Deputy Lieutenant, the Mayor's representative and East Leake Councillors
16/249: Two Casual Vacancies – Co-option of new Councillor:
The Chairman had received a letter of application from Mrs. R.Webster for the position of Councillor as a result of the casual vacancy due to the resignation of G.Holbrook.
PROPOSAL: Acceptance of Mrs. R. Webster's application for the position of Councillor on GPC.
PROPOSED: J.P.Anderson SECONDED: P.Bower. Vote: All in favour.
One casual vacancy remains. The Clerk to advertise more widely.
16/250: Finance: Monthly Payments and Receipts:
PROPOSAL: Acceptance of Payment and Receipts.
PROPOSED: J.M.F.Royce SECONDED: B.J.Walker Vote: All in favour.
a) Formal acceptance of the Recreation Ground/GPC mowing contract 2017/18. – £1,150.
JP Anderson and PR Dines had drafted a new mowing contract which was tabled for acceptance at the January meeting.
PROPOSAL: Acceptance of the Recreation Ground/GPC mowing contract for 2017/18 – £1,150.
PROPOSED: J.P.Anderson SECONDED: B.J.Walker Vote: All in favour.
b) Recreation Ground Budget £7,588.
PROPOSED: G.May SECONDED: M.Wilkins Vote: Eight in favour, one abstention.
The Clerk confirmed, E. Perrell does not mow the bank, adjacent to the car park. This area is mown by Horizon Contractors.
c) Chairman's allowance – payment to date to retired Chairman – £58.33
PROPOSAL: To pay the retired Chairman the allowance of £58.33 owed for one month.
PROPOSED: M.Wilkins SECONDED: P.Bower. Vote: Eight in favour, one abstention.The Trustees had passed on an invoice for part payment for the hire of the p.a. system for the Service of Remembrance held in the Memorial Hall on the 13th November, 2016.
PROPOSAL: GPC to pay the whole cost of the p.a. system hire i.e. £216, as promised by the recently retired Chairman.
PROPOSED: B.J.Walker SECONDED: J.P.Anderson. Vote: eight in favour, one against.
The next Finance Meeting to be held on the 31st January, 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
16/251: Chairman of Planning and Development Committee: (J.P.Anderson)
J.P.Anderson reported no planning application received for Clifton Pastures. Three plans had been submitted for a total of thirty new houses in Barton in Fabis. GPC are not consultees but had registered an objection on the grounds of traffic problems, extra load on school places and other community facilities. A letter had been received from M.King of Midland Rural Housing re the possibility of part of the glebe land by the allotments owned by the Diocese of Southwell being available for affordable housing in Gotham.The land behind the former RBL site still in negotiation but held up by the poor access road/ransom strip. The Government's Autumn Statement may have announced legislation to help with financial considerations to assist this type of affordable housing development. The ongoing building work behind the NET 2 site at Clifton is the foundation for an industrial estate.
16/252: Planning Applications Received: Nil.
16/253: Planning Decisions Received:.
16/12: (ref: 16/02053/FUL) 10 Hill Rd – Dormer window to front. GRANTED
16/13: (ref:16/02308/FUL) 8 St.Andrew Close – Single storey side extension. GRANTED
16/254: Report by Vice-Chairman of the Environment Committee:
The last Environment meeting took place on the 15th November, 2016 chaired by C.Dabell.
Christmas Tree: The Christmas tree had been successfully erected on the 2nd December 2016 with a well attended lighting up ceremony.
The Well House: The two bench seats will be delivered to Howick's Farm. The price is higher due to the cast iron support in the middle of each bench.
Cemetery Graves: No response from Gotham News request for family members to come forward re their wishes for grave maintenance.
Heritage Day: G.Hutter reported, the two First Aiders who attended Heritage Day, received a donation of £20 each in favour of East Leake Owl Sanctuary and South Notts First Responders (G.Whitehead). In comparison to other villages' donations this amount seemed derisory. It was, therefore, PROPOSED by M.Wilkins, SECONDED by P.Bower that an additional donation of £50 to should be added in favour of South Notts First Responders, via G.Whitehead, at next month's meeting. Vote: Six in favour, three against.
16/255: Memorial Hall Report: G.Hutter reported a problem with scruffy play equipment. A decision is to be made on whether or not the Trustees will continue the play equipment maintenance which costs a substantial sum on money. The NCC Small improvement grant will be applied for in 2017/18. J.P.Anderson suggested a village survey be conducted to gauge the amount of support for the purchase of new play equipment. A Working Party could be formed with representatives from GPC, Memorial Hall Trustees and parents of young children. G.Hutter to report GPC's ideas to the next meeting of the Trustees.
16/256: Flooding: Nottm. City Transport repairing the blocked drain at the back of their depot. An A1 sized map of drainage ditches is required to work out a plan of action and to carry out a survey on all culverts owned by NCT. The tenant of the Diocese land will be partly responsible for paying for ditch clearance. A new ditch might be required as the land behind the New Rectory is overgrown and difficult to access to dig out the existing ditch. A Flood Committee to be set up to report findings to GPC. G.May volunteered to join as GPC representative. Two parishioners had lodged their interest in helping form a Committee. A quote to be obtained for the building of small wall of sandbags opposite to the culvert exit into the Railway Walk ditch. The mesh at the drain exit was removed by a representative from B.T. A. Howick to replace mesh at the head of the culvert with railings. This will not block with leaves as easily as mesh and serve to prevent badgers entering the drainage pipe. NCC to be asked to inspect the village drains. J.M.F.Royce to inform County Councillor A. Brown of progress to date. P.Bower reported he had initially reported blocked drains to the Council in June, 2016. The Clerk to write to M.Simes informing her of the probable new ditch leading from Leake Road to her field. The extra surge of water resulting in the renewed NCT culvert and ditch might cause flooding to her field if her drain cannot cope with extra water.
16/257: Revised Standing Orders: J.P.Anderson, P.R.Dines, B.J.Walker and J.M.F.Royce had revised the GPC Standing Orders, in conjunction with NALC Model Standing Orders. A copy was circulated to all Councillors who are invited to peruse them and report their findings to the next meeting. Included in the document are the following items:
Financial Regulations, Code of Conduct, Email Protocol, Memorandum of Understanding between GPC and Memorial Hall/Recreation Ground Trustees, Trustees of Memorial Hall/Recreationg Ground/GPC Mowing Contract.
A letter of thanks to be sent to P.R.Dines for her work on the Standing Orders document.
16/258: Clerk's Appraisal: Date to be arranged in January, 2017.
G Hutter suggested that a small committee should carry out appraisal as this is in the guidelines set out by NALC.
PROPOSAL: Extension of meeting beyond 9.30 p.m. to complete the Agenda.
PROPOSED: G.Hutter SECONDED: J.P.Anderson. Vote: All in favour.
16/259: Policing Matters/Vandalism::
November crime figures circulated by B.J.Walker. No crime reported in Gotham.
16/260: Gotham News and Media:
J.P.Anderson had worked alongside M.J.Sheppard to edit the November edition of Gotham News. Distribution was also undertaken by J.P.Anderson. Thanks recorded to M.J.Sheppard for his hard work on Gotham News. The printer, S.Douglas has retired so a replacement to be sought.
Next copy – March 2017. J.P.Anderson to review the delivery round. Gotham News Editorial Team: J.P.Anderson (delivery) B.J.Walker, H.Trobridge (proof readers). M.Wilkins, photography,G.Hutter (advertising).
16/261: Chairman's Report: Nil to report.
16/262: Clerk's Report: A thank you note had been received from Mrs. J. Moss for her gift from GPC on her 100th birthday.
16/263: Matters to Report:
B.J.Walker asked the Clerk to remind D.Healey to sweep leaves from outside the old Post Office.
A.Clayworth reported continued problem of dog mess on pavements. Signs could be displayed on every lamp post.
Clerk to enquire if NCC or RBC produce standard dog fouling signage. Perhaps stage a Day of Action.
H.Taylor reported Police and RBC had been notified of problem of drug dealing on Hill Road.
J.P.Anderson called for another GPC representative to serve on the Sports Arena Committee. G.Hutter volunteered. A meeting is unlikely before the Council AGM in May.'A meeting may be held in May, 2017.
H.Taylor had asked the Gotham Surgery to advertise his offer to help patient's access their prescription order online.
J.P.Anderson tendered his apologies for absence at the January, 2017 GPC meeting.
16/264: Date of Next Meeting: The next Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 3rd January, 2017 at 7.30 p.m.
Meeting closed at 10.15 p.m.


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For eight years Bill Clinton was the most powerful man in the world – and, as such, probably the most attractive.
Liz Hurley says she did not indulge in a year-long affair with the former president.
But if she had, who could blame her?
His florid complexion, lumpy frame and greying hair would have paled into insignificance compared to that towering intellect and incredible charisma.
On the same day we also learn Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi was so enamoured with Tony Blair she wrote about his "piercing blue eyes, sexy legs and butt".
Again, this wasn't some young Brad Pitt – it was a balding former lawyer in his mid-50s.
But, more pertinently, it was a man who had sat at the world's top table and enjoyed immense power.
And as we know, there's no greater aphrodisiac.
Neither Liz Hurley nor Wendi Deng are easily bowled-over simpering saps.
Both have enjoyed successful careers in their own rights – and bagged themselves a billionaire each along the relationship highway.
They are women who enjoy wealth, power and all the trappings it brings.
So for them there could be no greater goal and no greater power than a man who has led his country.
But if either had held out hope that their close encounters might lead to a lasting relationship and the status it would bring, there was another critical similarity they overlooked... the indomitable characters of the wives of these powerful men.
Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair are both fearsomely intelligent women, lawyers, mothers and the architects of their husbands' careers.
Both too have had to face claims of their husbands' infidelities and fight through them.
And yet I don't believe they've ever had to fight that hard – for their husbands would never want to really leave their power base, their wives.
Bill Clinton and Tony Blair were two of the most powerful men on Earth.
But that didn't mean they couldn't be weak when faced with a lithe body and a dazzling smile.
Weak they may be – but stupid they aren't.
That's why, whatever alleged dalliances are thrown at them, their marriages have remained intact.


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Barbara Ana Here's All Creatures Great and Small, an exceptional cross stitch pattern by Barbara Ana Designs.The inspiration for the piece is the verse from an Anglican hymn:" All things bright and beautifulAll creatures great and smallAll things wise and wonderfulThe Lord God made them all" 317 x 248
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(Reuters) - The New York Times Co has tapped BBC's Mark Thompson as its next president and chief executive, capping an eight-month search for an executive to lead the company as more people get their news through digital products.
Thompson, 55, will report to the New York Times board of directors and to its chairman, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., starting in November, the company said on Tuesday.
"Our board unanimously concluded that Mark is exactly the right person to lead The New York Times Company at this particular moment in time," Sulzberger wrote in an internal email to employees.
Thompson will lead the New York Times, publisher of its namesake newspaper and the Boston Globe, during unprecedented challenges facing the publishing industry as advertisers place their dollars elsewhere and readers favor smartphones and tablets over the printed page.
Thompson most recently served as director general of the British Broadcasting Corp, one of the most powerful television positions in Britain. He announced in March that he was stepping down from that post at the end of the London Olympics after serving in the top job since 2004.
Thompson guided the BBC with its eight TV channels, 50 radio stations and extensive website through morale problems, assaults from Rupert Murdoch's media empire and threats to the corporation's funding by the British government.
"He's the man that turns up with his dust pan and brush when the party is over," said Emily Bell, a former Guardian news executive and current director of digital journalism at Columbia University, referring to Thompson's skills in dealing with organizations in turnaround.
The New York Times is one of the most prominent newspapers in the world and is considered a thought leader in the news business. Last year, it rolled out a pay model for its digital products that so far has been hailed for its success in getting readers to pay for news.
"It's a positive," said Doug Arthur, an analyst with Evercore Partners. "He's run a big time operation that certainly gets a lot of scrutiny."
Indeed, the New York Times has had its share of scrutiny with its depressed stock price, canceled dividend and troubles increasing advertising revenue. Not to mention the departure of Thompson's predecessor, former CEO Janet Robinson, a 28-year Times Co veteran who abruptly left the company in December.
Reed Phillips, managing director with media investment bank DeSilva & Phillips, said that "the fact that they would hire someone completely outside of print and completely outside of the U.S. was surprising."
But one newsroom source said Thompson's possible appointment was already "baked-in" to their thinking once his name was floated in the press earlier this year.
"There's not a lot of whispering going on like, 'Oh my God, he's going to save paper' or 'Oh my God, he's going to destroy the paper,'" the source said.
A second newsroom source said: "The biggest question is whether this is a signal that we are going to be getting more into the TV business or is he just going to take what we do already and distribute it more broadly digitally."
The second source pointed to Thompson's deal-making with other media outlets, specifically a joint venture with iTV, and said the newsroom is wondering if maybe international or TV partnerships are in store for the paper.
One of Thompson's big achievements at the BBC was the development of the iPlayer, which enables viewers to catch up on missed programs for free online. It was considered a huge hit among those viewing the Olympics.
The BBC online had about 57 million unique monthly visitors worldwide in June, according to comScore.
"His take is that news is the heart of that big organization and he was completely, thoroughly protective of the journalist and news operation," said Garth Ancier, former president of BBC Worldwide America.
Thompson will become head of a much smaller company that once was a sprawling media conglomerate with TV and radio stations, magazines, dozens of newspapers scattered throughout the United States and ownership stakes in cable networks, such as Discovery Communications, and sports teams from the Boston Red Sox baseball team and Liverpool soccer club.
Over the years its has been shedding its assets - last week, the company said it was in discussions to sell its Internet property About.com - and will soon be down to only a handful of newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
(Reporting By Jennifer Saba, Liana Baker and Peter Lauria; and Noel Randewich in San Francisco.; Editing by Peter Lauria, Steve Orlofsky, Leslie Gevirtz and Muralikumar Anantharaman)


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A new twist on a favorite local performer's style awaits audiences in the Gorge come Oct. 27.
Virtuoso violinist Aaron Meyer is joining with the Sinfonietta of the Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association, to bring a concert experience to classical and rock music lovers alike.
"We're excited that Portland rock virtuoso Aaron Meyer will be performing music arranged for his recent appearance with the Oregon Symphony here in Hood River," said Conductor Mark Steighner.
"It should be a very special evening of music at the Sinfonietta."
The concert is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the Hood River Middle School auditorium. Adult tickets are $20 and students/seniors are $10, and are available online at brownpapertickets.com or at the door.
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An iconic landmark in the Wilmington region for decades, this geodesic home sits on an extraordinary peninsula where you have a front row seats to magnificent sunrises over Masonboro Island, the largest undisturbed barrier island along the southern part of the North Carolina. This wonderful oasis is a two bedroom gem that provides 180º of long views up and down the Intracoastal Waterway as well as a constant theatre to the wide array of coastal wildlife and boating activity. Forward thinking was employed in, not only, the design of the Buckminster Fuller inspired dome shaped roof but also the geothermal heating and cooling as well as two-by-six frame construction that, all together, provides for a very efficient and stable home. If you love a true waterfront lifestyle and all thatWilmington and the North Carolina coast has to offer, this home and its location are one that you will have to see today.
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