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...that they pay attention. We're always noodling around. We say things we don't mean because we're not paying attention. We miss things because we're thinking about what we're going to have for dinner. Animals can't afford that. They're right in the moment. I hate to use that New Age-y term, but they really are. And new technology is certainly providing a lot more ways to be extremely distracted. Sometimes I wish a dinosaur would come back. I think we'd all pay attention a lot more if life weren't so easy...
...What do you think about people's need to be affectionate with animals, like the moment in your book when you bear-hugged a dolphin? I think we have a longing to be part of the web of life, and animals remind us of that. I mean, that's part of why we have pets, I think, it sort of pulls us back into that broader web. For me, that was the real magic of the book and learning the training - because the way these principles worked with every species, including us, made me feel like, "See? We are part...
...unintentionally you can encourage behavior you don't want by giving it attention. I have friends who have basically trained their kids to whine by always responding to it. Or the classic is that kids don't get any attention when they're behaving nicely, and then the moment they're not, they get a ton of attention...
...Nicolas Sarkozy, practically from the moment he was elected, has done more than any French leader ever to make a mockery of the French presidency. After spending much of his campaign encouraging the French people to work harder, one of the first things Sarkozy did as president was go on a luxury yacht trip funded by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. In October of last year, Sarkozy stormed out after five minutes of an expected 45-minute CNN interview when asked about his wife, whom he divorced shortly thereafter. And who can forget his whirlwind romance and subsequent marriage to model/singer...
...Yale's Eric Flato is on fire. He drains another three. Adding to the hot streak, #4 for Yale snatches his third steal of the night and races up the court for the lay-in. Yale's looking like an NBA Jam team at the moment. [Yale 39, Harvard...