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- 1101: Changing Undesirable Behaviors
- ... the behavior. Various motivations and cues were observed to help devise a training agenda more effectively. METHOD The subject for this project was an indoor cat who felt the need to escape from the owners house every time a door was opened. Observations were made of the subject for a period of four days. This was done to determine the number of times the cat would actually escape every time the ... all actions were recorded to help in establishing the baseline. The total number of opportunities was fifteen a day. Every time the action occurred, the subject was immediately picked up and placed back inside the house. Day's five through eight were designed to truly concentrate on implementing the developed program with the same number of opportunities to escape as the previous four days. RESULTS It was determined that the subject would almost always attempt to escape from the house when it was given the opportunity during the first four days. As the days progressed, it's total number of escapes decreased. This could be attributed to the fact that every time it found ...
- 1102: The Old Lady Next Door
- ... is sparkling shiny new, except her car. It’s like she doesn’t even take care of it. The other thing is her dog. This thing is completely psycho; I’m not kidding. Lastly, her house is really a piece of work inside. Everything is completely different all the time. Nothing ever stays the same for more than a week at a time. When you first walk up to this big ... about getting remotely close to the thing, because he’ll bite your hand off. He even barks at night when there’s nothing to bark at. I can never get any sleep. Now comes her house. This is completely different than her car and her dog. It’s actually clean and smells good inside. I wouldn’t expect to see the same twice in this spotless house though. I’ll tell you about my last experience there. When you first walk in, the smell of freshly baked cookies takes over. There’s never anything out of place. But she’s always ...
- 1103: An Analysis Of Roddy Doyles Wr
- ... of forts and games, and a carefree life style. Doyle however, did not leave out description of the adult world that Paddy was reluctantly entering into. For instance, he describes Paddy’s father leaving the house for good: He didn’t slam the door even a bit. I saw him in the glass, waiting; then he was gone. I knew something: tomorrow or the day after my ma was going to call me over to her and, just the two of us, she was going to say,- You’re the man of the house now, Patrick…Paddy Clarke-Paddy Clarke-Has no da. Ha,ha,ha! I didn’t listen to them. They were only kids. (Doyle Paddy 281) Doyle shows Paddy stepping over into the adult world. He is no longer Paddy, he is now Patrick and the man of the house. With the description of Paddy’s father leaving Doyle is able to convey the emptiness that Paddy feels inside, as his carefree days draw to a close. Haupt shares this opinion: With remarkable sensitivity, ...
- 1104: The Birdcage
- ... to fathom a relationship where gender roles and expectations are blurred. This phenomena is explored extensively throughout The Bird Cage. For example, in a male-male relationship who is expected to stay home and keep house, and who is expected to be the provider in the relationship? If both men were to stick to their prescribed roles as males, then none of the domestic duties of every day life would ever ... support. He causes huge scenes to gain attention, such as the time he refuses to go on stage because has gotten the notion in his head that Armandis seeing someone else behind his back. The house-man plays along and tricks him into calmness by giving him fake relaxants. Albert's character displays all the characteristics of a stereotypical female. He is the more nurturing half of his homosexual relationship, as ... on flighty impulse. Armand and Albert have hired help to help them with their domestic duties. Agadore deviates from societies stereotype of maids as being middle-aged woman. But, as Armand explains, "There are no house-ladies in South Beach." This is a reference to the fact that South Beach is an area that is populated predominantly by gay males. Agadore is a single, homosexual male whose parents immigrated from ...
- 1105: The American 2
- Controlling Destiny In America, a citizen expects a storybook life. A life which has a controlled destiny is ideal. The American dream is based on making enough money to own a house and finding a mate. Money becomes the main part of the dream, and is expected to make the dream become a reality. Europe, however, is quite different. Europe is not about capitalism; it is about ... evil family such as the Bellegardes. (Goody 11) When Newman thinks of getting revenge on the Bellegardes, he realizes this too would have been a waste of his time. When he goes to the duchesses house he plans to take our his first state of revenge. Instead, he leaves the duchesses house in a state of confusion and wonderment: He seemed morally to have turned a sort of somersault, and to find things looking different in consequence. He felt a sudden stiffening of his will and ...
- 1106: Abigail Adams
- ... brother named William or Billy. Abigail's name was originally Abigail Smith. Each baby was baptized on the first Sabbath of its life and was recorded in their parish records. Abigail live in a comfortable house. When Abigail was sixteen, her father added a wing that was bigger than the original building to make room for the children, servants, and visitors. When I say servants it means that they were probably slaves but were called servants to avoid the dehumanizing effect that the word 'slave' can mean. Their house was a sight of luxury in the eyes of the common folk in the parish. Though they lived well, the Smiths had no fortune. Abigail's father often worked with his own hands, planting corn ... two more children. one named Susanna, who died thirteen months later, and Charles who was born healthy at the end of May 1770. John Adams sent everyone in his enlarged family back to there old house because of the recent Boston Massacre happening. While Abigail was there, She had her last son named Thomas. John soon bought a brick house back in Boston and moved everyone back in. Abigail started ...
- 1107: Should the President Be Impeached?
- ... and conviction of treason , or bribery , or other high crimes and misdemeanors (Gerberg ,28 ). Impeachment protects the citizens of the nations from a chief executive that is involved in criminal activities . A committee in the House of Representatives brings forth allegations towards the president in the form of articles . If the majority of the house votes to impeach , then the senate tries the president and needs a two - third vote in order to convict ( Sexton 88 ). In the investigation against President Clinton the House approved impeachment hearings by a 258 - 176 vote (The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal 1). A small perce ntage of democrats joined the republican majority (The Clinton- Lewinsky Scandal 1). The trial is then conducted by ...
- 1108: Kate Chopin A Style Of Her Own
- ... always went to the waterhole on the hot summer days to cool off. Of course, they would never go when the sun was high in the sky. Then, Robert would walk Edna back to her house and they would talk for hours. Everyone at Grand Isle could see the attractions between Edna and Robert, even Robert. Edna, on the other hand, did not see this attraction immediately. When Robert leaves for ... also realizes she does not love her husband as she vowed to. At this point Edna knew what she wanted, and it was not marriage to Leonce, but divorce. She then moves out of her house without telling her husband. When she does tell Leonce, he tells everyone that he and Edna were merely remodeling the house and Edna needed a place to stay. He says this because he can not stop her, being across an ocean. Leonce's lies just go to show that man had more important things to ...
- 1109: DEPRESSION
- ... them. Things were only becoming worse, yet the President still could not understand the extent and seriousness of the depression. While other citizens were having to survive on almost nothing, he was in the White House living comfortably with plenty of food for his family and himself. By the year 1932, there were more than fourteen million jobless people in the United States. This was equal to one third of all ... set up Hoovervilles, there. The World War One veterans waved signs that said, "Heroes in 1917-Bums in 1932." President Hoover soon became angry and afraid of all of the extra people around the White House. He even refused to meet with the leaders of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, and called them Communists. He put the police on twenty-four hour a day guard of the White House, making sure that all entrances were secure. They prepared for an attack, and it occurred on July 28, 1932. The veterans had become restless, and they were ordered to leave. A police officer was ...
- 1110: The Day in the Life of A Drug Addict
- The Day in the Life of A Drug Addict I awoke to the smell of an old house, the lights were off and the house was cold and damp. Doug was nudging me saying "Wake-up! I got us a wake-up . . . get out of bed!" He was wide awake and holding a sixteenth of cocaine in his hand. My ... out of the restroom. I was shaking and could not get my breath. I enjoyed this feeling although I knew it was not going to last. I could hear every sound outside and inside the house. My heart beat grew faster and I felt the rush going away. I wanted another fix. Doug had just got finished doing himself. I grew scared and felt like Doug was going to do ...
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