One Mountain that has go very visible scars of quarrying is Pigeon Mountain. It has been quarried so much that only half of it is left (as shown below). ... This is also evident on other volcanoes, for example Pigeon Mountain and Mt Wellington. ...
While Skinner was in his office window at the University of Minnesota, Pigeons often roosted outside, which gave him the idea to use them as experimental subjects - they became his favorite. With pigeons, he developed the ideas of operant conditioning and "shaping behavior" (R. ... If the goal is to have a pigeon turn in a circle to the left, a reward is given for any small movement to the left. When the pigeon catches on to that, the reward is given for larger movements to the left and so on to that, the reward is given for larger movements to the left, and so on, until the pigeon has turne...
She starts a new life in her "pigeon house- and is spending more and more time with Alca©e, a man who is known to get around. ... After returning to her "pigeon house- Edna finds a note in place of Robert, he has left her and will not be returning because he loves her so much. ... Edna has made her self an outcast; buying the "pigeon house, having an affair, wanting to talk openly about your emotions and sexual desires, and associating yourself with unconventional women such as Mademoiselle Reisz. ... When visiting the Cheniere Caminada with Robert Chopin shows the finding of a temporary s...
"Well, for instance, when I left her (Reisz) today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said. ... Financial freedom is not the only thing the pigeon house gives to Edna; it also allows her both physical and spiritual freedom. ... Yet her first night at the pigeon house she spends with Arobin, and this time feels no reproach or regret. ... The pigeon house provides a way for Edna to escape from the society that she dislikes and doesn't fit comfortably into. ... The pigeon house nourishes this newfound freedom, allowing it to grow ...
Had the fires been left alone, they surely would have been better off. ... Another example Wilcove uses is the passenger pigeon. ... At one point the population of the pigeon reached an incredible fifty million. ... The leading contributor to the decline of the passenger pigeon was overkill, which is, or course, a form of human intervention. ... However, after reading the text, I was left with a sense of indifference. ...
One of the first impressions we are given from the speaker is the feeling of unity and happiness between the two lovers, represented by "two swift-winged pigeons". ... The pigeons are described as "sporting" which suggests frivolity, youth and vitality. ... The blunt absoluteness of this line is a powerful tool used by Rosetti to convey the irrevocable consequences of the death of the two pigeons. ... The first is the refusal to separate from each shown by the two pigeons in the poem. ... Although such an obsessive dwelling on the subject of mortality could easily be seen as morbid, there is a...
The most common pigeon in the United States is the mourning pigeon and about 50 million are being killed each year. At this rate, there will no longer be a common pigeon. ... Unless they obtain their rights to survival, at the rate their being killed off, there may not be any left in the years to come. ...
The times spent in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Little Pigeon Creek in Southern Indiana, and later in Illinois. ... However, Nancy's death won't come until after they move from Knob Creek Farm, to Little Pigeon Creek in Indiana. ... Here are places the Lincoln Family has lived, at least parts of them, at different times. (1) Elizabethtown, Kentucky, (2) Hodgenville, Kentucky, (3) Knob Creek, Indiana, and (4) Little Pigeon Creek, Illinois (Ketcham 2003, pp. 14-15). ... Abraham and his sister Sarah are all that is left. ... Sarah and Abraham did exactly what children would do today, if...
His father left his family when he was 1 years old. ... When he left UCLA the sports paper said that he was the best all-round athlete ever to play on the West Coast, the best all-round athlete in America, and the best black athlete of all time. ... And it was taken by a pigeon-toed man from Georgia. ...
The opening scene with pigeons is also very reminiscent of the Orson Wells production of Othello shown in lecture. ... Unfortunately, I would have to conclude that in this case, at least the essence of Shakespeare's Othello has been lost, and all that really is left is a film that is fun to watch because it is so closely related to Othello, without really being something that can really be considered of the same vein. The outside plot elements inserted into the film (Othello's history as a dubious character and Iago as a drug-user begging for his father's recognition) as well...
The observer in Audubon's portrayal describes an indefinite amount of pigeons on a synchronized journey to the southwest. ... After viewing their journey for quite some time, he is left deeply moved by the rareness of such solidarity among some of the most typical creatures known to man. ...
Family is the great identifier in this poem, illustrated by inclusive languages of collective pronouns; "left us wondering," "we lived like birds of passage," "whose track we would follow," "from our doorstep" and "daily we passed." Further images of bonding are "nationalities sought each other out distinctively like homing pigeons." ...
After hearing of the dream Candy wants to be included, mainly so that he would not be left alone. ... "A pigeon flew in through the open hay door and circled and flew out again." ... One of the first things I noticed about this sentence is that a pigeon is the same variety of bird as a dove and doves are a sign of piece and harmony, which blends well with the death of Curley's wife. ...
Camus described the town as "a town without pigeons, without any pigeons, without any trees or gardens." ... The pigeons have chosen to leave this desolate town in search of greener grass. ... He worked so many hours a day that there was not any time left for sleep or certainly not any time left for a personal life. ...
They are the craft I left in was called Esau, Geography 1 and Do You Think We"ll Ever get to See the Earth, Sir? ... The craft I left in was called Esau is a poem written in a diary form portraying the view of a passenger on board the craft that is leaving earth. ... However, as the poem progresses his tone softens and we see just how much he misses earth and the small things that gives us joy such as leaves damascened with frost and iridescence on a pigeon's neck. ...
The sea is a source of erotic desire that beckons and seduces her throughout the entire novel and speaks to her soul, enfolding her body in its embrace: "seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamouring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abyss of solitude." (558) In Edna's final swim she does not glace back towards her attachments on the shore world rather she travels out toward the vast expanse of water ignoring what she may have left behind and accepting her fate. ... Edna's "pigeon house" also reinforces the image of birds and restores the tranquility of Edna&#...
Three dogs, a cat, pigeons, hens, pigs, cows, sheep's, two horses named Clover, mother that never got her figure back after her fourth foal, the other named boxer, enormous beast, strong as two horses put together, white stripe down his nose, not very intelligent, respected for steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work, Muriel the goat, and Benjamin the donkey, the oldest animal on the farm and also the worst tempered. ... The pigeons went to neighboring farms to the story of the rebellion and to teach the song. ... The animals were wondering what they were talking about, but ...
This activity became more than a game; the sweat, tears, and even blood I left on the court built my appreciation for self-discipline and teamwork, and I have carried this athlete's mindset with me off the court as well. ... Though pigeons and squirrels were the only audience for my monologues, being free in that open space gave me confidence. ...
My personal favorite is a traditional Puerto Rican dish called arroz con gandules y pernil (rice with green pigeon peas and roast pork shoulder). ... Then tell me it's always good to cook and have food left over, just in case we have visitors who might be hungry. ...
