One morning, Joe burst into my office after a bell ringing, his angular face white to the tip of his pointy nose.
Just as Pavlov's dog learned to associate the sound of a bell ringing with dinnertime, rats can learn to associate flashes of light with how long they must wait to receive a sip of water.
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Outgoing schools adjudicator Ian Craig has said that by giving parents credit for Church activities such as bell ringing and church cleaning, some faith schools - though not specifically Church of England ones - were inadvertently "skewing" their intakes.
The project is called New Music 20x12 which covers a wide range of genres from contemporary classical, folk and opera in Scotland and Northern Ireland to bell ringing, beat boxing, jazz and brass band music in England and Wales.
No doubt, he had come along the first time out of curiosity, because bell ringing struck him as quaint and Olde Worlde, like warm beer or clootie dumpling, and thus one of the experiences it would be a shame to miss while he was over here.
So every alarm bell was ringing at the prospect of a second Great Depression.
The bell-ringing and the guttural chants of the tuna auctioneers lend the place the air of a lamasery.
In Hove, East Sussex, celebrations at the Hindu temple are on Thursday until 2030 GMT with bell-ringing, food and other activities.
In 2010, Nasdaq marked its 20th anniversary in Silicon Valley with a bell-ringing ceremony at San Jose City Hall with Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld.
"If Citi is allowed to fail, and GM is allowed to fail, those are the kind of bell-ringing events that could signal a bottom, " Arnott said.
The 13 bells are arranged around 'Great George', a central ringing bell which weighs over 14 tonnes and can be heard for miles around.
Pavlov's early experiments on reflexes trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, by ringing one every time they were fed with meat.
Over at New York magazine, Kevin Roose came closest to ringing the bell.
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She noted also the leading work of the Qatar Foundation and Her Highness Sheikha Moza in ringing the bell on this issue.
Similarly, a role in the exchange's quaint ceremonies, notably ringing the bell that signifies the beginning of trading, has become highly sought after.
When Lynne and Ron returned to Chicago, reporters were camping in front of their house, the brazen ones ringing the bell every once in a while.
Mr. Ortiz handed a British tourist, whose contribution was entirely voluntarily, his bell, the gentleman ringing it with gusto, even joining him in the Funky Chicken.
Even if you have big dreams for your clothing shop, it's much simpler to set it up as an LLC and switch to a C corporation when you get closer to ringing the bell on the New York Stock Exchange.
Go to Milford, and every hour, you'll hear the ringing of a bell that was cast by Paul Revere in 1802.
NYSE's image (and polishing his own) by ringing the opening bell regularly for television cameras and by playing up the drama of initial public offerings.
The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and other U.S. exchanges were able to execute a smooth start to trading, after two days of shuttered trading, with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ringing the opening bell.
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When they reach a village, the bell ringers form concentric circles in the town square, ringing fiercely until the residents offer them food and a chance to rest before they continue their journey.
Fireworks lit up the skyline in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, while South Korea ushered in the new year with the traditional ringing 33 times of the 15th Century Bosingak Bell in the capital, Seoul.
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