B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner, commonly known as B. F. Skinner, was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth20 March 1904
CitySusquehana Depot, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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We've been looking at all the contracts from day one. One concern is whether you are getting the fair market value. The second is whether the people we are giving contracts to are the best qualified.
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The one at the end of the half really took us in the locker room on a real positive note. I don't know a better way to lift a team. Even though we had scored 40 points, I don't think it all came smoothly. It was clearly a big lift for us and gave our guys confidence. It really made the difference, as far as our start in the second half.
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The message we're getting from you in the business community is right now, training is kind of secondary to finding the bodies.
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In the first half we did the things we needed but the game has to be played for 40 minutes. That separation they created in the second half was the difference in the ballgame. We made a couple of mistakes. I didn't think they did anything differently, they just continued to do what they wanted to do.
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We just stayed out of trouble all day and tried to keep the fenders on that thing. We were right there in the top-10. That was just Skinner luck.
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We weren't patient enough. We settled. There were some opportunities on the perimeter, but you don't have to settle for the shot. You can still drive the ball to the basket. That's the strength of our club.
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We went flat and started coasting after the 7-1 lead after two innings. But I thought we played pretty good for the first game of the season.
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We try to change it up, the way we play defense during the game.
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We expected them to give us a good game. I thought this would be a great challenge for us, and that proved to be correct.
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We're disturbed by that. You want to go out and respect the opponent and respond to that. We didn't take it as a challenge. We just went with the flow. Quite honestly, the game's over. We have to get ready for league play.
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It was the recognition in our zone offense. It comes in the flow of the game. It's not like we want to come down and fire up threes.
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These settlements send a strong signal to all landlords, management companies and home sellers that they have a legal obligation to inform tenants and buyers about potentially dangerous lead in their properties.
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The security for this is incredible. It's taken me by surprise, actually.
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And what this paper in the Lancet really attests to is the need for us to have really good surveillance for the emergence of drug resistant influenza, and the emergence of novel strains or new strains of influenza, so that we can move quickly to prevent the spread of these influenza viruses when they occur,