The Handler

could take up to a few months using the old methods that were time consuming. When one considers that arson fires are the second most common reason for fatalities in home/building fires, the service provided by these well trained dogs and their handlers are sought out by law and fire agencies across the country. (Rogak, 2012, Chapter…

her test by placing a pair of monkeys in a room with human handlers. They are trained to trade a piece of granite with the handler for an award, most of the time a snack like a piece of vegetable. However, sometimes their second capuchin received a better treat then the first capuchin for performing the same job, sometimes no work at all. Brosnan observed that in retaliation the first capuchin often refused to cooperate with their handlers until they were fairly compensated for their labor…

In the article, “Dog-walking: Motivation for adherence to a walking program,” by Johnson and Meadows (2010), the purpose of this study was to determine to what extent participating in a dog-walking program would be associated with adherence to a change in physical activity and weight loss, with improved body mass index (BMI). This study is a longitudinal, one-group, pre-post, quasi-experimental design that was done in the Midwest. It was held in two public housing facilities, in which there was…

Dennis Covington wrote the book Salvation on Sand Mountain published in 1995. This book takes place in Scottsboro, Alabama, in March of 1992 and it focus on Dennis and his experiences with Snake handling. Dennis who is just a journalist at the time, went to the snake-handling church of Jesus with signs following because of Glenn Summerford, who had been convicted and sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison for attempting murder his wife with rattlesnakes. Although Dennis came because of Glenn’s…

Baggage passes through TSA automated screening and is manually open or inspected (if suspicious) 5. Conveyers belts sort and transfer bags to their location at the tarmac level 6. Baggage handlers loads the bags onto the carts and take it to the plane 7. Hot bags (bags with less than 30 minutes between transfer) are delivered from plane to plane 8. Cold bags (bags with over 60 minutes between plane transfer) are sent back into the normal conveyer…

not as precise as it is today, the success of the artillery fell upon the expertise and talent of the gun crews. Most crews where a six man team made up of a Gun Commander, Firer, Vent Tender, Ram and Sponge, Worm and Loader, Powder Handler, and the Powder Box Handler. Cannons where broken up into two classifications, field guns and siege cannons. The field guns were lightweight and could be repositioned with little effort. They fired sold ball rounds along with grapeshot and canisters in…

Our story is about a dog who is known as Jimmy Chew. He is 2-year-old Retriever, Labrador who was qualified to be accepted into the Canyon County Sheriff’s Drug Dog Training Program. He is shown here in the picture with his handler Casey Zechman an Officer for Canyon County Sheriff’s Dept. While Jimmy was associated with WVHS he displayed some qualities that are sought after by Law Enforcement agencies. Some of these qualities are that they must be ball driven, have a prey drive, and have a…

A food handler can hold different attitudes towards the same event, in this case a protective practice (Ajzen, 2001). When you consider risky behavior the conflict is in the immediate benefits versus possible future potential costs (Cavazza & Serpe, 2009). Food handlers know that they must have hygienic practices, however in a scenario where there is work overload, the immediate benefit…

judgement call. The hardest call to make was the offsides penalty. This was the hardest because I was unfamiliar with the rule. It was also hard to make offsides calls because it can be a judgement call, and sometimes you are focusing on the ball handler and it is easy to miss an offsides call. It is much easier to call out of bounds because you are watching the ball and you can usually see if it went out.…

In 1990, a twenty-two and a half foot long orca whale named Tilikum was the largest in captivity. He started out in Canada, in an aquarium called Sealand. Due to his size, all of the trainers and handlers couldn't swim with him in the pool, because there was a risk of being accidentally crushed or overpowered. He was placed in a tank with two other killer whales, for about a year before tragedy struck. According to "The Story Behind Tilikum the Killer Whale" by Martin Evens, in 1991 Tilikum and…