INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It may not seem like bonding with your cat will help stop her bad behavior, but the extra attention and playtime may divert your cat's energy away from misbehaving. One of the goals of increasing your bonding time is to decrease the negative reprimands and punishments that you may be giving her. The more that she enjoys your company and trusts you, the less likely she will misbehave because of stress or boredom. In addition to playing with her more, you can also try giving her massages. Since cats learn by avoiding an experience that has a negative result, you want to attach a negative association to whichever bad behavior she is doing. For example, if she is scratching your sofa, you would discipline her by making the sofa difficult to scratch. Putting double-sided tape or aluminum foil on the sofa are helpful deterrents. Making aspects of her environment undesirable when you are not around is called 'environmental punishment.' If your cat likes to jump on the countertops or table, try balancing a cookie sheet or baking sheet on the edge of those surfaces. When she jumps up, the baking or cookie sheet will fall to the floor and make a loud noise. She won't like the loud noise, and landing on an uneven surface will throw off her balance. Eventually, she will learn not to jump up where she's not supposed to. If your cat keeps on eating your plants or urinating in the soil, make the plant undesirable by spraying bitter apple or bitter orange on the plant leaves. You can also cover the dirt with aluminum foil or gravel. Commercially available deterrent devices can also make bad behavior undesirable. Examples of these devices include upside-down mousetraps that spring into the air when touched and motion-activated devices that spray a blast of compressed air. These devices are available at your local pet store and are useful to keep your cat from going into areas where she is not allowed. The more positive reinforcement your give your cat for doing the right thing, the more likely she is to repeat the good behavior. For example, when you see her using her scratching post instead of scratching your furniture, reward her with extra playtime, verbal praise or edible treats. Make sure to reward her while she is doing the good behavior, rather than afterwards, or she may not understand what she is being rewarded for.

SUMMARY: Bond with your cat in fun and rewarding ways. Make the bad behavior undesirable or impossible. Make the good behavior extremely rewarding.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Shampoo your hair as you normally would with a clarifying shampoo, which will remove any oil, styling products, and dirt from your strands. Then, rinse the shampoo out of your hair thoroughly. Hair accepts curl best when it's squeaky clean! Avoid using shampoo that contains alcohol in the ingredients. The perming process itself is pretty drying, so you want to minimize damage as much as possible. You don't need to follow up with conditioner, since that will introduce oil and make your hair slippery to work with. Avoid deep conditioning your hair 24 hours before you plan to perm it. Blot around your head to remove water close to your scalp with a clean, dry towel. Then, gently squeeze the lengths of your hair with the towel to remove the excess water. Your hair needs to be wet for the spiral perm to work correctly, but you don't want it to be dripping wet. Do not use a hair dryer to save time. It will dry your hair too much. Start combing your hair at the ends and work your way up the roots of your hair. Be gentle and make sure you remove any knots or tangles before proceeding. If your hair isn't detangled, you'll run into problems when you start wrapping it around the rods. A wide-toothed comb is preferable because it's gentle on the hair. Smaller combs can cause breakage and damage, especially when used on wet hair. To prevent any chemicals from getting on your clothes, wrap a towel around your shoulders. You may also want to cover the surfaces in your work area with newspaper. Consider protecting your face from the perming chemicals by applying a small amount of petroleum jelly on the skin below your hairline. Make sure that you do not get any of the petroleum jelly on the hair itself! If you have sensitive skin, grab a pair of plastic gloves. First, section off 1 large portion in the back of your head, which is typically all of the hair past your ears. Twist the hair up and clip it in place at the back of your head. This leaves you with the hair on the top and sides of your head. Divide that hair into 2 sections, making the division where you usually part your hair. Twist and clip those 2 sections up individually. You should have 1 section clipped to the left side of your head, 1 section clipped to the right side, and 1 larger section clipped up in the back, for a total of 3 sections.

SUMMARY: Wash your hair gently with a clarifying shampoo. Squeeze the excess water from your hair with a clean towel. Comb out any knots with a wide-toothed comb. Cover your shoulders with an old towel. Divide your hair into 3 main sections.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Click or double-click the Firefox app icon, which resembles a blue globe with an orange fox wrapped about it. It's in the top-right corner of the Firefox browser window. A drop-down menu will appear. This option is near the top of the drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Library menu in the drop-down list. It's near the top of the menu. You'll find this option near the top of the drop-down menu. Doing so opens a pop-up window. It's at the top of the pop-up window. A drop-down menu will appear. This is in the drop-down menu. Selecting this option ensures that all of your browser's cookies will be deleted. You'll find it in the middle of the pop-up window. If the "Cookies" box is already checked, skip this step. It's at the bottom of the pop-up window.

SUMMARY: Open Firefox. Click . Click Library. Click History. Click Clear Recent History. Click the "Time range to clear" drop-down box. Click Everything. Check the "Cookies" box. Click Clear Now.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You only have five minutes left, but don't focus on that or worry about how badly you might do on the test. Clear your mind and try to think only about the material you remember learning that you will be quizzed on. During a study of highly anxious ninth graders taking a biology final, it was found that the students who took a couple of minutes to write down what they were worried about with the test did better on it than those who sat quietly during those couple of minutes. This technique tends to work especially for people who are constant worriers, because worrying clouds your thinking and causes you to miss questions that you may actually know. Make a quick list of the biggest points from the material: characters and plot, formulae, or important dates and events. Try to do it from memory, but if you can't, glance at your notes for a couple of minutes first and then get writing. You may actually have more than five minutes if you remember about the test early enough. You could use the ride to school, lunch, recess, or between classes, before the class that the test is in.

SUMMARY:
Take deep breaths. Write down your worries. Do a simple recall. Use any time available as extra study time.