...Character Sketch: Tobias Eaton In Veronica Roth’s Insurgent, Tobias Eaton or “Four”, as he is otherwise referred to, is intelligent, loving and strong. He is intelligent both in love and in warfare. Tobias proves his intelligence when he gives Tris, his girlfriend, an ultimatum. She continuously throws herself into situations where she acts recklessly by risking her life and Tobias will have none of it. He grows so tired of her behaviour that he says to her, “You are a sixteen-year-old girl who doesn’t understand that the value of a sacrifice lies in its necessity, not in throwing your life away! And if you do that again, you and I are done” (260). Tobias is able to identify the signs of someone who can potentially hurt him. He knows that if something awful happens to Tris, he will be affected as well, so in order to prevent himself from possible heartbreak, he warns his girlfriend. The fact that he sees value in life shows his intelligence. Tobias’ actions toward his partner also exhibit that he has an affectionate side. He cares enough about her that he is willing to subtly threaten her if she does not stop trying to destroy herself. Tobias constantly tells Tris how much she means to him and performs a series of romantic gestures. As the two of them get ready for combat, Tris tells Tobias that she is unable to fire a weapon, but all he says back to her is, “Hey. You have done more for this faction than any other person. You...you’re the bravest person I’ve ever met. Stay here. Let...
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...A day late and a dollar short If something is a day late and a dollar short, it is too little, too late. All bets are off If all bets are off, then agreements that have been made no longer apply. All hat, no cattle When someone talks big, but cannot back it up, they are all hat, no cattle.('Big hat, no cattle' is also used.) All over Hell's half acre If you have been all over Hell's half acre, you have been traveling and visiting many more places than originally intended, usually because you were unsuccessful in finding what you were looking for. It can also be used to mean everywhere. All over the map If something like a discussion is all over the map, it doesn't stick to the main topic and goes off on tangents. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades Used in response to someone saying "almost" in a win/lose situation. The full expression is "Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades." An alternate form puts "and flinging shit from a shovel" at the end. Armchair quarterback An armchair quarterback is someone who offers advice, especially about football, but never shows that they could actually do any better. As mad as a wrongly shot hog If someone is as mad as a wrongly shot hog, they are very angry. (Same as, Angry as a bear or Angry as a bull). As rare as hen's teeth Something that is rare as hen's teeth is very rare or non-existent. At a drop of a dime If someone will do something at the drop of a dime, they will do it instantly, without...
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...Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine: Summary & Analysis Dandelion wine was a story about a twelve-year old boy named, Douglas Spaulding. Douglas was just a typical twelve year old boy, who lived to play, run around and do what any other twelve year old would do. Not a very physically fit person, but it didn’t really seem to matter. He was a person who got what he wanted, not by whining for it, but by keeping his mind on whatever he wanted and setting out a goal for it. He was a happy boy and not many problems, till now, and he had a younger brother named Tom. Tom Spaulding, age ten, did what other little brothers like to do, tag along with his older brother. He was never in the way of his older brother; in fact they liked being together. Tom took every day slowly, writing most everything down, the first day of summer, the first this, his first that. Dandelion wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois. In Green Town the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on. Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths, Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff, moved away to Milwaukee because...
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...conclusion that he hunts man because of their strength, courage, and reason. D. Eventually he then forces Rainsford to participate in the game as Zaroff’s game. E. In the end, Rainsford finds his way back to the house and kills Zaroff, leaving him a s “food for the hounds” II. In the story, “The Child by Tiger”, Dick Prosser is the main character of the story. A. At first the story comes of praising Dick, almost making him seem perfect. He is a “deeply religious man” that was very talented in the things he did, and the Shepperton family believed there was nothing he could not do. B. He seems kind at first willing to help in any way he can with the family. Although, throughout the story they explain that there is something off about him. How he moves quietly like a cat, and even though he was deeply religious it seemed very dark and strange. The...
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...the most exciting sport in the world. The fast pace game is made up of of three, sixty minute periods. If there is no winner in regulation time. The teams will play a 3 on 3 overtime period. The main purpose of the new format is entertainment. It creates a lot of thrilling odd man rushes. This is more exciting than the old 4 on 4 format. It was also designed to solve more games before they go to the shootout. The format change is designed to bring an extra level of excitement. Players are faster there ever being able to travel up to 40kph. These are speeds you just don’t see in soccer or baseball. What makes this exciting is the faster the pace of the game the more it keeps the fans on the edge of there seats, anxious to know what’s going to happen next. Secondly hockey is also exciting because it is very physical. Nothing gets the crowd going more than a hard body check or a big fight. Hitting has always been an important part of the game and a big hit the right time can change the momentum of a game. It brings your team alive and gives the something to cheer about. Fighting does the same thing by bring the crowd into the game. Teams have players that are out there just to throw big hits and fight with opposing players. This level of physicality gives it the edge over other sports that have a delay in the game every time a player touches another player. This slows the game down and makes it more boring compared to hockey. Lastly hockey is the most exciting sport because...
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...AI robot: how machine intelligence is evolving No computer can yet pass the 'Turing test' and be taken as human. But the hunt for artificial intelligence is moving in a different, exciting direction that involves creativity, language – and even jazz • Comments (109) • Marcus du Sautoy • The Observer, Saturday 31 March 2012 • Article history [pic] Marcus du Sautoy with one of Luc Steels's language-making robots. Photograph: Jodie Adams/BBC 'I propose to consider the question "Can machines think?"' Not my question but the opening of Alan Turing's seminal 1950 paper which is generally regarded as the catalyst for the modern quest to create artificial intelligence. His question was inspired by a book he had been given at the age of 10: Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know by Edwin Tenney Brewster. The book was packed with nuggets that fired the young Turing's imagination including the following provocative statement: "Of course the body is a machine. It is vastly complex, many times more complicated than any machine ever made with hands; but still after all a machine. It has been likened to a steam machine. But that was before we knew as much about the way it works as we know now. It really is a gas engine; like the engine of an automobile, a motor boat or a flying machine." If the body were a machine, Turing wondered: is it possible to artificially create such a contraption that could think like he did? This year is Turing's centenary so would he...
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...Feeding on Fantasy The article “Feeding on Fantasy”- by Lev Grossman, is about the peoples passion for fantasy, which, in his head, is taking over the world of science fiction. The way he’s writing is neither critical nor real passionate. I wouldn’t say Mr Grossman is a real fantasy lover he knows his stuff and is using a lot of facts, but I’m more sure that he doesn’t like science fiction and in that way fantasy isn’t that bad to him. He’s not really into the whole Blizzard1 world, but he still somehow finds it exciting in a mysterious way. He says, “The business of fantasy has become a multibillion-dollar reality, and science fiction is starting to feel, well, a little 20th century.” The “well” in the sentence is clearly a sarcastic way of harassing science fiction, which also clears my statement that he has nothing left for the “so last year” –fashioned genre. This text is referring to that people in these years are tired of the sci-fi (the feature) world, so we are starting to go back and living this vision we have about the past, and we add these incredible creatures to it, that doesn’t exist, so that we can dream about these wonderful landscapes where the sun is always shinning, this passion about this everlasting love between the marvellous man winning his dream girls heart after a rough, very long and extremely dangerous trip crossing the country to defeat the monster who’s keeping them from being together, and this huge gap between being rich and poor and how God always...
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...would be such an exciting job, to be a part of a new person coming into the world. Second, I love holding, and taking care of babies, I could just do it forever. Last, I think it would be the perfect profession for me just because I want to be a part of new beginnings. As can be seen, becoming an obstetrician nurse is something I would like to accomplish in my future....
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...Road Not Taken asked that I stop to consider every time I moved my jawa-like wizard around its grid-based maps. On one level I stared at the screen for about five minutes, contemplating every possible route to get the last child I needed to rescue to beat the area while avoiding a malicious black spirit that would drain about a fourth of my current health. But if I made too many useless moves here, I could end up without enough left to finish the next level. I eventually got to the child, but not without taking a spirit to the face - acceptable losses. That risk-reward balance is a clever hook at first, but it too quickly became less exciting as I played. Learning to match the varied animals, monsters, spirits, and other objects scattered across Road’s randomized levels in the fewest movements possible was, at first, unforgiving (leading to situations like my five-minute stumper). Every new object was a surprise, and some are as likely to end a good run on the spot as they are to help you out. But that’s to be expected from a Roguelike, where the first few sessions are more about learning the ins and outs than anything else. Most Roguelikes remove all your progress on death, making your knowledge of what to expect next time around the most palpable form of progress; here that knowledge is solidified in the form of a persistent and indispensable notebook that fills out as you uncover new objects and combinations. Being able to look up what each piece I encountered could turn...
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...night. It then goes on to saying climate change is not only worsening in Australia, but also affecting throughout the world. Personal Reaction: Firstly, I found the topic intriguing. The fact that huge, dark clouds had turned day into night, was somewhat sort of exciting. However, as I kept on reading, the reality of it kicked in. Climate change is in issue which we all are facing, and this is just one of the many effects of climate change. I am worried about what will happen next, if something is not done immediately. Summary: This short article briefly explains the effects of the bushfire in Australia had on Sydney harbour’s iconic ‘opera house’. The smoke is said to have ‘overshadowed’ the harbor, turning day into night. It then goes on to saying climate change is not only worsening in Australia, but also affecting throughout the world. Personal Reaction: Firstly, I found the topic intriguing. The fact that huge, dark clouds had turned day into night, was somewhat sort of exciting. However, as I kept on reading, the reality of it kicked in. Climate change is in issue which we all are facing, and this is just one of the many effects of climate change. I am worried about what will happen next, if something is not done immediately. Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com Date: October 18, 2013 Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com Date: October 18, 2013 Huge smoke cloud turns day to night in Sydney...
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...Johnson 1 Recurrent Elements in Literary or Artistic Work For years companies have found new ways to find different avenues to put to use the robot. Scraps of metal put together to make a man made assistant and worker. Every generation it is something new in the news or internet about how computers and robots will help in every day living. There is always talk of what the next best thing a robot will be good for and how they can tweak the newest model to be better then the last. The most recurrent element seems to be the actual revision of improving the robot on a daily basis. Man first made robots to help in homes and factories like in Karel Capek’s “R.U.R”, until the robots turned on them and then humans became the minority race. Once they built them with just a little more than the regular the robots turned on them. They were made to be playmates with children as in Isaac Asimov, “Robbie”, with Gloria being 8 she believed Robbie was her best friend with feelings. This robot did everything for her and with her. Then her mother took Robbie away from her only to have Gloria’s father reunite them and Robbie save Gloria’s life. He, I believe had some type of emotional connection to Gloria. They were pretty basic, couldn’t speak, didn’t eat food and whether they had faces or not was up to the builder himself. They then began to make them a little more sophisticated by adding programs that the robots/computers...
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...The Philips Arena Brandon Rabon One of my favorite events was when I went to the Philips Arena to watch the Hawks and the Heat play. My friend and I went on a trip to Atlanta to go see our first NBA game. This was very exciting to go watch the most exciting team in the NBA play. We really didn’t know what to expect but assumed it would be like any other venue just like the Colonial Life Arena. The drive there was nice and it was pretty easy to spot the venue in the middle of the city. Parking was a different story all together. It took us probably 30 minutes to try to find a spot. They had a few police officers trying to direct traffic but there could have been more. We ended up having to parking like three or four blocks away from the venue and just walked there. They could have improved parking by using some of the parking garages around the venue. While we were walking back I saw at least two or three garages that were not being used and just shut down for the night. Arriving to the venue, the size of the Philips Arena was amazing. They haven’t opened the doors yet so there were a lot of people waiting to get in and seated. The crowd management up to this point is handled well because everyone got into lines fairly quickly once the doors opened. The tickets were scanned easy and quickly to get everyone in. We got into the lobby and then upstairs to the concessions portion of the arena. The signage in the arena could have been a lot better. It took me 10- 15 minutes to just...
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...games was better. Next, nbtt is not as engaging or attractive as The hunger games. I say this because nbtt is kinda boring, okay, not really something I would what to read compared to the hunger games where is exciting, very shocking, has a strong hook, and engaging (Goodreads.com).This helps my claim because it explains how the hunger games is better and more engaging the nbtt. Last, The hunger games has a stronger hook which makes it better. For example when rue dies it makes you what to continue reading where in nbtt there isn’t really a moment like that for want to continue reading. This proves my claim because it explains how the hunger games is better and more exciting. This is why reading the hunger games would be a great idea.Correspondingly adding the Hunger Games to the 6th grade curriculum would be a good idea because the Hunger Games is better a book than Nothing But The Truth. Information to back my claim up will be declared in the following, according to goodreads.com nbtt was rated 3 out of 5 and the hunger games was rated 5 out 5 stars. This proves my claim because it’s shows how according to reader the hunger games was better. Next, nbtt is not as engaging or attractive as The hunger games. I say this because nbtt is kinda boring, okay, not really something I would what to read compared to the hunger games where is exciting, very shocking, has a strong hook, and engaging (Goodreads.com).This helps my claim because it explains how the hunger games is better and...
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...Borishchak DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 2. From the perceptual map, explain why Yaris wants to be an exciting economy car. According to your results in Question 1, has Yaris achieved its objective of achieving that position? Does it depend on the age group? Discuss. Although the largest segment, according to the perceptual map, is that of dull and economy vehicles, Yaris’ choice to instead target the market for exciting and economy cars is a wise move on the company’s behalf. Not only are there few cars that fit this criteria, but the market is still considerably large (looking at the perceptual map). There are far fewer competitors within this quadrant, and thus targeting it increases the chance of success. Following my results from Question 1, it was very interesting to see how different age groups responded slightly differently. However, speaking to fellow classmates, it appeared to me as though my results may have been skewed by the lack of diversity within the people whom I chose to interview. My interviewees consisted of people who have an Eastern European background. From my experience, they are more inclined to follow traditions and oftentimes see things through their parents’ eyes. That might explain why both age groups generally found the Yaris to be an exciting economy vehicle. Thus, it would seem that marketing for the Yaris has been quite successful at positioning it as an exciting economy car. However, when asked if they would personally want to purchase a Yaris, most respondents...
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...Some may have the same thing every year just like my family, but in my opinion, I don’t think it’s the actual same. My family and I like to be different every year. Even though we still buy each other gifts, there are some things we just buy for the fun games! Every year we try to come up with a new game, sometimes we play cards to win a gift. The fun about winning one of those gifts is that it’s not something that you expected, for example, a tissue box or maybe even a candle because it can be random. It’s the best to have a random gift because later on, we actually might just use it, which makes the fun out of the random gift. People also have their own types of recipes, mine so ever tries different things every year because my family and I like to switch up things every once in awhile and try something new. We usually look up recipes in a cook book or the internet and would bring it to each other’s houses. My family and I like to try new things every year because we wouldn’t want to get bored with the same thing every year something new is also exciting! My family and I also like to visit each other’s houses so we wouldn’t get bored going to the same one house every year. Before opening all of our presents my family and I like to try the new recipes that everyone has tried to make. My aunt however is more sticking to what she loves to make, cupcakes. In my opinion they are never bad; they always have a good taste the best I ever had and a pretty decorations...
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