...Application Activity: Angry Birds – Andrew Fox Consider the following scenario: Red Bird, Yellow Bird, Blue Bird and Black Bird are angry with the pigs who stole the birds’ eggs. The birds want their eggs back and will stop at nothing to get them back. The flight path of the birds can be modeled with a parabola where “x” is the distance and “y” is the height. Use the data below to help answer the following questions: * Red Bird starts his flight from point (10, 0). His flight path reaches a maximum height of 18 yards and lands at point (38, 0). * Yellow Bird’s flight path can be modeled by the quadratic equation y=-x2+14x-24 * Blue Bird’s flight is modeled by the following graph: * The table below contains partial data points of Black Bird’s trajectory: x | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | y | 0 | 7.5 | 14 | 19.5 | 24 | 27.5 | 30 | 31.5 | 32 | 31.5 | | In developing responses to the problems, be sure to show all work: 1. What is the maximum height of each bird’s flight: (6 points) 2. What is the axis of symmetry for each bird’s flight: (6 points) 3. What was the total distance of each bird’s flight: (7 points) 4. Which bird flew the highest? (2 points) 5. Which bird traveled the longest? (2 points) 6. Which bird hit the following pigs: a. King Pig located at point (21, 19.5) (1 point) b. Moustache Pig located at point (9, 21) (1 point) 1. Red max height (24,18) Yellow max height (7,25) Blue...
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...cupido attwateri) is an endangered subspecies of the now extinct Heath Hen that historically resided throughout Texas and Louisiana. It is a ground bird, known as a grouse, and part of the North American grouse family. The Attwater’s Prairie Chicken is roughly 17-18 inches tall and is smaller than it’s lighter colored relative, the Greater Prarie-Chicken Image of a male Attwater’s Prairie Chicken showing typical habits of their mating dance: cheek sacs inflated and the longer feathers at the ears and tail erect. (Image from TDPW) This bird is a medium sized grouse heavily bands of dark brown, black and beige plumage. The male has flashy bright yellow eye combs and long...
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...described as birds. This relationship reoccurs throughout the book. Fahrenheit metaphorically compares books to birds because like “carrier pigeons” birds carry information between people. Long ago when people didn’t have much connection pigeons were taught how to be “mail carriers” that come and deliver notes or letters with thoughts and ideas. Books, too, have new ideas and help people get more insight on a topic, adding to their overall knowledge and helping form new opinions. In Fahrenheit when Montag meets Granger and his group of “story keepers”, they’re stored knowledge is like the knowledge birds have to help them migrate. Books can be remembered through generations while birds can remember the way back to their home. Books are allegorically compared to birds because of their appearance. On page 37 the cover of a book when opened resembles the wings of a bird. When pages are blown they flutter and flap like wings. Page 37 uses the adjective “snowy” and “delicate” feathers to represent the pureness of knowledge and how fragile and easily damaged and destroyed books are. On page 117 the red and yellow “flames” look like wings as the books burn. Also on page 117 the burning of a book is like a phoenix because even though books are burned storytellers have the knowledge to rewrite a book and “revive” it. When the book described the roasting bird and their wings blazing with red and yellow feathers it creates a picture of a phoenix. A phoenix is a magical bird that can come...
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...with black and red string. The colour of black symbolise death and red symbolises love or lust. Elizabeth Proctor was accused of witchcraft because of Abigail, who wants Elizabeth dead, so she can have John. Elizabeth Proctor knew that Abigail wanted her dead, ‘She wants me dead, John you know it!” (P.59 act 2), people might think that she was exaggerating however she was proven right and she was not killed. I have used black and red string for Elizabeth as Abigail want to harm her and red because of Abigail’s hate and jealousy. Yellow bird is a symbol of truth it signifies that the word of the girls were lies. The yellow bird symbolises the corruption of Abigail and the girls mind just to blame others. And she was being controlled to do things, “Why- why do you come, yellow bird?” (p101, act 3) she have used the image of the yellow bird is one of sweetness, beauty and innocence, she has twisted the event into something threatening. The colour yellow could symbolise envious. I hope that my physical representation has captured the values, attitude, beliefs and Abigail Williams relationship to other characters. Thank...
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...Observation of Humming Birds Observation: When taking a hike, you notice that a ruby-throated hummingbird seems interested in your red hat. It hovers over the hat and then darts away. Question: Do ruby-throated hummingbirds prefer some colors more than others when visiting flowers? INTRODUCTION: There have been a number of researches and experiments done when it comes to ruby-throated hummingbirds. The ruby-throated hummingbirds are the only hummingbirds found in Northeast United States. They have great color vision, like many birds, and can see ultraviolent spectrum, unlike humans (1996, All About Birds). PREDICTION: Ruby-throated hummingbirds do prefer some colors other than others when visiting flowers. CONTROL EXPERIMENTAL METHOD: I will conduct a control experiment with 10 ruby-throated hummingbirds, using red, yellow, orange, and purple flowers. I will observe the Hummingbirds over a period of 5 weeks. I will then take pictures of the birds 10 times a day, to see which flower they prefer. RESULTS: In this experiment, I found that the ruby-throated hummingbirds prefer the red and orange flower over any other color. They flock to the red flower, by 1% over the orange. I feel that orange is a close color to red and if the hummingbirds does not get a chance to get to the red flowers, then they will flock to the next best thing. CONCLUSION: Based on this experiment, I accept this hypothesis. I do not feel that there is a need to conduct...
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...creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists. The term stipple can also apply to a random pattern of small depressions applied to a surface to increase the friction and make the surface easier to grip. Hawking: is a feeding strategy in birds which involves catching flying insects in the air. The term usually refers to a technique of sallying out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch. This technique is called “fly catching” and some birds known for it are several families of “flycatchers”, for example Old World flycatchers, Monarch flycatchers, and Tyrant flycatchers. Allopatric: Occurring in separate, non-overlapping geographic areas. Allopatric populations of related organisms are unable to interbreed because of geographic separation. The development of new species as a result of the geographic separation of populations is called allopatric speciation. Ornithologists: is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the...
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...Set in 1692 Salem, Matechusses, The Crucible portrays the witch trials taken place in this time. Arthur Miller creates an atmosphere of hysteria through the use of fear and terror, clearly seen in act III the yellow bird scene. Through lack of evidence and falsely accused individuals, Miller turned the town into a place of madness and doubt, as seen when John Proctor is put on the stand to testify for his wife. He says he “rung the doom of [his] good name”(111) for his wife in hopes that the court would trust his statement and see that Abigail still lives in a utopia of hope. Miller creates the mood of stress through the fear John feels for his wife. Miller portrays the importance reputation has on the town, by the fact that in order...
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...lives. How are humans created? How are cell formed? What is DNA made of? All of these questions are some form of Biology. Even the color of certain birds is a part of Biology. When dealing with the Sciences you will come across the Scientific Method. This method consists of: Question, Hypothesis, Research, Experiment, Analysis and Conclusion. Below we will discuss a question and complete the steps of the Scientific Method to come up with an answer to the question. Question Do ruby-throated hummingbirds prefer some colors more than others when visiting flowers? Hypothesis In my opinion I believe hummingbirds prefer bright colors opposed to darker colors. The hummingbird has a red throat so considering that I would think they prefer red or something similar to red when it comes to picking flowers to visit. Research Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are primarily in the United States. These small birds are hard to find in the sky because they are only 2-3 in and can flap their wings 53 times in one second. That’s kind of hard to believe or even imagine. When it comes to the type of feeder a hummingbird feeds on doesn’t really matter. They tend to eat from any kind of feeder. When it comes to flowers they prefer, red and yellow are their preference. Experiment Materials: Hummingbirds, red flowers, blue flowers, yellow flowers, green flowers. Instructions: Place flowers 10 feet apart, release the hummingbirds from their cages and see which flowers they’re attracted...
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...What can HR managers learn from Angry Birds? Employee engagement has always been an area of ambiguity for HR professionals. This is one area which is very contextual and the research can conflict with evidence. This is one area where I have erred and paid heavily. But the point that I want to put forth he is that how can we understand engagement better by observing day to day phenomenon in the lives of people. One thing that struck me while playing a PC game was that how engrossed people get while playing games. Since I am also an amateur gamer, I myself have felt this feeling very often, especially during my Counterstrike times at TISS. My latest gaming obsession is Angry Birds. I am sure there are many people out there who love this game as well, but I have chosen this game to understand how engagement works with people. For the sake of common ground understanding, I have selected Angry Birds as a game for our analysis for the following reasons * It’s a simple and straight forward game which everyone and anyone can play without requiring to go through a steep learning curve * Angry Birds has a significant Male-Female following, I.e. many women also play angry birds as compared to other games like Doom or Halo. * Angry Birds has a wider player base with respect to age group How do games manage to keep people such highly engaged that they give it more priority than anything else? Let us try to analyze this from the perspective of a HR person. What do we do when...
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...------------------------------------------------- School bus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about vehicles specifically designed and manufactured for carrying students to and from school. For information about school transportation in general, see student transport. | This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Please considersplitting content into sub-articles or condensing it. (February 2013) | School bus | Front 3/4 view of a typical North American school bus (IC Bus CE-Series) | Interior view of an empty school bus (Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2) | Overview | Manufacturer | List of school bus manufacturers | Body and chassis | Doors | Front entry/exit door; rear/side emergency exit door(s) | Chassis | Cutaway van Cowled chassis Stripped chassis | Powertrain | Engine | Various fuel types (see article) | Capacity | 10-90 passengers, depending on floor plan | Transmission | * Automatic * Manual | Dimensions | Length | Up to 45 feet (13.7 m) | Width | Up to 102 inches (2,591 mm) | Curb weight | ≤10,000–36,000 pounds (4,536–16,329 kg) (GVWR) | Chronology | Predecessor | Kid hacks | A school bus (also called schoolbus) in North America is a type of busspecifically designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying students to and from school and school events. School buses provide an estimated 10 billion student trips every year; over half of the USA's student population is transported...
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...very far, my dear; I was watching you,” (583). While he is doing so unknowingly, he nonetheless is diminishing Edna’s experience in the same way that John diminishes much of what his wife says in The Yellow Wallpaper. It also demonstrates the fundamental disconnection between them, while Léonce doesn’t seem to notice. It is suggested in both stories that being in control of one’s own environment plays an important role in this quest for independence. However, this is something that marriage Victorian society will not offer women as demonstrated with John and Léonce’s attempts to remain in control over it. From the beginning of The Yellow Wallpaper, the narrator is unhappy with the room John has chosen for her to stay in. The room, ironically once a nursery, contains barred windows and a nailed down bed. But it is the hideous yellow wallpaper that she is the most unhappy with, first referring to it as “One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin” (793). Even though she expresses her unhappiness with the room and asks to switch rooms, “John would not hear of it” (793), making her feel silly for “giving way to such fancies” (794). Not allowing her to choose her own room/environment is another way that John exerts his...
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...In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”, the character’s were used to emphasize the supernatural within the Yellow Bird scene to create an atmosphere filled with pandemonium in the town of Salem. This hysteria was created by using the town of Salem, Massachusetts during the time when blaming someone else was the only choice to escape the accusation of being a witch. Abigail Williams reacted to Mr. Hale’s instinctual claim of “always [striking] [him] false” with a “weird, wild,” action as well as emitting a “chilling cry” while pointing to the ceiling and pretending to see a yellow bird (114). Abigail claimed Mary’s spirit, bound by the devil, controlled the imaginary bird that only the young women could see. A chaotic courtroom was created...
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...elevations of 1000 to 6000 feet. Typically around a quarter of an inch long, its diet consists of small insects that it hunts mainly during the night for small insects. They spin their webs on the undersides of leaves of specific plants and usually avoid contact with humans or other potentially danger animals, although only birds present a natural threat. Humans present a possible danger due to loss of habitat to agriculture, but the population is apparently healthy. The happy-face spider’s most admired feature is its bright yellow coloring and a strange pattern of red and black spots on the abdomen. These spots vary widely from spider to spider, making them of interest to scientists who have hypothesized that the different spots provide camouflage against birds and other predators. Strangely enough, the red and black spots, combined with the yellow body, tend to make the spider's abdomen look like the widely known yellow smiley face. The expressions on the abdomen of the spider can range from sad, happy, and excited, to bored or angry. Though individuals differ extremely in their color patterns, these differences are evenly distributed, with the same ratio of Yellow forms to Red front forms in every population, regardless of its separation from the others. Mating experiments reveal that the genetic mechanism for achieving these similar color morphs is different on each island. Results for the Maui spiders reveal a more simple system of genetic control where the individual, regardless...
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...The Micronesian Starling (Aplonis opaca) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. They are migratory bird and often seen in Malaysia during certain times of the year - November to February. Micronesian Starlings consume fruit, seeds, the occasional insect and the eggs of seabirds. They are bold around humans and will follow humans in seabird colonies to take the eggs of seabirds flushed by them. Sali: Still seen at Cocos and Andersen Scientific Name: Aplonis opaca guami (Family STURNIDAE) Common Name: Micronesian Starling Chamorro Name: Sali Habitat and Natural History: It lives in many habitats from seacoast limestone cliff faces to forested mountain tops and on atolls. Generally the Sali lives in groups. It is a cavity nester. A pair lays up to four eggs and both parents incubate the eggs. They are omnivorous, feeding on seeds, fruit and insects. Description: Glossy black with a short tail and yellow eye as an adult, the Sali is about nine inches or twenty-three centimeters long. Range: The Micronesian Starling is widely distributed in Micronesia ranging through Palau; Yap; Guam; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian and Rota); Chuuk; Pohnpei; and Kosrae. Current Status: Historically on Guam the Sali was found throughout the island. It is presently restricted...
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...Kevin Powers’s “The Yellow Birds” is an example of irony. “... Cowardice got you into this mess because you wanted to be a man …” the speaker is implying that this man went into ear because people wanted him to, now, it has had a huge effect on the way he outlooks thing in his life. “ … making up for the killing of woman or even watching women get killed, or for that matter killing men and shooting them”. This is an example that Kevin Powers shows that war has a huge effect on the brain. Throughout this passage nothing about “yellow birds” shows up or comes to mind. Irony is the complete opposite on one’s original thoughts. Document A entitled “War is kind” by Stephen Crane is another kind of example, in no means is war is kind and this is why writers are now protesting against war through imagery, irony, and structure. “Little souls who thirst for fight, these men were born to drill and die”. In no means did the narrator give reasons on how war is oh so...
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