Try this question only if you are really good in maths and you dont need complex formulas for this?

You are to measure the length of a lotus plant from the bottom of the lake till the top of the flower.You are given a scale but you are not allowed to immerse it in water or uproot the plant or use any sort of other equipment.(This question has a logical answer.)

Try this question only if you are really good in maths and you dont need complex formulas for this?
You need to use Pythagorean theorem.


Measure the lenght of the lotus plant which is above the water.(X)


Bend the plant to any one side until it is just submerged under the surface of water.


Measure the Dist. between the initial and final positions of the plant(Y)(i.e. the initial position and final position where it is submerged)





Let the actual lenght be L.


Then (L x L) = (Y x Y) + (L - X)(L - X)
Reply:this problem is very obvious and simple. i can't believe only 2 person can answer it. Report It

Reply:Radar is the way to test depth of oceans. Estate agents uee the same principle to measure rooms.





Bounce a signal off the bottom and the time it takes to be received back again tells you (twice) the depth.
Reply:I am not that great in math, but I would use the scale and measure around the lake at the lowest level and the highest level and subtract. Like 3,300 lowest - 3,000 highest =3,000. Is that correct?
Reply:Lotus plants can't grow but so tall, so it can't be that deep of a lake. So get in yourself and stand next to it. Get out, measure how far up you got wet, and voila!
Reply:Use anotehr scale which you are allowed to immerse in water, or use something else, which you immerse in water ant then measure the depth of the lake, and add on the additional height of the flower above the lake and there you have your answer.





I am also sure if you wanted to get technical you could drop a stone or something into the water and if it were possible to time how long it took to reach the bottom using some clever mechanics you could work out the depth of the water and continue as previous.
Reply:Pull the plug out and drain the lake (try to save the fish %26amp; put them back later), measure the lotus plant.
Reply:Yes, there is a way to do it mathematicaly (though practically , you'd have problems):


Let y = the unknown length of the plant below water


let x = the measured distance of the the plant (held taut) above the water. You wish to determine x+y, so you must determine y. Holding the plant taut you bend the plant until the top of the plant just breaks the plane of the water at point p. The scale is used to measure the horizontal distance d from where the plant broke the water, while vertical, to point p. Now, from the pythagorean theorem you have y^2 + d^2 = (x+y)^2 Since you know x and d, you can solve for y and determine x+y.
Reply:know how deep the water in the lake and then measure how tall the flower is abouve the water, add it up
Reply:It's easy, a lotus is generally circular, so measure it's mean diameter, you didn't say that I've to measure the height, just the length, so where is the question of the scale getting wet?
Reply:i think lotus plant cant be measured without immersing the scale in water

Karma tattoo?

I wanna get the word karma in arabic(currently learning the language), with flames(also has meaning to me) and flowers possibly lilies because they are beautiful and my favorite flower but lotus's make more sense(karma and buddism). All this on my right leg from knee to ankle. fully colored how much would this cost and how do i go about getting the right design. any suggestions would be great.





positive answers only. I know this wont look great when im 80, no lectures please

Karma tattoo?
Write down the basics of what you want on a notepad and take your idea to your tattoo artist... they will work with you on the design and getting it to flow properly on the selected area of skin....





your tattoo idea sounds like there could be huge possibilities on creativity and coloring....


there is no guessing on a price, only you and your artist can come up with that number...





Best of luck on it!! ...and when you're 80 you'll still be proud of that tattoo.

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Can anyone help identify provenance of sm. pottery stylised monkey/chimp?

I am trying to find out what I can about a pottery monkey, in our family for over 50 years. It has a highly glazed yellowy-green base colour, with symbols in a darker, more sage green painted at various places on its body. It looks, to my untutored eye, far east Asian, e.g. Chinese, Japanese. The figure is sitting or squatting, arms crossed at wrist, in front. some symbols: rising/setting sun with rays; lotus type flower; small spiral on back of head. On its base is stamped in the pottery 2 numbers: one of 4 digits, difficult to discern, the other is the number 2. Four digit number is poss 1027. Monkey's eyes are closed, head at right-angles to body. A rather 'smug', sort of smiling expression! Have searched web without success, however if anyone can recommend an antiques site where I might be able to find identification, I would be grateful. It's almost certainly C20, early to mid. Thank you for your help.

Can anyone help identify provenance of sm. pottery stylised monkey/chimp?
Don't think this will be much help but have seen a glazed green monkey figure in Retro Home and Jewelry (shop in Pembridge Cres, Notting Hill) - it looked 30s but they actually specialise in 40s and 50s. Kept looking at it, thinking what is it that's so attractive about the figure? - then decided it was the smug smile on its face that made it particularly appealing. The figure has now gone from the window but maybe the experts there might have an idea?
Reply:First thing I'd suggest is taking it to an appropriate museum to see if they could help you. Looking on the net I found the following site where it looks like you could ask the same question to people who know their stuff. Other antiquey kind of sites seem to be more about evaluations

Can someone give me a plot summary of Eureka 7?

It seen really cool ,but I have no clue what it is about or what is going on half the time. Like one time it was a chick coming out of a lotus or some flower and next time the other chick is growing wings! Come on this is freaky and thats why I want to get into it. So please and thank you.

Can someone give me a plot summary of Eureka 7?
Its about this boy who hates his boring life in his very boring town. That is until he meats a mysterious girl named eureka. Suddenly his life is changed. He meets up with a rebelious group known as the Gekkostate and their famous leader Holland.





Its a show full of comady, action, adventure, and romance. Did i forget to mention tapar surfing robots?





I could go on but i would pobably spoil it.





This is my favorite show. Have fun.
Reply:u can watch at http://www.englishanimeworld.co.nr/


dhruvs site
Reply:Just go to the wilipedia site. It has everything anime plot, character bios, and more. Warning this is full of SPOILERS! I suggest watching the show online and/or watching the DVDs. Its a very good series I enjoyed it a lot and you probably will to. To bad you caught the show near the end of its run.

In Iran, what are the seven traditional items placed on the haft seen table at Nouruz?

I've read that at Nouruz, the Iranian New Year, seven traditional items starting with 's' are placed on the 'haft seen' table. Most sources say that these are : samanoo (wheat pudding), sumac (dried crushed berries), serkeh (vinegar), seeb (apple), sombol (flowers), sear (garlic), and sekkeh (coins). But some others replace sekkeh with senjed (dried lotus fruit). And others talk about 94 coins in a dish, as well as a mirror, decorated boiled eggs, pictures of relatives etc. So what are the right things to put on the table?

In Iran, what are the seven traditional items placed on the haft seen table at Nouruz?
Hi, there is some alternatives. for example if you can not find Senjed you can replace it with Sekeh (coins) all of these you mentioned are accepteble but the rule is that the total number of items must be7 parts. another common alternative item is Sabzeh (green plants usually wheat)


in addition there are some other items that are not part of Haft Seen but traditionaly we use them such as mirror, pastries, red fish in a spherical aquarium, colored eggs, and Quran.


these are not parts of Haft Seen but they may be accompaning with it.





http://www.shindokht.com/images/pb0070.j...


http://gisoo.persiangig.com/other/DSC084...


http://www.zarrabi.be/weblog/photo/IMG_1...





to see more pics of Haft Seen search هفت سین in google images

What shoes do i wear???

there's a dress that i have [that i love!] and i dont know what kind of shoes to wear with it. the dress goes to right above my knee and is made out of a floaty fabric. im sorry that there's no picture, but please use your imagination as well as you can. its an empire waist dress with 1inch thick straps. the main color is a sandy golden tan. there are large turquoise and coral pink lotus flowers on it. and there are leaves that have shades of dark green and gold, but the leaves are not very noticible. the whole dress looks very asia-inspired.


if you can think of anything to go with it, even if u know nothing about shoes, any answer will be appreciated.





P.S.


no flip-flops or flats where im going in the dress!

What shoes do i wear???
A pair of gold sandal type shoes.


Would they look good with green alligator skin winkle pickers or whatever they are called?


If your buying them, don't invest in wedges, biggest shoe fad ever (apart from uggs)
Reply:I'd say look for a black shoe that has a very small heel. Wedges are deffinitely not something to wear with a dress like that. Besides, wedges are ugly as it is.





I know you said no flats, but i think they'd look great with the dress. Maybe try to find a pair of flats that have a small heel on them. Some of them look very nice with dresses.
Reply:wedges would be nice
Reply:I would wear a sandal with a spiked heal........
Reply:i would say go for either a coral, gold, turquoise or dark green color of shoe. Even if the dark green isn't very noticeable, a shoe can always pop. So i found a few that you might like;


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http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSectio...


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http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSectio...


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http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSectio...
Reply:yea i would go with wedges





a color that matches one of the colors in your dress or close to it
Reply:Wedges!!!!





No stilletos, boots, or strappy heels.





Straps are out.





Wedges are in.
Reply:heels... wedges
Reply:What about a cute sandal with some turquoise or yellow accents to emphasize the flowers or leaves on the dress? Like these:





http://www.solestruck.com/jessica-simpso...


http://www.solestruck.com/dollhouse-fawn...


http://www.solestruck.com/nina-gordie-ls...


http://www.solestruck.com/bcbgirls-geran...


http://www.solestruck.com/bcbgirls-geran...


http://www.solestruck.com/j.-renee-cleop...
Reply:wear the biggest heels u can

roller blades

Do you give joyful attention to the beauty all around you?

I had an answer deleted about beauty but I would still like to share a moment of true beauty I experienced yesterday. I was in a Botanic Gardens watching a one year old child - arms outstretched and walking with that adorable unsteady walk of a new walker - following two pigeons which kept moving just out of his reach. A huge fig tree towered overhead and the filtered sunlight dappled a pattern on the ground all around. The child's mother stood nearby beaming with love. The pigeons grew tired of the persistent pursuit and flew to a nearby pond edge where pink lotus flowers were in full bloom. The child stood motionless - arms still outstretched - gazing towards where he had last seen the pigeons. I was struck with wonder at the profoundly indescribable beauty in this simple moment.





Why is it that when we put our joyful attention into life - into the moment - that life seems to reward us? Is this where freedom lies?

Do you give joyful attention to the beauty all around you?
Yes I gave attention to the beauty around me. I have a coin in my pocket and it has a quote from the book of Psalms. "This is the day the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it."


I read it every day and actually look to the light of day and every day I read it I find some beauty. In a dogs happy tail, a rhubarb poking up through the spring dirt, a beaver's kit in the quarry, and the neighbours kids laughing.


It's all around us isn't it?


I would think that our freedom lies in our own decisions in our lives that guide us to wherever we find ourselves. It's a "free will" to me, this freedom we look for, or already have. The decisions we make (like you finding the beauty in the child with the pigeons) are the ones that give us our sense of freedom. You saw beauty there, someone else would have seen something they can't have, or something to be eschewed, but not you.


You saw a beauty that lay there and you were free to see it, and free to accept it, and free to reject it. You chose to accept it. That's freedom.
Reply:yes, beautiful, thank you. whenever we are conscious and aware in the present moment, when we simply look without labelling, evaluating, judging from past memories, we experience the aliveness and freshness of life. whenever we only look through mind/ thought and label things, all is dry...
Reply:Yes, I do to some extent


You do, because you see the reflection of your own self, your kids/ brother/sister/parents and the place you live in, in every thing around you. I have no other words to describe the kind of love you have within!!!!
Reply:Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and God Beholds each and every day of our lives,





through our family and loved ones.





cherish them, and stop telling them you love them, and that they are the most beautiful things in your life.
Reply:Yes, yes.





Because being is about being-in-the-moment. No more cares, no more worries, no more anxieties over anything else.
Reply:~Beautiful~





Peace!
Reply:This is the only joy -- meaning -- freedom -- of life