...Silliman University School of Basic Education High School Department Determining the Effectiveness of Sugar as a Preservative for Flowers An Investigatory Project for School Year 2014-2015 In Partial fulfillment of the Physics Subject Researchers: Salvethlyn Himaya Reambonanza Ma. Carina Cassimira Enopia Silverio Serion Submitted to: Engr. Mylene J. Lagahit Teacher I. Introduction a. Background of the Study "Beautiful" and "sweet-smelling" are two common terms that describe fresh flowers, and explains why so many of us like to place flowers in our homes. Having flowers in our homes adds color and a soft touch. In addition, the presence and scent of flowers gives us a psychological boost making us feel happier and livelier. Flowers certainly do help brighten up our day. However, fresh cut flowers do not last long as they typically wilt after a few days. There are a few ways to help flowers stay fresh for longer periods of time, once they are cut. One method is to cut the stem of the flower at an angle with a sharp knife and immediately placing the cut flower in lukewarm water. Cutting a flower stalk at an angle exposes more of the stem, allowing for a larger surface area to come in contact with water. Leaves that are under water should be removed. Interestingly, the removal of rose thorns will hasten the wilting process of roses. Another commonly used method is to add sugar and vinegar to water. Sugar is thought to provide the nutrition required...
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...In this paper, I will be comparing two vases: Harvester’s Vase, and Geometric Krater. These two pieces, while fundamentally similar, are quite different. These two vases show the differences between civilizations, art styles, day to day life, and importance. They also show the similarities and shared art techniques and traits that were passed through generations and cultures. Even though the vases are different, they have a shared emphasis/main idea of people. Harvester’s Vase is from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece; circa 1500 BCE. This is a relief sculpture that depicts singing harvesters after a hard day’s work. Even without being told, it’s easy to tell who the leader of the group is. He seems to be singing with gusto. This is one of the...
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... Many mythological tales referencing the great hero’s and gods of Greece are displayed using cups, vases, and many other forms of canvases. The featured vase and vase drawing shows a visual depletion of the excerpt. The full vase view shows various human looking figures with boar-like tails, forelegs, and heads representing Odysseus’s comrades who were poisoned, tricked and captured by Circe then turned into the “shape of swine” (Homer 11). Eurylochus was the only comrade who stayed behind...
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...The main women in the story are Pan Jin Liang (Gold) , Li Ping Er (Vase), and Pang Chun Mei (Plum). These three women form the core of the novel, and the four way romantic escapades with Ximen Qing, along with jeolous, lust, and betrayal. All three women are Ximen’s top 3 concubines from the 13 concubines he proudly owns in his mansion! He is the legendary womanizer and pimp of China! Ximen Qing is a successful business owner of a pharmacy shop in town. No one dares to go against him, because Ximen has political and business connections with the top officials, even the police! So basically, Ximen can steal away a man’s wife or girlfriend without incident! Ximen Qing would have been the perfect man for the TV show Cheaters! Read more in Classics « Tragedies of Shakespeare: Timon of AthensRomances of Shakespeare: Cymbeline » Ximen therefore is both good and bad. Good, because he gave the young woman the best intense sex she ever experienced! Bad, because Ximen was an adulterer. In this novel, the bad outweighed the good in the long run for Ximen Qing. The English translation is long, around 2,100 pages. But if you like erotica novels, this one is a classic! The English translation is graphic with numerous sex scenes rich with pornographic details! A daring novel to write back in ancient China. That is probably why the author remained ananymous. He or she would have been executed by the Emperor at the time! Even today, Chinese people of...
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...Completely cast in bronze, the Vase in the Shape of a Bamboo Basket with Bean Vines and Butterflies possesses a dark gray color. It does not serve a functional role, despite being a vase, and is, therefore, only ornamental. As indicated by its title, this metalwork depicts a bamboo basket covered in bean vines and butterflies. Both leaves and beans poke through the basket’s weaving, while a couple of butterflies appear to be resting on the basket’s top portion. In addition, the basket, itself, sits on a stand of crisscrossed bamboo sticks. Although the precise date on which the Vase in the Shape of a Bamboo Basket with Bean Vines and Butterflies was created is unknown, it is believed to be during the Meiji period of 1868 to 1912. The Meiji...
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...CASE STUDY SOLUTION A. The table or spreadsheet for CSI's unit sales quantity (Q), price (P), optimal advertising level (A), advertising intensity (A/S), and sales revenue (S) is: Quantity Price 5,500 $0 5,570 5 5,631 10 5,683 15 5,725 20 5,758 25 5,781 30 5,795 35 5,800 40 5,795 45 5,781 50 5,758 55 5,725 60 5,683 65 5,631 70 5,570 75 5,500 80 5,420 85 5,331 90 5,233 95 5,125 100 Advertising $25.000 28.125 31.250 34.375 37.500 40.625 43.750 46.875 50.000 53.125 56.250 59.375 62.500 65.625 68.750 71.875 75.000 78.125 81.250 84.375 87.500 Ad/Sales ----10.10% 5.55% 4.03% 3.28% 2.82% 2.52% 2.31% 2.16% 2.04% 1.95% 1.87% 1.82% 1.78% 1.74% 1.72% 1.70% 1.70% 1.69% 1.70% 1.71% Sales Revenue $0.00 27,851.56 56,312.50 85,242.19 114,500.00 143,945.31 173,437.50 202,835.94 232,000.00 260,789.06 289,062.50 316,679.69 343,500.00 369,382.81 394,187.50 417,773.44 440,000.00 460,726.56 479,812.50 497,117.19 512,500.00 B. Based on the CSI table or spreadsheet, the optimal price-advertising combination that will maximize the number of units sold is the analytical solution P = $40 and A = $5,000. Notice that quantity rises until this point is reached, but then falls as both price and advertising climb beyond this point. C. The negative quantities and sales revenues observed at very high price-advertising combinations have a simple analytical interpretation. The quadratic...
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...Attributed to the Athena Painter For my term paper I went to the Art Institute of Chicago to search a sculpture from Ancient Greece. I came across a vase from Athena, Greece. I found this vase in the Greek, Roman and Byzantine Art section (150-154). This lekythos vase is a terracotta black-figure painting. The date for this vase is circa 490/480 BCE. Lekythos vases were used to store fine oils and perfumes, often dedicated in burials and decorated in reference to this function. On this vase thee are three men. Two men are wearing soldier gear, and one is wearing a toga. On the right side there is one nude soldier who is pointing with a pointy stick to the man with the toga and has a shield on his other hand. On the far left the other soldier is dressed and also pointing a pointy stick to the man with the toga. The man with the toga is calm and is blowing through an instrument. The soldier’s bodies seem idealized but the man in the toga appears to have a normal body. The men’s bodies look in proportion like over humans. The soldier’s gestures look like they want to kill the man in the middle. Above the painting there are flower decorations. The flaring and the handle are painted black....
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...The two works that I discovered at the The Philadelphia Museum of Art are Still Life with Roses in a Fluted Vase by Ignace-Henri-Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour. The medium that was used was oil on canvas and the size is 17.5 inches x 15 inches, which is located in Gallery 151, European Art 1850-1900. The other work of art is The Mad Dog by Rufino Tamayo and the medium that was used was oil on canvas and is 32 x 43 inches in size. This painting is located in Modern Art. These two pieces of art have similarities in form and differences as well. Form is what you physically see and not what you take from it. The two artist use the same work style of using oil on canvas, but in two completely different ways. Still Life with Roses in a Fluted Vase uses...
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...alongside with a yellow see-through vase that contains water and full bloomed bright flowers. For this is the subject matter painted on oil covered canvas is called Nan’s Kitchen by Janet Fish. This painting contains many visual elements. Throughout the whole picture, we are drawn to the glassware like the yellow vase containing the flowers. Other points of interest are the pink glass that next to the vase. The vertical lines that converge to show the window is open in the picture. Plus the diagonal lines which are made up from the sides of the table tells one that the table is either a rectangle or square shape. The lines made up of from the branches on the tree show that the tree is larger and don’t take the attention away from the glassware. There is an implied contour line going counterclockwise starting at the copper colored tea pot and curving back and ending at the yellow vase containing the well bloomed bright flowers. The ground is the tablecloth which makes the glassware the figure. Some of the positive shapes are the pink drinking glass, the Bing cherries in the deep blue dish, and the unique glass dishes which all these are the ground in the picture. On the other hand some negative shapes are the copper colored kettle with burner along with the branches outside of the window and the chair to the left of the kettle. The colors used in this oil painting not only monochromatic but were also complementary. The flowers in the vase are a perfect example of...
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...Justin Baker’s “Brian, rose and square” is a black and white photograph that evokes deep emotion and mystery. The photograph is composed of a large glass vase placed on a shelf that is also made of glass. Inside the vase is a decaying rose that is severely drooping off to the left. The vase is also filled with cloudy, old looking water. The shelf is hung on a white wall that seems to have many imperfections on it. Along with the shelf, there is also a picture of a man hung on the wall. This picture is taped to the wall, rather than securely fastened like the shelf. There is very high contrast of values throughout the photograph, darker shadows towards the edges, and brighter in the middle. The darkness of the water draws in the eye by being placed next to the starkness of the white wall. There is also a light shadow being cast on the wall from the vase and stem. This photograph has a centered composition, and has no items that continue off the page. This photograph contains a high amount of uncertainty and mystery regarding the subject and meaning. If I were to try to come up with my own meaning, it would be that this is the view of a girl who recently went through a break-up. The picture taped on the wall is of her ex-boyfriend, “Brian”, and the flower in the vase was given to her by him before they broke up. The decaying of the rose symbolizes the end of their relationship and the loss of hope that she now has. The darkness of value around the edges, and the...
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...The Ashes Rita looked at the expensive jeweled vase like a child looking at candy. Rita loved expensive looking furniture and fabrics. The woman thought the vase would match with her four-thousand dollar bookcase she had custom made in France. Rita walked to the counter in the pawnshop and found a sales person. “Hello ma’am, how may I help you?” the sales clerk asked. “Hi sir, I was wondering the cost of this beautiful vase? Rita questioned. “It would be four hundred dollars,” he answered. “Four hundred dollars that is insane! I bet the jewels are not even real,” she roared. “Ma’am this is a one of kind item! How dare you come into my store and call them fake! I must ask of you at least three hundred dollars,” he said “I’m sorry sir”, she batted her eyes and said,”Can you...
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...activity He has no knowledge which of his 4 items – glasses, paper weights, tumblers and vases – is profitable He is in dire need of a better pricing strategy to maintain profits after accounting for costs and his wages Looking at the available data, Giberson seems to be under-utilizing several of his resources, namely raw materials and time in addition to inefficiently pricing the products. Let us look at each of these factors separately. Raw Materials Let us calculate the total weight of raw materials used to produce the 4 items and compare that with the total weight of raw materials available Weight / piece (lbs) Patterned glasses 0.5 Paperwights 0.9 Wrapped tumblers 0.5 Vases 0.6 Item Weekly Production 19 10 32 8 Total Weight (lbs) 9.5 9 16 4.8 39.3 The total weight of raw material used = 39.3 lbs. The total weight of raw material scrapped = 50 lbs. Batch size available = 200 lbs. Percentage utilization = (39.3 + 50)/200 = 45% Cost/ batch = $21.42. Cost/year = $21.42*40 = $856.80 Recommendation – Giberson is reluctant to reduce the quantity of the batch to preserve quality. If he can half the quantity while still preserving the proportion of ingredients, he can save $428.40 per year Time Let us calculate the amount of hot production time required to produce the 4 items and compare that to the total hot time available Item Patterned glasses Paperwights Wrapped tumblers Vases Weekly Production 19 10 32 8 Hot Time/Item Weekly Hot Time (mins) (mins) 15 285 15 150 15...
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...for its occurrence. (Points : 5) | Question 3. 3. (TCO 7) When Samantha’s grandmother died, her mother asked her to help clean out her grandmother’s home. The books and clothing were donated to a local thrift store. However, there were a few paintings and vases that Samantha thought could be sold on Ebay or Craigslist. Samantha’s mother did not want to go to that trouble so she gave the items to Samantha. One vase was really pretty but Samantha decided not to keep it, so she listed it on Craigslist for $10. Jason Baker responded to the ad and went to Samantha’s home to view the vase. When there, he asked Samantha if she knew anything about the origins of the vase. She said she did not but knew that her grandmother liked collecting Chinese art since she had lived in China for a while. Jason had been an art history major in college and believed that this was a vase from the Ming Dynasty with a value of $500,000–600,000. He told Samantha that he really liked the vase, that he was an art history major, and it may have some value, so he was willing to pay her $5,000. Samantha readily agreed to the sale for $5,000. Two months later Jason took the vase to an art appraiser who told him that the vase looked authentic, it is really a very convincing counterfeit. Jason Baker contacted Samantha and asked for his money back. Samantha refused and Jason Baker filed suit. Will Jason Baker prevail in court? Why or why not? (Points : 5) | Question 4. 4. (TCO 7)...
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...National Cheng Kung University Tainan 15/12/2014 Outline 1. Introduction 2. The Peacock Clock 3. Kolyvan Vase 4. Madonna Litta 5. Search of the materials 6. References Introduction The Winter Palace (inner view) The Winter Palace (inner view) The Winter Palace (view from the Neva river) The Winter Palace (view from the Neva river) The State Hermitage, the largest museum in Russia, is located in the center of St. Petersburg, on the Neva River. To be specific, it’s right on the Palace Square, which is named like this because of the museum. It’s the heart of historic St. Petersburg. Most of the main city events, like fireworks and New Year celebrations, take place on this square. More than three million items are stored in Hermitage collections - paintings, sculptures, works of applied art, coins, medals, weapons, archaeological sites and other wealth created by many nations of the world from ancient times to present days. Its collection is just as big and valuable as collections of British museum in London and Louvre museum in Paris. The Hermitage is an amazing world which is full of wonders. It has been always attracting thousands of people of different ages and backgrounds, from different countries and continents. And everyone has found there something to remember and to delight. In my final report I suggest a list of exhibits which may blow your mind and at first you won’t even believe that they are true. But they are true, they are...
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...Herakles’ second task of defeating the menacing Hydra of Lerna. This black-figure hydria draws viewers to the mythological narrative depicted in the front and center of the vessel, showcasing the power of Herakles and his nephew Iolaos. The jar is Etruscan, made in Caere during approximately 525 B.C. Seventeen inches tall, the title of the vase indicates its possible function as a vessel for storing water or wine during Greek social gatherings where conversations flourished. Through the combination of the vessel’s physical function,...
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