An analogy from nature might be a flock of birds on the ground becoming startled and taking flight in a synchronized wave.
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The circles of influence in a flock of birds resemble (perhaps not flatteringly) how our online social networks shape traffic flow to content.
Sullenberger and his crew safely landed the damaged airplane, believed to have hit a flock of birds, in the Hudson on January 15.
And the information from both recorders was consistent with previous reports of the plane hitting a flock of birds before losing power in both engines.
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Part of the vision calls for flying jets in the same formation as a flock of birds, which would reduce energy use and carbon emissions.
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They is an example of an "emergent process", the scientists said - a closely co-ordinated action developing without a single leader, in the same as a flock of birds or insects swarms.
Authorities said the cockpit and flight data recorders were recovered in excellent condition and information from both recorders was consistent with previous reports of the plane hitting a flock of birds before losing power in both engines.
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Left to savor are virtuoso touches, like a flock of birds that becomes useless paper, a train that glides along the surface of a lake, and one of the great villains of all time, Yubaba, who looks like a bobble-headed grandmother on speed.
On Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane's cockpit voice recorder captured sounds of loud thumps seconds after the pilot and first officer commented on a nearby flock of birds.
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At a news conference Sunday, NTSB board member Kitty Higgins said the cockpit voice recorder captured sounds of loud "thumps" seconds after the pilot and first officer commented on a nearby flock of birds.
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An interactive window appears midway prompting viewers to contribute to the landscape, typed on a keyboard or drawn with a mouse, which extend into branches and attract a flock of flying birds.
It's as if a time-wasting flock of Angry Birds has buried productivity like a worm.
The birds spawned a flock of sequels, branded tie-ins, and tons of merchandise.
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In the end, these vendors send you the ideal new clients you want because birds of a feather flock together.
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As the old saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and Mitt Romney picked -- his pick of Paul Ryan tells you something about his own economic beliefs -- ones we knew, but this solidifies it and crystallizes it even more.
Birds of a feather do more than flock together: they cruise for action together, too.
We are talking about breeding starlings here rather than wintering starlings, many of which are migrants from the North and East and still flock to the South West in huge numbers: as attested to by the spectacular roosts of a million birds or more on the Somerset Levels.
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