dilemma of whether to use one large dataset for an entire course or several small datasets was discussed. One participant felt that the analysis of real data was not an end in itself‚ but a way to illustrate and motivate statistical concepts. A disadvantage of using the same dataset throughout a course is that there will be students who may not be interested in the context of that dataset. There was a discussion regarding the rapid improvements being made in technology‚ resulting in the fact that
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African American men and women are stereotyped by the color of their skin‚ where they live‚ or the jobs they possess‚ just to name a few. Many people especially whites believe that blacks are ignorant. That is one of the biggest stereotypes we face as black people. It is perceived that blacks are not intelligent enough to co-mingle with the dominant race‚ the dominant race being whites. African Americans are viewed as being incapable of doing the same job as a white person‚ or carrying on an
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can reach news all around the world with no efforts. As a result‚ they learn certain problems threatening our world‚ such as terrorism‚ extremism‚ poverty‚ totalitarianism‚ and so on. However‚ when pondering what the most dangerous threat the word faces today is‚ people’s opinions vary. As far as I’m concerned‚ terrorism is the most dangerous one‚ since it brings us lots of distress and suffering. What’s worse‚ we are not strong enough to eliminate it for good and it still prevails on some places
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Faith or Face? "Young Goodman Brown" is short story about a young Puritan man who sets out on a journey through the forest to witness a witch ceremony‚ leaving his wife‚ Faith. He must resist the devil’s temptation and return to her at sunrise‚ as promised. On his journey Brown experiences events that alter his way of thinking forever. This story is centered around the concept of Faith. Faith is used to show the extent to which religion can become the driving force in one’s life. Faith is defined
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The myth ‘the face in the pool’ by Mary Pope Osborne explains supernatural characters‚ dualities‚ and natural phenomenon. First‚ the myth shows Jupiter’s supernatural characteristic. Jupiter uses her powers to a nymph named Echo who was stalling Jupiter from finding where her husband Juno was. “ ‘Henceforth your voice will be more brief‚ my dear! You will always have the last word--but never the first!’ ” (Osborne 2). Jupiter knew Echo was stalling her so she took away the nymphs power to speak but
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Many teachers are worried that grades will go down when kids stop playing sports. Teachers want an alternative motivation for good grades. According to “Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure” most kids require a scholarship to be able to afford college. There are not just sports scholarships. There are also academic scholarships which can motivate kids to get good grades to be able to apply for these scholarships. Alternate preexisting and possible activities would help the large majority
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The prevalence of terror in the movies Psycho (1960)‚ Eyes Without a Face (1960) and Village of The Damned (1995) is astonishing and quite scary. The methods used to achieve heightened tension and terror in these films is remarkable and includes various camera angles and tricks and audio to foreshadow. The primary reason these films are so terrifying to the viewer is that they can actually occur and are not about some fantasy or supernatural world. The terror in these films plays on the emotional
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people seem to be born with this ability to associate a face and a name. You may watch them with awe and envy‚ never dreaming that you could be one of these people too. They are probably also the same people who can watch a TV show or movie and recite not only the names but the previous roles of the actors‚ from minor characters to leading men and women. With the tips you’ll learn shortly‚ you’ll be well on your way to becoming one of these face memory champs. Great name memories can be made‚ if not
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The Beat Generation The Twentieth Century has witnessed several moments which have helped to shape the face of American culture. Each movement has in some way altered the way we‚ as Americans‚ think and act. One of the most influential literary movements of this century has been that of the Beat movement. The Beats were initially a small group of individuals situated in New York. The Beat writers were a small group of friends at first‚ and a movement later. The Beat Generation in literature consisted
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%FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM % % Face recognition system based on EigenFaces Method. % The system functions by projecting face images onto a feature space % that spans the significant variations among known face images. The % significant features are known as "eigenfaces" because they are the % eigenvectors (principal components) of the set of faces. % % Face images must be collected into sets: every set (called "class") should % include a number of images for each person‚ with some variations
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