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Students have been learning by leaps and bounds throughout February. Time flies when you’re having fun, and in a leap year! Whether its heart-pumping excitement at the fire department, investigating beyond your average brainteaser, rocking out in geology, or commemorating America by learning from its’ history, students are challenging their academic achievements. This month has been absolutely extraordinary, and we are happy to share with you a little about the wonderful activities your…

The 1950s were a time wrought with anxiety about Communism and those who committed actions that were seen as “un-American.” The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated average citizens who were thought to have Communist affiliations, but they frequently went after those in the entertainment industry. In addition to those in the entertainment industry, Jewish people found themselves targeted by other Americans. At this time around 50 to 60 anti-Semitic groups existed and Jewish…

Imagine living in a society where the media skewed the accuracy of information only to manipulate the audience and boost ratings, now realize that the society described isn’t an imagination but rather a reality. Currently, the majority of individuals depend on news networks to further understand the happenings around the world. However, receiving news from one source feeds the viewer with biased ideas, intended to make the viewer think a certain way. The reason behind this lies on the ideologies…

Body Next, I will be discussing the three types of power along with the definition of power, from the communication concepts found in Superbad. “What is the definition of power?” Power Definition: (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) the ability or right to control people or things; political control of a country or area; a person or organization that has a lot of control and influence over other people or organizations. According to the textbook, “Understanding human communication”, power is group…

exercises that would have amazed and stunned the ranchers of 1850. These new achievements are not simply errands that were troublesome some time recently. Maybe they are dreams that are made primarily by the abilities of the machines that can do them. They are occupations the machines make…

In this book written by author Martin Ford in "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future he talks about the threat of job loss and economic difficulties that future use of robots are putting on the workers. Do you like your job? Are you easily replaceable? What about a robot taking over your job? These robots are coming for pretty much any job from fast food to sorting boxes in a factory. Are these robots getting too smart, too flexible and too convenient? Well,…

Chainsaws are practical tools to help maintain trees. You can find saws to cut thick branches or to trim away out of reach limbs. Shop Staples garden section to find power saws for homeowners, on farms and gardens and for professionals. Finding the Right Tools for the Job Choose from several types of tree and weed cutters for the right cut. Pole chainsaws resemble a small power saw at the end of a pole. They weigh 6-17 pounds and have a bar or cut the length of 6-20 inches. These saws have 8-12…

Robot” by Robin Marantz Henig. Both of these authors tells how technology has, is and will change our lives. Kevin Kelly’s states that technology is changing our way of living. We are becoming less responsible to finish our tasks and more reliable on machines to do it for us. Henig talks about how robots will help humans to finish tasks more quickly and neatly. He also said that we could save a lot of our valuable time and make our ecosystem more secure. Kelly’s analysis of the causes,…

Joshua L. Gibson Miss. Metzger English 10cp 17 February 2017 HULC robotic exoskeleton I am going to be talking about the HULC robotic exoskeleton system, and how it is related to the book fahrenheit 451 and how they could have the same technology in them. I am talking about these two thing because of the robotic dog in the book and real life today about the HULC robot. The Hulc robotic exoskeleton is an exoskeleton that is supposed to help the oxygen usage to be less with the HULC robotic…

deprivation of jobs but, infact, it creates more jobs. Many products that people use on a daily basis are produced in factories by people. In the automation business, the use of machines, control systems, and information technologies to optimize productivity in the production of goods, many people operate these machines and control systems (Source A/C). A human might make a mistake and destruct…