40 Hours Left!

40 Hours Left! Following the old tradition Go and change the world! Buena suerte! :) - Some things I learned this semester: Heres a fun experiment. How do we perceive emotion? The faces pictured below are either Angry, Fearful, Disgusted, Happy, Neutral, Sad, or Surprised. Two are used more than once. Taken From: Coding Facial Expressions with Gabor Wavelets. Michael J. Lyons, Shigeru Akamatsu, Miyuki Kamachi, Jiro Gyoba. Proceedings, Third IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, April 14-16 1998, Nara Japan, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 200-205. Taken from Hood, Clifton. 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York. John Hopkins University Press, 1995. A 1907 ballad, The Subway Express depicted the Interborough as an arena for sexual flirtation where the motion of a crowded rush hour express threw two strangers, a young man and a young woman, into each others arms. As the train sped from lower Manhattan to the Bronx, they fell in love: (Boy) It was in no sheltered nook It was by no babbling brook When romanticlly we met. (Girl) Ah, the scene I cant forget We were thrown together in the Subway Express. (Boy) You were clearly all at sea As you wildly clutched at me When around that curve we swung. (Girl) Yes, and though Id lost my tongue I made a hit with you, you must confess. (Boy) Yes, you hit me in the back And as around and round you flew I inquired if I could tender a supporting arm to you. (Girl) To which I answered, No sir! When the guard yelled Move up closer And clearly there was nothing else to do. (Boy) We first met down at Spring Street And then upon my word. (Girl) I felt Id known you all my life When we reached Twenty Third. (Boy) You won my heart at Harlem (Girl) At the Bronx I murmured yes, (Boy) We lost no time in that hour sublime On the Subway Express. Now isnt that an amazing way to fall in love?! :P ps. Just in case you were confused, some of the classes I took this term were Ecology (1.018/7.30), Neuroscience (9.01), and History of New York City (21H.235). Thats where all the things are coming from. :) Back to studying!