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Dear Senator, my name is PROPER_NAME and I think we should change the popular vote because us voters aren't even voting for a president and that is not right. That's just saying we have no freedom of anything because we aren't really citizens of the United States Of America. We aren't citizens because we can't even vote for our own president so how are we supposed to be "proud americans?" These electors can defy the will of us "proud americans". "And that those electors could always defy the will of the people."
The state legislatures are responsible for this happening. "Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors." Here's an example of what almost happen to president John F. Kennedy. "Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy." This was a way of not giving John F. Kennedy his earned votes. "(So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.)"
These electors do not even vote for the people their party's candidate and cast. They vote for whomever they please. "In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please...." Richard Nixton tried to cheat also. "Oh, and if a state sends two slates of electors to congress?" this is what happened. "It happened in Hawaii in 1960. Luckily, Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Sentate, validated only his opponent's electors, but he made sure to do so "without establishing a precedent."
this is why we should change the popular vote. There is too much cheating and mischief. | 2 |
Ever wondered how the world would be if driving a vehicle was banned? . It could clear the air pollution,decrease of lost revenue,rush hour traffic as well.
To begin with , many people in the U.S use automobiles to traffle along to their destanations. Source 1 states that from Chicago tio Shanghai is a huge impediment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from taolpopes and that passengeers are 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and also much higher in different areas in the U.S.
In Paris,residents were enforced a partial driving ban to clear up the air of the global city. Congestion was down 60% in France due to The Smog in Beijing,China. Reuters say that diesel fuel is the cause since France has a tax policy with the diesel fuel , causing Paris to still overall have the most smog then in European capitals. With the affect of lost revenue companies made complaints because they couldn't maintain their business with out it .During the Car-free day in Bogota a businessman by the name of Carlos Arturo Plaza stated ''It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution".
Due to the day without a car made many changes within the community causing parks and sports centers to grow within the city , not having a car caused rush hour to cut traffic down dramatically , and for new restaurants and shopping to increase. Many people with a family and kids would be getting out more to walk , bike ,ride their skateboards to get from one place to another at their own pace. The percentage of miles driving per person was 9 since driving was banned. The rate of house ownership came down and so did car ownership. As well as the percentage of young adults through 16 and older doesnt even own a license because mostly older people are likely to retain their licenses due to their prime age. With the study that driving by young people decreased 23%.
Now, how would not having a car be helpful? It would have many advantages in the world nationwide by keeping the air polltion down , the percentage of gas fuel being used , the amount of time you would have't to sit at a red light due to the afternoon traffic , and even if you wanted to get to go to various resteraunts and stores you could go on foot. Even better , Bill Ford made a plan to create cities in which pedestrain,bicycles and public transportation are woven into a connected network to save time,improve saftey and conserve resources. | 2 |
There are many pros and cons against driverless cars. Even though the gadgets are quite useful, they could also lead to many malfunctions. To imagine a world with driverless cars is futuristic and almost unthinkable. America is the fattest country in the world. To have driverless cars would be one more reason for obesity to sky rocket. America has become so lazy and unhealthy it is ridiculous. Not that driving burns tons of calories, but it is much more beneficial than just sitting back and allowing the car to do all of the work for humans. Another reason driverless cars would not be beneficial is because what if somebody had gotten into an accident by chance and was not able to get out of the car, or even out of their seatbelt? The doors could be locked and cause great danger to one's life. If by chance someone was to happen to get into the accident, who would get in trouble? The driver or the manufacturer. It would cause a great deal of trouble to figure all of that out. New laws would have to be set in place | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System:
This tecnhology works for identify the exactly humans emotions,this show the feeling even when they trying to hide the emotions.
This new application make a model of the face and calculate the emotions. the app have six basic emotions: Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness also this tecnhology can identify mixed expretions and give us a percentage and created nimated faces more expressive.
for example the mona lisa created by Leonardo da Vinci's. they caculate the emotions to comproved if the app is good, also they practice with students in a classroom.
This innovatios was created by Prof. Thomas Huang, of the beckman institute for advanced science at the university of illinois and working in collaboration with Prof. NIcu Sebe of the University
of Amsterdam.
The FACS help in other areas like the science because the application can see the factions and understood more about the humans and how we can have mixed emotions. | 0 |
The author starts by telling us all the bad things and dangerous possibilities of Venus if we were to go there but then starts telling us of all the benefits knwoing more about Venus would have. Yes, it is very dangerous and could end badly but shouldn't we know about planets around us? Venus is the most earth like planet besides earth. We should know what is on it, what it is capable of, etc. We cant let fear limit us to exploring the unknown.
In the text the author says "Often referred to as Earth's "twin"" by saying these type of things the author is making Venus seem less scary. The author belives Venus is somewhere we shoudl explore, we should know more about it becaseu its the most earth like, its the closest, we could discover many new things, and it has many factors we should know more about. The author tells all the benefits of going to Venus. The author says "to understand Venus we would have to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of these as challenges." The author is very set on persuading us into beliveing that Venus is worth exploring. Exploring Venus would further are knowledge of space and how other things work, its worth the risks. We just have to be smart about it.
He supports his beliefs by explaing NASA's new ways of approach on visiting Venus. The author explains in depth teh old computer systems, he talks about electronics being made of silicon cardide, etc. The author is telling us many ways we could things that make this trip safer, easier, and to have a higher chance of success. Paragraph 7 is all about new, smarter, better things they can do to make the Venus trip safer and more possible. He also connects it other things and trips. Humans curisoity will lead them there, mayeb lead them places worse. The need to know the unknown is what motivates us to do the crazy, smart, furthering our knowledge things we do.
In Paragraph 8 the author says "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only becasue of the insight to be gained, but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us intomany equally intimidating endeavors." "Our travles on earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagintion and innovation." Further explaining that no matter what it will eventually happen and when it does it will good because it is better, and safer to know the unknown.
This all supports his belief that going to Venus would be insightful, and good. The knowledge that can come from this adventure/ exploration are worth the risk. He proves this by using evidence from NASA, explaing how its safer to know the unknowns, and simplify suggesting that since its so earth like we should know more about it. It has potenial and we need to eb the first to see adn obtain that potenial. | 3 |
The author supports his or her evidence by giving us what Venus is like before astronauts try to explore Venus. They give a brief paragraphs of what Venus is like and the last time NASA to explore Venus. Venus is a hard planet to go even though it right behind the sun. Human being can probably not handle the preasure that is on Venus so it can be dangerous. Venus can be a good planet to discver in the article it mentions that we us has human beings, havent touch the surface of Venus. The author also gives us the similarites that Venus had before Earth was around.
NASA has explored the moon and that's how far we have been and we never wen't farther than that. It's good to learn about Venus and it's ways and were it is located in our solar system but trying to put a human being on planet that has servre weather, temperatrue changes, and not the right oxygen can be very dangerous. Despiteing danger can be bad because that person will ony focus on the good things they heard about that planet and what it was like. They never focus on what the danger part of going on a such a dangerous trip. NASA should could do more reasearch on Venus before they go anywhere. It cool to strive for a new challlenge in Earth historty, but if this mission was succesful trip people will only focuse they would'nt focus on the flashbacks of putting other people that have families life on the and the have chance of dieing on g this jounrney to Venus. | 1 |
In 1976, the Viking 1 set course to mars. When the Viking 1 was orbiting mars, the Mars Global Surveyor took a photo of a strange figure. It looked like a shadowy human face. The question everyone is asking is who are what made this? Was it aliens or is it just natural. If you ask me, this strange looking thing is just a natural landform.
I think it is a landform for a couple of reasons. My first reason is that only a few of my friends from NASA believe that this strange landform was really made by aliens. I also think that this is just a landform because the photo that we took was not very clear and that could have made the landform look like a face.
I also think that this is just a land form because the time of year that we took the one of the photos. When we took the photo in 1998, we took the photo during the winter on Mars and it made Mars sort of cloudy and the Mars Global Surveyer had to peer through the wispy clouds to see the strange landform. Some of my friends from NASA were saying that some of the so called "alien markings" were hidden too.
My final reason for thinking that this is just a landform is that when we took the thre pictures and compared them, they all looked different from each other. The picture we took in 1976 looked like the face the most out of the three pictures. The picture we took in 1998 did not have the same details of the first picture and it did not look like a face. The picture we took in 2001 did not have the facial features of the first photo either. Therefore, I think this is just a landform
In conclusion, I think this is just a landform because only a few of my friends believed that it was done by aliens, the photo we took in 1998 was different due to some of the factors of weather, and all three photos looked different from one another. | 2 |
After World War II cars began to become more and more popular, and ever since then they (cars) have done more harm than good, air polution, traffic and just harming health are a few things cars have harmed citizens with. Many cities are doing things to help cut down the "smog" in their area by creating driving bans for a day or even a week (Paris bans driving due to smog 10 PBDS). It starts with one and grows into something much larger, and hopefully that shows in this situation. This essay is going to go into detail on why it is needed to cut back on car usage and maybe one day cars will not be needed.
People began pointing the finger at diesels for the air polution in France after it was made obvious that they make up 67% of the vehicles in this area, compared to around 50% in the other parts of Western Europe (PBDS 16). Greenhouse gasses are harming our atmosphere by trapping the warm air in. If the habits of this generation continue than Earth will not be here much longer. A very popular vehicle, passenger cars, make up to 50% of the greenhouse gasses in some of the busy areas in the US. People are all about convieniency, and cars do much of that; instead of riding a bike for 30 minutes we can drive there in five without breaking a sweat. But it is time to break those running shoes out because our planet is dying. If everyone realized the reality behind greenhouse gassesand the polution we are putting into the air, we would not be in this situation.
In Paris they needed to cut back on the polution, so they took action by having a day where motorists with even numbered license plates could drive and the next day, odd-numbers. After almost a week the smog had cleared and everyone was back on the road again. But during this time period it was recorded that the congestion was down 60% in the capital of France alone (PBDS 14). If everyday was like this, traveling to and from places would be easier and less time consuming. Although it was not much it starts with a little and grows to a lot. New York has a new bike program which adds up to much less if you count in the amount of tolls and gas they (motorists) do from day to day (The End of Car Culture 37 ECC). People are begginning to notice the benefits of riding your bike to work rather than driving, you are saving money and the Earth.
Health is important to us and the future. This Earth is running out of clean air between polution and deforistation when will it stop. The chairman for Ford Motor Company is creating a plan in which "pedestirans, bicycles, private cars, commercialand public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety" (ECC 43). If all car producers were as aware as Bill Ford they could join together to make this world healthier and cleanier. But will it be enough, but by limiting cars usage all together our atmosphere could grow back to the potential it should be at, not trapping the warm air in.
After Bogota had their car free day, sidewalks were replaced and parks were packed. Almost everyone participated with either hiking, biking, skating or taking the bus. The goal, which they succeeded with was to reduce their smog (Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota 28). What if all the countries did as so, it could start as a day, and grow into a week, a month, maybe forever. It would help us, our health and the future that has yet to come. After reading this essay it is obvious to why limiting car usage is essential to life. It has grown into something no one could have imagined and now that it is here, when will it be enough. | 4 |
The author believes Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers. There is lots of evidence to support the authors claim. I personally agree with the author that we should look into Venus more.
Venus could be suitable for humans. The author shows this by telling "temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy condiotions but survivalbe for humans." Venus can be suitable for humans, it just would be very difficult starting off. Soon enough humans would adapt to the hostile environment of Venus.
Venus could have to be humanities future if we keep polluting Earth. Venus could be suitable yet harsh, but still needs to be learned about a lot more. We still know only the bare minimum of Venus.
Venus is very hostile. Humans would not be able to survive on an atmosphere that is 97 percent carbon dioxide. It's clouds are highly corrosive with sulfuric acid, and temperatures are averaged over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. It would take a very great amount of effort to make Venus a new home. But if it is studied more we may be able to make it a place to stay.
Overrall I think it would be smart to learn more about Venus. It could potentially be a new home. Venus seems to be almost as promising as Mars does right now, but still we need lots of information. The author had very good claims, and I agree with them. If we put more into studying Venus I believe it would help humanity. | 2 |
The author in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers in a good manner. The author gives serveral valid reasons as to why is should be explored and gives a logical explanation or solution as to the reasons why it shouldn't be. Everyday we're facing problems here on Earth and the idea of another planet that humans could possibly live on if things got too bad on Earth is amazing which could be possible in Venus is explored.
The given fact that Venus was "Often referred as Earth's twin" already gives hope that it could hold human life as we hold human life here on Earth now. Given, that wouldnt be possible without exploring it. Long ago, Venus held various forms of life and terrains such as some of the ones on Earth. Even today Venus still has some features similar to the ones on Earth. If safely explored it could possibly return back to that state and eventually become our prime place of shelter if tragedy strikes on Earth.
NASA is already working on safe approaches to study and explore Venus while working around its dangerous features. Stated is the article, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray" Although that isn't necessarily studying it up close its a start and will give researchers more data to possibly make it safe to study in the future.
The author not only greatly supports his idea by giving facts and information about exploring venus but also includes that fact that an organization as big as NASA is already looking into the idea of exploring Venus. If exploring Venus wasnt a good idea NASA would be spending time or effort on it. The author goes as far into giving the solutions and idea researchers have come up with so far to face Venus's hostile conditions. Not only will exploring Venus benefit us humans in the long run by providing us with more information about the plant but as stated in the article, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." | 2 |
The role a car plays in the life of an individual has made changes through out the years. There never was a significant meaning to having a car; it just meant having a vehicle that can get you from point A to point B. As the human society continues to progress with the creations of technology, the use of cars has diminished greatly in different parts of the world. Not being able to use a car seems like there is no bright side, but there are actually many advantages on limiting car usage.
The United States always had this recognition of being one of the world's prime car cultures. "The first Model T cars were born in the U.S. It has also been the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized 'Mustang Sally." President Barack Obama identifies in the article,
The End of Car Culture, his dreams for the U.S "to curb the United State's geen house gass emissions will get a forturious assist from an incipent shift in American behavior." Going back to the article as reference, studies show "americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by... as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak... there was also a drop in percent of 16- to 39- year olds getting a license." The cause of the downfall in car usage can be pointed towards a few factors; internet making telecommuting possible, the renewal of center cities, and the rise of cellphones and car-pooling apps. It is not because society assumes cars are becoming of no use, the role of technological improvements are making things a lot easier than how things were in the 1960's. The United states has the option of using cars or not, in other places like Paris, the option to drive has become a choice made out of a person's own power.
Paris, France is a location that anyone dreams of visiting. The city is beautiful but the levels of smog have made it impossible for people to enjoy the views of the city. According to the article,
Paris bans driving due to smog , "it has been enforced to the citizens of a partial driving ban in order to clear the air... people were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine which is $31 in the United States." The way things are organized in Paris goes by a person's license plate number. In correlation to the article, "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifiying smog." However, not all of the cars used in Paris, France were banned. Those cars that are plug-ins, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers were allowed to roam the street of Paris. A good majority, 67 percent, of vehicles in France are made up of diesel, and that kind of fuel were the ones to blame since gasoline was not in favor in a city like that one. In the same way, places like Bogota, Colombia, had similar situations as the peolpe that live in France.
In the country of Colombia there has been a day dediated to doing things with no car; it's a car-free day. In contrast to how banning driving is in Paris, Bogota, Colombia has everyone participate in this 24 hour event. If a person were to violate the rule they are to face $25 fines. The article,
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, explains that "millions of Colombians hike, bike, skate, or take buses to work during the car-free day." Just like the goals in Paris, Colombia has goals to promote alternatice transportation and reduce smog. A businessman, Carlos Arturo Plaza, explains "it's good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." No one would everythink that driving is as stressful as going to work. When put into mind, things begin to make sense. The early mornings of road rage people encounter makes their entire day a little more stressful than what it should be. Driving is a wonderful advantage but there is always more than just a car. Colombia's main goal, as expressed in the article "is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog."
In the end of it all cars have always been in the making; trying to find new ways to improve and modernize. Although cars may have had significant meanings in the older times, as society continues to prosper in technological making, cars are beginning to be identified as material objects that are not as important. They are just in use for people to get from one place to the next when other things are not working. | 4 |
For me right after i got out of highschool i went to the ,Seagoing Cowboys progam. I got to do things like see the world,and learn how to be a good employee. I got to do things some people will get to do, that is why you should sign up too.
One amazing thing that i got to try while doing the program was i was able explore the world. I got to ship 335 horses and enough food to feed them to Greece. While in Greece igot to see Acropolis that was truly amazing for me.
Just imagine what it would be like for you. Other places i saw were, China,and Europe,They were also amazing.
Also While being on a ship i learned good work ethnics being there you had to work,so i cleaned stables and feed the animlas. It tought me skillls that i use in the real world.
hard work is a good skill since now people think they are intitled to stuff, and we aren't. we must work fo our own stuff and thats what theytought me. You could even make it a legacy you could do it aand then your son could do it and so on (etc).
One last thing don't you love america? by helping me help you are helping your people you are giving back to your country and that will sure make your mom proud ,( less dangerous and risky than the army).I take that back you not just helping america you helping earth. Your cleaning up the mess we as all humans started War we need to help clean it up now to prove to your family and our God that we are worhty of life on such wonnderful planet.
Now that you have heard from me will you reconsider your thinking. Try it out if you dont like don't do it. But you should always try everthing. So please come help in my program Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
What I Think
I dont think the alien made the face because, how could aliens make a face like that and where could they get the materials to make it pop out like that? I think the Face is a natural landform because, first of all, if the aliens crated the mask, how did space scientists find it? Second, how did they get the materials to make the mask? Last but not least, how did the aliens make the face like that? I dont think aliens made that face because how can you posibly believe that aliens are are real? Aliens arent even real because if they were real, their head would not even be like that. Take a really good look at the photo to see who you think made the face. If you take a good look at the face you could tell that the face is made from a real human and not a alien. Where could aliens get sement from to even make the face pop out like that? I dont believe that aliens made a face like that because it is impossible for a type of species to do somehing such like that, aliens arent even real because scientist have been looking for them for a long time and they have not found one yet. That scientifically proves that aliens are not real they might be somewhere hiding or scientists havent found them yet. I dont even think aliens are a species.
Thank You | 1 |
Exploring Venus has its pros and cons. Both have its challenges and risks. Venus is a very interesting planet to study due to the fact that it is the only one like earth, but there are risks. throughout this essay I will tell you my reasoning on why the author didn't exactly prove to me that Venus is worth taking risks for.
It states in paragraph two," Each mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in the more than three decadeas." This peice of evidence shows that Venus is not a safe enviroment for electronics to land on so why would you potentially send humans to this planet even though a spacecraft couldn't surive. This statement also had no followup counterarguement; there was no sentence to make me want to change my mind.
It also states in paragraph three," On the planets surface, temperatures avergae over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." This piece of the paragraph again identifies the risks but now into more detail. There is no followup counterargument, so again this author is making me completely against the idea of sending life to Venus.
It states in paragraph four,"Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." This statement is one of the only pros that I have encountered from the author so far. This makes me think that this could be a good idea, especially due to the fact that Venus has some of the same features of earth.
The author then goes on to say," imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as out jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At the thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit. But the air pressure would be close to that of se level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This paragraph finally gives a safe solution to exploring Venus in a habitable way. However in the sixth paragraph the author states," Therefor, scientists seeking to conduct a throrough mission to understand venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." This statement shows how the trip to Venus would be a waste of time if you cannot get on the surface. There is no point doing this exploration because any human life will not survive if you get too close to the surface.
In conclusion the author did not convinve me that traveling to venus is worthy expidition. The author mainly explained the cons of the study and did not provide too many pros. The author did not support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 4 |
Have you ever wanted to have input on an assignment or lab in a class? Have you ever wished that a course you had taken, wasn't so boring? Through "Facial Action Coding Systems", computers can notice when students are bored, or angry during class. But, is this technology beneficial in a classroom?
According to the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", this technology has a wide-range of uses. It could be used to modify different assignments in class. Some could argue, that students don't want to be monitored by a computer in class. Most students, would rather have a traditional teacher, than a computer. With a teacher in the classroom, students learn responsibility and communication.
Not only, do teachers do a better job at teaching, but it is also a large amount of jobs across the world. With giving this job to computers, many people would be out of work. Students could no longer strive, to teach the next generation. Without teaching jobs, the economy would go down.
As the article states, "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to Decode Mona Lisa's smile." The cost of this technology must be very expensive. Though, schools would no longer have to pay teachers, they would have to pay for the computers, software, and applications for the use of this technology. Set aside, the amount of maintenance and updates needed to keep them running.
Unlike teachers, computers need electricity and charged. Computers don't always function, and if they aren't working, you can't simply call in a substitute to do it's work for it. With teachers, they work everyday, and if they are sick or cannot come into school, they can easily call in a qualified substitute, to do their job for them.
In the end, teachers get their jobs done, are extremely cheap to hire, and teach students many beneficial skills. Though, a computer could work very well, they are very expensive, and do not always work. Teachers are the best option. The "Facial Action Coding System" is not the way to go. | 2 |
Driverless cars are still in the development stage because companies need to figure out all of the details they need. Some cars in the past aren't driverless, but they were smart cars. Smart cars had extra features that were specially made for them. Automakers are still in the progress of making their driverless cars for the future. Some companies have already started their ideas and are planning to release them in 2016 or 2020.
My position on driverless cars is that it's a good and bad idea. Driverless cars have amazing features that can help a driver in need. Smart cars also helped out drivers, but not with everything they needed. Driverless cars can be dangerous in some ways, because of the way they're made or the features that are included with them. Automakers have many ideas to include with their driverless cars, but they need to make sure they're safe. None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. Driverless cars need to include human skills if they want to pass as a safe car to use.
There are many good ideas that driverless cars can include. Some good ideas are: they drive themselves, use half the fuel of today's taxis, give alerts to the driver during dangerous situations, sensors, and other amazing ideas. The main idea that is included with the driverless car is that it drives itself. Drivers won't have to worry about having both hands on the wheel because the car will take that over for them. Another good idea is using less fuel so that means less pollution and less money coming out of people's pockets. Driverless cars will also give alerts and sensors dangerous situations that are approaching the car. Automakers are adding and developing new ideas to add to the driverless cars to improve them better. Safer and smarter cars will help the driverless cars become more popular to use.
There are many bad ideas that driverless cars can include. Some bad ideas are: dangerous situations, lose control of the car, technology failing, or manufacturing errors. An accident can occur in front of a driverless car and it may not react fast enough to get out of the way. A driverless car makes the driver lose control of where they want to go or what they want to do. Technology can fail on the road and other drivers can get injured, including the driver inside of the driverless car. Before someone purchases a driverless car, there can be a manufacturing error included in it. A driverless car can be very dangerous to use and can cause problems.
In conclusion, driverless cars are good and bad for people. Driverless cars can also help the environment, but they can also ruin it with dangerous situations. People should look closely into buying a driverless car because many things can go wrong. In my opinion, I wouldn't buy a driverless car because of manufacturing errors or environmental issues. I would rather drive a car in my control so I know what to look out for and keep my attention on the road. Driverless cars would be a cool thing to have, but I'm not into the things that they include. | 3 |
This technology is unuseful. Teachers in school teaching students dont need technology to know how a child is feeling. If a child is bored, you can see it, if a child is happt or angry, you can see it. This techology is more of a for fun type of thing, like a game. This isnt useful for classrooms. This technology can only detect a few facial expressions, and there is more then 5 facial expressions. This technolgy would be a big waste of time for school and money. In the text it states that "... you can proabably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." To me this proves my point about just looking at someone you can know how they are feeling. If you are unsure about someones feelings or if they are not okay, then just ask. You don't need a computure to help you when you can be kind enough to ask and help the person with whaever theyre feeling, and just talk to them. | 1 |
Not many details are in the passage to support this idea. There are actually many reasons not to sudy this planet. For example the atmosphere is tpp thick with carbon dioxied. The author supports this claim by saying; "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxied blankets Venus. Dispite all of the reasons not to sudy this planet, the author privides some interesting reasons on why we should.
Venus might be habital by humans one day. Even though Venus conditions are not standard to earths they are livable. To support this claim the author states, 'Not easy conditions but survivable for humans." There must be some way humans can survive in these rough conditions. Technology, that can support us, to live on Venus can be invented. In order to makes projects like this we would need a closer look to the surface.
Venus is extremely close to the sun. This planet is actually the second closest planet to the sun. Venus being so close to the sun is very benifical to us,we could get a obundant amount of solar energy. supporting this claim the passage states "Solar power would be plentiful and radiations would not exceed Eaqrths levels."
Venus is similar to earth thats why it has the nickname "sister planet". The planet got this name based off its density and size also it is occasionaly close to earth. Because this planet is so close it would be easier to explore. many spacecrafts have been sent to this planet to study it.
DIspite all of the challenges of exploring Venus there are also sone good that comes from it. If cobnditions of this palnet are stablized for humans we can one day live here. Venus could also have many helpful resources. The planet would provide plenty of solar energy. Human curiosity continues to drive us to explore this hot gas like planet. | 2 |
There are many reasons that limted car usage would be good. 70 percent off familys in french and swiss boarder do not own car they dont need them."When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way,". 57 percent of people sold there car and moved there."All development since world war II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change,".
In paris they banned cars for a little will because of the pollution making smog. Any one found driving would be fined. Almost 4000 people were fined for driving on that monday and 27 people has their cars impounded for thier reaction. After 5 days the the smog started to leave and they could see beijing, china which are the most polluted citys in the world. In france 67 percent of cars are diesel.
In colombia on car free day people kiked, biked, skated or took the bus on car free day. It was the third start year they had to ban cars to reduce all the smog and people who didnt listen had to pay 25 dollar fine. For the first time other places joined the event to help with the pollution." These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders,".
Obama's studys show that more and more americans are not driving and not getting there licenses as each year goes by. And they wonder has america passed peak driving. On april 2013 the number of miles driven per person went down 9 percent.
in conclusion it is better to not drive for a little than to drive to help pollution from getting really bad. | 1 |
Can you imagine a computer guessing everyones emotions, and tell wether their sad, happy, confused, etc. Well a 3-D computer can model all 44 major muscles. Dr. Paul Echman the creater of FACS has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. using video imagery the computer can track these facial movements, the software can even recongnise mixed emotions. Inorder to identify all movements of one or more muscles is called an action unit. Using video imagery and recognising the facial movements the software can identify mixed emotions each expression is compared against a nuetral face. Every human can make the same face everyday, but you can probably tell when your friend is sad or happy just by looking at their face. While for somepeople its hard to tell when their friends feel happy, sad, confused etc. Dr. Huang got a picture of the Mona Lisa and made people look at it to tell if a computer can recognize your feelings. They also showed people a web ad that appears on a computer screen, If the person frowned the ad would change and when you smile a similar ad would appear. Dr. Huang predicts that a classroom computer will recognize when a staudent is becoming bored or confused. | 0 |
The author of "The Challenge of Venus" does an efficient job explaining why Venus is worth the exploration pursuit despite the dangers involved. The author effeciently supports this idea by using a number of different ways.
One way that the author supports this idea is through facts about Venus. In paragraph 4 of the article it states " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have neen the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." After this statement the author goes on to talk about how long ago Venus was much like Earth and how it may have once been the closest thing to Earth itself. This is a good example from the author to support this idea
because there is the curiosity about how alike Venus once was to Earth. This can really fascinate and engage scientists and people who want to learn more, which will make them want to explore Venus more and go along with the risks involved.
A second way that the author supports this idea is through talking about NASA. In the passage it states in paragraph 5 that "NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to Venus."
After this statement the passage goes on to talk about how the NASA team is researching and developing new ways and technology to help people on missions to Venus survive longer.NASA is one of the most well known space programs ever, almost everyone knows who NASA is. If NASA workers and researchers are putting time and are undergoing development to go even further into investigating Venus, other people will see this and think that if NASA is willing to do this , then there is clearly something there that needs to be discovered and have more research done to.
One final way that the author supports this idea with Venus is through talking about human curiosity. The author is picking out the pros and cons about Venus when in paragraph 8 of the text it says " Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors ." This is a good use of evidence to help support this idea about Venus because it can appeal to people easily. When the author goes onto say that there will likely be other equally intimidating endeavors humans will face, he isn't wrong. People will defienitely understand that there are other things that are also scary in the world to risk, and they know this simply because they are humans living on Earth too. This could cause more empathy when it comes to deciding if the choice is worth it or not to continue exploring Venus.
By using a variation of these three examples of supporting evidence, the author gets a solid argument across the table when it comes to the exploration of Venus. The author puts key points when he is stating facts about Venus. The author also creates emapthy using the personal experience of people,and the trust we put into our famous space program. By using all three of these things the author effectively gets his point across that the risky exploration of Venus is worth the challenges that come along with it. | 3 |
I will be writing about why you should paticipate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I will include details from the story. Also reasons to join the program. the last thing i will include is examples from the text.
My frist reason why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is just to experiance new things. You should not be on your phone all day doing nothing. Get up and at least try to have a little bit of fun. if you have never been there or even heard of it how do you know it is going to be boring. You never know until you drop your phone and actually join. You might end up having some fun.
A second reason is well look what Luke Bomberger did. He joined 44 nations to form unrra (the united nations relief and rehabilitation). UNRRA took care of horses, young cows, and mules that wers shipped overseas. Wouldnt you want to spend your days with nice and loving animal that wont hurt you. You never know, if no one joins Seagoing Cowboys then maybe there could have been animals who were in dangered, or might be extinct. I think that animal are really fun to hang out with.
The last and final reason is you dont just take care of animals but you help the places that were dastroyed because of world war II. It would be great if you actually got to see where many people were fighting, got killed, injured, or much more in world war II. Just like Luke in the story, you can also go to may places that he went like new orleans, or greece. This is your oppertunity to visit beautiful places that you have never been to before. You could also meet new people.
To summarize everything up those are some reasons why you should join Seagoing Cowboys. You just never know until you try it out. | 2 |
"all our developments since world war 2 has been centeres on the car". now we need to start limiting the car usage and start walking so people can get healthier. they can be less pollution in the air. people can save money instead of having to put gas or fix a problem the car has.
if we limit our car usage people would start walking wich is good. people are getting so used to cars that they have no excersise all they do is get in there car go to work and home wich is not good. if we limit the car usage all those people will have to walk wich would be better so they can have some type of excersise. if people needed to travel far distances they would have public transportation.
if we do limit the car usage there will be less pollution in the air. and if there is less pollution in the air there will be less congestion. there would be less smog in the air. where would be less people getting sick.
another advantage we will have is that people will be saving money. people wouldnt have to pay for gas. since people are walking they wouldnt have to pay for car insurance. people wont need to pay for car damages. and with all the money that people save most people wouldnt go in debt.
this are some reasons why i think we should limit car usage. now you write to inform our citizens why we should limit the car usage. | 1 |
first of all I'm going to argue about changing election by popular vote for the president of the United States. the Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting the a president that out to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense.
Second off, but each party, selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed)...[;however,] it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet it happens rarely. Also there are five reasons for retaining the Electoral College despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or coservative reasons.
Thirdly, a dispute over the outcomes of an Electoral College vote is possible it happened in 2000 but it's less likely than a dipute over the popular vote. The reason is the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote. in [ 2012's] election, for example obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral votes compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney... because almost all staes award electoral votes on a winner-take-all-basis, even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide of electoral-vote victory in theat state.
Finally, the Electoral College avoids the problem of election in which no candidates recives a majority of votes cast. For example, Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College (301 and 370 electoal votes, respectively). There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presendential elections process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner. | 2 |
You should join the Seagoing Cowboy and UNRRA program because you get to see many unique places. Another reason is you get to help people by getting them food and helping them stay alive. Another reason is you get to help hungry soldiers thatare helping our country. In the passage Luke wanted to join the program not just to help people but to see all the amazing places in the story Luke said his favorite place was Greece. You could also see some amazing animals along the way.
Luke liked Greece and the other places so much is in Greece he liked Acropolis. He liked the other places but Greece was his favorite. He also went on nine trips! The most of any Seagoing Cowboys. He also had to clean the stalls of the lower levels of the ship sometimes. One day he had to stop working for a couple of days because of cracked ribs because of flying overboard. The best part of being a Seagoing Cowboy is having fun. The cowboys played baseball,volleyball,and table-tennis and alot of other things too but Luke really loved being a Seagoing Cowboy. | 1 |
"The Face on Mars" Could not be an alien creation becuase, it most likely would be more high tech because "Aliens" are lightyears ahead of our technology.
Also NASA said it was just a huge rock formation that was formed by shadows to create "The Face on Mars." Also Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and snapped a really good picture which first appeared on a JPL website that was confirmed that the face was not an Alien monument. Also if aliens were to create this "Face" why didnt people in space see them do it. The Mars Global Surveyor's took at picture at maxium pixel to show that this "momument" was accually a little bigger then a buttle or a mesa.
"The Face on Mars" is not an alien monument reason being they confirmed ot was in fact a rock formation that had shadows make it look like a face. | 1 |
Me being a young teenager and only being in highschool, I feel as if we should keep the Electoral College. Reasons being, if we change too the election by popular vote, citizens are going too choose the president they like, the president that they think will change things, and the president that they think looks best. So of course the citizens are going too choose that particular president just so that president can get the most votes and become president.
Changing too the most popular vote will not be the best idea because, citizens are going too choose the president that they like regardless if the president is good or not so good. If us citizens that are voting like the president, then chances are, we're going too vote for him or her. Not only are we going too vote for him or her, were also going to tell our friends too vote for them also so the president can get the most likes and get elected. With the Electoral College, the votes have to go through a process and then the election goes from there.
Chances being with the most popular election is, we're going too get a not soo good president elected as our president. Most people think that if they choose the "right" president, then things are going too change when thats not true. People think that once a new president gets elected that, things around the world are going too change. Yet, when things dont change, they all say "well, I only her/him for them because he/she looked as if he/she could change things." Just because he/she LOOKS like they could change something, doesn't mean its going too happen. That's where the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" comes in.
I've heard many people say "I voted for such and such as president because he/she looks best." In an election for president, looks do not matter what so ever. The president could be handsome or gorgeous and be the worst president in the United States and/or the president could be ugly and be the best president. In a president election, no one is going too care about the looks of the president. We're going too care about the person being voted for president, outlook on things as being the president. A lot comes with being a president and the looks surely aren't one of the things. In my personal opinion, if you're voting for the looks, then maybe you shouldnt be voting at all.
There's many reasons on why we shouldnt change too the most popular vote election and why we should just stay with the Electoral College. The most popular vote election would not be the smartest idea of voting for president and honestly, in my opinion, I feel as if the Electoral College is best. Who would want a president being president because they got the most votes for being liked, voted because their the right president, or voted because they look the best? Truth be told, that's probably the worst thing too change too. With that being said, lets stick too the Electoral College. | 1 |
Have you ever wandered about self-driving cars? I believe that they should be the next step in the automobile industry. Some reasons why self-driving cars should be part of the future is because of the traffic jam assistance, in car entertainment, and the safety of the self-driving vehicle. How does a car assist you in a traffic jam?
In the self-driving cars vehicle manufactors have built it to be able to drive in conditions below 25mph. When a person is in a traffic jam they begin to get bored and eventually sleepy. Instead of a person now continuisly have to push and release the gas the car now does that for you. Also when the car is driving the person is required to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times. This feature also alows the car to react if the driver falls asleep. Wouldent in-car entertainment just be another distraction to the driver?
Most people would say that having something else to watch while behind the wheel is a distraction to driving. For this in-car entertainment the feature would only be avalible for the driver when the car is in traffic jam assist mode and would instantly shut off when the driver needs to take over the car. How is all these gagets safe for the driver and all other drivers?
The safety of these self-driving cars has been checked over and over. More and more sensors are being put into the car to make it able to detect other cars and to stop/go when needed. Although one arguement about safety has been brought up about not having a human driver controlling the car at all times.
Have you wandered what a self-driving car would be like? I believe that self driving cars should be the next step for the automobile industry. Some reasons why it should be the future of cars is because of traffic jam assistance, in car entertainment, and the safety of the self-driving cars. What would it be like to have a self-driving car? | 2 |
In the artical "making Mona Lisa Smile" the auther talks about the new technology called Facial Action Coding System. The new technology would be helpful in the classroom to identfy if students are bored or becoming bored. This passage states "A classroom computer could recongnize when a strudent is becoming confused or bored," "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" people understand human facial expression, computers need to know the same,because many hours of our lives are spent behind a computer screen.
Is facial expressions a science? Dr. Paul Eckman "has classified six basic emotions happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness" these are all emotions we can see in person and we all respond differently when we see these emotions. In paragraph five "For instance, you can tell gow a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." This states the us as human beings notice and feel emotion linked to others in our lives."Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for human and computers to communcate" In the artical is states "For ecample, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen,a similar ad mkght follow" This shows that the computer notices the smile and links that with happness or enjoyment.
In conclusion the facial expressions read by humans everyday should be put into computers. In paragraph six it states " "Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang" This is showing that people do not always talk about their feelings. "so computers need to understand that,too" said Dr. Huang | 1 |
The technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Lisa smile never smiles she was 83 percent happy 9 percent disgusted and 6 percent fearful adn 2 percent angry. Well to to me she was most likely angry if she never smiled when using technology you need to make it have a tester that will know everything before making it I feel like they should make a robot but before putting it out have a tester. I see the author asked can we caculate emotions like math well when doing math you have to learn anf figure out well to find out how someone is feeling you have do all of that to get the answer.
The author also asked how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movmetns well by making a robot that is like a human but very 100 percent truth- 3-D.The author says the facial expressions of reach emotion are universal, well you wouldnt know that unless you make a robot and find out if it would work there shoukd be a tester before puting it our.
I see the author has said that we humans perform the same impressive calculation everyday but we human all are not the same it says we can probably tell how a friend is doing by how they face look well I walk around with a serious face people think im mad but im not see when you talk about doing all of this wanting to making things make sure you know what you talking about and that everything is working perfect.
If the technology gets made hopefully Lisa smile is 100 pecent happy. Teachers would need this just in case a student is mad and the teacher gets yelled at they would know like dang ok she or he is mad. So I think the technology should get made but before putting it out make sure it is working and that it tells the truth on how people is feeling and their emotions. | 1 |
I will be talking to you about how scientist's are thinking of putting things on the planet Venus and i wll also talk to you the fasinated thing our planet Venus has to offer. Let's get started shall we.
Well Venus is sometimes called a Evening Star. It's so bright that young stargazer would be able to find it. Venus is very hard to get a good look at, it's the second planet from the sun. It's name can be misleading, and the planet is refrred to earth as our " twin" plaents. We haven't been able to send a spacecraft over there yet because of the fact that the stuff we send over there are not able to survive for less than an hour. Scientist's have onle been able to send robots and teven they can't find a safe landing sight.
The clouds on Venus very corrosive since they have sulfruic acid in them. The air is also 97 percent carbon dioxide. The planet also has the hostest surface, it's tempurature can reach 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric preasure is also 90 times greater than Earth's, but despite the planets dangers it would be a worthy pursuite. For example the planets atmospheric preasure is so strong that it crush a submarine that can go into the deepest part of the ocean.
Scientist's are fascinated by the planets Earth-like apperence. They think that long ago there use be a form of life that could have been very much Earth-like. The main reasonfor why astronomer's are so fascinated by Venus is because it looks very much like Earth. For example it has valleies, river bank's, and even mountains. Scientist's are thinking of sending a blimp like aircraft that can fly or hover at least 30 if not higher miles the planet's surface. The tempurature would range around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The best part would be that there is plenty is solar power.
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Car-Free Cities:
"In German suburb, life goes on without cars," "Paris bans driving due to smog," and "Car free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota". This and many more reasons about the advantages of limiting car usage in cities around the world.
In many places around the world goberments have been working on plans and laws to reduce car induced smog and pollution. this has brought the creation of entire citites and comunitites as well as country wide bans of car usage in order to reduce smog and other car related problems.
For example as in the following excerpt from "Paris bans driving due to smog", by Robert Duffer, from the Chigago Tribune. "After days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city... On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." the ban was enforced causing up to 4000 drivers to be fined, acording to Reuters (an international news agency), of which some had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine, although thanks to this ban the smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuesday
I believe that, if the smog could have been reduced so drastically with only one day of partial car baning, then the amount of smog and pollution can be reduced much more with open colaboration from the people all around the world.
One mayor discomfort from opposing parties would be "how can people live without cars?" But, people are already living without cars as explained in the excerpt "In German suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", by Elisabeth Rosenthal, form the New York Times. "VAUBAN, Germany-Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. Street parking, driveways and home garages are generaly forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban streets are completely car-free -except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home. As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. -when I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,- said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distan motor." As proven by this excerpt, life without cars is posible and as pleasant to the people living like this as it is good to reduce pollution on cities.
Many in Europe have taken the "Vauban" way of life for many suburbs in the cities. Another program is the "Car-Free day" in Bogota, Colombia. as explained in the excerpt "Car-Free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," by Andrew Selsky, from the Seattle Times. "BOGOTA, Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, sated or took buses to work during a car free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 milion. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines. -It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,- said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. For the first time, two other Colombias cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the event."
In conclusion, many cities all around the world have problems dealing with pollution generated by cars. taking this universal problem into account the goberments have placed into action plans, laws, and experiments to reduce the pollution on their cities and countrys. life without cars is a posibility that more and more people are trying to turn into a reality. Creatin bans on usage of cars, new holiday-type days without cars to promote the usage of alternative transport methods in various countrys, and even hole cities were cars can't be in. a citie without cars can also be beneficial in taking away stress, reduce unnecesary costs, and in all just having a better life cuality breathing clean and safe air while enjoying the peace and tranquility of and entire citie without cars. | 2 |
I think the driverless car is a good idea and I would approve if someone where to ask me.
I think that having a driverless cars would be good idea for people whose job requires a car to get them from place to place. For example in the first paragragh it states "The cars he forsees would use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." That tells you that those taxi and bus rides would be almost safer and less fuel costing.
Driverless cars are safer than actual cars with humans driving them. Because there are over a hundred wrecks a day, and with the help of the driverless car that number can go down. If the number of crashes go down with some driverless cars, then they can sell them to people who wants them and make the roads safer for everyone. In paragragh two it states that "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars has driven more than half a million miles without a crash."That alone tells you that the cars drive better without the full control of the human.
These cars can change the world that we live in today. Because instead of hit and runs the cars would actually stay there if there is a wreck. You wouldn't have to worry about someone being hit by a car, because the car drives by itself. There would be no more people falling asleep behind the wheel and getting into a wreck. Because the car can sence when it's about to wreck and stop itself.
"While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." | 2 |
The new technology can be recognize your feelings, with just see your movements of the 44 major muscle.
And he ask, Can we actually "calculate" emotions, like a math homework? Anyone can know if that idea is possible, but he want a try.
The process begins construct a computer model 3-D of the face, something weir.
We can tell how a friend feeling simply by the look on his face.
By the way, did making happy face is the experiment also make you feel slightly happy? He ask.
But according to the Facial Freedback Theory of Emotion,moving your facial muscle not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.
In resume, your muscle of your face, not only we can see your emotions, they produce the emotions.
She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry.
At least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. The software is the latest innovation from Prof.
The idea for me, is not good, because, if you feeling sad o with depression you don't want that other one know how you can feel, everyone have problems, and sometimes you don't want to said anything. | 1 |
Should they avent a Driveless Cars Are Comeing? Yess because it can be used for a good reason. Because I would love to have a car to drive me any n everywhere if my car could just go when I say or get in OMG!!!! The inside would be so unbelievable. But that car would prolly coast a fortune because its gone be like a smart phone or t.v it can do anything . I would never wanna give that car a way.
But ever body not rich so I dont know a lot of people that would buy it some prolly thing its a waist of money spending on some like this. And a car is very expensive n parts are to. People wouldnt be able to find part the car would needif anything happen to it. I would want the person I bought it from to make sure I have insurance because I wouldnt wanna just leave it there in the drive way and not use it.
I also would like it because it have google modified in the car people would look up stuff while driveing at the same time. And alot of old people be driving know and days so a GPS is most deff some that people need they always geting lost or some. Know with the mimic thats a very good idea to have built in the car some people want to talk with out holding they phone. So people wont get into a car accident or nothing trying to keep it safe.
Smart road systems worked surprisingly well. But they required massive upgrades to existing roads. But other then that they car is very nice they was to accully made that car i would buy it. It sound like its a good use of a car. But also would be very expensive to buy but i like they car have real good uses to it. | 2 |
Throughout this article, we learn a new technology called "The Facial Action Coding System." This system is used to identify human emotions. Now, the real question is if this technology is valuable to the students in a classroom.
Is the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students valuable in the classroom. To begin with, a classroom computer could recognize the students emotions. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
On the otherhand, the software might not be so great. Throughout the text, the scientists state that the emotions are universal, and that everyone has the same few emotions. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise,anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..." "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Haung. What if the machine predicts, or reads the expression wrong, than what? Not everybody's expressions are the same, some may vary, and with only six basic emotions, the machine may not be able to properly read what a person is feeling.
In summary, I have come to the conclusion that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students is very valuable. Not other can it read their emotions, but it can improve their learning experience. Their are a few things that the machine may not be able to do, and a small chance of error whilst reading an emotion. But, overall, the technology is valuable to students of the classroom. | 2 |
Ever since the dawn of the space age, humans have been dreaming of traveling to our nieghbors in the solar system, Venus and Mars. Great strides have been made in the exploration of Mars. It is quite possible that within the next few years, astronauts will be visiting Mars and and studying the Red Planet in person. Such advances hve not been made in the exploration of Venus however. The environmental conditions of Venus have made it impossible for humans to make on the ground exploation of Venus a reality.
The third paragraph of the article gives a great host of reasons why we should not explore Venus. On the other hand, the reasons to visit Venus are, dare I say, lacking. The author points out the highly corrosive atmosphere, the extreme tempuratures, and the sky high pressure on the surface of Venus. They aslo point out that because of these difficult conditions, noone has ever been able to land even an unmanned spaceship on the planet without it being melted within a few hours.
The evidence to support going to Venus is average at best. The strongest argument given by the author is in paragraph 4 where they say, " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This may be true, but I think the author has still given insufficient evidence for why it would be benificial to explore Venus. It may be possible in the future that new technologies allow us to explore Venus, but for now I think we should wait.
In closing, sometime in the forseeable future, it may be more possible and logical to visit Venus. In our current situation, I think it would be much more benefical to advance our technologies enough to where we can land on the surface and get a close look around. Though we may not have the materials today to withstand the harsh climate of Venus, we should still be inventing and advancing our technologies. Who knows, maybe we could make a discovey on Mars that could help us finally reach the "Evening Star", Venus. | 3 |
What would the world be like if we could just type in your wanted destination and just go withoug needing a driver, how would the world react for such a thing?
Could the car just think on it's own? How would everything even work on the car?
In my opinion, we shouldn't have driverless cars untill we can get them to be fully driverless without taking away so many taxi jobs, wrecks, and confusion during them wrecks.
I don't think that we should have driverless cars, because taxi companies would loose all their emploies, it would save the company money but, also what about that families? How are they going to get their next meal on the table without a job? Driverless cares would leave people hungry and jobless, then their kids would be taken by DCS and them the ' family ' would be seperated. Meaning driverless cars are bad for the people because it can cause poverty among the people.
Also, driverless cars could cause many wrecks by not having exact measurment of when to stop. And much of the driving laws include a person to be driving. How would the car get it's licentce ? Would it have a liceence? When driving you use your brain a car doesnt have a brain aso it wouldn't work out for them. In other words, you need a person , a driver, still to have a driverless car ; so would it really be considered a driverless car? No.
Then, theres the part when they do get into a wreck, who's fault would it be because there isn't a driver to blame? who do they sue? how wouold insurence be on a driverless care?
The company who manerfaactured the car would be the one to blame because they should have prepared for the situation, also they would be the ones the be sued. It's just a bad idea all together because the company will go bankruped.
So, think again, how would the world be if there was a such thing as driverless cars? would it be good or would it be bad? we already know that its gonna be a bad idea so why am i even asking you ? It's bad because iit takes jobs from hardworking drivers, causes wreacks, and confustion. So, driverless cars for all is a NO GO. | 2 |
Did you ever wonder if limiting car usage is a good idea?
Limiting car usage can be a good idea in some ways. Some ways limiting car usage could be a good idea is by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, clearing the air of pollution, saving time, conserving rescources, and improving safety.
To start off, limiting car usage can be good in many ways. For example, by limiting car usage we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. According to Source 1:
In
German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , paragraph 5 says that passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some areas in the United States. That is alot. With that amount of greenhouse gas gone, the air can be cleaner.
In addition, limiting car usage can also be a good idea for clearing the air from smog and pollution. For example, in Source 2:
Paris bans driving due to smog , a law was enforced to help clear the smog and pollution. On Mondays, people with even numbered licence plates could not drive. If they decided to drive they were given a fine of 31 dollars. This ban helped clear congestion by 60 percent in the capital of France.
Thirdly, the limiting of car usage could conserve rescources. If people do not drive we could save gas and oil to use it for something other than cars. People would also save money by not having to by gas or oil.
To conclude, limiting car usage could be good in many ways. If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, clear the air of smog and pollution, or even conserve our rescources, we should limit our car usage. | 2 |
I think that we should change to popular vote for president of the United States. Instead of the Electorial College. I think this for a lot of reasons, one is because you dont vote for the president but for the electors. It is unfair because they have a winner takes all system. Also if there is a tie the state gets to decide. Electers can defy the will of the people. The electorial college should be changed to popular vote for the president.
First, you have to vote for the electors not the president. Then only if they win there votes go through. You can't even control who the electors vote for. Voters sometimes get confused on who there voting for and vote for the wrong elector. Over sixty percent of voters would prefer a direct election than what we have now.
Then, they have the winner takes all system. Also candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning in. Seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all. states like Rhode Island, South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't even see a campain ad. Though they established electorial college in the constituition Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, agreed on abolishing the electorial college.
Lastly, electers can defy the will of the people. The state legislatures are resposible for picking the electors. If there is a tie between the electors then the state gets to decide. Richard Nixon was presiding over the senate he then validated only his opponent's electors. He made sure to do so without establishing a precedent. What if this possibly happens again?
The electorial college should be changed to popular vote for the president. This should be done because the electorial college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. You also dont vote for the president you vote for the electors. Its also unfair because of the winner takes all system. Also if there is a tie the state gets to vote for the president. The electorial college should be changed to the popular vote for the president, because the electors can defy the will of the people. | 3 |
If we continue to put this much effort into the making of these cars there is no doubt that driverless cars are going to be truely driverless someday.We already have motion sensors, radar, and laser beams to calculate anything that may get in the way. Sooner or later these systems will be able to figure out the best way to traverse these obstacles and without the need for a human driver. Obviously there may be a few times when the autonomous car can't predict what will hapeen but in thoses situations it's not like a human would have done any better at predicting it. These cars are going to be abe to stop and detect things faster than any human could, thus making it safer and more reliable.
This article explains the opinion of a man named Sergey Brin, a man who truely believes that the time for completely autonomous cars is coming. Companys all around the world are working toward this dream is not as far fetched as some people might think. It also mentions how Google has already made a car that can drive itself but it still requires a human to traverse the more difficult obstacles and manuver through construction zones. Currently the cars have a warning for whenever it encounters these obstacles, so that the human can take over and get through it. However that takes away from the completely autonomous cars, because it requires human assistance.
A question that this article does not answer is that if we have cars that will drive themselves without any assistance then, will we need to learn how to drive for those specific cars? If not then, what age will someone be able to drive in one of these cars be? This topic is going to affect many people because it also raises the question if it will make the world even more lazy because we don't need to drive. We will be able to sit back and do other things that don't focus the brain and train for better reaction time and make us aware of where we are. In the future these problems will be met with a fair solution to these common problems.
Another question this article doesnt answer is what price will these cars be? The article states that "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars." Obviosly the price for those things have went down and become more practical but for all the radar and scanning equipment put into one of these cars it adds up. Just how much money are people willing to spend on safety and luxury? Will the companies be able to accomodate for people who don't have enough money for all the saftey features?
This goal/ dream may be closer than we think. Car companies are getting closer and closer to this dream of the world where cars are driverless. Mail delivery could be safer and easier, not to metion garbage trucks. These cars may even put some people out of buisness or for others it could provide better buisness. Car companies should be safe and reliable enough t=if they are going to be called "truely autonomous cars". | 3 |
Could a computer become the next version of a mood ring? Using the Facial Action Coding System or FACS in school would and wouldn't be valuable. This is because a teacher would be able to change their lesson according to emotions felt by the class, the may be able to guess which students will act up, or the classroom might already be in a good state of mind. Could a computer become the next version of a mood ring?
In schools students are either eager to learne or aren't. For example in an English class a teacher is able to tell which students like the subject and those who don't. The FACS is able to do the exact same thing and more. In the article it talks about the computer being capable of reading the "44 major muscles" in a human face to determine someone's feelings. In a classroom that could become very valuable to teachers. During a lesson the computer could detect boredom on students faces and then the teacher could change her lesson to make it more interesting. Could a computer become the next version of a mood ring?
During a school day there are many students who get in trouble. With FACS school officals could predict who will act out during a given school day. There are a significant amount of students who are given detentions and expulstions throughout a school year. If schools had the software to predict who will act out they could eliminate this problem. Could a computer become the next version of a mood ring?
Not all school have major issues with with students acting out or engaged in their lessons. Some schools, for the most part, have students who love to be at school and are eager to learn; because of this FACS wouldn't be needed. If students already are engaged in there schoolwork this new and improved system would be much good. If it's not broken don't fix it. Could a computer become the next version of a mood ring?
This article was all about a system called the Facial Action Coding System or better known as FACS. This system can read a humans facial expressions to determine what they're feeling. If school systems around the USA or the world had acess to this program they could advance their schools to the next level. Could a computer become the next version of a mood ring? | 3 |
There could be a day when we can use a device to identify human emotions. According to professor Thomas Huang and professor Nicu Sebe they both have collaborated and established a software where computers can recognize human emotions. This type of technology could not be helpful to teachers or any person who would want to see an emotional experssion of a person. Teachers should not even be bothered attempting to use the Facial Action Coding System to identify there students emotions.
Us humans are very fasinating we have an instint when someone is sad, mad or happy. In the article it tells us "You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the looks of there face."(P.5) The text itself even says that we can tell when someone is feeling the way they are by the looks of there face, we do not need a computer to detect someones feeling's.
Teachers know there students they see them everyday for a long period of time, they most likely are not going to be close to them but some students do become close to a teacher. In the text it says "Each expression is compared against a neutral face."(P.4) The author is telling us that everytime they do a emotinal expression they compare it to a regular photo. How can that show what people are feeling? In most cases most people have a neutral face when they are sad, mad or happy, they are this way because maybe no one taught them how to express their feelings. So how can you really know how that person feels?
All in all teachers are good the way they are, they do not need to dectect there students feelings. Although it would be nice to use it and come across it but teachers can ask how that person is feeling themselves. | 2 |
according to the passage there is somthing call Facial Action Coding Smile . Can this be useful to school's ? Yes the reason why I say yes it's because some studets can understand some thing . And if they can understand it the computer could be able to under stand the assingment well . Also this can help see where is it the student struggles . And it can be a game changer for alot of school .
Some good things about the software are that know's if you force a smile by detecting the muscle in the face. For example if a student gets stuck on a question or the teacher is busy with the another student or if you dont feel like bothering the teacher the software could help . This program can help or notify the teacher if a student is stuggling and with what they each struggle . Because in some schools teachers can't find out what is wrong with some student . This can really become somthing great for the future generations by modfing the lesson for each student . For example if a student doesnt like the subject the program can detect that and make it funner . The reason why is because some students think some teachers teach boring things and with this program it can make the lesson funner .
In conclusion this software could really help out schools . By making students like school because some complaints I hear from some of my friends is that a certan teacher is boring or they can't make the lesson fun . So if the lesson is boring the camara can check the face the individual is making and modify the lesson . This program may also raise a generation of smart students if this where ever to happen . In the end I think this program could also make some teacher smile . | 2 |
In this world we live in everyone wants to get where they want to go without any problems, and everyone uses cars for transportation, thats the real problem. There are places where you not allowed to have a car, I dont blame them."When i had a car i was always tense. Im much happier this way," said Heidrun Walters. Everyone has told me that they arent worried about how they drive, they are worried about everyone around them. i dont see how that is a good thing, but if we limit the transportation of cars no one will have to worry.
Driving cars isnt healthy for the environment either. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." This world gets trashed every single day, so why do we feel the need to add to the problem. "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," if we can make this world cleaner i dont see why people wont step in, we are the ones who have to live with it everyday.
"Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." People are starting to see a change happen, and they are acting on it. Just imagine a life without cars driving everywhere. You wont have to worry about drunk drivers, the reduce of car crashes, there will be a incredible decrease in people dying from car crashes, you wont have to worry about getting to work on time because there wont be traffic."Pedestrians, bicycles, private cars, commericial and public transportantion traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." | 2 |
Driving a new car right out of the dealer ship, can be quite facinating, but global warming and pollution doesn't sound as quite facinating. People tend to listen and follow instructions as to not using cars, but they'll get over it in a couple of days and continue driving cars after a while. The reason I say this is because this is how I am, I tend to listen now, and five minutes later, its as if no one has ever told me anything. So Im guessing that lots of people around here are the same way. But this is no time to be doing what you want, its about saving earth and everyone in it, and trying to avoid cars.
Driving without a car can be a quite tireing, but a paying a 22-euro fine, which is 31 dollars in america, doesn't sound quite convinient. This what the city of Paris did to all owners of a cars who were told to leave there cars at home and refused to do so. Apperently, around 4,000 drivers were fined, and around twenty-seven cars were impounded to the people that had attitudes or strong reaction to there fine. Now in my opinion, do you seriously want to get risked and get your car taken away or pay a fine? Most likely no right? If you were told to leave your car at home for everyones own good, just leave it, save 31 dollars in yoiur pocket, maybe even buy a chicken or something right? The cause of all this comotion in Paris was because of an intensifying smog bieng built that also ran across Beijing, China, which is also known as a well polluted city in the world. Smog can be a quite dangerous to us all, and some countries are trying to help the enviorment, a place like Bogota, Culombia. What they have done was ban cars for a day to try and to lower air pollution. They as well gave out 25 dollar fines to all the violaters that did not participate with program built. Now, are you seeing my point? Can you see were my point is going? Trying to litmit car usage is what im trying to say. If only we could all be like Mr. Sivaks son, who takes Bay Area Transit when he can, im pretty sure that this whole pullution and global warming, wont be as quite frustrating to think about, or worring as to what will happen next to all the pollution.
My conclusion to all this for all of us to take a stand and try to limit car usage in all over the world atleast for a day, or be something like the city of Vauban, Germany, in which they have banned cars in a big part of the city, known as "smart planning". As I said in the begining, cars can be a fun thing to be riding around in, but they are on of the main reasons why pollution and smog is being created and becomeing a threat to all of our sociebty of today of all over the world. So yes, this my opinion, which should aslo be yours, we all should have a serious limiting in cars before everything get out of hands and its to late. If you can ride a bike, then ride a bike. if you can go walking to your job, school, home, or anywhere, go walking. Try to avoid car usage when its really not needed, and quit being lazy and start walking. | 2 |
Why would anyone want to become a Seagoing Cowboy, you might ask. There are actually many resons why someone should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Like I said, "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy."
If you are working as a Seagoing Cowboy, thyen you know the feeling of when you acomplish something great. It's all one big rush of happiness, excitment,and sucess. Later on in life you will get to say, "I helped someone and I'm proud" That is just one of the many reasons.
If you like working with animals, then this might be a job for you. When I was working for the Seagoing Cowboys program, I got to work as a watchman. When you are a watchman you have to check on the animals every hour. That was an amazing experience, trust me.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy isn't all work all the time. You can find time to have fun like I did. I got to play exciting vollyball and baseball games. Along with that, I had time to read, box, fence, whittle, and play in table-tennis tounaments.
When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you get to visit amazing place such as I. You can get the chance to go to through the Panama Canal and tour a castle in Crete just on your way to China! That's not all! You can take a gondola ride in Italy, and see the Acropolis in Greece. Just think of all the amazing places you'll go.
When I was Seagoing Cowboy was the best time of my life. It gave me wonderful chances and a life full of excitment. It could give you that too. All you have to is join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will not regret it, I promise. | 2 |
The limiting of car usage will have a major impact on society and the life span of planet Earth. The effects of the usage of automobiles has increased the changes in natural resources to reduce and produce much more slow. Limiting the usage of vehicles can asist society with forming a shift in American Behavior and safety.
Vehicle usage has taken a nose-dive in the past centry. From the loss of jobs, to the decrease in income, down to the death of thousands. Because of the health risk many places have set a ban on driving privlages such as Paris. According to the resource, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Oftenly, those who refused to respectfuly contribute to the ban were forced to pay a fine of $31.00 in United States money for not obeying the City's instructions. The pollution rate has slowly decreased as society continuously starts to decrease the mass usage of vehicles. As to sociologist, "If the pattern persists- and many sociologist believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for cabon emissions and the enivronment..." These implications have been studied by many to figure out the real reason car industires do not rebrand themselfs as "mobility". The companies that have taken the leap to stop pollution have allowed society to make a enormous U-turn in the way the government controls pollution evacuation.
The safety of society has also taken a major leap in success. Mimi Sheller, a sociology professor at Drexel University states ""Different things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift,"". other ways, such as speaking to friends electronically can also have an impact of the car usage. Not meeting up with friends and wasting gasoline (or diesel fuel) is the most common way to stop pollution and its hazzardous complications. Also, "With all these changes, people wo stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit...." thus, causing a sudden shift in the way pollution is being created. Reflecting on other major causes of a global shift such as the nations popultion dencity.
In summation, the limiting of car usage has many advantages. Limiting the usage of vehicles can asist society with forming a shift in American Behavior and safety. Do you want to risk the possibility of ending the worlds greatest issue? | 2 |
The author does a poor job of explaining why Venus should be explored, despite risks. First, they introduce Venus' poor, inhabitable conditions. Then, they go on to suggest an idea that isn't anything but a dream. Finally, they admit that the previous "solution" won't even work.
The introduction to Venus in paragraph three, is anything but inviting. The author tells the reader that most of Venus's atmospher is 97% CO2 or carbon dioxide. That is a gas that humans exhale and it's extremely deadly when there is too much. For example, carbon dioxide poisoning. That kills people. It doesn't get better. The author then goes on to explain that the atmospheric pressure is even survivable. The author writes,
"... And the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."
This line basically tells the reader that if an actual human were to even land there, they would most likely die immediately. If not for the suffocation that would happen because of the excessive amount of carbon dioxide. The author even says, in paragraph two, a robot couldn't survive Venus for, "more than a few hours." How well would a human do? This tells the readers of all the dangers, not even offering a benefit, other than to "meet the challenge."
Not only does the the author state all the reasons why we shouldn't go to Venus, the solution they have found isn't really a good one. In paragraph five, the author writes, "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape... Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." The author starts with the word "imagine," telling the reader that this idea most likely isn'y even an option. The word imagine has the connotation of something you would want to happen, not neccesarily something that will. They then go on to say that the conditions weren't easy, but at least people could survive.
That sounds great, right? Wrong.
This so-called "solution" isn't even a solution.
In paragraph six, the author admits that looking at the planet safely hovering wasn't going to be enough. "More importantly, researchers cannot take samples," The auhtor explains. "Of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance."
This line proves that the the vehicle suggested previously is not even going to work. It will put people in "survivable" conditions for basically nothing.
So, the author does a very poor job of supportung the idea that Venus is worthy of studying, despite the dangers. They list reason after reason, of why that is a bad idea and the one solution they find, they admit won't work. | 4 |
If I was a scientist on Mars with somone who thought the face was formed by aliens, I think I would disagree. I would disagree because aliens are not real and why would they just made a radom face into the ground. I would say that the land in that area is just deformed. I think that it is just Mother Nature, she put it like that, that spot is a natural landform.
People might think that aiens are real but that saying is just a myth that some people that are nerds will belive. I use to think they were real and then I figured out they weren't. If they was real then when people or NASA went to a planet or just into space, why didn't those people every see them? If they did exist why wouldn't people take pictures when they were in space of the aliens? Why don't aliens exist?
If aliens do exist do you think they would attack you if they saw you? I would think that aliens would be on earth. What would aliens be like if they were on earth? would the Earth still be the same if they was on Earth. Who would controll them if the did exist.
Would aliens be in a zoo, becuse they are a weird like creture/human. people should know that akiens aren't real becuase if they were they would be on earth and people would take pictures and other things. Some could kill you other could hurt you or do other horrible things to you. That face on the ground was a natural landform it was not formed by aliens. | 1 |
A vehicle without a driver has always been a thing seen in fiction movies or movies set in the far future. Not having to drive your car may seem like a luxery for some, but for others it isn't a good idea. Driverless cars can have many more problems than regular cars. They have a higher chance of malfuntioning, causing the drivers to be reckless and rely on the car to drive for them, and it can put everyone in a dangerous position.
Any electronic device could malfuntion at any moment due to a number of problems. This would be very dangerous for the driver and even cost the owner of the vehicle a large sum of money to properly fix the problem. A malfunction of the car's computer system that allows it drive on its own could result in the car not being able to slow down, the car to be stuck in acceleration, the car stoping completely, or the car not being able to alert the driver when their assistance is needed.
Humans have a tendancy to be reckless when behind the wheel. They drive over the speed limit, ignore warning signs, and show off in the presence of their peers. If the driver becomes solely reliant on the car to drive, they may not pay attention when the car needs the person's assistance. The driver may become distracted by other things and in the mind set of the car being able to drive on its own, miss the warning sign given by the car that they have to take over driving. This would result in the driver crashing or possibly hitting a pedestrian.
Driverless cars could prove to be more trouble than they are worth by putting the driver, passengers, and pedestrians in a dangerous situation. While a person is driving, the car may malfuntion as mentioned earlier and could cause an injury to both the drivers and nearby pedestrians. The car, especially in its early stages, is most likely going to have many malfuntions, miscalculations, and glitches that could put anyone in harm's way. Another way the car could prove to be dangerous iss by the recklessness and laziness of the driver. Drivers would become reliant on the car to drive itself in various places and terrain, expecting it be able to maintain the appropriate speed while manovering through the obstacles of triffic, construction, and detours.
In conclusion, the driverless car is not a good idea. It can be very dangerous at times and not worth the money that would be put into making it. The car would malfuntion, mostly in its early stages, and put everyone in danger. The car would also cause the driver to become lazy and not pay attention while the car is driving. The driver would become distracted and not pay attention when the car warns that it will need the driver's assistance to manover the obstacles in front of it. The car is generally dangerous, both with malfuntions and reckless driving, and should not be allowed for purchase by the general public for their safety and the safety of those around them. | 3 |
How Can We Explore Venus?
Today many scientists are looking on how to get to Venus and study it, researchers have been trying to find a way but had always failed. Now they're still looking on what to do because the planet Venus is really facinating and amazing for them.
Why does until today scientists keep wanting to visiting Earth's twin (Venus)? Because the planet itself is incredible. And it says it in the text in paragraph 4 that "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in ouir solar system." The studies that they researchers have made so far is that " Long ago, the planet Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
Based on the text we can see that the next planet's fascinating, according to the passage it is really hard to get just one foot on Venus, you won't even last a minute or more, we can see it's impossible to land on it. But that doesn't affect scientists. The writer said that "It's a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets..., and the temperatures average are over 800 degrees Farhenheit, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." But it does not matter to them.
In the fourth paragraph the writer state that the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and " It includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Recall that Venus can sometims be our nearest option for a planetary visit." The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable for scientists,"but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive?" That's the questions they're asking themselves until today.
NASA have been testing some electronics made of silicon carbide at higher temperature in a chamber, the same as Venus's, and it lasted for three weeks in those conditions, they're still believing in landing on Venus, because "human curiosity will lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." said the author. | 1 |
"Driverless Cars Are Coming"
Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore ? They started coming up with new ideas on how to make cars work better. Most people like me are fascinated with cars that can drive themselves . Who wouldn't want a car that could do that?
It sounds like a good idea but there are some things most people wouldn't like about these cars. The cars that already have been created are not completely driverless. That means you still have to pay full attention when the car is working by itself.
Google had a car that could drive half a million miles without crashing but it still wasn't driverless . The driver gets notified when pulling in and out of driveways. The Google cars would also alert the driver incase of a accident or roadwork .
Some of the cars made had sensors in them. The sensors would allow a much better respond than the human drivers . BMW "Traffic Jam Assistant" had a sensor that would make sure the driver had hold of the wheel. Most of the cars developed so far couldn't really do much but steer,accelerate, and brake themselves. The human driver still had to remain alert incase they had to take over and start driving in case of an accident or roadwork ahead .
So why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver? They think the idea of it is fun , which it is . Most laws about driving are focused on keeping the people in the vehicle safe. New laws will be made incase there is an accident . They will have to see whos fault is it- the driver or the manufacturer .
Would you still want a car that you had to drive? Doesn't really sound like a good idea to me . Sounds fun but it's a lot of work . | 2 |
The face on mars has cause a lot of speculation in the past about it's origins and how it got there but many NASA scientists think it's just a Mesa or Buttle common earth landforms that are similar in construction as the face.
"Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars, evidence NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancheint civilization on mars." If the facereally was made by aliens and NASA had discovered life other than our own, it would be hugely beneficial to them to tell the world. There would be people with lots of money wanting to see what NASA could find out about the face, and the people who made it.
" Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the first image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing. . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."
NASA scientist say that the face is a natural landform, or the Mars equivalent to the Earthly landforms. Such asthe Mesa or Buttle and JIm Garvin, NASA's Mars Exploration Program says that " As a rule of thumb, you can discetn things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," he added "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!".
Garvin also said " It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, Thats a lava dome that takes the form of and isolated mesa about the same height of the Face on Mars."
NASA scientists, through hard work and amazing photography have proven the Face on Mars mystery and written the final chapter to a truly interesting moment in NASA'S space exploration history. | 2 |
Being a Seagoing Cowboys is a great job and you could become one too. This could be a great for you and im going to tell you a couple of reasons why I like my job and why you should join in with us.
I didnt really know much about this whole Seagoing Cowboys thing but I might as will give it a try i thought so I did and once I got into this it changed my whole live and this can be you too this can change your life too. If you love animals you will love this job as much as I do. They hired me to take care of animals like horses,young cows, and mules that were shipped oversea and this could also be you. You could take care of all these animals. I made nine trips the most of any seagoing cowboy and maybe If you joined the seagoing cowboys program You could beat my record and go up to 10 11 12 or higher. But the best thing about this is when you get to travel you get to go places you have never ever in your life dream of going. You get to go places like
Europe, China , Greece, and even Italy and have a good time . And you get to go on cattle boats for me they were unbelievable. But a good thing about this job was that you still get time for yourself and get to relax.
These were a few reasons why I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure it opens the world to you. And you should join you will have a lot of fun in this program Its also will open the world to you. | 2 |
Car usage in different parts of the world are becoming non-existant. In Vauban, Germany they have given up cars in hope of having a more suburban lifestyle. Street parking, driveways, and home garages are generally forbidden in this area on the outskirts of Fieburg. Vauban's streets are completly car free. Car ownership however is not forbidden but there are only two places to park in large garages on the edge of the developement. A media trainer and mother of two spoke about her details of this new rule, she stated she is much happier without a car. This will give children around a better enviroment to grow up in because everyone without cars will be outside playing, excercising, and riding bikes. In this new approach to they are making stores in walking distance from your home so you dont even need to use any type of transportation.
Paris also limits driving cars due to bad pollution. People were fined for driving on the roads with a 22-euro fine. These cold nights and warmer days were causing a warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was to blame since France has a tax policy that favors disel over gasoline. Delivery compaines complained about the stopage of veichles and lost revenue, but due to no one driving around the smog cleared the air.
in Bogota, Colombia they expirenced car-free day where everyone walked, hiked, road bikes, or took buses to work. Thsi was the third straight year where cars have been banned and buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars. The goal of this is to reduce smog in the air.
"The rain hasnt stopped people from participating" says the Mayor of Bogota
A bussiness man said its a great oppurtunity and lower air pollution. People in other countries have also stated that Bogota is creating a revolutionary change and this is crossing boarders. | 0 |
There are many advantages of limiting car usage. Elisabeth Rosenthal writes "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" to show that limiting car usage helps to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes..." Their goal is to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being released into our atmosphere because it is destroying Earth. The gases are destroying the ozone layer drastically, and if this continues Earth will be gone. She also wrote "The End of Car Culture" explaining that the number of cars bought has reduced, bu in reality it is a good thing because it reduces the amount of pollution in the air, and money could be used on something more productive. Cars have not been the main priority of in America. People began to carpool, ride bikes, ride the bus, etc. This will "save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." Additionally, Robert Duffer writes "Paris bans driving due to fog" explaining how "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals..." In Paris, many people are using cars, and they release the bad smoke into the atmosphere. By all the gases being combined together, it creates smog which is deadly. It can cause many health problems to humanlife and the nature. Another article to support that it is better off to limit car usage is "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky. Selsky quotes a business man Carlos Arturo, "'It's a good oppurtunity to take away stree and lower air pollution.'" Even citizens agree that it is necessary for people to limit how much they drive because it streeses people out. They don't have to worry about spending a drastic amount of money on gas, or repairing the car. It is easier just to ride a bike which helps you save money, and even get a good execrise. It also limits air pollution because less cars are being driven and not alot of harmful gases are being released. Overall, there are benefits in not having a car. | 2 |
limiting car usage can be a great thing to. Lowering the usage of your car can help you get more of an active lifestyle,cuts down on polution and it makes a person more happier.
In vauban, Germany people of a upscale community are suburban pioneers, they are giving up there cars. Vauban's streets are completely car free."Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park"...Owners can buy a space at a parking garage for $40,000 along with a home. Heidrun Walter said 'when i had a car I was always so tense. I'm much happier this way."
After day's with near-record pollution in Paris. They inforced a partial driving ban to clear air of the global city. On monday motorists withe enen numbered livense plates were ordered to leave there cars at yhome or fave a 22 euro fine ($31). It would happen to od numbered plates the following day. The smog rivaled Bejing, china which is known to be the most poluted areas of the world. Diesel was the big blame for it because france has a tax policy that favors diesel over regular. One week had 147 micrograms of particulate matterper cubic metter. Dilivery companys were complaining of lost revenue.
In Bogota, Columbia they have a car free day which is that millions of people drop there cars and hike,bikeor take busses to work or anywere. Violaters faced a $25 fine if they didnt comply. Parks and sports centers are blooming because of this day which means that people are choosing an active lifestyle. The rain was ok but it didnt stop anyone from participating.
In conclusion the car free way is the way to go it helps people be more active, cuts down on pollution and makes people more happier in general so i say put down the car keys and grab a bike and be happy. | 1 |
Many people go through many different emotions throughout their day. They show their emotions with facial expressions which also let's other people around them know what their current feelings could be. Although some people's expressions are hard to read due to them not showing emotion in their face or hiding it,they can go through a process in a computer system named 'Facial Action Coding System' in other words FACS ,which makes the computer determin their feeligs. This is also a good system for when historians are trying to figure out old pantings like The Mona Lisa. This computer system can work well because it determins a persons feeling,it can help make better computer-animated faces more expressive,and it can help modify a teaching lesson according to the student liking.
First the computer system can tell what a person's feelings are. In paragraph four it read "By weighting the different units,the software can identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared againts a neutral face". Another example can be found in paragraph five, it talks about how the computer software stores simliar codes to figuring out emotions and also talks about Da Vinci studing human anatomy to help him paint human facial expressions. These two examples show somewhat how the computer system works and how effective it when it comes to facial expressions.
Secondly FACS can help develope better computer-animated facial expressions. In paragraph six it read "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery" Another example is found in paragraph three when the author talks about 3-D computer models of the faces. He also talks about the muscles used when we make an expression. This two examples can show how FACS can help figuring out which facial expression is used and how to demonstrate it more strongly.
Lastly FACS can help figuring out lessons based on the students facial expression. In paragraph six it said "A classroom computer cpu;d recognize when a students is becoming confused or bored,"Dr Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor. Another example is found in paragraph four when the author talks about individuals showing vary degrees of expression making it hard to tell exactly what they feel. This examples show that knowing a students main emotion to a lesson can help modify a special lesson making them enjoy it better and learning more.
In conclusion FACS can be very usual when it comes to determening and knowing exacly one's feeling. It can also be useful when historians need to figure out emotions people felt during erlier times based on a panting. FACS also can show the many different moods a persons facial expression can contain. FACS will be used when determining a persons feeling,makeing better computer-animated faces more expressive,and help modify a teaching lesson according to the student liking. | 2 |
The idea of making driverless cars should be made because it can cause less accident and can save peoples lives. If google has self driving cars then the people should have them too. The reasons why is safety, fuel efficient, world saver .
One of the reasons Company's should start the making of driverless cars is the safety of the people. Many people in the USA have accident do to the fact that they drive wreckless and dont really know how to use the cars. Acordding to the text "
The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." This quote states that with the use of driverless cars
there would be alot more fuel effiecient cars and that would help the people get to places.
The next reason is fuel efficient cars meaning that cars should use some other type of energy other than gas. Cars should use electricity or solar power because petroluem the main source of gas is running out in the earth. It also take a long time for it to be formed. A quote from the text " The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." this quote was said by Google cofounder Sergey Brin, Stating that driverless cars
wont be needing fuel.
Cars with fuel also harm planet earth becuase of the type of fuel they are using which is gas or diesel. If all cars would be solar powered or electic would save the earth from global warming or from other disasters. The fumes from gas powered cars and factories heat up the earth's atmosphere causing places like antarctica to break apart and destroy the animals habitats. Antarctica is mostly made out of ice do to its location. Global warming can also heat up the earth's oceans causing more rain.
Overall driverless cars should be put in production becuase it can save peoples lives, stop global warming and be fuel efficient. | 2 |
The way the author suports his idea is good enough to understand the danger and consequences of it. starting off on paragraph 1 the author let's us know that venus is
the secound planet from our sun. He also let's us know that venus is simple to see from distance but its every challenging to examine when you're closely. The author lets us know earth and mars are is other door neighboors. The author tells us that venus is hard to examine being close to it due to high tempeures.
The author also tells us that there haven't been a spacecraft that has touched down on venus for more than 3 decades. The author supports this with saying that spacecrafts only survive a few hours. meanig that venus is a very hot planet which makes it hard for humans to study it. NASA is working on electronics made of slilicon for us to be able to study venus.
The author supports the idea in every way he could when he said it was challenging for humans to study venus. He let's us know why and how he mentions in paragraph 3 that the atmosphere is thick of almost 97 carbot dioxide.
He also tells us that tempeture avarage aare over 800 degrees fahrenheit letting us know humans can't suprt that type of tempeture. He also calls out some solutions on how humans could live in venus but he let's us know that the conditions would be bad but that it is survivable.
The author let's us know in parageraph 7 that NASA is working on simplified electonics made of silicon. And that the ones that have been made have lasted about 3 weeks in such conditions . He also let's us know that another project is looking back to an old technolgy called mechanical comuters. He explains that these computers were used back in world war ll they were very important he let's us know that it did not require electronics at all he explains mddern comuters are more delicated. what the author is saying that these computers are resistant compared to the compiuters we use now in days the author explains his view and supports it in every paragraph. | 2 |
Arguements on whether the state senator should favor in keeping the Electoral College or change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States are occuring today. Each favor has its advantages and disadvantages, but we should favor in keeping the Electoral College. This is because less disputes are likely to happen and not voting will not effect the election.
On the other hand, changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States has some advantages. In "Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", author Bradford Plumer claims "the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational" because "candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning." This means that the candidates focus on the "tight races of the 'swing' states." To continue, Plumer also argues that changing to election by popular vote makes every vote count;however, chaning to election by popular vote will cause mant disputes and it is not the right way to keep everyone satisfied with voting for a new president. Keeping the Electoral College is more realistic.
To begin, the Electoral College is fair to the states, leaving fewer disputes. In "Source 3: In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President", author Richard A. Posner explains that the Electoral College "restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution." The Electoral College gives larger states more attention from presidential candidates as opposed to a smaller state. Posner continues the idea with "the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election." To break it down, voters who pay close attention to the campaign will be the most thoughtful voters and they will recieve the most attention from the candidates. This reduces the amount of disputes because the presidential candidates will decide on who to give the most attention to.
In addition, the Electoral College method does not get affected by the ones who chose not to vote. In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President", author Richard A. Posner states that "knowing [the voters'] vote has no effect [gives them] less incentitive to pay attention to the campaign." But, "voters in presidential electons are people who want to express political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide and election." This means thatchanging everyone to a single vote will have no effect, too because people will not put thought into who to vote, but they will just vote for whoever.
To conclude, the state senator should favor in keeping the Electoral College rather than changing to election be popular vote for the president of the United States because less disputes will occur and not participating will not be effective. | 4 |
The author talks about how dangers Venus could be if humans get there and start of the exploration in Venus. Venus has a lot of carbon dioxide which that could be bad for humans to inhail. In paragraph 3 it says ''almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.'' This means that most of Venus's atomsphere is cover with a carbon diocide which could be bad for humans to inhail it.
Also the article talks about Venus having clouds have highly corrosive sulfuric acid and its very dangerous for human to make
contact with that dangerous matterial. In paragraph 3 it says ''Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.'' This means that its very dangerous for humans to go to Venus and tried to explor the whole planet.
The article also talks about the planet's surface. The planet's surface could reach over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and that would be able to kill a human very quickly. In paragraph 3 it says ''On the planet's surface tempertures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.'' Which this means that it could kill a human in a instant if a person went to Venus and tried to explor Venus.
The article also talks about the pressure of the planet's atmosphere. On paragraph 3 it says ''The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experence on our own planet.'' What this means it could kill a human in a instant if a person went to Venus and tried to study Venus.
The article also talks about what would happen if humans took a submarine and metals to Venus. In paragraph 3 it says ''Such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest part of our ocean and would liquefy many metals.'' This means that Venus has a lot pressure that can crush a submarine and also it has a very hot surface that can liguefy metals in instant.
The article also talks about the Venusian geology and weather in Venus's. In paragraph 3 it says ''Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.'' This means that it has the same kind of weather but its more aggresive and more dangerous then the ones we have on Earth. | 3 |
Dear Senator of the state of Florida,
I would like to propose you to keep the electoral college in regards to how elections are made for the presidency and vice presidency. I in my opion as well as in other feel that by keeping the electoral college decisions on votes would be satisfactory for us in due to th e couting of our votes for the elections that we face. It would be a much rather delightfulness for the state of Florida if you would keep on helping sustain the electoral college and its' bases of funtion as well as in the rightchesness that belongs in our votes for the candidates that run for election either for presidency or vice presidency. Further more I wish to ask you to maintain our votes fair in wich i mean don't do an unfairness of our votes that is to say, our votes that get sent to you so that you can put in the final vote. As you may know there are many hateful critcism on how the electoral college functions and I'd like to say that if you could put up with the so many critics and just keep doing your job on electoral college then you could put up a positive ad on how the electoral college really works so that the many people that crtisize and have doubts on how the electoral college will truely know what is happening with their votes for election times. Our nation really needs this even though it is a really old system of governmence towards our voted that fall in you hands. for instance in the article "The Indefensible Electoral college: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong"(paragraph 14) it states "...The electoral college is...outdated" this shows how even an article was written to discuss the faults in the electoral collage and how its sytem works. the electoral collage may recieve many hateful critism on how fair the electoral collage is, but all in all their shouidn't be anything to worry about knowing that what you're doing is right in terms of governance and politics. With all due respect I would like to thank you for helping sustain the the electoral college with your fellow out of state caleeges, its a pleasure having having you as our Senetor and this goes as for everyone that enjoys your supportment to the government and how its electoral elections are based due to this system. I hope this really helps on how our government system on elections are critized, and that for at least there are people that actually hope for the prosper of the electoral college and the benifits that come out of it as also the many unlawful things that could arise in the nation if we didn't have and electoral college. With all due respects I hope that your manegment of our votes in elections be used wisely in the electoral college unlike other places in the world where much is corrupted and is used against the people instead of for the people. Thank you for taking your time in reading this article Senetor of Florida. | 0 |
Limiting car usage would be great for people in a big city, not so much the country. It would be good for people in the city because everything is right beside each other and if it wasn't you can have taxis so it saves gas. Its also good to cut down on car usage because it will make us healthier. If we don't drive all the time its better for the environment.
The first reason for cutting back on car usage is because everything is right beside each other in a city. There is no reason to waste the gas to drive right down the road. In the country its different because it may be a small town yes, but everything may be 15 to 20 miles away. And we don't have taxi's or buses.
Have you ever thought about walking everyday to school or work? Everybody would be in great shape! We would walk everywhere and if you're running late then you will most likely fast walk which is even better. People would start eating better because they would get cramps walking to work, they would start exercising more. Even if they didn't like walking to school or work they would have to so they wouldn't have a choice but to exercise.
We harm the environment everyday with the cars we drive. Why not just stop using cars so we can help our planet and maybe make it a better place to live? All it would take is you walking a couple blocks to school, work, or the store and that would already be helping us.
The thing is people today are so selfish and take everything for garnet. The things we could accomplish if we only cut back a little bit. Just save gas, if you are going to the store that is two blocks away, don't call a taxi, don't crank your car up, just walk there. People would be so much healthier if they walked everyday, and we would help the environment. I'm not telling you to start being a tree huger or anything, just think about it. Would you rather live in a polluted environment or a healthy one? The choice is yours. | 1 |
By limiting car usage you would be making it a healther enviroment, and a safer one!
there would be less polluation in the air and that would make the air better for us to breath.
Sure by limiting the usage of cars would have an effect on people its also doing us a favor wether we like it or not, because constsntly breathing in polluated air is really bad for you it can have major affects on our lungs, and respotory system. Also by limiting car usage you wouldent spend so much money on gas, oil, car parts,ect:, so by saving all that money you could spent it on something else.
When you own a vehicle you put in so much money in just getting your insurance and then you spend so much money on gass every week, dont get me wrong the gas prices have gone down but what will happen when they go back up and how much money will the gas be then?
So is driving worth killing your air and the enviroment you live in and spend all your money on gas?
Or would it better for us to start imiting our car usage?
But that is up for you to decide what you want to do.
Whe driving have you ever thought how much polluation you vehicle is dishing out while your driving around town? Probably not, probably you where thinking how log till i get there or i need to text someone back but i bet not once did car polluation ever cross you mind and its okay not alot of people think about it when there driving. Actually hardly anyone thinks abot it ever unless its on the news saying that the air polluation is bad again and thats when you start to think about it.
With car polluation ypu dont realse what it is dont to you enviroment because you never see it happen in a fast pace it always happen really slow.
All of a sudden plants will start to die really fast, people will have areally hard time breathing and will probably have to go to the hospital because of the lack of oxygen they can get.
Imagine saving you money, wouldent that be nice not having to worry about a car paymeny or gas?
alot of people would have so much money that alot of them nedd because there is alot of families struggling to make it by the have to constantly worry if they have enough money to pay the bills and put gass in there vehicle to get to work to make the money to survie.
what if instead of having a vehicle and constantly spending money on gas you walked or took a bike to work, imagine all that money you saved by donig something little as that. | 3 |
Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density
and size, and also closest distance. In the article, "Earth, Venus, and mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes weare closer to Mars and other times to Venus.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration forcing for sending humans to stody Venus. The NASA says, they possible solution to the hostile coditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.
The challenging to study Venus is that in the article, "since no spacecraft survived the landinf for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades."
Also, the challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The temperature average of on the planet's suface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit including the atmosheric pressure is 90 times greater than our own planet.
According to the article, "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of anyplanet in our solar system even though Mercury is closer to our sun." They also discussing to visits to ots surface because Astronomers are fascinated by the Venus. So, It may have been the mostly like Earth planet in our solar system. In the article, "the long ago, Venus was probly covered largely with oceans and could have supported variuos forms of life, just like Earth." Venus still have some feathure just like Earth.
In conlusion, It's challenging to study Venus but It's helpful of imagination and innovation. Also, human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors according to the article. It gave us a lot of experince and gain knowledgeable. | 2 |
There are many reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys" for instance, you could join the "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of animals, such as horses, young cows, and mules, that were shipped over seas. This is just one reason for joining the "Seagoing Cowboys" and there are a lot more reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys", and we are going to be talking about some others. The "Seagoing Cowboys", as some of you may wonder, was in 1945, when World War II ended in Europe. When Luke graduated high school, he worked two part-time jobs, one in a grocery store and one in a bank, when his friend, Don Reist invited him to go to Europe to be a "Seagoing Cowboy". That is where his journey began.
Luke join the program, the "Seagoing Cowboys" program, to take care of animals that were shipped over seas. I know this, because in the story the author states, "Luke signed up to be a 'Seagoing Cowboy' to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." One reason you could join the "Seagoing Cowboys" is, to see other beautiful artifacts of the world. I know this, because the author states, "Luke observed the marvelous wonder of the excavated castle in Crete and the, all amazing, Panama Canal."
These are only two reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys."
Another reason why you could join the "Seagoing Cowboys" is, if you like to get away from home and visit a nice little vacation. I know this, because the author states, "Luke toke a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with water as streets." One other reason is, if you like to go over seas. This is a reason, because the author states, "It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean." Both of these reasons are, like always, just some few, of many, reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys."
One of two other reasons, that you should join the program, is, if you love to take care of animals then this is the right job for you. I know this, because the author states, "The animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day." The second reason you should join the program is, if you just like to be on a boat. I know this, because the author states, "Luke got his paper and boarded the 'SS Charles W. Wooster."' These are the final two reasons why you should join the program.
What we talked about in this essay was, that there are many reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys" program. Somwe of the reasons are, that if you love to take care of animals. Another reason is, if you like to get away from home. These are only two reasons why you should join the program, and I can assure you that there are a lot more. | 2 |
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers very well.
He includes everything that the planet itself would benefit from it and the humans on earth.
He explains what evidence we could find, what we could explore and what may be out there that we do not know is in existance.
In paragraph 3 he says, " these conditions are far more extreme than anything humas would encounter on earth".
This shows that if we were able to land on Venus and actually get to explore than we could possibly figure out why Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our Solar System.
We could also explore the additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes on Venus.
In paragraph 4 it says that Venus may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our Solar System.
This just proves the authors point more that studying Venus is a worhty pursuit despite the dangers because we could figure out how Venus was/is much like Earth and what they had/have in common. NASA already knows that there are still some features that are analogous to those on Earth such as a surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountians and craters.
So by studying Venus we could know more in depth about these analogous features.
NASA has gone as far as finding substitutes for landing on the planet so we can still explore it.
This just goes to show how important it is to study Venus.
However doing so our research and evidence would not be as sufficient as it would if we could land on the planet.
If we did not land on the planet we could not collect samples of rock, gas, take close up photos, etc.
So in conclusion, it is very important that we study Venus not only because it is the most Earth like planet out there after Earth itself but also because it would bring much benefit.
It would bring benefit to the planet itself, but also to humans on Earth.
We are curious about what could be out there that we have not yet to explore.
Studying Venus would give us the answers we need and would meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 2 |
What is the closest planet to Earth? The Evening Star give us the brightest light. The closest planet to Earth is Venus. As human studies, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Humans study more and more about Venus everyday.
The Evening Star give us the brightest light because it's too close to the Earth. Venus has more power of light than other planet. Mercury is closer to the sun but Venus can get more power than Mercury. Venus has has more power to gets the hotness. Venus is vantage point of Earth. The author says, "Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely," (paragraph 1).
As human studies, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. As humans study, Venus's atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our town. When Venus has low power of hotness, the weather on Earth has changed. The author said, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus," (paragraph 3).
Today, solar systems are useful on Earth. Today, we're using computers, cell phone or tablat with solar. The author says, "By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces," (paragraph 7). Humans are still working on Venus to get more powers, even though we got lots of power from Venus already.
Humans didn't want Venus's power at first because it's too hot and now, they want it because it's safe. In the paragraph 8, the last line, it said "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". | 1 |
I am going to be talking about how the use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Have you ever wondered how technolgy can sense how you are feeling? Well I am going to be explaining if I am for or against the value of using technology to read students' emotional expressions.
In the text the author says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. "So computers need to understand that, too." Technology could also be very helpful for learning. The author says, "A classroom computer could recognizd when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. He also says, "Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." This technology could help sense if someone is in danger but they do not want to say that they are. In paragraph 5 in the text the author says, "Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. I do agree that technology would be valuable to read students emotional expressions.
Some students do not like explaining or expressing their feelings because maybe of what other kids might think of them or just because in general they may not know how too. In paragraph 4 the author states, "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (like not smiling as broadly).
I am for using techonology to read students emotional expressions. The technology could detect your emotions and help others also to know how you are feeling just incase of an emergency. The technology would be able to sense if you are in danger by your emotions. The technology would also help those students that are not opened up about their emotions and explaining or expressing their emotions.
In conclusion, I am for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. The technology is valuable because it can help students open up about their emotions rather than keeping all of their emotions inside and making their emotions worse by keeping them to themselves. Most students like talking and expressing their emotions so they will not have to deal with all of their emotions and that way they are relieved of stress about their emotions. | 2 |
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Change the Electoral College,These citizens deserve to have their voices heard! Many citizens are not aware of the main objective of the Electoral college, and thus tend to debate in order to change how a president gets elected or leave it untouched with no mistakes fixed. For example, in "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" Bradford Plumer states that the Electoral College is unfair to voters, because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning. Bladford Plumer also stated that the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational. In my firm belief, I am in favor of changing the Electoral College, I'm sure of the consequences this will impact on society and history itself, but we need a system that grants equality with the citizens and the government. And the states that candidates are most likely willingly putting their vote on is on countries with significance.
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However, not everyone has the same view. In" In defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" Richard A. Posner stated that the winner-take-all method of awarding the electoral votes induces the candidates- as we saw in 2012's election- to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states. Posner also stated that the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that states by population lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution. Posner also said that the Electoral College avoids the problem in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. To back his claim, he states that Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 precent plurality of the popular votes while winning a majority in the Electoral College (301 and 370 electoral votes, respectively).
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Continuing, it is clear that the Electoral College does have it's advantages but also contains disadvantages as well. I'm fully aware of the consequences this may have upon the Constitution and the Senate. Now, I am not stating to get rid of the Electoral College itself, but try to adjust and fix some tideous and unfair treatments to make it all equal. Even though this could mean losing some interest from nominees, at least our system treats everyone with no difference. There are no superiors or inferiors in life.
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In conclusion, I, not demand, but at least to try to have some concern for our population. Bad reputation may mean a high loss of income from other states, knowing that this country has done some very sinister deeds that are simply despicable. Listen to the complaints and hear their calling, after all, presidents always tend to drive their country to a better future, or am I wrong? | 2 |
Do you feel that you woud want your emotions read to you everytime you sit down at a computer? I do because , I feel that technology that can read your emotions would be good for everyone , say someone is depressed but covers it up with a smile , this type of technology could help lots of people find peace with their emotions. The author says "For instance , you can porbably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking at her face.", the author is absouletly right , people show more emotion in their facial expressions then they think.. your face says it all."They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." It is so very improtanat that poeple feel that they can to anyone they trust with their emotions, emotions are something big that run through you 24/7. You can not stop emotions from coming and going.
The author then says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," "Then it could modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor." I feel that the computer recognizing emotion in children at school is a big deal , so many children get bored during class because its always the same routie that they to everyday , nothing changes for them. If more teachers would fcus on the lesson and keeping their students awake then school would be a lot better.
In conclusion , that is why i feel that the Facial Action Coding System is a wonderful idea. | 2 |
Driverless cars are the future. No matter which side you are on they will make there way on to hte treets in this lifetime. There is a downside to this. There is no more joy in driving. The car can malfunction and crash. Lastly the cars can misintepret the maps and send people way off course. These are a few reasons why I believe
that self-driving cars shouldnt be a reality till we can confim that the risks are lower than the rewards.
The first reason why i believe driverless cars shouldnt be a thing is because there is no joy in driving anymore. If we have cars that drive for us why would kids want to be excited to get a licence. Why would engineers want to build cars that go faster if no one is going to drive them. Another reason is why would people even buy a car if they can just rent a self driving car or call a driverless taxi to take them where they need to go.
My second reason for why i think driverless cars shouldn't happen at this point and time is because the car can malfunction and crash. Not only can
the car malfunction it also relies on the driver to pay attention. If the car malfunctions and goes off course who is to blame the manufacturer or the driver. This was a question from the article the makes me wonder what will happen if the car has a promblem and hurts many people. Another point I want to
make is that the car still requires the attention and
as drivers we already have distractions and a car buzzing and beeping everytime you look away could be the one to cause the driver to an accident.
The last reason why I dont agree with driverless cars is because the car might misread the maps and send people of coures or they might even be seriuosly or fatialy injured. If people rely on the cars sensors to update for them what happens when the sensor malfuctions and the car doesnt alert the driver. What will happen when the car's maps arent up to date and the car runs 69 mph into a constrution site or a police officer making a traffic stop. This is just a few circumstances that could turn into a reality with driverless car.
For these reasons that I believe that the driverless car shouldn't
be on the streets. There is no joy in driving. The car malfuntion and crash. Lastly the car can misread the maps and senosrs and cause serious injury. Thaty is why driverless cars shouldn't be the way of the future. | 3 |
Venus started to form life just like Earth, many years ago, according to the text. The author supports this idea by giving examples and how can life can be formed in Venus. The author also gave information about how powerful earthquakes and lightning strikes can provoke Venus. The author also goes on by
saying how Venus was probably covered with oceans and could've had forms of life. And, life on Venus are very limited because forms of light don't happen very often according to the text. Also, I forgot to mention that technonlogy in Venus are powerful aswell, and also runs real quck/fast.
In the text it states,'' Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking the to land on its surface.'' This is basically saying that Venus has very powerful weathers that is most likely to kill you if you live in Venus. In the text in paragraph 4 it states,'' Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.'' This sentence is basically saying that Venus could have been just like Earth. What I'm saying is that Venus could have been having human life, like for example, human can actually live in Venus for the rest of their lifes if they know how to live in extreme conditions. And finally, in paragraph 5, it states,'' Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.'' Basically what this sentence is saying is that Venus is so hot that possible Venus might have the weather temperature just like Earth. Humans can live there but might be dangerous because the weather in Venus is so powerful and can kill you and growing food may be hard at times.
If you love bad weather and tend to challenge yourself on extreme living conditons, then Venus is the right place for you. What I'm basically saying is that if you love challenging yourself and how far you can become at extrme living conditions then Venus is the right place for you. Or, if you love technology and you want your modern phone, computer, etc to run fast, then Venus is the place for you. In paragraph 7, it states, '' Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme pysical conditions.'' Basically, if you make mechanical parts can be made more resistant. If you challenge yourself (I'm not saying that you/one should live in Venus, that's your option) or our human mentality may lead in exploring Earth because our human brains may cause us to explore more Earth, until all Earth Edges. Like for example, nobody lives in Antartica and its off limits, we aren't allowed to visit Antartica and it's not owned by anyone. But, we as humans we are curious creatures that would like know everything or explore more Earth, or not just Earth but other planets. | 2 |
The author does not support this claim well enough. In the passages, the author goes on about the many problems that are associated with exploring Venus. Most of the problems the author has listed are fatal to humans, making it impossible to achieve what the author obviously wants; to examine Venus throughly for humans to have enough information to finally inhabit the hot planet. Unfortunately for the author, many people would agree that this article does not support the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the obvious dangers well enough.
There are many problems stated in the article (paragraph 3) on why Venus is a very dangerous planet to explore. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planet in our solar system, even though the planet Mercury is far closer to the sun. The burning hot planet is also covered in 97 percent carbon dioxide, a lethal gas for living creatures on Earth, very much including humans. The planet's surface is an average of 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric is 90 times greater than Earth's. No human or any other living creature can survive in these conditions, not even with the technology we have today. The author adds that the planet's weather and physical conditions is quite capricious; volcano eruptions every now and then, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning attacks on the probes Nasa sends to Venus does not help the author's beliefs either. No spaceship has touched the planet in 3 decades, making the planet even more mysterious because of the changes that could have started during those 3 long decades.
The author then tries to turn the bad news around with what most would call, 'wishful thinking'. The article shows information of how Nasa has an idea of how they could get to Venus without immediatley dying and wasting resources. Of course, it is all but an idea. A theory, that cannot be tested accurately, neither without huge costs. The article also states of researchers who develop physically capable computers that might have a better chance of lasting longer on Venus with enough time to collect needed information. The truth of the matter is, these solutions are all just fantasies; ideas that we wish could be acted upon, but the world is far too complicated for that to happen so easily.
Human curiosity can do wonders for the world. That is not to be compared to miracles however, because that is what's needed to achieve the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit. Human's in general are capricious creatures, very much like Venus itself. We strive to learn and gain control of another planet, when the results clearly show that we cannot even take care of our own.
While the author is a positive thinker, their idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit is laughable. The article does not do well enough, or maybe at all, to convince that Venus is a worthy pursuit. There is too many problems with the idea, and too many factors to be played out, and not enough good solutions to help support the idea. Although we cannot say that the idea is unacheivable, with the evidence and solutions stated in the article, it canot happen with those proofs alone. | 4 |
Using a car may seem helpful, but what if we limit car usage. There are many advantages in limiting car usage. Limiting car usage is becoming more common, and also reducing pollution.
Being a car free city can limit a lot of the pollution. "Automobiles are the linchipin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." as stated in:
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal.
In Paris, after days of near-record pollution, a partial driving ban was set to clear the air of the global city. Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate mattere per cubic meter, stated in:
"Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer. Cold nightws and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions, which created a smog over Paris.
Another reason for limiting car usage is because it is becoming more popular. As stated before, Vauban is a "car-free" suburb. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this was," said Heidrun Walter a media trainer in Vauban. In Bogota, Colombia; for the third straight year cars, have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars. The goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog, stated in:
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky.
"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said the Bogota Mayor.
The End of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal says: "...recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year go by." This indicates that a new era is coming. Limiting car use has already taken action because of the dangers of pollution, making limiting car more popular everywhere. Cities already participating, are an example to others of how useful this act can be.
Although limiting cars is already taking place, it is not worldwide. Only a few cities have begun to do it. There are advantages, seeing the cities that participate in a "car-free" society and realizing that the results are not bad should be a wake up call to others. After all, doing so helps save the planet a little more; and with a bit more help, limiting car usage will be worldwide. | 2 |
For many years people have been using cars to get around to do their important tasks. The stress every indivdual has to go through just to make it through the day could be difficult. It is better if we create a car free world. Just picture you waking up in the morning peacefully without the sounds of car motors turning on or the smell of smoke in the air. With the reduction of cars, the planet would be a healthier and safer place to live on.
Limiting car usage can have a numerous amount of advantages to citizens. With all the issues every country has, the most important one is the emisson of green house gases. With the use of less cars, the green house gas percentage rate will go down significantly. In source 3 it says "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." As this event starts to happen the Earths atmosphere will start to recover and there would be less traffic on the roads. In source 3, Bogota Colombia has a program named the "Day Without Cars." This program has a goal to promote another way of transporation to the people and to reduce smog in their capital city. While it on their third year, "people are generating a revoluntionary change..." said Enrique Riera. Since this event is becoming more sucessfull parks and sports centers have been used more throughout the city. In soruce 2, Pari has a situation of smog too. They decided to created a "partial driving ban" which allowed the air to be cleared in Paris but also fined 4,000 drivers with the cost of 22-euros ($31) or impounded cars for their "reaction of the fine."
Another advantage ciztens have to limiting car usage is that it lowers the cost of indivdual of paying their car bills and the amount of gas which is really high. With other types transportation like public buses, walking or riding a bicycle this effort helps to conserve resources that are about to disappear since we use them too much and it improves our safety with the reduction of having car accidents due to traffic jams. In source 1 Vauban, Germany their is a community that has 5,500 resident that do not own a car. This community restricts car into their streets. This communtiy is a "low-car suburban life" that has a wallkway,stores on the main street and some distant highways with the help of public transportation.
As we continue our effort into establishing a "car free" community it will benefit us in the future. While we reduced the percentage of green house gases in the air then the government will not have to worry about one problem and move to something that needs to be fixed right away. All the taxes we've have beeen paying will to crisis outside of our country. If we expand these no car communties that Colombia and Germany have then there will be a "shift in American behavior" source 4 states. Americans love cars but as the years passed by from "2005-2013 the miles driven per persons have slowly decereased 9 percent." Hopefully,as the next few year it will make a difference.
Even though us humans love cars their is a limit into how much we should use them. But as we grow we will have a healthier and dafer planet to live on, spend less moeny on cars and more money on important nessesites, and it woyukd create a better future for our children an their families. | 3 |
My position on driverless cars is that we should wait until they are more efficient. When you still have to take control when you get to certain obsticles i don't think there is a point. The reason i want a driverless car is so i can sleep while im being drivin. When you still have to pay attention and be ready to take control it seems kind of useless.
I am all for the use and development of these driverless cars but not until they can figure out how to make it work better. If Tesla creates the car they say they are then what happens when you are asleep and a drunk or reckless driver crashes into you. Will they have a way for the car to react to instantanious situations. I wouldn't feel safe enough in a driverless car, at least not until the majority of the population has one.
If everyone had a driverless car, then you wouldn't have to be as worried about being killed by a drunk or reckless driver. The car might be able to recognise a dangerous situation but if the other car is traveling fast enough will you be able to react in time. These are the only concerns i have with driverless cars and im excited for the time i can get and my car and sleep while it takes me to places. So i am for driverless cars if they are proven to be somewhat safe because i trust myself more than a car. | 2 |
How do we know if are feeling are real or not? When something happens to a person that is negitive. That person usall has a hard time getting though it. They try and hid there emotions for the people around them. That is there choice some people are quit and do not like to talk about there feeling and other like to open up and talk. It would be wrong if this system came out and is would show others how people are reallly feeling. Instead of the Facial Action Coding System showing our feeling it would be taking are feeling away in a sense. This Facial Action coding system is showing up everywehere, in classrooms, in the theathed and around the house. People can never hide for there true emotions.
How this works in a classroom. A computer in a classroom can reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored. And his advance technology can change the lesson and make the lesson essaier so the kids can understand it. This is wrong becasue if a kid does not get something they usally raise his or her hadn and asks a question. Kid would not do that becasue the computer is just changing it for them. The kid would lose a lot of people skill. Which are very importan to learn as a kid. Where is the teacher, does this system just replace the teachers all over the world. or do we still have them and the computers just tell them what to teach and what to said. This system could make the kids very self contes too becasue the system is just telling the kids that they do not understand it and that they need the information to be dumbed down for them. This system does not belong in a classroom.
People use this while looking in a mirror because they want to know if looking in a mirror suggest an a emotion. This system says that the musculs in our face know the different between a genunie smaile and a forced one. Why does it matter a smile is a smile. The only people that would be able to tell the differnce are the people that you are really close with. people that do not know you would not even care about your emotions. the system is pointless people have the right to hide there emotions. And if they want to share them witht the people that they are cloase to then good for them. This system should have be used when you look at yourself in a mirror. You personal should know what your emtionsa and feelings are.
People use this on stage actors use it to make more emotion on stage. And again why do we need this. If you are a weel tought actor you should not need a mechain to make emotions or faces for you. The hole point of being an actor is becasue you are good at expressing you feelings. How do the comman people know if the person is a good actor if these meachines are making their faceal expressions. This system is unneed in the arts the actors are capale of making there own faces and emotions.
Why do we need to know the percents of emotions. Do some people really care that much that they need to make it a math . It is very unhealth to make every little thing excat. Not everythiing is perfect nor will it ever be. Our emotions should not become a math proble. becaue the only person that can truly solve it is yourself. Emotions can be all over the place but that is apart of life. And if we had a system to make every little emotion perfect, then how would we learn. How would we know what hurt feels like how would we deal with that hurt. Maybe this system tells you that your 20% happy 50% hurting. It makes your think that is right. Thats how you really feel, computers can not tell you how to feel.
I feel like this system is telling you how to feel. When the people used the video imagery to see what the peainting would look like with a smile. That was okay becasue they were just seeing they were not changing anything perimatal. when you do soemthignfor fun to see what it looks like that is okay. But when you start to make it real. That is what is wrong making our emtions a math problam, telling us how to feel, and what emotions to feel when we are look in the mirror. That is not okay its wrong, you have to let us learn for our emotions in order to change them for the better. If we are sad then find somehting to make us happy. If we want to be alone let us be alone. Let use be human and feel are own emotions. | 3 |
When I first graduated high school I never knew that my life could change so fast. I was working two part time jobs at a grocery store and a bank and when my friend Don Reist invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat I couldn't say no because I knew that it was a lifetime opportunity. In the year of 1945 World War two was over in Europe and many countries were left in ruins and Don and I signed up to go on the seagoing cow boy adventures.
When we got our seaman's papers SS Charles W. Wooster, we headed for Greece--with a total cargo of 335 horses and enough hay and oats to feed them. I turned 18 before arriving in Greece and meant that I could possible be drafted for military service. When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service. By the time I was discharged in 1947, I had made nine trips---the most of any seagoing cowboy. "The cattle-boat trips wre an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy." "Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China.
Seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special to me. It took two weeks to cross the Antlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Caring for the animals during the crossings kept me busy.
I also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. We played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time.
In conclusion I think that everybody should become a Seagoing Cowboy because of all the sights especcially the Acropolis in Greece. Taking care of the animals is more than fun. On the return trips It was double the fun than going there we get to play games where the animals were once housed. I still can't believe that I was invited to become a Seagoing Cowboing. | 1 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions, that's a really smart idea right?. The software can see your emotions, six emotions, and facial muscles.
First, the person who made this software was Prof. Thomas Huang, the Beckman institute fro Advanced Science at the University of Illinois who started to find better ways for humans and computers to communicate. The first subject he wanted to do was Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa. Your maybe thinking how do u use a software just to find out how someone is feeling well...
In fact, the computer takes the model of the picture or what ever is there,but it must have human muscles in the picture ir 3-D model the human muscles is called "acton unit". It only takes in the model if it see's it have forty-four major muscles like a human would have. Dr. Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman has classified for the software to have six emotions-happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness.
Dr. Thomas Huang and his worjkers or friends that helped him with the software made six basic emotins that the human muscles have and made it to where it only workd if it have the 3-D effect with fourty-four human facial muscles witch is every smart. | 0 |
Even thouugh exploring venus is a dangerous pursuit and there are many dangers many reasearches still want to study venus. Why is studying venus a worthy pursuit you might ask. It is a worthy pursuit for several different reasons. One reason studying venus is a worthy pursuit is because it will help innovate or technology of today for the better of tommorow and because we should fear these dangers but they should not stop us from learning and making new innovations. One example from the text to back this statement up states, "Our travels on Earth and Beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
In conclusion to this i believe that we should go visit venus in the safest way possible so that we might know more about our solar system. I also believe it may help us advance our technology. And with that lets go to venus. | 1 |
Have you ever thought about what the world would do without cars? and we just used bikes or trains or skate boards or even buses? well in Bogota they have a day where you dont use your car and millions just biked or skated and took buses to work or school on the car free day. Its the third year cars have been banded in Bogota and the goal is to reduce smog. The people who didnt perticipate in this were charged with twenty five dollar fines.
Bogota isnt the only place that banded cars. paris actually banded driving due to smog. In paris the people were to leave their cars at home or they would have to pay a 22-euro fine which means thirty one dollars. You would think people would listen to them, but four thousand people decided to drive so they were all charged. All though this seems good becuase there would be no air pollution it wasnt so good for delivery componies because they complained about lost revenue.
Also in Germany they permitly banned cars. seventy percent of the familys do not own cars. But fifty seven percent sold a car just to move there. People say they are much happier this way like a Heidrun, a mother of two " when i had a car i was tense. im much happier this way" as she walked the streets. David Goldburg said " All of our developements since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change" he is an offical of the transportation for america, its a fast growing coalisition with hundrends of groups in the US. They are promoting new commuties that are less dependent on cars.
I feel that if the United States start doing this then the whole world might start. It would make the world a better place. There would be less air pollution or "smog" and you wouldnt have to pay fro gas anymore. Its also a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. If you need to go somewhere just ride you bike or if its far take a bus, its as simple as that. There would be less taxes and you wouldnt have to pay anymore car payments. " recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses asa each year goes by" most people dont drive becuase they either cant afford a car or they dont have a job.
In the end this may actually start happening. Bill Ford which is th eexecutive chairman of the Ford Motor Company was talking about a business plan in which vehicle ownership is impractical. he said that cities that "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network top save time, and improve safety." and he is completley right there will be no more car crashes or drunk drivers anymore, the world may become a better place. | 2 |
This topic of Driverless Cars is amazing i've thought a lot about having a driverless car sometime in my future. I think is a good new invention that has been made. I think should be new laws the can limit certain driverless cars. And the fact that there will not be only one type of driverless cars but as other car manufacturers drive to build this great car will be awesome.
My biggest concern about these cars are the liability in the case of an accident. I do truly wonder if there is an accident between an driverless car and a regular car, who or what is to blame? The fact that the car has special touch sensors, what if there is a malfunction? But i do like that this car has speed sensors at the wheels antilock brakes.
Overall I am thinking that driverless cars are a good idea. With so many supporting qualities i think it is a safe car. I think over time there will be more advanced cars that take a new step at a time. I can't wait until 2020 when maybe Mercedes-Benz has an safe driverless car. | 1 |
The usage of motor vehicles has been on a steady decline for the last several years. More and more people are relying on carpooling and other means of transportation. In Elisabeth Rosenthal's articles, she discusses Vauban, Germany, where cars are forbidden and how the use of cars has been on the decline. In Robert Duffer's article, he talks about Paris' issues with pollution and the ways it has been dealt with. In Andrew Selsky's article, he talks about a program in Colombia when citizens use other means of transportation other than cars. The perks of limiting car usage include less pollution, less traffic congestion, and improved safety.
The main culprit of pollution issues is car usage. In Source 2, Robert Duffer says that "Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France..."(Duffer 16) This is because of a tax policy that has a preference to this fuel. Diesel fuel is a lot more harmful than regular gasoline, and if many people are using this fuel pollution rates will skyrocket. Cutting down on these fuels altogether could create a less polluted environment. In addition, cars cause 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and 50 percent in specific places in the U.S(Rosenthal 5). This statistic is startling, since half of the pollution problems in the U.S are associated to cars. By using other means of transportation such as the train or even carpooling, this number can be greatly reduced to a much smaller percentage.
With more cars, more traffic congestion occurs. A sign of this congestion is evident when Rosenthal says"New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities.(Rosenthal 37)" A lot of people are still using their own vehicles to get from point A to B, and as a result their is more money that has been given to toll bridges because of that. The encouragement of governments to suggest car-pooling services and shared rides will decrease the revenue that comes from tolls. If everybody shared a ride with a person from work or from somewhere else, there would be a great decrease in traffic congestion.
Furthermore, public transportation such as the BART in the San Francisco Bay area has decreased the amount of drivers on the road. Although the rides are typically longer than driving a car from point A to B, it is a more efficient method of transportation.(Rosenthal 40) Using these alternate methods of transportation decreases the amount of cars on the road at once. With less cars on the road at once, there is more efficiency in getting where you need to go.
Safety is one of the most important aspects of reducing the amount of cars. In Colombia, a program promotes the use of no cars one day per year. Many of the citizens use alternate methods of transportation such as walking and riding bikes.(Selsky 20)By promoting this, there are obviously less cars on the road and a lesser risk of people being injured by cars. With programs that promote other modes of transportation, many lives can be saved since there would be fewer cars on the road. Although many people require cars to get from place to place, the idea of lives being saved is something that shouldn't be ignored. Also, technology has aided the decline in cars. Telecommunication has helped people become connected to friends and family in a way without meeting with them face to face.(Rosenthal 35) Because of this, people dont have to travel to meet with their friends and family. This has created a domino effect; people can communicate through social media and texting which causes less cars to be on the road to visit other people and overall causes less safety isssues.
In conclusion, cars are the focal point of many issues in our society. They cause many safety issues such as traffic accidents,more traffic congestion which causes increases in revenue in tolls, and pollution issues. By reducing car usage, many of these problems can disappear, and can create a safer and healthier environment. | 4 |
I feel that this system would not be the right way to tell about someones emotions,jsut becuse you have a system that tells you this person is feeling his way doesnt mean they are actually feeling that way. Everyone has their own way of expressing either they way they feel or they way thefeel about something or someone. In the passage of paragraph 4 it says "his new computor software stories similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huangs emotion algorithms are a different sort of ' Da Vinci code"! how can someone tell you how you actually feel about something jsut because it was made by a doctor that thinks he can make something up and tell you how your feeling. i wouldnt have a computor tell me how im feeling today or the next day. everyone has their own way of express how they feel. you shoudnt have someone telling you that oh your feeling this way today or your gonna feel this way the next day because everyone can feel different everyday. i woudnt use this system is it was me so i think this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. i wouldnt recommend anyone to use this system | 1 |
Limiting the usage of cars will bring a lot of advantages for everyone. Cars are creating massive amounts of smog, which is not good for our planet Earth. It has also been said by many people that they feel better without cars. People now a days are even loosing interest in cars. Although cars do get us to places faster and they are very useful, there are more advantages for us as human beings and for our planet Earth. Without our planet Earth, we won't have anywhere to live in so let's get rid of cars.
According to source two, "Congestion went down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog...". This all happened because paris banned driving and everyone was ordered to leave their cars at home or would have to pay a 22-euro fine, better understood as $31 in the United States. The air of the city had "147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London" (source 2). By banning driving for five days, the air in this city was cleared out tremendously. This is good for us because we need clean air to breath, we can't breath air that is not healthy for us. If we do, we're all going to die sooner or later and it's all going to be our fault.
It is also an advantage that by limiting cars, people feel better. According to source 3, in Bogota, Colombia, they have an event in which driving is banned for a whole day. Violators, of course, would get fined if they don't follow this event. A resident from here, Carlos Arturo Plaza, said that "It's a good oppportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" (Source 3). This means that cars have been having people stressed out and I know it's true. Imagine coming out of work at three in the afternoon and you have to sit through traffic for an hour. By the time you get home, all you want to do is sleep, rest and relax. Source three also tells us that "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city". It's so much better seeing everyone having fun and getting more involved in their community and not having to sit through rush hour after work. Because many people have been seeing that not being allowed to drive helps us in so many ways, "the Environmenta Protection Agency is promoting 'car reduced' communities" (source 1). This will help everyone and they are hoping that public transport will play a larger role in the next upcoming years.
Since people all over the world have been noticing the differents advantages that banning driving has for us, they are actually loosing interest in cars. According to source four, "a study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009...". Instead of making this be seen as a bad thing, it's actually a good thing. As I said before, less cars in the streets means less polluted air. And in this case since young people aren't that interested in getting their driver's license, there will be less accidents and less people dying. For example, source 3 gives us an example of how two adults of the age of 19 and 21 have not bothered to get their driver's license. They just don't make it their priority because they know that they can always just get on the publlic transit, walk, or carpool with their friends.
In Conclusion, banning driving will make people feel better, they will enjoy life more. The air will be less polluted because the streets will not have cars polluting it. Also, there will be less accidents and people will live longer because of this. We will all receive advantages by banning cars. Some peolple might complain at first but they will soon notice, it's all for their good. | 3 |
Do you think that having a driverless car is honestly for safety reasons or just for famous and to just be able to say, " oh look my car can drive itself!" ?
In this artical the author talks about how it can be safer, how it will save money on gas millage and some other things. In my opion i think this is a horrible idea and im going to tell you why by just pulling facts from this artical. For my first reason why i dont think this is a good idea is because in the artical it states, " the cars will need a whole lot of sensors." Ok, that to me sounds horrible because, what if one sensor goes bad and the driver has no idea and it becomes to late to find out and next thing you know BAAAMMM theres an accident that happens. My second reason why i think this isnt a good idea is, they clam that the cars will have, "antilock brakes" and what happens when the brakes dont become "antilock" anymore? A wreck and even death happens. My third areguement is this. They state that there waiting on the "Law", i believe that the law is thinking correctly on why their not sure whether to let this be okay or to not let this be okay. In the Artical is states, " new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident." If i was driving a car like this and i hit someone and killed them or just got in a plan wreck , i would blame the manufacture. Ony because when someone buys these driverless cars they are told a bunch of things and as a driver i would expect to belive that this car will do all of those things. So, whether new laws were passed if these things would to become legal, i would still put up a fight for that it would also have to be the manufactures' fault also. That right there is my third reasoning on why i dont think this is a good idea.
These are all my three reasons from the artical on why i dont think that driverless cars will be a good impact in the world today, or ever. | 2 |
Do you ever sit in class so confused that you don't even know what you are doing? Well now we have a technology that could read your expressions and put everything into perspective for you. But the question is, could it be important or valuable in a classroom. Yes, it could be important and valuable because it could change the way our classrooms operate.
This new technology could be vaulable in a class because it changes how classes in todays society work. For example the text states, " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. This proves that this technology could help a student if they show signs of being confused. Meaning that it could help a student faster than a teacher probably could.
So as you can see this tech could ultimately solve problems for our generation of kids. It would because it changes everything about how we learn. This is important because it can make it easier for kids to learn. It also wouldn't take as much time for kids to get thet subject that they are learning. | 1 |
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if everyone knew what you were feeling all the time? It may not sound ideal to use it everywhere however it could drasticly help improve the education of students. The facial action coding system would be very important in a classroom, giving the teacher vauable feedback. This new technology would allow teachers to improve class by keep students engaged and better helping them succeed.
The facial action coding system gives teachers valuable feedback about their student."Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness"(Alto 4). The information these basic emotions would provide to a teacher could have significant impacts on the classroom. Knowing what the student is feeling during a certain activity or presentation during the class, the teacher would be better equiped to help their students. Teachers would be able to better meet the needs of the student to better help them learn and do well in their classroom. Implomenting this amazing tehnology into the everyday classroom could help teachers could educate their students better while keeping them engaged.
Having access to information about how the student are responding to a particular activity allow teachers to improve class by keep students engaged."By weighing the different units the software can even identify mixed emotion"(Alto 5). having the information of a students emotions could prove vital for a teacher by making their job significantly easier. A teacher would easily identify if the students enjoy certain topics or not to help them better prepare for the future. Having emotional feedback from the student can help teachers better prepare students more easily.
With the vital information the facial action coding system provides teachers are now better able to help their students succeed. "Whoever though that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotion"(Alto 9). Having a computer to read a students expressions could drastically make a teachers life easier in the classroom. The everyday teacher would be better equiped to teach their students. Teachers would know when their students are not engaged or distracted. They would be able to keep thier student on track and keep them focused and productive in class. This next generation technology will give teachers the information to help improve the students learning experience while keeping them happy.
The facial action coding system is a valuable resource for teacher that could help them improve the student learning experience. The teachers would be able to keep students more engaged and better prepare students to succeed. The emotion reading technology has the potential to make a teachers job easier and increase the students learning experience. The benefits the facial action coding system provides to the education system far excede any negatives. | 3 |
The author supports that going to Venus is a worthy pursuit by giving information as to why it is important. He describes the importance of it for humanity and the future for humanity. The author says the importance of going to Venus and the dangers that come with trying to get to it. Imagination is one thing the authors says to support the idea of going to Venus, as it is dangerous and even though it is dangerous people shouldnt let danger get in the way of their imagination and curiosity.
The author states many things that contribute to his idea of not being afraid of danger. In the text it says, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This states and supports the idea that the author has as to why people should travel to Venus. The author is saying to not let danger or doubt get in the way of imagination that we could accomplish
impossible tasks as getting to Venus.
Another reason the author explains is that information that could be gathered from Venus. It could give knowledge as to why it is the way it is or many other types of information. Much knowledge can be gathered from the planet. In the text it states, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but talso because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This staes that it is important to gain insight on the planet and as a way to lead us to as equally intimidating endeavors.
The author states another reason as to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers and the reason is that innovation in technology can be improved making technology that we dont have. Innovating technology can help in the future. The text states,"NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus." "For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." The text also states,"Another project is looking back to an an old technology called mechanical technolgy." "Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."
This explains the reasoning for needing to go Venus. There can be innovation in technolgy that can be improved to make it better than before. To not let danger or doubt get in the way of challenges being accomplished to not let the danger in the impossible stop humanity from extending into more things. This is why the author supports the idea of traveling to Venus. | 3 |
It's a beautiful summer's day when you decide to go for a drive. Driving through your neighborhood, children play, birds chrip, and neighbors give one another warm greetings. A dog runs into the road. Your first instinct is to do anything you can not to hit it. Would a car have this same instinct not to end a life.
If we have driverless cars, it would hurt pur economy. It would put many people out of jobs. These could be such as mechanics, taxi drivers, automotive testers, and maybe even gas stations. Also, new roads woul have to be built costings towns countless dollars for the new "smart-road systems" in order for the vehicle to work.
However, if there was no longer a need for gas it could save our COUNTRY even more dollars by not having to spend millions on oil from other countries. But what if these technology advances and our country's war enemies get a hold of it. Creating driverless tanks, plans, and myabe some kind of robot. But if we could create these, our military would be at its peak. Saving the lives of many of our own.
Referring back to my first paragraph, I do not believe driverless cars should be allowed in the United States or anywhere. Cars do not have feelings, or instincts,
to stop themselves from crashing into nother car or running over an animal or possibly even a person. Of course, there are probably ways to avoid these by programming the car. But what if the car malfunctions, or the progamming isn't put in right. The cost of a driverless car does not trump the infinte cost of a life. | 2 |
First of all, the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers for many reasons, the first reason will be because they are not sure what can they find there so they need to be very prepared for any visual or physical contact in Venus. another reason will be because it's close to the sun, so that means a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.
Also in paragraph 2 says "each previous mission was unmmaned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
In the paragraph 3 it says many reasons of why it is dangerous to go to study Venus more closer, it is dangerous to study Venus even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Our sister planet is so inhospitable; Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth.
NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.
In conclusion, its important to know the risk are you gone to made cause of your actions, this information is a clearly example of cause and effect; the plans can be finished good or bad. | 1 |
Many times we have seen in movies where cars no longer need a human to be driven. It's hard to imagine that finally it is slowly starting to come into reality. Google says that they have had cars that could drive by themselves under some conditions since 2009. It's exciting to think how far technology has came but have you thought about all the cons this situation would bring? Driverless cars should not be developed because these cars would be to expensive to buy and fix, new traffic laws would have to be made to protect individuals in an act of an injury, and cars are safer when a human driver is in control at all times.
Due to the fact of how expensive these cars are to build, they will most likely be expensive to purchase and to fix. This idea of ¨driverless cars¨ would not go very far with it's ideas because not many people would be able to afford it. Only the people who have the money to purchase this car would have the luxury to own it. Cars like these would not be seen around like it is normal.
Let's say that this car is now open to the world, it's safe and you can now purchase it. You drive it and get into a wreck where people outside in the open get injured. Who'd take the blame for it? The car owner or the manufacturer? Many laws would have to be changed to protect the individual in cases like these. In some situations, manufacturers and the individuals would lose a great amount of money to cover the expenses that were damaged during the scene. New laws would have to be created to cover both the manufacturers and the car owners.
Traffic laws say that the only safe car has a human driver at all times. Unless they get the computers to act as a human brain does when in a dangerous scene, cars with a human driver will always be better. People are better off driving cars instead of having a computer do it. It would take a lot of work and money to have these driverless cars work as great as a human brain. Drivers, passengers and pedestrians should be safe at all times and with these cars it's very frightening having the thought of a car going into a computer situation and end up causing great damage to the passengers and pedestrians.
Although it is very exciting to finally coming to this point of technology, it's very important to think about all the cons these types of cars would have. Purchasing a car like this would be a situation you'd have to think twice about because of the great risk you'd be on if the car has a defect. To me, I would very much rather keep things ¨the old fashioned way¨ than putting my life in the hands of a computer. Driverless cars should not be developed because these cars would be to expensive to buy and fix, new traffic laws would have to be made to protect individuals in an act of an injury, and cars are safer when a human driver is in control at all times. | 3 |
Thick clouds of black smoke, and the smell of gasoline fills the air. Everytime you breathe it's like your breathing poison. It's in your lungs and you cant get it out. This is our society today. Some people think that this issue is not a big deal, but in fact it is. But where is all this polution coming from? The answer is simple, cars! Cars are the second leading poluter, in America. What these cars are doing are releasing a poisonous smog into the atmosphere, and we breathe it. Its not only killing us though, oh no. It is killing our one, our only, Earth. We are killing the only thing the human race has to live on, and for what? So we can save a couple minutes to get to work? This needs to stop. Why continue to use cars when thier are so many more advantages not to use them? Without cars, or limiting the number of car usage we would save billions of dollars a year, be much more further into technology, and not only be saving lives, but saving our Earth.
How much money would you say you spend on gas a week? Doesn't seem like all that much right? Now add the same thing again, and again, and again. By now you are probably in the hundreds. Now picture yourself with all of that in your hand. Thats all the money you have spent on something that is gone in almost an instant. Think about all the things you could buy with that money. Sounds nice right? Well why don't you just make it a reality than? You could save hundreds in hundreds of dollars in as little as one month! You could save even more by not even buying a car! than you'd be saving a ton of money. Plus youd be doing yourself a favor. You dont need to pay for gas, insurance, repairs or even the car. This is what people in not only America are doing but also in Columbia, Bogota, and one of the worlds most beautiful cities in the world, Paris. These people are bettering themselves, and thier country.
"All of our world development since world war II has been sentered on the car"
said David Goldberg in the article
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars . Just think about how much more advanced of a society we could have without cars. So many things could be created that could save lives! A cure for cancer, a solution to end world hunger, new electronics, maybe even ways to reach past the ridges of our galaxy, yet somehow we still put our focus on something that is killing us, and the Earth. Sure theres some cool tech in these new Automobils but, the only reason people by cars are for new features, or better mpg, or as said by Mr. Sivak in
The End of Car Culture ,
"A car is just a means of getting from A to B", but thats all people really buy new cars, or use them for. If we wernt so focused on cars we would have new, and improved technology, and a lot more life changing discoveries.
The Earth is dying. We are killing it, and ourselves. How much gasoline can your tank hold? the real question is how much gasoline can we put into the air we breathe? This smog and polution is destroying some of the most beautiful scenes on earth. Paris, New York, and Bejing. However the usage of these automobils are not only killing us with polution, but with auto accidents. So many of Americans have lost thier lives due to wrecks, crashes, common stupidity, and deffects in the car itself. Whats even more sad is a lot of the time the person who has lost thier life is not even at fault. A lot of times when driving people tend to get stressed out. road rage is a dangerous thing. In fact Heidrun Walter exclaimed his opinion on the subject by saying "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." in the article
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars . A very, very effective solution to this problem is to ultimitly rid them from society. A simple distraction, a buzz, beep, ring, or crash, cound end up fatal, to anyone, and everyone who gets behind the wheel. Global warming, cancer, deathes, stress, and injuries, these are all things caused by vehicles. A common thing we all learn at a young age is to eliminate the problem at the source, and change starts with you, the reader, the average civilian can make a higher than life impact on society. Don't under estimate the power each individual holds when making a difference for good.
Simple things like car pooling, walking, riding a bike, or public transportation, can all make a difference, for the better. so lets do it! lets make our environment cleaner. Our futures brighter, and our lives safer. Together we can acomplish this! we would have the advantages of saving billions of dollars a year to use for bigger and better things, be much more further into technology, and not only be saving lives, but saving our Earth, on our side. | 3 |
Dear State Senator,
Ever since our founding fathers established in the constitution that the president and vice president votes were determined by electoral college, the founding fathers made a good decision. Electoral College is a process where electors gather for a meeting and count the electoral votes to determine the new president and vice president. The United States should keep Electoral College to determine the president and vice president rather than a popular vote because Electoral College avoids run-off elections, and Electoral College is more fair than a popular vote.
To start off, Electoral College should continue to determine the president and vice president voting rather than popular votes because electoral college avoids run-off elections. If somebody was running for either president or vice president and they recieved thirty percent in popular votes, nobody would know if the person with thirty percent popular vote would win the election. Electoral College prevents confusion by producing a clear winner. For example, in source 3, the text reads "Richard Nixon in 1968 and Bill Clinton in 1992 had only forty-three percent of popular votes but both had three-hundred and plus electoral votes which made them win the election". The president and vice president make sure our country is running well and that we as a country have no problems. If we were to determine our president and vice president by a popular vote, whoever could kiss up more to the voters would win the election even if the person running doesn't meet up to the qualifacations of the person they are running against. Avoiding a run-off election is very important because no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast. Also, if a popular vote was how the president and vice president were decided, not as much people would pay attention to voting because voters have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign of the people running for president and vice president.
Furthermore, Electoral College should continue to determine the president and vice president voting rather than a popular vote because Electoral College is more fair than a popular vote. In 2008 when Barack Obama won his election to become the 44th president of the United States, he didn't win by being the popular canadite, Obama won by his passion to make this country better than it already is. For example, in source 1, the text reads "The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electorial votes is required to elect the president". That way of electing the president is more fair than a popular vote because you need 270 electors to say yes to make you president rather than people making you president by if your popular or not. Electoral College is what keeps our elections fair. There is no other way to elect somebody president becuase no other method will be this successful than Electoral College. After all, Electoral College has been the way to elect the president since the constitution was created. Popular Voting is a bad method if were used to determine the president and vice president because somebody who is running for president can manipulate people to think he or she is a good canidate for president when they really aren't.
To conclude, Electoral College should continue to decide the president rather than popular votes becuase Electoral College avoids run-off elections, and Electoral College is more fair than popular votes. Why should we change the way we elect president if this method has been working for over 200 years? Electoral College should continue to decide the presidency for years to come because it works so well. That's why Electoral College will stay as the way to elect the president.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
The author shows that the idea of studying Venus is a good idea even though it is dangerous by using many details from the text. The author uses descriptive evidence and examples to show us what to expect. It is also showed in the passage that the author gives us possible solutions to our current problems. Finally, the author also gives us facts to further prove their point. So the author uses many different types of ways to show how the studying of Venus is a good idea even with the many dangers that come with it.
The author uses descriptive evidence and examples to prove their point and to give us a visual in our head to show us what they means exactly. For example, the text states, ¨A thick atmosphere of almost 97 perecent carbon dioxide blankets Venus...Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus`s atmosphere.¨ The auhtor uses adjectives like thick and highly to show us exactly whats going on, to give us a visual in our heads. The text also states, ¨...such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals.¨ The auhtor is giving us an example to imagine and for us to fully understand just how dangerous this environment is. This shows that the author uses descriptive evidence to prove their point, as well as examples of just how dangerous the planet is.
Another way is, the auhthor also gives us problems and possible solutions to those problems, they use problem and solution. For example, the text states, ¨A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide...clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid....NASA`s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.¨ This evidence shows that there is a problem with how dangerous Venus`s atmosphere is, so the author then says in the paragraph after that NASA may have a solution. The text also states, ¨However peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditons...researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance...NASA is working on other approaches...simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus`s surface...¨ This shows that the author gave our problem once again about how the scientists can`t get anything done from a far, so they then continued to tell us readers how NASA is working on a new type of electronic to whitstand Venus`s surface. This shows that the author states a problem and then a solution to further prove their point.
Finally the author uses facts to prove their point. For example, the text states, ¨...some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus`s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditons¨ This evidence shows that author is showing us that this is a soultuion to a problem and in doing so they are giving us facts to prove their claim. The text also states, ¨At thrity-plus miles above the surface, tempatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit...¨ This evidence shows that yet again there is another possible solution to on of our many problems and to give better reasoning to their claim the author uses facts. This proves that the author uses facts to further encourage their point of view.
So the author uses many key ways of proving their point. They used problem solution to further their reasoning. As well as examples and descriptive eveidence to show us what exactly was happening. Finally they used facts to help persuade us that this is worth studying. That is how the author proved that studying Venus is worth it even with the risks involved. | 4 |
Do you ever wonder why Earth is polluted? Well Earth is polluted because the amount of car ussage their is in Earth. If we can lower the percentage of people using cars we can stop air pollution. One reason for not using cars is that you can save money by not buying gas. Another reason is that you can walk and it is a great way to exercise. Last but not least is you can stop air pollution.
If we can lower the percentage of people using cars we can stop air pollution. One reason is you can save money by not buying gas. What I mean by this is that gas now a days are pricy. So when your not using your car you save money. Also gas is what causes air pollution. Gas stays in the air and kills our environment like our oxygen and trees etc .
If we can lower the percentage of people using cars we can stop air pollution. One reason is that you can and it is a great way to exercise. What i mean by this is that some people are lazy to exercise so people just sit down. But with out their car they'll have to walk to their destination. Also when you walk alot you loose caleries and you start getting muscles on your legs.
If we can lower the percentage of people using cars we can stop air pollution. One reason is you can stop air pollution. What I mean by this is that the gas that we put in our cars goes out in the air. With air pollution it can make us loose our oxygen. Also it destroys our trees that we need for oxygen. That is why we need to the percentage of car usage.
In conclusion, if we can lower the percentage of people using cars then we can stop air pollution. One reason for not using cars is that you can save money by not buying gas. Another reason is that you can walk and its a great way to exercise. Last but not least is you can stop air pollution. | 2 |
Venus is the second closest planet to the sun. Many people would find a planet like this an intersting topic of research to pursue. In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about the planet Venus and all of it's glory. This article is about people who want to explor the planet Venus. They believe exploring Venus is a mission that is worthy to be pursued. This essay will include, the study of Venus, the pursuit in exploring this planet, and the dangers that could occur traveling to Venus.
Venus is known as the Earth's twin because of the density and size of both planets. They both are very alike to one another. Because the two planets are very similar, astronmers are facinated by this thought of traveling to another planet that Earth. In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author says, "These conditions are far more exterme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." (paragraph 3). The author has done research on this topic for some time and he realizes that Venus's atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater. than on Earth. The author finds this planet very different from the planet we live on now. And is far more dangerous and fascinating than other planets.
Many people have done research on this planet because most astronomers want to see this new planet and experience all of its differences. If the astronomers traveled to this new planet, they are predicting that they will be able to survive when going there. The tempeture in Venus will be very "toasty" because this planet is very close to the sun and that is one of the variables the researchers are trying to get around to. In this article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it says, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfreindly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." (paragraph 5). In this quote, NASA is trying to find solutions on how to get to Venus in a very safe manner. They know that tempetures will be very hot almost to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, but they asume it will be survivable for humans.
Going on this trip will be very dangerous because of high tempetures and the situation at hand. There are many dangerous ahead in this traveling experience if they proceed in taking action. Travelers believe that it will be an experience that they will not regret and they are excited to learn more about this planet even if it is very dangerous they still want to proceed in this event. In this article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author says, "Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." (paragraph 6).In this quote, the author proceeds in saying that travelers are already too deep into this research that they have already found solutions and they have already thought of occuring problems that they are now trying to fix before they take action. A couple of their concerns are when they are close to Venus, the tempetures will be rising which is a very frightning thought for these explorers. But they are keeping their heads ups and continuing their research and expirementing solutions.
Exploring Venus is a very big task for these explorers. Having this challenge for them is encouraging and everytime they find something new about this planet, it makes them want to keep dipping and finding more new things about this planet. These explorers find joy in this research on Venus and all of the differences when comparing Venus to Earth. These explorers might be going into some trouble when planning on traveling to Venus, but that doesn't matter to them. They want to explor this planet even if it is dangerous or unrealistic. They will keep searching for a reasonable solution for this journey. | 2 |
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