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The author talks about going to venus and explor it.in this essay in goning to be talking about his ideas and other ideas.he talks about the dangers of gonig the planets atmoshpere and other hard ships.
Venus is one of the closes planet to us at a certian time in its orbit. venus is also known as earths twin becuse both earth and venus are the same size.But venus can
also be called evening star becuse you can see it at night.
Some of the dangers of going to venus is its dangeruos atmosphere.like the planets density and its acidect rain we could send a robot or have a ship fly over and take picters but the clouds are to dense to do it. And we can not send a robot in there becuses of the clouds blocking the signals.
But NASA whants to explore so they are making a silicon carbon electronics. They have usesd what they know about the plant to test the product and it lasted three weeks under the conditions. the tech they whant to use mechanical computeres wich are computers that run on gears. The reson they are making it out of gears is becuse other elictonics can not withstand the heat and presser on the planet.
So after all the things scientist of gon throught to try to go to venus. Going there is still a long ways from us both in technology. And other develpments but the main
reson we want to go to venus is becuse we are cerious about what is there. | 2 |
Twenty five years ago NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet and taking pictures. It cam across a picture that looked like a human face. Scientis then studied it for a while and said it was not a sign of life on Mars that it was just the way a landform in Mars was shapped. They then send it out to the people. The people start freaking out because they have the idea on thier minds that Mars might actually have life for us to live in.
On April 5, 1998 the MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper that the original Viking photos. The photos proved that on Mars there was only landforms. Many people were unsatisfied with the new photos. In paragraph 8 it says, "Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze. Mission conrollers looked again. On April 8, 2001- a cloudless summer day on Cydonia Malin's team captured an extradinaryphoto using the camera's absolut mazimum resolution. On the picture it indetinfied that Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West.
In conclusion the photos the viking's took are not the face of anything. It is an ordinary photo of Mars landforms. Which were not 100% idenfied untill April 8,2001. Which proves that the photos are just landforms of Mars. | 1 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it involves anything to communicate. Professor Thomas Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
The quote says, "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit." Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System)."
Most of the experts can identify how people feel about anything like bored, happy, and etc. "Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are a different sort of Da Vinci Code!" Most of the experts knows that faces don't lie. Only the muscles are easy to spot if some people are really "smiling" or something else. | 1 |
Hello my name is Mr. Baker with NASA, and we are discussing the landform that looks like a face on mars.
This is a landform not an alien marking.
There are known to be little life of aliens.
In fact this landform looks a lot similiar to a natural landmark in Idaho.
But over the last eighteen years scientists at NASA has been studying this landmark for all of this time.
There is no more evidence that it was an alien.
Because there is not a body for this creature unless the planet covered it up and made the body into ashes.
This landform is very unique.
It looks like a face but over the years the picture does not look the same.
Perhaps it was a alien or something extraordinary.
But over the caorse of time the landmark has built up to look like a face.
The pictures from 1998 look way different because of the technology of then and now.
If you look real closely to the pictures you can tell that over the time period that the landform turned from a bunch of scattered dust into a pile that looks like a face, but it is actually not.
Reaserchers say this could be an alien, but I belive not because not one person has found an alien that was alive.
Aliens have been a myth for quite some time now and no one has really ever seen one.
Mars is a landform that is made up of a bunch of different materials and minerals.
Over time there could have been some solar wind and some of the landform blew away and made it look like a face.
From what the photos show people is a face that looks like a human or some kind of life form, and in 1998 the photo shows that it looks like an egyptian pharaoh.
But over time the land mass has changed so if we waited even longer it will change over time.
And over the coarse of another decade or so it will be changed.
Or if the land mass was touched it might break up the loose materials and the landform will be different.
So at the NASA corperation they study the material and the evidence real close.
It might be proven to be a land mass or another source of life somewhere else.
But for all we know right now it is a landmark until someone has proof it is wrong information. So NASA will keep studying the information they have.
Also NASA is trying to develop more information about this landmark. But until then this is known to be a landmark.
So until then this meeting is pronounced over. | 2 |
Limiting car usages is becoming more popular everyday. Different places in the world are starting new days and such to limit the use of automobiles. Things such as just a day of limiting people from using their car is making a difference in the world. Limiting car usage can be an advantage becuase it is helping create new enviroments and is also changing old enviroments for the better.
The communities are being designed to help people live a different and new way. The only forms of transportation are walking and biking places. These towns however have everything built to fit this life style. In a german suburb the residents are required to not have a car in order to live in that community. If they must have a car, there is only two places to park it, a large garage at the edge of this development. In these garages a car-owner would buy a space for $40,000 along with a home. With this as a factor, 70 percent of families in this Vauban communties do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move to this new, happier suburb. In source 1, It is said that the plans of making cities better for walking is finally happening.
In source 3 a businessman said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". The use of cars stresses people out for various reasons. A day without cars is spreading, for example in colombia for the first time two other cities beside bogata joined in on the day where civilians would be fined for using a car. Smog is a big factor now-a-days aswell. Cutting back on car usage is helping many cities with smog and reducing it. In paris they restricted certian cars from driving on the road on certian days and this actaully helped the enviroment a lot aswell as helping traffic.
While cars are a big help in today's world they are not absolutley nessecary. Cars can help you be transported from one place to another but they also hurt the enviroment in various ways. Limiting car usuage is an adavantage to the world becuase not only does it help create new healthier enviroments it also is fixing the old ones and making them better for the future. | 2 |
The Electoral College basically serves as a filter for the votes of every individual American citizen. Every single vote that comes from citizens is a vote for somebody else who will be voting for the president, not the candidates themselves. The Electoral College is flawed to the point where the most logical way to vote would be to base presidental elections off of popular votes.
The Electoral College encourages the presidents who are running for office to avoid campaigning towards states with a smaller amount of electoral voters. If the president is determined by the most electoral votes, it would make sense that the president would campaign towards larger states with more electoral voters such as California, Texas, and Florida. Why would they spend time trying to appeal to some of the smaller states? This can lead to some states not even seeing the candidate. Infact, during the 2000 election, voters in the 25 largest media markets did not witness any campaign advertising.
The Electoral College's process of voting suppresses the voice of every citizen. The balance between smaller and larger states comes into play here as well. Take Florida for example, a state with 29 total electoral votes. If the mass majority of Florida votes for a certain set of electors, the minority votes for the other ones would not matter at all, as the electors speaking for that certain fraction of the population would not elected. With popular voting, each and every vote would matter towards electing a president. The number of minority votes would directly apply to the outcome of the president.
The Electoral College and the electors should not be the voice of the country. The voice of the people should be heard, especially when it comes to presidental elections. Popular voting is the most fair and rational method of voting. The Electoral College is best off forgotten as a voting system. | 3 |
I personally think that we should work to achieve the goal of driverless cars. If we were to have driverless cars, there would be far less traffic accidents. There would be no reason to need to get a speeding ticket and it would save the mojourity of people a significate amount of money. Like it said in the passage it would half the fuel needed. I agree with their argument accept for the fact that the passage stated that it should be only puplic transportation.
The fact that google has a car that is opperated by a computer most of the time shows that we are well on our way to achiving the goal of driverless vehicals. Even though there are times that you have to drive yourself, it is very close.
The problem with having autonomous vehicals is that they would not have the same capibalities as a person. The are times that ther are paths or roads are not able to be driven except by a person. If the road is badly damaged, you can't drive normally or you will have the risk of damaging your car and needing alot of money to repair it.
In conclusion, I think that we should further advance towards the goal of driverless vehicals but keep the availabillty to give the driver a choice if they want to drive themselves. | 1 |
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Do you enjoy having adventures? Do you want to see different countries? Then, I know the place for you! The Seagoing Cowboys is a group that helps countries who need animals after war obtain new livestock. You and many others will care for and deliver horses, young cows, and mules to countries in need.
One great reason to join the program is that if you enjoy seeing the delighted faces of a person in need after they have recieved something that could help them live a better life, you can now! After the devastating World War 2 many countries are in ruins. They have lost their food supplies, animals, and more. You can help them recieve new livestock if you join the Cowboys today! Another wonderful reason to join the Seagoing Cowboys is adventure! The Cowboys travel overseas to deliver the animals. It takes about two weeks to reach your destination. Imagine all excitement a two week passage will bring! The last reason that the Seagoing Cowboys are for you is the places you will visit. Seagoing Cowboys isn't all work. You and fellow crew members can play baseball and volleyball after you drop off the animals. You may also play table-tennis, fencing, and boxing. Crewmen like to read or whittle, too. Cowboys may visit many exciting places. Some visit China. Others visit all of Europe! I, Luke, visited the Acropolis in Greece. It was marvelous! I also visited Venice, Italy. Riding in a gondola because the streets are water was quite enjoyable! Visting an exacavated castle in Crete and marveling at the Panama Canal was wonderful! If you want to visit these places like I did join the Seagoing Cowboys.
Are you ready to care for those in need? Are you craving adventure? Are you ready to explore the world? Well, nows the time. Come join the Cowboys and I promise you wil pursue these dreams. Being a Cowboy will make you aware of people in other countries. Being a Cowboy will give you adventure and a chance to explore. I promise you will cherish the memories you make as a Cowboy. Now, what are you waiting for? Come join the Seagoing Cowboys today! | 3 |
In today's society, most people believe that having a car is essential to everyday tasks. In their definition, everyday task can range from going food shopping to going to work in the morning. Some, on the other hand, consider everyday tasks to be checking in on friends just to showcase their new car. Although that may or may not be the mindset of many, people fail to realize there are other ways of reaching from point A to point B, without harming the environment and it's people. Limiting car usage not only benefits the person who is using the car, but their community and environment.
The use of a car isn't, at all, important in everyday use. Instead of using a car, which helps build up the problem of air pollution, one can simply walk, take a bike or even use public transportation. Just like Bogota, several countries should participate in a "Car-free day". Spreading awareness, that a car isn't always needed to move around an area, can help to benefit the people and the environment. As said in source 3, "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog", bringing awareness of more easy and effective public transportation,which can help to rid that particular country of the usage of cars. Once participants of this car-free day understand the effects they are having upon the air pollution, they would be much more willing to help with this process just like businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza, "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". Overall the usage of cars doesn't benefit the environment. Sooner, rather than later, it is important that we realize this problem and fix it before it's too late for our community.
Not only is the usage of a car terrible for our environment, it is also not needed as how it was. "The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005", during this time, many vehicles were purchased with a high demand and were considered to be popular, although that isn't the case anymore. As years went past, the number of miles began to drop steadily. "Part of the explanation certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars", that may be the case for some, but for others they didnt feel it was necessary to own one. In German Suburbs, "stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway", providing this area with no need for a car. Since everything was so near, a car was a waste of thought. If they did own cars, they would have to pay for both the car and a means of where to park the car. Those expensies were usually "40,000, along with a home", much more money than a free walk to any of your local stores. With the hopes of limiting the usage of cars, comes the need for expanding Vauban-like suburbs. With that being said, according to the article, these suburbs need to be expanded "not only in developed countries but also in the developing world, where emissions from an increasing number of private cars owned by the burgeoning middle class are chocking cities".
To sum it up, the limiting of cars is becoming important in the development of the new world and the fixation of the old. As of now, cars consist of having no benefit for the environment and of certain communities. As days go on and more people become aware of the means of public transportation, hopefully there won't need to be any cars. To take action in this plan, more Vauban-like suburbs need to be put in place to give off the same react. Although some people understand the full effect of a car on the environment, it is critial that nearly every person understands. Cars, as of today's age, aren't benefiting the public as how they used to. | 3 |
This new technology of studying emotions via computer can be exploited due to faking faces. When Eckman said that he classified 6 emotions and gave the example of what controls what, the problem arises as in that it maybe false information due to a blank type of facial features that are unreadable. Also, if the person is capabale, they can hide their emotions by faking a different facial feature to put forth a positive type of vibe in such a way machines cant read. This is most likely going to backfire and have mis information due to errors and exploits. Emotions arent an algorith, they reflect us as a human and shouldnt be exploited to some company to make some big bucks.
The human is a complex entity to study because we are adapting over time so much, we change on a daily basis and thats what is the issue, if we were all like minded, then it would make sense a robot can understand us. This new technology of studying human emotions, isnt going to get us anywhere. | 1 |
I think the FACS is a pretty clever project. It's mostly accurate and was made with real studies and facts from human facial expression. I think the FACS is a very intresting concept but I do not place it as valuable.
For one, the FACS can't be accurate all the time. Humans are complicated and it's often very hard to tell how they're feeling. Most people like to "fake" their emotions. They're smiling but they're actually feeling awkwardly uncomfterble or angrly calm. It can be easy to trick the system, many can fake a genuine smile and confuse the system into thinking wrong.
Another reason is that the FACS doesn't provide any real benefits to anyone. Sure it can be a little fun to test out different emotions to see different ratings but it dosen't actually provide any information that can be very useful later on in life. People have different faces for different emotions, none are the exact same. Similar yes, but it varies and mistaking an emotion for something else may bother said person.
In conclusion, the FACS can be accurate but holds no value to society. It can be good fun, goofing around with freinds when boredum hits you but it's nothing else. It's a one time game that'll get boring quickly and thrown away for the next big project. | 2 |
Wouldn't it be extravagant to go and study another planet? That planet to explore, would be Venus. Venus is a lot like Earth. The most similiar out of all nine planets actually. There are risks of visiting Venus, but the pros out weigh the cons. There are ways of safely exploring Venus, from a distance away. There is a whole lot that we do not know about Venus. There could even be signs of a life form. Nobody knows. The author does a phenomenal job supporting that it would be a worthy pursuit, despite the dangers is presents, to visit Venus.
Venus is the most like Earth. There is a reason that scientist call it our "twin" planet. (Par. 2) Although the living conditions on Venus are a lot more dangerous than Earth's, it is possible to come up with the technology to have a device on the planet. The device would help scientist from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) study and find out a lot of information about the planet.
Scientist are intrigued about Venus. First off, it is by far, the most Earth like planet in our solar system. (Par 4) A long time ago, Venus was covered with oceans and maybe even life form. The author informs us about how it is filled with valleys and mountains. Sounds like earth to me. I think that the risk of another aircraft exploding would be worth finding another form of life on a different planet. As does, the author of this article.
They are talking about having a space craft go to Venus. That would be the first of many. There could even be human life in there. If there were to be human life in the space craft, they would have to hover around 30 miles above the surface of Venus. They would have to do that because the pressure is 90 times greater there, than it is on earth. It is also 800 degrees Fahrenheit, there. (Par 3) If the space craft could hover around 30 miles above the fray, the scientist could survive. It would be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure would be the same as ocean level on Earth. From there, scientist could see if there is any life form, or oceans on the planet. Finding one of those things out would be worth it, despite the dangers that could come from it. These conditions would not be easy, but they are survivable. Another con about hovering above the planet would be that you can not get any samples of rock, or gas. (Par 6)
I still support the author's statement, that it would be worth taking the risk of studying Venus, depite the possible outcomes. Venus is Earth's twin planent. We could see how close the two really are. If there were humans on Venus or not. If there is water on the planet. A spacecraft hovering over the fray of Venus would be a great idea. Then, we could study the planet, and get more information than anyone ever could imagine. The condiions would be harsh, but the outcome would be worth it. Venus is a planet that is extremely similiar to ours. It would take risks to be able to visit it.
If there was life form, or it was possible to live on, that would be life changing. | 3 |
Facial Action Coding System is a computer that tells how you are feeling. It would be a good idea to put this in a classroom. I think it would help the teacher find out what makes the student confused or bored. The techer could then change their lessen to better help the students. I think that this would be valuable in a classroom.
The FACS is a unique computer sofware that can tell peoples fellings. It it so good it can tell that the Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. On my own I would have never gesed that the Mona Lisa was fearful or angry. But with the new computer sofewar teachers can know how the students reacht to lessens. The teacher can then realise that the lessen is too cinfusing for then at the moment and then they can find an easyer way to tech it to them. The FACS is so good it can even tell faked emotions. So if a teacher ask them if they undersand and they just say yes to get the teahcer to move on then the FACS can catch that fake emotion and tell the techer that they are still realy confused. It can also be helpful for a teacher to now that the students aer bored because then the teacher can change up her lessen to help the students get more engeged.
The FACS shows us how studding faces can be a good thing. It can also help outside of school. If you are hiring someone you could use the FACS to see if during their job they are happy or angry or anything. It could help you determine who would be the best apicant. The FACS Is a very helpful thing.
The FACS also has some bad things about it. Some bad things about it are that not every computer can do this. Also that for this to be put into schools might make people uncomfortable. It also will cost a lot
of money to put it in a school. For a computer to be able to do this would take years just to manufacture it and sell them. After all of the good and bad things it is a good idea to try and put them in a classroom.
The FACS will help change the way of learning. It will change it for the better. The teachers can use this to help make their lessens more understandable to the kids. The FACS will change the way people learn and teach. It would be a good idea to experiment this in the classroom. | 2 |
Should cars be operated by a machine? I belive that they should not. The reason being that there are always error's in code that could result in horrible course of action. The action of putting the code in for every possible scenerio that they can think of that may possibly happen may help but what happens when something they did not program the car for happens. In may lead to a devastating injury or maybe even death because of the error in coding. The wide variety of code can go on for ages and with just one mess up this will take down the whole code like a tree.
The wide spread of choices the car is ready for with "yes" or "no's" may not help when the time comes of a tornado moving toward you down the road. The system may not know what to do because the vehical was not programmed for this such scenerio and may turn to driver mode. This will catch the driver off guard because he bought a "driverless car" and with the fact that he is reading his book and now he has to drive he will be placed between a rock and a hard place. This just one example of missing progamming.
Another thing is a mess up in the code of the "yes" and "no's". With this the whole thing may go whack and they make fix it but what happens when it fly's under the radar and gets through to the final product. This will lead to a horrific incident that will happen like a chain of domino's. The car not being fully programmed for a red light may just run through and hit another car and that is when it goes haywire. The incident will be caused from one mistake with a "yes" or "no"
Another thing is that the driverless cars will put some people out of business. The jobs that require being driven by a human is beyond the stars. This will put some people out of their job and many companies out of business. Some people will not face the fact of being driven around in a taxi as pleasing as other's. I like to see a person at the wheel of the taxi and may have some small talk with him and it will just feel like they are focusing on what they are doing. Without the communication from human to human people would go insane.
These are the reasons I do not side with driverless cars. They will put people out of a job they have worked for. They may have coding errors. And even if one part is messed up everything gets messed up. There are wide room for error and one mistake will destroy everything. This is why I do not side with driverless cars. | 3 |
Many people think that the "Face on Mars" is a martian civilization trying to get our attention. Well they are wrong about their claim. Many people would love for a civilization to be on mars but the face is just a natural landform. People are getting worried about possible life on Mars. Conspiracy theorist are trying to make everyone believe something that is not true.
Many people are wondering if the face on Mars is part of martian life or if it just a landform that coincidentally looks like a face. Many peole have asked u "Why and how does the face look so much like a life form?" The face is what was once a mesa or large hill of sorts. And it is about 2 miles long from one side to the other. Also there is a possible lava dome under this formation. These landforms or mesa are just the ones we have in the American West, they are everywhere and are extremely common. Just plainly the face looks like a face out of pure coincidence. No matrian life form would make this and if they did we would know about it.
Many conspiracy theorist are asking us "Why are you hiding the fact the martians have built this 'Landform'?" If we did have in fact proof that there is in fact life on Mars we would want everyone to come and join us to help us with finding more alien life. We wouldn't just hide one of the largest finds in the world if we id find life on Mars. It would encourage people to look everywhere to try and find more life. But since this is just a landform and not a race of aliens we will have to wait until we find life somewhere. Plus it would help us at NASA as a whole beacuse we don't have much funding and our budget is being cut a lot. This would help regain public view and help all of the people here have better wages and help with finding more things about space.
One of the most asked questions "How do you know that there isn't life on Mars?" If we did know there was life on mars there would be a lot of more activity on the planet. The face would have had more detail to it. Another reason why we don't find life on Mars is becasue we would have seen symbols or structures on the surface. It would have been more productful place that what it is now. And if there was any life it would have been long dead and covered over with the dust on Mars. This landform is nothing to get all excited about.
This is just a landform and is just coincidence that it looks like a landform. There is not life on Mars and everyone needs to calm down. We have given high resoloution photos and it is just a mesa. If we do find life or hints that there was martian life we will alert everyone. | 3 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it talks about the positive and negatives aspects of driverless cars. It talks about how driverless cars will be the future cars where no one else as to drive again. It also talks about how even though it is driverless, in some cases like a road accident or in traffic jam drivers are needed to assist the car.
For me I am against the development of driverless cars. First, our technology is not up to date yet. Second, it would likely cause more accidents. Third, not a manufactured things go the way they should. Lastly, it will cause alot of conflicts if the cars muanfuntions.
First, our technology is not up to date yet. If the car is called a driverless car then why do the cars need drivers assistance in many cases. For example in the article it says that driver assistance is need in cases like a traffic jam, car accident, or a road block. I believe the cars should be able to get through with the situations without having to need human driver assistance. The point is that our technology is not up to date that the cars still need driver assistance.
Second, it would likey cause more accidents. I know that salers will try to persuade you with their products, but do all of them work or function properly all the time? No and that is why I beleive that the cars that car diverless will not all function the way it should 100 percent. What can you do if it muanfunctions and you accidentaly kill a person? Nothing really, you can either go to court and try to sort things out or you can take the blame.
Third, not all the manufactures stuff go the way it should. Every product does not function properly all the time. Their may be glitches or maybe some missing information that it needs to function properly.
Lastly, it could cause alot of conflicts. Lets say that you killed a human being while you were in your new driverless car. What can you do? Well first of all you can tell the manufacturing company what happend. What if that dont work? You can try to take it up to court and sort it out. But what if that dont work as well? I guess your gonna have to take the blame for the accident. You see what im trying to get out? It can cause a hazard problem if things go wrong.
In conclusion I am against the development of driverless cars. First, our technology is not up to date. Second, it would likely cause more accidents. Third, not all manufuctured stuff work properly. Lastly, it will cause a huge conflct. I hope you read my eassy and is persuaded that driverless cars are not safe for people and the car industry in general. | 3 |
Having driverless cars will better mankind in a number of ways.
From safety to gas usage; there are more positives than negatives to driverless cars.
The advancement in this technology will contribute to the many unimaginable human feats that have once been called impossible
First, safety is the main factor for these cars.
Some of these self driving cars at the moment have a radar attached to the roof of the car to scan the area around itself do determin if it is safe.
When the car deems there is a problem it alerts the driver.
Also having a car that can drive on its own does not mean you are free do not pay attention to the road because there are light displays that can turn on instantly and that will require the diver to take control from that point.
This meaning a driver texting and driving can be caught off gaurd if not paying attention to the road as they should.
As the passage states in paragraph eight "In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern.
Next, with the advancements that these self diving car manufacturers have mad over the short amount of time that they have there is no telling what they can improve on with more time.
Given more time theses companies have a chance to have a car drive on its own one hundred percent of the time.
The passage states "There was no way, befor 2000, to make something interesting." They are talking about self driving cars.
They go on to say that they didnt have the technology (radars, computers, mapping) to do so. The fact of the speed in which these advancements have come show promise.
"So just how driverless will the cars be in the near future?"
Last, another key factor with these self driving cars is the amount of gas consumption.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with a public transportation system where driverless cars form a taxi system.
He believes that the cars would use have of the fuel of today's taxis.
If what Sergey says is true he can change the world by conserving gas by applying these cars to nations around the world.
The begginging of selfdriven cars just shows humans how far we have come with our technology.
There are problems and improvements needed to be made but they dont outwiegh the many positive aspects of having these cars.
Selfdriving cars are the the future today. | 2 |
I think that driverless cars are an amazing example of what humans are capable of doing. I also believe that they can be dangerous. They can really become a big help to society if they can make them as safe as possible.
The reason I think the driverless cars could be dangerous is because they could lead to wrecks. In paragraph 2 it says that the car alerts the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents. The driver might not be paying attention and if he doesn't take over the wheel, that could lead to an accident. The driverless cars do offer great things that could help us. In paragraph 1 the article tells us that the cars use half of the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus.
My conclusion is that we should take some more time with these driverless cars. I think we should work on them more and make them even smarter than they already are. This is the best option because it could make them even safer and that is the most important thing. | 1 |
Driverless cars and how I feel about them. Well I think they would be helpful and dangerous. The help would come from providing parents access to attend to their child while getting to where they need to go. Also for people who handle a lot of business, and students. The danger is not all things are promised o function correctly, anything could happen.
Parents: sometimes while driving with kids can be a handfull. Babies cry and scream needing a bottle or a change of a diaper, or sometimes comfort. With driverless cars that could help. Parents wuld be able to attend their child while still going wherever that it is their going. Sometimes driving with kids you have to be careful with the speed you're going because when you have to stop abruptly its possible for the car to jerk and your kids will fly out the windshield. With driverless cars they have better brakes and sensors for the car to stop when they detect something is coming or if you go without it being your turn.
People who have businesses can have a hassle trying to have meetings with clients or board meetings with shareholders over the phone while driving. That can not only lead to a dangerous accident but can result in you having a ticket. Driverless cars would improve that because not only could people get on the phone and look around for papers and send emails but they can still be in motion in their cars.
As for the students, they have homework almost everyday, and trying to get to school everyday knowing that you didnt finish some of that homework is definitely something to make you cranky. With driverless cars you will be able to finish up the exra work you forgot and also be on your way to school. I know that would love to invest in this car for that very reason.
The dangerous part is not every machiene operates correctly. there's something that can always go wrong relying on technology, especially new technology. So in conclusion this why im both with and against driverless cars. I believe over time my opinion would change to being completely for driverless cars. | 2 |
The FACS should not be used in the classroom. FACS can in fact help with the problem students are facing in the classes but to replace a real live teacher with a AI is just down right stupid.
We shouldn't have FACS in class rooms because the things that a teacher does such as teach, decipline, help, and believe with their students makes a huge difference in how we learn. Just like taking istep mathmatics on a computer is a stupid idea.
A part from the passage when it talks about having FACS in the class rooms was in passsage 6; it reads "A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored." The key work in that sentence is could. Not one-hundred percent of the time are you going to get the right expression outcome from the system or student! If the system does conclude that a student bored and he or she is not and the teacher goes to address that student, that could be bad for both parties.
Another reason why I think they shouldn't put the system in schools is becuae they didn't put a lot of emotion on there. They coded it with six BASIC emotinos: happiness, suprise, andger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Yes those are the basic emotions but what if that's not the emotion were trying to put out.
It's not as valuable as it might sound to have in a classroom, in fact, its quite pointless. Reguardless, if we do get an FACS in the shools a lot of people are going to be whinning and pouting about them replacing our REAL LIVE teachers.Having FACS in schools is a waste of time money and possibly another distraction for students do deal with in the classtooms. | 2 |
The Face on mars is a natural landform. I say that because the unusual shadows that's out in space. The camera that NASA was using wasn't the best at the time. And the evidence shown was of the Face on Mars is that it's a natural landform. That's my three reasons why the Face on Mars is a natural landform.
In space there are a lot of mysterious things out there and unusual shadows are one of them. NASA unveiled the Face on Mars for all to see. The caption under the photo said "huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth". NASA is basically saying that its a big rock formation that looks like a human head because of shadows. That's one of my reasons why the Face on Mars is a natural landform.
My second reason why its a natural landform is the technology/camera. In 1976 technology wasn't at it's best back then. But, the Viking 1 captured a photo of what is predicted to be a Face on Mars. Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001 a cloudless summer day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maxiumum resolution". Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
My final reason why the Face on Mars is a landform is because it is a landform. Scientists figured it was just another Martian Mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Also the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin. " That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isloated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
In conclusion, the Face on Mars is a natural landform. It's a natural landform because the unusual shadows in space. The cameras they had to take the picture with. And finally, that it was a landofrom like a butte or a mesa.That's why i think the Face on Mars is a landform. | 2 |
the advantages of limiting car usage is a good thing. cuts down on greenhouse gasses. but dont worry the rate that people are getting there licences is going down. i think that fines are a good way to cut down on golable emitions.
if we do what they did in vauban in the united states we could cut down on the greenhouse gasses and make citys more breathable. make them it better for people to get around and use less space for highways and malls. or we can fine people when they use cars and that would really cut down on the gas.
less and less people are not getting there licences because the have no reason to when thay can just car pool and the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. the rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down 2 or 3 befor the down turn. if it persists many sociologists believe it will have benefical implications for carbon emissions and the environment. there are shifts in the driving population that have droped suggest that the trend may accelerate.
like in paris that fined people $31 for driving. and exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carring 3 or more people. but public transport was free. in the city diesel fuel was blamed, it makes up 67% of vehicles in france. compaired to a 53.3% average for the rest of western europe. paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in brussels and 79.7 in london in conclusion the advantages of limitating car usage is a good thing.1 it cuts down on greenhouse gasses. 2 fines help over all. and 3 licence rate is droping. | 2 |
Dear, State Senator
You should keep the electoral colleges because people are not only voting for president but are also voting for a slate of electors. Keep the electors colleges could help the president in the running because the more votes the electors have for that presdient the higher chance he/she will have to win.
In the article it says that
"The electoral college requries a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president"
. the winner take all methid means that who ever wins the elction they become president and they also have a winner to become State Senator. The president has to become sworn in befor he actually starts the job.
I think that electoral college is fair how are they going to get votes if no one will vote that is why i suggest keeping the electoral colleges open and keep them running. Lets say for example that Barack Obama would not have one without the electoral colleges votes because everyone wanted the president on the running to win so then Barack Obama won the election twice becasue electoral college votes. People say that electoral colleges are good but they are look at our president now he twice in a row because o felectoral college votes. Thans to electoral college votes MR. Barack Obma has now president two times and he is hoping to get president three times.
The electoral colleges are very important to people and those people want the electoral colleges to stay open and the do not want them to shut down or get taken/knock down. The electoral colleges acctually make voting fun for people and then more people will want to come when they start hearing about it. The longer you keep them open the higher the votes will be and the voting process will be busy because their is so many people there. In the article it says that "The electoral college is a process, not a place and that the founding fathers were the ones to establish it in the constituion as a compromise between the election of the president by a vote in congress".
The electoral college consists of 538 electors but the majority is around 270 electoral votes. Each candidate has his or her own group of electors while they are in the running for president in our state. The one with the mos electoral votes win the running and becomes president for Four years until the next running. The electoral college votes will help the people in the running to become president. | 1 |
What is your view on the "Face of Mars?" This is a very interesting topic. There are many different points of view for the "Face on Mars." Although, there are two main concepts. The first is based off of research. Many people at NASA believe in this point of view. The people that believe this idea is true and think that the face is just a natural landform. The second is based off of conspiracy. This idea is based off of external life outside of Earth. The people that believe in this point of view think that aliens have created this landform.
I myself believe in the research part of the concept. There is just not enough physical evidence to say that it is aliens. This is just an idea that many conspiracy theorists believe. Sometimes their theories can be a little enticing, but they never really have any evidence to back up any of it. The idea of aliens making this lanform had been created by some "very creative" minds and was probably thought of when the pictures weren't high enough quality to make anything out of them.
Now lets say that there are aliens living on Mars. In order for them to make this landform, they would have to know about humans. They would have to know what a human face looked like. They would also have to know that we are smart enough to be studying them and they would have to be smart enough to study us. The chances of them finding out all of this information without ever getting recognized by anybody are slim to none. Again, it all coms back to research. There is no evidence of aliens. Therefore, nobody can argue that this landform was made by life outside of Earth.
Now personally, I agree with the scientists that had first discovered this "Face on Mars." This is just merely another Martian Mesa. The odd shadows are common around Cydonia and it just happened to be an odd combination of them. I honestly think that is all there is to it.
Now what do you believe? Do you think it is an alien artifact? Or is it just a natural lanform? I hope this persuaded you to think on the more scientific side of things, because trust me it will help you in the long run. | 3 |
Transportation helps us get to where we need to go. One way of transportaion that most people use are cars. Cars have all changed thorughout decades. New equipment is put in a car to make them more fancy or more safe.
Technology is all around us now. How would it feel if a car controlled us? There are so many way to argue this topic about cars that control themselves. What is really the purpose of this car?
All of the cars made before the Driverless Cars were driven by a person. Although the driverless cars are not that popular yet, people are intrested in them. The more technology we use, it makes society seem more lazy. "- but how much smarter did the cars need to be?"(Driverless Cars Are Coming). This feels like the new technology is taking over us. Soon, we will be like robots.
The driverless car has sensors and special navigation to help the driver. So why is it called a driverless car if the driver has to be alert? There will still be a driver in the drivers seat, in this case there are pros and cons. Many teenagers want to drive as fast and as soon as they can, but they are still unexperienced. This will be more helpful for the new driver, but the new driver might take advantage of the driverless car.
Drivers driving the driverless car might get the wrong idea. "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over then the situation requires" (Driverless Cars Are Coming). Drunk driving is a leading cause of
death. If a drunk driver has a driverless car, the peron might believe that they would get home safely because the car knows what it would be doing. If a there is a situation that occurs, and the car need attention; but doesnt get it, to whoms fault would it be? In this case I would say both. First, there is a a drunk driver, and the car should have been alert to what to do.
The purpose of this car is to help other people who can and know how to control the driverless car. A driverless car could be usefull for people that would need a "safe" car. I believe that we should not have a car like this. If we keep the cars how they are now, we will be okay in the future. Driving is a privlage, not a right. A
person drives and controls a car; not a car. | 2 |
Cars have been in use ever since World War II. Yet, more and more people have been limiting their usage of cars. Many take the alternative of bikes or buses, which ultimately creates benefits for not only one's self, but as well as all of the other people within the area. The benefits of limiting car usage are lowering pollution, creating less road and city congestion, and stress relief.
First of all, people have known for years that cars are a large source of air pollution. However, what most don't know is that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car intensive area in the United States" (Rosenthal, Elizabeth Paragraph 5). "Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions" (Duffer, Robert Paragraph 15). Therefore, not only do the car emissions go into the atmosphere, but it gets trapped there, so the more cars being used, the more emissions get built up and added. By limiting the usage of cars, the car emissions in the atmosphere that create air pollution can be reduced.
Secondly, many big cities have to deal with cars and traffic congesting the area. "BOGOTA, Colombia-In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams" (Selsky, Andrew Paragraph 20). This allowed more room for people to move along the roads and without having to worry of being hit by a car. "Rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic" (Selsky, Andrew Paragraph 28). In doing so has allowed for pedestrians to be safer when crossing roads. A benefit in which prevents a hospital bill.
Lastly, stress relief can come from limiting the usage of cars, including relieving stress. "'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 the verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor" (Rosenthal, Elizabeth Paragraph 3). Heidrun isn't the only one who agrees that life without a car is less stressful. "'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" (Selsky, Andrew Paragraph 24). Arturo and his wife were participants of the Colombian car-free day program. When you live a stressless life, it is proven that you can live longer, especially when replacing your car with exercise.
In conclusion, the benefits that come with limiting car usage are a healthier world. One, by replacing your car with exercise and relieving stress. Two, by lessening road accidents. Three, by lessening air pollution, which is not only better for the environment, but yourself. By limiting car usage, all of the benefits work out in your personal favor. | 3 |
Imagine what it would be like to drive past a car with no driver. The thought of driverless cars is really something to think about. But after reading the article, its clear that even though it shows some good qualities, driverless cars should not be an invention we soon incopperate into our daily lives.
In the article, the author makes some good points about some of the cons of driverless cars. Such as, the need for new traffic laws, accidents and the safety of the pedestrians and drivers of other vehicles. As of right now, the traffic laws are written under the assumption that a car is only a safe car if it has a human driver controlling it at all times, which makes it illegal in most states to even test cars that are run by computers.
The safety of these driverless cars is concerning as well. They do have many cameras and sensors as the article points out, but technology has not be perfected yet, so the sensors or cameras failing is a possible outcome of these cars. Then, a failed system in these cars could cause an accident. This comprimises the safety of other drivers and even pedestrians. Then, if a person is harmed in an accident with a driverless car, who is to blame? We have to make new laws just for the purpose of having driverless cars when we could just drive our own cars.
Also, a downfall of driverless cars is that people lose jobs. Driving services would no longer need human drivers to control the cars. This puts thousands of people out of jobs which raises the unemployment rate. Which then causes the government to need to give more money to support families becasue now someone from the family isnt bringing in money because they lost their job due to the driverless cars now transporting people instead of driving services using humans.
In conclusion, driverless cars seem to cause more problems than getting rid of them. Driverless cars should be left as a fantasy and human handeled cars should continue. Ever since transportation vehicles were used humans have controlled them. Why change it now? | 2 |
Im going to go for Driveless cars . There would be less wrecks caused by texting and driving. Cars would use less gas. More people could remember to put on seat betls. These cars could overall make this world a better place.
Fisrt , there would be less wrecks caused by texting and driving. Why? Because if you are diving a smart car and you need to text someone back you can turn on or activate the smart car features and let that conrol the car while you are driving. This could take away some driking and driving wrecks to because if someone is drunk and can still remeber to activate their smart car. They can let their car drive them home so they can get home safetly.
Second, Cars would use less gas. The smart cars would most likely run off of electricity/power. They could even be ran by solar energy. The air would be less polluted with driveless cars. Some familys could even save money by not buying gas.
Third or lastly , more people would have on seatbelts because the smart car could automatically put on your seat belt for you or vibraqte when you need to put it on as soon as you start up the car. So even if you did get into a car accident you might be a little safer. you would be hurt thta bad. This would help everyone get to where they have to go quicker and easier.
There would be less wreks of people texting and driving. Cars would way less gas. Most people will get to where they have to go safer cause they would automatically have on seatbels. This can make the entire world a better and safe plae with just a few adjustments. As long as you do what you need to to makesure you smart car is in good shpe. | 2 |
I do not think there are alien's in Mars or any other planet . I think there are no aliens because astronauts have to have tanks filled with specialized air thats on Earth !
Animals like , mammals , and reptiles can do things human beings cannot and will never be able to do . Reptiles may be able to poision its prey but Humans can't . Mammals can eat a human alive Humans cant do that ! Each group can do something the other one can't . One thing they all have in common is that they breathe air ! If aliens existed they wound not be able to survive unless they had a ' suit ' on the 24/7 . There is no sign of human life on any other planet but earth and austronauts have put special cameras just in case there is signs of life and they won't miss it ! There have been multiple times people have claimed they've seen Big Foot they have " videos " , evidence and samples of the hair but scientist have not caught big foot so people can claim there are aliens all day long ; but until the world is able to see one in real life and scientist and everyone can see it ; it doesnt exist . If an alien left an imprint on the rock that means it was walking and the face got stuck and it had to pull it off . There would be finger prints on the rock and foot prints in Mars . The text states " formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose , and mouth . If these people have never seen an actual martian how can they say it has the structure of an alien but do not exactly know what it looks like ? Accusation and predictions of what an alien looks like is man made no one has ever seen an alien on earth or in space . People are predicting what an alien looks like . The creature could look like a dog , cat or even a human being . Scientific research is not always accurate because they can make something new right now and 5 years later come out with a new and IMPROVED item . Every year scientist think they know what an alien look like but every following year it changes and becomes slightly different . An alien is basically a Superhero every kids wants to think they're real but in reality as you get old you learn its just a made up myth that people tend to believe . When research shows the alien has been found and captured people can say I told you so but until then I will continue to give out reasons on why I believe they're not real ! | 1 |
Cars that drive themselves. Seems a little like a science fiction movie doesn't it? As soon as I heard this theory, it reminded me of the Jetsons. Self-driving cars just seem a little too farfetched to be believable. Not only are they fantasy-like, they seem expensive and unnecessary. Cars that drive themselves are not something that we should introduce into our daily lives.
Picture this- New York City, a busy afternoon. If you've ever seen a movie set here, you can just image the thousands of taxis swarming around like busy bees making honey. The only thing is, this honey is money. If self-driving cars were introduced into society as a serious addition, there would be millions of Americans who would eventually lose thier jobs. As the author states in paragraph one, "Google cofounder Sergey Brin... envisions a future with a public transport system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system." This means taxi drivers, bus drivers, and eventually car dealers and manufacturers will slowly lose their jobs.
Besides the point of job loss, think about the safety of these vehicles. What if a driver is just driving along one day, and suddenly the technology fails. What if there's the tiniest glitch, or maybe even a hacker? What if the driver loses total control of their car? This is a very negative and scary possibility that can risk many people's lives. Technology can't see in real time through human eyes and react to situations like we instinctually can. There are just some things that should be left to people, and I think driving is one of them.
In conclusion, I honestly think self-driving cars will just cause more problems than they'll actually fix. The cost of manufacturing and retailing these cars is potentially very high. Not only that, but you may be risking someone's life. Cars that drive themselves should just stay a dream. | 2 |
In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author presents themself really well with claims backed up by strong evidence. Venus has a lot of similarities with Earth, but hasn't been reserached enough throughout the years which needs to change in order for the future to be able to pursue their goals. The author makes a clear point in the article and supports their text with evidence to prove why society has the chance to research further into Venus and find out so much more about our neighboring planet. Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because of the similarities we share among them, the close distance between us, and the history that Venus has had which could've possibly "supported various forms of life."
First, Venus and Earth share a lot of similarities within themselves. "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Also, many years ago, there are speculations that Venus was probably full of oceans and could suport many different types of life, just as Earth was too. Many people may argue that since it was awhile ago, it can be completely different now which is true, but the author explains themself perfectly because they add that it still shares many features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Lastly, although the temperatures differ between the two planets, the author provides a great alternative to hover 30 miles above the surface of Venus. This way, people are still in contact with Venus, but remain safe with the conditions that they have put themselves in.
Furthermore, the close distance between Earth and Venus make it a lot easier for travel and research. Although that they are still far distances away, it is very close when comparing planets, and the convienence of being close provides the chance of quality research, and possibly visiting in the near future. "Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner--in space terms--humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." None of the spacecrafts survived more than a few hours, but that quote should motivate and challenge the workers and future workers of NASA to hopefully get the working pieces together to form a spacecraft that can survive long amounts of time.
Lastly, since Venus once could've supported various forms of life, the possibility to be able to support life again is quite high. With the right tools and research, we as a society can make an effort and use our curiosity as motivation to fight to be able to obtain life on Venus. With the surplus amounts of valleys, mountains, and craters that it has today, humans should not fear Venus for the fact that we have these features on Earth as well. The author once again provides a great statement because providing knowledge that both planets have similarties is crucial, and may even be a reason to explore and research further into Venus.
In conclusion, the author supports the idea of studying Venus as a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents well because of how close the two planets are, the many similarities that both planets share, and also the history of Venus once supporting life. With the right research, dedication, and curiosity, the future of possibilities for studying Venus or even traveling there is endless. | 4 |
In the Essay, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" , The author suports the claim that the knowledge and insight that could be gained from exploaring Venus outweighs it's risks, making it a worthy pursuit.
The author of the article admits that with todays current technology, it would be impossible to explore Venus. He lists facts that highlight Venus's inhabitability, such as " No spacecraft has survived on venus for more than a few hours", "The atmosphere is almost 97% carbon dioxide", and "the clouds are of highly corrosive sulfuric acid". The author presents these valid points and continues to list more before identifying any specific reward that outweighs them. No spacecraft has landed on venus in over 30 years, so why should we try again? The author reubtes these facts by indirectly claiming that we should attempt and expedition to venus because it is difficult. By overcoming a great and difficult task, we learn and advance more than by overcoming a simple and easy task.
Let it be noted, The author does not expect anybody flying to venus with shear willpower. He also presents ideas and advancments in reguards to how we might be able to fly to venus. In Paragraph 5, the author presents the idea of a blimp, floating 30 miles above the venusian atmosphere, Could be maintained and be used in the research of Venus. At this altittude, the author lists " temperatures would only be a toasty 170 degrees Fahrenheit" and "Air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth". However, the author does not cover the resources needed to produce a spacecraft of the scale.
Even if the author builds the fact that it is currently impossible to send a manned mission to Venus, The author does inspire interest in the topic. Through the description of several ideas that could be actualize into their desired goal, The author builds reason for belief of his topic.
The author ends his peice with the conclusion of "Our Travels on Earth and beyonds should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and inovation". This ending supports his arguement because it gives the argument that no matter what, knowledge will be gained and expanded from this challenging task. With knowledege being the reward, this makes the authors desire to Explore venus a very worthy persuit with consideration to it's dangers | 4 |
Dear, state senetor
I think that we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States of America because it makes more sence to change to the election of most popular votes because lets say people vote for one president more than the other president but the president that got less votes gets picked because he/she has more electoral votes than the other.it says on paragraph three in source one that"The electoral college process consists of 538 electors.A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president". This states that the president can get more electoral votes than the other and still get to be the president. i disagree with that i think it is not fare for the president who gets more qualified citizen votes. The citizens are the ones who need/want the presidnt why not give the citizens what they want and what they all vote for? You should give what the citizens want because hey are the ones who are voting for the new president or the same president one more time.it says in paragraph 10 source 2 "under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president,but for a state electors.who in turn elect the president".
sinceraly,
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
Others should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because around the world natural disaters and other sorts of things are happening across this Earth we need to help. In the text it says"UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses ,young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas."
More people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program becauseit is an opportunity of a lifetime."The cattle-boat trips were an unbelieveable opportunity for a small-town boy. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. o was taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,and a city with streets of water."
THink about joining the Seagoing Cowboys this way,when you sign up like Luke and Don did it will open you up to more than just going places, joining will open you to everything."But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger . It opened | 1 |
Driverless cars may seem like a good idea now , but they really are not . Driverless cars could possibly be more dangerous than regular human driven cars . Or eventually grow to become more dangerous than human driven cars .
Driverless cars should not become a thing in the near future because they could malfunction , and encourage innapropriate behavior in the car .
Driverless cars should not become a thing in our near future because they could malfunction or have a technical difficulty which could lead to an injury or misunderstanding between the driver and the car manufacturer . For instance , in paragraph 9 , it says " If the technology fails and someone is injured , who is at fault-- the driver or the manufacturer ? " that quote is saying if there was to be an accident , they wouldnt know who to put the blame on ; The driver who bought the car or the manufacturer who encouraged the driver to buy the car . All of that could easily be avoided if we stick to regular human driven cars instead of driverless ones . Also , driverless cars could lead to an injury if the technology were to fail . As said in paragrpah 7 , while the driver watches the road , the car watches the driver . If the car is watching the driver instead of the road , it could lead to an accident .
Secondly , driverless cars should not become relevant in the near future because they could encourage and or lead to innapropriate behavior . For example , if a group of the wrong teenagers got a driverless car they might feel encouraged to do something they arent supposed to be doing because the car is driving for them . They would feel like they could be laid back and relaxed in the car even though they really should be paying attention to the road ahead of them . In paragrpah 7 , it says " The Google car simple announces when the driver should be prepared to take over . " and that isnt necessarily a bad thing , but if the car will tell the driver when they need to take over , the driver would be doing his or her own thing , not paying attention to the road because the car is driving for them .
Some may say that driverless cars should become popular in the near future because it is " actually a safety feauture , and safety is a big concern " ( as said in paragraph 8 ) but i would have to disagree . Its true that safety is a big concern , but having driverless cars couldnt guarantee a decrease in safety issues and i know that human driven cars arent decreasing accident rates but with human driven cars you would know for sure how the accident happened . With driverless cars you couldnt be sure if it was you or the car . Also , in paragraph 9 it says " Presently , traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times . As a result , in most states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars . " That quote is saying most states doesnt even think its safe to test the cars with a test dumby in it . And if they dont trust it enough to test the driverless cars with dumbies in it how could they trust it enough to let them take the place of human driven cars ?
In conclusion , driverless cars shouldnt become a thing in the future because they encourage innapropriate behavior and they are a safety hazard . If a teenager has a driverless car , he or she would feel as if they could be laid back because someone is driving for them and they wouldnt have to actually drive anyway until the car told them they had to . Driverless cars are also a safety hazard . Technology has malfunctions all the time . What if one of the cars were to malfunction with a baby in the backseat ? Or with anybody in the backseat for that matter . You can never fully trust technology and thats why driverless cars shouldnt become something of importance in the near future . Almost anything could go wrong . | 4 |
Some people say the face on mars was an alien artifac, but others think its just a natural landform. With supporting details from the article, I will assure you that it was just a natural landform.
In paragraph seven, it states that the first picture to come out on a website (JPL) was a natural landform picture. It also says that there was no alien monument after all. If you actually read the article it says that the face is made of shadows. If you put it at a different angle then I bet there wouldn't be a face, there would just be bumps on the planet mars like any other planet. In paragraph twelve, the writer tells us that the picture shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa. Those landforms are common around the American West. Lastly, aliens aren't real so how could something unreal make a face on mars?
I know some people might want to belive that it was aliens, but it wasn't. Sometimes the earth/nature makes its own natural landforms, and we have to love it for what it created, not give all the credit to some unreal creature. | 1 |
Dear state senator,
I wish to inform you about my opinion and another 60 percent of voters opinions about the Electoral college. We suggest that instead of voting for a state of electors we should vote directly to the president that we wish would lead our country. People wan't to vote straight fowardly to the exact person they perfer and not to electors whom the people can't control who they decide to vote for. Some electors have refused to vote for their party's canidate and vote for whoever they wanted to instead. Many people often get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. We also cannot choose who the electors are.
We know that the state legislatures are responsible for picking electors and that the electors that they choose always defy the will of the people. Many things can go wrong when we use electors. They could cheat into getting who they want to win. Just like how in 1960, the segregationists the the Louisiana legislature almost succeeded in their dirty plan to replace the democratic electors with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy meaning that they tried to get the popular vote that was for him to actually not get to Kennedy. Also, a state might send two slates of electors to congress. It's happened in Hawaii in 1960, what makes you think it won't happen again?
The electoral college is unfair to voters because of all the ways electors cheat to make sure who they wan't wins. Canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all. Also 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see any campaign adds and its because of the winner-take-all system in each state.
We suggest to changing to the election by popular vote for the president of the Unites States. The citizens of the United states should be able to vote for the president that they perfer and not for an elector that could ditch the original idea and vote for only their personal opinion. There would be less flaws in the presidential electing process if we accept the popular vote method. | 3 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", I am against the development of these cars. I feel there is no purpose for these cars. You will still need a driver for these cars. These cars are a waste of money. These cars are also a waste of time. There is nothing wrong with reugular cars. We have been using regular cars for over 100 years, why stop now?
First of all, these cars will still need a driver. According to the author, " they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all designed to notify the driver. That defeats the purpose of calling them "Driverless Cars." Why call them driverless cars if they still need a driver. It is not a smart idea.
Secondly, you are wasting money on something that is not effective. The name of the car does not match with the car itself. Why would you buy a " Driverless car" when the car is still going to need a driver. That is a waste of money. The "Driverless Car" will most likely be more expensive than a normal car. Although the car comes with more features, it does not live up to it's expectations.
Lastly, the car is a waste of time. The U.S is mostly low and middle class people. The driverless car will not be sold as quickly as other cars because the prices of the car will most likely be a mini fortune. Not many people would buy this car. Not many people complain about cars today. People are so used to driving normal cars that they would probably rather drive than pay more money for a car that "alerts" the driver.
In conclusion, I am against the development of this " Driverless Car". I think it is ineffective. It is a waste of money. The car is also a watse a time. You also willstill need a driver for this "Driverless Car" so there is no purpose of it. | 1 |
Dear Senator,
The reason for writing this letter is because in a recent topic brought up to the nation the Electoral College was being revised to see new changes in the way we choose our president. The Electoral college is a fundamental way on how we control the voting process for our president. In an article "What is the Electoral College" by the Office of the Federal Register it had an interesting statement that stood out. In the text it said " The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election by a vote in Congress and election of the President by popular vote...". This is telling us that the Electoral College that was established many years ago is the same thing that people are voting for now, because people today are fighting for voting by popular vote but the current Electoral College is the same thing. The current Electoral College is working fine, this is one of the reasons it shouldn't change but there are more reasons as to why it shouldn't change.
The current Electoral College has worked greatly to our nation even though people don't see it that way but it has. Another reason that the Electoral College should stay the same is because many people want to abolish the Electoral College even though its helped them choose a president that is either fighting for the nation itself or fighting for the people. The reason that people want o abolish the Electoral college is in an article "The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer. In the article it states " It's official: The electoral college is unfair... Abolsih the electoral college!". This is telling us that some of the people in the nation want to abolish the Electoral College because they want their own system of electing a president.
The Electoral College has been named man things and has been tried to change but it can't because that is the only way people as a nation know how to choose a president. In the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer it says " ...The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best..". This shows us that even the people that are fighting agaist the Electoral College are making random statements that either go for it or against it because they don't know what they are fighting to achieve.
The Electoral College is the same thing people are trying to change because in the article "What is the Electoral College" by the Office of the Federal Register it states " The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect a president...". This textual evidence shows that the Constitution was actually compromising what the people are fighting for and what is already used. This also tells us that the current Electoral College is what is needed and shouldn't be changed.
In Conclusion, the Electoral College shouldn't be abolished or changed to popular vote elects the president because the current system is working fine and the reason people are fighting agaisnt it is because they might not know what they are fighting to change or maybe they think that the Electoral College is changing the vote so that they government has their chosen president rather than the peoples president. All those ideas are things that people think when their favored senator, mayor, or President loses their chance. The people just need to realize that the current Electoral college was made by the fathers of this country in order to compromise what they are fighting for and what is already used. These are the reason why the Electoral College should not be changed. | 2 |
I do not beleive that the author justifies their statement of "Venus has value" in paragraph 8. The author does not explain the pros of exploring Venus as well as they explain the cons of why we should explore Venus. Why do I think this? Well the autor describes the deadly, hot and thick atmosphere of Venus, stating that the reason exploring Venus is worth the risk is because "Venus still has some features that are analigous to those on Earth." Well, does that justify spending millions or hundreds of millions of dollars on a rover or a spacecraft to explore it? I don't beleive so.
It's quite simple to explain why Venus does not need to be explored or closly examined from high up in it's atmosphere. The pros do outweigh the cons in this aticle, here is a quote from the author: "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." That temperature is obviously deadly to humans, and that is a major risk when it comes to spending millions on making a rover that will only last up to a couple hours just to get a glimps on the planet. Or maybe just to get a couple pictures. The author does not go on to say how exploring Venus with genuinley benifit the human race. The author simply explains how scientists are curious about the planet and what is on it, I do not beleive that satisfying our curiosity will help anyone. This is a quote from paragraph 8 of the article that 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 also because human curiosity will likley lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."
Now, to add on to the last quote I stated from the article, the author does not state what the human race would do with that "insight" that we would gain about Venus, they just state that we would have insight. well then I would ask the author, what is the point in the insight if we wouldn't be able to do anything with the insight that we have gained from the exploration? All that we would gain from spending millions on sending a spacecraft to Venus would be meaningless insight and the feeding of our curiosity. When there are many bigger issues to be solved here on Earth. For example, the crisis that is curently happening in Venesuala, their government is shut down and millions are starving, some familys have resorted in digging through the trash for food and we could help them, but instead we want to spend money on gaining "insight" about Venus? Which the article states that Venus is too dangerous to go to anyway. It angers me that half of New York could be underwater in the next thirty years from global warming but we are worried about getting a small peek into the world of Venus.
I do understand why Scientists would like to go to Venus, it would be a great acheivement for humanity. But I am a firm beleiver that our planet should come first, after all, we do only get one Earth, that means we must take care of it. Maybe one day when Our problems down here are solved and we have the ability to really gain benifits from Venus then I will want us to explore more. But for now I'm sticking to the thought that our planet comes first. In conclusion, no, I do not beleive that the author of this article did a good job at explaining why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers of it. Because in the end it's not just the dangers of going to Venus that keeps me from beleiving that we should. It's the problems that we are facing here on Earth that are far more important. | 4 |
Venus, the second planet from our sun, the "Evening Star" as some say is referred to as Earth's "twin." The atmosphere of this raging planet is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, the clouds are formed of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience here on Earth. This planet named Venus is deemed inhospitable by the author of this passage, yet the author feels he/she should express and support the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
The author supports the idea that Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus has a rocky surface of sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. The author also includes the statement that long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been working on different types of equipment to be able to behold many different methods to send technology to Venus. The author states that this technology will allow humans to further understand Venus's complex array of difficulties presented by wanting to send exploration teams to the planet.
The author allows the reader to have a clear view into why it is valuable to be able to have the tools to explore Venus in the near future. He/she shows that human curiosity could lead us into situations where we need this certain technology to help us with different challenges presented in the future. Humans have a lot to learn not only about the problems we face when trying to meet exploration needs, but to gain the valuable insight the author states learning about Venus has. Striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus could lead humans into expanding their knowledge to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation the author feels so strongly that humans should aspire to reach. | 2 |
The development of driverless cars will not be easy and it will probably take a long period of time to complete. In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", it is explained to us how the development of driverless cars is going and to point out to us all the pros and cons of these driverless cars. Should these cars be invented? I believe these cars should not be invented due to the fact that there would have to be many upgrades to roads which are expensive, safety concerns for passengers and pedestrians, and new laws that will need to be created to protect either the rights of passengers inside the driverless car or the rights of the manufacturers who built these driverless cars.
Driverless cars are a good idea to a certain point. These cars would not be a good idea because many things would have to be adjusted to existing roads, which would be very costy . In paragraph 3 the author says," These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." This proves that cars like this would require many adjustments, that are not cheap, to existing roads and that the cars.
Our country is always looking for whats best for everyone, and having driverless cars may put people in danger. Manufaturers are planning to put some kind of form of entertainment in these driverless cars. Distracted drivers are very dangerous for pedestrians and the passengers in the car. The author states," Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and informatin systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over -- something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually safety feature, and safety is a big concern." This section of paragraph 8 can help prove my point because if manufacturers put entertainment in cars that would be distracting the driver which is not safe for the passengers and the pedestrians.
Many new laws would have to be created by the government to either protect the passengers in the cars or the manufacturer. Who would be responsible for an accident if the person in the driverless car got in a automobile accident. The author proves my point when he or she says, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault -- the driver or manufacturer?"
This quote helps prove my point because in this quote the author brings up the fact that there many be many problems when deciding who is at fault if an accident occurs in a driverless automobile.
In life there are many up and downs and pros and cons to everything. In this article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author points out many pros and con to driverless cars. I find that there are many reasonable pros and things that manufacturers should be proud of, but i also believe there are some things that the manufacturers need to think about. I believe that these cars should not be develop due to the things in explaikn in paragraphs before such as: expensive new upgrades to roads, safety concerns for passengers and pedestrians, and laws that would need to be created. | 3 |
After releasing the photographs about a mesa on Mars or now known as the "Face of Mars", theories have come up claiming that it is in fact a face of an old extraterrestial. This is completely false claim that has no evidence or support to be supported with. This mesa is a common natural landform that can be found commonly around. This is a mesa that happens to look like a face. Although it can look pretty convincing and decieving, it's something common. Like mountains on Earth, it's something that triggers your brain claiming it to be something it isn't. It's like seeing a shadow pass by the corner of your eye! You claim you saw it, but it was just a fragment of your imagination. It's something our brains trigger.
As it states in the article, praragraph two and three, it states that the face the public saw was just an illusion forming eyes, a mouth, and a nose. "There must have been a degree of surprise among mission controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab when the face appeared on their monitors. But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah." This sentence supports the claim that the face was a simple fargemnt of the brain creating an illusion of something. It's a common landform that naturally is created. Although many theorist's claim that it had to do something with aliens and extraterrestrials, there is no evidence to support or back up that claim. Where else have you seen something out of the normal on Mars? Where there any prints or traces leading to something else? People just need to understand that it's was a landform and a landform only. In paragraph three, it supports the claim that the face was a natural landform. "A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a 'huge rock formation. . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.' The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." Not only did the face gain notorious fame, but the story got a lot of publicity and gained a lot more attention than it should have. All the face was was an illusion that the brain of many created. Although many knew it was a natural landform, many supporting those scientists wanted the outcome of the story to take a COMPLETELY different turn! Many wanted the face to be the result of an ancient civilization on Mars, which also couldn't be possible. There were a lot of crazy theories and rumors, but the truth was the one that people denied to believe in.
This story took many turns, twists, accusations, false claims, and more incredible stuff made up by the public. Although it was a simple landform, many denied that to the core, and many defended that statement with their live's. The simple truth of this whole mess, is that it was a photograph taken of a natural landform near Cydonia, that was mistaken as a face with eyes, nose, and mouth by the illusions of many theorists or confused and intruiged viewers. To think the public thought a landform would be a face. | 3 |
Luke was 18 years old. He just finished his high school graduation. Luke had two jobs working at a grocery store and at a bank, until his life cahnged.
Luke's friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime. World War II just ended and a lot of countries needed help, so Luke and his friend started to help. The UNRRA hired the Seagoing Cowboys to take care of all of the animals that would be on the boat. Luke and Don then signed up.
The cattle-boat trips were an unbelieveable opportunity for a small-town boy. Luke was happy that he was helping people but he was also really excited to see Europe and China. Luke also went to Venice, Italy and he even toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy really helped and prepared him for this hard work that he is doing today. Then soon enough, Luke got a new job on the boat. Luke's job was check on all the animals every hour.
Then one night Luke's life almost ended. Luke was going to go see the captain but he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside. Luke almost flew overboard but a metal along the edge stopped him.
Luke had fun on board also. The cowboys would play volleyball, baseball, table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games.
Luke was happy for what he has done. It made Luke more aware of people of other countries and their needs. That awareness always stayed with him. Luke saved peoples lives. Luke is a hero. | 0 |
Theres diffrent ways you can show your emotion or how you feel. Why would you need a system to show how you you feel ?
You dont need a system to show you how you you feel becuase what if it tell you the wrong stuff, if it dont work right, what if it break on you and you dont know it?
Nobdy need a sytem to show there emotions. How would you know if they dont want to show it. Not everybody what to express they feeling. Sometimes they want to keep it to they self . If they wanted to express they self im pretty sure they would of went to the family doctor or something.
The system go through a long proces so that mean it go start from the bottom and make it way up. Would´nt that feel weird if you had a mechiane going through your face? Let´s say it was like a carmea or something then that would be better but it a whole macheine working you. It? really not that deep when you can just say how you feel. It really that easy just say it becuase who want to sit though that?
Mona LIsa says ¨ät least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions¨ Lies. Ther no computer that can¨t recognzie how you feel and if it is it´s fake. Half of the stuff on the web now is fake like it just be uo there to jus t for attitiention. That why people look in books now days becuase they can atleast belive them. Don´t belive everthing off the internet it not all real.
Theres diffrent ways you can show how you feel. You dont always need a system to tell you expression. Sometime only you and yourself need to know how you personaly feel at times nobody else. | 1 |
If you could buy a car that could drive you around, with you not having to do anything, would you buy it? Personally, I would not. There are to many things that could go wrong. We all know that technology can break down at times. Even our computers break down for no reason at times. So why let a car, that could end your life in a split second, drive you around? I wouldn't want to take that risk.
In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming," they explain that even at times the driver has to take over. They said, "the cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." What if, one time, the car did not notify the driver or the driver falls asleep? This could end the drivers life and someone else's. Yes, in the passage they state "the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." But, I know plenty of people, mostly teenagers, that would disconnect the wheel sensor. So again, why take this chance to end peoples life for some Driverless Car?
If we are going to have Driverless Cars then, they need to be a little safer before anyone can drive them. If we can't get our computers to work correctly sometimes, then why are we inventing Driverless Cars? If we keep working on Driverless Cars and they become safer, I will start to have an open mind. But again, anything could happen and cause a lot of people to get hurt. I would rather know I am fully incontrol of something, than not know.
Sometimes, inventing something new isn't always good. I think people are starting to become very lazy with all of the new technology today. We take these things for granted and then get hurt in the long run. So, I will stick to being against Driverless Cars because of everyones safety. | 2 |
From my opinion I think this is one of the best technologys I ever heard about. I think this technology would be a great use for students and should be allowable at schools to read the students emotional expressions. If this technology can be worked by students then it is most definitley I would love to work with this technology. I am pretty sure more students would work with this technolgy and have fun with it. And when I saying if students can work on it, I mean by making a class for this technology and have the class make more brilliant ideas and make more technololgy like this emotional reader. That is why I think this technology should be allowed at schools for the use of students and also teachers.
In schools we have many classes like Math, English, History and etc. But it would be nice to have a class about technology and have this technology in the class so students can learn how to use it and how it was made. Time bye time the students are going to know more of this technology and then this could work for the help of many students. Once they come in to class if you see them in a different mood the teacher can either send you to the office or she can do it her self to see what type of emotional expression does the student have. So this machine would be very good and it would help the school a lot with their students.
With this type of technology it would tell us what the other person is feeling or what were they thinking if we know. Like we can get a picure of Abraham Lincoln and we can read how he was when they took the picture. Not just with Abraham Lincoln but with everybody in the old age that has an original picure or painting of themselves. It would be very cool to see what they were feeling. And I am pretty sure whoever invented this machine would make a ton of money if he tells the world what he has created.
So like I said in the beginning, this is probably the best technology I ever heard about before either then the technolgy apple. This technology would be a great use for students at their schools. Not just for students but for teachers too and maybe they can have this technology at jobs and other places. Me personally if I had this technology I would use it every time I wake up and evety time I go to bed so I would know how my day went. And finally this is why I think this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom shoud be valuable. | 2 |
Have you ever been in a car accident or close to one ? Do you remember if it was your fault or not? What if it wasn't ? There have been talk about driverless cars , and with these cars there would still be need of driver assistance. These cars could cause numerous accidents. Would they still be your fault? If you got in one of these "driverless cars" you would be accountable for any damage done because you were supposed to be alert while riding in this driverless car.The development of driverless cars should cease because the car still needs human assistance,the car is not safe and the car weakens drivers alertness.
Driverless cars are not what they seem,false advertisement, you still have to drive them at some point. An article says that these cars are unable to direct through traffic or pull out of drive ways, the complicated things. If the car unables the driver to get out of doing the complicated work ,why have one ? The article also states the car is supposed to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. Drivers do not need another human to take the wheel they can do it themselves, drivers need advanced technology to take the wheel , because all humans make mistakes, technology does not. Driverless cars are not good on highways because what if there is an accident on the highway and the driver is not alert, the car does not know how to detour its way around.Driverless cars are supposedly good on "smarter roads" , not every road is a smart road. What are people who live in congested city and construction
areas supposed to do? The driverless car is not a good product , it is obviously useless to most people because of the rules and regulations with this car.
Think about your life ,who would you blame for an ingury if you had a driverless car mishap? Certainly not yourself one would hope, driverless cars are extremely dangerous if you think about it , the inventers, google, thought of this car. The car is supposedly to be driverless but it is not, the car requires human assitance from time to time.In a case of a driver falling asleep and not hearing the alert of the car could result in a major incedent .The warnings google came up with to alert the drivers were vibrating seats, and flashing windshields that can not be seen if a driver is asleep. If a driver gets in one of these cars and then gets in a non-driverless car they will be left feeling that that can just fall asleep at the will and this will cause more problems.
Driverless cars will weaken a drivers alertness and decrease the probablity that they will stay focused enough to get behind a wheel when it is needed.Drivers need to be alert regardless if they are driving or not , because another driver in another car could not be alert and that could result in an accident. | 3 |
People have their own opinions about the Electoral College; whether it should be taken away or kept. They have good reasons, but honestly do they really need the electors to vote for our people?
The Electoral College should be abolished. Why do people still defend the electoral college? The voters don't even vote for a president. They vote for a slate of electors. Why can't us voters control the electors. You're not really voting for the president, you're basically voting for electors who are pledged to the specific candidate. The electoral college isnt needed.
Let the voters vote for who they want. They know what that candidate is gonna do for their people when they become president. We don't need people who are pledged to that candidate to keep debating over them. It states that when you vote for a presidential candidate, you are actually voting for a slate of electors.
The Electoral College stays with us, only to keep the voting in balance. They should just do the winner-take-all. Everyone despises the electoral college. It has no purpose to be retained, but only to keep the voting balanced. | 1 |
In the passage it states that he says that it is an amazing trip fro a small town boy. He is trying to tell boys that if they want to help in a big way and help their country, they should become a seagoing cowboy. They can go to amazing places like China, when they have extra time. The passage also states that Luke holds the record for the most trips for a seagoing cowboy. What he is saying is that he is havig a lot of fun with this job, and wants others to have an opportunity to do the same.
In this story he states that he went to greece. I belive that this is a huge part, being able to do things like that. He says that he could go to China, and Europe on his extra time, and that he enjoyed going to those extra places.
In the passage it also states that he helped around the house as a young boy, and that helped him grow to be stronger, but not to the point of that of the sea, the dangerous sea. He also states that he was a night watchmen, and he checked the animals every hour.
He also says that one night he was sliding downa latter on his back side and almost fell off the ship. All though he couldn't work for a few days, he satses that he was very thankful to be alive.
He states that he also had time to have fun on board, such as playing simple games to help pass the time. he would do boxxing, fencing, reading, whittling, and table tennis.
I belive that being a seagoing cowboy would be a good idea for young boys for somthing to do for a while. | 1 |
Studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite how danergous it can be. One reason is it can be a good planet to learn things from, since it has many similiarites with planet earth. Another reason is because it has things that no other planet has such as having the hottest surface temperature. Another reason is just because it has dangerour aspects does not mean we should not learn about it or keep us from seeing it's visual things.
Venus has some similiarites with earth that other planets as well can have or is the only planet. In the text in paragraph 2 it states "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest in distance too" This text from the article states that venus has similiarties in density,size, and sometimes even distance. Along with having those same features with Earth, it also has some other alike features. In the text in paragraph 4 it states "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes faimilar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" This text states states that Venus has other similarites with Earth that invlove physical features of Venus and Earth.
Venus can have some homogenous things with other planets but it can also have different features. One different thing it has is how hot it is compared to all the other planets. In the text in paragraph 3 it states "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. This text states and helps give any example of how different Venus can be because of it's temperature wise. In the text it also states "The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater" This text from the article helps state how much hotter Venus is compared to other planets or what we are used to.
Along with venus having good things; Venus can also have bad and dangerous things. Just because a planet has something dangerour that can cause harm does not mean we should stop learning about it or try and see it's physical features it has. In the text it states "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by the dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination anf innovation. The text from the article states that just because
Venus has some difficult aspects and dangerour ones, does not mean we should stop trying to gt learn it and all of it's different features it has. Venus can have some rare features and we will miss them if we try and be too cautious of trying to learn more about Venus just because it can be dangerous.
Studying Venus can be a good aspect and teach us new things about our planets. Knowing more about our Venus and the similiarties it has with not only other planets but Earth, can be very helpful for us in knowing more about the World. Knowing more about the World and it's planets can tell and show us how many different things there are in the world. It can also tell us about new and rare things and give us advice on learning those things. Also taking a risk in learning them knowing there can be a dagerous aspect. | 2 |
Dear Florida State Senator,
It has been brought to my attention as to which method of voting shall be used in future elections. As of now we use the Electoral Colllege method, but looking back through previous years there is evidence this method has caused some dispute. Due to these problems I suggest using the popular voting method. The popular voting method is not only a direct vote for the desired candidate of the people's choice, but this method is also less complicated, leaving less room for many problems.
Initially the Electoral College voting method sounded like a great idea but over recent study some people are beginning to become more fond of the popular voting method. The popular voting method is directly controlled by the people and their vote is sent directly to their desired candidate. On the other side, by using the electoral college method voters vote for a select member of the state's electoral college votes and that member is elgible to vote for any presidential candidate of their choice. According to the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to keep our Despised Method of Choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner, " when you vote for a presidential candidate you are actually voting for a slate of electors." Further evidence from this article (quote on quote) claims there is a " lack of democratic pedigree." Electoral voting also only benefits the larger states because of there is a larger amount of members of the electoral college for the larger states. Popular voting provides a more direct way for votes from the people to reach their desired candidate as opposed to someone who may not vote for a candidate of their choice.
In addition to many down sides of the electoral college voting method, there have been incidents in the past while using this method of voting. For example, evidence in the article " The Indefensible Electoral College: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer, in 1960 there was an indicident pertaining to the election of John F. Kennedy. In his case, segregationists from Louisiana were planning to (and just about succeeded) in replacing the Democratic electors with electors to whom opposed JFK. This article also brings up another problem with the elctoral college votes in the year of 2000 listing it as the "2000 fiasco" and "biggest crisis of the century." While the electoral college holds many faults I'm sure in the past there have also been pop-ups of downsides to the popular voting method also. Through reading a select amount of articles I have picked up more recent and destructive faults within the electoral college voting method.
In conclusion, the popular voting method should be applied as the designated process of electing the United States President because it guarantees a direct vote towards a desired candidate of your choice. As our country is listed as a democracy, the votes towards the President should lie in the hands of the people. The electoral college is prone to many more problems and is a more complex method of voting. With votes in the hands of the people, voters can get a full " hands on" voting experience. As to not repeat myself, in this way voters can really understand the voting system and get the idea in their head their vote is going towards their chosen candidate. Popular voting has not only been proven to be the more preferred method of voting, but in my opinion, shall be the established method of voting to use in the future elections. | 4 |
Dear Senator,
I along with many other citizens have came to the conclusion that the Electoral College worth keeping. Though, the process itself has loose ends, overall it benefits the state and national election. The system uses general influence and a representative style of voting that makes the ballot more stable and dependable.
As a start, Electoral College electors are decided upon by the people. This means an elector with similar beliefs to the citizens will be chosen and most likely decide their vote in consideration of popular demand. Each state is given representatives in proportion to the poulation of the state. These people can be anyone who does not work in office and maybe a regular American who is probably going to emathize with the needs of the public and if chosen correctly will stand by the option of the state. Electoral College gives a more concentrated form of voting.
In addition, some may argue that the Electoral College is risky and a representative may not always stay true to their word, but isn't this the case with all types of voting? A presidential candidate makes many a promise during their race for Chief Executive and there is no way to be completely certain that these oaths will hold true. The same goes for the Electoral College. Citizens must have faith in the candidate as they would in the presidential election that they will put their country or state before personal wants and carry out their responsibilities honestly. The Electoral College process requires trust like any other form of election.
Lastly, though people may not want to believe it, the Electoral College brings a certainty to the ballot that popular vote could not do alone. Having a presidential tie could be the messiest turn-out of an election, but with representative voting we can tip the scale in either way, in the interest of any state or party. It's a game of chance, but sure enough works better than flipping a coin! The Electoral College makes the voting system more reliable.
In conclusion, the Electoral College should be kept as a part of the voting system because it gives a more concentrated form of voting, it only needs the same amount of trust betweencitizen and candidate as every other election style, and overall makes the voting system more reliable. | 3 |
Here is how Facial Action Coding is very valuable for the scuccess of our class rooms. The use of this technology can help teachers ferther understand how there students are feeling and there for make the nessary adjustments to help student success go up. In the story "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author states that we can now we can actually calculate emotion just with math,there are six basic emotions that the computer can read happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness all the computer has to do is associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles and it can begin to calculate the emotions your feeling. The technologhy will also be able to tell when a student is pretending to be happy there for the teacher will be able to help that student feel better and help in a different way from the happier students. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D a model of a face, all 44mmuscles must move in the right way for it to work but once it does the system will work nicely.
The only down side is that the computers you have at home can't handle the complex agorithms used to decode their own and the mona lisa's smile. But once they return to school the will receve the same help that they obtained before.
In conclusion how will Facial Action Coding System be a good addtion to our schools? The software will finally alwolled us to finally know how our students will feel. It states in the text that the mona lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and finally 2 percent angry, this system was able to read this just from a painting and it will be able to do a lot more in the futre. | 2 |
This new peice of technology called the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, is able to show peoples emotions and tell when people are hiding and masking their emotions. It is a new peice of technology developed by Prof. Thomas Huang, and Prof. Nicu Sebe. This product is revolutionary in many diffrenf ways. It not only valuable to a modern day life, but it also could have many real-world and technilogical applications.
The FACS system is a new and valuable peice of technology that has many interesting and strong applications. Like it was said im the text, it could adjust an assignment for a student to make it more engaging for them. 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." (D'Alto). That would make teachers lifes easier, and have less annoyed and out of control students, because they would be doing an assignment they would want to do, and not be extremely bored throughout class. Another way this could be valuable is for when cops do lie detector test. They would be able to pick up movements in the face that could show them that they are lying, or not telling the whole story. There are also many real world applications for this technology out there.
The FACS made by Prof. Thomas Huang could have many real world applications that would make life easier or more fun for some people. One of the many real world applications for this system would be Police Videos. You would be able to see the emotions on the criminal's face while he was being recorded on video, helping the police aid in the investigation. Another brought up by the article could be politics. You would be able to see how the politician is feeling, or which emotions. You would also be able to tell if they are faking emotions they are emitting while they are giving a speech, or if they are outright lying to you. The article itself says "To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isnt being truthful." (D'Alto). The final point I want to bring up is how this could be used for therapy or working through yout problems.
The FACS system could be a great peice of technolgy for therapists to use, working posple through their issues. People could tell how angry or depressed you were actually feeling. It would be a good way to work through the problems you have been facing, because people would know how you are feeling. The machine is able to sense the emotions you have been feeling, so people would be there to comfort you and work through your emotional turmoil. It would make venting about your problems much easier, and less hard to agknowledge
The FACS system is an important and valuable peice of technology for people to use that will most likely become valuable in the near future. It has countless applications, from Police work to Emotional Therapy. In conclusion, Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nibu Sebe has most likely make an invalubale innovation in the scientific feild with many real world and scientific innovations. | 4 |
The author belives its worthy that we keep sending people to Venus despite the dangers it presents. In this eassy I would give resonse and explancions as in why the another things we should keep exploroing Venus.
One of the resons the author suggests that we keep studing Venus because its closer to Earth. Sence Venus is closer to Earth the scientists belive that there could be life on Venus. In paragrahp 4 the text states that " long ago, Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life, just like Earth". Now in days scientists say that the planet still has some familiar features such as valleys, mountains and craters.
Another reson why the author things we should keep studing Venus is because, he belives that maybe someday Venus cand be our nearest option for planetary visit .The text states that " Futhermore, recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time farmes of space travel". This shows that maybe someday the scientists will find a to be able to live in Venus.
Many people are trying to make machines that can last on Venus to help find discover more about it. Acorrding to the artical"NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. For ezample some simplifed electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surfawce and have lasted of three weeks in such conditions". They are also looking back at old technology called mechanical computers.
In conclusion this shows that ev even tho it maybe dagers sicentists are still trying to finger out ways to go and explor more abot Venus without so much danger. | 2 |
A planet that has enough heat and pressure to melt most metals and crush any submarine may not sound like an ideal location to visit, but scientists at NASA are determined on researching it because even though it has horribly immense climate, it may be the closest planet in our solar system to Earth. The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author speaks of how scientists strongly believe that learning more about Venus can lead to answers about the creation of Earth. It is an extremely difficult task to accomplish, as most rovers NASA has sent there have not lasted more than a mere few hours. In order to research the planet in depth, NASA would need to send living humans to Venus, however, this will be rediculously challenging and even more so dangerous. Even though it is dangerous, the author makes a valid point, NASA should be determined to research Venus since the discoveries made there can possibly give insight on what Earth may become.
Venus may have one of the harshest climates in our solar system, with an average temperature of 800 degrees Farenheit, and an atmospheric pressure 90 times greater than Earth's. Despite these major differences, it is also believed to be the closest to Earth by means of geological similarity. As stated in the article, scientists believe that Venus was most likely covered with oceans and quite possibly could have even hosted life. This idea is gathered from the similarities in structures between Earth and that volcano of a planet, like valleys, mountains, and an atmosphere. All of these facts are provide the possibility of being able to make human contact on Venus. Not only would that allow scientist to further research what Earth may become, but if humans are able to reside on another planet, it would greatly help rid overcrowding and Venus may be a future inhabitable location for humans.
Obviously, the idea of sending humans to Venus far excedes our current technology, but traveling to that planet may be the future of humanity. The author states that the value of returning to Venus is indesputable, yet horribly dangerous. Danger should not put off scientists into further discovering that planet, but rather it should encourage them to work even harder in order to someday provide a safe passage between Earth and Venus. This would be beneficial to human society, because it could potentially help rid future problems of overpopulation and even provide insight on what Earth may become. This all leads to concluding that the author made a most valid statement and provides evidence that provides wonderful reasoning as to why scientists should explore Venus and the benefits the exploration would provide. | 3 |
My name is Luke Bomberger, and I'm here to tell you why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you love farm animals, pretty sights, fun breaks, and rides on the sparkling ocean on nice sunny days, this is definitly the job for you. Of course there are some down sides like storms, but if you take this job seriously, the view of sunup and sundown will make your day very happy!
Reason number one is the fact that you get to to take care of all the animals! The types of animals you take care of are: horses, young cows, mules, and more! You'll feed them, give them water, and clean there pens. If that doesn't sound nice to you, reason number two will definitly wake you at least kinda want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program
Reason number two was one of my favorites, the beautiful sights! On every trip, we see at the least one beautiful sight. We toured an exavated castle and it was very beautiful.
Reason number three is when we arrive on land, people unload the animals while we get to play a bunch of games! We play vollyball, baseball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing and more! If you aren't into thats stuff, you can always do something yourself like reading or whittling.
My last and final reason is the view of the beautiful ocean. On sunny days when the ocean is calm, you can go on the deck and just look at the way the sun shines on the ocean. Even at night the moon sometimes gives enought light to shine in the ocean, and it makes a very pretty reflection. If I had to describe the beauty two words they would be, very beautiful.
If being with animals, pretty sights, free time, and the sparking ocean didn't convince you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program, I don't know what else will. To those of you that do join, good luck to you and I hope you have fun. | 2 |
In a class room there are many students all with different kinds of learning styles. There are so many types of learning you can't do one learning style and have everyone best learn by that.With new technology you can see peoples emotions by a computer scan. The new software is called FACS or Facial Action Coding Sytem and it enables computers to identify human emotions. In todays essay we are talking about if using FACS would be good use in the classroom. This subject I strongly disaprove of for many reasons.
To start in paragraph four Dr.Huang stats "The facial expressions for each emotions are universal" later in the tesxt it talks about how the computer can read the six basic emotions, with their being universal facial expresions the computer can give off flase claims saying if a student is "happy", "sad", or more. The next reason I stand against this is we can already tell most of teh emotions from just looking at someone, lets look to paragraph five which says you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face and that claims would could not describe each facial trait, this shows we don't need a most likly very expensive computer to tell us what we already know. A teach can clearly tell if a studnet is bored or sad and thats why today many teachers try to teach one day with a hands on activity for the students who benefit off of that anf they do other lessons with a different way to teach for the students who are better at such way of learning.Lastly I want to look at paragraph eight were is talks about fake smiling and how the computer "could tell" who is being truful and lying. Using this in the school place would not be the best, imagine this a student is talking to his or her "friend" and the "friend" is smiling and laughing but its not a true laugh its a fake laugh this could ruin "friendships". While I am sure many people want the "fake" friends out of their life since this technology would not only be used for teachers it could be used with sutdnts in the class room it could cause sooner causes of childhood depression and give insecurtites to stundets at a younger age.
When you ask yourself if using the FACS technology in the classroom if it is good or bad make sure to think about a couple things. The first being very few things come out perfect so the technology would need to be fixed since it can read false facial emotions. The next one being we cna already read basic emotions and some teachers already try to use all the tyoes of learning for studnetas within the year so eveyrone can learn. Lastly this could lead to your child to have sooner depression and insecurites. The last reason to not have this is the largest as America already suffers with huge amounts of ealry aged childhood depression leading to more susides you have to look a the big picture here, in todays socitey we are already leaninig more towards heavy technology and sadly soon our expressions wont matter only our internet expressiosn will so there is no need to put so much money into a device they may give off false inofrmation. I hope you take a look at my essay before decidng if this FACS device is helpful or not in todyas socitey. | 2 |
The advances of limiting car usage is not only helping the communtity but also yourself. In Vauban, Germany 70 percent of their families do not own cars, and 57 percent saold a car to live here. people find it better to walk to places rather than having to use a vehicle. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, an official of Transportation America. The Environmental Protecton Agency is promothing "car reduced" communties. Delivery companies complained of lost revenus, while exceptions were made for plug-in cars. 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 million. "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. Two other Columbian cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the event. The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s. In parks and sports centers their pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth, sidewalks. With all these changes, poeple who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit. New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyricketing bridge and tunnel tolls reflect those new priorities. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, proposed partnering with the telecommunities industry to create cities in which "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources lower emissions and improve safety." | 0 |
Movies have been fascinated by the idea of cars that drive themselves. We are now closer to making this dream a reality. Google is working on a self driving car as well as other comanies. Self driving cars have many benefits not only to us but to the environment.
Google in 2009 made a car that could drive by itself, but only specific conditions. In the ariticle "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it says that "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far Google cars aren't truly driverless." Although these cars can drive more than half a million miles
; it can't pull in or out of driveways or deal with taffic issues. It alerts the driver when the driver should take control of the car.
These cars would not only drive themselves and make our safety better, but it also brings benefits for the environment and budget. In paragraph two in the article it says that " The car he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." If the car uses half the fuel a taxi does then that would be less fuel being burned and damaging our environment. Not only does it help the environment but also our budget. We would not have to pay as much money for fuel as we do for cars we have now.
Although these cars sound amazing there are negative aspects to these cars. These cars can't drive through complicated traffic issues. The car would not be able to deal with traffic issues, go through roadwork or accidents. The car would give the person in the car the control of the car and if that person is not paying attencion then an accident could happen. Some states believe that the only save car is the car driven by a human. A driverless car is a new form of technology and like all technology this could have a maufunction.
Cars that drive themselves sound great and could be really useful in the future, but we must not forget that not everything is perfect. The car provides many benefits like less fuel or engine power. This new car could be a great inovation but also a danger to out safety. | 2 |
First of all, if i were to inform citizens everywhere about the advantages of car usages, then i'll say this. we find ourselves to go to many different locations by car each day, and what i mean by this is that it is an advantage. while there are many countries who claims that cars are an advantage to us, there are a certain few places and citizens who want to make a change to this. By changing, they mean getting rid of or forbidding the use of cars. to many people, the first step to this is to forbid the uses of street parking, driveways, and home garages.
Even though this makes a bit of sense, i believe that a good reason for doing this would be because of the harmful fumes that cars release that pollute the air that we ourselves breathe in. there is also proof for this as well, for example, It's said that in Beijing, China, is known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world. this is a shocking fact. although we recieve this devastating news, i believe that we can make a no-polluting world by not using our automobiles for the time being, i can say that although this might not permenantely make the air cleaner, but we can if we just prevent ourselves from using our cars.
Next comes this, we are also aware on how in Bogota, Colombia, that there is little use for cars, since they are only permitting the transport of buses and taxis. however if a violater is caught driving his own vehicle, that person will recieve a $25 fine. there are even a number of people who have claimed that it's a great way to take away stress and lower air pollution. and if this keeps up at an average pace in the next few years, Bogota, Colombia will be confirmed as a clean and non-polluting place.
Then comes a known fact of where people are starting to least often drive cars over the past few years, and this has been proven true since many citizens are realizing that it has to be the fact alone on that people are less likely to get their licenses or that they may be dealing with a bit of money trouble, and that the unemployed are less likely to work any longer.
Lastly, as it comes all down to these facts, i still believe that we may one day drive our automobiles without doing anything harmful to our enviornment, and at the same time, our automobiles are being useful every single day, since it is another way of getting around to places in where we need to be. such as jobs, going to school, and many more. it may be difficult to believe my opinion on this, but it will get much more simplier as it goes on to progress itself. | 1 |
Today there are many reasons why we should and should not have car. One of the main reasons is air polution so many people are bying cars and all these cars are creating all this polution. The United States Enviromental protection agency is promotting cars to be reduced. After near record polution, Paris baned driving to clear some of the air. I do believe cars cause a huge disavantage to our clean air but i do not agree with banning people from driving gassed cars, But It would be better for the environment if people would start buying electric cars (hybrid) because some dont run off of gas and some use very little gas. Using these electric cars will benifit everyone because it cost less instead of buying gas and it leaves cleaner air in our environment. Even if lets say forty percent of United States citizens used electric cars that would still leave a huge roll in having cleaner air for us to breath, But if we all do switch to electric cars then cities need to provide cargers for cars like this so that if we are out for a while and our cars battery dies we can charge the car, I think people dont use these cars as much because they think well what happenes if my cars battery dies then there screwed. So i believe if they came out with chargers and bigger cars for families then more people would want to participate in joining an electric car, Because this wont just be saving them money this is also saving some of the air that we breath. | 1 |
You should join this program called the UNRRA or the United Nations Relief and Rehabiliation Administration. This program goes over seas to go and help people rebuild there country that was destroyed by the WW2 war. If you like animals and traveling to new plaes this is the place to join.
This administration is a very good program.
You really get the best of both worlds because you could try something new and you get to visit countries that you have never could have. There was a fellow named Luke Bomberger and, his friend asked if he wanted to go on a Europe cattle boat. He took the oppertunity and it changed the whole life for him. He even said that you would find it a hard time to not have fun. On the way there You constantly took care of the cattle and that always kept him busy Luke said. On the back he had a blast with all of his new friends they played: table tennis, baseball, volleyball, fencing,boxing, reading, whittling, and other games that helped him pass time.
This trip will change your life. You should really join this program. It really shows you how lucky we are to have what we have now( technology and other fun games). It is also a fun thing to do with all of the other entertaining activities. If you do it you will be saving thousand and thousands of people but having fun too. You should really consider joining the UNRRA. | 1 |
Driving canbe a fun thing to do and it also can be dangreous, so there shoud be ways to make it easier for people to drive. I know if i were to be driving that i want to be safe as possibally and be able to drive with out no big accident. There is already to much stuff happening to drivers from texting, bad wheater,or freak accidnts. Why not to stop all of that by supporting driverless cars or smart cars.
I feel like that driverless cars is a good thing to have and there are not the many reassons why to not have them. For starters there been a whole lot more accidents with out driverless cares because with driverless cars they can help you. There had been many accidents that happen because of brakes or steering wheels but with driverless cares or smart cars that can help out a lot of people by them being able to break their selves. When backing up a car their motion sensor can pick that up by warning you if your to close to a car or not because it is hard to back into tight spots. Looking out the mirror can be hard to do espically with younger people driving so that right there is why driverless car are a good thing for people. With that technology can take a stress out of peoples life and driving is one of the most dangerous things to do.
Like in paragraph two tv and movies have been fascinated with driverless cars so it is time now to have them instead of going against it. The future is hear and old things will have to go like typerwritters are not well known because of the technology we have now. For better examples Googles driverless cars had been here since 2009 and havent had a crash yet. As it was saying in paragrph seven they are really driverless cars people still have to the same thing but the only thing driverless cars are doing for people is assisting them. Them are my reasons why i think that driverless cars are a positive thing. | 1 |
I think this kind of technology could be useful in a classroom. Most days, kids feel bored or tired just sitting in a class listening to a teacher talk. If we had this technology, kids could get more free time playing on the computer and when the computer notices boredom, then it could make the lesson more fun. If it can help kids learn, then it might be a good investment.
I am for the new technology. If computers could tell someones emotions, I would use it to explain my emotions. I could figure out what is wrong with my friends if they weren't acting normal. I think it is amazing.
To conclude, I think it would be cool to have this kind of technology. For computers to have technology like that, is mindblowing. We could use it to see how other feel about certain things. Like if you want to computer to learn fear, put someone that is scared of scary movies in a dark room and play scary movies until they get scared. Then have the computer scan them and see how it works. You could do this with any emotion. I like this technology. I think it is a good and practical investment. | 1 |
People have poluted there self by there on hand, as we call it by there on cars. Cars are poluting our communities for a long time. this has lead to global warming but germans have found way out of it."Street parking,driveways and home garages are generally forbiden in this experimental enw districts on the outskirt of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders."as we call it "car free" street.
Paris has th most smog around the europe capitals. By the information given by "Robert Duffer, from the Chicago Tribune."That "[last] week paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter(PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brusseles and 79.7 in London, reuters found."So what paris did about the smog "...the with even-numered licences plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or a 22-euro fine (31$)."People still tried do drive the car about"4,000 drivers were fined".
As other countries are trying U.S is trying to goverment dose`nt have to do much people are buying less cars and driving less according to "The End Fo Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal from, the New Nork Times."Even President is involve in all of polution stuff "President Obama`s amtious goals to curb the United States`greenhouse gas emissisions, unlveil last week, will get a fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior:recent studies suggest that American." | 1 |
We should keep the Electoral College for a number of reasons. While it is usually thought of as "out of place", it is the fairest method in voting for our President. The Electoral College, first of all, the outcome of the Electoral vote is less likely to cause a dispute than the popular vote. Second, avoids the problem of Run-Off Elections. Last, the Electoral College helps balence the political weight for large states (by population). We need the Electoral College so not create any problems.
The outcome of the Electoral College vote is less likely to cause a dispute than the popular vote. The number of elctoral votes a candidate gets usually exceeds his popular vote. For example, "Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent on the popular votes cast for him and Romney." Since most of the states have a "winner-take-all" system, its easier to determine which candidate gets the elctoral vote if there is a plurality in the state. A tie in the electoral vote is possible, but not very likely, even if the total is an even number. Voting based on the popular vote would just cause more problems than we would like to deal with.
Run-Off Elections are avoided because of the Electoral College. Run-Off elections are elections that are caused when neither candidate recieves a majority of the votes given. As the article states, "Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College (301 and 370 Electoral Votes)". The Electoral College clearly shows who wins without any complications that would create pressure for run-Off Elections. We are releived of this pressure because we have the Electoral College.
Finally, the Electoral College helps balence the weight that large states lose because of
I urge this country to continue with the Electoral College as it always has! There may be better methods out there, but the Electoral College is the best system we have right now. | 3 |
"Hey citizens, im here to tell you the advantages of limting car usage." Imagine a life without car usage. Your life will be alot easier and less tense. You can only park your car in the garage or if your a car owner you can buy space along with a home. Stores are now moved out the malls and put a walk way and on a main street. People can walk, bike, skete, or take buses to work or school, leaving the streets free of traffic jams. Let me tell you why these 4 reasons are important.
Your life will be a lot easier and less tense without car usage. You can be able to ride your bike on the streets without cars. You can walk out your house and take a walk without having to worry about a car behind you. Even kids can play safe outside now when the are not out there. That why your life will be easier and less tense.
You can only park your car in the garage, or if your a car-owner you can buy space along with a home. There will be a lot more room on the streets. The streets won't seem so crowded as always. You can't have home garages, driveways, and you can't street park, they are strictly forbidden. That is why they made this rule.
Stores are now moved on a main street and a walk away. This is a great purpose for people who likes to walk and jog. You don't have to worry about traveling far to reach certain stores. You can walk out your house and go to any store of your choice. The main street is also helpful, thats where all the big marketing stores are. A great idea made for everyone.
people who walk,bike,skate, or take buses to work or school is another way to transport. If you live near or far from your job or school you can do the following I listed. Doing this helps delay traffic jams so it won't be any collisions on the road. With this in effect, parks and sports centers have bloomed throughout the city. The whole world should have a car free day.
These are the advantages of limiting car usage. Your life will be a lot easier and less tense. You have to park in a garage or if your a car-owner you can buy space along with a home, this makes more space on the road and suburban streets. Stores are moved out of malls and had got put on main streets and a walk away from where you live. You can walk, bike,skate,or take a bus to transport. This is a great way to live your life. | 2 |
In the article Making Mona Lisa Smile,by Nick D'Alto, talks about the software,the Facial Action Coding System that can read emotional expressions. I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System in a classroom of student is valuable because it's helpful and convinate.
The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom because it can help teachers and students. For example in paragraph six it states,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored...then it could notify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This can give advantages to teachers and students because student might be afraid to ask what the lesson was about and not ask when the software can also help.
The software is also coninvate because it can also be used to see how a someone's day is. For example in paragraph five it states "For instance, you can probabaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face", yes you can tell how that person is feeling by the look of thier face but they might be hiding their feelings. This is where now the software takes in place and is able to tell how the person is actually feeling and the software can notify a teacher and theteacher could actually talk to that person that has things going on and help them out.
The softaware can do so many things that a actually human being wouldn't actually detect, it can help students and teacher at the same time and it would make a drastic change, not just for education but, also society. | 2 |
To whom it may concern:
In today's society there is neverending controversy over a million things. Suprisingly, a lot of these controversies are centered around one single topic: Politics. One of the most prominent arguments is the one surrounding the Electoral College and its possible abolishment. How the process works is when a state votes on their candidate the state is actually electing the Electors. Most states take a winner-take-all system where the majority of votes for a candidate would determine that all the electors will vote for that candidate. Only a few states split up to Electors based on votes, and then delegate a certain number of them to one candidate and a certain number of them to the other. The electors vary in amount by the number of members in its Congressional delegation. The Electoral College is made up of exactly 538 electors, and a majority of 270 is required to elect the president.
Personally, I would argue in favor of the Electoral College and keeping it for numerous reasons. One of them being that whomever is elected, will be everybody's president. What I mean by this is that no one region can overwhelm any other regions through popular vote and elect the candidate of their choice. If you took the south-west region of the United States, there would be California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, etc. Texas and California alone hold a great amount of America's population, and could possibly overwhelm the other states with popular vote and vote in the president of their choosing. With the Electoral College in place it allows to even the playing field and avoid run-off elections providing a more fair representation of the United States votes.
Another reason is that, the candidates can then be elected honestly, by people who listen thoughtfully. With the Electoral College, there are swing states. These states use the winner-take-all-method, and are normally a toss up. Most competing candidates focus on these toss-up states to try and secure the vote for them, and as some would argue, this prevents candidates from visiting smaller states, all becuase they want the most votes, but in truth, the candidates are vistiting the swing states becuase they are thoughtful voters. The positive thing with swing states are that the voters within them, know they are a part of the deciding vote of the president. This means that they pay much closer attention to the election and things happening within it, and the candidates stances on many different topics. This allows voters in swing states to vote fairly and informatively, without over bearing politcal part bias.
On the other side of the argument are those who want to abolish the Electoral College. They pose many reasons for why they want this such as what is often called the disaster factor. This reason is based on the election of 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush, when Al Gore had recieved the majority of the individual votes but once taken to the Electoral College, Bush won with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. This incident angered many people, who wondered how and it brought up the question: Can electors defy the will of the people? The answer is yes, but it's high unlikely, and very rare, if ever. Electors are made of a parties committee, and sometimes the candidates themselves. They are picked by the State Legislature, so they obviously contain knowledge in politics and are trusted by the state government to do there duty as appointed. Some argue that the incident in 2000 between Gore and Bush was a freak accident. It's quite rare and, although it has been quite close before, no such incident had occured since 1888, when the Electoral College was created, or anytime after.
In Conclusion, in favor of the Electoral College staying as it is, it would keep the country voting fairly. It would also avoid run-off elections and a region overloading the popular vote, due to the vast quantity of population. Keeping the College intact would keep citizens in swing states interested during the election, becasue they know they are the deciding vote. While aruments against the Electoral College are many, they aren't substanial enough to completly abolish a process that has worked successfully for over a hundred years and counting.
Sincerely,
Concerned Citizen | 4 |
The Face is just a natural landform on Mars.
Scientists made the conclusion about the Face based on facts.
Also, the camera scientists used was great at capturing the Face, and the Face is very similiar to landforms we have on Earth.
These reasons are why the Face is a natural landform.
The Face is a natural landform because scientists made the conclusion based on facts.
Throughout the article, scientists took various photos of the Face.
In all of these photos, scientists concluded that it was just a natural landform.
Also, scientists study Mars often, they have never seen any traces of alien artifacts.
There are more facts to believe the Face was a natural landform than an alien aritifact.
Another reason to believe the Face was just a natural landform is because the camera they used was very good at detailing the Face.
In paragraph 10, the article states that each pixel spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel from the photo in 1976.
This means the photo was a good picture to study off of.
Also, in paragraph 11, the article says the camera could have captured things like planes, pyramids, or shacks.
If there was anything like that on Mars, the camera would have seen it.
Since we did not see anything through the camera, we do not have a reason to believe the Face was an alien artifact.
Lastly, the Face is very similar to what we have on Earth.
In paragraph 12, Jim Garvin says the Face looks a lot like a butte or mesa. He said it reminded him of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
We know it is just a natural landform because we know what a natural landform looks like, but we do not know what an alien artifact looks like.
We can not make an assumption when we have facts.
In conclusion, the Face is just a natural landform.
We have many reasons to believe this because of reasons like the camera, facts, and similar things we have on Earth.
There are a lot of facts and reasons connected to the Face supporting it just being a natural landform. | 3 |
Seagoing Cowboys program is filled with adventures, and you could go to uniqe places.
In August 1945, I boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, and I has heading for Greece-with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. When I arrived in Greece I was 18, which meant I could 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 discharfed in 1947, I had made nine trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.
The cattle-boat trips were an unbelivable opportunity for a small-town boy. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special, so was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.
I also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys and I would play baseball and volleyball games in the empty hold where animals had been housed. We would have Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also to help pass the time.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for me. It opened up a new world for me. I'm grateful for the opportunity, it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs.
So other people who want to be in the Seagoing Cowboys Program, you will have a adventure of an life time. | 1 |
Hello, if you have goten this, then please continue to read this. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys because one, you get to help animals get to a safe place, two you get to travel over seas, and three you could have some fun here and there.
Through the time I've been here I've already helpped many animals get to the place they need to be at. Since I helpped out my aunt Katie on her farm it was easy to help the animals on bord. If you would join the Seagoing Cowboys program I could help you with anything you need, that involes the animals. If this is the only reason why you're sighning up, then you're in for more than what you expected.
Travel over seas and vist many places that include Itly, China, and many more. Even if you almost go over bord it's still worth being on the boat, unless you grew up around baots and can stay on bord if it's a bad storm. It's hard being a Seagoing Cowboy believe me I know, but it can be fun no matter what happens.
You can have fun with the others when we are on return trips we can play many sports that we want, since we don't have the animals. Even if we have the animals we can find somethings that are fun on the boat. To me it's fun already with or without the animals, because there are always people by your side, and you never get lonely.
If you do join there will be plenty of fun things to do I can't count them all, but I'm sure you can find something to do.
I hope you do end up joining very soon I can't wait to see all the new faces on bord. Even though there are plenty thing to do, it can still get very boring here. I can't wait to see all of you being part of the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
This essay will be about the advantages of limiting car usage. On the outskirts of Freiburg near the French and Swiss borders, parking on the street, your driveway, and your home garage are forbidden. In the streets of Vaubans its car free. Except the main throughfare, the tram to downtown. "As a result, 70 percent of vaubans families do not own cars,and 57 percent sold a car to move here". The people living here are much happier living here. Heidrun Walter, in the verdant streets the chatter of wandering children drown outh the distant motor.
On Monday the motorist with the even numberd license plate in Paris were ordred to leave their cars home or they will be fined. 4000 were fined and 27 impounded because of there reaction. Same would aplly to the odd numbers the next day. Paris has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of global city. Paris has more smog than some European Capitals, because of cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car pollution. Delivery companies complained of lost product while exceptions were made for plug in cars.
and cars carrying three or more passengers.
Bogota, Colombia in a program Bogota colombia in a program set to spread to other countries. Millions of colobians hiked biked skated or took busses to work during a car free day. | 0 |
According to the articles,
'In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars'
,
'Paris bans driving dye to smog'
, and
'Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota'
, there are many advantages that can come with the limiting of car usage.
Elisabeth Rosenthal mentions many of these in her article about Vauban, Germany. One woman she quoted in the third paragraph, Heidrun Walter, says "
When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.
" Not everyone may feel less tense after getting rid of their car, but it would definitely be a great thing. Another advatage that came with less car usage in Vauban that Rosenthal mentions in her article, is that stores started getting built about a walk away instead of in malls miles away. This is obviously an amazing point because everyone still has needs they must buy or tend to and it's much better if the places they buy the things they need are in walking distance because no one would need to use distance as an excuse to use their car.
In the fifth paragraph of Duffer's article, he makes sure to mention that car traffic was down 60% in Paris after they decided to enforce a partial ban on driving to also clear the air. If we limit car usage, their would be way less traffic, which means less time sitting in our cars aggravated about the fact that we're stuck and need to get to school or work soon or else we'll be late.
In the third article, which is written by Andrew Selsky he reports that in Bogota on their "
car-free day
" there was little to no traffic, and the annual event has reduced smog. In the fifth paragraph, he quoted a businessman named Carlos Arturo Plaza. Carlos says that the event is "
a good oppurtinity to take away stress and lower air pollution.
" The day without cars inspires you to find alternative transportation methods, which can be as simple as walking or even riding a bike which are both really healthy and great ways to get your excersise in! Selsky also notes that the day without cars has sparked the construction of more bicycle paths, bigger, nicer sidewalks and more parks and sports centers have popped up around the city. Clearly in Bogota they are taking advantage of keeping their air healthy by trying to inspire their residents to be and stay healthy as well.
Limiting car usage is not just a great way to reduce pollution and keep the planet we call home healthy, but a great way to keep us healthy, both physically and emotionally. Those are just about the best advantages that can come with anything. | 1 |
the author supports this idea by trying to figure out how venus can be worthy of making it float above the fray. the palnet has a surface of rocky sedimant and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.
Nasa has ideas of sending humans to study venus so they can try learn how venus can possibly be useful in the future or trying to figure out how venus has very different solutions to our problems. but venus has storms and it is very hot of 170 degrees fahernheit and the planet can provide only limited insight on ground coditions because most of the lights cannot penetrate the dense atmospherere. more importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anthying else, from a distance. thats why venus would need to get up close and can despite the risks. scitentist have made silcon carbide and been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted for three week.
thats why venus would take a lot of time to figure out how venus works in the future. | 1 |
Driverless cars sound like something that you could only see in a Si-Fi movie. They are here to chang the world and trying to make it a better place. Driving makes a hug impact in the human life. Ever since the first car was invented, humans have had to travel in a shorter way. The transportation way is heading a new direction since techology is improving we can see the difference bewteen the first car to a car that could be able to drive by itself.
Having a future where no body has to drive a car by themselves sounds pretty impresive. But you also have to think about what could those types of cars can give us and make our lifes better. These new inventions have not all been successful, but the companies making them are making progress by finding new ways to make these types of cars go more then just a small traveling distance and then stop. In my point of view these cars could actually give us the chance of not having to stop for a rest when you're tired, watch movies or televison shows while your car is still running. They could save us from spending so much money on gas and some could be safe for the enviroment.
Companies such as Google, have had cars that could be drive independently under specific conditons since 2009. There have been cars that have drove more then just a few miles with out even causing an accident. Cars that are truly driverless may help dealing with complicated traffic issues.Not only are they working on Smart cars but also smart roads.In order for the car to travel where you would like to go, they might develop a system where the road could have a binary code in order for the car to remember the places you travle to.
The car would really have to be smarter for those types of ideas, they have worked with a lot of people to have a clear view of what the car could look and drive like. Every car needs ways to protect the passengers. And so automakers find new ways to prevent accidents incase they every happen with these types of cars. Automakers are continuing their work on the ways there could be a car that has all the abilities of having good safety measures and having the ability to drive on there own. | 3 |
Some people don't like the electoral college, whie some people do. The electoral college is a process, the founding fathers established in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President byh a vote in congress and election of presidentts but popular vote. The process is the selection of electors, the meeting with the presideng and vice, and the counting of the electoral votes. The Electoral college is unfair and practical, while the election of the popular vote should get the president due to the swing states. They should favor in changing to the election by popular votes got the president the of the United States.
They should favor in changing the election by popular vote since the electoral college is unfair. It is unfair because is regraded as a non-demcratic method of selecting a president. It should be overulled by declaring the candidate that recieves the most popular votes. For example, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of popular votes compared to 51.3 percent of popular votes for him and Romney. It is possible that the winner of electoral will not win due to the national popular vote.
The should favor in changing th election by popular vote since the electoral college is practical. It is practical because they avoid problems in the election. The arguments in favor mostly assertions without much basis in reality and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. Also, the electoral college avoids the problem in election. They avoid the problems in the election which no candidate recieves a majoriy of the votes cast. For example, Nixion and Clinton both had 43 percent plurality of popular votes. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority vote, that pressure greatly complicates the presidential process.
They should favor in changing the election by popular votes since there are swing states. In swing states there are thoughtful votes. the winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states. They mostly focus on the swing states. The toss up states pay more attention to the campaign, realling listening to the competing candidates. The electoral college is unfair to votes because the winner take all system in each state, all candidates dont spend much time in states knowing they will not have a chance at winning. (
Richard A. Posner, 3) Swing states line 20)
In conclusion, they should favor in changing to the election by popular votes got the president the of the United States because the Electoral college is unfair and practical, while the election of the popular vote should get the president due to the swing states. | 2 |
Throughout this article, the author explains how people in the world will no longer need to buy cars due to a driverless cars that scientists are working on. The author explains how these cars would have many sensors and would only need human assistance if it has to drive through construction zones or heavy traffic zones. The question to be asked is, would people really want have a driverless car? Driverless cars should not be sold to people due to them needing human driving, whos fault it is if a driverless car gets into an accident, and extra cost.
In the article the author states, " In fact, none of the cars develope d so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This quote shows that driverless cars would still need a human to stay alert while on the road. This shows that driverless cars are pointless, and a waste of money. Why would a human buy a driverless car when most of the time they will be driving it?
As the article goes on, the author explains how there could be many problems if a driverless car is involved in an accident. The author explains, " Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an acciendt. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver of the manufacturer?" This quote explains that there is no certainty that the manufacturer would be at fault for a driverless car accident. Why would a person want to pay for an accident that was the cars fault and not theirs? Thus showing that driverless cars should not be sold to people.
The last reason that driverless cars should not hit the streets would include the cost. The author begins by stating that their would have to be many upgrades to streets and cars costing much money. He explains how a driverless car could run on a special street, but required massive upgrades to existing roads that was too expensive to be practical. Why would people want to pay much money to upgrade a road for driverless cars, when half the time they will be driving?
As this essay is getting wrapped up, readers should think about all the facts brought up to them today. Think about all the construction that happens in America. Is there ever a time when there is no construction? Due to their being constuction, driverless cars would be pointless due to human beings having to drive them through constuction. Why spend extra money, be in fault for accidents even though it was the technologies fault, and pay extra amounts of money? This is why the readers as well as I should push for driverless cars to not be able to hit the road! | 3 |
Do you believe in aliens? There are many on Earth that do. During a time frame from 1976 to 2001, everyone was talking about ' The Face '. A landmark on Mars that some believed aliens made it, some believe it is naturally made. I believe that it was naturally made. The reasons why are, NASA would benefit from it being aliens, without the shadowing it does not look like a face anymore, and lastly when the photo was released in 1998, all that was seen was a natural landfrom.
NASA higly benefitted from just the revealation of The Face. As quoted from the article " The ' Face on Mars' has since become a pop icon. It has starred in Hollywood films, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows--even haunted grocery stroe checkout lines for 25 years." These were all examples of how The Face became known with or without internet. These were all benefits for NASA
and helped it gain fame and sponsors. If there were comfirmed aliens that had built this structure NASA's profits would skyrocket, and they most liekly would have taken up that chance.
Another reason that proves it as a landmark is the fact that witout shadows it does not look like a face. If we take a look at the picture taken in 2001 we can see The Face without shadwing. Only if you look close at the where the human features would be, would you be able to see a face. As quoted from the passage " ... when it spotted something with the shadowy likeness of a human face..." " ....' formed by the shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.' " This shows that the 'face' can only be seen with shadows.
Lastly, when looked at in 1998, all that could be seen of The Face was a natural landform. By far the best evidence towards my claim, when taken all that was seen was a landfrom. As quoted from the article "And so on April 5, 1998 when the Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia for the first time, MIchael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image frist appeared on a JPL website, revealing . . . a natural landfrim.There was no alien monument after all." This shows that there was absolutely no alien monument proving the conspiracy theorist wrong.
Many people believe we are not alone on this universe. Many believe that the planet just next to ours, Mars contians aliens, and they belive that's what this structure is. However, after NASA did research this theory was debunked. The proof for this is NASA would benefit greatly from it being aliens, without the illusion of the shadows it does not look like a face, and lastly as seen in 1998 all that was seen was a natural landform and nothing else. Many believe NASA was wrong, do you? | 3 |
I argue in favor of changing the election by popular vote for the president of the united states. in source 2 it states "According to a gallup poll in 2000 taken shortly after Al gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost in the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." So, when it comes to voting, i can say that i haven't done it; well, not for the presidential elections atleast, but knowing that when i am able to do so, my vote wouldn't really make a difference when it came down to who actually won the election, well, i'd rather just not vote in the first place. This is america; a free country; a place where we have the right to vote, so the fact that our votes dont really have that much influence on who we want to be the leader of our country, defies the whole idea of democracy.
Now, dont get me wrong, i know that the electoral college exists for a reason, according to source 1, it says "The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a comprimise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens." Which makes complete sense, and people should know their rights and all of the information about voting. But times have changed and people want to be involved now more then ever so when you give them a paper and tell them to pick who they want as their leader, they want their opinion to matter and to make a difference which i know that in some aspect, it does influence the outcome to a certain degree, but the electors votes still have the power to overthrow the rest of the united states citizens no matter how large the percentage of the popular vote is.
In source 3, its states, "The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non- democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who recieves 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... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate electors." Americas government is still developing in order to fit modern times in many different ways, so the fact that the electoral process is still used today makes it hard for us to grow as a country. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author does a good job of portraying how Venus is worth being studied despite its dangers. They talk about the different dangers in studying Venus, and they also talk about why it is so interesting and why it would be worth studying further.
The author shows this through the text because they clearly state why Venus is considered so dangerous and also why it is so interesting. For example, in paragprah 3, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide...clouds of corrosive sulfuric acid...temperatures average over 800 degress fahrenheit...atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet." These are some examples of the dangers that are presented when trying to study Venus. Despite the dangers, Venus would be worth looking into because it provides new information and a greater knowledge of what environments are like on other planets, for example, in paragraph 4, "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." These are some examples of why we should look more into Venus because it has similar features to Earth and it is interesting to figure out why or how they are similar. The author proves their point by explaining that these dangers could potentially be worked around. In paragraph 7, "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 is showing that while Venus may be very dangerous to observe, there are advanced technologies out there that can lower the risk that comes with studying this planet. As the author stated in paragraph 8, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagaination and innovation." What the author is trying to get across in this line, is that we should not limit ourselves or limit how much we can know or see solely based on something being too dangerous, when there are innovations out there to make it possible.
These are some of the examples of how the author demonstrates his ideas on why we should study Venus despite the dangers that it presents. The author did a good job presenting his ideas, as shown in the text and examples provided. | 3 |
Venus is one of the most beautiful and tantalizing heavenly body. It is much closer to Earth than any other planets. Venus is a brilliant object in the night sky and sometimes brighter than any other stars in the heavens. Only the sun and the moon outshines her. Like the remaining planets, Venus revolves around the sun inside the solar orbit of the Earth. Thus, Venus can either be a morning or evening star. 1 Her name, Venus, comes from the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Venus, as a planet, is rather frustrating.
In these given data, we can say that Venus is not just a mere planet revolving around the Sun, but a planet full of mysteries. It not awake our senses but it can poke our curiousity by asking question of what's and how's about her. In the science advancement today, more facts will be known about Venus. Powerful radar and other instruments will probe its thick clouds, mapping the surface and timming the rotation. Satellites and rockets will relay back information on what the clouds are made of. Someday, valiant explorers may descend through clouds and start discovering. | 0 |
Do you believe in life on Mars? Well I don't and here is why. There is no evidence what so ever of life on Mars. What about the Face on Mars you ask? Well I was hopeing you would ask about that. You see that is what this essay is about. The Face on Mars.
The Face on Mars is just a naturel land form. From 1976 to 2001 People have been taking pictures of the Face on Mars and every time they took a picture of the Face on Mars they got closer to it and as you look at the pictures you can see that the space in which the Face on Mars is located you can see that it is just a mesa that formed naturely on Mars.
So in conclusion the Face on Mars is just a naturel land form created by god when he made the universe. Oh! You are an atheast? Well then looks like we will have to have a nother conversation some time? Well until then, bye. | 1 |
Source 1 is about what is eletoral college. It's about who is the founding father who established the constitution. And its about which president gets selected to take the offfice. And it depends on which people vote on which president at the time of voting. And after you selected that president there is no going back to change the answer ant any given point when in the voting booth because once you selected your answer there is no way going bak to change it. And you vote every 4 yrs and presidents cant sttay as president after two term if reelected. And the governor prepares a certififcate of ascertainment for all listing canidate who ran for the president that won the election.
Source 2 is about the indefensible electoral college:why even the best -laid defense of the system are wrong. Richard Nixon, Jimmy carter,Bob Dole,the U.S. Chamber of commerce,and the AFL-CIO all ,in their time agreed on Aboilshing the electoral college. but electoral college you you dont vote on the president you vote for a slate of democratic or republican elector to pledged for what ever president you want to vote for. But if they take electoral college away it will cause a disaster factor for all american that want to vote. But the american are all lucky that 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century.
Source 3 is about in defense of the five electoral college:five reason to keep our despised method of choosing the president. The electoral college is widely regarded a an anachronism ,a non-democratic method of selecing a president that ought to be [overruled] by decaring the candidate who recives the most popular votes is the winner. But each party selects a slate of electorstrusted to vote for the party;s nominee(and that trustis rarely betrayed).Yet that has happend very rarely. There are 5 reason for retaining the electoral college despite its lack of democrat pedigree; all are practical reasons,not liberal or conservative reasons. | 0 |
On this essay, it will be explain how it's worthy to study the planet Venus, despite the dangers it presents for the human being and how it could be done.
Venus is often categorized as Earth's "twin" in terms of density and size, and often times closes in distance too. But whythe scientists are willing to take the risk to study Venus even though that it is dangerous? As the following passage says " Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in out solar system. 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. The planet as a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" (4) giving to the reader how long ago, Venus was and is the most Earth-like planet in the solar system.
The risk to goto Venus, are pretty big. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging arethe clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere."(3) On these passage it shows some of the risk of Venus, and even the planet surface is over 800 degrees Farenheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what experience on our planet. "Also notable,Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun." (3) here is explaining the temperature of the surface of the planet Venus.
On the seek to learning more of Venus, the NASA is working on another 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."(7) Here the NASA is giving the example of one project that could work to explore Venus on three weeks until it deteriorates. " Another project is looking back to and old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played and important role in the 1940s during World War II... By comparison,systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces" (7) On these passage it's explained how the technology made on the past can be more resistant on Venus that the technology of today,even though that it is more powerful, flexible, and quick.
In conclution, exploring Venus can be a big proggres to the Earth, giving the challenges that Venus can give to the humans, These would help expand and meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. And, who knows? Maybe we will be able to live in Venus one day, but not until we decide to do the first step. | 3 |
Dear Mr. Senator,
Freedom to vote for authority figures in America had been an ideal image of government all across the world. However, is our priviledge to vote really honest and are the results of elections really in our hands like we think they are? The Electoral College System undoubtedly should be abolished because Americans have the right to have full control over who is elected President and, although some may believe that Electoral Colleges avoid the occurance of a run-off election, run-off elections may be avoided with much more reasonable methods.
Clearly, election should be determined by popular vote, and not the Electoral College because Americans earned their right to have full control over the representatives in their government. According to Source 2, "state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and... those electors could always defy the will of the people." The defenders could be completely indifferent about the voters choices, or situations where swing states are borderline one party or another, and the Electoral College allows a limited selelction of people to make the final decision of millions (Source 1). The ballots that we vote in don't even effect the results of the election. It is as if these elections are trying to illude citizens from the fact that the only votes that contribute to the adoption of a new president are the electoral votes. Why bother letting us vote for a president, if only the defenders get to make the decisions?
Unquestionably, the Electoral College is not a sound system for presidential election in the United States. In Source 3, Posner states that when there is an unclear plurality in the results of an election, the Electoral College makes it much simpler and more efficient by reducing the number of voters, eliminating the inconvenience factor. This statement appears as a faulty reasoning to have an Electoral College because it is obsurd to remove Americans' right to vote. Maybe, rather than restricting our rights, the result of a run-off election could be resolved by an Electoral College, but the initial vote should be made only by the citizens, fairly. Depending on the defenders to make the final decision of the leaders of our great country is an overly-cautious effort to avoid a tie, which could be easily resolved.
You cannot deny, changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States would be extremely beneficial for our country. Citizens would regain their Constitutional-right to vote for the leaders who make major decisions for the entire country. The Electoral College is useful to produce a clear winner in elections, but is evidently not completely necessary and is unfair to voters who want and deserve a say in the outcome(Plumer 13, 14). Abolishing this system would cause for a drastically more fair election and greater citizen satisfaction for multitudinous reasons. Please consider. Thank you.
Sincerely,
John Doe | 3 |
In Nick D'Alto's article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile," he talks about a new technology called the Facial Coding System that enables computers to identify all kinds of human's emotions. This could be a very valuable tool for classrooms, but it also sounds scary that computers are consuming more and more of students' time. In some ways the technology to read a student's emotion can be very helpful, but there are also many cons to the technology, which should make so it should not be used outside of the classroom.
The Facial Acting Coding System is and will be helpful in the future to students' learning. While a student is using the computer it can tell if they are learning and concentrating or bored and tired. Also, if a student seems intrigued by a certain assingment or video, the computer can see that and produce more that are like it. Lastly, if a student is struggling, but he does not want to admit it the computer can see that and communicate with the teacher of the classroom.
Even though the computer is helpful, there are many possible problems. First of all, just like the article said, humans can already tell when other humans are happy, surprised, angry, discusted, scared, or sad. If we can already read human's emotions why do we need a computer to look at one another to read their emotions? Just by simply looking at a friend we can tell if they are having a good day or if they are struggling. We have lived without this technology for many years so why do we need it now? It seems like humans are only wasting their time trying to create new technology like this for example.
Students and their parents alike should fear these computers. If parents want time with their kids, and if they want to help with their kids emotions these computers will ruin the parent's chances. The Facial Action Coding System is helpful now, but in the future it may take away from family time, and the students might go to their computers for help instead of their parents. This system could create a disaster in the world if people do not go about it the right way. Finally, with these computers humans would not be able to hide any of their emotions. Some emotions are meant to be inside and stay that way. Not everyone needs to know all your deep dark secrets. Especially a computer system does not need to know your secrets.
The Facial Action Coding System could be used in many different ways. If the technology is not used right then the world could be changed for the worse, although if it is used only in the classroom (the right way) then it could be very helpful to students who struggle. Overall there are pros of the system, but we need to be cautious with the new technology and make sure that it is used in only beneficial ways. | 3 |
There has been talk about the planet Mars having aliens on their planet. Also, that the aliens are making faces on the planet which we call Mars. The scientist have took many pictures of the faces on the planet and nobody has found anything about aliens being on the mars. Everytime we take
picture of the faces the camera that we use is better and better for us to see if there is anything on the planet Mars.
The faces on mars are normal landform.The reason why I say that the faces are just normal landforms and not from aliens are because when the picture was unvieled for all to see.The caption said ''huge rock fromation....which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes , nose, and mouth.'' The planet which is made from rocks forms into shapes, people, or things that could look like an alien was their.
On April
5, 1998 Michael Malin and his Mars orbiter camera team snapped a picture better than the last photos taken. Once the picture was out up people had saw that it was only a natural landform and that there was not one sign of a alien that would be on the planet mars. Malin's team tried again and he had captured a maximum resolution and this time he couold make things bigger and get a closer look at faces. What the picture had showed was a Martian equilvalent of a butte or mesa and still did not find any signs of aliens. | 2 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The Facial Action Coding System can help the teacher, helps students bring a smile to their face, and helps people tell how other people are feeling. The technology will help a teacher understand how some students are feeling so the teacher can know what to do differently. It can put people in a better mood by just smiling. The technology can also help people see what kind of emotion other people are feeling.
The new technology called the Facial Action Coding System can help a teacher understand how their students are feeling. For example, if some students are bored, the teacher can try to do something more exciting. In paragraph 6 it states, "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This shows that a teacher would know if a student is confused and could explain to a student more to help them. This new technology helps both students and teachers.
The technology can help students bring a smile to their face. By just smiling even if you're in a bad mood, can make you feel better. The text says, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them."(paragraph 9) This means that moving your facial muscles can help you be in a better mood. It may help students smile more, which can make them feel better.
The Facial Coding System can help friends and family recognize each other feelings. Instead of wondering if someone is not in a good mood, the technology will tell you. In paragraph 5 it says, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." This explains that you can tell how someone is feeling by the look on their face, but the technology will help you know how they're really feeling. This can help a person cheer someone up if their depressed or sad.
The new Facial Action Coding System will be valuable in a classroom to help read the emotional expressions of students. It will help teachers understand how students are feeling, put a smile on people faces, and help people recognize how other people are feeling. This new technology can help many different people. | 2 |
I say that we use the technology that was created for helping emotional expressions of students in a classroom. I mean that would help so much. I'm a person that struggles to understand things when they are just said. I'm more of a hands on person but extra help and FACS would help a lot. This shows how humans have came long way in life,in the world. The FACS was created to help not only students but works or coustmers as well. To be able to tell how a person actually feels is like a skill that needs to be shared with the world.
The reason I say we should use this technology is because in the text it says "in fact we humans perform this same impressive "calcuation" every day. For instance,you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course,most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy,worried,etc". What all that means is when someone is having a bad day and you wanna help them but they say they are fine but you know that she/he is not ok but how can you tell? With the technology that we have we can be able to tell all of that.
I know that there are some down falls to this technology what if the student or the person doesn't have a problem and just has a face that makes it look like he/she has a problem. But that's what further devlopment is for. FACS will keep pushing and making more progress when being able to tell a person's emotion. This Technology would help the real world and should be made. When someone is in custmer service they could be able to tell if the person is looking for someone quick or if they are taking there time sad or mad. They be able to take the knowledge that they have aquired and turn it into some thing that the person has never seen. They be able to turn a frown upside down.
When this technology was created it was being tested on the "Mona Lisa Smile". They did a good job making and testing it. The FACS breaks down how the function works in the text it says " The facial expression for each emotion are univeral," observes Dr. Huang,"even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression"(like not smiling as broadly)". What this means is that it takes detail by detail from facial expressions and trun them into ways of understanding of how people feel in certain situations.
I say that we use this technology because of how it would better man kind in its quest of understanding the human brain and its emotion that comes with it. This technology could help students and teachers/students undertand what they are doing and how they are doing it. If a kid is confused and doesn't wanna speak then the technology can speak for that child. That way that teacher can help to make sure the student understands what is going on more one on one with that student could be the difference in test score. More students would graduate more would have a great career. In the Article it even gives you a little tease of how it works and how you can try it. I find that most effective when reading that you can try some thing when being able to understand different things. | 2 |
When looking at the Facial Action Coding System and seeing what it did for this peinting, I think it would be a great idea to use in the classrooms to reqd the students emotional expressions. Dr. Haung observes that many artists likr da Vinci did, and he relized that tney studied human anatomy, this is how they were abel to paint facilmuscles precisely. Dr. Haung relized that by haveing a machine like this one, doctors would be abel to performe better surgery by useing video surgery and or better graphics for video games, beter quality images of human faces and better muscel pictures would become a huge hit in the medical field.
Dr. Eckman and Dr. Haung were both abel to figure out that if you raise your lips at the corner of your mouth, squint your eyes slightly, and raise the outer parts of your cheeks toward your eyes, your lab partner would be clueless on what emotion you were performing. These are the instructions on how to look happy says Dr. Haung. The Facial Action Coding System can even detect when you are forcing a fake smile instead of a real simle.
This is why I feel that putting the Facial Action Coding System into schools acros the globe would be a good thing. Not only would this give the schools feed back on how their students mental state changes throughout the day, but also this machine would help detect early signs of depression and posibly signs of bullying. When students tell teachers they are not getting bullied or hurassed, the Facial Action System might be abel to detect when a student is lying an d or not wanting to share all of the details in his or her life.
These are all the reasons I personally think the Facial Action Coding System should be placed in schools everywhere. People were interested in the face and how the mucels work even whe da Vinci was alive all the way to today when we are atill intdrested in how the fave and muscels not only work, but how they can be minipulated and how each emotion brings on different muscels. | 2 |
For this article we are to talk about Venus which can also be callled the "Evening Star" it part of the brighest ponit in the night sky.
What do we know about venus?
Firstly, venus is the clostes planet to earth in size and also in disatnce to and also It is also the second planet forn the sun. It can be around the corner which can make people who goes to space not to survive in venus for a long time.
Secondly, Venus has a very high rate atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide. In the planet surface temperature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than in earth. venus also have some similar thing to our earth like valleys and mounains.
NASA want to sent humans to study venus and the only thing they have to do is to make them float above the fray for 30 miles or more the NASA had to make sure they humans float because if they do not float the human may end up died.
Thridly, Venus can be dangrous but can also worth to visit because it like seeing what is in earth in a diffirent place and atmosphere.
In conclusion, Venus can also be a human world but we need more thing to for us not to be dying in venus because according to this article spacecraft doesn't survive there for long they only do for only few hours but venus has a more worthy there to go visit for some time. | 1 |
Dear state senator,
I will like to argue about the Electoral College.The voters vote for the presidant,but they are just voting for a slate of electors that they can elect the presidant.They are called disaster factor .The disaster factor got the name from the 2000 fiasco.The question we are all worrying about is what if it happened again?We dont want to go through it again,we might not get lucky as we did from the 2000 fiasco.
What if we have an electoral tie like in 1968.There was 41,971 votes that could of gotten deadlocked the election.Its unfair for us voters because of the winner-takes-all system.Candidates don't spend time in states of them knowing there is no chance of winning.We need to put fate of the presidency in the hands of swing voters.There isn't alot of basis in reality.
It's against direct elections that are spurious.We need to go with Bob Doyle accusation of that we need to abolish the Electoral College.Everybody is arguing about the Electoral College.Everybody thinks its unfair,outdated,and irrational.Listen to the people,listen to what they have to say about this.Let's change the Electoral College by making it better for us and Congress.
Thank You
From,
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
We can all be a superhero. Saving the world from smog. All you have to do is get rid of your car. Sounds impossible, but there are many advantages of limiting car usage. Once you have found another way to go about your day without a car, you might see that your life will improve, along with the Earth.
In Vauban, Germany there are many participators, "70 percent of... families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move [there]"(source 1). With the statisics of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and United States caused by passenger cars are so shocking, you can see why it is so important to current efforts to drastically reduce emissions from tailpipes. With "12 percent... [in] Europe and 50 percents in some car-intensive areas in the United States"(source 1), it should not come to a surprise to people that we need to look further to invest time to promotioning a no car life-style.
Although, the United States percentage is so high, a lot of people are also participating in a car-free life, with the internet allowing people to feel more connected they will not need to drive to meet friends. Also "cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements"(source 4), along with "shared van services for getting to work"(source 4) being seen as a way people "organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends"(source 4). With this evolution accuring "there has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-olds getting license"(source 4). America is on the right track with fewer cars being bought, less drivers, and fewer licenses as the years go by; it can still improve.
Some ways that it could improve would be to take some ideas from other countries, such as Paris and Colombia. Where in Paris they have enforced partial driving bans on Mondays that "motorists with even-numbered license plates are are ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine"(source 2). This establishment helped a great deal leaving "congestion...down 60 percent...after five-days of intensifying smog"(source 2). Although critics argue that "delivery companies complained of lost revenue...public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monay"(source 2). Also in Bogota, Colombia there is a program that "[promotes] alternative transportationg and reduce smog", a day without cars where "cars [they are ban] with only buses and taxis permitted" (source 3). The violators of this programed were charged a $25 fine.
These programs would defiantly improve the surburbs, leaving them denser, better for walking and "more accessible to public transportation"(source 1). With these changes "stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls alongs some distant highway"(source 1). The world would become more for the living and less for the machine if we create a trend for a no car zone in all of our daily lifes. | 3 |
Dear Florida Senator,
The Electoral College system is unfair and irrational. Some people would say that the process is more practical than a popular vote, but after some of the mistakes involving the system, it would be more accurate than popular vote.
Bradford Plumer brings up in his article
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong the incident of 2000 (otherwise known as Bush v. Gore.) Over sixty percent of voters wanted a direct election instead of the Electoral College. Electors can always defy the wishes of the people. IN 1960 segregationists almost succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would opposed John F. Kennedy. Electors have refused to vote for their party' candidate before and have just chosen their own to vote for.
Source one says that in most states there is a winner-take-all system meaning that if one elector gets a majority of votes, then all of the states electoral votes go to that candidate. This is unfair to the voters. If there is only a 100 vote difference and the one with the most gets the electoral votes. The presidential candidates do not even visit the states they know they have no chance in winning. In the election of 2000 neither Rhode Island nor South Carline saw the candidates.
The Electoral College system has flaws. Such as the incidents involving electors and the unfairness of winner-take-all. It is unfair and irrational. | 2 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because this helps the computers know the student's reactions of things. If the computers knows what the student's reaction is, this could help them give the students what they are interested in. By knowing a student's expression, you'll know how they're feeling about a certain lesson. The Facial Action Coding System will have a huge impact on the teachers too. The FACS can identify six basics emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
The Facial Action Coding System will have a huge impact in the classrooms. If there was a classroom computer that could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, it could notify the lesson, like an effective human instructor. " Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communtions,"
says Dr.Huang. He is right because sometimes you don't exactly tell another person how you are really feeling. If the computers knows this, it would be way easier to identify another person's feelings. If a computer knows that you're smiling, it knows you are happy about what you're looking at and the next ad they will give you will be similar. If you frown, it shows that you're not interested, so then the computer will give you a different ad until you are pleased.
In conclusion, the use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This will help impact not only the students but also the teachers. This technology will help benefit the students in their work. It helps identify what the student's interest is in and would make it easier for the teachers to give lessons. If there was a student who is not outspoken, the computer will help identify that student's emotions. Having this type of technology is very valuable of knowing what the student's emotional expressions are. | 2 |
Using computer software to recognize emotions is not a good idea. The only person or thing that knows how we 100% truly feel is us. No one can tell us how we feel or how they think we feel, especially a computer. If a student is in class and he or she gets called up to the front to talk to the class the he or she knows if they sre scared, excited ect... We dont want to be scanned by a computer to see if they know how we feel.
Somtimes we put up fake emotions to try to fool others so they wont worry about how we really feel. They want us and computers to have better communucation. Not everyone trusts computers because they can always be hacked, traced, or malfunction. We have six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust,fear, and sadness.
Maybe it could be fine to have a computer that knows how you feel because if you're when you see a video/ad then it will play a similar one after that so you can stay happy. Or if you frown or are sad then they will swith the video/ad to make you happy. "A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored," "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This shows you hpw it can be a good thing but i see it as a bad thing. It is tryng to make things easier for you, but the real world is not easy. There is a lot of hard work and somtimes it wont get easy for you, so you shoudln't get used to things getting easier. The computer also changed things based on your emotion. If something bad happens in real life, a computer wont make it better. A lot of kids have done well in school and have gotten great jobs without a computer software that can read your emotions and make life easier.
It is good to see that they are trying to find a way for you to be happy but it is not a good idea. You need to know how to control and use your emotins, not a computer. | 3 |
The author presents hes details very well and detailed. He explained that venus is the earths "twin" and how weve sent space crafts to it and they didnt survive but for a few hours. Which if a space craft couldnt last that long, neither could us humans. He also explains that it has a 97% carbon dioxide blankets, and tempetures that get up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit, which is not suitable for people. He also ask if our sister plantes are so inhospitable then why are they still looking into it, I agree with him because i dont think theres anyway anyone could live on that plntet or any other planter than earth. In paragraph 5 He talks about NASA has a idea of sending humans to study venus. Hovering about 30 miles over venus, which i dont think they would be able to tell much from about it that far away. He states that they have taled about stepping foot on venus and taking it as a challenge i think its worth a shot in my opionon. Nasa is still working on a coclusion of how there going to complete this mision so until further notice, I will see you later. | 0 |
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