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The author claims studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it brings. Venus is the second planet from our sun and is referred to as Earth's "twin". Venus is the closet planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and is sometimes the closest in distance too. Venus is also a very challenging planet to examine closely. Exploring Venus will be very challenging for humans but it will also comes with benefits if we succefully can do it.
Exploring Venus is it that challenging? Venus is very challenging for humans to explore or examine. In the text it states "humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for
good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This proves exploring venus would be very challenging due to many factors humans would have to deal with. Venus surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greateer that what we experience on Earth.Venus also has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. These conditions are very dangerous, and this type of an environment can crush a submarine used for diving into the deepest parts of our oceans. These are just some conditions, but all of them are very harsh. We will need to construct a spacecraft that can handle all these harsh conditions in order for us to land on Venus successfully.
Despite all the challenges we would have to deal with, exploring Venus will come with benefits. Studying Venus would be a huge accomplishment for humans. Exploring Venus will come with a good amount of benefits. In paragraph four it states " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This means if we successfully examine Venus we can find out the history Venus. We would be able to awnser our human curiosity. We can possibly also see if there is a way to convert venus into being more habitable. Exploring Venus will come with so much benefits that are beyond our imagination.
In conclusion Exploring Venus will be very challenging for humans but it will also come with benefits if we successfully can do it. Venus is truly worthy of pursuit because of all the unawnsered information we would recieve from Venus. The author also states 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 imagination and innovation. | 2 |
Imagine a world were a every student can go to school feeling safe and excited to learn. Most schools do not have the right fundings to provide the best education for our students. A lot of students are afriad to go to school fearful of other students. A new software that has been developed can detect the emotions of others. This technology should be brougth into classrooms to read students' emotional expressions because it can detect when a student is sad or in need of help.
Although we want our schools to be the saftest place for our students, in some cases it is not. Some students experience bullying and are too afriad to tell an adult. Instead of telling an adult, that student "puts on a happy face" so that no one gets suspicious. In paragraph 8, the author states, "Faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." If the FACS can detect a fake smile in a lying politician then it can detect a fake smile in sadden child who is being bullied in school. With this, we can reach out to the student and offer help so that the bullying does not continue.
Another advantage to the FACS is how it can improve a students learning enviroment. Every student learns differently. Some understand things more than others. Dr, Huang states that, "A classrom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored so it could modify the lesson." Most teachers do not recognize when a student is struggling. With this, a student can get the right materials they need inorder to understand everything better and improve their eduction.
Therefore the FACS should be introduced into classrooms to read students' emotional expressions so it can detect when a student is in need of help in any way. This technoloy is very beneficial for students and can help improve their learning enviroment. The FACS can make our schools safer and more educational for our students and thats all we should ever want. | 3 |
The Face? Created by Aliens or just a landmark?
Did you beieve that the "Unmasking the Face on Mars" was just created by aliens. NASA has given us many reasons to believe what they say, and not many reasons for us not believe them. I am a NASA researcher and I'm telling you why the "Face" is actually just a landmark.
There are many reasons why the "Unmasking the Face on Mars" is a natural land form. The first reason is that NASA took three different pictures, one picture was in 1976 in the picture you can't really see anything. Scientists just thought it was another Matian mesa. At this time the cameras weren't very 3D like. So how do we know it's an actual face?
The seacond reason it is a landform is because NASA
sent another crew to take more pictures of the "face." The crew took ten pictures that were sharper than the first one in 1976. In this picture you start to see something appear. They even say "when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. People were not very happy when they heard it wasn't a alien monument.
Another reason is that they thought alien markings were being hazed. So, when they went back it was a cloudless summer. In the text they say "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. That is a huge difference from 1976. What the picture shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or messa.
If you really think about it though, how come they jumped to conclusions so fast? In the passage it says it would be a good way to engage the public to Mars. Wouldn't it just attract more people to NASA to though?
In many ways there are more reasons to why this "Face" is more of a landmark than anything. From the different years they took the years, to the landmarks being hazed. You could probably think of a lot of questions to ask NASA about the photos and what the scientists are saying, but until you go up to Mars we will only know what they are telling us. Which is that the "face" is a mesa. They clearly say many times in the passage for people to believe that they are not trying to trick you. | 3 |
The Face on Mars is a very talked about landform on Mars and it brings many conspiract theories with it. NASA stresses that it is a natural landform called a mesa while other beleive it was made by aliens.
NASA says it is a natural landform becuase it is in the Cydonia region of Mars which has many landform like the Face. They have also done extensive research on the Face and took many photos over the years. Their latest photo was in 2001. This photo was evidence that it had to be natural because each pixel shoed only 1.56 meters which meant that if there was any strage markings or buildings they would easily be seen. NASA also states the the Face on Mars is very similar to mesas on earth. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, says " It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho...".
With the research NASA has done and with all the photo evidence it is easy to say that the Face on Mars is indeed a natural landform. Everything NASA has done to prove this eliminates any speculation or doubt brought up by the public. The Face on Mars is just another reason to appreciate the beauty of the universe and the hard work of NASA. | 2 |
FACS (Facial Action Coding System) is it a good thing or a bad thing? It could help people find there problem or could it not? I find FACS a good thing a postive. This ivention could help people and doctors find issues. It could help people and doctors fix issues this ivention could help schools when a student is becoming confused or bored or kids that don´t like to talk open up about how they feel. When a friend, family member or co worker is having a bad day we could use FACS to fix they´er bad day. It could help out in law inforcement this invention could fix so many problems that we have today. FACS is a wonderful thing look when phones and computers where being ivented people douted and said its a terrible idea or it will never work, Now its one of the best iventions thats ever been created. FACS is and will be a great thing to many people, school and companys it could save lifes It will be the next big thing! | 1 |
As humans our minds are bound to exploring the unknown, in order to feed our curiosity. As long as the human mind is concerned, our curious thoughts will always be on what discoveries does space have in store, more on the planetary side of things, what great discoveries does the planets in the solar system have in store? Out of all the planets in our solar system, Venus is the most valuable and challenging planet to discover, since it the only planet in the solar system to closely resemble Earth despite it's dangerous conditions. In order to feed our curiousity of Venus, we have to go pass the dangers the planet presents and explore the landscape of the entire planet.
As Venus has been given the nickname "Evening Star", despite it being a planet, Venus has gain a more leading nickname for it as Earth's twin. The reason it was given that nickname is that, Venus' density and size are closely similar to Earth's, it also has the closest distance to Earth's. Due to the similarity it has to Earth, scientists and astronomers are fascinated by Venus and what it was like in the past, in the article the text states "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life... Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." | 1 |
People should try to be Seagoing Cowboys because you get to save the lives of animals that have been injured during the World War II. I was in it and it was just great to be able to help all of those horses. It can get hard somwtimes but it is still great. You also have a bettere communication with the animals and get to meet new people. Sometimes when you have free time you can go visit the beautiful sites! It is a very busy job and you get tired a loy. Sometimes you have to watch the animals every hour to make sure they're safe. You wouldn't want them to escape and get hurt!
Helping all of those animals can really open up your mind and see how much some animals are suffering. It is great that there are programs like this that can help so many animals. It is a great adventure to go on and it is very fun! If you get bored on the boat you can go play some games like we did like volleyball or table tennis or anything you can think of! It is a very wonderful experience. Something wonderful as that could only come once in a life time. So i encourage you to become a Seagoing Cowboy and save the lives of many animals like me! | 1 |
Transportation has been a part of society for as long as the worlds been turning. It all depends what mode of transport you are willing to take on a daily basis. Cars are becoming fewer and fewer in some places of the past few years. People are less dependant on personal transportation which in turn creates a safer, healthier enviroment for ourselves and the others around us.
By limiting car usage the main reaction would be less pollution and less smog in largeer cities. Places like New York, Paris, Berlin, London, or Beijing could look so much better. Everywhere you look you see and hear about pollution and Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming. All this is caused mainly by humans hand and the cars we drive spitting out toxic Carbon Dioxide wastes. In Paris they had a one day ban of half the cars in the city and the smog went away in that amount fo time.(Source 2) If we limited cars we could unlimit our world to a new, longer lifespan, because cars are truly ripping our planet to pieces.
The chance of finding public transportation in America is very slim. Most places you go don't have subways or things like "der U-Bahn" in Deutschland. Our counrty is made for cars and we throw money at them every year which will eventually come to bite America in the butt. 80 percent of appropriations have gone to higways and the rest goes to other types of transport in America.(Source 1) By creating more viable public tansportation methods we could cut the spending on highways and put the money back into public transportation. By doing so we could limit accidents at the wheel and reduce pollution which I mentioned earlier. We already know that this system works in Vauban, Deutschland where residents rarely own cars and they live happier, quainter lives. (Source 1)
The time to by a car is not now. Recent studies show that car purchases, licenses, and driving has become fewer as each year goes on.(Source 4) Either from high vehicle and gas prices or an actual social spectical, driving is slowly decreasing all over the world. Hopefully within the next 25 years, public transportation will be a MUST in cities all over the globe, and I'm not just talking about buses. People are more reliant on planes and trains in Europe than any other continent. And we could benefit highly from what we learn elsewhere.
If we just join together and stop driving alltogether for just one day, the results would be both extraordianry and frightening. We have neglected to see that by not limiting our car usage we have limited our time on this planet. Hopefully our generation will correct the wronging of past generations and improve transportation so it isn't such a loud and obnoxtious hinderence. | 3 |
Venus is very dangerous and volcanic but this article has opened my eyes to the woderful planet. Despite the dangers and challenges that Venus presents I would have to agree with the author, for we could one day benefit from knowing more about this red planet. Regardless of all the challenges that come with it, getting to know the surface and history of this close planet could better pevent ours from turning into a replica.
A couple of statements that fascinated me about Venus is that it has the hottest surface tempurature in our solar system with an average temperature of over 800 degrees Farenheit. That is truly mind-boggling seeing as how Mercury is the closest planet to our sun, not Venus. To make matters worse the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expirence on Earth, therefore, making it very hard to explore the surface. Even just getting close to the surface you would have to deal with eruptions, earthquakes, and lightning strikes.
The risk is incredible but the information provided from this planet may very well save us all one day. As stated, Venus was the most Earth-like planet in our soar system meaning the same thing could happen to us eventually. Even though Venus could have substained life in the past, now is very unlikely. How could we find out more about this interesting planet if we cannot go near it?
As of right now, technologically speeking, we are far to inadvanced to send anything to the surface, let alone humans. The safest possibility to even get close would be to float in a structure roughly 30 miles above the surface. Even at that distance the temperature would still stand at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level.
In conclusion, I feel that if there was a way to study Venus close up without all the provided risks and more, then we should invest. Many great things could come from any planet alone but this one is just amazing. Do you think Venus is worth it? | 3 |
Dear Senator
Electoral college is a huge part of history we've used electoral college for many many years and getting rid of it now would be wrong because we would have cheated every president that was elected during the time of electoral college. If we got rid of the electoral college the presidents after electoral college would be elected differently than other presidents, people who have voted for many years would have to learn about this new voting system, and every thing we've worked so hard to achieve will be changed.
First off if electoral college was to be replaced it wouldn't be fair to all the presidents elected before it was replaced because they would feel like they were cheated because the new voting system would have been used for other presidents but not them. Getting rid of the old way of voting would be like ripping up the constitution because were changing the one thing they wanted most a fair way for all presidents to be elected.
As well as my first reason people who have been voting since they were 18 would have to learn how to use this new voting system. Replacing the electoral college would be catastrofic to those who have used it in the past because all thy know is how to use the electoral college so a new voting system would be like alien technology because all they know how to use is the old way of voting.
Also everything we've worked so hard to achieve will be changed. In the past the former senaters fought over how a president should be elected president so evreryone argued and argued for days on end because the couldn't decide then they came up with the electoral college.
So in conclusion replacing the electoral college would be unfair to former presidents, unfirmilaur to people who have used the electoral college, and and everything we've achieved would be changed. | 2 |
I think the idea of driverless cars is a good idea at some points but it also can be dangerous because what if the cra messes up when its driving its self and you hit something and the person dies that was in the car who would be held responsible for that person loosing there lives over a silly mental mistake but i think its a good idea also because if you go on a trip and you feel like resting with outh pulling over to the side of the road you can just make your car drive for you.
But i really like the idea of what google did when it said that the seat vibrate when you are in danger or you are about to hit something. Or maybe when you have an important text all you have to do is let your car drive its self while you text whoever back i think it would stop mostly all the wrecks from texting and driving. Or another positive fact is what if you had a baby in the back seat and it was crying you can let your car drive while you stop the baby from crying or ETC.
Or if you were smoking or eating something your car would drive for you i think that would stop all the wrecks from people. But how does your car know where to go do you put a address or a destanation where you want to go.
Also another good idea is if you had an disabled human being that cant walk or drive then that would be good for them cause they dont got to worry how to get places or depend on a ride from somebody.
I like how some of these cars have sensors to alert the driver of something there about to hit or someone is about to hit them, another negative thing is what if a child gets in a car and they get the car starts to drive by there self and the child dies or something. And would this effect the age you have to get a liscence?
But overall I think it should be up to the person that purchaes the car and it should be there responsibilty and there risks, I dont think that the dealer ship should be held accountable for there risks. | 1 |
As the years go by there had seemed to be more and more polution in the world. Most of that polution had been seen to be produced by cars, which some people wouldn't know how to live without. However, studies have shown that some cities around the world have actually decreased the usage of cars. A city that has virtually no cars would be Vauban, Germany, and other cities such as Paris, France, Bogota, Colombia, and even some in the United States have joined in the decreasing of car use wagan. In turn of not using cars as much the polution has gone down in those cities.
To begin with, Vauban, Germany, in this German city " Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban's streets are completely 'car-free'-- except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park -- large garages at the edge of the development,where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home."( P2, In German Suburn, Life Goes On Without Cars, Elisabeth Rosenthal) And in Paris, " After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to Reuters ... [Twenty-seven] people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine."(P10-13, Paris bans driving due to smog, Robert Duffer) That might seem a little bit harsh to some people but in turn " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog ...(P14, Paris bans driving due to smog, Robert Duffer)
Then there's Bogota, Colombia, where, " 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. 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. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violaters faced $25 fines. The turnout was large, despite gray clouds that dumped accasional rain showers on Bogota." (P20-22, Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, Andrew Selsky) This is a pretty good sign from Colombia, showing that it's being consistant with it's program and not stopping despite the rain. Also, now even the United States is using less cars, " America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling. When adjusted for population growth, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis by Doug Short of Advisor Perspectives, an invesment research comany. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." (P 32, The End of Car Culture, Elisabeth Rosenthal)
To conclude, it's great that more and more cities are pitching in to reduce polution due to cars. There are great advantages coming from the reduction of car usage, the best being less polution and smog. If more cities join in and the current cities keep doing what they are doing there could possibly be an even more dramatic decrease in the polution produced today. | 2 |
Have you ever wishes you could read the emotions of another person? With new technology created by Thomas Huang you can do just that. This device allows you to precicly calculate the emotions and feelings of anoother person. But would it be valuable in a classroom of students.
In my personal opinion i say yes it would be valuable. I think it would not only be valuable to students but also to teachers. It would be helpfull to students because say for example you have a crush on a fellow classmate but dosent know how she feels about you with a app called snapchat you are able to communicate through pictures, so if you knew how she felt about the conversation based on the selfie she sent it would give you a accurate idea of how she feels about you. A reason i think it would be helpfull to teachers is it would allow them to know when a kid becomes bored or sleepy ultimatly helping on how to teach and what subjects catches your class attention.
So do i think that it is a good idea to have a emotion detector in a classroom. Over all yes because it has it's pro's such ass helping a student with his crush or helping a teacher deliver a lesson planor know when a student it sleeping. But it can also have its con's. So when deciding to put one in a classroom of your own dont only look at the neggatives or posotives but compare and see which outways the other. | 1 |
Wouldn't it be fantastci if you are just sitting in the driver's seat and listening to music, reading a magazine, or just amusing yourself as your brand new Toyota does all the driving for you?
The Google company is thinking of smart ways to impress people with a car that drive automatically.
The invention can eventually come up with positive advantages having a spinning sensor that "is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at wheel."
There may also be negative aspects on this where the driver or manufacturer can seriously interfere with the law.
I develop an agrument for the driver less car because the car includes rotating sensors, can prevent the driver from causing accidents, and can be very financial.
The driverless cars can have a positive aspect by sensing the outside world that atually make the cars highly productive.
For example, many companies started the invention with special test tracks and used their knowledge to actually develop the car to use the outside world.
Berkeley "used magnets with polarity that surprising worked well to use massive upgrades."
Companies even developed special sensors "to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings.
This demonstrates that companies use their intelligence to create a special car that can make their ideas benefical to any.
The second reason to why driverless cars are benefical is that they can prevent any major accident.
For example, as the car steers the driver must be alert which helps the "touch sensors to make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel to take over when a situation is required." This proves that the cars can help the driver to not run into a severe problem by having helpful aids like vibrating seats that wake up the driver.
Financial purposes and causes is the most essential thought to explain the purpose of driverless cars.
People becoming really interested in the driverless car can make the company have a high financial cause.
Also, it can help other companies to improv the same idea for an excessive business.
For example, if the idea improves "Audi and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020 as the truly autonomous car strectes on ahead of us."
This proves that when business is excellent other companies indeed will introduce their new inventions.
The driverless cars made by famous companies is likely to connect the outside world, prevent servere accidents, and become very financial in the business. For example, using the rotaing sensors makes the car run successfully, vibrating chairs can make the driver not run into accidents. | 2 |
In the article called "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the author talks about a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System. This system allows computers to identify human emotions by studying the facial features of that person. This is a very valuable piece of technology to have in the classroom.
In Paragraph 6, it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This could easily make test scores go up in many of our schools.
In Paragraph 1, when describing Mona Lisa, it says "She is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". If it can truly see emotions that specifically, we would be able to find out if a kid is feeling depressed, which would definitely drop the suicide rate thats spiked over the years. We could also identify if a kid is feeling angry, and find a way to calm him/her before there are any fights, or even worse, shootings.
Also, if we can see how a student feels about a particular lesson, we could adjust it accordingly.
In conclusion, this new emotion-recognition-technology described in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" could be very valuable to the classrooms. | 2 |
The author supports studying Venus is worthy it even though there is some dangers to it. Venus is the Earths "Twin" it is the closest in terms of density and size. Venus is simple to see from earth, it has shown to be a challenging place to examine.
The authors first claim for studying Venus being dangerous is carbon dioxide. The author quotes in paragraph 3 saying "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." Telling how its dangerous and how a human could die from breathing in carbon dioxide. This is important because it tells us the risks you can take if you were to get close to Venus.
The authors second claim why it is dangerous to study Venus are the clouds. He said that in paragraph 3 "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmoshpere." Also telling us that venus had many dangerous features that can harm a human if they were to go to Venus. This is significant because we should know what we are getting into and know how to prevent anything harmful and study Venus without being harmed.
The last thing the author said aboout being harmful was the heat and the atmospheric pressure being way more extreme than planet earths. He said in paragraph 3 "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 time greater than what we experience on our own planet. This is explaining to us how Venus is very dangerous in many ways. this is important for everyone because we should know what is around us either way whether we are learning about it or not.
The author Suggests learning about Venus not only to know it better but for us to discover new path way and to know about our surround planets. But nothing would be learned if no one takes a risk in life to study something new. Like the author claims in the last paragraph no one should be limited by dangers. Everyone can overcome and should learn soomething even if it means risking something you don't want to. | 2 |
Florida State Senator,
I have read many articles that either fight for or against the decision to replace the Electoral College with election by popular vote for the presedent of the United States. After reading these articles, I have come to the conclusion that the Electorial College should indeed be replaced. I understand that the Electoral College was created by our nation's fathers but nontheless, election by popular vote would give our people of the United States more control over who is chosen for the President of our amazing country.
Most citizens think it is unfair for for them because they dont even really have the oppurtunity to vote directly for the next president of the United States as said in paragraph 10 of Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president... Who are the electors? They can be anyone not holding public office. Who picks the electors in the first place? It depends on the state. Sometimes state coventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Can voters control who their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes."
If we didn't have Electoral College, we wouldn't have to go through all the confusion in making sure we're voting for the correct electors. People wouldn't accidentally choose the wrong one. If we had the option to choose our president by popular vote, everything would go much smoother with no confusion at all. People would be able to vote for the president they actually want with no problems and everyone would be happy.
As Bradford Plumer said in his article Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, paragraph 13, "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters." And again, i seriously consider switching to election by popular vote.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerly, Concerned Citizen | 2 |
Yes the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The Facil Action Coding System technology is valuable because. It could help the students learn lessons easier and better. As it says in paragraph 6 line 7 through 10 stating that "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. Students that have the Facial Action Coding System technology avilable to them would learn faster then some of the other students in the classroom. The FACST (Facial Action Coding System Technology) can see and understand the emotion of the student in the case if a student is getting confused or not. Sometimes a student might be messing around and want to lie and be funny and act like he is confused but the FACST (Facial Action Coding System Technology) can understand the student better and figure out if the student is really confused or just lying. When the FACST (Facial Action Coding System Technology) recongizes that a student is really confused or lost. Say if it's a reading assignment and the student speaks and only understands spanish and if the spanish audio is going to fast. The FACST can see a bit of confusion and worrying on the students face and it could modify the lesson to make the audio go slower so the spanish speaking student can understand what he is being read better. The FACST could also recongize if a studemt is depressed or sad and the students or parents and teachers don't know about it yet it could possibly just email it to the teacher of the student amd to the parents. Saying something for example you'r child today wasn't very focused and seemed a bit depressed you should have talk with you'r child. By doing that the FACST might also be able to prevent students like teens maybe that are in deppression but their parents don't know about it yet from commiting sucide. So overall the FACST (Facial Action Coding System Technology) is very valuable and useful in a classroom for the students teacher and parents. | 3 |
I think this artical is important. Our emotions are always changing. This new technology can help us in different ways. I'm for this because learn how someone feels is important in some cases. Facial experssions show how someone feels through their emotions.
The creator of FACS is an psychologists named Dr. Paul Eckman. The Facial Action Coding System is able to read an identify peoples emotion. Only the six basics which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust ,fear , and sadness. The way they found Mona Lisa's emotions was by using a 3-D computer to construct the face. They found all forty-four major muscles, the movement of one or more muscles is called an action unit on the computer.
If the FCAS was used in school it can be a benifit to students and teachers. It can show how student are acting in class to see if they're under standing or not. If someone isn't understanding then the teacher can see and talk more on that subject. If the students id doing an assinment on the computer and get the answer wrong and see confusion the system could reword the question and see if that's easier.
The main idea of the Facial Action Coding System is to see emoition. It can help in many situations. In school we can now see if student are confused or paying attention. | 1 |
Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion ?
In fact, these emotional expression are seen in differnet forms for example, if your happy you smile, if your sad you dont smile. There are plenty of different way to show your emotionsand how your feel. There is value to how you feel, act in ways that people see in everyday life. The authrs describles how new technology enables to identify human emotion in life.
Human expression is how your show your emotions to your friends, family, teachers. People express their emotions in many ways. Here is an example, Mona Lisa she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry most of the time. that's how she expressed her emotions.
Dr. Huang did research on peoples emotions and how people showed their emtions in ways, that he did know how people expressed their emtions with how their face looked to see their emotions show. Dr. Huang looked at the painting of Mona Lisa that Da Vinci painted to show Mona Lisa's emotion in the painting to show, how she felt about being in the painting to express how Da Vinci and Mona Lisa both felt the paintg that both of them liked the painting. Da Vinci emotion to paint a picture of Mona Lisa he felt happy, but he also that she was happy about him painting a picture of her being happy, mad. In conclusion, the author tells about how to identify human emotions and how they express them in ways. | 0 |
Since new software is coming out, people are coming up with ideas on trying to see if people are hiding their emotions. The Mona Lisa is a great example on emotions, people want to know if she is smiling, frowning, or they want to know how she's feeling.
The new software wants to calculate other people's emotions. People are beginning to make 3-D computer models of faces to see all of our muscles and to see how they move like a human does. As studies say we all have six normal emotions, we have happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and by showing that our facial movements change and move to show our emotion. An example on how we show our emotions are that if we raise our eyebrow to show that we are suprised on what another person has said or done, and another one is when people tighten their jaw and lip that shows that they're angry. The Mona Lisa is another great example because we don't know how she is feeling, we don't know if she is feeling sad, happy, depressed, or many more things.
When you look in the mirror how do you look? People might see the stress on their face because lack of sleep, some others might see sadness because of a break up, and their are many other examples on this topic. Mirrors can't detect if we're sad, happy, scared, and more things becasue it's not a computer, we can detect if we're feeling a certain type of way. We should look at how our face looks when we look, we should look at how different our face changes when we go from happy to sad.
When making a face it might make you feel happy or sad. The experiment and technology shows how people really feel. When people say, "put a smile on that face", it might make you smile or chuckle a little bit. Drama coachs or acting coaches might ant their actors or actrecess work on their facial expressions. When someone acts you can sometimes feel how they're feeling, and so if they aren't aren't doing a good job at acting then you wouldn't know hot to feel. People will see how your emotions are and will feel a certain way because of how your expressions are or how your posture is.
Making facial expressions shows a lot on how someone is feeling. Experiments can show many different things. | 1 |
As technology develops more, we need to consider what is valueable and what should be left behind. The Facial Action Coding System would be beneficial to read students' emotional expressions. Being able to adjust or identify how a student is feeling might prove to be invalueable.
Boredom is a very common feeling in school. It disengages students, stopping them from participating and paying attention all together.
According to the article 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. Technology continues to play a more prominent role in education, this technology could help every student learn and stay interested. Identifying what the student is feeling could make crucial adjustments to the learning plan and the students would be better off for it.
This technology could be valuable for students in a non-academic way. Teachers being able to understand what a student is feeling could be life-saving. People experience problems of different kinds every single day. In paragraph seven the article states, "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." A teacher identifying that there is a problem with a student would allow them to talk with that student who might be going through a hard time in there life and provide some relief to a student who might feel burdened or stressed.
This technology would be very valueable in the classroom. Being able to adjust a lesson plan could help students stay engaged and understand the material better. Identifying sadness or any other negative emotion could help with any problems someone might be experiencing at home. The Facial Action Coding System would be benficial to students' mental health and overall well-being. | 3 |
The world has come to change as we know it, one of these big changes is limiting cars. We are having a movement where cars aren't needed, it's a slow process were you won't see the result until you compare back then to now. This change is happening due to people living a more active life, and minimizing global warming in small ways that have big results.
"70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold cars to move there." There is hardly any accidents involving cars because there is no use for them. we are living a life were you dont have to be afraid of crossing the street, and people in cars don't have to be tense for fear that they might crash someone. Living a life were your life does not center around a car is not something you would expect to have such great results, but, it does people are genuinely happy that they aren't driving cars. Not having a car has given so much relief and less tension to people, knowing that they are active and getting from point A to point B while doing it.
We have so much pollution going on and one of the biggest causes of it is cars. "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." This care change is going to be the begining of something big for the simple fact that this is something foreign to us. People are reducing car usage by carpooling, walking, public transportation, etc. These are all moving to a commin goal and that commin goal is to make the world a better place to stop causing more damage then what there already is and while doing that we are benefiting ourselves.
In clonclusion, the whole basis of this is wrking together to achieve happiness, and a safer place for older and younger people. Our world is change, our life isn't centering aroung a car and whether we think it's what's the coolest car these days. We are becoming active, heathier, and cleaning up the mess (pollution) we've made and making the world a better place. | 2 |
Dear senator,
Getting ride of the Electoral College would change so many things. We the people vote for who we want as a president. It should be that the person with the most votes wins. We the people should have a say in who runs our country. I mean we do because we get to vote and all but even if we do vote the Electoral College votes diffrently. Just becasue they and you are in higher power shouldnt mean that you get to pick everything that happends to this country. Yes, I understand that there are really stupid people in this world who make stupid dicisons but we should at least get a vote on like new laws or building something new in town. If we had votes on things like getting stuff torwn down and building new things it would change atol of places. But becauser of the Electoral College we dont have a final say in anything. During the presidency electon one of the candidates will win by the votes of the people but lose beacuse the votes of the Electoral College. That is not right. When the people vote for something or someone they should be able to have a final say in what happends. Say your voting for a new ice cream flavor, well say there is 20 regular people voting and there is 5 from th e"electoral college". Say 13 of you like the new flavor but the other 7 dont like it. Wouldnt you think the 13 should win? But the 5 electoral people still have to vote, and 3 of them vote against the new flavor so there is no new flavor. Wouldnt you be mad if you and the other 12 people who wanted the new flavor didnt win because of higher people above you said no? i know i would. Im giving you all these reasons why the electoral college isnt fair because it needs to change. | 1 |
I am going to argue for the value of having the Facial Action Coding System in the computers. I think it would be great to have something like this. The process beings when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of your face. They would go through all 44 of your major face muscles because in order for them to work they must move like human muscles. Dr. Paul Eckman the creator of FACS has classified 6 very important emotions then mixed them together with each with facial muscles.
Then for classrooms like to tell if the students is either bored or confused about what he or she is susposed to be doing like they said in the article. Dr. Huang also prdicted that if you are talking about how if you are happy/smiling they would pop-up an ad for you being happy but if you are sad/frowning they will pull up something totally different for the ad.
Nobodies computer can hadle the complex algortihms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile but they can come up with soemthing to decode different emotions. This coding system is very smart and can tell if you are doing a fake smile of some sort. If you use a fake smile the system will tell if you are because when you are the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major wih some different muscles. To an expert they said "faces don't lie" these muscle clues are often sometimes used to spot if a celebrity or a politician is being truthful. So I have came to conclusion that this facial action coding system works on any and everyone to tell their true emotions. | 1 |
Dr. Paul Eckman has classified six basic emotions happiness,surprise,anger,disgust ,fear and sadness. they are controlled by facial muscles above your eyes. People can tell when u are fake smiling or making a fake facial exspression. There is a new technology called the facial Action coding system enables computers to identify humans emotions. They also exsplain how people can tell what your emotion is by your facial exspressions. They can tell if you are happy or sad just by looking at you also when u fake smile specialist can tell because it streches your mouth sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle. A muscle called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraesus makes crow's feet around your eyes which is also a sign that u have a fake smile. They also explain the steps you can do to show what they are talking about with having "crows feet" when you are fake smiling. moving your facial muscles not only exspressses emotion, but also helps produce them and putting on a happy face eventaully works. some actors have to use these emotions and facial expressions when they are on stage. its crazy how making faces could show so much about emotions. | 0 |
imagine a world, twenety or so yeears from now, completely free of any nature. there is not a single tree, bush, flower or even a blade of grass to be found. only concrete roads and dirt everywhere, along with our cars driving on them. in the cars are us, fat lazy peoplle sitting in our cars, irritated and hollering out profanity at the mile long row of traffic as we try to get ot work. the cause of all this is toxic gases emited by our cars. this is our future. do we really want this to happen to us and ouur beautiful planet earth? i know i don't, and thats why all around the world, cities and even entire countires are doing something about it, they are working on cutting back peoples' vehicle usage, or even eliminnating it. without the cars, there would be a drastic decrease in polution, peoples' physical health would improve, and no more stress.
we all use cars, it has become a daily thing for all of us. we have become so acustomed to driving that we don't even think about it. we never thought about just how much damage our cars were doing on our home, planet earth. cars are the leading source of polution, everyday the polution is ripping awway at our ozone layer, slowly dooming us all and we are definnatly feeling the heat from it. places such as Vauban, Germany, have given up cars completely. in this experimental district, street parking, driveways and home garages are forbiden and, except for the main thoroughfare, the streets are commpletely car free. thanks to this, greenhouse gases in this area have gone down. residents of this town don't even seem to mind the car free life, they even enjoy it. having clean air makes this district a beautiful placce to live in.
not havinf motor vehicles also can immprove physical health. humans, especially Americans, have become incredably lazy, and as a result, incredably fat. no one has time in their busy schedual to excersize. everyone is too busy with work, school, kids, chores, or anythinng else. but, if we all got rid of cars and people either walked to and from their destinations, we would all be losing weight, be more aactive and be so muuch helthier. also, the helthier you are, the longer you live, so getting rid of cars will increase your life span!
having a car can also mean having a lot of stress. theres traffic backing you up making you an hour late for work, high gas prices sucking all the money out nof your wallets, expensive repair prices, and you are always putting your life at risk if you get into an accident. all this to think about while your just trying to get from point A to point B can be very stress full. but if everyone walked or biked to and from wherever, there would be much less traffic, no need for gas, the only repairs you would have to get is pumping more air in your tires, the onnly accident you might have is runninng your bike into another's bike and as long as you wear the right protectionn gear, you are very safe.
all of these factors add up to a safer, cleaner, helthier environment. if we all start now to eliminate cars, theworld would bbe a much bbetter pllace. | 3 |
Dear state senator,
I write to argue in favor of the Electoral College. The Electoral College is as it says on the 3rd source "widely regarded as an anchronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidates who receives the most popular votes the winner." That was in my opinion pretty self explanatory. This letter is based on information from article sourses I read.
First of all, I would like to start by saying that the Electoral College is helpful to avoid problems where no candidate got a majority. For example in the 5th part of the source 3 it says "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, respectively)" which backs up my claim. I understand the "wrong" part of it like in the 2nd source it says "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Karry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry." meanning voters vote for a slate of electors and they choose the president. Honestly I dont see it as that "wrong" but thats my opinion.
Second, I agree with the Electoral College despite the lack of "democratic pedigree" for five reasons. First, "Certainty of Outcome" meanning winning candidate's share of the Electoral College exceeds his share of the popular vote, example, Obama vs Romney. Second, in the Everyone's President part it says that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president, for example, "Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win". Number 3, "Swing States" the "winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in [2012] election-to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states". There is also number 4 where the Electoral College "restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution" amnd there is number 5, "Avoid Run-Off Elections" which is what I used in the second paragraph as a claim.
In summation im in favor with the Electoral College for many reasons. After reading through this side and the opponing side of the argument I can honestly say that I prefer this method as it is. Yes there is a bad side to it but there is a bad side to everything and it shouldn't be big enough for anyone to oppose it. Well thank you for taking the time to read through this. | 3 |
I think there should be no driverless cars there is really no reason for them and they put peoples lives in danger
for no reason.
There is no reason for driverless cars the purpose of the driver is to have someone to take responsability for the actions done involving the car or taken with the car if the car is driving its self the car can not take responsability for the cammands it was given. Just like anything that needs wi-fi if the car is given instructions from a computer that car could be hacked and my cause an accadent where they do not know who to hold responsable for the death of someone who chose not to get a smart car and wants to drive their car themselves. Not only do you have to worry about the cars but also the people who chose the old fashion way and chose to drive their car what if the smart car has a glitch and that glitch is all it takes to take lives. It may say that there has not been an acadent yet does not maen there can not be one at all. | 1 |
In today's world our environment is not as healthy as it was year's ago. There are many green house gases disturbing our atmosphere and our ozone layer. One of the main reasons this is happening is due to motor vehicals. Car's, trucks', motorbike's, gasoline powred or diesal powerd, they all hurt our environment. There are some place's that are trying to stop the gases from hurting us and it is helping.
Owning a car is an important way of transportation. It allows us to get from point A to point B in time's that would be much slower if we did not have a car. Yet car's and truck's can sometimes be hurtful. Owning a car can be cost effective, you must pay for the fuel that is hurting the atmosphere, if it breaks down you must pay for expensive parts and service. Even if you have the money and the time to own a car, you are realy still hurting the environment by burning fosil fuels and causing green house gases.
In some place's in the wrold they are reducing car usage. They are having national days where if you use your motor vehical you are to be charged by ticket for some money. In paris there was a week of regulated driving to reduce smog emision. On several day's of the week car's with even numbers on their tag were not able to drive. The next day the odd number did the same, if caught using a motor vehical you would be fined 22£ ($31). People were outraged and some were so angered they didn't like he law and got thier vehical impounded. That is how Paris did their part in helping the atmosphere.
In Bogota, Colombia they had a similar ocasion, but only for one day of the year. They have done the same thing on that specific day for the past 3 years, they too have been charged with tickets for $25 if found using a motor vehical. They also had this day in two other citys in Colombia, Cali, and Valledupar joined in on the fun of helping the environment.
In the U.S President Barack Obama has had goal's to also reduce emision's of motor vehicals. The United State's being one of the main counrty's in car production see's owning a car a culture, they see driving, working on your own car, and racing as a way of life. But some american's have had enough of trafic jam's, stressed out lives in a jam packed city full of car's and truck's causing green house gases. They have reduced the miles driven since 2013, and a good amount of people don't even want to have a license. In crowded city like New York they have started a new bike sharing program, their tolls for bridges and tunnels have skyrocketed. A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. This means people are getting more involved in helping the environment and reducing hurtful gases that hurt our ozone and our atmosphere. | 2 |
If I was a scientist I would convience them that the face in the ground was just a natural landform in many ways. Some people around the world think things like this would be great to brag about. In this sitiuation We're trying to convience people and tell them that aliens has nothing to do with this.
In this article, it says that it isn't alien related. Reasons that I would conclude is, as scientists research it is just a landform. Scientists also says that its just another Martian mesa. It's related to the red planet Cydonia. As the one scientist took it among himself and took the picture alot of times just to get a great angle of it everyone was waiting for it. Even web surfers this was a huge impact on the people believing that it was a alien.
As I read more not all the people were ok with the problem. Seems that scientists had found more. If I were a scientist I would gather evidence and all my documents from things that were related to this previous sitiuation.
I would also show them pictures back then of the planet. It would be amazing because as a scientist you should always check for yourself. If you did a previous report on that planet or subject I think you should bring your old evidence and documents out to make things come together to understand better.
In this article, I've learned alot about what scientists go through and they they busy life is. It was exciting reading about this and exploring something like this. | 1 |
Dear State Senator,
In this letter I would like to explame the importants of Electoral College. This'll explain what it is,its defenses to the attacks on getting rid of it,and finally why it was created in the first place.
The Electoral College was a process created by the four fathers in the Constitution to established the election of the "President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."-
Source 1: What Is the Electrol College,paragraph 1.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. Majority electorcal votes for President is 270. "Congressional delegtion: On for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators."-
Paragrah 2,What Is the Electoral College.
Yes this involves in the 23rd Amendment of the Contitution that Washington D.C or District or Columbia is allocated 3 electors and is treated like a state in the Electoral College. The electors for a candidate running for President has a group of electors generally by his/her's political party.
Many believe there is something wrong with the Eledtoral College. Even some like "Richard Nixon,Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of Commerce, And the AFL-CIO"-
Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong.
They all have in common is that they want to abolish the Electoral College. However the party will get to "select a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee."-
Source 3 paragraph 2.
However rarely do you actually see it's possible for the winner to get eletoral vote but not popular vote. in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes then Bush. But the agurement falls apart since it happens rarely. It was the frist time since 1888 that's about 112 years that this has happened. It's even highly unlikely it will end in a tie-as 538 is an even number it is divied to the states.
It was started by the founding fathers in order to have a informed government. It is rumored that they believed that the common person the person who votes for popularity is to uninformed to choose who will be President. So in the Constitution they put it as a "pompromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress by popular vote of qulified citizens. | 0 |
Here's why the author thinks Venus is a worthy pursuit because Venus could of once been a Earth like planet. Venus is same size in density, and size as Earth. The planet had rocky sediments, craters, valleys, and mountains. But nobody can visit or get a up close look to venus because it has a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide, highly corrosive clouds of sulfuric acid in its atmosphere. The weather is extremely hot the average temperature is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we are experiencing right now on earth this is stronger than any sea level on earth. If we were to have another pursuit to Venus it would not be efficient because we dont have the right equipment to survive on that kind of journey. No, the author did not evaluate his idea good enough there wasn't enough supporting details to support his claim "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents". | 0 |
Venus is the second planet from our sun. Sometimes called the "evening star", It can be referred to
as Earth's twin. Venus has been proved a very challenging place to examine.And there are many reasons listed for Venus being an explorable planet.
The author suggest that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the the dangers it represents because Venus has many features that are interesting. There are many reason why people still go and
explore venus. One of the reason why people are exploring venus is curiosity. Curiosity because we want to know what's happening in Venus. Us, Human are brave, we
love to explore new things. There might be one braver than another but at the end we are all brave. We all take risks everyday.
Another reason why people would explore Venus is because it was once the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus probably had oceans and supported some of the various form of life, just like Earth. Even today, Venus might still have some features that are alike to those on Earth. This would be a good reason why Astronomers are fascinated by the exploration of Venus.
Although venus is one of the planet that is not safe to Human. NASA is still willing to explore Venus. Venus is one of the interesting planet that has features related to some of the features on earth. | 1 |
Vauban, Germany, home to 5,500 residents is taking a new rout to life... without cars. In this community street parking, drivewaves, and home garages are almost non-exsistant. The streets are "car free" except for the main thoroughfare. Cars are allowed, but there's only two places for parking: large garages and the edge of a development where the car owner has to pay 40,000 for the car space and buy the home.
70% of the people in Vauban don't own cars, and 54% have giving up their cars to live there. They feel happier without them. This is trending in Europe, people are calling it "smart planning" and it's also trending in the United States considering we have 50% green house gas from auto mobiles. With the less parking places, stores are just a short walk away from you.
In Paris they banned driving for a little while because of the almost record high pollution. Drivers on Monday with even numbered license plates were not permited into the streets or would get a 22 euro fine, and the same deal to odd numbered drivers the next day. 4,000 drivers were fined, and 27 cars were impounded for their reaction to the fine. It's not as easy for the people in Paris to get used to a car free community like the people in Vauban. Although the cogestion was brought down 60% in France's capital.
In Bogota, Colombia millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during their car free day. This is their 3rd year of celebrating a day withouth cars in the capitol. The rain didn't stop people from participating either. This day, even just one day lowers their air polution and help realize the stress of driving. Two other cities in Columbia participated in this event, Cali and Valledupar.
The United States is also trying to make great changes to reduce green house gas polution. Statics show that people are buying less cars, driving less, and getting less license plates each year. With the changes and reduction each year, it will do great things to our envirmoent and the air we breathe. Although this would not help our economy, the car industry will be troubled. Driving by young people decresed 23 between 2001 and 2009. This could help us but also put our country more into debt. | 1 |
My opinion on driverless cars is that i think it would be helpful but dangerous at the same time. Driverless cars can help you when you cant see something coming when you are driving . But we also have to be alert because the cars have not develope that much on driving themselves.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. in fact, none of the cars developed 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.
Most driving laws focus on keeping the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is the best achieved wit h the alert drivers. Even if the laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of a accident. If the technology fails whos fault will it be?. But the law is focus on keeping drivers because they want less accidents if something goes wrong.The also put motion sensors in the car for the acr to know when to brake when a car or something is near. In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of the antilock brakes. Within
10 years, those sensors had become more advance to detect and respond to danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. | 1 |
Dear Senator Marco Rubio,
I feel America should keep the Electoral College. This method has worked and has been sussesful most of the time. Even though some say this system is unfair and outdated, their are many pros that keep this system alive.
Overall, this system has certainly an outcome. A state can create a lanslide electoral-vote which in return will give a victory to the canadite. Many candidates that win the election have had a popular vote. Even though this system can have canadites that tie, its very unlikley that this will happen becuase of the number of votes.
The Electoral College requires the canadite to have a trans-regional appeal. Each region doesn't have enough votes to elect a president. That is a good aspect of this system because many people could favor a canidate in a reign.
Swing states are vital in an election. Voters in these states are more likely to pay attention to the campaign and know who to vote for. These voters are known to be the most informative and help decide the election. Some people say this sytem is not fit in America and voters say this is unfair. This sytem keeps key states informed and more attentive when it comes to election time.
This system helps avoid a candidate to receive a majority of the votes. Voters in this sytem are ones who want to show there political prefrence. This system allows people to express themselves and also give the canadites a fair election for the most part.
People such as Bob Dole say to abolish the Electoral College, which is wrong. There hasen't been any huge issues that have not made this system succesful. People have a say in this system by voting. We should indeed keep the Electoral College.
Sincerily,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
Well i think we should chang them becuase some people can get confussed about who they vote for. I think it be good to chang them becuase a president could get a lot more votes but when the other voter get one or two more Electoral College votes then they would win. I think they should be chang becuase there could be 500,000 voter but then for california 55 voter represen 35million voter. Like in 2000 seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all even Rhode Island and the 25 largest voter didn't even see a campain ad.
It not even the people who elect the president it the electors who elect the president. It says that Gore had more populare votes then Bush but lts electoral College votes that help him win so they say that if u have more electoral votes then populare u win. When he increased his plurality in some states he increased his votes that shows a bad president to people and he won't now what to do the people don't feel like he there president. | 0 |
Eletoral College would be better than the popular votes and I will be telling you about how in the next few paragraphs. Technically speaking electoral college is a popular vote, but in a different way. We vote for the electors. So that would mean the majority of the population have to still vote. Wouldn't you rather have a well thought out person than some one that isn't that smart or well thought out. Some one that could make a better decision for you.
Voters can still vote just not for the president. You would be voting for the electors who will then elect the president. Voting for a certain elector you could still be voting for the president you want. The popular votes can be tied together, many of the votes before were so close to being tied, and that would be a wreck. Could you imagine what would happen to the people. They would go crazy. Just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't ever happen. Having an electoral college could cause some dispute, but not as much as the popular vote has already caused. So many arguments and with an electoral college not many would have to deal with those disputes.
The electoral college requires a presedintial canidate to have a trans-regional appeal. So that means no one president can win because of a regional favriote. I mean who would want a president that would most likely favor a certain region because they voted for him. They would feel like he wasn't even their president or they had no say in votes. A president with only regional appeal would most likely not be a good president.
The electoral college makes sure that the electors will pay close attention to the campaign knowing that they decide the election. So the electors will be more thoughtful than some people in the popular vote. The electors can make a better decisions than most of us can. They would be able to make the decisons better and listen to the candidates more than we ever could.
Yes in some ways the popular vote can be good, but think of all the people that make the wrong decisions. The ones that would just vote for how the candidate looks. Not the thoughts and campains he brings. So in many more ways the Electoral college is better than the popular vote. | 3 |
Can you imagine in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? I cannot imagaine a future like this. I see a future where we all learn to drive safely and without pollutuion. I do not believe that driveless cars are good for the future because pollution may increase. Also with drivers not needing to drive could cause more accidents. And expenses will increase on buying the driverless cars.
The first reason a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because people won't want to learn driver safety. If we make cars that drive on their own why would someone want to read or learn how to actually drive? With cars that doesnt require you to focus on a road people will text, play games, talk to other passengers in the car and not even realize what's going on on the road. Without driver safety people will question why we need driver tests.
My second reason a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because accidents could occur more often than usual. With the need to not pay attention to the road people will be more likely to roughhouse within the car or argue over who can sit in the front seat. Everyone knows, technology fails from time to time, if we allow these cars to be made then what does the driver do if the car malfunctions? Drivers and passengers will not see the need to wear a seatbelt because they believe that the driverless car will keep them safe because machines can't make "human error".
My final reason a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because expenses will increase on buying cars. With the way the economy is who is to say that everyone will be able to afford a car with such technology? The way that families and jobs are it is not to say that a person may have enough money in the budget to buy these cars. If they we to buy the car how will they get the money to recieve this veihcle? Saving, the people will save all their money so once they buy the car the will be broke and it will be even harder to keep a house or food on the table or even to wash their clothes.
So to conclude. The reasons why I believe a future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore is a bad idea is because driver safety will be ignored. Accidents will occur more often. And Expenses will be to much for the people. | 2 |
The world today contains numerous conspiracy theories. One of these conspiracies is about the mysterious face on Mars. Some conspiracy theorists state that the face on Mars is actually a result of Alien life. However NASA has provided evidence that proves the face on Mars is actually just a natural landform. Through advancements in digital imagery, an understanding of shadows, and an understanding that there is no alien life evidence, it can be concluded that the face on mars is just a myth.
Today, we humans have the access to cameras with spectacular resolution. When the face on Mars was originally captured, there was no such thing. The article explains that when the picture was originally captured in 1976, the camera quality was not great. For example the text states, "Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." So, when given a better camera quality than in 1976, the face on mars no longer looks like a defined face. Although the quality of the camera is a great support, there are many other explanations that put an end to conspiracy theorists.
Some of the biggest tricks played are constructed by the eyes. When the first image of the face on Mars was revealed, the features such as the eyes and nose were most likely created by shadows. In the article it explains, "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." This excerpt from the article explains that the only reason the natural landform even remotely looked like a face was because of shadows.
While many conspiracy theorists would still like to believe that aliens created this face on the moon, they are mistaken. With all of the technology used to investigate the red planet, proof of alien life should have already been found. Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program explained, "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size...So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" By stating this, Garvin is saying that if there was any evidence of aliens builing this face on Mars, it would have been found. However, others still argue.
Those who believe in aliens building the face on Mars might srgue that NASA is secretly holding evidence that there theories are correct. However, NASA has nothing to gain from hiding information from the world. If anything, NASA would want the world to know about ancient aliens building landforms. The article mentions, "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an acient civilization on Mars." This statement proves that NASA has no reason to hide information.
So, while some conspiracy theorists would like to think that aliens created this well-known face on Mars, they are incorrect. The face on Mars is just a natural landform that was wrongly perceived by the public. By advancing in digital technology, understanding the effect of shadows, and realizing that there is no evidence to support aliens on Mars, it can be concluded that the face on Mars is just another peculiar natural landform. | 5 |
The big debate is wether we should use automated cars that are operated without a use of a driver controling it. I believe that this may be the way to create driving easier and safer for everyone. Driverless cars are going to be a great thing if the big companies like Google and General Motors keep developing this concept of a car drving on its own.
The whole idea of having a car drive on its own just seems like a dream. Well in today's world we already have driverless cars in use in states like California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia. I believe that this is a big long term plan. It isn't just going to change in a year or two, this process in going to take time to develop. In today's world there are car wrecks that happen every single day, but what if we could stop the amount of wrecks with automated cars that sense danger and bring down the percent of wrecks a day. If we would be able to do this, it would make it safer to be on the roads and the streets not having to worry about other cars crashing into you.
Now there are a lot of people that are highly against this idea. They believe that it will take to long. That we should trust our instincts while driving. Another thing is this process would have to be allowed by the law and government. I have to argue that this going to take a long time to covert everything for automated cars, and yes it will be expensive for the starting years. Think about it long term, everyday we use up natural rescources of our planet. Scienctists say that there are only so many natural resources and that we need to start conserving these resources. Cars fill up for gas everyday and use up these resources. Google's Cofounder Sergey Brin envisions that these automated cars will use half the fuel of regular cars today. That is a big difference and it will save us in the long run.These car can keep a safer environment for people. The human's can't rely on one another while driving. Too many people die every year in car crashes because someone was drinking too much or had some impairment while driving. Just think, the automated cars can't get drunk and swerve into another car.
When this discussion comes up later in life remember this. These cars can hold the key for more resources in the future, and make it safe to be on the roads again. Be on the side of this argument that can make a difference in today's world and society. | 3 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. I persoanlly am agianst the development of these cars. There's no need for them, they can be dangerous, and who is to blame for an accident the car or the driver?
First off I believe theres no need for driverless cars, for we have cars now that can do the same things while in control. We have sensors and back up camras on cars now. These have worked perfectly fine. Have we really become that lazy that we cant drive our own cars? I feel there is no need for them. Just another piece of technology to waste money on.
Another reason I believe we should not have drivesless cars is that they can be dangerous. With all of the technology something can easily mess up. You can lose controll of the car. Its just to much built into one car. There will need to be new laws and most likely other things will need to be placed.
Lastly "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault.. the driver or the manufacturer? The driver can say its the cars fault but what if it was actully the driver. How are you to know? What if you lost a loved one because of this car. Sure you would sue the manufacturer but money will not bring that loved one back.
These are the reasons i believe having driverless cars is a terrible idea. There simply no need for them. They can be dangerous to have and handle. Who would be to blame if there was to be an accident. Think about this before creating these new tehcnologys. | 2 |
In 1988 a Viking 1 took a, slightly disturbing, picture. Of a face! Viking 1 found a landform that happends to look like an Egyptian Pharoah. This face was found and started major controversy.
Some people had thought that it was fake and others thought that it was just a coincidence. The massive sand storms just created a face. That's all that they thought. But can that be true?
The face on Mars really hit it off on Earth. Everyone was talking about it. " The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows-even haunted grocery story chechout lines for 25 years!" Some people believe that this face was created by aliens; it is a sign of life on Mars. But, "few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact." That is just crazy, but scientists are backing it up. There is no proof for it to be alien made.
Certain people still say that "it's aliens, aliens are making these faces!" That is not true without the evidence. Which, there is none. There are ablolutly zero facts that aliens would be able to make a face. Or that there are aliens. No facts. No aliens. If there were aliens how would they even make a face?
This has to be just a natural landform that formed when a massive sandstorm hit. It is just a coincidence. Nothing freaky or wierd, just a face in the sand. It's natural, not an alien. According to the text, "What the picture actually shwos is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." See, nothing wierd going on on Mars. Or at least that we know of.
So, in conclusion, this artifact of mars is real. This is, because, there are no facts to prove otherwise. If there were facts than it would be ruled an alien artifact. Which would be pretty cool, but it isn't real. And we shouldn't be pretending like it is real. Scientists are backing this up here they are saying that it can't be an alien artifact. It's impossible as of right now. There is no evidence that an alien has made this face in the sand. | 3 |
The Electoral College is a process put in place by the founding fathers as a compromise for the election of the President. It is a combination vote of the Congress and of the citizens of the United States. The Electoral College is on of the most disputed political topics right now. The electoral college is a proper method for electing presidents because it forces presidential candidates to have transregional appeal and it rules out the possibility of an election where neither candidate recieves the majority of the votes.
The Electoral College doesn't allow a candidate to win by gaining their electoral votes from one region. As stated in source 3, "no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president" meaning that if a candidate were to only campaign in a region that they knew would vot for them, then there is no possible way they would win. For example, in 2012 Mitt Romney was a favorite in the south so he had no incentive on campaigning heavily in other states because that he had won the south over completely. Not only did he not win a major electoral state, Florida, but he also didn't campaign in ohter states for which he gained no electoral votes. Even by some chance that they win, there is a very small chance of them being reelected because the regions that they didn't campaign in will feel disenfranchised and that will cause them not to vote for the president again. So if a candidate doesn't camapign in all regions that doesn't mean he won't win the election the first time, but he is likely to lose the reelection.
With the Electoral College process in place, it rules out the possibility of an candidate not winning the majority of the votes. For example, their have been two elections where a president only had 43 percent of the popular votes, which some people would think that would be enough, but the those presidents had the majority of the electoral votes which is what caused them to win. Even though there is a slight possibility of this happening, there are always those couple of states that are last minute decisions and are called "toss-up states" because nobody ever knows who will win that state over and it might be a state like Louisiana, who only has 8 eletoral votes but 8 votes is enough to break a tie and even win the election for someone.
On the other hand, some people might argue that the Electoral College method might turn off potential voters due to a candidate showing that they have no interest in carrying that state due to what party that state carries, but no one voter can decide an election, and that is because the voter doesn't vote for what president they want, but for what electors they want who in part will vote for the candidate. Though they have a valid arguement the Electoral College is still the right method for the job.
In conclusion, the Electoral College is the proper method because it forces presidents to campaign in multiple regions and it rules out the possibility of a tie in the election. The president is suppose to rule for the people and some people might not vote for a president just because they don't like them but with the Electoral College the right president wins. | 3 |
When people think about that future they think about new phones, watches, tv systems, internet, hover boards, and all that exciting stuff. But have you ever thought about a driverless car?
Most people think that the postion of a driverless car would be amazing. They think that it would make life a lot easier. Would it really make driving easier? Ive been asked about my postion on a driverless cars. My position on a driverless car is that we shouldnt rely on technology for everything we do. In todays society people rely on technology for directions, phone numbers, social media, and sometimes even for school projects. This has led to people using less phone books, maps, books, and even less people meeting in public. This is why we shouldnt rely on technology; which leads to diverless cars. It could lead to unsafe relying on everything.
When it comes to the safety of people how would driverless cars help? Would they actually make it safer? In the article google founder states that the car would alert you if human assistance is needed. What if the system didnt work? The car would automatically shut down and we wouldnt know what to do. Why rely on techonolgy such as driverless cars to hold the safety of us and our family? If we were to get hurt in an accident where the cars system didnt work who would we blame? This safety hazard that is still not completely trustworthy should not be used on the roads.
When it comes to driverless cars it shouldnt be allowed. It is unsafe and not yet completely reliable. Why put us, our family, and other in risk when we dont know that exact outcome of how the car will operate in a dangerous zone or on a daily basis. When it comes to safety and reliabiltiy, we think big on this subject just like we do on trustworthiness. This has led to my conclusion on my position on driverless cars and how they shouldnt be allowed due to unsafe realiablilty. | 2 |
The Seagoing Cowboys Program
The Seagoing Cowboys program is a very nice thing in many ways. You will have lots of opportunitys to do things that you have never done in your life. The reasons that I know you should join this program is you get to take care of animals,have fun playing games on board with other cowboys,you get to ride the waves all the time on a boat, and going new places to see other things and cultures.
The first reason you should join this program is you get to take care of overseas animals. Luke said you get to take care of horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Helping animals is very fun and animals might be very cute to you so this is a big advantage to joining this program. You will start to build a relationship with the animals and start to love them in a way you cant imagine.
The second reason you should join this Seagoing Cowboy program is you get to have fun on board with other cowboys. Cowboys on board like Luke get to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. Other games that cowboys play to pass time is tabble-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling.
The third reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is you get to ride the waves on a boat to see the sea. Lots of people love seeing the ocean and riding on it,but this way you just have to join the program and you can ride the seas as much as you like. The ocean is soothing and is just so peaceful compared to the city where it is very load and annoying.
The fourth and most important reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program is you get to discover new places and sightseeing. Going to Greece, Europe, China, and many other places seems really fun for seeing new cultures,how people dress, and the landforms. Its good to explore something new and go around the world in this program.
In conclusion,I think the Seagoing Cowboys program is one of the best programs of all time. You get to explore,take care of animals,and have lots of fun with friends. I hope you take this message massivly that joining this program will change the way you think about life today. | 3 |
There have been many question going around about a face shaped rock that was recently found on Mars. Many think that it was aliens, but I mean those are just conspiracy theories. There's no real evidence but either way I'm here to clarify what the face is. I have gotten information form the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars".
First of all, the Face is being used for people to believe it's a misterious object. Ever since the Face was discovered it has become a pop icon. The article I found said "The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and has even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years." The article also said "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars, evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists." The only people that are saying anything about the Face and if it's made by aliens are conspiracy theorists.
Also, NASA has captured better pictures but people still believe it was aliens. An article said "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The article also said "What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms commom around the American West." NASA took clear picture of the landform and found out that it's just a landform.
Although, the second time NASA took the pictures it was cloudy, so they could be trying to hide something. The text said "But not everyone was satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98, a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." So NASA could be trying to hide something by taking the pictures during the time when there's that type of weather.
However, NASA wouldn't lie about this kind of discovery because it would also be very helpful for them. The text said "We felt this was important ot taxpayers," explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. "We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it." The article also said "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" says Garvin. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height and the Face on Mars." The Face isn't made by aliens or anything of that sort. Even if people wanted to it to be something the Face is just a landform.
In conclusion, the Face is just a landform it's not an alien artifact or anything else. The only people saying it was made by aliens are conspiracy theorists. The Face is just a landform that had the perfect lighting to make it look like a face. I know conspiracy theorists think it's something else but the information and facts are clearly stated. | 3 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author states that Venus is simalar to Earth. But it is very hazardous. However, the author also states that scientists want to study it. The author suggests that studying Venus would be worth the dangers that Venus presents through many ways.
One way is by explaining why studying Venus is worth it. He does so by explaing that Venus might have been once like Earth. He also states that this is why scientists want to study it. In the article, the author says that "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largeley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth."
another way that that the author suggest studying Venus is worth it, is by using problem and solution. the author lists problems with studying venus, and getting signifigant data. He then presents sloutions to those problems. Then he explains why those solutions are effective.
In conclusion, the author evaluated very well on supporting the idea of studying Venus. He first he establishes the problems with studing venus. Then he explains why it's worth it. Not only that, but he then introduces solutions to the problem. | 2 |
Did you know that passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emission in europe and up to 50 percent in some intensive areas in the united states .there were 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile in the unitedstates,the enviorment protection agency is promiting "car reduce".
communities and legislators are starting to act if cauiously in previous years80 percent of approiations have by law gone to high ways and only 20 percent to other transport. many thing consists of having a caer if you dont have a car you can hardly get around .it would be very diffucult to do the thing you want to do! many people have cars for many reasons they have cars to get them around ,to and from work, and alot of other reasons .without a car many things will be very hard to accomplish. alot of things come with having a car you have to make sure its running right ,make sure all the tires are good , fix it if it need fixing ,and tend to it when it needs to be fix. cars come from many places all over the world thers car part that come from all over the world you just got t know your carb and when there is a problem! in this enviorment some people say cars are bad because of the gas that be in the air and that gas is expensive but without a car nothing is possible well i wouldnt say possible but it would be very hard to get around .now a days you need a car just to go around the coner and back! | 0 |
The "Unmasking of the Face on Mars" is a natural landform. Just like most natural landforms the face is quite bigger than seen on pictures.. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte. The picture also shows something equivalent to a mesa. The Face seen on Mars is a natural landform because it looks similar to a butte, it looks similar to a mesa, and just like most natural landforms its quite big.
The Face of Mars looks quite similar to a butte. First of all, a butte is a landform more common around the American West. In the text someone sates,"It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Garvin. Second of all, the Face is more simialr to a butte is becasue people could identify that they have seen something simialr to the Face. For example, in the text someone said that it looks similar to something that they have seen before. Lastly, the Face of Mars is just a landform that looks similar to some theat we have on Earth. A butte is more common on the west side of the U.S.
The Face of Mars looks similar to a mesa. First of all, a mesa is a landform which is more common around the American West. In the text someone states," That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. Second of all, the Face couldn't have been created by aliens becasue people right away could identify the Face as something they have sen before. Lastly, Mars's "face" is just a landform the looks similar to a lava dome that most people are familiar with. For example, lava domes that take the form of an isolated mesa is what the Face can be identified as.
Just like any natural landform, most of them are quite big. First of all, the photo of the Face captured took up most of the frame, most natural landforms are not quite hard to miss. In the text is states,As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, he added. So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were! Second of all, ladforms aren't hard to miss. For example, in the text they explain that it was hard to take a picture because of cloud coverage. Just becasue the clouds coverd it doesn't mean that the clouds will clear, and i'm sure you could have seen it just not all of it. Lastly, When the picture was taken they said that each pixel was 1.56 meters instead of the 43 meters per pixel in the picture taken in 1976. Just becasue the meters per pixel is smaller doesn't indicatethat the landform is small. Seeing it on picture is way different then seeing it up close.
In conclusion, The Face of Mars is just an rdinary landform because it looks simialr to a butte, it looks simialr to a mesa, and most landforms are big and quite hard to miss. From reading this you now know that the Face of Mars is just a landform an not alian markings. | 4 |
I think it would be a good idea if they come out with cars that can drive by its self. It could help people while they are busy or something like that.
If they come out with cars that can drive by there selfs that would help a lot of people out. If some on it busy and all they would have to do is get the car to do or go what ever they wanted to go. Another thing is that if the car gets into a accident and there would be no one in the car so it would be safer.
Smater cars would have sensors on they that could tell the car to stop right away. The car would be smarter than the human brain. So there for the car would be more safer that someone driving it. Sensors have been out for a long time since the 1980s so the sensors work really good. Sensors makes the brake stop fater that what a human could. The sensors become more advanced
as the years go by.
Comeputers would run the cars and computers are really smart. The cars can be turned of instantly. The car would have safety featurs installed in it. The lwa thins that it is saver to have these cars. They test these cars out alot to find places that need hlep on.
I think it is a good idea of making cars that can drive by there selfs. It is safer than a person driving the car. Because the car is a computer and the compurter is smater. The law thins that it is a good idea so it could be more safer. So that is why i think it is a good idea. Less people would get hurt. | 2 |
Self driving cars are mystifying to some people, and the thought is a great fantasy that some want to see come true. While fantasies are fun to think about not all of them should come true. These are my three reasons as to why we should not go into this business.
So, imagine you wake up for work, everything is going alright, and you get in your brand new self driving car. It was tested by Google, so you think everything will be okay. The car pulls out of the drive and you're on your way to work. You're speeding up faster and faster, but you reassure yourself that everything is fine. The car doesn't stop at the approaching stoplight, which results in you getting in a crash.
The car is totaled, you're in the hospital, and it's all because your self driving car bugged out. Sure, more and more cars can be tested to ensure that there will be no bugs, but then there are people in this world that are mean. This sort could either have nothing to do with what I'm saying, or they could hack into your car and take control. For what reason that I don't know, but it's still a con of the self driving idea.
After this crash you go to sue the manufacturer of this car. The manufacturer says he has nothing to do with it, it's not his fault, so you have no right to sue him. This gets you in the long process of court duty, a lot of research, and stress builds up. It wasn't your fault, you think, the manufacturer could've made it safer. Maybe he could have done a few more test runs.
The manufacturer comes back at you saying that you bought the car, and therefore should of thought about the consequences that could commence. This lawsuit goes on and on until finally they ask the jury, and they decide that you're guilty. They say that you should have thought of the reprucusions, you lose the fight that you started, and to top it off you've lost even more money.
Apart from that visual story I've laid out for you there is also this to consider, why have self driving cars? Shouldn't humans have the intellect and mind capacity to be able to drive in a giant metal box to get to their job? If we're so capable we should drive to our workplaces and homes. It's not just a fantasy that some people thik about, it's also the aspect of laziness in America.
Think about it, the self driving cars make us do one less thing in our lives. It's an important thing too! Driving down the road where you have to trust other people in their cars and in your ability to drive your car. What would we do in our cars then? The car would basically be a very weirdly based time machine that we hop in. We'd be texting in the car, checking our social media, eating our breakfast on the way to work. We wouldn't realize what's going on around us.
We wouldn't look up at the world outside, we wouldn't see the trees as we pass them or the way that the snow falls on the ground. You won't see the birds on their first or seventy-first flight. The deer in the medow, the squirrels in the tree brances, and the people you pass by. Have you ever driven past one of your friends, honked at them just to see them see you and smile? That connection that you feel then, would no longer be here.
Everyone is so in love with the social media fad. You'd be seeing Celine's status update about her going to the mall with her friends instead of the sunrise.
You'd see your friend's new profile picture and tap the like button while another one of your friends drove past you and honked. That friend still has a self driving car, and they still honk at you so they can see you. You don't look up, they see you relaxing in the front seat checking out your favorite band's Facebook.
Your friend drives away without seeing your smile or wave. They see the squirrels playing together and the birds flying freely. How your friend wishes to be playing with you like when you two were eight years old, and just thought trucks were 'oh so cool'. To be free lke those birds your friend saw, he has that freedom. The freedom to make his own decisions. He's flying away to greater heights while you're stuck on the ground in your self driving metal box.
So, after all of these reasons, the technical issues, the lawsuits, and the progressing laziness that America is becoming; this is why I do not like the thought of self driving cars becoming a thing. We have the freedom to drive and so be it. Don't let the robot or computerized world take your life over. Don't let social media and laziness catch up to you. Be the bird and fly free, not the stone whom corrodes. | 3 |
Would you agree with me if i told you I value the use of technology reading students emotions in class? You probably wouldn't. imagine a computer reading your facial expression. The reason i agree their should be this type of technology
in a classroom is because, I think it would make lessons funer, it would avoid kids from falling asleep, it can stop kids from ditching class.
The use of this technology can take any type of class to the next level. "The computer can easly tell when your getting confued or bored," Dr.Huang predicts. It could modify the lesson to make it easier for someone to understand and make it funer for someone who is getting board. Like for instance say someone dosen't understand a math problem but has a passion for a sport. The teacher can then use the sport the student has a passion for and help him understand it better.
When a lesson is boaring a kid thinks that sleeping it away can make it go by faster. I mean it does but then your strugling when it comes down to having a test on it. By this device telling the teacher a students emotion of the lesson can help the teacher understand how to explain it without making it boaring or long. The teacher can then think okay todays lesson was kinda long how can I get straight to the point and make it fun. By a lesson being fun it makes the kid look foward to the assignment causing them to stay up.
When a student ditches a class its most likely because their class dosent have a fun assignment to look foward to. Or because they dont understand it, and their to shy to ask for help. They may also ditch a class becuse they dont see a point in going to class.
Have you gotten our anwser of what you think? would you like to have one of these computers in your class? We all have that one class e dont look foward to. this can help teachers understand why kids ditch their class, fall asleep, or even why they dont show intrest because they get board or confused. | 2 |
In many places all across the world, the amount of car usage is decreasing more and more as the years pass by. In places such as Vauban, Germany; Paris, France; and Bogota, Colombia; there are times when you are fined if you operate a vehicle. Why would a city ban one of the most useful personal transportations invented? These cities all had goals for transportation to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and costs, improve safety, relieve stress, and to promote public transportation. All of these goals, by which were accomplished when the use of motor vehicles were limited.
According to source 1 'In German Suburb, Life goes on without cars', the residents of Vauban, Germany disagree with the usage of cars. The entire suburb is designed to be "car-free", besides the main thoroughfare. Understand that car ownership is allowed, but there is an exteremely scarce amount of parking spots, and that the price of a garage, that is located at the edge of this suburb, costs $40,000 when you buy your home. As a result of this, 70% of residents do not own cars, and 57% of residents sold their car to live in Vauban. The goal was to start a movement called 'smart planning', which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes.
According to source 2 'Paris bans driving due to smog', the city of Paris, France enforced a partial ban to clear the air of the global city. Almost 4,000 drivers were given a 22-euro fine, which is equivalent to $31, because they were driving their cars. Diesel fuel was at fault for the excessive amount of smog in the city. Diesels make up 67% of the vehicles in France. The goal was to decrease the amount of smog throughout the city.
According to source 3 'Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota', the residents of Bogota, Colombia are familiar with a 3 year running 'Day without Cars'. There is a large turnout where one day out of the year the use of motor vehicles is banned, which would face violators with a $25 fine. The goal of this city was to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation.
In conclusion, the result in limiting the usage of cars would be very effective and beneficial. The residents, as a whole, would save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and costs, improve safety, relieve stress, and promote public transportaion. | 2 |
I am Luke Bomberger and I have been to very unique places in my life time. Right now I work part time at two jobs in grocery store and at a bank. But what I didn't know that my life would change soon after I graduated. So thanks to my friend Don Reist he invited me ot go to Europe with him on a cattle boat. So of course I couldn't just say no because if I would have to be just carzy It was a life time opportunity.
It was in the year of 1945, it was the time of World War II. So to help people recover, 44 nations joined to form a UNRRA. The UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. So the next thing you know Don and I were signed up.
In August 1945, we received our orders to go and report to the New Orleans. " We arrived August 14 ," Luke said. Which was the day the that the Pacific War ended. They got their Seaman's paper and boarded up the SS Charles W. Woodster, headed for Greece with a cargo of 335 horses and plus enough hay to feed them all.
Luke's birthday happened before arriving to Greece. He turned 18 which meant he could be drafted to military service. " When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle boat trip, they told me to justto keep doing that for my service."
But the trips we went on were unbelievable opportunities for a little small town boy like me.
It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the Eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Caring for all the animalsand the crossingskept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bag of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. stalls had to be cleaned.
Helping out on my aunt Katie's farm as a little boy helped me a lot to prepare me for this job. But not for the dangers on the seas that I had to face. On my second trip I was watch man for all the crews out on the boats. My job was to check all of the animals for every hour | 1 |
What I think about this emotional expression technology is that I don't think it's too important. The reason I think this way is because there isn't a point to having one in the classroom why would the class want or need an emotional expression. Yes I do know some of the classmates would like to use one but it wouldn't be so important, but
Sometimes you can know how your friend or a person feels just by asking them or just by the look on there face. I know this because in the story it also say's "For instance , you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." what this tells me is, another reason why a class dosen't need an emotion expression I feel like it might just take up there time just by using that type of technology and the class might not have much care for the class. | 1 |
The planets are a fasinating part of science. They have charateristics that we can not even imagine and facts that we long to learn about. The mask that apeared on Mars was first spotted in the year of 1976. I can strongly say that the face on Mars is not created by aliens. I know this because scientists figured that is was a butte or mesa- landforms that are common around the American West. Also when they shot the pictures it was taken during winter when it is normanly cloudly, not a good time to take a photo.
The face on Mars is not a alien creation, but is a Marian equivalent of a buttle or mesa. This implies that the science behind this, is that the landform on Mars is non other than a mesa. Scientist also know that mesa landforms are common enough, especially around Cydonia. This shows that the unusual formation was definatly a butte, but this one just happened to make it look like a face.
In 1976 a Viking shot a photo of a face like portrait. This was taken during winter a cloudy time of the year. This demonstrates that this picture is not the most reliable photograph. And so On April 5, 1998 a team of MOC researchers went out a took a sharper photo,much more reliable thean the original Vikings photo. This reveils that the landform was very much a natural landform. Though this rock formation did very much resemble a human head, We know that this mesa was created by shadows not aliens.
The face on Mars show us that things may appear different from what they seem. Next time lets just leave it to the experts to tell us the science behind things. | 2 |
The author fom "The challenge of Exploring Venus", said
that
studying vanus is worty pursuit despite the dangers it presents.They say Venus is the twin of earth because its almost the same the only thing they dont have the same
its not nobody can't live there.For years they been trying to go there and walk around and see what
wrong with it , but everytime they go something wrong always happends with the mission.They say Venus os a very challenging place.
The author say that if something wrong ever happend
to our earth we will need
to go to Venus.The NASA is trying to find a way how to send human to Venus to see what wrong with it , they think they have sum idias how.Why would a be Venus like i told you before Venus is the closest planet to Earth in the terms of density and size.A would take us months even years to find a way to get there and how to make it seem like earth the place we living right now we can even call earth 2.
If we ever go to Venus we would need to wait
for Venus be close to us, but still a would to hours for us to get in to Venus and you would never know
if something go wrong
when we our
way other there. What if we go and we need to be in the space shops for months we cant do that because a would be so much people that are food might go away.That why need need to make sure that everything its ok for us to fly over space.
But do youe ever wonder if we ever live in Venus but we did something wrong with it that we need it to move to earth. | 1 |
The author from the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" supports the idea of studying Venus because of these three reasons: it has been three decades since anyone has visited, people are thinking of living there, and the last reason is because we can make new technology by trying to send it to Venus. The author also states facts in the article.
The first reason is that it has been three decades since anyone has visited. Back in the 1900s, people began making tests to see what was on Venus. They were curious so people began sending spacecrafts. What is sad is that none came back. They stopped the research and forgot about it. It has been hard to study since the planet has a hot temperature. The planet's surface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is about 90 times greater than our own planet. Venus has the hottest surface temperature from any other planet in our solar system.
The second reason is because people are thinking of living there. We should study about Venus a lot more for this reason. Venus has mountains, valleys, and craters. The planet's surface is rocky. Scientists say that Venus might of been the only Earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus might be our only option for a visit. It is the second planet from our sun but it is really close to us.
The last reason is because scientists are making new technology. They have sent many spacecrafts and all of them have failed. Scientists want to take a step further and send humans up there. There have been small vehicles brought up there to see how many miles it can run and how long it will survive. Scientists have to be really careful with what moves they make. Any wrong move can affect the mission. They need to be alert because it is a big risk.
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Here are three reasons I found: it has been three decades since anyone has visited, people are thinking of living there, and the last reason is because we can make new technology by trying to send it to Venus. Those are the reasons why we should study Venus. | 2 |
Having to not worry about not staying alert constantly or saving up for a new car over a life time are a just a few benefits we could potentially recieve with the development of driverless cars. I feel that scientists and developers should continue the development of driverless cars because with this new technology the rate at which an accident occurs could potentially be decreased, the amount fuel used to operate a car would be cut in half, and if you ever decided to operate manually, the vehicle could apply its advanced accident safety systems before an accident has the oppurtunity to take place.
One reason why the development of driverless cars should be continued is because they can prevent accidents from occuring. Being built with the new technology allows these vehicles to stop when needed, slow down when entering harsh conditions, or alert the driver when an accident could potentially occur. These types of safety features could prevent head on collisons, hydroplaning on roads, and accidental traffic violations.
Another reason why the development of driverless cars should be continued is because they can cut the amount of fuel needed to power a vehicle by half. This is important because in today's modern day scientists have discovered that the amount of fossils fuels fuels in the world is decreasing exponentially. At that rate, they say that within the next five hundred years there will be no more fuel left. With the development of these types of vehicles, scientists have the ability to cut the amount of fuel needed in half, which could increae the number of years to one thousand.
The last reason for why the development of cars should be continued is because they can provide anticipated accident safety features. What I mean by this is that before a collision takes place, the advanced sensors constructed inside the car are able to detect an accident and provide an earlier response. This could mean that they will deploy airbags earlier or even apply substantial pressure to the brakes hundreds of feet away from opposing harm.
To say that driverless cars would be benficial is an understatement because they have the ability to change the world. Their new features could end the number of accidents involved with vehicles. The amount of gas that will be used could be saved and manipulated for other life changing technology. Lastly, they could prevent, us, drivers from suffering from severe injury in a collision. | 3 |
When you live in the United States, you use cars everyday, so you wouldnt understand the positive impacts of limiting car usage has on everyday life. Some small towns in Germany, Paris, and Colombia are car-free citys. In the passage
In German Susburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , writen by Elisabeth Rosental, She tells her readers that a suburb in Germany, Vauban, has street parking, driveways, and home garages generally forbidden. Rosenthal states that not having a car can actually bring happiness. "'When I had a car I was always tence. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walker."
In the second article,
Paris bans dring do to smog , by Robert duffer, he tells the reader about the struggles Paris faced with polution in the air. He states that they made a system where one day they would have even licence plate number stay home one day and the odds would stay home the next. After trial and error, They came up with a solution, And it helped the smog go away. If cars were banned completly the air we breathe would be so much cleaner, and less foggy. "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescrind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday."
In the third passage
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota , by Andrew Selsky, It talks about a car free day that takes place once a year in the town on Bogota. The passage also states that people hiked, biked, skated, and took buses to work during the car free day. Selsky states that the goal of the day is to promote alternative transportation and reduse smog, Which brings back the fact that not using cars reduses polution in the ait. The other reson banning cars is a good idea is because it redused stess, because you dont have to deal with traffic, find a parking spot, or worry about being late to work because you have to stop to fill up your tank in the morning. "'It's a good oppotunity to take away stress...' said buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza"
The last article the End of Care Culture , written by Elisabeth Rosenthal, talks about how "americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by". i beleive people are finally coming to the state of mind where public transportation is the faster, easier, and more afisiant way. Another reason it is better than having your own cars is that it is safer. "'...public transpotation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resousrces, lower emissions and improve safety."
The main advantages of limiting car usages are happiness, lower in polution, lower in stress, and increase in safety. | 2 |
Imagine a world where emotional reading is performed by robots, and raw human emotion is simply binary code. This could be a reality if the classroom is converted into such a world. The use of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable, due to the lack of the software's ability to decipher verbal emotion, the ability of humans to naturally perform the same techniques as the software, and the cost effectiveness of this kind of software within a classroom setting.
The first reason why the use of the FACS within the classroom would not be valuable is due to the inability of the software to understand verbal emotion. When a student is confused and or emotional about a topic, often they will express this through verbal communication. The FACS is not able to register this kind of emotion, at least not this early in it's development. As cited in paragraph six of the article, " 'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers will need to understand that, too.' " This statement also brings about the issue of emotional expression not on the face, including body language and stature. These reasons defend the idea that FACS is not a valuable software for the classroom.
FACS also is not valuable because it is not diverse enough in its usage nor its abilities. Teachers and peers can easily spot emotions just as easily, and often more accurately, than this machine. As cited in paragraph five of the article, "In fact, we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' every day." This would lead this invention's discovery to be unneeded and unneccesary, unless in it's applications of the distinguishment of the emotions of century old art pieces.
The software itself would not be cost effective, with the extravagance of it's research. As cited in paragraph one, "The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam." This two Professers are of very renowned within the hierarchy of education, and the software itself is a product of the two researchers. This would lead one to believe that the software would not be cost-effective, especially within a state-funded school district.
To synthesize, the Facial Action Coding System would not be a valuable tool within the classroom because it lacks the ability to de-code other sensory based emotional expressions, can be replaced by humans, and is far too expesive. Although the software is useful, it is not practical nor diverse enough to be used within the classroom. If the FACS could be more efficient, especially with it's purpose, it might be a candidate for a positve addition to the classroom, but presently, it serves no new purpose. | 4 |
In paragraph 2 the author states that all the trips to the planet have been unmaned for a good reason the spacecraft didnt last longer than 3 hours thats why it dangerous and hard for us to study the planet. The planet woud be fun to study but almost imposible the temperatures are over 800 degrees fahrenheit that would be imposible for anything to survive on the planet that meaning humans. Venuses atmosphere is also way to dangerous for us to even breath in. The planet is so attracting to NASA because the planet is related in shape in form they belive it could have had oceans and could have supported some form of life. The earth is are closes planet and it know as earths twin. NASA claims that a trip to venus would be possible, hard but survivable. The problem is with the plantes surface being so hot that they would not be able to take samples of rock or gases so what would be the point. They are working on something that would make the spacecraftes last longer in these conditions so they could retrive samples. They have some projects in the works that have lasted 3 weeks in such conditions. the trip to venus with humans going could happen but i dont think it will anytime soon. It could be possible but we will have to wait to find out. | 1 |
If you are considring becoming a sea going cowboy you should, and I have a few reasons why. My frirst reason is you get paid to travel and it makes a great learning oppertunity for adults to learn abot new cultures and races you will be able to do new hobbys, learn new resipes. Also you get to travel the world get to travel to the most beautiful places on earth including Greece, Italy, France and many more places. If you love animals you will be able to take care of them but the only down side of that is you have to clean there stalls
You may now be wondring If Im going to be taking care of animals twentey-four seven you would not have time to hae fun but dont worry you will have plenty of fun especially on the return trips you will enjoy baseballl, ,vollyball ,table-tennis fencing ,boxing ,reading ,and whittling. You will also once gotten to the destination have fun there and swim go ,boat rides, and see marvouls things.
In conlusion you see it is obvious that you should become a sea going cowboy. You will learn new things and vist many beautiful places and meet many interesting people from diffrent cultures and races. | 2 |
The Google cofounder Sergey Brin thinks that the genius idea of driverless cars will be around by the year of 2020. This would mean there would be less accidents if it is put out into the world when it working properly.
Driverless cars would cause less wrecks and be safer to pedestrians. If you were drinking you could put the driverless part of the car on so there wouldn't be a problem getting you home. Many accidents are caused by people that are tired, drunk, or under the influence of something. "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." This quote shows that alert drivers would be the best for our safety, but the drivers not alert or under the influence of something could cause serious damage to someone or something which is why the car should have a setting for the human to drive and one setting for the car to drive.
Driverless cars is a great idea and have some flaws at the moment buy in a couple of years it will run perfectly or close to perfect so it can keep people safe. This would cause less accidents in car related things. | 2 |
Seagoing Cowboys program is a great opportunity to participate in. You will be able to help many countries recover from the war. You will get the opportunity to experience many different things.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you won't regret it. Many people should join because you would be helping many people from different countries. You won't be working the entire time. On your way to your destination will have the chance to go sightseeing. By joining the program you will learn new things about different countries you probably didn't know about. Seagoing Cowboys program can be dangerous, but you can also have fun. Participating will make you more aware about people of other countries and their needs. By participating you can help people and you have the side benefit of traveling. You could also learn some responsibility. You would be taking care of animals. Caring for animals requires responsibility. Feeding, watering, and cleaning all require responsibility.
Joining will feel like an adventure. You will feel grateful for the opportunity. This expericnece could also change your life for the better. Joining will show you how other countries need help. Knowing that other countries need help could inspire you to start helping more people in the future. | 2 |
The face was not created by aliens for many reasons. An example would be how NASA wanted to take a picture, to reasure the American people. If it was created by aliens NASA wouldn't want to be taking pictures of it. Also it wasn't kept a private matter, NASA wanted all to see the face. Anothere example would be how NASA went out of there way to prove there cliam. Mission controllers stated that "it was not easy to target Cydonia". "In fact it was hard work", NASA stated how they didn't pass over the face very often. The last example would be how NASA took the picture a such high quality for the people. The article states that the team used maximum resolution for the photo. Back when the first Viking photo came out the quality wasn't as advanced as it was in 2001. I think the quality of the photo helped the American peole to understand NASA's cliam. After all was said and done NASA said the photo just shows a butte or mesa which is commonly found in the American West. That's why I think the face wasn't created by aliens. | 2 |
Using a Facial action cosing system can be very useful in the future. Useing the Facial action coding sytem you could see how people are feeling at times. If you could tell if someone is happy or mad with out asking them, It could really help everyone in the world. This could help prevent way less fights and other negative things from going wrong.
While using the system you can name many postive things. As said in the artical its to make people smile. We need more smiling faces in the world. By telling if your happy or mad the machine could make the madness become into happiness. Many people dont like to talk about how they feel, but with the machine you could change all of that with out asking them.
Another postive thing about the Facial action coding system you can help kids in school. Every kid gets bored in school while learning something. Some teacher dont know there kids are bored and thats why they aren't learning the subject that well. Using the system teacher can make what there learning a little fun so the kids in the class will comprehind it better. This system could help the future generation on smartness and skills they need.
This system can make more then other people happy. It could make your self happy by using this system. Making people happy that aren't in the best of moods could bring a smile on your face. The fights and other bad things going on in the world are really starting to hurt. Using this sysyem could prevent or even stop the bad actions people are doing.
To have this kind of system we should be happy. There are so many good and postive changes we could do with it. We should use it to are advantage and make postive things happen. The Mona Lisa smile should bring a smiles to everyones face. If it doesnt by using Facial Action Coding system it should bring a smile to everyones face! | 2 |
The driverless cars are coming is a statement that I would not like to hear.
If there is going to be driverless cars on the road it is going to turn to a dangerous place.
If the drivers are not driving the car themselves then they are not paying attention, could cause a serious crash, and the car could malfunction.
All of these are dangerous for other drivers.
If a driver is not paying attention to the road, things can go down really fast.
Just taking your eyes off the road for a second, the car could run off the road and hit someone or just damage your car without hitting someone else.
To drive a car you need to be sure and watch where you are going because you are not just driving for yourself, you are driving for everyone on the road.
A driver must focus on the road and not anything else, or they could cause a serious crash.
Looking down to read a text message can cost a life, it may be yours or someone else.
There have been many crashes in the past year from careless drivers that do not pay attention to the road and have killed innocent families.
The alerts on the car may not work, or they may give out.
If the car was ran by technology, where does it get all of its technology?
What would happen if that technology failed?
There is always a question of what could happen or if it is going to happen.
With a driverless car, it could be a lot worse for the driver not to be driving or it could be a lot better for all the drunks that drive.
But if someone was doing something else and not watching the road, like they said the seats will vibrate if something is on the road or something wrong, if someone is not paying attention or trying to reach for something in the back they will not feel that. They could run off the road and hit something or someone.
The law has not even passed so these cars can be driven because it is a disaster to think of a driverless car driving on the road.
A part in the article even says, the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 miles per hour.
There are not many roads where people will be driving 25 miles per hour.
Trying to put a car out there that can drive itself is not a good idea because there could be many problems.
With the idea of that drivers will think they will not have to drive anymore and they will not listen to the alerts and just ignore them.
They will not be focused on driving and thinking about things that really do not matter.
These cars are not safe to be driving themeselves on the road. | 2 |
In my opinion i think that we shouldn't continue with elector college. I think we should change it to election by popular vote for president of the united state, it seems like it would be an easier process. The elector college is very very unfair, its a disaster, so it should be removed.
If we were to make it to were whoever became president was the one that had the most vote people would proabky be so much happier. More poeple would proably have the president of there choice if it worked that way. To make people happy give them what they want right? Well let us pick.
Elector college is a very unfair process! With the winner-take-all system in each state canidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning in. So they focus on the staes they know they can win, they don't challenge themselfs. The easy way is always the right way!
The Elector college caused a very bad thing in 2000 the biggest electon crisis in the century happened. So clearly the Elector college can cause some very big problems to occur. I feel that voting this way is a very stupid thing to do and that vote by popularity should be the way that we vote for our president.
Its less complicated this way. | 1 |
Can technology really sense emotion? Can your computer tell if you're happy or sad? These are some of the questions that Facial Action Coding System is attempting to answer. Using technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is vaulable. It can be used to keep students engaged, active and eager to learn. Adjusting a learning program to what a student finds appealing will help them have a positive connotation with learning.
Using programs like the Facial Action Coding System to read students emotional expressions is a very vaulable tool. It can help keep students engaged and active. In todays schools, it doesn't even come as a suprise when you hear that a student fell asleep in class. Students who are not engaged in a learning activity tend to fall asleep or do something that is non-productive. This causes them to miss out on a possibly important lesson. In paragraph six Dr. Huang notes "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." Using a computer to detect when a student is becoming bored is a vaulable tool because it can change the lesson, prevent the student from loosing interest and missing out on a lesson. With a program able to identify when a student becomes bored or uninterested, more students will stay on task and become engaged in the lesson.
In modern schools, technology is being intergrated at an incresing rate. At Fishers High School every student is required to have a learning device such as a laptop or iPad. More classes are beginning to take teaching online. Without having a real instructor, students can easily become bored or distracted.
In paragraph six, Dr. Huang is quoted saying "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Dr. Huang is referring to the Facial Action Coding System being able to detect student emotion to gear the lesson towards what is more appealing to them. This is a vaulable tool because it will help students become more engaged with what their are learning.
The use of Facial Action Coding System to read emotions can be a vaulable tool in a classroom. It can help students stay focus and on task. Having a program that can change the lesson to keep students involved and alert will make them more unlikely to fall asleep or become distracted. This emotion detecting technology has potential to revolutionize online teaching. | 3 |
Venus is the closest plant to the Earth and occasionaly the closest in distance too, Earth Venus, and mars. The planet have diderent in speed mean that sometimes that we are closest to Mars nd ther times to Vensus. The issue explais that why is the planet touched down to Venus is more than three decades. Numerous factor contribue to Venus reputaion as a challenging the planet for humans to study.
The atmoshere is almost 97 percent Carbon Dioxide blankers and even more
challenging is the clouds of highly corrosive suluric acid in Vensus atmoshere. Our planet suface is about over 800 degress Fahreheit, and the reason why because its our owen planet and its our conditions that we keep it clean, and theses condtions that are making these things that are more extreme than anything to humans encounter on Earth, such as an envionment would have to crush even a submarin accustomed to drving to the deepest parts of our planet.
The planet has a suface of the rockey sedment and Furthermore, and recall the Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a space that contaions the planet vist a crucial cosideration that gives the longest time frames f space. Sometimes the planet peeing at Veuns from the ship orbiting or horving saftely far above our system, that could contain reearchers cannot take sambkes of rock or gas or could be just anything else. Therefore scientists says that the conduct a throgh missions to let pepole nderstand that Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the riskes. | 0 |
The topic of driverless cars can be seen as problematic or innovative to many people. Although, while the current driverless cars aren't truly driverless they could become more innovative than problematic. The driverless cars that have been created in the past have accomplished many different things. Even though they can't drive in some sticky situations (such as work zones), they're progressively making their way towards that. Sometime in the near future, we could possibly never have to drive again.
The accomplishments from driverless cars are almost countless. Google's Toyota Prius could constantly update a 3-D model of it's surroundings, along with sensorys, a GPS receiver, and motion sensor. Those things made this Prius much more capable of driving itself than most motor vehicles. BMW also made a "Traffic Jam Assistant" that was capable of steering, accelerating, and braking itself. All of these innovative ideas are leading people closer and closer to having a driverless vehicle.
Even though there is not a car that can be completely driverless, there are some ways to stay entertained while "driving." If you become the owner of one of these partially-driverless cars, places like BMW are trying to make it more exciting. They discussed having in-car entertainment and information systems for your use. There may be some concern with this feature, but there shouldn't be. Those displays could be instantly turned off if the driver needs to attend to the vehicle.
Could these cars truly amount to the skill of a human driver? While this is a debatable quesiton, some think cars could amount to this potential in as little as four years. Tesla is even releasing a car that will drive itself ninty percent of the time this year. All of these advancements with vehicles suggests the driverless car will be an exciting new accomplishment. Who knows when a driverless car will drive past you? | 2 |
I'm Kaitlyn a scientist at NASA. Since the year of 1976 there has been many people trying to figure out what the 'Face on Mars' is, but more importantly how did the face get there? Did anliens do it? Was it just a blur in the picture? Through the years people have been trying to figure out this mistory.
I can asure you that it was not aliens. Since the year of 1976 we were able to get better and clearer photos. On March 5, 1998 one of our Mars Surveyor flew over the "face" for the first time. Michael Marlin took a picture ten times better than the original image. We thought that would for sure clear up all the alien talk. The image showed a natural landform, but that didn't satisfy everone.
The picture was taken during a cloudy time on Mars. Since the camera had to look through clouds skeptics said "alien marking were hidden by haze."
Once again Media was talking about how there is still a posibility that the landform was created by something not of our world. We were stuburn to prove them wrong.
It is not easy, but we tried again. On April 8, 2001 we had another chance. Soon Marlins team captured an extraordinary photo. Now they used a camera even more high tech than before. You could see the details in the photo. This time the photo was taken on a clear day. We studied the photo here at NASA, and you can clearly see the photo is of a landform much like a butte or mesa, which are often found in the American West. Thanks to the upgraded technology you can clearly see it's just an ordinary land form. | 2 |
The unmasking the face on Mars is not a real face. As much as we wish here at Nasa that it was and there was an ancient civilzation on Mars so our budget would be higher but it is not. It is a natural landform, kinda like the Middle Butte In the Snake River Plain of Idaho. We have check mulitple times since there was a little haze in the first photo but we do not fly over it often. It took 18 long years to get to the bottom of this and it is simply just a natual landform. We are certain.
When we finally released the image we titled it "huge rock formation." It cause huge attention to Mars which we were indeed greatful for but in the picture it was formed by shawdows giving illusion of the eyes, nose, and mouth. "Face on Mars became a pop icon, was in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and was the talk of grocery store check outlines for the next 25 years. You might think since we found that landform on mars it means there is life on Mars but that is information we do tnot want to reveal at the time. There is just no way that that was created by aliens but here at Nasa we wish it was. As you can now see it is not.
I understand there is a lot of theorist that ssy it was created by aliens but the truth does not lie and that we did not take the pictures at the right time because it was cloudy but once again we went and took more than one picture to make sure we were postive. We thought at the begginning what you did but there was factors that show it is not. We felt it was important because of the tax payers and to get the bottom of it and after 18 long years of questions we finally know it is just a ladnform | 2 |
I favor of keeping the electoral college instead of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States because it is fair. Everyone see's something different in a president, we will see good and bad things. There are five very good reasons why we should keep our despised methode of choosing the president, which is known as the electoral college
Certainty of outcome: A dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible-it happend in 2000-but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular group. For example in 2012's election Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney.
Everyone's president: The residents of the other region are likely to feel that their votes to not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president.
Swing states: The winner takes all methode of awarding electoral votes induces candidates-as we saw in 2012's election-to focus their r compaign efforts on the toss-up states...voters in toss up states are more likely to pay close attention to the compaign.
Big states: The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no canidate recieves a majority of the votes cast.
5. Avoid Run-Off Elections: It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state-democrates in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the compaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.
the Electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Your state's entitled allotment of ellectors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation: one for each member in the house of representatives plus two for you senators.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. For this reason in the following discussion, the word ''state'' also refers to the district of Columbia.
Overall i think the Electoral College is better, one of the reasons why i think that is because you have a better chance of getting more votes. | 2 |
Is Venus a worthy persiut? Will it help us learn more about our Earth? The answer to these questions is yes. Venus has some features that are really similar to the ones on Earth. By learning more about Venus we can apply the knowlege to our palnet to further help it. This knowledge can be applied to avoid catastrophes or other bad furtune.
One way we know exploring Venus is a good idea. Is the fact that Venus is a dead ringer for earth. Their apperance is uncanny just by looking at them. Venus and Earth are really similar plants, they are even nicknamed twins. Earth's size is extremely close to Venus's size. The fact that these planets share a similar size can help infer that they work and sustain themselves similiar. For example, if two people are the same size they probably have similar needs. Their caloric, water, nutrient, and other needs are probably the same. Knowing more about Venus can help the Earth be a healthier place.
Another reason the exploration of Venus is essential is that Venus used to have the same geological features that earth has now. We know that Venus was once covered by ocean just like Earth. The surface also was evidence of rocky sediments. This can help infer that there used to be valleys, mountains, and even craters. The earth inhabits all of these characteristics as well. What happend to the ones in Venus? The answer is unknown that is why it is crucial to explore Venus so that Earth can avoid the same misfortune as its twin planet.
The last reason Venus needs to be explored is that by the few times that it was explored. The is evidence of past life. There is a big chance that Venus supported various forms of life. These forms of life are now certainly absent on Venus due to the horrid atmosphere. Why is life absent? The reason is unknown, but Venus has answers. The future of man kind depends on an exploration to Venus. The Earth can not parish, just as Venus did. Scientist need to uncover why Venus is in the condition it is in, so that they can mold Earth's future for the better to substain forms of life.
Venus and Earth share so many characteristics. Knowing all the possible information about Venus can help the Earth avoid the current state of Venus. Their size will help us know the needs of Earth. The change of the geological features in Venus can help humans prepare for change. Finally, Knowing what happend to the forms of life in Venus can help the human race live on. All these factors are crucial for the prosperity of our home. | 3 |
Do you think driverless cars are really necessary? Car manufactures and Google are trying to create cars that are fully operational by themselves. They would require no driver and operate based on computer technology, sensors, and self operating mechanisms. But would this be a good idea? Would it require changes to everyday life? What if the technology that goes into one of these cars fail?
I do not think driverless cars should be manufactured. It would rquire several changes including laws. Acording to the article Driverless Cars Are Coming, "traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." As a result of this laws would need to be changed if driverless cars were mass produced. The article also states "California, Nevada, Flordia, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous cars." Driverless cars could also lead to conflict over the owner of a driverless car and the producer. The article states, "if technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver of the manufacture?"
Cars should continue to be manufactured how they are. Adding more safety mechanisms would be better but allowing the car driverless would be dangerous. Laws and regulations should remain how they are without changes from a driverless car. | 2 |
Hi, I'm Luke Bomberger. I am so happy that I joined the Seagoing Cowboys becasue joining their progam, made my life had change completly, in the good way though. Don't loose me here becasue I'm about to tell you some of my favorite adventures, and the lessons I have learned to really see how the world works. I hope by the end of the argument you will be so convinced and enthusiastic about joing the Seagoing Cowboys program as much as I was!
The most amazing place that I have ever visited was probably Greece. I found Greece to be the best because there were so may fantastic ruins and buildings that the Ancient Greece built thousands of years before my time. The Acropolis was a very beautiful sight to see because you could tell that the builders had done a great job of building it, so that it would last a long time. I could proboby write all day about Greece, but I want to share some of the other wonderful sights I got to experience along the journey.
The gondola in Venice,Italy was acculay pretty fun to ride. Seeing the Italian buildings accualy was neat site to visit. You could relaxing on the gondola trying to learn Italian. Venice had kind people, so if you think that you would be mistreated because you're a foreigner, you're wrong. In europe the people are kind and generous to everyone. Going t differnt places might be a klittle nearve wreaking, but after about two trips you'll get used to it, and that's what you'll want to do. The Seagoing Cowboys not only lets you travel, but also learn different languages, meet new people, experience differnt jobs, and so much more. I'm not going to spoil all the fun of being a Seagoing Cowboy beause I want you to fell exitement when you hopefully want to become one. I did miss my family, but the job and traveling kept me very busy and aware of what life was like.
The best part of all was giving a little homeless boy in China some clothes and food. That boy was the sweetest child I've ever seen in my whole life. seeing him with a big smile gave me a better future. tha smile and journey with the Seagoing Cowboys was amazing. I hope you will pariceipate with the Seagoing Cowboys because it will change your life. Joing them was the best deciosn of my life. Thank you for reading my argument please make the right decision by joining,a dn make a difference in our world. I hope you will get to experience what I did. | 2 |
My view on driverless cars is completely negative. I do not believe that driverless cars will be a successful thing. Driverless cars will not be used as much as normal cars because people will not trust a driverless cars to get them where they need to go safely. These new cars can be unreliable if the sensors break while the car is driving there might not be enough time for the driver to react. If the battery in the car dies because of all the electronics running off of it then the car can't self drive and someone would get hurt.
The "Traffic Jam Assistant" is a car that can drive itself but the driver always has to have a hold on the wheel. If someone is using this car and they fall asleep and the car stops in the middle of the highway it would be disasterous. Also if the driverless cars are developed people are going to start feeling like they can do more things while the car drives for them. For example if someone is listening to music and can't hear when the car alerts them they would get in an accident. Those are all valid statements and also why i don't think driverless cars are a good idea. | 1 |
Computer Therapists
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," each section explains the valuable improvements technolody is making; however, one can argue that this new Facial Action Coding Sysytem may not excel in the classroom. This system enables a computer to read the expressions of humans but this may not be as effective as it seems. The author explains that this system could be used in the classroom in order to benefit the students lessons. This may be effictive to some degree; however, the computer system can not understand the students thought process. The Facial Action Coding Sytem would not be as valuable in the classroom in order to read the emotional expressions of students.
The Coding System created by Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe is a computer that uses a 3-D model of the face in order to "claculate" the expressions and emotions of a human. Prof. Huang and Sebe also collaborated with a psychologist in order to simplify the machine toread and code six basic emotions. These six basic emotions- happiness, fear, surprise, anger, disgust, and sadness- do not cover the overall nature of human expressions. This is already one fault in the idea. Students in any grade level have many different ways of expressing their feelings and emotions whether that be through nonverbal facial recongnition or body movement. The "basic six" would not accurately cover each expression portrayed by the user and it could lead to a simple, yet common mix up.
Dr. Huang predicts that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." When broken down Dr. Huang is stating that the system could replace a human instructor in order to teach the student based on his or her emotional reaction to the lesson being taught. This is not a valuable asset for stdents who may simply not enjoy the lesson being taught, whether they understand it or not. A common stereotype is that all highschool students are tired, which for the most part is accurate, whcih could confuse the system with the idea that the student is unhappy about the lesson. An honors student may then have the lesson simplified to a point it is no longer of any value to the learner. According to renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, "Putting on a happy face actually Works!" This is another reason the system could be easily decieved with false readings of a student. They could simply put on their happy face and a computer attempting to read the emotion of that person would not be "calculating" an acutal emotion. This would not benefit the student's learning process nor their social relationships.
Social relationships are a major part throughout school and this system would take a lot of the interaction away from students and teachers. Unable to help students, the social nature in interactions between students and higher authorities would be negative. Dr. Huang notes that, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." This may be true; however, taking away the interactions and basic knowledge of students manners could be harmful. Even though there are pros to this system, such as video surgery that make computer-animated faces more expressive, there is not a need for the system in an everyday classroom.
Facial Coding in the classroom would not benefit the stuents learning process or social interractions. There are myriads of ways to express emotions nonverbally without facial recognition. Six basic emotions may not accurately decribe the feeling of ones current stae of mind in the classroom, which could affect the lesson given to him or her. Social relatiosnhips could be lost when relying on a machine to determine one anothers feelings and "putting on happy faces" may damper ones ability to express their emotions. The Facial Action Coding System would not be valuable to the students in a classroom environment. | 5 |
"Imagination" quoted by SpongeBob, is something that everyone have or have done in their life. When you imagine something that you want to do, you search for answer to how or how to figure it out. But when something is not search or have been searching. It gets your curiosity flowing and it makes you research and plan to discover that imagination. Even if its impossible the feeling of figuring the imagination out by yourself could make you feel amazed. Well for this author, this person is just figuring some of the impossible. Even if its impossible this person will gained insight on the planet itself, but also the the human curiosity that will lead us into something different than ever before.
The studying of a Earth-like-twin is something you will never witness since every single planet is different with the density and size. With that discovery people have found, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceasn and could have supported various forms of life.."(paragraph 4). But even a long time ago there are still some features that are those of Earth. It said, "The plaet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes features like valleys, mountains, and craters."(paragraph 4). The fact that Venus have features like Earth does, it fascinate people over the discovery that Venus is Earth's twin but it also has its downfall.
Its the danger that makes the imagination thrive. Because the danger can also make people feel curious how to escape the danger or how to stop it. For Venus its the atmosphere and the surface. The atosphere, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid." (paragraph 3). But thats not the only danger the danger is how you are land. "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure if 90 times great than what we experience on our own planet" (paragraph 3). The curiosity of a planet of the same size and density can make the atmospheric pressure 90 times greater makes people imagine. So even though the people know the danger is worst than Earth it does not mean people can imagine.
The insight gained from exploring other planet can make people discover something out of this world. Even though the danger makes the imagination impossible but it makes you think of things that can help. A solution to the imagination that is so called "impossible". So even if people say its impossible you just got to imagine the impossible. | 3 |
The natural landform on mars which is called Face, is most definetely natural and with facts it can easily be proven. Such as the original picture that saw the face was all the way back in 1976. Also the camera was so old the pixels it produced we 43 meters per pixel according to paragraph 10 of "Unmasking the Face on Mars. One more thing that proves that it was just a landform is that if it was an alien artifact, NASA would most definetly have got a good picture on the cloudless day in 2001.
First off, the technology back in 1976 may have been good for the time, but that technology didn't even compare to the picture in 2001. When you look at the difference in the pictures, you can easily tell the 1976 camera was simply not a good camera and simply couldn't take very good pictures. This was most likely why it looked like a face in the first place because the camera did not get a good picture; which in turn made it not look like what it actually was; a natural landform.
Some people might argue the fact that the picture was clear enough to tell it was a face, but that is simply not true. Think about trying to take a picture of something big, but your camera only gets 43 meters per single pixel. It would look like a bunch of colors blurring together. That is what happened with the 1976 picture from the Mars Global Surveyor. The colors blurred together causing the picture to look like a face. Also the human mind has an instinct to distinguish faces from pictures and in our daily life. That instinct is another big reason why people think it looks like a face, even though it is just a natural landform comparable to a mesa.
Lastly, and the best reason, is if there really was aliens, NASA would definetly have got a good photo in 2001. In "Unmasking the Face on Mars" in paragraph 11 it states " So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" This proves that nothing was close to it and there was no sign of transport or living quarters. More than likely if something had built a statue there, there would be some type of housing or transport nearby.
In conclusion, there is no 100 percent proof for either side,but evidence leans strongly towards that it is a natural landform. This is why you should also belive that it is not really a face, but you should believe it is a natural landform. There is much more evidence and basic scientific proof that is a landform, and was not created by aliens. | 3 |
I would sign up for this group beacuse you get to visit wonderful places and maior capitals like Greece, Eurupe, China, Italy, Vience,and Crete. You also can learn about animals spend your birthday and have fun with your friends on a big cargo boat. You do get some free time to relax or you could go have fun in Eurupe, China, Greece and so many other places.
If you like to go on water this place would also be a thing you might want to sign up for you get to travel acrossed the pacfic ocean. You also get to work at night if you want I know some people like to work at night. You might learn some new people and they could become your friends. Now some people like to enjoy boat rides and some don't because they get sea sick and throw up but if you like to be around water and ride on cargo ships you might like this job. You can work with animals like what Luke did on his night job and if you like hay you could eat the hay the cattel eat if you get hungry. Also while passing through the pacific you might get to see some dolphins the sun set and mabey a shark leap out of the air and grap something. Most of the time you will be on a boat going across the sea mabey spending your birthday on the boat and eating cake.
If you don't like this job fine it is a great job working with animals and you would get paid with dollars, to buy stuff like a house, a car, and mabey you could even make your own UNRRA or you could rename it to somethig else. You might even be abel to drive the boat doubt it but you might. But most of all you get to work with animals and visit majoir places that you might not even thought of going to vist. So come visit us and sign up you might like it. Come on if you don't like the idea of having fun go some wher else where you might belong like working at Mcdonalds and handing out food also if you dont like to work this is not the place for you I will tell you that before you sign up to this job and sign a sheet to be nice to the animals cause if you kill one of the cattel it want be good I will fire you. You might ask how much time do i spend on this ship? Depends how long you want usally going across the pacific takes about a year. Come join us. To go across the oceans and hopefully don't get hurt. | 2 |
There are many people in this world that want change and that includes me, if you would take five minutes out of your day to listen to what I have to say.
I think the United States Of America should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. The Electoral College has been here for countless years and many people would be dissapointed that it's gone, people would drowl over it for a very long time, but there are good and bad avantages for both circumstances. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President, that can sum up if someone wins or loses, a big disadvantage in the longrun. Over 60% of voters would perfer a direct election, if we got that voters would not be pressured at all and would have a very good vote that can be proud of.
There all lots of things wrong with the Electoral College System in my opinon, like that when you vote for your President, your also choosing the electors that come along with him/her. There have way over the amount of problems with electors over the past year and it is a huge problem that only some people have noticed. What if there is a prospect of a tie in the electoral vote, that would lead to big time problems and there is a severe chance it will happen. In the United States there are millions of people voting and there not making the votes they really want because the electors.
At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters, if someone is favored the outrageous voters know about the winner-take-all system in each state. The Electoral College System is messing our society up every 4 years, its unfair, outdated, and irrational in so many ways. For an example, in the 2000 U.S presidential race, Al Gore received more indiviual votes then George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election, receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. Don't get me wrong Bush was a great president, but facts are facts. | 2 |
Despite of what Luke said about it being hard work taking care of animals all day and night,he still loves to be a seagoing cowboy.Even though it is hard work taking care of animals, it is all worth it because you travel to places around the world. There are lots and lots of animals who need help in many ways including with;food shelter,and water.Animals need people that are called SEGOING COWBOYS!
If you want to help animals survive, then sign up for the UNRRA today.If you sign up for the UNRRA you could probably go to more trips then Luke with,9 trips.You can also be able to travel to places where you never even imagined of going.If you sign up you won't regret it if you like animals.So if you are a animal person sign up for UNRRA quickly!
What Luke did was a great job with taking care of animals,but you can do even better.Also when you are doing the work that you are required you can have fun in between the breaks that you have just like Luke did. You can be a bigger help to the animals than any other seagoing cowboy was.Think positive, beat Lukes record and PLEASE SIGN UP FOR UNRRA TODAY! | 1 |
There are times where you feel like giving up and it seems easier to do so, but if you keep trying your best, you'll make it. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is suggesting that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. They are finding/testing new/old technology to get to Venus, using what they know about Venus, and Venus is the closes planet to being Earth-like.
To be able to land and survive on Venus, we'll need to find and test new or old technology. In paragraph 7, it says, "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." This shows that they are already testing new methods that could possibly survive on Venus. In paragraph 7, it says, "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers...system that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This proves that they are using all resources that even date back to the 1800s.
To be able to land on Venus, we'll need to use what we already know about Venus. In paragraph 3, it says, "such environment would crush even a submarine...and would liquefy many metals." This shows that they know that what type of metals they need to use.
Venus is the closes planet to being Earth-like. In paragrapgh 5, it says, " | 1 |
Imagine visiting a planet like ours, maybe it was just like ours at a point where it could have living animals, water, and maybe even trees. Venus has the type of look because it the only plant that looks more like our planet the Earth.
First, on paragraph two of the article called " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says that "Venus is often reffered to as Earths twin, its the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size". This shows on how cool it would be too going into a planet that we havent been to and maybe it can be like ours, its a worthy try even though dangerous thing happen because we never know what we could find.
Also, because in paragraph 4 it states that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit" this shows on how close it is to Earth and its worth a try trying to go there.
Lastly,it would give out new oppurtunities to go into other planets, because "venus is the second planet from the sun" and this shows and how dangerous it could be, but if we make it we can see stuff like the sun and notice stuff we cant see thru a camera. also, it would give out more conficence of going into space and going into a diffirent planet.
In conclusion, People should go into Venus because it show on new opportunities and find new things we didnt know about. | 1 |
I am against the development of driverless cars because they are dependent on others, they could endanger others, and because they are still a project.
Google is planning to create driverless cars to form a new transportation system, but it doesn't seem like it could ever happen. In paragraph 2 it states that, "Google cars aren't driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." This statement shows that these so called driverless cars aren't really driveless yet. Drivers shouldn't have to be alert if the car is suppose to control itself and not be dependent on the driver.
Another issue is that these cars could lead to the endangerment of others. Which is why I agree with the traffic laws that focus on keeping others safe. Traffic laws say that only a car that has a human driver is safe to drive, but manufacturers think that more states will follow when the car is safe. Even if they do many of the traffic laws will to be changed and new ones will come which seems like a hassle if these cars aren't even permitted to be on the roads yet. If the cars malfunction or fail on the road they could become harmful and dangerous. Especially if someone is injured in the process, there would fault against either the car or the driver. It would most likely be the cars fault if the driver was told it was driverless. More than one of these incidents could occur and people and properties could be harmed. Why go through all of that trouble to create something that could have many problems?
Lastly, this driverless car is still non-existent. It is still only a project. All of these manufacturers are still planning and studying what could work to get the car to be driverless, but they are already stating that the car will work, and it will be a new form of transportation, but how would they know if they still don't know how make it driverless. At least with human drivers they are aware at all times on the road no matter what incident comes up on the road. With machines they aren't completely trustworthy to be driving on the road with others, and anything could happen to them. Even though accidents do happen with human drivers at least they know never to make the mistake again, but a machine will continue to do what it was programmed to do and will not change. | 2 |
The technology shows positives for human emotions. The Technology mesaures muscle movement, emotion, and how different emotions can be mixed with other emotions. Technology is changing the future to be exactly like a Human and be able to read a Human.
This Technology reads the Human body and muscle movements. the process happens when the Computer constructs a 3-d computer model of the Face and musle movements. The artical says this in paragrapgh 3 lines 2-3 "all 44 major muscles in the model must move like Human musles. The technology can sense six basic types of emotion. The technology will associate each movement of the muscles with the emotion that would match that certain muscle movement.
emotion is a big part of the human body and so are facial expressions. "Dr. Paul Eckman"and "Dr. Huang" have created a technology to read these emotions. These technology can read emotion from even people that show very low degree of emotion. The mona lisa created by Da Vinci was created to show human emotion. But the mona lisa isnt just happy because she is smiling. The mona lisa shows a whole bunch of emotions and this is saying is that any human can seem like they are happy or sad but really they can be the exact opposite.
Now the Doctors say that these techniology can read emotion but if we make a emotion does it really mean we have that emotion. The docotrs say that if you make a emotion it can even produce a real one. i think these technology would help todays society becuase it would help with seeing what other friends and family feel.
This technology can be very useful and i would like to see it used a lot. This technology tracks emotion,muscle movement, and change in emotion. emotion is a big part of life and the way people do there everyday life. In today's society emotion is a major difference to the way people act to one anither. | 1 |
Autonomous vehicles are slowly becoming a thing of the present rather than just the future. There are several things that must be taken into consideration when it comes to self driving cars. Things like safety, customer base, retail price, and the positive/ negative affects of autonomous vehicles.
First off, How safe do you feel on a rollercoaster or on something that you aren't controlling? You might get that nervous feeling when you first step foot in a self driving car. These vehicles need to be safer than a rubber room, because if not, who's going to step up and take the blame for a gruesome accident? I can forsee lots of drivers blaming/ sueing self driving car compaies for that exact reason. Most of the companies who are developing self driving cars are giving the driver the option to take over when neccessary. They actually reccomend you take over whenever you feel danger on the road. To get these things on the market there are several steps that must be taken, including, driving laws.
In many states, testing of autonomous vehicles is illegal. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have been allowed limited testing on such vehicles. More states will join in once its proved that these cars are reliably safe. They can steer, brake, and accelerate by themselves but are programmed to give control to the driver whenever it is needed. Drivers must be alert at all times in order for these to be successful. People might think this is an easier way of driving, which it is but it doesn't take away the fact that you could still be badly injured or even killed. So alertness is always required.
I think these vehicles could be a hit but several crucial details need to be straightened out before any everyday customer can purchase one. The leading companies on this project are very far away from making autonomous vehicles a hit among mainstream drivers but, I do believe sometime in the future we will have the option to purchase a self driving car. | 3 |
The planet that some call the "Evening Star," Venus, is the closest planet to Earth at points in time. Despite the hostile and dangerous environment, the close proximity and sustainable innovations outweigh the challenges and open up many doors for research of one of Earth's neighbors. Long ago, Venus was most likely the most similar planet to Earth in the solar system.
In looking at the development and changes that Venus has gone through, the planet's past may turn into Earth's future. Though right now the atmosphere contains "almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets," and the surface averages over "800 degrees Fahrenheit," it has features found on Earth as well. These include "rocky sediment...valleys, mountains, and craters." Analyzing this enviroment more closely would allow for a deeper understanding of Venus, and may fufill the curiosity of scientists wondering what Earth's "twin" truly is like.
As the conditions of the planet were described brutally by the author, his claim for the investigation of Venus is strongly supported. Providing different propositions, he appeals to the cautious and ambitious readers. First, an idea is presented with scientists floating more than 30 miles above the ground conditions, giving insight on the planet below. With this, safety is the prominent factor. However, it makes it difficult to obtain effective pictures, and the ground can not be analyzed. A solution to this is found in the chemistry of silicon carbide, having the ability to last in Venus's conditions for three weeks. If this project was put into action, the author tells of how they would be able to obtain samples of the land, photograph and gain insight on the planet. A similar idea is rooted in the toughness of mechanical computers with more resistance to "pressure, heat, and other forces" that could be found from problematic obstacles on Venus.
In his final argument, the author tells how travels on Earth and beyond "should not be limited by dangers and doubts," instead "expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." With this, a statement is made to fight for advancing knowledge of the unknown. Overall, in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author gives facts to both sides, but gives more support to show why it is a worthy mission despite the risks. | 3 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers there is.It's a beautiful planet, yet its so dangerous.Venus isn't that close to the sun, but it's so hot to even pass by.Nothing can go through it even if a spaceship went through it, it will melt by the heat. NASA wants to investigate Venus more, but it's a challenge for them . They have been testing some electronics made out of silicon carbide, this material has lasted some three weeks under the chaos of Venus's surface.
The reason why this planet is hard to explore is because it has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets.Another challenge is that the clouds have a highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than our own planet. If we ever lived in these conditions, we won't even last for one bit. Besides the heat and atmosphere, the weather is very dangerous too. The weather would be like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes and it's like that.Venus was probably covered with large oceans and could of supported various forms of life. Until now, no one knows what lies in Venus. The planet has a rocky sediment even it features valleys, mountains, and craters. It can be another planet , us as humans can visit.
To summarize this all, studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has.There will be ways to handle the heat, the pressure, and weather.We should study Venus even if it's dangerous and we should not have doubts of not studying Venus. One day, we can study Venus and probably human beings can go visit Venus.Despite the dangers, we should risk it and see the beauty that lies in Venus. | 2 |
Challenge of exploring Venus wouldn't it be fun? Like many other challenges in the world today that are dangerous, the challenge of exploring Venus is also dangerous but exploring Venus is worth it unlike the other challenges in the world now. If we actually wanted to explore Venus than we have to get up close to Venus cause we cannot just merely look at it from afar. Challenge of exploring Venus could also help us expand our imagination to the extented. Our innovation could meet the very edges of our already have innovation.
First, wanting to acually know the planet itself. We must be able to get close to the planet if we want to get a samples of anything from there since getting it from afar is not gonna help. The author stated that " More importanly, reseachers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." This shows that we have to get up close to the planet to know about the planet. Therefore some scientists are now conducting away to get up close to the planet, even though there are much risk to it.
Secondly, our imagination of we know more about Venus. Our imagination are limited, but if we know more about Venus our imagination could go wild. The article stated " imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." The author is basically telling us to imagine the impossible that could happen if we know about Venus. Therefore knowing more about Venus might even be a good thing.
Lastly, our innovation could be at its very edge. Our innovation right now are very amazing but imagine the new ones we could build if we know about Venus. The author stated in the article saying "Our travel on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expended to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
Our innovation right now are limited to do simple things as of now. If we know more about Venus we would have no limits to our innovation we would even have more access to a lot of things.
In conclusion, taking the challenge of exploring Venus would be dangerous, but would also benefit us. In many different ways we could have a better innovation. We could imagine the impossible that we can't right now. So taking the challenge is not a bad thing, we just need to have a safe conduction so that we could know more about the planet itself. | 3 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author describes how a new technoloy called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. The new software has been developed that imroves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The software is the lastest innovation from the Prof. Thomas Huang of illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam.
Dr. Huanga and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans. In the fact these humans can perform this same impressive "calcutation" every day. LIke you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her/his face. The Mona Lisa can really really bring back a smile to her face.
" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" Dr. Huamg predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Those were some of Dr. huang predicts. The computer can write some simple instructions that can make Mona Lisa smile with different emotions.
While looking in the mirror:
* Raise your lips at the corners of your mouth.
* Then squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinking at the coners of your eyes
* Holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks up, towards your eyes.
In the fact, these are the instructions for a face that looks happy. Its all about those muscular action units. They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one.
My conclusion, this new technology that Dr. Huamg is pretty amazing. This system or computer is a good thing it can make people smile and it can make Mona Lisa smile. It can also make the students smile or they can know what emotionl. | 0 |
I think that using the techonogy to read student emotional expression of student in a class is valuable because it help to see if a student is happy/mad/sad .Like in the passage it's talking about how they are using this new technology call ''The Facial Action coding system ''Which mean -a system enables computers to identify human emotions . They are aslo using the 3-D computer model of the face ,As they can aslo calculate the emotions . As because you can see what is wrong with your friend/family .
One reason why I think it's valuable for technology to read your emontional expressoion on studnets is by the promgram ''Facial Action Coding System'' why because just by using a video as it sates in the passage 4 ''using video imagery the new eemotion recognition software tracks these facial movements ''they can see what kind of emontion you have and for them to help you out I am guessing or at less it can be valube for making them feel better .Also because is the system is what emotions that person has it can let other people know and just to keep an eye on them .I feel like it will work on other person as well it will help me out because sometimes my mom/daad get a serious face and I don't know if they are happy or sad .
It aslo can be valuable for student's in school because in that way you can help them out to feel better or sometines you just don't know wehn that person is feeling happy or sad as it states in the passage 5 ''You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her/his face '' and the new technology can help you read their emotions the way they are feeling .Another reason why it can help on students with the new technolongy by the imagine as it states in passage 6 and just by the imagine the computer will know when you are happy or sad .This can help us by helping them out and for them not to feel that way becasue sometimes when student's get mad they do thing they know should't do but all that sadness or anger can take them over by casuing harm .As it will be nice to stop the harm from someone doing it. Another example is this Wed ad as stated in the passage 6 as well now this wed can see your other emotions as an example .''If you smile when a wed ad appears on your screen a similar ad might follow .But if you frown the next ad will be different .''A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored '' As Dr. Hiangs predicts then he could modity thr lesson because they want the student's to pay attion in the classroom for them to learn and not make the class boring or for student to get lost and never asking question but as that to then the teacher will know what makes them get bored and what makes them get fouces . This will help for many toher student in school by not causing hram if they mad and aslo by helping student not get bored or lose fouces .
Now on my personal life I will say that the technolngy will help me by seeing how are people feeling when I see them walking around with there face down or just seeing them happy .Like for example lets say that I am walking around the hall way and see my freind wih a serious face or just them not talking to I will like to use the technolgy and see what is wrong with them and try to help them out with the feeling they have and just try to change their mood .Another reason why I will like to help is by seeing how does my mom feel when she looks at me like just take a picture of her and see what are the emotion she has or as in passage say in 7 an ''encode ''different emotions like make her look at her self in the mirror and follow the steps it say and see what are the emotion she has. But yes the technology ''The Facial expressio for each emotion are universal ''because it can help out in many awlays
As you see I do valuable the technology to read the emotional expressions of student in a class because it can help in many way to see the way they are feeling in there emotion and in there way of learing .Just like Dr. Huang he doesnt want his student to lose fouces and doesnt want them to feel sad either .Just like it will help in school for the student's .Also as using the 3-D computer mood just by seeing an imagine it can see what kind of feeling you are having . As yes it will be value to use later in ;life well it will help me with my friends and even my own kids and students at schools . | 2 |
Here are some convincing statements to see if you want to participate in the Seagoing program. Here is one reason If you like the military you will like the Seagoing program you go on so many uniqe places you go to Venice,Italy a city with streets of water. You go across the Alantic Ocean,but if you don't like staying on ships that long you wont like the Seagoing program. The cowboys have some fun time on board they play baseball,and vollyball games in empty where animals had been housed. It sound like fun you go on trips you meet new people and play sports on the ship so it isn't boaring. If you like animals you will also like the Seagonig program you ship a lot of animals to different places you ship 335 horses to different places from across the world. Here are some other sports you play table-tennis touraments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games that also help pass the time. I would love to join and go to different places with people that could be a new friend to make. It is still kind of risky because people still break their ribs and not get to work for a couple of days and not get paid or you could die from sickness or broken ribs and if you get sea sick you won't want to go into the seagoing program. It sometimes chang peoples lives because that is who they are that is their hobby now. If you like all those reasons to join then you will really like the Seagoing program so go down there and sign up I think you like it and why not try it. | 1 |
Driverless cars could be the key to the furture. Think about it, a car that can steer, accelerate, and break themselves, and are designed to notify the driver when the road requires human skills. The driverless car is designed to get the driver's attention when a problem occurs. Dirverless cars have many positive aspects.
Imagin how easy it would be to take a road trip. Instead of placing a GPS on the window-sheild and being nervious on making a wrong turn or having to turn around, the driverless car has a GPS built inside so it can navigate on its own. The driveless car has special sensors to make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. For example, GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. When this happens, the Google car announces when the driver should take over. Driverless cars also have built in camaras to watch the driver watch the road so no accidents accure. Though driverless cars may have many questions on what happens if there is an accident, or would the driver get bored not doing anything. Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver, hopes to bring in-car entertainment and information system that use heads-up displays. Such as displays can be turned of instantly when the driver needs to take over. This in-car system is a good safety feature.
In conclusion, driverless cars are a big concern to the future. They can help make driving to far places easy and the roads a little safer. Driverless cars are not fully driverless and will still need the drivers attention and hands on the wheels. When the car is in danger into backing into a object or if roads are closed ahead, the driver will be notifly and will have to take control. Think about the future and how driverless cars would make a difference. | 2 |
How do we decide somebody is happy or not just looking at the picture? Now, the scientists improve the new software that can tell us how the somebody really emotion is. Prof. Thomas Huang and his colleague are the specialists in development of better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
Can we calculate the emotion by using the computer? Of course,we can calculate the emotion by using the computer. Dr. Paul Eckman create the FACS(Facial Action Coding System).Eckman classified six basic emotions ;happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness that are associated with the facial muscles movement. The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in classroom have advantages and disadvantages."A class room comuter could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"Dr. Haung predicts. So, we can give them the appropiate lessons that make them happy and fun. In that way, we can improve the students needs in the school. Today,most of the student rely on the technologies and social media. Most of the social media today are intend to the bad. Most of the students use their phones to communicate each others. Therefore, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. People are rather talking with the phones than face to face. Therefore we can't see their face and we don't know how to help them. By using the FACS to the classroom,we can help the student who need help. Our face can't lie our genuine emotion. According to the article "Facial Feedback Theory of emotion show that moving our facial muscles not only expresses emotions but also may eben help produce them. How do we produce the smiles. For instance, when we see the ad that is the ad of pizzas, in our mind we want to eat them when we see it. Like that ,using the FACS can help our student by making some funny movies to the sad students and making motivation speeches to the depress students. Most of our students are facing worries and fear because in our country has so many stress. And teachers should know their students situation and so they can help at least they don't know their students problems. And a genuine smile can infect to the others. The drama coach Constantin Stanislavsky said that he encourage his actors carefully produce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotion on stage. He knew that human can imitate other person facial expression.
Finally,we have the new technology to revel our trure emotional expression of face. We have so many others advantages using these technology in others fields. In our school we should use this tech because it may give us more improvement in mental of our students. But somes might not like it because some don't want somebody know their emotions. Whatever, we need to care is what is really improve our society and our education through technology. | 2 |
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