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New technology called the Facial Action Coding System allows the computer to identify humans emotions. They say the process starts with a 3D
computer model of the face that has all 44 major muscles that they believe will move like human muscles. While Including the six basic emotions happiness, surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness to then try and associate each of these characteristic movements of facial muscles to help read a human emotions. This technology has no true value there is many reasons i say this because how can computer truly read humans emotions or mix emotions with knowing its actually how they feel is real or right? Humans emotions can be made to seem one way but not be right at all just because a person is smiling doesn't make them happy or mean they are they could deep down be mad. Trying say this technology is able to read human emotions Can not be true one the tested subjects was a painting project that's not alive. How can we believe this techonogly truly works when there is no live test subject of a random person. Basic facial expressions can not truly tell you if someone is happy, or sad, computer technology can not understand persons emotions we are living beings not picture human being made by artist. Just because the way are face or mouth muscles move does not say anything about humans emotions in that moment. Conclusion the Facial Action Coding System technology has no it dose not have the able to read humans emotion facial expressions can be different from ones emotions , and how they feel. How can computer understand us better we humans know ourselfs it's not possible the human facial expressions can not define are mindset ,and the way a person actually feels human emotions are a unqiue thing. Every human is different the way
I smile vs another person can mean two emotions or mix emotions behind my smile and the person who is smiling opposite of me. Basically if there is research in the world saying that every human that smiles really means their happy without any mix emotion ,and can show proof that makes you feel happy. Then i would feel this technology maybe had chance of actually being real deal in terms of reading a humans emotions but we as humans continue to develope ,and are getting smarter by the the generation there is multiple ways to try determining how human feels. Facial expressions and eyebrows moving is just one of many. We humans also have ability to decieve anything especially technology we ourselves created we know hte flaws in our own inventions. | 2 |
Do you think that if you had a Facial Action Coding System (FACS) in your class that you would understand what is going on in that subject? I'll tell you that this is not the case.
First,the invintion of FACS created by Prof.Thomas Huang and Dr. Paul Eckman at the University of Illinois with help from Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam is supose to recognize human emotions and he explains that "We can accually calculate human emotions like math homework". There are 44 major muscles in your face and the movement of one or more is called an action unit.Knowing this they can even detect a fake smile or frown ect.
Furthermore,The creators say that if the FACS machine was in a classroom that it could help solve any problems that a student has.The machine could detect if there was a ploblem a student couldnt understand,and that it could change and fix the problem if the student couldn't understand. I dont believe that it could because if one student doesnt understand and it changes the whole problem or subject I believe that it could throw off the other students as well. Also we never know if it could detect the right emotion or if it could malfunction and or distract others.
In conclusion, I don't believe that the FACS machine would be ethical in the classroom because, it could malfunction, detect false emotion,and or be a distraction to others. | 2 |
As a student, has your learning process ever been impeded by your emotional state? Have you ever wished a teacher could read your mind? The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is about a new software system called the Facial Action Coding System which can detect emotions based on facial movements. Technology such as the Facial Action Coding Systems can be valuable in reading the emotional expressions of students in a classroom and sensing varying degrees of boredom, confusion, or sadness; this data can then be used to create better fit lessons for the students.
To begin, Prof. Thomas Huang and his team have been working to develop ways for robots to better communicate with people. The Facial Action Coding System, which calculates movement of all 44 major muscles on your face, was created. These movements can be used to classify happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
First, in a classtoom setting, this system could be used to detect whether a student is bored with a lesson plan. The lesson plan could then be changed. Next, the Facial Action Coding System could also be used to detect if a student is confused. This data could indicate that a student may need additional help with a lesson or an alternate lesson plan. Lastly, another emotion the Facial ACtion Coding System could help with is sadness. If the system dectects that a student is constantly sad, the school administration can look into this and verify that the student is emotionally stable.
For many students, a poor emotional state as well as confusion and boredom, impede their ability to learn in school. In a classroom setting, a Facial Action Coding System would be beneficial to detect a student's current emotion and adjust the lesson plan accordingly. | 2 |
With the new driverless cars there are both negative and positive aspects. The technology is upon us, but it is unsure whether our society is quite ready for this new and dramatic change. Not only would driverless cars change our own habits, but it would also change how the world works around us.
Driverless cars would positively influence the world around us. Common mistakes that are made daily while driving could be prevented when an individual is using their driverless car.The text states that drivers could engage in multitasking such as texting while driving until they are needed to take over.
In today's world, cell phones and popular social media demand our undivided attention. With smart phones and other possible distractions, a smart car would allow the driving individual to focus on ohter things while they move onward to their destination.
The text states that laws are very focused on keeping drivers, passengers and pedestrians safe. With safety being a main concern, driverless cares could greatly impact an extremely common cause of death. Car craches happen daily and with the help of advanced technology could easily be prevented. When a typical driver might go to fast on a dangerous road, a driverless car would be watching the driver and correct the speed, making sure that no person is at risk. Although, a driverless car may correct common mistakes,
Since their was a demand for transportation, technology and the ability of man has come a long way. Where once unpredictable conditions were used such as horses, there was an advancement to Henry Ford's automobile that changed the way America and eventually the world went through everyday life. A driverless car would most effeciantly fit the needs and wants of the modern world.
Although a driverless car may be deemed as a positive change, there are also negative alternatives. The text states that the expense of these cars are simply impractical, along with the idea of smarter roads. The text also states that although driverless cars would prevent many instances, a driver would still need to remain alert and ready to take control in the case of a car crash or road construction. Another example of an issue would be in the event of a car accident. The technology may fail and if an individual is injured, it might be difficult to know who is at fault. Driverless cars could be deemed as an
idea that needs more advancment and control before being avaliable unto the public.
In conclusion, driverless cars would have a positive impact on society, preventing accidents, transporting the distracted people of the modern world. Driverless cars are definately something to be considerd considering today's technology. | 3 |
Driverless cars may be coming, but that does not mean they should come. Todays society may encourage the use of driverless cars, but in reality it is not safe, it is not one hundered percent driverless, and it will cause many people to lose their jobs. Driverless cars may seem "cool" to many people, but people need to think about the huge disadvanteges.
The first disadvantage is driverless cars are not safe. Driverless cars have sensors that are supposed to detect and respond to danger. Suppose while the driverless car is turning, one of the sensors does not pick up another car. the driverless car will turn anyway becuase it does not know better, and the cars will crash.
Many people may say one advatage to driverless cars would be not having to to pay attention to the road, and getting to sleep, text, or watch movies instead. Although doing these things would be nice it is not possible with driverless cars. Driverless cars still require the "driver" to stay alert incase something happens.
Finally, having driverless cars will cause mant people to lose their jod. Taxi drivers, school bus drivers, and semi drivers would no longer be needed. All these people will be unemployed because of a computer driven car.
In conclusion, driverless cars would be amazing, but they are not safe, not one hundred percent driverless, and they will cause many people to lose their jobs. These disadvantages may seem small, but in reality they are very important. Many people in todays society may be fascinated with driverless cars but that does not mean they should be used. | 2 |
I think we should have computers that read emotions so it could keep us on track and make students wanna learn and help us focus on our work inanclass room its an good thing to technology.
A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Hauang predicts . then it could modify the lesson , like an effctive human instructor." the same technology can make computer - animated faces more expressive . this would make students wanna learn more because some times students get bored looking at the same thing on an computer for long periods of time but if there was an computer that reads your emotions and could fix how we learn it would make us want to learn more and keep us from not being bored while on the computer you will want to get your work done and not wanna go to sleep in class . | 1 |
In many areas of the globe countries are trying to limit the use of cars for tons of reasons. Elisabeth Rosenthal explains in source 1, "in German suburbs, life goes on without cars. In source 2, Robert Duffer explains that, "Paris bans driving due to smog. In source 3, Andrew Selsky tells us, "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota. As for source 4, Elisabeth Rosenthal also talks about "the end of car culture," in the United States.
Source 1, in Germany, residents of the Vauban {an upscale community} are subrban pioneers, they are giving up their cars. Rosenthal says "street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in tihs experimental new district on the outskirts of Feriburg, near the French and Swiss borders" they only have two large garages for car-owner at the edge of the development, but they must pay $40,000, along with a home. 70% of Vauban's families do not own a car, and 57% sold a car to move there. She qouted someone by the of Heidrun Walter sayed, "When I had a car Iwas always tense. I'm much happier this way." Meaning he gave up he car so he did not have to pay so much money to keep it and a home with a garage. She explains how, "automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes."
In source 2, "Paris bans driving due to smog," says Duffer. Paris enforced partial driving ban to clear the air. Duffer says, on Monday motorists even even-numbered licecnse plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)." On the next day odd-numbered plates would do the same. Nearly 4,000 drivers suffered this fine. As of the 27 other peoples' cars were impounded for their reaction. "In the capital of France 60% congestion were down," explains Duffer. Days when was "cold at night and warm in the day were causing the warmer air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has [] tax policy that favors diesel over fasoline," explains Duffer. Diesel is 67% of vehicles in France, compared to 53.3% average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters.
Andrew Selsky tells us about, " car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota." Bogota, Colombia has a program that's set to spread to other countries. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or even took buses to work during a car-free day. For 3 straight years cars have been banned with only buses and taxis premitted for the "Day Without Cars" in this capital city of 7 million. Selsky says, " the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines." Even when it would "rain it never stopped people from participating," said Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. For Carlos ARturo Plaza, a businessman, said "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." The day without cars is an improvement campaign that there in the mid-1990s. Many parks, sports and businesses bloomed throhtout the city. | 0 |
The author have lots of facts and I think he needs to add his ideas so people can see what he thinks. I think Venus is cool but I didn't know that it was that close to the planet Earth. I also feel like people dont find facts fun because people dont want to know all the fact. And I can see this could happen in like in 2040 or longer and if I would be alive I would not because it would be alote of money to go to a planet and I would miss the planet Earth.
Yes the author did support this idea but he could add more of his ideas because I dont really understand if you could live on it because how would you get food, water, pets and have fun on Venus. And people would also be mostlikey dupest and fat because people are not going to go outside to go play and you cant talk to enyone. And if the spacecraft was unmanned and for good reason then I dont think this is not going to happen eny time soon. | 0 |
Cars that can drive themselves?
Is a driverless car really a good idea? Manufacturing a driverless car has not even been a succeding task. Cars that can drive on their own still require an alert driver at times. If the self driving car was manufactured laws would have to be changed, the company and the owner would have issues if a crash did accure, and the owner possibly needed to be alert may not stay alert. The self driving car needs more time before being tried out with actual costumers.
The driverless car manufactured by google has made it half a million miles without a crash. However drivers still are alerted to take over the wheel when parking, navigating traffic, or road construction. What could happen if a "driverless" car alerted the owner but they weren't alert and did't take they wheel in time? Major accidents could be caused from this. A driver not focused on the road could put in danger themselves and other drivers around them.
If the driver was'nt alert and an accident did accure, both the company and owner would be in seriouse trouble. Certian laws would have to be made or changed to solve this issue. If there was a crash with two cars would one of the drivers be of blame as they are now or would both companies be blamed. Technology has instences when it doesn't work. Everyone has yelled at a phone or T.V before. Though when that technology doesn't work properly it's not a life or death situatiuon. Also how expensive would this be? It's well known how expensive a phone, T.V, or new computer can be. It would be too expensive to make them the sale price would have to bring back the money spent to manufacture one and the sales person would need money to actually make for the work. How many people could ctually afford it. The people it would help most likely can't even come up with the money to get one.
With the rate of accidents now drivers barely stay alert when they have the wheel. But knowing, or thinking, they have the freedom to do as they please while the car drives itself they will lose focus. Drivers won't pay attention to the road. People have way to much trust in their technology they wont even think of what would happen when they have to drive. How owuld they react if they tried to take a nap and was awaken to take the wheel? they may not have enough time to even think of what they need to do to avoid an accident.
What would be the point of a driverless car? Reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road maybe. Or give people who can't drive the transportation they need without public transports. This would all be great! But what would happen when the car needed them to take over. Of course you'd still need to go through training and so on to get your liscnes so people who have the inability to drive may it be physical will have no prevail in it. Also if a drunk driver was alerted they would still be driving after drinking. The only ones that coul use this technology are the ones that can already drive. Then what is the point of the driverless car anyway? There's too many saftey dangers and pointless reasons to start manufacturing a driverless car. | 3 |
Driverless cars have become a major topic in the automobile industry, what are "driverless" cars some may ask? Driverless cars are cars that actually don't rely on any human driving, it drives itself. It's a new invention of the automobile, that is on it's way to succeeding because of such updated technology. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions that one day soon, driverless cars will take over the automobile industry and become something that citizens use on a daily basis, he says it would replace the car today. Some may think this is an amazing idea and others may think this is one step closer to ending the world.
I on the other hand, think that this is something that would cause accidents left and right. It's a machine, you would be putting your life, your loved ones lives and even strangers lives in the hands of a machine. Machines break down all the time, how many times has your computer break down? The "driverless car" that they are dreaming of today, is a horrific idea that will cause millions of deaths. You also have to be alert 24/7 while in the "driverless car" so what's the point in sitting there holding on to the wheel just waiting for your turn to drive? If you don't like driving use a bus or even a taxi? Those are more reliable than a machine.
These driverless cars aren't even in the making yet, they haven't been tested and they are expecting to release them in 2020? That is 4 years away to get everything mastered, and safe. Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Nissan are all automobile industries that plan on taking that next step into technology with vehicles to allow drivers to be in the postion and alert mode just like you would be while driving, but instead a computer is doing your job for you? No matter what you have to be alert and holding on to the wheel?
In conclusion, I am against driverless driving because of the many reasons I listed above also, many people fall asleep behind the wheel. I have had family members fall asleep and do damage to not only himself but others around him. Falling asleep is easy, especially when someone or something else is already doing your job that keeps you alert and ready. | 3 |
Hello, my name is Lisa, and i'm a scientist here at NASA. I have heard that you claim that aliens have created this landform we found on Mars.
There has not been any life found on Mars at this momment. It does look like it could be from another living organism, but it's just a rock on the planet. In our newest image of the rock, it turns out that the face has dissapered. There is no evidence of this being created by aliens, rather it was created by wind and water that has been found on Mars. The reason you might believe that this was indeed aliens, might be the fact that the news has blown it out of poportion. It's just the rock that had some interesting shadows and holes that made it look like a human face.
In conclusion, all i'm trying to say is that it cannot be aliens, it's just a rock on Mars. Thank you for your time. | 1 |
Dear,state senator
The Electoral College voting method is a very debated subject among the people. That is why I am here to explain to you my opinion on it, and why i think that the whole process needs to be stopped. As you can probably already tell, I completely dis like the whole process all together but anyway here is my letter to you.
The first issue with this process is that there is not that much stability to it. When people vote for who they want as president they're giving their votes to some one else just so the person they gave them to can vote for who they want to,not for the elector that that person actually put down on the ballet. We the people are not even the ones who technically get to pick who we want as president, it's the electors.
This being said brings me to my next point,what is the point of the people voting if we arent even the ones who get to pick the representatives? Yes, they say that when people are voting,they are actually voting for electors but what if the electors dont listen to the peoples votes and only vote for who they want? It is true that the slate of electors is trusted to vote for the parties person they want to elect but, there is always that tiny percentage that the electors can break that trust. When they take these chances they are setting themselves up for disaster.
I hope that you take what I said into consideration. These are just a few of the things that are wrong with the Electoral College system. Its only a matter of time before people like me start to realize everything wrong with the system we have now, and when they do realize the things wrong with it, they will want something done about it. Please help get a better system going and end this Electoral College crap we have now. | 2 |
The Face on mars was a big controversy throughout the 1970's to 2001, and still is a popular topic of conversation. Many people believe NASA was trying to hide an alien artifact by saying it's a land form, and others believe thats all it is, a landformation. NASA has been photographing this for years, trying to figure out exactly what it is, and trying to satisfy the conspiracy theorists. In 1976, they were taking photos of a region of a planet, and discovered this strange formation with the look of a face. NASA continued to research and take photos. After years of photographing and talking, they finally figured it out.
NASA discovered in 1998, that what many people thought was an alien artifact, was actually just a landformation. From the beginning, the NASA workers had two theories. Some scientists thought the Face was an alien artifact, and most thought it was a mesa, which is a natural land formation. The second theory was right, that all it was was a strange land formation and bad camera quality. There are photos that show the 3 pictures they took of the Face. One was in 1976. That was a time where most people thought it was an alien artifact, because it looked most like a face because of the blurry quality. In addition, the next picture from 1998 showed was it really was, just a land formtion. The third, from 2001, proved people who thought it was from aliens wrong. If you examine the photos closely, you can see that there are cracks in the land, that if angled the right way with clouds in the way, can show the illusion of normal face features, like eyes and a mouth. In comparison that to the photo taken in 2001, it is obvious it's nothing more then land.
Before the photo in 2001, people still thought it was an alien artifact. An article stating that, "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars," proves a point. Why would NASA not want there to be aliens on other planets when it would benefit them so positively. If NASA really thought there were aliens, why would they show the photos to the whole world? When the first photo came out, NASA stated, "a huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. They put out the photo to attract attention to mars with that caption. It explains what the formation is and how it may be mistaken as something other than rocks.
"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, says Garvin. Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. The study was over and they stopped photographing the face once everybody understood what it was. In this paragraph, a scientist explains the mesa and compares it to a landform on earth.
In the end, the Face ends up just being a landformation, though many people hoped it would be a discovery of alien life. The photos proved that it was nothing more then a rock formation. NASA researched to find the land formation and made it clear that they also wanted it to be an alien artifact. All of the conspiracy theorists have been proven wrong, and the mystery has been solved. | 4 |
Emotions are the most hardest things to understand from yourself or from others, usually people can identify them if they now the situation that has, had or is about to happen. But there are some emotions or facial expressions that people just don`t know or understand what it`s supose to be or mean. This can be said for any thing. This can be said for about anything, but what would happen if someone had a machine that can tell you, mathematically and calculate what emotions you are felling or have felt if it is a photo.
To explain the machine , it is a computer the constructs a 3-D computer model of a face. It reconizes all 44 major muscles in a face of a model and must move like human muscles. It roconizes the action unit of a more muscles in a face. the machine was created by DR. Paul who created the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) and Dr. Huang. It basically tracks and understands differnt empotions by tracking and understanding facial expressions, since people le understand how a person feels based on physical expressions of the face. The computer is then able to under stand a persons emotion.
This level of technology is advense, but what would happen if this kind of computer was mobile and was used in a school, by teachers to know what emotions a student was feeling, to and they used as if it were a lie detector. Well there are pros for the teachers, like if a student was lieing to them about an assignment or a use it to understand what happened in their class by simply scanning the students and use the information they have to esstimate an answer. It would be convenient for the teacher or even a priciple to figure out what the student is feeling. Usually a teacher would ask the student about what happened to the student. They would use the computer if they don`t care and only want the truth from the student as a positive answer they would understand. They computer would most likely idintify someone who is lying and get punishment. It could also help a teacher understand if the student is under stress and would be able to do something before the student does something that would their greatest mistake they could end up taking. Other reasons is being able to find out why a student is queit and not talking to everyone that are his or her friends. They would even be able to find out secrets that a student is keeping from them, if it`s good or bad the teacher would simply be able to figure out what it is.
With every pro there is a con that exist, for one how would the computer be able to be mobile, the computer that can calulate emotions would be huge and bulky to carry aroung. Plus there arew few apps that can tell emotions ,even if they have a few mistakes. Besides that it would be consider an invasion of privacy, since most people would want to keep something a secret, like love. It would even something that students would try to get away from it either try to keep it a truth and really saying that you did an assignment or risk it all and get caught.
From all this information having aving a computer that teel emotions would have it`s ups and down,some being able to find some who has lied and catch them and even helping someone who have problems with themselves or at home. The con is that people would try to avoid it, or if they had to understand something they could just ask the student and have a conversation with them about whats wrong ang why. Having an emotion computer have some percs, but would be use on rare occasions. | 2 |
The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Its just a huge rock formation that resembles a human head. It was put out in the public to draw attention to Mars and to make NASA budget increase.
The Face On Mars has become a big pop icon and starred in HollyWood film's,books,magazines, and radio talk shows. In 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia to get a picture better than the originals but when they did snap the pictures it revealed a natural landform. People who still believed it was an alien artifact was not satisfied they believed alien markings were hidden by haze. When MGS decided to go for a second look they found that in a digital image 3 times bigger you could see if there was objects of any kind or Egyptian style pyrmaids and there was none.
The picture shows is a normal landform common the equivalent to a lava dome that take the form of an isolated mesa on earth around the American West. | 1 |
When it comes to knew things in technology usually everyone jumps on the bandwagon but in some cases you shouldn't just because others will. When it comes to your safety and peace at mind you should make careful decisons of what potential danger you might be putting yourself in, especially when others are involved. When it comes to driverless cars I stand on the opposing side. I don't think driverless cars are a good idea because they can be costly, dangerous, and give people the impression that you don't need to know how to drive.
These smart cars can be very costly when you think about it. Driverless vehicles are new to the world, with new technology come new bugs and manufactoring errors. For example, one day you could be "driving" down the street and one of your sensors don't go off and you run into something. Thats money out of your pocket to fix the damage of your car and whatever or whoever you hit. Depending on how bad it is it can even cost you a lawsuit and medical expences. Even if they do find a bug in your car you're still expected to pay for a replacement and whatever you hit.
Smart cars can also be very dangerous. It is mentioned that there are several occassions where human service is needed in case of work zones and around car accidents. In the event that you might not be paying attention you could potentially run into a work zone or car accident. These are only two things but these two things can still be dangerous and even life threatining under certain circumstances.
Last but not least driverless cars can put new drivers under the impression that you don't neccissarily need to know how to drive. This is putting other drivers at risk as well. Teenagers and adults with driving permits that try to drive the car will think they don't need to be as aware as they would in a regualr car. Without that sense of alertness in case of an accident or malfunction a person might not know what to do or how to operate the car.
Overall I think that it is a bad idea to have driverless cars because they can be costly, dangerous, and give new drivers the impression that they don't need to know how to drive. | 3 |
"So you really think that was created by aliens?" says I to the man who thinks aliens created the "Unmasking Face". "Yes i really believe aliens made that". "How would an alien have made that ? ALIENS AREN'T REAL" I shout. I think to myself , this man is nuts how would a freaking alien make that if they never existed? Maybe he's just playing he doesn't really think that he just thinks its funny to play. "U HAVE NO PROOF ALIENS AREN'T REAL , IN FACT THE PROOF THAT THEY WE'RE ONCE ALIVE IS THE UNMASKING FACE DUUUUH" said the guy. "YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROOF BUT YOU HAVE NO PROOF THAT THE ALIENS MADE THAT , How about this neither one of us are correct until we get proven facts , Okay? Okay" I said to the man trying to stop arguing with him. "Nooo Nooo aliens were as real as ever they made this" he said ,"Actually i believe a natural landform created it , maybe time after time it starts to look more and more like a face but in reality it's just something that natural landform created , not aliens man." I said to the man who thought he knew it all . The man still seemed to want to argue with me "Now now now , you got a good point but nothing can make me believe that aliens didn't do this , I just CAN'T AND WON'T BELIEVE IT , my grandfather told me aliens created it as I was a kid so I believe that's how it was made."I no longer wanted to argue with the man so I said "Okay believe what you want" and that was the end of the discussion. | 1 |
I think it isn't woth it because theres really no point in doing it. I think the students wouldnt like to express how they feel and espically not to a teacher that they don't like.
A reason i think this isnt good is because why waste money on something not useful and just aste it on something that is like helping out the community or something. We could pay workers to pick up trash or something instead of just wasting it on something that says how somone feels when them themselfs can tell you how they feel and plus they feel comfotable telling you.
I also think that your feelings are your privacy and shouldnt expresse them if you don't want to. At then end of this article my opinion stays the same and hasnt changed on what i feel. Like yeah its cool to use on art and stuff like that but on students who don't want to be tested then no. | 1 |
Introduction: ''Calculate'' emotion like math homework? And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movements we humans use to express how we feel?
Inteiductiuon: ''Calculation'' every day.
For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face.
Introduction: ''Putting a happy face'' actually works!
Body1. Emotions are so important to everyone because without emotions there's no happy life. Being happy sad in life is not a chioce its either you happy or sad. All lide ask you to just to be happy i know it might not be happen all the time but we have to making happen. Being happy is a choice for yourself in life nobody your make day you have to make ypu own choice. When you make good choice in life you make your life more easliy.
Body2.''Calculation'' every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Calculation every day is not a bad choice if you just know what you doing. Life is not that hard i thought it would be sometimes we just need sometimes to think about our life. Sometimes i keep asking myself why others can't put themselves together and be a parther and why they treat humans like them bad. Its doesn't matter anymore in this world if God died for us and he forgive us we have to the same thing to others. Forgiveness is a big choice, all we need right now is to have a big smile in our face i know it gonna be hard but if we trust in ourself we can do it nothing is hard in life you just give it a try.
Body3.''Putting a haappy a actually works! Yes it does sometime but not all the time most of the time it works just the way you needed. The Mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring smile. Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. Constatin stanislausky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and creating these amotion on stage.
conlusion. Emotion are so important to everyone because without emotions thete's no happy life. Being happy and sad in is not a choice its either happy or sad. ''Calculation'' every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend simply by look on her face! imagine a computer that knows when you're happy orsad. Constantion stanislusky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and creating emotions on stage. | 0 |
In the old world, people didnt have car's, they did everything on foot. They got food, ran erronds, and just to get out of the house with the family. So how come now adays people are so dependent on their car's. Places around the world are implimenting rules or laws now to stop people from abusing the car.
Since the car was invented it has always had the same issue, not the engine or the interior, but the environmental issue. And now that people around the world are realizing that, they have created rules and laws to ban or reduce the usage of cars. A community in Germany called Vauban have given up their car's to help the environment, and people love it. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter, a mother of two.
Paris "The Love City" in France has Banned cars because of the high amount of smog it creates. After the law was placed, only after five days, congestion was down 60 percent.
Paris has the most smog compared to any other European captials, they had to do this or the smog would take over the city. And since the ban has been posted, smog has been clearing and is now much more limited in the area.
Major cities like New York were built in a narrow way, so its more congested when too many people are driving, and the buildings are much closer together so its more convinent to walk or bike to places rather than drive. New York has implimented a new bike-sharing program, and it is a hit. And around the nation a similar program is the car-sharing program. It encourages people about car pulling, it is when multiple people go to work or school in the same car, it puts less cars on the road and has plentiful benifits. Like less carbon dioxide in the air, less traffic, and saves on gas money.
Bill Ford, an exeuctive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, pitched a plan to live in a world that owning a personal car was impractical. He proposed to partnering with telecommunications industy to make a city or many where the "pedestions, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emission and improve safety."
Banning cars around the world isn't a solution because they are more convinent than taking a train or walking, but their needs to be a cut down on the amount we use a car, we abuse it. Eventually all the greenhouse gases might end up destroying the planet we live on. But their are solutions, implementing a world day were we dont use cars would help tremendusly, their are other means of getting around other than car. For example Biking is a great form of excersice and will get you to were you need to be faster than walking, while getting in shape at the same time. | 3 |
Driverless cars are something that Google has been working on for years, some of the biggest car manufacturers in todays market are planning on having autonomous cars in production by the year 2020. There is still a lot of planning and designing to do before we will be able to drive these cars, but they will be in our future! Making driverless cars is a great idea and i am for it. Most states have driving laws that make it illegal to drive or even test these electronically driven cars, manufacturers are getting hopeful that when these cars are ready, safe, and fully advanced the laws will be changing.
First, todays trffic laws are "... written with the assumption that the only safe cars has a human driver in control at all times.", which means that the manufacturers must make a car thta keeps the driver, passenger, and any pedestrians safe. Manufacturers believe that once these cars prove more reliably safe that more states will grow onto the idea of driverless cars. Having driverless cars is a good idea because they also will only use around half of the fuel used in todays average taxi. So far Google has had these cars drive half a million miles without a single crash!
In conclusion autonomous cars should be a part our future. These cars have been test driven around 500,000 miles without a single crash. Driverless cars use sensors to keep a full 3D picture detecting all the things surrounding the car. Even though there is still some planning that needs done I believe the world should give these new cars a chance when the time is right. | 1 |
The Electoral collage is a process , not a place. The founding fathers established it in the constitution as comprimise between election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The thing is the president shouldnt be picked on his personality or his or hers past, they should be judged by the changes they can make and how they can make it better for the people on the out side world. they shouldnt be voted by the fancy no good stuck ups in the office 24/7 bc half the time they dont know good, i mean look at the president we have now.
The process consists of the section of the electors, which they vote president or vice president. under the Electoral collage system voters vote not for president but for a state of elections. They shouldnt have to vote like that , why have the office men and women vote president? When u could have the citizens of state do it. The office men and women dont know what the citizens want or need. There just there to get money and sit on there butts 24/7 and do nothing but make poor decisions as a reference to our president.
The most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. Then in that case the election would be thrown to The House of Representatives , where state delegations vote on the president. There shouldnt be a tie and having to be thrown in to The House of Represntatives. The president shouldnt be selected by valets and posters. they should be picked based apone what there capable of and how they can change the owrld and make it a better and safer place. The president we have now didnt come with its benifites.
At all basic levels the Electoral collage is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-takes-all system in each states, candidates dont spend time in each state they know they have no changes of winning or losing , so they focus only on the tight races. | 1 |
It said the cowboys played baseball,volleyball,table tennis tornaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games that help pass time so i think he was like showing people and telling people about its so fun and it was like about world war 2 and like that and told him it would be awesome and fun and all like that and he was telling a hole bunch of people to join and that it would be really fun and it was gponna be about the old days and like thatand we will be doing some cool stuff about it and fun building things and like that and that your going to learn some interesting stuff and maybe you have not learned about it yet but you will learn and get more better at it so just in case you took a test you would probably know alot more and get the test done easy and probvably get an a plus on it then if you keep going to it you will get probably get really smart that you could probably on get in the hardest class in school you would feel so smart but it would probably be a lot harder in the class that why you keep going to it so you can keep learning then you would be ready for the last that is hard and you would pass it so you would be ready for next year. | 0 |
Can you picture life without cars ? In today society cars are our only transporatation, well in the U.S. it is. many different places around the world are beginning to use other ways to get around from place to place. This are some reasons why cars should be limited usaged because you can save more money, you save more time, and you become more happier and less tense and stress.
To begin with, In paris people are to save more money not having cars because of smog. Smog fine citizens for even or odd numbers on their license plates. A quote from the passage states "the goal is to promote alternative transporation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines." This quote shows how citizens really feel about cars, they want more transportation outlets and to ban cars so they can save more money.
Next, Picture being stuck in traffic late to work only becuase it was probaly a car accident or maybe the road is getting constructed. A good way to avioding traffic is to use other source of transporation. It saves you more money and less time. This also improve the safety of the people beaucse fewer accident can be avioded. Most accidents happen becuase of rushing to get to work or school. for exable from the passge states" he proposed partnering with the telecommunication industry to create cities in which "pedestrian", bicycle, privatecars... are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resouces, lower emissions and improve safety." I agree with this quote because it gives you reason to imporve the way me save our money and hepls make our environment safe.
Last, Study show that more people who don't have car are more happy then people who have cars. the reason that is, is because people who dont have cars don"t have to worrie about car insurance and car payments. People who dont drive become less tense and stress. A quote from the passage states " when i had a cae i was always tense. I'm much happier this way, " said heidrun walter, a media tainer and mother of two | 2 |
The truth of the face on Mars. The face on Mars is not a real face in fact it is a land form that strangly looks like a face. Scientest don't think at it is a alien artifact. some say that there are aliens and they are hideing the truth. That would be a great think if there were aliens on Mars it would be N.A.S.A biggest achevment to date but their are no aliens on Mars.
N.A.S.A has also sent other spacecrafts to Mars to get a better look. On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia (The Face on Mars) an took a picture. The close of a picture they get it just looks more like a landform. Scientest have also pointed out that their are landforms on Earth that look stange. like Middle Butte in Snack River Plain of Idaho. That
is the truth of the The Face on Mars. | 1 |
Do you know what Sea Cowboy is? Well its alot of fun. You should become one just like me. You get to see cool places all around the world, your helping the world, and you will meet lots of new people from different areas of the world. This is a great chance for all people, even teenagers. You will ride a boat with a captain all over the world.
You get to see cool places all around the world like China and Europe. You can explore them too. There are also cool activities you can do in these countries. For example, you could eat there type of food,or go sight seeing, trust me its beautiful. There are lots of things to do when you've arrived at a different country. This is a life changing experience that you might not get a chance to do. This might be your only chance to be a Sea Cowboy.
Your helping the world a bunch by giving other countries horses that they might not have because of a war or natural causes and so on. This helps you become a better person and it helps other countries and the people your giving the horses to. This helps everyone in that country because they might not have a car and there horse died ,and that was there only transpertation and they don't have any horses left that they can buy. If we give them horses, now that family has transpertation again. So this will help others and yourself.
You would meet lots of new people in these countries and you meet your crew. You meet Chinese and Eurpeon people and more. You would learn new languages from all over the world. You could learn lots of things from the people in other countries. For example you could learn there culture and what type of food they eat or even there style of houses. This will stay with you forever in memory. It will be one of the most fun experience you'll ever think about. These people can tell you about there life and what they have been through.
This was surely fun for me but I sadly will have to move on next year. I now that if you do this, you'll be sad when you have to move on too. But you'll remember all the cool places, how you help different countries in the world, and how you meet all those nice people and talked about there background. Trust me this was a experience of a life time. That I and you, would never forget. | 2 |
Do you want your car to drive you in the future? or perhaps would
you rather do it your self ? Google cofounder Sergery Brin wants to have driveless cars for public -transportation taxi systems . The driveless cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and off far more flexibility than a bus but what would happen if the car ran out of gas. No one knows how dangerous this could be for humans in everyday life . Driveless cars shouldn't be aloud on the road.
Driveless cars shouldn't be aloud on the road because of safety hazardous. One example of this is that the car could malfuction its self while driving automatically. In the article it nevers explain what the car would do in a car accident or even when damaged. It could hurt the driver and other drivers on the road. There is no such thing as a driveless car because it doesn't have the smartness and the physical view and skills as a human do. " Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over."
Driveless cars could be a better for humans to sit back and stretch and give time for the driver to eat something maybe check a text message. It could also be better if the driver doesnt realse something near by. Thats why they have
sensors that can that detects
danger and out of control skids or rollovers. The would accelerate and the car would stop. However driveless cars can't drive through workzones and around accidents. If the driver was looking for something and happen to look up and the car did not alert the driver that he/she
is in a construction work zone and is about to get hurt that would be the car and the companies fault.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin wants to have driveless cars in the futue. He wants to use them for public transportation. Driveless cars are very dangerous and could be a risk to everyday life. | 2 |
Have you ever wanted to be apart of NASA or a scientist? Scientist get to explore many parts of the world, even outer space. Have you ever wanted to travel to Mars known as the, "Red Planet?" Mars has a long history, however some NASA scientists say that in 1967 they saw a face on Mars and some people thought that aliens created it.
Twenty-Five years ago from this date May 24, 2001 a spacecraft called Viking 1 was circling around the planet Mars taking pictures of possible landings for the sister ship named Viking 2. As the spacecraft was circling around the planet Mars, it saw something very odd which was, shadowy likeness of a human face with and enorumous head nearly two miles from the end it seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region on the red planet called Cydoina. Soon scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa, however this one had unsusual shadows which made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
As NASA looks at the images the caption said "huge rock formation." The Mars then started to reveal images of a face such as the, eyes, nose, and mouth. Mars has now became a famous planet. The planet Mars has starred in Hollwood flims, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and even in a haunted grocery story checkout line.
The agurment now is weither or not the face was made by aliens and the answer is NO. In passage seven, it says, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the orgional Viking photo. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landfrom. There was NO alien monument after all.
I believe if I was in the NASA or if I were a scientist I would use passage seven to back my answer up. It gives all the details about why the aliens did not make the face on the planet Mars. Even though everyone would not be satisfied with my agurement, I now have proof that it was not created by aliens. | 1 |
Dear State Senator,
To my understandings, we still use our Electoral College to vote for the President of the United States. So basically, whenever we vote for a President, we're basically voting for a slate of electors. But you probably already knew that. I thought the whole point of voting was to vote for who we want, not pick someone on the side to vote for us. To me, it is only fair that we rid of the Electoral College and change it to an election by popular vote.
When I am old enough to vote, I would like to see that my vote counted for the President and not a group of electors. One main problem with the Electoral College is the fact that the trust can be betrayed. What about what happened in Hawaii in 1960? When Vice President Richard Nixon luckily precided over the senate, validating only his oppenent's electors, but made sure to do so "without establishing a precedent." What if it happens again? You are voting for someone that could be anyone not holding a public office.
If you really think about it, the Electoral College is unfair to voters. Think of it like this, you're in a class of 30 and you get to vote on who is your new class president. You all vote but the teacher only counts 10 of the kids' votes that have a higher ranking. It is not fair to the other 20 students because they all voted too, but their votes didn't really count.
The Electoral College can be thought of as unfair, outdated, and irrational. It would be so much easier if we just counted the votes from the citizens of the United States in a majority rules fashion. This way, everyones' vote counts and we wouldn't have to worry relying on someone to make the vote for us.
I am writing to you State Senator to show you how we, the United States of America, really feel. Isn't it true in Amendment 1, that we as the people have a freedom of speech? Well I think my speech should be heard and I want you to listen.
Sincerely,
Rachel | 2 |
Are they really "ok"? Teachers are not just meant to teach math or english to students, but also be a guidance to a student if ever in need or trouble. How can a teacher help a student in the classroom if he or she is unresponsive and not revealing their actual emotions. The Facial Action Coding System, created by Dr. Paul Eckman, has made a 3-D computer process with all 44 major muscles in the human face to detect what actual emotions a person is feeling. This new technology is a valuable tool for teachers, and should be in use to understand a student better, and truly know what he or she is feeling.
The facial coding system is computer automated, and has six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Yes technology messes up a lot of times, maybe the emotions the computer has given about a person is not actually what they are feeling. There is also the possibility this coding system does not have enough emotions to express or show a persons true emotion. The author states the Mona LIsa was "83 percent happy" (paragraph 1 sentence 1). What if she was actually 83 sad, angry or annoyed.
Even though there are these possiblities of mistake as the author said in paragraph 5, "In fact, we humans perform this same impressive 'calculation' everyday" (sentence 1-2). Humans perform the same facial coding system everyday in trying to read how friends or family are feeling. Who says humans do not also mess up in reading a perons emotions the wrong way. No matter the possible mistakes that can happen if a facial coding system can help a teacher reach out to a student in need just off emotions a computer gives them it is valuable.
The Facial Action Coding System is a valuable necessity for a teacher or counselor to have. It can prove to help a student in need even when they are shying away from calling for help. This coding system can give people more insight on the mind and emotions of the people around them, and could possibly stop tragedy from occuring. The Facial Action Coding System is an essential value in the classroom that needs to be in use everyday by teachers, to better the classroom enviornment, and better understand the students. | 2 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" gives many reasons on how and why humans should explore Venus despite it's many dangers. A reason that the author provided in the article on why humans should explore Venus, was that Venus use to be just like Earth. Going along with this, the author also gives ways of how humans could study and possibly live on Venus. The last big way that the author shows on why humans should push torwards studying Venus, was that discovering Venus would allow humans to "meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." In this article the author provides many ways of how and why humans should study and explore Venus despite it's dangers.
In paragraph 4 the author provides information from astronomers saying that Venus use to be just like Earth. In this paragraph the author states that Venus use to be covered with large oceans and could have also supported various forms of life. The author also states many other facts on how Venus use to be like Earth. Venus use to have many features that where very close to Earth. Venus use to have many valleys, mountains, and craters. In this article it states "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". With these many facts about Venus the author also says that one day humans may be able to even live on Venus.
A huge reason why the author thinks that Venus is worth exploring is because one day this planet could be habitable for humans. In paragraph 5 the author provides information on how humans could live on Venus. The author states that the way humans could live on Venus would be by floating above all of the harsh conditions on Venus's ground. By hovering at about 30 or so miles above Venus's landscape humans would be able to avoid all of the planets dangerous conditions. An example of this theory that the author provided in the article was that "Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many stroms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfreindly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way".
The most important reason that the author thinks that humans should study and maybe even live on Venus is becuse the oppurtunites it would open up for humans. In the last paragraph, paragraph 8, the author provides many reasons on why discovering and living on Venus would be so extravigant. In this last paragraph the author states that by studying and living on Venus it would allow humans to "meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This quote from the article shows just how great it could be for humans to take the time and effort to study Venus.
In the article the author shows that studying and possibly living on Venus would be worth taking on the dangers of Venus. The author even provides many ways on how humans could avoid those dangers. These facts that the author provides supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. This is easily true because the author even goes ahead and shows why we should at least try to learn as much as we can about Venus. Overall the author supports the idea of living on Venus and doing as much research on the plant because scientists have come up with many safe ways of doing it. | 3 |
Explorering venus comes with a high pay off but high risk. The authors claim is correct becuase it has enough information ot back up the idea. Venus's geographical and atmospheric condtions would not be ideal but it would provide anthor option for colonization in the future. The exploration of Venus is worth while scientific endver.
The Authors study on Venus provides enought facts and evidnece to condiser further evaluation of the planet. "Long ago, venus was probaly coverd in large oceans and could have supported varouis forms of life, just like earth today". The planet has a surface temperature of 800 degrees farien height. Also the planet has a much higher atmospheric pressure at over 90 times greater than Earth.
Venus is closer to our plant than we thought. Even thought its atmosphere contains clouds that are made out of higly corrosive acid. "The surface has a rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountians, and craters". The terrian is showen to be ruff but not unbarable for human colonization. Also Venus is one the closest planets to own own planetthan most others. The due to the ground condtions being hostile surveyers would need to be located 30 or more miles above the surface of the planet.
Exploring Venus would a beinificail and woth while scientific endver. Over the years Venus has been a topic of study due to its earth like qualites. The temperature of Venus is not as freindly to humans as our own atmosphereVenus is one the closest planets to own planet than most others. Lastly, the exploration of venus can be the next ground breaking scientific discovery yet. | 1 |
The author in the story suggests of the idea of going to venus and studying as
''earth's twin''. That with the author's idea of pursuiting to Venus. Even through with the dangers of it by studying to go there does'nt sound too bad to think of. Venus is the closed planet to earth. That people are looking to traval to Mars well Earth,Venus and Mars are neighbor's there is a diffrentce Mars is not as hot as Venus, is closer to the sun.
Venus is some times closer to Earth the Mars is humans have send spacecafts to land on Venus but one thing about the dangers no human shoukd go it would be something to look in too. Going to Venus would be hard knoing that no spacecarfts surviced the landing for more than a few hours. Venus is something that is not a good idea knowing that the average is over 800 degrees is nothing to play with just to go to Venus. | 1 |
Since the finding of the face on Mars in 1976 many people have been saying that it must have been made from aliens on Mars. However this is not true. If there was life on Mars NASA would have found it by now because it would benefit them. "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." (Pg 5) So therefor the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because of the amount of pictures taken of Mars and the face, the amount of time taken to research the Face and all of the NASA people saying it resembles natural landforms that are on Earth.
First off we know that the Face on Mars is just a natural landform because of all the pictures that were taken. If there was any alien life of any kind on Mars, NASA would have caught it. In the article it says, "'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.' Each pixel in the 2001image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." (Pg 10) The author of the article went into even more detail and said, "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplans on the ground or Egytian- style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!'"(pg 11) This explains how good the camera quality is and how they wouldn't be able to miss anything.
Including the amount of picture evidence against life on Mars and the fact that the Face was not made by extraterrestrials, the amount of time spent researching the face by NASA clearly shows they know what they're talking about. The first picture of the face was taken in 1976 and then it was a major hit and they took another picture 12 years later in 1998. Then again after that in 2001. Also in the article it says, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camer (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos" (pg 7) This quote from the article shows to what extent NASA researchers went to to find out more about the Face.
As if there is not already a bunch of reasons why the face on Mars is just a landform, a group of people are agreeing with NASA's decision that the face is just a natural landform. According to the article it says, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." (Pg 2) Also stated in the article, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivelant 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." Those quotes in the article are proof that those same types of landforms happened here on Earth as well and the ones here were not made by aliens.
In conclusion the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. If there was aliens on Mars making landforms then NASA would definetely use that for publicity and to make the taxpayers happy. However there are no aliens on Mars making landforms and NASA knows this because of the time they have taken to research this along with the amount of pictures taken with high quality cameras and the resemblance of the landform to landforms on Earth. | 4 |
There was a time when cars were a new invention that everyone wanted or needed, but as of recent years cars have found themselves on the decline. There are many specualted reasons as to why people aren't as interested in getting a car and driving themselves around. One of the main theories seems to be that with new technological advancements are making carpools simple organize and knowing when and where the closest city bus will arrive easier to find out. Also, the technology of today makes it easy to contact and feel connected with your friends without having to go out and see them. Whatever the reason may be, the decline in car usage is a great advantage worldwide. The benefits of limited car usage are a better environment, less traffic stress, and healthier people.
Cars are the second most common source of air pollution in the United States. In Paris, cars were so heavily used that their pollution levels were near those of Beijing, China (known as one of the most polluted cities in the world). When Parisians heard this, they took action right away. They rotated day long bans on personal cars with even numbered license plates and odd numbered lisence plates. After about a week of this rotating ban, with a few exceptions, the smog levels had lowered enough that all cars could be allowed again. Luckily, this experience made the people of Paris realize how much cars were harming their envirinment. Cars are a large source of carbon emissions all over the world so lessening their use is essential to reviving our hurting environment.
Another advantage to limiting the use of cars is less traffic and less accidents. Public transportattion drivers are more skilled and practiced than everyday drivers. Arguably, they are safer behind the wheel than your average citizen. In addition to that, having less cars on the road makes it safer to walk, bike, skateboard, or even rollerblade to your destination. Also, less cars means less traffic. Although on public transportation there are bus stops and such, traffic jams would be nearly eradicated if there were that many less cars on the road.
The last important advantage of having fewer cars is a personal health benefit. Driving can be seen as stressful. You have your life as well as the lives of people around you in your hands. Not only can the concept of driving itself be stressful, but things such as reckless drivers and heavy traffic are very hard for people to deal with patiently and safely. It would be better for people's emotional health to not have to deal with driving. Avoiding cars is also better for people's physical health in both cleaner environments and more physical activity. With the lessened levels of polution, as mentioned before, people would have cleaner air to breathe and a healthier environment to live in. The amount of physical activity in citizens would also increase. With people being able to walk, bike, skateboard, etc. to their desired destination the obesity numbers would decrease. Without cars, people's emotional and physical health would largely improve.
Overall, limiting the global use of cars would greatly benefit people worldwide. Due to the recent spread of the idea of being car-free and more concious of our environment pollution levels are already decreasing. Advantages coming from a much needed decreae in car usage also include safer roads and less stressed, healthier people. A decline in the number of personal vehicles on the road would lead to a happier, safer, and healthier world. | 4 |
Rows, upon rows, upon rows of students glued to a computer screen while a facial recognition technology scrambles to fix the plague of boredom that has overtaken the students. The new facial recognition technology could be valuble, but not nearly as valuble as teachers. Sure, the technology is cool and new but it cannot connect on the personal and emotionel level that a living, human techer can.
Furthuring the development of facial recognition technology for the purpose of education is unnecessary. Teachers are one of the most important jobs there is, we can't just replace a teacher with a computer program. Some of the best and most memorable people is have ever met have been teachers. Humans are complex creatures and in the text the author states that the program can dectect just 6 basic emotion "Eckman has classified six basic emotions", how could it teach us better than a fellow human. Teachers also teach us not just lessons on school subjects but life lessons as well which a computer program cannot do.
Although having a computer program teach might be cheaper in the long run as you don't have to pay them after you buy them, but think of what is really more valuable; education. | 1 |
Self-Driving Cars?
Are self-driving cars actually smarter than we think? Many car companies have started to invest their time and money into creating a car that is driverless 100% in the future. Driverless cars are not reliable because it takes a lot of money to make these driverless cars, safety is a big concern with these cars, and if the car can't drive on its own then the human must take over the wheel when there are complications.
Car companies such as Mercedes, Audi, Tesla and Nissan have all started to work on driverless cars. These cars are very expensive to make and test out. Sebastian Thrun, the founder of the Google Car project said " Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost teo hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at Radio Shack." Sensors are the main idea and concept of the driverless cars but they cost millions of dollars. What happens if the sensors are not reliable?
Safety is the number one priority of anyone that is in the car. The driving laws are very concerned with this and need gurantees on the driverless cars that are coming in the future. In paragraph 9 it says that " Presently traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all time. Manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliable. But the question we must ask is" If the technology fails and someone is injured, then who will be at fault?" It could go in many different ways and many conflicts can arise. There are postive aspects to driverless cars. One is that automakers are still trying to improve all the qualities on the cars. In paragraph 10 it says," Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. They are saying that they will not release the cars until they are reliable and ready to go. The cars are improving as the days pass by. More and more laws will changed due to these cars which will be for our safety.
The biggest concern is why can't we fully rely on these cars yet. They are not reliable right now is because when there are complication or certain situations that can occur on the road then the human must take over the driving until it is safe again. "Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents". Google still has many issues with their driveless cars that must must improve and work on futher.
Now we know that these driverless cars are coming for sure. Many car companies are making the time and effort to make these cars successful. We know some of the problems they are facing. But we now know that they are not going to be releasing these cars now but in the future when they are ready to be safe, consistant, and reliable. | 3 |
Join the Seagoing Cowboys
Imagine the waves crashing against your boat while sailing to countries left in ruins by World War 2. They need people to join the seagoing cowboys so they can send supplies. You should join the seagoing cowboys because they help people, visit unique places, and it is a great opporyunity.
First of all, the seagoing cowboys help people in different countries. Some people think they are just sending supplies over seas. However, the cowboys along with shipping supplies and food and animals go along with the shipment. Seagoing Cowboys also headed for Greece with a 335 horses in the cargoalong with food to feed all the horses. I think this would be an excellent job to participate in.
Secondly, the cowboys visit unique places. Some people think on jobs like this you won't see anything. But, the seagoing cowboys have seen parts of Europe and China. A seacowboy named Luke has even toured a excuvated castle in Crete and marvled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. I infer that a lot of people see a lot of different places.
Lastly, it's a great opportunity. People may think it's just another job and a waste of time. But, it opens up the world to people who never seen the world before. It even makes people more aware of people in different countries. I beleive that becoming a seagoing cowboy would be great for people to see what is going on in the world.
I really think you should becaome a seagoing cowboy because they help people, visit unique places, and it is agreat opportunity.The next time your wondering what you want to do, consider joining the seagoing Cowboys. This is an opportunity you don't want to miss. | 2 |
How would you feel if the computer you were using at this moment could read your emotions and use the feedback from it to change what you was learning. Thats what Proffesor Huang at the Beckham Institue of Advanced Science is doing.
I think using the compiuter program would be a great way to learn. Imagine thinking that the lesson you are learning was boring, and then the lesson changes itself to fit your style of lesrning. Itd be a new revolution in the way we learn. IT could make the experience of learning fun and more intrigueing.
The student could be more attentive and enjoy learning. Proffesor Huang introduced this idea to make learing more interesting for students. HE also used the program to take the place of a human instructor.
So next time youre bored or upset at the lesson youre learning think about the future and about how in a few years you might be learning in a new manner on the computer | 1 |
Have you ever wondered how the kids feel in class but they dont ever participate and/or express themselfs. Well this article about "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is a great way to figure out some ways that some kids feel based on what they are learning. It is smart, unique, and valuable. These are the reason why the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea.
The Facial Action Coding System is smart because it allows you to see if the students are bored, interested, or just out of it during the lesson you teach. And you could also figure out different type of ways to manke a lesson or activity better that excites the children you are teaching to. In the article it states " Most humans communication is nonverbal,including emotional communcation." So this is basically saying that if we are not communicated with our mouths then what better way then communicating with facial expressions. This is why the Facial Coding System is smart.
It's is unquie because no-one has ever thought of this until now so the fact that teachers action care about how there students feel should touch some people. its also unique because it can tell the way your face is moving and the way your muscles move. In the articke it states that
"the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face: all 44 major muscles in the model must move like the human muscles."This just pushed to shove that if a computer can track all of your muscles in your face that that's pretty unique and different. And on top of that, they would pay that much money to make sure the kids have a good education is cool.
Lastly its valuable because if it's bettering the kids education and making a difference in their community, thats good. In "Making Mona Lisa Smile" its says "feeling someone else's emotional state may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expression. Whoever tought thta making faces could reveal so much about science of emotions." This is why its valuable because it can tell us things that we might not know but the computer knows.
This is why the Making Mona Lisa Smile and the Facial Action Coding System is smart, unique, and valuable in so many ways. If you dont think that you should get the Facial Action Cosing System you might want to think twice if you really love your students. | 2 |
These days in the generation that we live in, man has came up with many ways to use technology. We have motion sensored lights, cameras, game systems, and now even cars. Former Google cofounder Sergey Brin and Google have made cars that can actually drive on they'r own. These cars can drive themselves more than half a million miles without crash, but they still need assistance from a driver once in a while when it comes to things they can't do such as reversing, dealing with accidents, or traffic issues. In my point of view this sounds really cool wont lie. Another thing is we all have to see the bigger picture.
Let me explain myself. In the good way of seeing it driverless cars would be a good affect on us for so many reasons. One is we wouldnt have to worry about reckless drivers when the cars would be programed to know speed limits and everything a human is suppose to know about driving. There would be less injuries, deaths, losses in money for repairs, and much more. We also wouldn't have to take driver tests and have licences so we could get to where we need to go. Thoes are the positive ways I look on the driverless cars idea.
Now lets look how this idea would effect us in a negative way. We all know somtimes technology can have errors such as glitches, viruses, if it is mistrested then it could damage all the way. See technology is very sensitive in my view and somtimes even dangerouse. Imagine yourself in one of these cars and say it starts to act up either your gonna be left stranded where you are or you could possibly be injured depending on what the car does. We all know technology can have a mind of its own. Also when a accident happens who ever is in the driver seat is responsible for the passangers and pedestrians and if something does happen are you gonna blame the car?
Like i said the idea is really cool I wont lie. Us as people thoe have to make the right desicions in what we choose to do. Weigh the facts and reasons and see your piont of view. Thank your for your time. | 2 |
We should not use this technology in the classroom ,it is not a valuable.Human expression is just not determined through the face. Also, this takes the jobs of teachers and lessens the teacher-student relationship.In addition, not all students react the same, when not being able to comprehehnd a problem. The technology of a computer determining emotions I find fault in.
Humans express their feelings through many ways, but here at
Merrillville Highschool I often see girls laughing and smiling,but their leg is shaking, which means somethig is wrong. In paragraph 3, it says, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness." How can you based that on Mona Lisa, when you cant prove that she was like that. This ineffective computer program use muscles in your face to determine someone's feelings , when ofter cases people can be nonchalant about something and really the feel something else.
Yet alone, this also takes another teacher's job, which ruins alot of lives. Teacher's are essential to the classroom and when a student don't understand a problem they don't expect a computer to understand.There's more to a student , maybe its not the problem they don't understand. They may be thinking of something else they don't understand and the computer notice that and change something they already was working on which confuses them even more.The teachers would notice that because they are human and they would know and seen that student recent behavior changes.
Students have different reactions to various situations. Students have different aspects and different way of seeing things. When some students they sit there and show they dont get it.On the other hand, students may act out in order to get some attention or just wont try at all. Study of human emotions can't be just determined through face muscle.
The Face Coding program I found an abundant amount of flaws in, it will not be valued in the classrooms.Humans are complex creatures and express emotions other than just through their face.Futhermore , this threatens human teacher's position at work.A human's emotions can't just be decided or determined through facial expressions there's more to it than that. | 3 |
Some people say that they face was created by aliens and others think it was just a natural landform. What do you think it is? How do you think it got there? Well im here to answer all those quetions for you.
There are so many people in the world that thought the face was created by aliens, but it really wasn't. It's just like all of the landforms on Earth that were created by people, animals, plants, and much more. NASA and a couple of scientists had an arugment about whither it was a face created by aliens or landformation. In the end it was created just like all the other landformations. I bet people still wander if NASA was right or wrong.
Well now that i told you about the face and what people think. Do you still believe in what you first thought before reading this? Maybe your right and maybe your wrong everyone has their own opinion. | 1 |
Though I have not been alive to see most of it, I am sure that the debate on keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote has been going on for ages. Now, the words of a fourteen year old might not mean much to a state senator, especially since it will be four years until I am legally allowed to vote, but please sir, hear me out. I believe that we should keep the Electoral College for many reasons. One, if the president was decided by popular vote, our president might not be the best one for the country. Secondly, if it were up to a popular vote, the president might win, or not win, simply for being a regional favorite.
To start this off, if our president was decided by a popular vote, our president might not be the best thing for our country. As stated in the third article, paragraph 20, "The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates... to focus their campaign effors on the toss-up states." As you know, toss-up state's make the final vote. Therefore, people in these states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign, and they will be the ones with the most information. If it were up to popular vote, then anyone over the age of 18 could randomly pick a winner. Let's be honest, the majority of eighteen year old's will vote on whoever their friends or family vote for, or even the candidate representing their group (Democratic or Republic). Many people, if the president was decided by popular vote, would make an uneducated decision on one of the canidates, not studying their choices as much as one would with the Electoral College system in place.
Secondly, if it were up to a popular vote, the president might simply win because he (or she) is a regional favorite. As stated in the third article, paragraph 19, "...because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." Also in the paragraph, it states that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. If the president was decided by popular vote, however, can you imagine what it would be like? Take Romney, for example. He was a solid regional favorite in the South. Romney knew that there was no incentive to campaign heavily in the South, because he would not gain any electoral votes by increasing his plurilaty in states he knew he would win. If popularity decided the president, residents of the other regions might feel like their vote would not count, and that the president would have no regard for their interests. Say that popularity did actually determine a winner. While most regions might vote for a certain presidents, the ones that did not would feel like that the man running the country wasnt really "their president". However, Mr. Senator, if the Electoral College was to stay, this problem would never exist. With the system we have now, the people vote for your state's electors when they vote for the president. Most states also have a "winner-take-all" system. Therefore, the canidate with the most votes in a state win's that state's electors. This lets the voting be even, fair. A popular vote would make the voting unfair to those who did not want that president.
Now, of course, the other view has to be adressed. As stated in the second article, "Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning... During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all." This quote shows that the canidates might not go to a state they know they have no chance in winning. I can see how this could support changing to election by popular vote, and how it could be reasonable. If our president was chosen by popular vote, then he would visit all of the states, trying to win them over. However, there are some strong arguments against this. To begin with, one man would have to visit 50 states, and even if he only visited the majority, there is still a posibility that the state will not vote for him anyways, in the end. If we keep the Electoral College, then the majority of votes in a state would count, not his popularity. As a fourteen year old, I can relate this to highschool. A student can be the most popular student in the school, but they can also be the most rude and mean. And while another student may not be popular, they can be the nicest in the school. If the president was chosen by a popular vote, he might just end up being the worst thing that could happen to the country.
In conclusion, Mr. State Senator, I think that keeping the Electoral College is the best thing for our country. If we changed to election by popular vote, the man (or woman) might not be the best for our country, and the best man might not win because he is not a regional favorite. I hope, sir, that you will take my letter into account when you go to vote on this topic. | 5 |
The Face on Mars The Landform
Do you belive the Face on Mars is made by aliens? The Face on Mars is a landmass on planet Cydonia or Mars. I beleive that the face is just a natural land form.
The face was found around the 1990s by a ship named the Viking 1 in shearch for a possible landing sites for its sister ship the Viking 2. The face is about 2miles from end to end. A few days after scientists figured it was another Martian mesa NASA reveiled the photos to try to atract public atentin to Mars.
People got the wrong idea about the face they thought that the face was a "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. the face was everywhere it appeared in a Hollywood film, in books, magazines, radio talk shows,and even haunted grocery stores. In September 1997 the Chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program sent a [MGS] Mars Global Surveyor to take a pictuer of the face.
As I said befor I belive the face is just a landform on Mars. the mesa or butte forms on Earth to but Mars' land formations are larger that of Earth's in conclusen i hope this essay helped you see that the face is probaly just a landmark. | 1 |
Therer are many reasions why you would want to join the cowboy riding the waves program. One you get to meet all diffrent people from all around the world. Another one is you get to visit all diffrent countries around the world. You also get to try great food and macke good frends qand learn new games and,you get experiance with animals.
Like luke said during the free time you got to play games. Such as baceball,voleball,table ping pong/table tenis,boxing and all difrent games you learn. But like luke said there are risks. Like when he fell and almost went overbored. And he also cracked a rid and,was out of work for a few days. If you get sea sick ezely this is not fore you you go over very rouph waves in the Oichan. And if you get home sick this is defenetly not for you you will be far from home.
These are some reasions why you might or might not want to join. It is fun but you also take a risk. and that is what luke did and he loved it. | 1 |
The author seems to be an advocate for studying Venus despite its dangers, and even gives some ideas as to how humans could study Venus without ever touching the extremely volatile surface. The author gives some examples of solutions that the people at NASA have found might be solutions to the problem at hand, and some reasons as to why exploration of our nearest planet is worthwhile.
He talks about one of NASA's many possible solutions, saying "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.". What he is talking about is a vehicle that would hover above Venus so it would never touch the surface. It's genius! The reason why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is because "it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.". Even today it has features similiar to that of Earth, like its rocky surface, mountains, and craters. Another possible solution to researching Venus while trying to avoid its harsh terrain is using old technology, used in World War II, and putting this old technology into a new use. The author says the reason these might help the future of exploring Venus because "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions." these might be more resistant to whats in store for them on Venus.
While the challenges of visiting Venus are certainly disheartening, the value of visiting and exploring Earth's "twin", and one of its closest planets is impossible to know, but the pursuit of knowledge of the planet would make it a worthwhile endeavor. The only thing we know is that impeding danger can not stop our thirst for knowledge, and may even spark it. | 2 |
People should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program for many reasons. As you go on in the program you can see many features in the world. It can help learn resopnsibilities that you need to learn in the world. In monderen do time it can show you how not to me electionics all the time or so much, because some people can not leave it alone.
This program will show people things in the world that not all people will or will not want to do. From Luke Bomberger's personinal evperinecace he can tell you that he had the most trips in world that no one had ever taken so you can ask him whatis all in the program. This program just has so many feature that you can see things the you didnt even know was in the world. Some people only know that there is just the land that they have, some people think the world in still flat adn some don't. Most people don't even know what is ahead of them and some people just wan tot trave the world to be in the program but they dont know what is all in the program. The program you should join is right in front of your eyes so you can join it.
Luke Bomerger had a very geat time on the Seagoing Cowboys Program and you can too. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program if you wish. This is an opertinity of a life time so do it now or never see it again. | 1 |
"Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents".
Because even though not one spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades.
we can change that and learn more about its effects other than its simlarties.
Because even though its good to know that its very alike to earth.
or that some of its things are.
We can be learning and opening up more to what should be done or what could be done to be successful.
And actully be able to land there.
And explore it like for example we can learn of the kind of meteral that wont be much effected by it.
Or that dosent get effected by it and so on advance.
And it will open up more doors and possibly arppounties for others who may be intrested or know a little about it.
The author does very well supporting this idea.
Because he knows its dangerouse and that its not going to be very easy.
And that he has to continue learning more and more.
And make time for it .
He also does very well discribeing the planet venus not just by its looks.
but by its tempatures and its potentail.
and its closure to things around it .
I see why the author supports that idea.
and his not wrong for standing for what he thinks should happen or should be done.
Its not only good for him but for everyone else here alive.
If we can find a way to get there.
And get there without a problem we can almost do anything.
because if we could do it with that place.
We can do it anywhere else.
Mabe not the sun or very dangerouse planets that are unsafe.
but we can get into the ones that dont have anything that will melt us and stuff.
but it will open up ideas possiblely even life.
All of "paragraph 8:" explains that we as humans should go above our standards and grow together.
not to benefit apon another planet.
But it will beneft on stronger things like meterials.
and more people motivated to go after there dreeams.
Because nothing is imposibble.
And lastly that we all play a part in bettering.
and makeing our place and each place a better place for each.
And one of us.
And for those in the next generations. | 2 |
If it was made by aliens wouldn't it look less like a face? To me it lookes like it was formed like that because you can tell that after so many years it faded away. in 1976 it lookes like a face and then in 1998 it lookes like a normal rock formimg,in 2001 it doesnt even look like a face at all.
Think about it if an alien made it wouldn't it look more creative or more unlike a face,because really the NASA dosnt even know if aliens are real, if they are real it doesn't mean they would make something like a face. you can tell because in the passage it says that scientists figured out it was just another mesa.
you can also tell because in paragragh 3 it says it was created by shadows giving it the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. In the passage it says what the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a mesa-landforms common around the american west. so it is likley to happen. | 1 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable,because oin a classroom their is no reason to use this in a class.The only thing that it could be used for would be to learn about what it does and how it works.Knowing the emotions of a students by there facial features wouldn't really benefit the teacher if the teaching.
In the article in says," Exkman has classified six basic emotions happiness,suprise,anger,digust,fear.and sadness." This breaks the counter arguement that ""A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored"".Neither of these emotions are one of the six calculated by the Facial Action Coding System.
People may say if the Facial Action Systen would've been more advance it could be used in a classroom. A more advance FAC system ,"could
modify the lesson , like an effectie human instructor."The FAC system could be used in other work places where it could be in a bigger,better use then a school such as hospitals for video surgery.It could also help people communicate better in the school."Most human communication is nonverbal,including emotional communication".But this could possibly bother someone who is emotional sad and maybe doesn't want to speak about it,possibly a classroom.
Facial Action Coding System,a use of technology to read the emotional expressions, is not valuable to students in a classroom.This is,because it would not help the teacher know if the students are confused or bored if it isn't one of the six emotion the FAC system uses.Also until it is more advance their is no real reason to put it into classroom if none of the six emotion are helping the class. | 2 |
Why Venus well it's simple "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".
The author believes that Venus should be explored because they may be somthig on venus that leads to new innovations or it may very well just be the part that making it to Venus is the innovation. The author makes sure to list the dangers so that there won't be a basis veiw-point and that talks about ways that could work. Even though in the ways there are also flaws which are also pointed out but the author tries to make a point that evenn though we are right next to Venus we know very little and that Venus could have been like Earth in the past. The author tells the reader about how there features that are simlier to thoses on earth like mountains, valleys, craters and may have even had large oceans and could have supported many types of life forms.
While there are many dangers like " a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide" even though past that there are coulds that contain highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere of Venus. Then there is the surface which avgerage temperatures are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit mean that even though it is farther from the sun than Mercury it is still hotter. Another thing the "atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater the what we experience on our own planet" mean that man can't even reach the surface of Venus. Even so "our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". | 1 |
I don't think they should make driverless cars. Cars are made to make people safe driverless cars won't be that safe. Who would put laser beams in a car.I dont think that if they do make driverless cars that Google out of all the car companies. Goolge putting in a rader system, GPS, and other piontless things.
Sebastian Thurn the founder of the Google Car project thinks, antilock brakes and driver assistance still seem a long way from the dream of calling a driverless cab to take you wherever you went. He also believes that the technlogy has finally begun to catch up to the dream.
In 2013, BMW announced the development of the traffic jam assistant. The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 MPH, but special touch sensors make sure the driver is keeping thier hands on the wheel.GM has developed car seat the vibrate when the driver is in danger.
Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for there turn to drive. The psychlogical aspects of automation are really a challenge, adimts Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manger driver. Some displays can turn off instantly when the driver needs to take over someting not available to drivers.
Automakers are continuting their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved. Tesla has a projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes- Benz, Audi, and Nissan will be able to drive themselves by 2020. I believe that they shouldn't make driveless cars in the future. | 0 |
There area couple of advantages to limiting car usage. The most common one would be less pollution. In larger cities pollution is a big deal with all the factories around, but some of that pollution can be redused if less car were used for transportation. To help reduse pollution, as stated in source 1 "[S]tores are placed a walk away, on main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway."
One way to enforce limiting car usage is to do like it say in source 2 "after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." People were did not agree with the concept of not driving for the day in the begining and decided that instead of go along with not driving they would rather pay the fine, "almost 4,000 drivers were fined..., says source 2. The only car that was allowed to drive from Friday to Monday was plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers. source 2 says "the smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday."
Another advantage to limiting car usage is that there are less traffic jams. "[M]illions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took the buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams," says sorcure 3. Not driving to work and using alternate transportation is "...a good opportunity to take away stree and lower air pollution," says businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza.
In source 4 President Obama said "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." most people seem to be understand and realizing the advantanges of limiting car usuage. in some cases you may think car are very important to our lives, which they are but in other cases they are not. Just sit down and think of what life would be like without cars and you will see it would be better. | 2 |
The authour suggests that studying Venus is a worth pursit despite the dangers it presents. Even though its dangeruse the author still thinks its a good idea to go and study Venus.
You can tell the author belives this to be ok evon though its dangerous when he said," Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intemidating eneavors." This means that he knows its dangruse but everyone is curuose about what they will find, even if its dangerous he thinks its worth it. The opertunity to find signs of life or rare metals it would prove tempting for some even if it was dangrouse.
If you continue to read the passage he goes on to talk about how Venus is inhospitable. He then says he still wants to study it by saying, "Astronomers are facinated by Venus beause it may well once have been the most earth like." This means they are trying to see if Venus had life just as earth dose now.
In conclusion the author thinks the pros of going to Venus out way the cons. Honestly I think he is right my self we could discover so much if only we knew what secrets Venus holds. | 2 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is telling us what will happens in the future. The author said that Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is actually a planet. Venus is the second planet from our sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely.
First, a Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of densitry and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, depite its proximity to us.
Second, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet. The author said that Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. The text also said that astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have suppirted various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venusstill has some features that are anologous to those on Earth.
Finally, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. The author also include peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limeted insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot pernetrate the dense atmostsphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. NASA is also working on other approaches to studing Venus. Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
In conclusion, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices ame calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. The author also said that travels on Earth and beyound should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the danger it presents. Venus is the closest planet to Earth however its easier to see Venus and study this planet. There is differences in speed which sometimes Venus is closer and sometimes Mars. Venus is the second planet from our sun according to the author of ths story. Many Astronomers believe that Venus was once a planet like Earth in our solar system. NASA is sending people to Venus so they can keep studying Venus. On 1800s and 1940s during WWll there was old technology for example like computers. Now we have technology and its very good but can be sensitive. We need to have more adventures. Earth is having drastically bad sea level, the tempeture is constanly changeing, animals are extinging, forest are disappering each day. In other words, earth is dying. Because Earth is dying isnt easy for us humans survivial however this quote says: "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels" (Venus 1). However this quote proves that Earth isnt in conditions thats why are studying Venus because maybe Venus was once an Earth. | 1 |
Yes, I believe that using this technology can be used to read students' emotional expressions. I think this type of technology could improve the way we learn and live today. We have everything we need to make / build things that could inprove our future, we just have to be more percice and pacient with what we do in our work.
In paragraph 6 the author says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." If this statement is true then it's also possible that the computer can change or "modify the lesson" to make it easier for the student to learn, "like an effective human instructor."
If this technology was used on a wider or more broad scale there would be so much more learning going on and it'll be easier and also more fun. Students' would actually like coming to school morre ecause this type of technology could improve our lives so much and we could learn so much more. | 1 |
You should join the seagoing cowboys. I think you should join them because it willl be fun. You and your friends can go over seas. I also think you should do it because its a good cause. This is why you should join the seagoing cowboys.
You will have lots of fun. Things you'll do are help people. You will also get to see animals and have a good time. You can do cool work and fun stuff with other people. This is how fun it would be if you went on the seagoing cowboys.
I think you should join the seagoing cowboys. I think you should join them because you'll see stufff you'll never see in your life. When I was on the boat I saw many beautiful thing. You should also join because you will make new friends. The best reason why you should join is because you will be help someone in need. This is why I think you should join.
This is why you should join the seagoing cowboys. If you are interested in joing contact me at PHONE_NUMBER. You'll have so much fun if you join. I also think this is the one of the most helpfull things you can do. This is all the reason why I think you should join. | 1 |
There are many benefits and downsides to go to venus.
Just like the tittle say of this article. " The challenge of exporling venus. It is not going to be easy trying to study life on venus and actually trying to live there. For example in the text it states that " No spacecraft surived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this isue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades. Which means that no one has been on venus in a very long time. More evidence of how we can't live on venus is. ow there are clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venu's atmosphere. If you don't know what corrosive sulfuric acid is or what it does let me tell you, you do not want that. If that touches your skin it will literally melt your skin off and it will burn like nothing before.
Despite all of the negative things on venus;there are some benfeits that humans can get from being on venus. For example, in the text it says that. " Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Also, the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar eatures such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Another piece of evidence from the text says that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
Some more textual facts from the article says that
" Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. The text says " Amagine a blip- like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Just as or het airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Now that would be amazing for our scientist to do. Another thing that would be a benfit from being on venus would be solar power. We would pretty much never run out of sunlight and we could run off of solar pannels for a long time.
In Conclusion, all of the dangerous conditions on venus, there are some good things to come out of it.
You should never just be biased and look on one side, you should always look on the other side as well and see if there can be any benefit or any good that could come out of it. And becuase we are looking on the other side despite of the bad stuff maybe one day we could possibly live on venus. | 2 |
I think this 3-D computer software that can recognize emotions can be used very good because we could tell if somone isnt happy and when there mad ,it can be used for students when they are confuse or bored in school.
This computer software can help kids that are falling into depression not fall into it how? You could use it on them and see if they are depresse and they could recive help from adults. This can also let you know when someone isnt in the mood such as being mad or sad.
This 3-D
software can also help kids in a classroom. It can be downloaded in your computer and you could be reading a passage and your confuse,it could make the lesson modify and make it less confusing on the student. It could also be used for video games or video surgery.
This is why i think its a good idea to have this computer software because it can help students in school if there confuse or bored ,and it can help kids when there depresse and mad or just not in the mood. | 1 |
Are there any advantages on limiting car usage? I think that there would be advantages to the earth but not for people. Why I think that there would be advantages to the earth is because it would reduce the air pollution. But there is one problem...How would people go places? The people would have to find a way to get to places.
One way to reduce air pollution would be to limit car usage. In th efirst passage paragraph three Heidrun walter says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier now." This statement means that when she had a car she was tenesed and without a car she is way more happier. But I feel like they shouldn't limit all car usage but they should limit some. In the secound passage paragraph ten it says "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of global city." How they parcially banned driving is they would let the odd lisenes plates drive one day and the even licenes plates drive the other day. I thought that was a really good ideal. It would clear up the smog but still allow people to drive places.
The one problem is that people wouldn't have anyway to get to places if they banned cars. I mean they could walk but how would people go and see their families that live in a different state. They couldn't walk all the way to a different state with all of their luggage. In the secouned passage paragraph eleven it says that "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-numberded plates the following day." This was meaning that if you wanted to go somewhere you would have to go by your license plate. I mean it would work out really good to do this every other day thing but it would be a pain in the butt because what if you accendently go out and that day wasn't your day to drive? you would get a ticket even if you didn't mean to.
In conclusion limiting peopels advantages on car usage would be a pain. I think it is a really good idea because it would reduce car pollution and air pollution but I don't think that they should limit it. Also people would have many difficulties like not being able to go somewhere because it isn't their day. What if it was an emergency? Limiting car usage would be hard for everybody to follow and I don't think if they really want to do it they should only do it for like one or two days a week. | 2 |
This use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
As stated on paragraph number six towards the end, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". We can always detect on the way a perdon is feeling just by looking at their facil expression that they are giving .This new computer technology thing would turn out to be somehting very succesful to a way that the teachers would now be concerned to where exactly it is that the students might just need help. This proves that we can not always prove how a person is feeling to help them out because they don't speak up even though it just might be because them may be feeling scared to ask a simple question.
Teachers would feel a relief on even aswering a simple question that would turn out to help out and improve on something for as simple as it may be. | 1 |
Making a claim against reading students emotions. In my opinion could be a bad idea. That might be taking technology a little too far. They caculated what the painter painted Mona Lisa feelings would've have been. Thats insane and just a little too far. If they can read a paintings expressions from several years ago. I wouldn't want them reading a humans facial expression. Thats my thoughts on that.
It says they can caculate humans expression like math hoemwork in paragraph 2. It begins with a computer that constructs 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 muscles of the human face must move like human muscles. Each humans facial expression is universal according to the statement in paragraph 4. It's pretty amazing to think about then again it's kind've scary humans can do that reading. I perform the same expressions every day well every one does it isn't just me. It isn't very valuable in my opinion either because maybe if their emotional problems are different then they need to be what are they going to do about it. It will just read his facial expressions won't change anything. That would also cost a lot of money to have in each certain classrooms and also a bunch of money to make the 3-D computer.
In paragraph 6 it says if your frowning and a ad pops up it can read that and if you smile a certain ad would pop up. Just crazy to think about. It says in paragrpah 7 your home Pc couldn't handle reading that of course and they are expensive enough. So that would be much more costly even. | 1 |
Nowadays, pedestrians mostly travel by automobiles. It could be a car, a bus, or even a plane. But there is always a way to get from one place to another. What if this way of traveling wasn't right for this planet? After all, vehicles can cause global warming. Which isn't a good thing, It can make alot of things go wrong. But if we know this, why do we still carry on with our daily lives to drive vehicles that is a danger to our world.
Vauban, A city in Germany, Is a place for people who dont appreciate this cause. Vauban is a "car-free" city which houses five thousand fivehundred and fifity-five residents. The city itself was finish being built in 2006. Basically, its a city to separate suburban life from auto use. This movement is called "smart planning". The stores are closer to the towns where people live in, but more like being walking distance.
Paris once had suffered for a few days because of the cause of pollution. The troops stationed there had enforced a partial law to ban driving, to clear the air of the global city. On a Monday, each motorists with even-numbered license plates were given two options. To leave their cars at home or suffer a twenty-two euro fine. This rule was also appointed to the odd-numbered plates the following day. Arond four thousand drivers were fined, and their vehicles were impounded. They say that Diesel fuel was to blame. The colder nights and warmer days had caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. France has a policy that favors diesel over gasoline.
In Bogota, Columbia, There is a program that has been set up to spread out to other countries. The program is where citizens of their own country ( Or where they currently live), decide to find other means of travel instead driving their own vehicle to work. They could hike, ride a bike, or skate to work during this "Day Without Cars". This is the third year in a row that they have perfomed this task, with the acception for taking buses or taxi's if needed be. The goal of this program is to promote an alternative transportation and to reduce smog. People who violate this program are fined with twenty-five dollars.
Hence, Not everyone says or thinks that taking a walk instead of driving is a bad idea. A few countries accept it and so do small towns in bigger continents, who would rather drive than ride. Overall, this is helping us out in many ways. Global warming has been getting worse in the past few days. But if everyone could quit driving their vehicles every now and then. It would lower the pollution in the air that we have caused. | 2 |
The electoral college is a very important process in congress. It gives citizens that are in the college a chance to meet the people that will be running for a very powerful position. Sometimes voices arent heard and of these 528 people, some will be humble. its also a good thing that they use a majority ruling system, which can make things easier instead of detailing.
If the voting for election of president was changed to popularity vote only, then it wouldnt be quite as fair. Obviously the president who has apppeared more times on television or at meetings will win. This method screams unfairness. Whichever candidate has more money and funding will obviously become more popular, even if their intentions as president arent as good as the qualities the other candidate's are.
Although both methods by themselves seem a little unfair to work on, i say it would be better to work with both. If you leave it to the electoral college, then only those people will be able to have a say in who we want as president for the united states of america. However if we leave it to just popularity, whoever has more money will get the votes and win.
Some people say that the voice of the people in America is the most important and it really is. What is the point of being in charge of a country where no one is happy and everyone wants to get rid of you? By this standing pount, many people say its critical to use populartiy vote but as i stated before, whoever has more funding will win. But its also unfair to those who have less access to media. Whichever president they hear more about is the one they will unconsiously choose. Or some will rely on the trusting of their party ie. democratic or republican.
Both methods are extremely unfair by themselves, so we should not sigle out a voting process. The way we have it now works perfectly well and should not be changed in my opinion. Taking the overall amount for all the different categories seems like the perfect solution. This way you get an opinion from those in congress, those in the senate, those in the Electoral College and most importantly the voices of the people. | 1 |
dear mister senator, of course because this is america (and because were idiots) we have a problem. no not taxes,no not jobs or health care. its the president,how we elect the president that is. the electoral college that is. it changes the way we elect our president,and a lot of people don't like that,me being one,and i think we need to just have a straight forward election.
of course you know the electoral college is a bunch of representitives from every state tha have a president in mind when they go to vote in the meeting of the electors. it basically mean your not voting for the president directly,your voting for the electoral to (hopefully) vote for your canidate that you supposedlly "voted" for. this system is wrong because it is unfair to those who vote for the other president,but still suceceed in helping the electoral college vote for whatever president they feel like voting for at the time.
this is why i think we should ban it becuase it isn't the fairest (or smartest) way to handle the goverment. yeah,it is a idea created by the "great" founding fathers. and yeah,it is a conveinent way sort and group people like a "who's with who" method.
but there are a few things that can be problematic like i don't know say bribery from the president to the electoral college,i mean come on it's not like that hasn't happened before,like the whole nixon thing,and Kennedy pretty much cheated on his wife with Marlyn Monroe. but,this can be stopped just with a simple petition to get rid of or change the electoral college. then,this could stop some presidents before agreed with me like Jimmy Carter,Bob Dole, and groups like the U.S Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO according to source 2. Al Gore didn't win because of the electoral college,even though he won the popular vote! yeah it was created by the founding fathers,and we should respect there great legacy,but that was then and this is now. this is coming from the guy who faught for independence and peace...but had over 200 slaves himself,yeah not much of a hero. 60% of voters prefer a direct election over a electoral college according to source 2.
please mister senator,please make the right choice and choose to abolish the electoral college because it is unfair and calls for curuption. the information will tell that more voters will be happier with a direct election than a electoral college,isn't that what you want? whats's best for the people? it can be changed if you choose to ban it. they may have been the founding fathers in the past...but who are the fathers of today? be the new founding father mister senator. | 2 |
Driverless cars are a very interesting but not something I'm ok with want happening. I'm not saying I'm superstitous but something bad will come from these driverless cars. I'm against driverless cars because hackers and the possible future that will come from this starting point. Other than that, I don't care for what it does or who gets it.
One of my reasons for rejecting driverless cars is hackers. I know not many people have hacker issues but the possibilty is still there. Hackers are becoming smarter each day as technology advances. What if hackers can get into the cars systems? I don't know about you but I find this very uncomfortable. Then there is the possibilty of technology rising up against us like the movie I-robot.
My second reason for rejecting driverless cars is the future this could lead us to. The movie Wall - E for explain. To me, I see our technology taking over what use to be our active lives. To be honest, this is the most laziest generation I've ever seen. We will start to become lazier and fatter because of it. That's what I see happening because driverless cars will start the chain reaction for that.
In conclusion, driverless cars are bad for an average human. Only reason I agree to have driverless cars are for those who are blind or have some form a disability. Other than that, I see no true reason for this invention. The more inventions I see for things to make something easier to be done, the more I will cringe on the inside and be vocal about it. Those inventions just prove we humans want to take the easy way out for everything. | 1 |
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author first grabs the audience by giving details of Venus. He starts off paragraph two by explaing why Venus is like earth"s twin. He also tells us where exactly Venus is in the solar system and how close it is to the sun. In the text, the author says why it is hard to go to Venus because it is hot and moves around a lot. The author says in paragraph three that it might be hard to go on Venus because there is also 97 percent carban dioxide and the acid that's on Venus. He starts explaining why people talk about Venus it has a few parts that are like earth and the author thinks it should be studied. He starts off paragraph 5 by saying NASA has an idea of sending humans to Venus by floating bove the fray. NASA thinks that it would hard but humans can survive. NASA starts explaing what the humans would have to do to live and the author thinks that with more time, NASA can go to Venus succesfully. | 1 |
One big thing i want to happen is that the electoral college for voting should be changed for popular vote for the prsident because i think that if you change it voting would go a lot easier than it do now. Why? because the electoral college is a more complicated voting matter that people often do and get their votes mixed up and it takes more effort and time just to vote rather than a easy popular vote that people can measure off a chart or graph to see with person should get elected.
Another thing about the voting process i think i shoul'd talk about is some of the possible problems you can come across after this change in the voting process. there's one thing thats possible of happening is that a lot of people might nor agree with changing the voting process because they dont want to learn a new one because they are so used to the one they already doing. Another one is that poeple might think things would go more worse if someone mad a change because of they way the votes are coming in and if you voting on a behalf of a friend and send the vote to the wrong person and the other person lost by 1 vote when you didn't mean to send that, they should have a computer system that you use that makes sure you really want to vote on that person.
It is another major thing about voting that needs to be discuss. when all these thousands of people vote they votes should actually count not just have people vote and then the only votes that count is the people in some court room that have more business people come in to vote and only there's count. But i think people waist a lot of their time with the electoral college because of how it works and the way peopple send their votes and who the votes actually going to.
The winner of the election is the most important one because he is the main focu now because his votes were more popular of just alot more than the other person, but thats what i want to talk about. even though the winner won he still have to pay attention to the other candidates but they should have a system that protects the winner files and have people haves a good watch on the people who is elected to see what their background life is like their history and what they do everyday to make sure that person isn't trying no horrible plan for something. | 1 |
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Everybody should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.People need helps when they get affected by a war.Animal are in damger because of the war.People should be helpful to the people that got affected by the war and need peopes help.Animals need a shelter and food to survive the affection of the war.Eveyone should be nice to the people that need help with there animals.Its a very helpful way to help others in need.It does take a long tme but iits worth the time.Seagoing COwboys is the best program to help amybosy in need for help.You might not like the jobs that you have to do but its worth it because you get to help animals and people in need.
I would join this program because I will be helping other people.This a get way to be a caring and helpful person.This program is one of the best program I have heard because it helps other people and animlas out.I also really like animlas so would be a perfect program for me.I think everyone should join this program because it helps people in need.World War II was a very affective war so this is the best program to go help people in need of help.I would help anybody that need me to help with there animals or anything they ever needed.I think this program will be the for the people that. Were affected by World War II. | 2 |
The face is just a natrual landform. Michael Malin and Mars Orbiter Camera team ten times sharper than the original Vikings photos. These photos were on the JPL web site and revealing a natural lndform. Very few scientists believed in the Fsce on Mars was an alien artifact. Those scientists thought that because they didn't have a good picture so they could defind it.
The Face on Mars cordinates are 41 degrees north latitude. There are people who still don't belive this. It was cloudy outside blocking the Face aliens could have been hidding. To prove that it's true on anothe day that was vividly cloudless, in the summer Mars Global Surveyors went back to mars for a second look.''Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maxium resolution.'' The pixels spans of images came back 1.56 meters to the Viking photo 43 per pixel. Since then the pixles have been enlarged by 3 times their size.'' So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes in the ground [around] or Egyptains-style pyramids or eve smalll shacks, you could see what they were.
The Face on Mars is a common landform. | 2 |
Dear senator,
I favor in changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. I am writing you this letter saying that I want to change ther election by popular vote for the president of the United States because under the electoral college system voters vote not for the president but for a slate elector, who then turn elect the president. Sometimes the electors vote but the voters cant always control who they vote for. Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy so that the popular vote for Kennedy wouldnt have acutally gone to Kennedy. Electors have often occasionally refused to vote for their partys canidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. I think that the electoral college is unfair to voters. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. They said the Electoral college is widely regarded as an anachornsim. Probably changing to election by popular vote it would be more fair to the people than the electoral college. The single best argument against the electoral college is what they might call the disaster factor. When you vote for a presidential candidate youre actually voting for a slate of electors. Thats why i think you should change to election by popular vote for the president.
I think choosing to change to election by popular vote would be more in my opinion because it'll be more fair and they vote for whoever they want and the one with the most popular vote wins, unlike the electoral college that seems unfair to me because when you vote it goes to the electors and the elector then goes and chooses who he wants to pick and he may pick a wrong candidate. But i believe if choosing to change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States it would be more fair to the people because they could see by the popular vote. Thats why i believe by changing to election by popular vote for the President of The United States it would be much better for people.
Also Electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they have no chance in winning. Durning the 2000 campaign seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all. Thats why i think you should change to the popular vote for the president of the United states i think thats only fair for the people and the states. Thats why they think its unfair and outdated and irrational
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
In the artical "The Callange of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it has, but that won't stop the will and dedication of people completing there dreams.
The author supports this idea by explaining what dangers there are to Venus and why it is worthy to go to Venus. As it states, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmostphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater that what we experience on our own planet." This explains what the dangers are on Venus and why its hard to go there. As it is said, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This explains why it is worthy to go to Venus, because it was like the Earth once which make scientist want to go study what happened there to make it a dead-like planet.
People are always trying to find ways to go to different planets, but it will be a long while before we achieve our goals. | 1 |
Venus is the second plant from the sun. People always called it the evening star because it is one of the brightest points of the ligth fromm the night sky when its dark, but the nickname was misleading because Venus was a plant. Venus migth be simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved to be an veery challenging place to see much closer.
One thing about Venus that it is the closer to Earth in way like the density and size and sometimes occasionally up close in distance too. Earth, Venus, and Mars, these three plants are like right next to each other like they are friends or neighbors and other plants orbit the sun in a different type of speeds. The differences in speed is that, we sometimes closer to Mars and sometimes its Venus. Its like play musical chair, but the three plants goes in different speeds then each other. So, since Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space, humans have to sent numerous of spacecraft to the land on to Earth.
Each pervious mission was a failed mission because no spacecrafts survived the landing, not even a few hours. And, its because a thick atmosphere that was a big atmosphere of amost 97 percent carbo dioxide blankets Venus. What's even more of a challenge are the clonds of the highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere that maade the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what they experience on Earth.
In conclucion, I think what the author study was good fact about the plant Venus. | 0 |
There are many different advantages of limiting car usage. In Vauban Germany they are supporting and embracing of living life with limited car usage. 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move there. Limited usage of cars is proven very heathy for the enviroment. Because it drastically reduces greenhouse emissions from tailpipes. passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house emissions gas in Europe. Certain places in Europe ban driving at times because of all the polution that occurs in the air (smog). diesek fuel is the blame for that. In france they seem to favor diesel over gasoline.
Just about 67 percent of the cars in france are ran on diesel engines. In the us driving seems to be decreases to a certain extent to according to a study around 2005. possibly driving just mike come to an end only the future will tell. | 1 |
Have you ever thought the ''Face'' was made by aliens? The ''Face'' Is not made by Aliens. The ''Face'' Is A Natural Landform. On May 24,2001-twenty-five years ago something weird happened around Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was snapping pictures of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2,when it spotted something that looked like a face.
An enormous head seem to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. Scientists thought it was just another Martian mesa,common around Cydonia. In paragraph two it states,'Only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh'.The ''Face on Mars''has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a hollywood film,appeared in books,magazines,radio talk shows ,and even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!
In paragraph five it states,"Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars and evidence that NASA would rather hide,say conspiracy theorists". Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. On April 5,1998,Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Micheal Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera(MOC) team snapped like 10 pictures. In paragraph seven it states,"When the image first appeared on a JPL web site,revealing ...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all". | 2 |
I believe that the use of the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System would not be valuable towards students in a classroom. One example is that not all humans could possibly express emotions the same way therefore the student may not express an emotion completely. Someone could keep a straight face and feel many emotions. A direct quote from the passage is "she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry," which I disagree with because it is unrealistic to know all the emotions a person is possibly feeling and especially how much percent of each emotion. I think it's absurd to trust this technology. The computer may be great and have all this amazing technology but there is no way that it could calculate emotions correctly. Another reason I disagree with the Facial Action Coding System to be valuable in classrooms is because not all classrooms need computers to work the way the class does and is supposed to. A direct quote from the article I disagree with is "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." I believe that is where the instructing should be, within the instructor. I however agree that the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable to video games. A direct quote to support that detail is "the same techonlogy can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or videosurgery." My final reason i disagree with the Facial Action Coding System to be valuable in classrooms is because the example the article uses does not really support their claim in the strongest ways possible. The direct quote that leads me to believe this is "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow." The author should have used more persuading evidence to allow others to think this techonlogy would actually be important or valuable in any situation. These are reasons I do not think that having Facial Action Coding Systems in classrooms would be valuable. | 2 |
Driverless cars are revolutionizing the auto industry. This idea behind this futuristic technology is to allow the user to relax and not be bothered by the worries of the road. While this idea sounds nice in concept, when put into reality it just becomes illogical. It is for this reason that unless groundbreaking technology is discovered that can make driverless cars safe and practical, people should just continue to drive cars themselves.
One of the specific faults of driverless cars is the fact that they are not truly driverless. This is made evident when the author states that "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires" (7). The whole purpose of developing computurized cars is so that no attention is required by the humans within the cars. If the human still has to be "alert" and ready to drive, then the entire point of having these automated cars is negated. The attention required by a human takes away from the ability to relax and not worry about the road. To that point, if the operator of the vehicle is not able to fully relax, he/she would much rather be solely operating the vehicle for the strict purpose of keeping occupied. If they cannot risk leaving the car alone to occupy themselves with other things, than the entire purpose of the driverless car has been defeated.
Another factor that argues against driverless cars is the issue of safety. While some may argue that the automation of the car takes away the factor of human error, this puts too much trust in the computers. While tested, and proven safe, it is still worrysome to think about the fact that the operator's life is solely in the driving skill of the computer that is driving the car. It is unrealistic to put this much trust into a computer preforming a predominantly human activity. Human knowlege, reactions, and skill are all key attributes in driving, which is why taking these attributes away may turn out to be dangerous. This is the reason that "...in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars" (9). Things are not just made illegal without ample reason to do so. Clearly the United States government, the most powerful government in the world believes that there is too much risk involved in testilng, nonetheless driving these furutistic automobiles.
This idea of driverless cars follows the recent social trend of laziness. As a species we are beginning to rely more and more on computers to complete simple tasks that we are more than capable of completing ourselves. There is a point where technology is taken too far and that is the point where it has an opportunity to impact our safety. This is that point. | 4 |
Luke just got out of high school. He now has two jobs, one at the store the other at a bank. Then out of thin air his friend don ivites him to go on a trip. Don was going to Europe on a cattle boat to help people in ruins from World War II. so Luke thinks, this is a opportunity of a lifetime so he said yes to Don.
So they get on the boat where they are taking 335 horses plus their food. The whole crew takes turn caring for them. There are also nightwatch men who watch the animals through out the night. On one rainy night Luke was the watchman he went to tell the captain his hourly report. After he did he slid down a slippery ladder and landed on his backside. His heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small piece of metal stopped him from going overboard. He was happy to be alive but he could not work for a few days because he had cracked ribs.
He turned 18 on a trip to Greece, which meant he could be drafted for military service. When his draft board found out that he was on a cattle boat trip they told him to keep doing trips. Lukes most fun times where on the way back from somewhere. Because they had dropped off all of the animals so they could play in the huge place where they had been.
And after all of the adventures he was happy that he had the opportunity to do that it really opened up the world to him. | 1 |
Yes, it is valuable it is able to accuratly define the expression of a students. Technology is a very powerful this in the new world, we are able to do almost everything so this is a very important task to do. Being able to figure out if students are actually concentrated or not is very important.
Mona Lisa is a painting that was made by Leonardo da Vinci it was able to
identify what she felt and even the percent of what she was feeling.It is able to identify what muscles you are moving and read your real emotions not the false ones. Fourty-four muscles in the model move like our human muscles "Yet Dr. Huang abservers that artists such as da Vinci studies human anatomy to help them paint facial muscle percisly
enouh to convey specific emotions"
Dr. Huang is the creator of FACS this classifys basic human emotions such as happiness, suprised ,anger, disgust ,fear and sadness. Not only could this be used in the class but also on pictures of presidents, art and maybe even older artifacts.It might be even important to identify a students expressions but things. "A classroom computer could reconize whan a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts." paragraph 6 Making Mona Lisa Smile. This way tecahers will be able to get the student back on track.
Students in a class can get very bored of what the subject is about and when a teacher talking for a long period of time this may cause a student to became distracted by another thing in class. With this technology the teacher will be able
to know if the student is confused and not really paying attention and fix the problem. | 2 |
Hey im Luke im sure you read about me or atleast know a little about me. Im not here to say thank you but im really thankful though. Im here to say you should join the Seagoing Program. When i was seventeen and i joined the program. I did it for my country but then i found out that i can get pleasure from it too you get to take care of animals but if you are like me and used to taking care of animals you wont care about that.
You should join the Seagoing Coboys program because you can see amazing things if you read the biography then you know that in paragraph 5 I saw an exavated castle in Crete on my way to China. You dont just sit there taking care of horses and other farm animals you also get to play games. I do other things too if you read paragraph 8 of the biography about me then you know that us cowboys found time to have fun on board. W e played baseball and volleyball games in empty holds. Sometimes we even played table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,whittling and other games too.
Im not saying thats its all fun and games because its not. One time I even broke my ribs while on the boat as you can see in paragraph 7. Boats will tip over,sink or they might even rock. That still doesnt stop you from atleast trying to make a difference. You can still make a difference for people.
In conclusion being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than adventure it also opened up the world for me. You can also help other countries out that are doing worst than you or that are not doing good at all. As you can see in paragraph 9 that I am grateful for my opportunity to be a Seagoing Cowboy. By becoming a Seagoing Cowboy it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs and because of that awareness my family hosted a number of international students and echange visitors for many years as you can see in paragraph 9 of my biography. Im saying all of this because i want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program not only to have fun and go on adventures but to change peoples lives in other countries and to open up a new world for yourself. | 2 |
Cars have become a huge part of a lot of peoples' lives. What they don't understand are the benefits and advantages of limiting car usage. Some of the advantages, such as reducing pollution, should be fairly obvious. However, some of the other advantages aren't so obvious. That's why people don't get rid of their cars. If drivers knew these benefits, they would most likely want to give up their car.
More specific benefits that fit in the category of helping the environment include the fact that up to 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in parts of the United States are from passenger cars. (Rosenthal, Source 1) Researchers say that if the ownership of cars in the US continues to go down as it has been in recent years, there will be many "beneficial implications" for carbon emissions and the environment. (Rosenthal, Source 4) In fact, there was a one-day ban on a certain number of cars in France that cleared up a considerable amount of smog that had been in the city. (Duffer, Source 2)
Living without a car can also be calming. This has been shown numerous times. In Vauban Germany, a town without cars, one citizen said that "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." (Rosenthal, Source 1) A businessman from Bogota, Columbia, where they have an annual Day Without Cars, said that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." (Selksy, Source 3) As shown here, a person can have a much happier and healthier life from using their car less.
Another product of the Day Without Cars in Columbia is increasing business and opportunities for such. 118 miles of bicycle paths have been built. Bad, unkempt sidewalks have been replaced with newer and smoother sidewalks. Sports centers, shopping districts, restaurants, and parks have also been constructed. (Selsky, Source 3)
As stated here, limiting car usage has many advantages. It helps the environment, reduces stress, and helps development of communties and business. Additionally, it can help save time and improve safety. (Rosenthal, Source 4) It also reduces traffic, (Duffer, Source 2, and Rosenthal, Source 4) so those who decide to continue to use their car can also receive some benefits. | 2 |
Many people use cars for different reasons but thier are also consequences for driving.
Source 2 states, " Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city... smog rivaled Beijing , china, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." Just imagine not having to worry about polluting our air, just ride a bike to get from place to place.
Source 4 states, " Studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." Park and sports centers have bloomed throughout cities due to lower pollution and greenhouse gasses all because some people cut out driving. Also, people are much happier knowing they are helping thier planet out one step at a time.
Vauben created a movement called "smart planning." They tried to seperate suburban life from auto use.
Source 1 states, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions." If people would stop driving their cars or just drive them less, the world would be a healthier smog free evironment. Mr. Goldburg said that "How much you drive is important as whether you have a hybrid." Emissions of private cars owned by middle class are chocking cities.
Source 1 states, " In previous bills, 80 percent of apprpriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transportation." These things show how limiting car usage will help the world be a better place.
Many people in columbia and cities all around have had bike trails for this movment since the 1990's. Most people in columbia see this movemnet as a good thing and ride their bikes to and from even when its raining. In
Source 3 , a business man, Carlos Arturo Plaza states, " It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Many people around the world see others creating a revolutionary change in the world and are slowly jumping on board. In
Source 4,
" studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." This show how limited driving can help the planet and help those who cut out driving become more involved in sports and the environment.
Source 4 states, "As of 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." As I said before, people are starting to notice the revolutionary change in the world and are slowly jumping on board. Even busy soccer moms and commuting executives have given up their cars to help make this movement possible. The pollution and greenhouse gasses go down more and more each day making the Earth a better, healthier place to live. | 2 |
Driverless cars may sound like something of the future but they could be they could easily be the destruction of the future. Driverless cars that are operated by computers and microships, and sensors could pose as huge threats agains the health of humans. Driverless cars could cause more accidents, would cost more to manufacture and sell, and also would eliminate skills already valued by certified drivers.
The biggest reasons that driverless cars should be a hopeless dream of the future is because of the amount of risks there is when riding in one. Everyone knows from expiereince that technology can never be 100% reliable, so why should we put at our lifes in the hands of technology? One may argue that there would be no irresponsable drivers when technology is in charge, but that is untrue. What if there is a malfunction with the technology and the car stops running on a busy highway? Not only is driverless cars a bad idea, but it also would cause more accidents then driver operated vehicles.
The second biggest reason that driverless cars may not be the best for the future is that they would cost much more to produce, manufacture,and sell to the general public. Everyone knows that cars can take big dents in a vehicle owners bank account, but vehicles in todays age are a neccescity. If we were to switch over to driverless cars, they would have to produce all new driverless vehicles for everyone that owns a car today. Just think about having to sell your car to be able to pay for a much more expensive technology operated vehicle. In the passage on paragraph 6 the writer says "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundered million dollars. It wasn't just something you could buy at Radio Shack". The writer is comparing radars in 2000 to sensors in 2016, if radars costed 200 Million, what do you think a new upgraded driverless car with "sensors" is going to cost us?
The last and final reason I believe driverless cars should remain just a dream is because it would eliminate skills already valued by drivers today. It talks in the passage about how the popular electric car brand "Tesla" is expected to have a 90% driverless car out by the end of 2016. This may sound pretty nice to those who hate driving and can't stand to be behind the wheel, but what about the people that enjoy driving and find it as a hobby and a past time? I have a friend who dedicates his whole life to driving and racing, he loves how independednt he can be and how he can control the vehicle all by himself. If driverless cars become the new trend then people like my friend will have no other hobby to return to and there passion for driving will be a thing of the past if technology becomes the future of vehicles and driving.
After all these reasons it should be pretty obvious that driverless vehicles should remain just mereley an idea, not having driverless cars and remaining with the independent driving sysytem we have today would be beneficial to our safety, our values and our bank accounts. Let's leave this wreckless idea of driverless cars in the past! | 4 |
Dear The Florida State Senator,
In our nation, we use a process called the Electoral College to be a deciding factor in presidential elections. I firmly belive this system has become outdated as our country has grown. This nation says it is all about the people and what's best for us; it even says so in the U.S. Constitution, "We the people.." And what the people want, and need, is a fair presidential election, which can be established by making the popular vote the deciding factor.
When you think of any differentiation between two groups even back when you were a young child, how did you solve it? You vote. For example, say you and a group of friends are undecided on whether you want to go to the movies or the mall. So, you vote! Voting always has a fair outcome. It's simple. Whatever party has a higher number of votes wins and in this case becomes president. I certainly respect the idea and goal of the Electoral College, but it simply isn't quite effective. It does not make sense why we would get someone to be elected by people who have similar attributes to go represent them and vote for the presdent. It isn't very effective being that the voted Electoral College member could change their mind and vote for whomever they want instead of the candidate the people thought he/she was going to be voting for.
Think about this. Does it make sense that "We the people" voted for one candidate to win, but he still loses the presidency because the Electoral College overturned it? No, it does not. This is exactly what happened in Al Gore's place according to Bradford Plumer's book, "
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong ." Also, according to the previous cited book, due to the mishaps in Al Gore's case and others, "over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have know." And similar to what was stated in the first paragraph, voters can't always control whom their electors vote for and sometimes vote for the wrong elector. All of this confusion could easily be eliminated if we eliminated the Electoral College.
Direct voting is way easier and way more accurate to whom the nation wants to be the president. It eliminates the confusion some voters may get if they are unsure which elector feels similar to how they feel about each candidate. It eliminates the hastle of electing electors in the first place. It eliminates the uncertainty voters have about each electoral candidate, being that they could change their mind whenever they please. And best of all, it eliminates the unfair, irrationality of the Electoral College.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
I am a NASA scientist and you don't believe the evidence we have. You just want to believe that they were created by aliens. Really? I feel like we, at NASA, have all the evidence to prove to you non-believers that the Face was not created by aliens, but only appears to be a face because of the pictures you have seen. We have beeter pictures and I am going to prove to you, that the Face was not created by aliens.
I am going to tell you why the Face isn't created by aliens, but is just a rock. First, the Face is made out to be a face because of the picture taken in 1976 by one of NASA's spacecrafts,Viking 1. It was a picture taken by accident while Viking 1 was searching for its sister ship, Viking 2. It was taking pictures of possible landing sites for Viking 2. So, the picture was taken by accident, with not the best camera that was available. It might have been the best one at the time but better cameras were developed over time. Second, when the mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Lab recieved these photos on their moniters they must have been surprised but they soon figured that it was just another Martian mesa, because it was common around Cydonia, only the mesa had unusual shadows to make it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. Lastly, few scientists believed that the Face was an alien artifact, so getting photographs became a main priority for NASA, about eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended. So, when the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, it gather a picture that was ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. So for those non-believers of factual evidence, the picture was revealed to actually be a natural landform. Which is why the so called Face that was created by aliens, was not created by them after all.
If you don't believe me still I'm pretty sure that I have showed you all of the evidence that proves you wrong. You could try to say that the second picture was still not close enough and it was cloudy. Well, the Mars Global Surveyor got close enough for a second look, and the third picture taken in 2001 had each pixel that spaned 1.56 meters compared to the Vikings 43 meters per pixel. I have presented all the evidence to prove to you that the Face was not created by aliens but is just like a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. I am right. | 3 |
Technology in our modern society is always progressing. Since a lot of human emotions can be conveyed through facial expressions, scientists wanted a way fo develop a better communication between humans and computers. Every single day, people read each other's emotions based on facial expressions. Recently, a new software program was developed so that computers are now able to read people's emotions. This new software program is called the Facial Action Coding System.
The Facial Action Coding System works by monitoring the 44 major muscles in a human face and making a 3D computer version of the face. When one muscle moves, the computer detects the movement compared to a neutral expression. The computer then classifies it using the movement and its associated emotion into the basic emotions. In this way, the computer is able to then identify mixed emotions. Since facial emotions are universal, this type of technology can be used all around the world in many different ways, one example being in the classroom.
Emotional recognition in the classroom can be very useful in order keep students engaged in their lessons. Many times, students become disinterested, confused, or bored during the lesson, but according to the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, this technology can "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". Recognizing this problem can then "modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"(D'Alto). By modifying the lesson to better fit the student's needs, the computer can teach the students more effectively. This means that the students will be able to learn the material better and therefore be better as students and smarter as people.
This use of the new software technology, Facial Action Coding System, is valuable because it helps communication between the student and the computer. This communication promotes a better learning environment because the computer can teach a better lesson, if it recognizes the student is confused or bored. By modifying the lesson to fit the student's needs, students are able to better comprehend and be engaged in the material. This results in the students being more likely to apply what they have learned to their daily lives. Real life application shows true understanding of material, which in turn shows that students are becoming smarter due to enhanced and personalized lessons. This technology benefits the students by giving them a better suiting education for them so they can learn in the type of environment that will help them the most. This technology can also help teachers to understand the best way in which to teach their students the lesson in order to keep them engaged and learning in a healthy and beneficial environment.
In conclusion, the new software technology, Facial Action Coding System is able to track facial muscle movement. Then, it classifies the movement into emotions so that computers can recognize the emotions of people. Thie technology can be used in the classroom to futher engage the student and teach better lessons based on their current emotions towards the lesson. Therefore, it is a valuable asset to students if used correctly because it can help students to learn better by interesting them. | 3 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author support of the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger of it has enough support for it. In paragragh 1 it stats that "Venus is actually a planet. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun." my opinion is that Venus could be danger to Earth or other planets.
The main reason why I think that this article has enough support is that in paragraph 2 it talks about how the Venus is often reffered to as Earth's "twin" and it talks about how that Venus is the closes planet to Earth it has the same density and size. Even though that Venus isn't the only neighbor to Earth because we still have Mars. Venus and Mars are the closes to Earth the only thing that is different is that they go at different speeds. In paragraph 2 it stats " These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other time to Venus. Because of Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." this is talking about how we send things to planets to see if anything is going on there and if there is any life or anything but the spacecraft has never been able to land on Venus. They even say that a spacecraft haven't land there more than three decades.
In paragraph 3 and 4 it talks about why hasn't our planet sister is so inhospitable and why scientist haven't gone any further with the research like the different tempatures and the atmosphere of it. Paragraph 3 talks about the thick atmosphere of Venus is 97% carbon dioxide and it is 800 degres Fahrenheit and that it is 90 times greater than what we have experience on our own planet. The next paragraph it talks about how Venus was exactly like Earth for example Earth was covered in oceans and Venus was the same way. They say that Venus has fimiliar features like Earth it says in paragraph 4 that "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." which means that Venus is our nearest option for planetary visit.
Last main reason why I think the author suports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is that in paragraph 5-6 it stats some more facts about NASA sending humans to Venus and that researchers are working on investigating the knowledge of Venus. In both of the paragraph it stats that they want "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape." it stats that in both paragraph because they want to see if there is any light or insight on ground. NASA thinks that the conditions aren't easy but survivable for humans.
Overall, I think striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has it's value of showing. I honeslty think that these paragraph supports the idea of stufying Venus in multiple ways. The aurthor include a lot of facts and research about Venus that gives it enough support to why they should investigate Venus. It would be fastinate to see research about Venus because you can compare and contrast to why it;s similar to Earth and why haven't it been discovered yet? | 2 |
"All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change" (Rosenthal source 1) said Transportation of America official David Goldberg in Elisabeth Rosenthal's article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars." With air pollution, smog, and greenhouse gas emissions rising all around the world, officials have announced that cars are to blame. With this, many are resorting to making changes in their communities by offering alternate means of transportation and bringing homes and stores closer together. The advantages of limiting car usage include fuel will no longer pollute the air, alternate transportation is available and cheaper, and it would enforce goodwill and communionship.
To begin, a benifit of limiting our car usage is fuel pollutes the air by circulating green house gasses that can cause a dangerous enviroment to form and by limiting cars we limit this pollution. With President Obama's issue to decrease the amount of air pollution caused by cars, many have realized that car usage is not as common as it used to be. If the number of cars on the road continues to deplete- "and many sociologists believe it will-it will have benificial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants" (Rosenthal source 4) says Rosenthal in her article "The End of Car Culture." By keeping track and trying to deplete the time you spend driving your car the trend of putting air pollution to an end will increase.
Additionally, a benifit of limiting our car usage is being able to use the cheaper and more efficient alternate means of transportation. By using alternate means of transportation such as buses, trains, and car pooling services you are saving gas money and supporting community business'. There is a rise in car pooling that has "facilitated more flexable commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work" (Rosenthal source 4) says Rosenthal. As these changes manifest many people are chosing not to switch back to driving themselvs.
Finally, a benifit of limiting our car usage can be found in the better communionship that will result as cities will make their stores closer together and communities more closley knit. In Bogota, Colombia people are practicing "car-free days" and relying solely on public transportation. As this happens author of article "Care-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," Andrew Selsy, says "parks and sports centers [are] bloom[ing] throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up" (Selsky source 3). Other places implementing car-free districts will never hear the roars of engines drowning out the chirping of the birds or childrens laughter. Infact, stores and public transportation is stratigically placed a walking distance away thus promoting social and physical benifits (Rosenthal source 1).
The advantages of limiting car usage include fuel will no longer pollute the air, alternate transportation is available and cheaper, and it would enforce goodwill and communionship. With greenhouse gasses rapidly circulating and polluting the globe it would be acceptional to decrease this by not driving as often. Furthermore, by using alternate transportation such as car pooling or taking a bus money is saved on gas and car repairs. Finally, goodwill and good social habits would increase as towns would become more closley knit as everything would only be a walk away. With this it we should limit our car usage to "save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve saftey" (Rosenthal source 4).
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Selsky, Andrew. "Car-free Day is Spinning Into a Big Hit in Bogota."
Seattle Times . The Seattle Times Company, 2002. Print. 10 February 2015. | 3 |
There are many advantages to limiting car usage. The whole world has already figured that out. Many countries are now starting to limit the car usage. It is a good idea to limit the car usage because they damage our enviroment and cars are not needed for average everyday life.
First, reducing the use of cars would make the world a much better place in terms of the enviroment. In the article "Paris bans driving due to smog" written by Robert Duffer he explains how the smog caused by cars has polluted the air causing Paris to put a partial ban on driving. " Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has ... a tax policy that facors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France....". This quote by Robert Duffer explains just how bad the air must have been polluted because of the cars. They blamed the pollution on diesel fuel and that was 67 percent of the cars in France, which is a lot, and it was so bad that they had to make a partial ban to driving. We can already tell that our enviroment is not that good because of all the other pollutants that we have but by reducing the usage of cars that can make our enviroment so much better because that is getting rid of one major factor to the problem of pollution.
Next, many people do not even use cars that much. As stated in the article "The end of car culture" written by Elisabeth Rosenthal "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009..". In this quote it states that a lot of new people are not starting to drive anymore. Without new people driving we will just loose the amount of people driving continuosly becasue of people dying and no people to replace them. Also in the article "In German Suburb, life goes on without cars" written also by Elisabeth Rosenthal, it explains how the people don't need cars anymore because they can just walk, ride, or find another way to their destination. Therefore if there is no longer a need for cars then we can easily limit the use of them.
In conclusion, there is not a reason anymore to use cars. If we can compact some cities and make everything easy enough to access without a car then we could just get rid of them completely. Cars are only used for transportation, otherwise they just cause problems like pollution, acciedents, and being unhealthy. So it would be excellent to limit car usage to help the enviroment and to jsut get rid of them entirely becasue we no longer need them. | 3 |
The author uses many details from the article to support his claim that Venus is worthy pursuit desipte the dangers it presents by telling the reader how dangerous Venes is. For example the author tells us about some details about the temperatures, like how it would be around 170 fahenheit there. The air pressure would be close to sea level on earth. These details he gives us about the conditions Venus has are far to exterme, but the author says it survivable for humans.
A second, detail that the author gives use is about NASA trying to collect samples of rocks so they can study. But most of the robots they send to Venus get destroyed because of the choas that happens there. Another project that they did was that they used technology called mechanical computers. These mechanical conputers are are powerful, flexible, and quick but the are delicate when it comes to extreme conditions.
A third detial, that the author gave us information about the text was that not even a single space ship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. The author also goes on to say how the more challenging the place is the more they examine more closely. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. The Earth and Venus aslo orbits the sun in different times so its harder to vist it.
In Conclustion, Venus is very hard to get to because of it condtions there but it is survivable for humans. NASA has tried many times to get on Venus but they have failed many times. So i think the autor supports his claim really well with the detail he gives us. | 1 |
Driverless cars should not become a thing. Humans should continue to drive themselves around or walk to where they want to go. They do not need a computer to do all the driving for them as cool and futuristic as it might seem.
Although be driven by a computer in your own car may seem safe and trustworthy, but it's not. There are a lot of negative down falls on not having control of a car as a human. Being driven by computer car can be very dangerous, it is not safe to not be driven by someone with a right mind. Computers can't do everything. Why would a human want to be driven by a car instead of a human? What if a person wants to change the route that they are going, it's not like they would be able to tell the computer to go another way. Humans should have more controll over their car rather than a computer.
Humans are becoming so lazy that they do not even want to drive for themselves andymore. If they want to be driven for they should get a taxi or have their own personal driver. Buying a driverless car would
be just as expensive as hiring a driver. Driverless cars can be very dangerous for others on the rode. Perhaps something should go wrong with the computer and it begins to glitch. That would be a very dangerous situation. No human should depend on a computer to drive them around.
No human should want to own a driverless car unless they are willing to take the full risk. It would not be a good idea to have computers driving around major cities that have a lot of traffic. | 2 |
These four essays all show that car culture is decreasing in the developed world, North America and South America.
These four essays show the willingness of the people to help the enviroment and reduce car usage. In essay 1 "I'm much happier this way" said a member of the community. She speaks for many who have moved to this area to live where cars are very uncommon. In essay 3 "It's a good oppritunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said a buisness man of columbia. Most of the members of the capital seem to be in favor of the car-free day, the support for a day similar to this in other countries is rising to. The main problem for getting rid of private vehicals is that many cities cannot accomplish this kind of transportation. There are many small towns in America that do not have the ability to walk or bike across the long distances from the home to the downtown area. America depends on agriculture exports, so if we all convert to city life America wont have many exports left.
The essays also show that going car-free is important in reducing greenhouse gas levels. In passage 1 "Up to 50% in gas emmisions." This means that 50% of our pollution to air is caused by our transportation. In passage 2 "Last week Paris ha 147 micrograms of paticulate matter per cubic meter." Paris at this time had record amounts of pollution in the air. This pollution is mostly due to transportation.
In conclusion the people of the world want to decrease pollution and it is nessasary to do this. | 1 |
Driveless cars would be above one of the nations craziest inventions ever made. They have been working on this for many of years but just havent made it final yet. My postion on driveless cars is that i think it would be good for handicap people but thats it. The author made a huge point stating that "in the case of a accident whose fault will it be, the drivers or the manufactuer."
I respect that they have done lots of data throughout the years and they come to find out that more and more people have lost their lives because of bad driving or failure of being sober. They have tried to put more police on the road and made alot of new laws but its just hard task to complete with trying to get drunk drivers off the road. They have made soberiaty checkpoints and stuff like that but there still seems to be, that people are driving under the influence. If thats the case then i dont think there is any point in making driverless cars because no matter what someone is always driving bad on the streets.
The feeling of not having to drive your car and being able to sit back and relax in your car is nice but, I dont see how that could possibly work because if you were to get into a accident then whats coming back on you, what are you first to do? Sue the manufactuer or is it in your fault since you own the car. The last thing , If driverless cars were to be on the streets you would think everybody would have one? I would think the pricing would be a ridiclous amount of money because of how much time they invested in making driverless cars succsessfull.
Driverless cars was defeintly a brillant idea but at this point in time i dont think they have a strong enough impact for it to workout. Transportation has become a huge impact upon the nation today because without it people would have to walk everywhere and that would be time consuming. I think this essay has a great arguement wheather or not that this is a good idea but in my postion i think the best way to go is just to try and be as safe as possible on the roads and pay attention at all times on the road. | 2 |
In this article called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" The author said that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. There's good and bad reasons why studying Venus is good and bad. The bad reasons why going to Venus to study it is the temperature it is about 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we have in our own planet. Even if they did go there they would burn to deat because on how hot it is. It could crush and even liquefy the metals of a submarine if they go down deep in some parts of the ocean. In the article it said that we can see it from earth because on how close it is and it's the same size of our own planet.
The good reasons for studying Venus is that what has it been doing, has anything happened? Scientist has asked these3 questions and we still don't know the answers to them. They said that the planet which is Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features that are analogous to those who are on earth. The planet has rocky surfaces, has some valley's, and some mountains in it too and also craters. The way scientist experiment Venus is by putting a ship in the sky from a good distant that nothing can happen to it it shows the whole planet with cameras that show the ground and the conditions on what is going on.
NASA is working on other appraoches to studying Venus we don't know what it is yet but we will know later on. Overall I think it's a good idea to study Venus not just that specific planet but other one's like Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn all of those planets they should be studying here and there. I wonder what they look like from the ship that they have put in space. Studying the planets would be good but sometimes dangers because of how hot it is and how cold it is. The author has written this perfectly he tells us in detail the good and bad reasons why studying Venus is important. | 1 |
A huge precentage of Americans want the Electoral College abolished. Their views are justified when the Electoral College fails to reflect the population's opinion. Does it make sense to base our Democracy on this down-trodden way of electing the president? The Electoral College should be abolished for not reflecting the public view,having the chance of making an elector with no intrests for those who elected him,and giving equal power to a state with a lower population to the same as a high one. Although the college gaurantees a victor the other reasons outweight it in comparison.
First of all,the Electoral College should be abolished for failing to represent the population majority. When an American goes to vote it's "not for the president,but for a slate of electors,who in turn elect the president."(10) Upon seeing the results with the popular vote cast aside by the elector and voting something else entirely how could an average American feel anything else then betrayed? It's due to this that many Americans don't even consider going to vote feeling as if it is a waste of time due to the elector deciding for them. Going to vote for our president should be what represents America seeing as Americans always talk and brag about the amount of freedom we have. Instead it's more of "who's the elector going to vote for this election"?
In addition, the electors chosen are not even required to vote for who their state has approved of. Giving this power to the elector could possibly make them corrupt and go against the population. An example would be Republicans sending a Republican elector but the elector instead votes for the oppsosite party. It doesn't happen very often but making it even a possibility is a huge risk to the population of that state and could easily incite unrest among the population. It's very possible and the electors"could always defy the will of the people."(11) Letting someone have that kind of power goes against the very principals of our democracy and should be erraticated.
Finally,the college is not equal when it somes to states and population. When a tie would happen the representatives from smaller states become equal to the bigger states such as Texas. Basically with this equal voting power "the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people."(12) This could go as far as the minority getting the president they want and most of the country's people being dissatisfied,this could lead to a catastrophe not seen by America throughout its existence. It also seems irrational that a state with fifteen times less of a population would still have the same power as the bigger state.
To conclude,the Electoral College fails in many places where an attempt at Democracy is made. It doesn't even represent Democracy when the voting that matters is made from a select group of individuals instead of the population itself. These individuals are not even required to oblige to the majority of the state making voting at the poll seem useless. Where the college does give equal power it is misplaced by giving minorities a chance of overruling the majority. No doubt this "Electoral College" should be abolished. | 4 |
The Seagoing Cowboys program was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. In the Seagoing Cowboys program, we sail to Europe (and many other countries) and see magnificant sights on the way. The Seagoing Cowboys in a huge opportunity that you should take!
The concept of the Seagoing Cowboys it to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. If you join the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehibilitation Administration) Seagoing Cowboys you will not regret it. You will be having a great time, while helping other people and making new friends on the boat. While I was on my cattle-rides I have visited many places like Venice, Italy, Europe, China, and many other fasinating landscapes. Being on the Seagoing Cowboys also taught me that work can be fun! During free time, you could enjoy a wide variety of activities including table tennis, boxing, fencing, whittling, and many other games.
The years that I participated in the Seagoing Cowboys program were some of the best years of my life. Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that no one should pass up on! | 1 |
Why should cars be limited? Theres really no reasson why. Its what would happpen with or with out them. I see that all cars are is a deadly machine that can kill anyone at anytime. over a hundred inasent people die every mouth by a car accident or and motorised viache colision.
Theres some places around the world where cars are limited to residents owning a car. For example: Vauban, Germany. Just because theres to many people that do not own any type of transportation have to walk the streets and so the people that own cars have a hard time trying to get places with all the people crowding the streets. when theres to mant people walking it beggins to back up traffice to a point people give up there cars to actual get to their work on time or to see a movie before it starts. I belive cars should be limited to the point where people have to walk. To cut down the obesity rate. | 0 |
Dear Florida state senator,
I believe that we should keep this Electoral college process because it will be very helpful. With the Electoral college process it is not just popular vote that wins. If it was just popular vote that won then we would not even have smart people running for president and have celebrities winning and becoming president. With the Electoral college process there is also the presidency vote. The presidency vote basically tells us wether they are smart or not. "Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election then the kind we have now." In this piece of evidence it shows how the presidency vote inside the Electoral college process can win an election even if you win the popular vote. Which shows how much more important the Presidency vote is and why we need the Electoral college process. If we lost it we would be lost. Just imagine people like Kim Kardashian being a president.
Sincerely, Someone who cares | 1 |
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