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Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is a good thing to be in. They help countries in need and can save peoples lives. This writing promt will be about why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
The Seagoing Cowboys are helpfull for countries in need. Luke and Ron helped out countries that were destroyed by World War Two. They did that by dilivering animals to the destroyed places. If they didn't do that a lot of people might have died. Thats why peaple should join.
They could have a chance to become heros and save lives in countries in need. Also peole can have the advantage to see cool sights. Luke and Ron went to Acropolises in Greece, and went to a castle in Crete.
They also looked at the Panama Canal on their way to China. Becoming a Sea Cowboy gives you the chance to go around the world. Being a Sea Cowbay isn't a dangarous job either. Luke only endered one injury on the job from what the story said.
There's also a chance to have fun on board. When Luke went on return trips all the animals were unloaded. The crew was able to play games like table tennis, fencing, and boxing. They also read and whittled to pass the time.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is much more than going on an adventure. It opens up the world for people who have never been to a lot of places. Luke was very gratefull for the opportunity to be a Sea Cowboy. It makes people more aware of the things that need to be stopped in the world. The awarness stays with you to. Luke went on to host a lot of international students and exchange visitors for the next coming years.
After the last paragraphs it makes it pretty obvious to become a Seagoing Cowboy. It makes a lot of good becoming one also. There is also new experiences to be made to. So if there's nothing working out for you maybe becoming a Seagoing Cowboy will fit yourself and give you a chance. | 2 |
Think about the time you felt extremely tired. That time where you could barely keep your eyes open, everything you heard was a blob, because you were simply zoned out. You were feeling tired. For me this time would be sitting in my english class learning about Shakespeare. I felt as if the time were never ending in that class. Students all around me had the same facial expression on them. Facial expressions are a huge key of communication. When you are out in public you see many faces around, and you can easily assume their emotions and what they are feeling. With technology being a huge factor in tody's society, we can now use it to determine someone's emotion. I believe that using technology to read emotional expressions on students could really bring forth value in classrooms.
Students all over the school have different things going on. They show and deplict off different emotions at an instant. Sometimes these emotions make it hard for students to concentrate in class during instructions or new lessons given by the teachers. Referring back to the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Nick D'Alto, the writer, writes about a new software called the Facial Action Coding System. The new sytem was developed to determine the accuracy of emotions of people around us. If this software were to be implemented in our school, then this could be an advantage in shaping a better society. The software will help teachers determine the emotions students are feeling at the time of lecture. D'Alto quotes Dr. Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, predicting that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". Once recognizing the emotions of the student, Dr. Huang continues predicting that the software can "Then modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This will help better the student's understanding in a certain subject without feeling sidetracked or confused with the activites of the teacher.
Although many may argue that the use of this software may bring negative impacts, many like the high cost of implementing it to a public school for everyone to use, or what if the software doesn't work? I could reply by stating that students struggle daily in trying to understand a certain subject in school, this leads them to fail classes or simply drop out of high school. Developing this new software will help students understand their lessons in school and stay focused. The software will also help counselors and teachers determine the emotions of their students. Sadly, many high schoolers have committed suicide because people don't understand what they are feeling, implementing this software to schools will help reduce the rate of suicides and drop outs. In paragraph four of the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the writer states "By weighting the different units, the software can even indentify mixed emotions." This could help people to better understand each other.
In conclusion, technology has greatly impacted our society and future generations. Things all over us are changing, some changes are good and most may even bring forth new ideas, many like this new software. Placing this new software in schools will help keep them out of confusion with their emotions and education. By the use of this software, students will no longer be falling asleep because the software will help the students concentrate better by adjusting to the abilities of the student to learn. The new system will also help decrease the rate of suicide and drop outs in schools. Implementing new technology will only help make our future better. If we have the chance in changing the world and societies for the better, why not start by understanding each other and our emotions? | 4 |
Fellow citizens, cars are starting to become a great issue in todays society. The gases they give off are very harmful to our community. Cars are also making more people overweight. This is because its much easier to drive 2 miles to work rather than walk and get hot and sweaty.
In the article, it provides information about cars hurting our planet. Basically the issues are greenhouse gases. These gases that our vehicles give off are polluting our air to the point where its harmful to live here. Because of this, I feel that we need to limit car use throughout the United States.
In doing this, I honestly feel like we can stop the pollution, or at least slow it down. Eventually there will be technological advancements that will help us solve problems such as this. But until then, we need to come up with a plan to slow down car usage and air pollution.
Our people are also becoming more lazy as the progression of cars continues. What im saying is people would rather ride around in a car over getting outside and walking and enjoying our surroundings. This effects the world more than you think. The more lazy and out of shape people are, the less jobs can be filled because theres not someone in shape enough to handle it.
Overall, our car usage either needs to come to a hault or at least slow down a great amount. All the US has focused on since world war 2 is the advancement of cars. I strongly belive that now is the time to change that and end this pollution problem. | 2 |
Have you heard about the face on Mars? There was indeed something that looked like an enmormous head that was nearly two miles from end to end that seemed to be staring back at the cameras from the Red Planet. This hug face is known as Cydonia.
This shadowy face was discovered in 1976 when a NASA spacecraft was circling around the Red Planet. The photos that were taken of the shadows looked like an Egyptian Pharaoh. The text states, "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." Some scientists started to believe that the Face was an alien artifact. The text states, "Although dew scientists believe the face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen long years after the Viking missions end."
Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia for the first time, and the team took pictures that were ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The text states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers wete waiting when the image first appears on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Even though people were given that information that the shadowy figure was indeed not an alien monument, some people were still not satisfied. So mission controllers decided to look again. The text states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivanlent of a buttle or mesa-landofrms common aroung the American West." It was decided that the shadowy figure, was just a natural landform.
The shadowy figure known as Cydonia that was spotted on the planet Mars, was once thought as a alien artifact. Many studies from scientists have shown and proved that the enormous head was just a natural landform. | 2 |
Imagine this you're in a very populated city. Lets say New York, New York, U.S.A, London, England or any densily populated city for that matter. Now aside from the sounds of car horns blairing and the sounds of the thousands of people around you there is one thing that would most likely stand out the most to people; the smell of car emissions mixed with the food street venders sell. Now they may not be a huge surprise but think about this, a city or suburb without cars. Now some may say that limiting the use of cars is a terrible idea and would hurt the working call citizens, but it may be better then you think. The reasons why these "car-free" places might not be so bad is it helps reduse the growing percent of greenhouse gas emissions that cars give off. You wouldn't have to deal with smog, and there wouldn't be as much noise pollution as there is with cars. Yeah these points may not seem like they are worth not having a car but there are comminties that actully don't allow cars because of those reasons. So maybe after this you may think a little differently about your car and may think about moving to one of these places that have alread choosen to go "car-free".
First off, probably like most people around the world you love your car, bt do you ever think about the car emission you admit into the air just driving to worl and back home. Now that does seem bad but, as shown in paragraph 5 of,
"In German Suburb, Life Goeson Without Cars", an essay by Elisabeth Rosenthal, she writes that experts say the passsenger cars alone are reponsible for about 12 percent in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the U.S for greenhouse gas emissions. Now 12 percent doesnt seem like a lot compared to the 50 percent but that is still a lot of greehouse gases getting put in our atmosphere year after year.
Now think about this idea of a "car-free" suburb or city again. An example of this kin of place would be the city of Vauban, Germany. Now in Vauban drive ways and home garages are forbidden; now car ownership is allowed but there are about two places to park. Now that place to park is a large garagw at the edge of the developement where as well as buying your house you have to buy a parking space for $40,000. Now because of this 70 percent of the families don't have cars and 57 percent of them sold their car to move there. Since there aren't car used here the air is much cleaner and because of not having little to no cars there they don't pollute the air.
Secondly, another reason to think about moving to one of the places is that there isn't any noise pollution from cars. Beause of the lack of car noiseses these suburbs and cites let you hear nature a little better and also allow a kind of peaceful feeling making these p;aces probably a lot more chill and "sleepy" in a since. making them good for people who don't want to live in a noisy city but don't want to live in the middle of no where.
Lastly, another good reason to move to these little areas would be that there is no smog there to make it harder to breath. A real world example of this would be from the informative essay, "
Paris bans driving due to smog"
, by Robert Duffer. Which basically states that due to near-record pollution Paris put a ban on driving to try and clear the air in the city. Now to help inforce the ban the put a 22-euro fine($31) if you where driving on a day your licsens plate was not allowed to drive. Now because some people did follow the ban nearly 4,000 people were fined and 27 people had cars impounded because of the reaction to the fine. Now because of this some companies complained about lost renvenue and the transit of free of charge according to the BBC. And because of these efforts the smog cleared enought that the ban was lifted. Now that probably isn't very convinet but in car-free areas they don't have to deal with making it eariser to get to work on more accessible public transportation options like a bus or a bicycle.
Now think about this idea about car-free places one more time knowing what the benifits are compared to the risks you get. Maybe noe you just might look at these places a little more carefully and acually think about making a switch to live there in this greenhouse gas free, noise free, and smog free zone. | 3 |
Things in life has changed over the years 2018 is a whole new year with many things different then the 1980s for sure. In the past there was no phones or laptops. Now in the present almost everyday something comes out new. There is always a new software here and there. I do not find that a "Facial Action Coding System" is valuable for kids in the classroom.
I do not think that it is valuable for kids in the classroom. I do not think that it is valuable because if kids do not understand they will have a confused look on their face. They will also be the ones to ask questions about what they are confused on. Kids have many emotions but I do not think that it will be able to be hard to tell if they are struggling or not.
They said in the passage that it is a painting "It's the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa." Also in one of the paragraphs below it says that the human face has to have all 44 muscles in the face to be able to show if they are happy, sad, digusted, etc. In the painting how could there be 44 muscles is the real question. You can not paint 44 muscles in all the right spots when not everyones face is the same shape. Having the same size shape of the face and testing people I can see why they would say that you would be happy or sad. This is a painting and there is probably not a single person with the same face as Mona Lisa.
The "3-D" computer model could possibly show all 44 musles in the face but that would be a lot of face scanning because like I said before in my last sentence there could not possibly be someone with the same face shape. How can they test multiple people when those people could have the muscles all over there face. There is simple ones like the "frontalis pars lateralis muscle" which is above your eyes and the "orbicularis oris" which is around the mouth. that is only 2 out of the 44 muscles that they have to scan on a persons face.
If they wanted to test multiple people that would have to have someone who actually knows where all of the muscles are. In the right stop because if you guess the spots the mood can be wrong. I do not find that it should be used on anyone. Human communication is when two or more people talk together. That is one of the most simplest ways to find out if the kids in your classroom does not understand what you are going over with them. Emotional communication is when someone lets out all of the emotions that they have and will show them becasue they will either be mad with a grumpy face on or they will be upset and not smile at all.
I came up with that it is not valuable for kids in the classrooom because I do not understand why there would have to be a software out when the student could just ask a question in class or even ask after class. There's many other things to do then to have to scan the face and have someone point all of their facial muscles out to find out how they feel. Plus there are multiple kids in the classroom that you would have to scan and not everyone has the same facial structure that would be many times pointing out every single facial muscle and finding out how they feel when there are simpler ways to figure it out. | 3 |
Imagine this scenario: a person is faced with the future--new developments that may lead into the next era of technology. The question now is, should that person deny it or gladly accept it? If that person were me, I'd take it, as there is no point in staying the past and be outdated, and this is exactly how I see driverless cars. The problem now becomes, however, whether this technology is "the future" or not. In this essay I will discuss why cars are the future and thus, why I support them by covering the topics of efficency, error, and why some critics' are misguided in companion with "Driverless Cars Are Coming".
To start, energy is being consumed in our world at a rapid rate, and much of it comes from sources that are nonrenewable once depleted like the oil used in many cars. Many have seen the solution to switch to alternative energy sources that ARE renewable; however, this does not actually address the bulk of the problem. The problem is actually efficency. To demonstrate this, for power to reach a house from a faraway power plant, much more electricity is generated than needed as to make sure it can travel the long distance in cables without losing so much charge that the current becomes weak and useless, and a logical fix for such a problem would be to simply figure out a way to move the power source closer as to achieve higher efficencies. This same logic applies to cars in traffic, which use a lot of fuel to do essentially nothing. When I saw in the article "Driveless Cars Are Coming" that Google cofound Sergey Brin--who must be very intelligent as he IS the cofounder of Google, a very widely known and used company--said that these cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis AND offer far more flexibility than a bus, my only logical reaction was that this is a wonderful technology.
Transitioning to errors, a common theme of accident tragedies is the one where a person is texting and driving leading to distractions that cause the accident. This is not the only cause of accidents, though, as humans are not made to be perfect, small errors also cause accidents, but despite the wide range of things that may cause an accident, driverless cars can cover a person for that as well. My first piece of evidence for this is that driverless cars are machines, and despite having a notoriously bad reputation for failing at times due to some error during the design process, machines do not tire and do not grumble about watching their surroundings; they also need not be perfect, only better than a person to become favorable as a driver. My second piece of evidence comes from, once again, "Driverless Cars Are Coming" when it was stated that "enetertainment and information systems that use heads up displays [...] can be turne doff instantly when the driver needs to take over [in the case that the car senses that its own computing devices are not enough to handle a situation]". This system appealed to me a lot due to how intuitive it is; if a person shouldn't be using something, it turns off, no questions asked. All of these factors further lead me to believe that cars are "the way of the future".
Finally, despite all of these factors there are both criptics and critics for driverless cars. Some reasons usually brought up that haven't been addressed yet are the issues of laziness with the animated movie WALL-E coming to mind and perhaps the hacking of the systems that run these driverless cars, which is equally terrifying. The second concern being the easier and simpler of the two to address, hacking is commonly a misunderstood phenonenon. The aboslute requirement for all hacking is access to the device that someone wishes to hack usually through some internet connection on the device linked to other functions. This is easily remedied through the use of local software on the driverless car, cutting it off from the internet as well as making the entertainment and information systems independent of the driving system. Getting back to the first issue about laziness, people are still sitting down whether in a driverless car or a conventional car and that these cars will likely be extremely expensive with all the added sensors for the foreseeable future, encouraging walking as an alternative to money as well as creating a walking trend so that when these technologies are cheaper, laziness would not become a problem.
To wrap it up, I support and adore the idea of driverless cars as they are a way to support using energy more efficently rather than going out of the way to make new sources of energy; they are a way to reduce the unnecessary ending of lives as well as unecessary drama from automobile accidents (especially for me since I'm a very accident prone person); and last but not least, they are a way to promote regular walking and get automobile internet security right. After looking through all of this, I can say for certain that driverless cars will certainly be a huge advantage to our society if only we'd give them a chance because after all, everything deserves a chance and a second for making up for its mistakes. | 4 |
Many people use cars to get from one place to another,but however, many states around the world are having people not using cars. In other words, many states are car free states and this has changed many cultural changes in the sociey that the people live in. Not using any cars provides many beneficial factors to not only the enviroment but to the people too and here's why. Having car-free states reduces car emission and can provide healthier productive lives of exercise. This change to the world can inspire lots of people and open up the doors of nature's beauty to provide a peaceful way of living to the enviroment of the world.
We use cars everyday in our lives from going to resteraunts, jobs, homes, schools,ect. However, do we ever think that whenever we drive we are causing more pollution to spread from every mile we go? Cars are the number one leading pollution emission enviroment destroyers in the world. This pollution causes many close suburban areas with homes around to breathe in gas emission from cars. This is absolutely not healthy at all to many people. For example, in the article written by Robert Duffer in his title, "Paris bans driving due to smog." States that, "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particular matter (PM) per cubic meter..." That is more toxin to inhale that could possibly kill you! There are countries, for instance, like Germany that have some cities "car-free" as an experimental way to stop pollution emission and traffic jams causing loud noises to some close spaced suburban areas. Now, instead of using cars the people living in Germany are walking, riding bikes, or using trams to get from one place to another. So far, the people do not mind having any cars around and they even say they are happy and like the new change on where they live. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," says Heidrun Walter from the article by Elisabeth Rosenthal titled, "Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars." So whenever you first sit in a car think about what you are about to do and think about how you can benefit yourself and the world by not spreading pollution emission from cars.
Many people want to exercise, stay fit, and lose weight depending on what they want to do. Some people like to jog or run to go to there jobs as a productive way to not use there cars but to get out and exercise more. Many people around the world perfer not to use cars but instead use any-other means of transportation to either make themselves healthy or to not use any means of spreading pollution. In fact many people that live in big cities such as New York and San Francisco with more cars driving in the population. Have young people from 16-39 year olds that don't have a drivers license use other means of transportation to benefit themselves. In the article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal titled, "The End of Car Culture." States that, "They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends." People ages from 16-39 year olds are not caring about using cars or getting a drivers license but using any other means of transportation even if it is longer way to get to a destination. This is very beneficial for young people of 16-39 year olds to have healthy lives at a young age so they can live longer and they can feel good about themselves.
Can you see now why having no cars as the means of transportation is a good thing? Many people are having healthier lives and live on not using pollution but using other means of transportation. People in many states and countries are happy with this change for the better as new meaning of change in cultural experiences. Now, are you able to change just like the people living the "car-free" life around the world? | 4 |
Have you ever thought about the advsantages of limiting car usage and as well as giving up cars inorder to help the communities out there to live a better safisticated life, without the use of cars?. A plan created called smart planning involves the reduce or car usage helping the world also reduce bad pollution, and traffic jams. This way more transportation will be provided for other cases or people in need of that. In Germany, Paris, Bogota and the United States there are many reasons being caused to reducing cars due to jepordise it can cause such as pollution, traffic jams, space and transportation. In all these countries there are the different reasons to why cars should be banned.
To begin with, in Germany a district in Freiburg near the French ans Swiss borders cars have been givin up by people. Pepole are claiming to be more happy with their newly lifestyle of not using a car. Before they were using a car they also claimed that everything had felt more tense. Now that cars are banned in the district there has been more free space for pedestrians to walk. There has been more availabale roads and stress that are not packed anymore. There is space to build. Before cars had taken control over the roads and stress not proving areas and space to walk in. Middle class were choking cities meaning that their Cars were just taking way too much space. Cars are responsible for the greenhouse. Knowing that passanger cars are also reposible for twelve percent of the greenhouse gas. protection agencies are promoting car reduce as well as communities that are less dependent on cars. Vauban's streets are car free. 70 percent of vaubans families are also car free. The driveways, street parking and garages are all fobidden in that district.
However, Paris has faced another jepordising problem due to smog. Paris has been known to have the most smog than the rest of the European capitals. Due to this problem cars have been banned in order to clear the air pollution causing danger. This bad pollution can lead to sickness, weather changes that are bad and may cause people to inhale bad oxygen. People were commanded to leave their license plates at home or risk to pay a 22 euro fine that equals to 31$ dollars in American money. So far 4,000 people have paid this fine for not following this law. With this progress the pollution has cleared from Paris and has now gone to another place.
Innitially, traffic jams are a common problem in our everyday life. In Bogota, they face traffic jams and pollution. For this cause the citizens of Bogota have banned the usage of cars only allowing busses and taxis to be used. They have placed transportation instead of cars. People whp violate these rules are permitted to to pay a 25$ dollar fine. The reduce of cars in Bogota has helped clear the roads and make a dramastic change that has to do with the traffic jams they had been facing. Since there has been so much rain every single day in Bogota the air pollution has been reduced. People who visited Bogota had been mesmerized to the changes there has been of less pollution and traffic jams. Seeing the country all coaporate in this change.
Therefor, in the United states there has been a change of people reducing the use of cars. There has been a reduce in miles driven due to people who cant afford getting a car or paying for one. Childrens have not bothered to get a license because they had started to use bycicles, walking and transportation to get to their destination. There has been a major drop of 16 to 39 years old that didn't bother getting their license. Creating car pools is one of the greates way to reduce car usage. Communication also plays a role in this change. Having cell phones and communicating more with freinds would not always require driving. Although transportation also has its cons to car industry. A buisness plan has been made in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable.
In conclusion, countries have faced big problems due to all these causes of car usage. People had given up their cars and are now using transportaion, walking and Bycicles has helped get rid of all these problems countries were facing. People have decided to coaporate and help make a change has made an amazing progress. People from other countries have also been amazed seeing this change and mabey will also decided to apply this to their country for their safety. Now that cars have been reduced and transportation is provided in Germany, Paris, France, Bogota and the United States,pollution, traffic jams, space and transportation had all been solved. | 2 |
This article is mainly shown to inform readers just how useful exploring Venus can be. The author is quite enthusiastic about this topic and is eager to offer his/her insight on the subject. The author believes that getting a chance to explore Venus is a great benefit, because previous studies have led to scientists speculating that Venus was probably at one point in time just like Earth. Meaning that it probably was suitable for life or once had life, however it is unlike;y that it has any forms of life now.
Venus has too harsh of conditions to be able to support anything. High atmoshperic pressure, High concentration of sulfuric acid in the air, Intense heat all of these factors go into reasoning as to why it is not a good idea to go there unprepared especially when NASA is still working on ways to do so, or maybe they have ( I don't know i haven,t been updated on a topic) anyway even though it is proven to be dangerous it is not impossible. Landing on Venus and gathering data would be an outstanding accomplishment.
The author clearly wants this to happen and is very interested to see what else the world can achieve. Showing great interest on the topic and overall writing this article in general. | 1 |
Cars will always be one of the greatest inventions of all time, among the wheel and electricity, but they have some terrible side affects. Cars are one of the leading causes of pollution in the world. They are also very expensive to own and operate. By limiting car usage, you could cut down and costs and protect the environment.
By not using cars, it could drastically improve the environment. In Paris they banned driving because of smog, and now they have no smog and a much cleaner city. If driving limits were placed everywhere, then this could happen worldwide.
Everyone knows that cars are very expensive, to buy one knew can set you back tens of thousands of dollars. And then a few years down the road it breaks down, to fix it can costs you thousands. Not to mention inssurance and gas. Just imagine how much money you could have if you didnt ever have a car. You could practically buy a house with the savings. That could happen to everyone if we limited the use of cars.
In conclusion, there are many advantages to limiting car use such as saving the environment and saving money. We need to follow Paris's example and cut out car usage in cities to create a healthier world. | 1 |
Throughout time, pollution has been known to be a huge environmental problem. The excessive amount of individual car owners driving down streets is in no way helping this issue. Efforts to diminish the number of cars we see on our roads have been taking place in order to help the environment and therefore citizens as well.
It is no news that passenger cars are harmful to the environment. They release gases that pollute the air we breathe affecting not only us but the environment as a whole. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some areas in the United States (Source 1). This realization has led to the promotion of "car-reduced" communites by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (Source 1). But the problem is more widespread than that. Paris has acknowledged the importance of this issue after witnessing smog that rivaled Beijing, China, known as one of the most polluted cities in the world (Source 2). Paris's solution was to enforce a driving ban in order to help clear its air. Due to this ban, congestion was down 60 percent shortly after the intensifying smog (Source 2). It is a known fact that transportation is America's second largest source of emissions, therefore, limiting passenger car usage can greatly benefit the environment as well as citizens' everyday lives.
Limiting car usage has not only proven to be helpful towards the environment but towards citizens as well. With a decrease in car usage comes new benefits not just to individual citizens but to communities. Less cars means less time in irritating traffic. Usually, car traffic and traffic jams leads to huge amounts of stress. This is because the idea of not getting to work is stressful; not getting to work means losing money. Losing money adds even more stress. But when limiting car usage, losing money is not an issue one has to think about. Carlos Arturo Plaza agrees by stating that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress..." (Source 3). Rush-hour restrictions and other efforts towards limiting car usage have cut traffic making it easier for citizens to get to their jobs (Source 4). Those who choose other forms of transportation that are less harmful to the environment have even less of a problem and appear to be much happier. Heldrun Walter states that when she had a car she was always tense but now she is much happier (Source 1). The evidence has proven that limiting car usage is benefical to not only the environment but to citizens' daily life as well.
Keeping a clean environment is something of major importance. If one does not take care of the environment there will seize to be a healthy environment in which to live in. Limiting car usage is a big step when it comes to keeping the environment free of pollution. Not only is it beneficial to the environment but it helps citizens live a much happier life lessening the causes of stress. Limiting car usage helps the air needed to breathe, the money coming into your pockets, and one's overall happiness. | 4 |
The Seagoing Cowboys Program can convince people because if you had Luke's job you can see the Panama Canal. You can also help people who have been hurt in the war. The job Luke had was to take care of young cattle,horses,and mules. So you would have a chance to take of animals just like Luke did. You can also be apart of the Military Forces and help wounded people. You can also see things that you probably never seen before like Italy,Panama Canal,or China.
It takes two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. You would also care for the animals during the crossings and it will keep you busy. When the war was over the towns were lefted in ruins. So you will be apart off the UNRR ( the United Nations Relief and Rehabiliation Administion). The animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Stalls had to be cleaned.
Working on farms as a little kid can be great for preparation for the had work but not for the dangers of the sea. If your job my be watchman you have to check on the animals every hour. The job makes you aware of people of other countries and their needs.
In the UNRRA 44 nations will join together and help the animals and people hurt from the war or ohter serve injuries. | 1 |
In the passage, it talked about this new technology that can break down your facial expression and figure out your mood. In this case, they did Mona Lisa. They said, her face was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, and 2 percent angry. I dont know they are to come up with these percentages.
I feel like this technology can come into good use, although, i just dont really see the importants of it. In cases like this one, with Mona Lisa, yes i feel as if it was a great thing, but i just dont see any other good uses for it. I would really like to find out another use for this technology to be able to think it is very useful.
I do think this technology is very interesting. I like how it broke up Mona Lisas face into three different emotions. I think that is very cool. I dont see any other use for the technology, but if it is just used for paintings, i think it could be kinda useful. I would like to see the technology in action more to see what all it can do. I want to see it figure out peoples emotions by the look on their face. I hope to see more of this technology in the future. I would also like to know who the inventors of this technology are. You would have to be very smart to be able to invent something like this. | 1 |
Although it may seem that there is a "face" on Mars, there isn't. There have been conspiracy theories that the "face" on Mars is part of the remains of an alien, but that is not true. There are many good reasons to why the object that looks like a face isn't a face.
After studying the "face" on Mars, we have many theories to what it may actually be. Chief scientist of the NASA Mars Exploration Program Jim Gervin thinks that the "face" is actually a butte. A butte is a naturally made landform usually found around the American West. Like in the Snake River Plain of Idaho there is a butte called Middle Butte. It very well looks like what we see on Mars called the "face". There are many other theories of what the for may be.
I know that many people have been saying that the rock formation on Mars is a face, but it isn't. There are no real reasons to how that formation could be an alien's head. In 1976 the "alien head" does look a lot like one, but if you look at the 2001 picture it looks nothing like one. That gives away that the "face" was just complete luck for it to look like that. In magazines they have been saying that the "face" was real, but can you always trust magazines. Magazines will lie sometimes so that they get a story that people will want to read. You can't really determine that the "face" is actually a face.
In conclusion, the "face" is not a face. Although it may have seemed like a face to a lot of people, it wasn't. Later on this will be a time to laugh at because some people actually thought that the rock formation was a face. | 2 |
If there was technology that could read your emotion in a class room i think that would be benifishal for how the students learn. this could help the students stay on task if it changes the lesson. Another thing that it could help with is to tell the teacher if the student is staying on task or not by seeing if they are telling the truth. the system could also help to see if some one is sad or if there is somthing wrong.
I think this system could mostly help with people staying on task during a lesson by changing it so it appeals to the student more. This is shown in the text when the texts states that " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." Also the system can also show what adds you like to see. For example for me i would like to see more game adds so when the pop up and i look happy about it it will show more of them and if a add pops up that i do not like it will not show there adds. It could also improve vidio game quality and or sugery videos to teach new sergent what to do. this is shown in the text when the text states "The same technology can make computer animated ffaces more expressice for video games or vido surgery."
after reading this article i think the programe that can read your face could be vary usfull in the long run for teaching and gamming. like improving game quality, improving teaching methods and so on. i think it will be nice to have during school when we are taking a lesson and someone gets bord and there is nothing we can really do about that but this programe on the other hand can change the lesson so it is more interesting for that sead person. This also could teach people how to do jobs by showing them a video that has better graphics and better fashal feters. | 2 |
To begin with, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have found that the planet Venus is the most Earth like planet. Venus and Mars are the closest planets to Earth .
Venus is almost the same size as earth and has the almost the same density to. Theirfore scientist suggest that studying Venus is a worthy persuite despite the dangers it haves. It can give good result to NASA becuase if it is earth like they can see what is the problem to try and land. More studying is suggested because it can be anothe rplace were people can live and have alot of naturall resources a like a restart of the earth.
To continue with, It is alot analogous to earth that it has erupting volcanoes, earthquakes, valleys, craters, mountains, etc. It would be worth taking samples, searching, to get to know Venus better and maybe some day have a life over their. | 1 |
The electoral college is such a complex process, dealing with a slate of senetors and presidents, why not replace it with the popular vote system? The people of the country do so much to advocate living in freedom and in peace. The people should have the right to vote for who their leader is and not have to go through such a process. They should have their way of deciding who will rule them and the rest of the country.
Of course the electoral college will have its advantages, they chose what happens even though the people are still voting. Maybe they think they know what will benefit the country in each leader. Popular vite would make the people happier and the country as a whole a happier place. If the people knew they had the responsibility of chosing a leader, and their leader is chosen, we wouldnt have to worry about the dispute over who should or should not have been the leader. Candidates will put information out on their plan to a better country, and the people will take into consideration on who they want as their leader. Once they come down to the bestg leader made out by the info given, they will have the right to vote.
In source number 3, it clearly states that using the elector college, its the electors who are actually chosing the president rather then the people and that your not actually voting for a president, but for a slate of electors. Thats not what the people want. What they want is to have the right to directly vote for who they want to guide them and the country! Also, it is not equally fair for small states, for they do not get as much attention as larger states. What does size have to do with deciding who you want as your presdient? America is all about equality and this does not show equality. This statement is from source 3 as well.
Electoral college can also get very confusing for the people. In source 2, its talks about how if the people were to try and vote for a democratic president, they are actually voting for a slate of democratric electors. It also says that the slate of the type of partys electors you voted for hoping they would chose the president you wanted, dont always do that. Sometimes the people even get confused about the electors and accidently vote for the wrong candidate. In honest remark, the electoral college process is al jumbled up and not organized properly in the peoples favor. | 2 |
Ther is a movie about "Trip to Mars", in the movie they were talking about mars how they were going to take a trip to mars. They were going to sent 15 men and women to mars. the men and women had diffrent ships so they could focus more. when it was time they went to space but the men and women seprated because they had lost signal with earth. The men did not reach to mars but the women did and they were sad but they just studied the plantet and tryed to contact earth. The next thing i'm going to say won't be like this story but very different. The challange of exporing veus is the differences in speed, carbon dixodie, and trying to study the planet.
One challange of exploring venus is the differences in speed. One day we are closer to mars but other days we are closer to venus and it could mess up the time an date. "These differences in speed mean that sometime we are closer to Mars and other times to venus". Spacecrafts have been sent to venus to check out the planet but cause of the differences in speed we have sent spacecraft to different place. "Because Venus is sometimes right around the coner--in space terms--humans have sent spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world".
Another challange we have face is the carbon dioxide."A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dixoide blanket venus". It is really hard for us to be at that plantet because the carbon dixoide. Another thing that is bad that it has a high
sulfuric acid. On the planet the temperatures are over 800 degreeds Fahrenheit. "The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". Venus not a place to go because it is not good for humans to live or visit here.
Last reason of The challenge of exploring venus is we can't go to close or we could die. Venus is not for human to vist because it is very challenging but we have to try to study the planet. Their are spacecraft hovering saftley around venus because it is very dangreous to land or getting to close to it. "more imprtantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distanse. If they got closer they could probley get a sample but they can't because it is dangreous to get close.
In conclusion The challange of exporing veus is the differences in speed, carbon dixodie, and trying to study the planet. The author who wrote this did very well explaning how it is challanging to explore venus. | 2 |
When you join the Seagoing Cowboys, you join a year of adventure. When you join, you get to take care of animals like horses, cattle, and more. Soon enough you'll know everything there is to know about taking care of them like feeding, washing, grooming, and even playing with them. "It's an oppurtunity of a lifetime."
Not only do you get to take care of animals, you get to sight see as well. "It's an unbelievable oppurtunity for a small-town boy" says a cowboy named Luke "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. So was taking a godola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." Imagine seeing beautiful cities that you always wanted to see, right in front of your eyes.
And finally, when you join, you get to have fun. On board, especially on return trips after animals have been unloaded, the cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. You can play table-tennis, fence, box, read, whittle, and other games to pass the time.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is more than an adventure, it opens the world to you. Luke says. "I'm grate ful for the oppurtunity, it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." The awareness will stay with you, and you will feel good for the res of your life. | 2 |
Imagine turning on your computer and reading something negitive that makes you sad then your computer changes the screen. The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is a good thing. This makes learning easier for students and helps them comperhend better. There's 1 main reason why and that's because it helps you learn.
For students learning somehting new is always hard, but it's more hard when you dont have a teacher around to explain it for you. The article states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This basically shows you that whenever your not for sure about something changes will be made to help you understand what your better.
In conclusion my 1 main reason why is because it helps you learn. With teachers not being able to answer your question outside of school, having a computer that can help you based on you facial expression would benefit alot. Anyone can say they've learned somehting but your look says it all. | 1 |
A man approaches a sleek new vehicle, he enters and the car starts still with his hands at his sides the vehicle begins to accelerate and turns on to a street as the man sits calmly. Self driving cars... an odd thought, however these vehicles may no longer be a fictional things seen in a cartoon or popular film. Right now developers across the globe are working towards a Self operating vehicle, one that could change the lives of people everywhere for the better. These "Driverless Cars" could prevent dangerous accidents, allow the driver to enjoy a safe and easy trip, as well as save precious fuel while cutting down polution.
Driverless cars programmed to obey and follow the rules of the road all while keeping its passengers safe. The average licenesed individual has been in or witnessed an accident, and they know how horrifying and potentially hurtful one can be. That can be stopped the new technology being developed can allow the cars to follow all driving laws, allow the passenger to take over in a state of emergency, and if the streets are filled with these law abiding vehicles there will be virtually no violations that could result in a fatal or harmful accident. Where as drivers today panic, drink and drive, as well as text and drive which leads to several hundreds of innocent lives lost every year.
Imagine sitting back relaxing listening to a great song that just came on not having to worry about other cars around you beacuse the one your in can handle itself. If these new revolutionary vehicles are allowed to take the streets constant worry of unsafe drivers will be deminished. Crash and acident rates would be at an all time low and travel would be so much more enjoyable. Yes these vehicles in there current state may ask for the drivers help every once in awhile, but the Google car drove 500,000 miles accident free, Remarkable.
Finally they would allow us to save and cut down on fuel use, and with supplies fading this could be a huge factor in saving what reserves we have left. They also could be powered by electricity which would remove the fuel factor as a whole and reduce polution rates to a minimal. Earth provides the human population with everything we need and have today. What better way to repay it then to save it from the harmful polution cars produce everyday.
In conclusion Driverless Cars are the cars of the future. Providing us with nothing but benefits if allowed on the roads of The united states and roads across the world. Saving lives, preventing the death of innocent people, allowing safe passage for the passenger, and cutting down on fuel use and polution. Driverless cars are the cars of the future and could provide peoplke with much better lives if allowed. | 3 |
I agree that the use of this technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is convienent for these apparent reasons :Calculating our emotions ,computer software can recgonize your emotions , and technology can make computer animated faces more expressive
. First off ,Calculating our emotions is pretty awesome . Think of this as a good thing . For instance, Dr.Pual Eckman has classified six basic emotions such as:happiness,surprise ,anger,disgust,fear and sadness.Each one of us has experienced these emotions before just by the way our faces look and our feelings. In
the text it says "For instance , you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on his/her face .Like Mona Lisa ,Learnardo da Vince
painted a picture of Mona Lisa
smiling . Dr.Haung observes that the painting can help
paint facial muscles precisely enought to convey specific emotions. Did you know it is actually good to calculate your emotions ? Yes believe it or not studies show calculating your emotions is actually good that way you can keep track by the way you feel and it's
good for your mental health . Especially for students now a days .
Our emotions and feelings change multiple of times . Next, computer software can recogonize
your emotions . You're sitting down in front of a computer and by the way your facial expression is it can automatically tell how you feel . Dr.Huang new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code that's pretty cool . It's like a teacher teaching , when a teacher has got done teaching something and he/her looks at his students the teacher can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored . Furthermore, technology can make computer animated faces more expressive .The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model on the face ;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles this is called "action unit". How satisfying
right ? You can even study for that .Students in a classroom can learn how to do all those type of things . In conclusion , I agree that the use of technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is convenient for these apparent
reasons:Calculating our emotions ,computer software can recogonize your emotions,and technology can make computer animated faces more expressive . | 2 |
There are many good resones to join tghe Seagoing Cowboy program.
This essay will give you good resonses to join the Seagoing Cowboy progam. One resone to join is There are wonderfull sights to sea on the way to your next awsome destination.
Another benifit of Joining the programe is you get to help people and seeing new places like Europe and China. If your are an animal lover you can spend time with animals taking care of them to re locate them to there new home. And at night you can relax when it is your turn And look at the moon and shining on the water and you can meet new people. Those are fun activities but,that is not all. If you like sports you can play baseball,volleyball. Tablel tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,even whittling. Improving vocabulary is fun and usefull to know. If you just need to get away for awille to a relaxing place were you can work. It is all there. Do not miss out. As on coyboy or future coyboy can see there are many great resones to join the Seagoing Cowboy Program. | 1 |
May 24, 2001 was the date it all started. When the "Face on Mars" conspiracy began. NASA'S Viking 1 spacecraft was circling a region of Mars called Cydonia. The Viking 1 was taking snapshots of the Cydonia when it spoted a shadowy figure close of a human face. This snapshot was sent to the Viking 1's sister ship Viking 2. After careful review at the mission controllers at the Jet Propulision Lab they found out that it wasn't a human face. It turned out to be Martian mesa, which is common around Cydonia. Although this one had an unsual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
After a few days of the finding of the "Face" NASA unveiled the image for all the public to see. They added a capition to the image that quoted "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The authors used the photo as a propaganda to get the publics attention to Mars, and it rsulted on good high notes. The "Face of Mars" became an pop icon from starring in a Hollywood film, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and haunted grocery store checkut lines for 25years! Then to clear up that the "Face" didn't show signs of life Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera snapped the same image ten times sharper and it revealed a natural landform. There was no alien momument after all. They tried another picture after people wouldn't believe the landform idea and the Martian came equivalent of a butte or mesa. Jim Garvin said it reminded him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
In conclusion the image of the "Face On Mars" sparked contrivsory in if it was a face or a natural landfrom. You had all the public believing it was a face and NASA saying it was a landform. This challenged NASA to prove that the face was indeed a landfrom. They got sharper images in where it clearly shows a butte/mesa. Although the public didn't believe in NASA it sure did make NASA have a reason for its reaseach. The shared their discoveries with everyone and the public responded. Which I say it was what NASA wanted all along. | 2 |
Is technology able to read the emotinals sxpression of students? The technology is diffferent when they want to test it on paintings that have been here for more then a a couple of years. The emotional edcpressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it can tell you alot about the students with in minutes of it.
We perform these same impressice calulations everday. When you tell a friend about your feeeling by the look on her face. Some people can tell that when you are upset or even more. It depends on the people. Da Vinci stuided human anatomy to help him painy facial muscles precisely enough to have emotions in the paintings. The new softwat stores similar anatomical information as elctronic code.
when you look at the mona lisa it brings a smile to your face. It shows you how much a computer can do. The computer knows when you are sad and happy. It's like a dog knowing when you are upset or happy.
Not everything should be abe to be on the computer alot of things aren't even on the paper. It's all online. It take a lot of emotions. When you paint monia lisa you are puting emotions on the way that it being painted. It can be different on every painting but it shows more emotions then having it online. When working online with emotions. When it's online it not how it done. The computer is doing with what some people want. Emotions shouldn't be read by computer becuse they do mess up and someone would have to fix what the computer picks out. emotions should be painted or drawed out on a paper not on a screen that you can easily delete. When on paper make a mistake then easer it. It shows maybe using the coumputer's can mess what they want. | 1 |
Dear Florida Senator,
I am here to tell you about the electoral collage, and not why we should keep the horrible thing, but how we can replace it with something better. The electoral collage has been in use for a very long time, since the Constitution was finalized, but it should end now. The Electoral Collage is a confusing system that can easily be manipulated and changed to benifit one political party. As shown in many past elections, it has just become another reason people do not want to vote. Popular vote is easy and simple and it should be used in future elections.
First of all confusion is a huge factor when talking about the Electoral collage. We as voters do not want all these processes. We do not want hoops that we want to jump through. We are simple people who want a simple process. In the electoral collage, there are 538 electors, with a majority of 270 needed to be voted in as president. Each state gets entitled to two for your senators, and one for each member of the House of Representatives. This so far is making my head spin. This could be so much simpler if we just used the poular voting system. In this system, the people can directly vote for thier president without any huge hassel. This makes it easier and more fair for the voters. Speaking of fair, lets talk about how Unfair the Electoral Collage is.
In the Electoral Collage, there is no partial winning. It is a winner take all system, with the exception of Maine and Nebraska. This makes it very unfair to votes. Swing states add on to this idea. Swing states are very large states that have a higher representation in the Electoral collage. These are also the main targets of presidential cannidates. By getting these swing states, cannidates can gain a lot of votes in one state. This leaves other states, such as Ohio and Montana with little to no interaction from the presidential cannidates. This is not fair. We need the popular vote system. We need to be able to equally represent everyone without any shady practices. And that is the last topic, the electors really control the final outcome.
The final sin of the electoral collage is just too big to look over. The electoral collage can change wether a person is voted in or not because of the electors. They choose who they represtent. If you can not see where this is going let me explain. A set of people who want a specific president can just represent him. This could go so far as to leave a state with only representatives of one cannidate. This could never happen in popular vote because we don't have electors, we have people. We have real American people who want to vote for who they want to vote for. Nothing more, nothing less.
Even though the Electoral Collage seems like th root of all evil, there are a few upsides. First, there is less likely to have a dispute than a popular vote. A dispute is not impossible, it is just less likely. Second, big states are weighted how they should be. They are larger states that comprise most of the population and the country. They should be represented more than smaller states. Finally, since it is a winner takes all, there are no Run-Off elections. This keeps the process shorter, but not as short as it would be in the popular vote system.
So to conclude, popular vote should be used in upcomming elections. The electoral collage is a confusing system that can easily be manipulated to help or hurt a specific cannidate. Although the electoral collage properly represent smaller states and avoids Run-Off elections, it does not represent smaller states and can easly shift the election from one side to another. Popular vote keeps the process short and makes it fair. It represents everyone fairly. I do not want you to agree with me, I want you to look and the cold hard facts. Popular vote should be used in the Election from now on.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 4 |
This day more and more people are trying to limet car usage. Some people are use to not using cars, is a way of living. Other's are trying to stop car pollution and limet the usage of them. Cars cause alot of smog wich then goes into the air and pollutes it. This is very bad, especially for our health. Were the one that breathe this air in and if its polluted we may become sick. It is also a good stress releiver since you dont have to be stuck in trafic or having to hear the car honk all day.
In source 1 "German Suburb, Life goes on Without Cars" it talk abou how the people in Vauban, Germany do not use cars. Cars are allowed but people chose too not use them. 70 percent of Vauban's families to not own a car and some have even sold there to move there. Heidrum Walter said that when she had a car she was always tense and is more happier know that she dosen't own one. Vauban may be the most city in low-car suburban other part of the world are taking this as an example and trying it out to. More and more places around the world are making stores more near by or on a main street, rather than having them in a shopping center with a highway distant.
Parin,France is the city that has the most smog out of all cities in Europe. This means that the pollution rate is higher. Thats why acording to source 2 ,Paris enforeced a partial driving ban to help clear the air in the city. Citizens were ordered to leave there vehicles at home or pay a fine of $31. But this did not stop people from using cars almost 4,000 drivers were fined after this ban was enforced. The reason Paris had for doing this is because after five days of intensive smog the congestion was down by 60 percent. By enforcing this ban Paris was able to clear out the smog in 3 days and be back to normal on Tuesday.
I know that people may not want to give up using there cars, yes is an easier way to travel and get places faster. There right, but it would be better for the world and ourself if we could reduce the usage of cars not just in our cities but all over the world. Just how in Bogoa, Columbia they have car free days. People who live there have a car free day wich mean they biked, walked or took buses to all of the destenations they had that day. Bogota had been doing this for three consecutive years and the goal is to promote alternativ etransportation and reduce smog. Some people who live there say that by doing these they relieved stress. By Bogota doing this they have parks and sports centers, uneven sidewalks have been taking away and replaced with smooth sidewalks.
In the United States more and more people are buying less cars and fewer people get there licens as the years go by. Even though americans are know for ther big love on carr ,that seems to be reducing. This is very beneficial for carbon emmissions and the environment. People like Mimi Sheller a sociology professor at Drexel University researched different resources and said that the Internet makes telecommuting possible and we don't have to drive to a friend house to see them or talk to themm we can just use technology to do that. Also the percentage of people getting there license has chaged. People are finding ways to either walk, take public transportatio, or have somone cal-pool them ,rather than diving a car themselfs.
In conclusion limiting car usage is getting bigger and bigger as the years go by. We should all be helping this to make it happen all over the world. It helps with pollution problems, its great for your health and it helps relevied stress. | 2 |
Have you ever wondered what someone is feeling? With this new technology called the Facial Action Coding System, it is truly possible. You can detect the emotions people are feeling through this technology advancement.
Using this new technology serves great purpose and value to us as consumers because it is created to help us understand our history and advance in other forms of technology.
To begin, the facial recognition technology serves great purpose and value because it unlocks new discoveries in our history. With this being said, new beginnings are coming about because we know more about how Mona Lisa was feeling while Da Vinci was painting this famous portrait that is spoken about all across America. It gives insight on the deeper meaning of this painting. For example, we now know that Da Vinci must have studied the human body in order to create such a wonderful piece of artwork. In the text it states,"Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions." Due to his great knowledge of the human body and muscles he was able to paint precise emotions and because he painted such precise emotions, people today were able to unlock how she felt during this time. A new discovery. After all, this advanced tech can now bring this history piece to life. In the text it states,"Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movementsin a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa." This creates a new perspective of how we view our history and it also could unlock mysteries in our histories past.
In addition,this technology advancement was created only to help people. As consumers, we always think about, what would this do for me? With that being said, the Facial Action Coding System could have a positive affect on our medicines, entertainment, and medical technology. In the text it states,"The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressivefor video games or video surgery." The one thing I think about when I hear America is sports, which is a form of entertainment. The new technology could benefit our use of televisions and radios or smartphoneswhich we watch sports on. Another thing I think about it when someone is speaking about this country is medical purposes. Our country has amazing medical advances and technology. The facial coding could help create a better understanding or a better alternative for complicated technology. Then again, as consumers we also spend alot of time on social media or looking at ads. Sometimes there are things we are not interested in at all but they annoyingly still pop up. With the facial coding, our faces can be detected if we like the ad and if we do not like the ad. This benefits us greatly because it shows what we do want to see and what we do not want to see. In the text it states,"For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown,the next ad will be different." Many might say this does not matter but ads are everywhere and our world is only going to rely on computers, or other forms of technology so why not embrace it and try to advance too?
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System serves great purpose and value to us as consumers because it is created to help us understand our history and advance in other technology. | 3 |
Yes i think that the technolody to read the emotinal expressions of students in a classroom is valuble. One reason why i feel like this is a good diea is because it lets you help the student out if they are deprssed or something. Because not alot of students may not say anything because they dont want their business out there in public. And iIf you use this technology then youll be able to come talk to that student 1on1 as a techer face to face to solve the problems they they are delaing
with.
Its basically a 3-D computer model that scans your whole face. And all 44 major muscles in the model must must move the exact same just like human muscles should. It has 6 basic emotions which are happines,surprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness. So its like a software and you scan your face and it shows your emotions and you are basically having the human traits when
it comes down to
emotions.
Us humans preform the same task when it comes to trying to paint sculptures of peope and paintings.
For example Mona LIsa she was a human that alot of people know about because of the well known Painter Da Vinci ended up making a famous painting of her. Her painting made alot of people smile when they seen her cause it showed different types of emotions when looking at her.
But now people are starting to benfit the future as technology is only going to improve as we live life. For example say that you smile when a web ad appears on your screen because it may be something that you are interrested in. But alos say that what if a different type of ad shows up and then you have a sad or different type of expressin or emotion. Then the screen will go to a different ad because it bascially scaneed your face. And it seen how you reacted so it made up some changes.
But if i was to judge i think this is a good use of technology. aAd i feel like we could use this not only in a psoitve way. But to help benefit the next geneartion of people in the future. | 2 |
My reason to join the program is because i could help get the animals across borders. And you go across the seas with a cattle boat.
Lukes claims are that he likes most of the animals. He likes to ride in an cattle boat. luke had no idea that his life will change so soon after highschool graduation. He was working
two part time jobes one at the grocery store and a bank when his friend Don reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke could,nt say no.
He knew it was an opportunity of a life time. By the time discharged in 1947, Lukehad made nine trips the most seagoing cowboy. But being a seagoing cowboy was more than a adventure for luke. It opened up the world to him im grateful for the opportunity he says it made me more aware of people of there country and thier needs. And that awareness stayed with him leading his family to host
a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. | 0 |
Seagoing Cowboys
Imagine you're on a cattle boat about to dock. You are helping by giving the animals away to poor people. Well Luke Bomberger did just that. Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 time and the Pacific Ocean twice to go help peole that were stuggling. You should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you would help people in need, it's a once in a lifetime expirience, and it is fun.
In my opinion, being a Seagoing Cowboy is fun. Other might think it isn't fun at all. However, in the text it states that the cowboys play basketball and volleyball. The text aslo states that they would have table tennis tournaments, boxing, fencing, reading, and they would play games. These details prove that maybe you'll have fun being a Seagoing Cowboy.
I believe that it is an once in a life time expirence. Others might look the other way and think the opposite. However, Luke said that it was a once in a lifetime expirience. Also, in the text it said that Luke got to see the Panama Canal. These details prove that maybe you'll get to see a lot more if you become a Seagoing Cowboy.
I belive that becoming a Seagoing Cowboy helps people. Some people think that you could get hurt yourself then who whould help you? However, in the text it states that it helped people who lived in Eurpoe and China. Also, in the text it states that it made people more aware of other people in other countries. These details prove that you could help a lot of people in need.
In conclusion, you should become a Seagoing Cowboy because you would help people in need, it is a once in a lifetime expirience, and it is fun. Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantisc Ocean 16 times and the Pacific twice to go help people in need. So, you should go and sign up to become a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
A planet that may have once been like earth now capable of liquefying many metals with sheer atmospheric pressure, a dangerous adventure for thoes wanting to explore the terrian. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is talking about how even though Venus is very dangerous, it would still be wise to go out and see if one could discover anthing. Although he provides many reasons not to go out he lacks many reasons that support his idea to send a anything to Venus.
In the begging of this article the author gives many reasons why Venus is a dangerous place. In the article he describes Venus as a place that seems close to a pit of fire stating "temperatures avrage over 800 degrees Farenheit..., Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 3). These factors make it impossiable to explore Venus at all and earth technologly would take awhile to be able to make anything that withstand these heats for too long. To try and make a rover that could run around Venus could takes million or billions of dollars and is not worth that much. It also says that "no spacecraft surived the landing for more than a few hours"(The Challenge of Exploring Venus 2). Even if NASA could get another robot to Venus the data collected in just a few hours does prove to be very useful, other than a few pictures showing the likeness of Venus to Earth. The author lacks sustainable sloutions to these problems and provieds more reasions not to go rather than to go.
Next he provies a slotuion to these problems but does not have ones that are exceptionally good. The author says that the likness of Venus to Earth is something that is amazing with "a surface of rocky sedimant and familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 4). Although these are interesting they provide little evidence of prevous life and very few reasons to go to Venus. Just because it has hills is no reason to send expensive equiptment or risk lives to go there. He does however give a sloution and safe way to travel to Venus but it has big flaws. He says "imagine a blimp-like vechile hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venus" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 5). While this seems like a fantastic idea there are not only many safety issues but also many other issues with this. It has a big flaw of "only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus 4). If the whole point of the mission is to look at the surface of th eplanet then why send a spacecraft that cannot do that. It may seem like a good short tearm idea it is not usesul in the long run and does not give good enough reason to explore Venus.
In summary the author does not have enough evidence to support his idea of going to Venus. While he tries to provide sloutions non of them work for a long trip on the surface. It may be awhile before a human can go to Venus but in the mean time humans will continue to move forward and push humans to the edge of space. | 4 |
Did you ever think in your wildest dreams that you can be in a car with no driver? Well that may become a reality very soon. I believe that the idea for a self driving car can cause a lot of problems from who is responsible in a crash to how can the manufactures make the cars as safe as possible. There are three main ideas that may have you thinking next time you get behind the wheel. Those are how the cars need someone inside when driving, how they might not need someone inside in the future and how they can signal a passanger to assest f something were to go wrong.
The self-cars most likely need a driver today because of road blocks, construction, or any road problems that might cause the car to crash and not be able to manuver out of the way of the obsticals. The cars also need a driver because if the manufacures were to put the self driving car on the market then not a lot of people will buy it from it costing too much or they just think it's ridiculous. Also if a driver were to crash into a self-driving car and there was no-one in the driver seat then there would be some problems like how the driver would say that it was the cars fault just to get some extra money from the car company.
There also might be a way to alert the driver on stand-by to assest the car. If the car has a DVD player or televison screen and if there is an accentident about to happen, then the car can either shut down the devise or flash on the screen about the danger. The driver might be able to gain control over the situation. Also, if the driver does not have a screen and is using a cell phone as entrainment, then there could be lights instaled under the rear-view mirror and can flash when sensors detect danger.
Now lets say that it is a decade or two from the inital launch of the driving car and about everyone has one. then maybe there wil be no reason for a driver to be present when driving. There are some cars out there with sensors around it to tell the driver to move out of the way of an incoming car. Well I believe that it is possible to have it to where the sensors tell the computer on board the vechicule to move out of the way, eleminating the middle man. Also if there is road constuction then there might be a way to tell all of the cars about it so that they know about where to go and how to get around it.
I believe that it is possible to have a self driving car but it will take a long time. There will be trail and error along side it. But I believe that it is possible, from all of the technical advancements that have been accomplished over the years, i dont see a problem with a self driving car. | 2 |
dear state senator
Over the years many people have complained that voting for a president of the united states is unfair. That they fell that someting should be done to change the voting system. In the articals given to me i have read some resons to keep it and to abolish it. In source one the electoral college is a process, not a place. the founding fathers astablished it in the constitution as a compromise between elections. For the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The electoral college consists of 538 electors but if a majority is 270 electoral votes. Under the 23rd amendment of the constitution the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for pourposes of the electoral college. You are choosing an electors when you vote for president because when you vote for a canidate u a really voting for your candidate's electors. There are some little things that need to be done to fix it a little like fir example the part thats stats that smaller states have barly no power and that most presedents dont even wory about then becuse they don't make muche of a difrance. Each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarly betrayed). The other problen that is with this system is that the winer takes all when the are may poeple that vote for ether for the republican or democratic if the oponunt has more votes they won all the electors and the oponunt does not get any votes from that state so its like you didin't even vote. If it was up to me to keep the electoral callege system i would say yes but they just have to make some few changes.
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Would you be able to do what Luke Bomberger did? Just step right up folkes and sign up for free today! We cattle boat sailers don't give up we are resilient. I bet you are resilient to so sign up. You get to travel get to see some places you never seen before. Sometimes you might even go on a avanture. If you dont believe me you can scrutinize this sign up sheet. The ocean wheather can get surreal but we cattle boat sailers dont give up! You get to see China you'll see Europe. While your traveling you get to haul horses and cattle. The horses will have enough food to last for the trip the record for the most trips is nine trips aint that crazy. Well if you sign up today you might be the one to beat that record so get started by signing up right now for free today.
While your out at sea you can see some surreal things like new kind of fish you never seen or some new kind of shark you never even knew about. Life of being a cattle boat sailer is not bad it is kind of fun. Your driving this big ship with horses by your self. Just picture youself out at sea with the wind blowing threw you hair the sound of the ocean the sunset. You can do all those fantastic things all you got to do is sign up now today. We need moore sailers to help us get these cattle to there destination. The best sailer we had was Luke Boberger he holds the record of the most trips. Luke was as audacious like a lion in the wild. Luke loved doing what he did. The trips Luke had done were unbelieveable.
You get to be at sea with youself a bunch of horses and if you want a friend. With the ocean wheather you might loose some cattle but its okay as long as you get the rest of the cattle to the destination. We have had some brave and strong sailers but we need more. We need audacious and fearless sailers. If you sign up you'll get the im-not-gonna-regret-this kind of feeling. CRACK!Is what the boat does whenever you hit a rock but you wont have to pay for the damage we will. If you want to work for us more than two years the boat you drive will be yours thats right folkes well give you the boat. All you got to do is sign your name and well even throw in a free sailer out fit with new shoes and hat. Once you get the hang of it you'll be like this is a peace of cake. The boat comes with a horn that will-tell-everyone-the-boat-is-okay and so are you,but all you have to do is sign a couple of papers and fill some documents out.
We sailers get to travel all arounf the world inmagine how much money you'll get. The pay is also great. You might have to risk your life sometimes but you'll be fine. This is all your decision. What the papers say is about your health care,what kind of cattle do you prefer to sail with intell six months later. These are all you decisions but we do need some resilient sailer to help us. Luke Bomberger would of wanted you to help us sail these poor animals. so please sign up today for free. | 2 |
Driverless cars are coming? When this comes to mind I am against it. Driverless cars are a riduculous and dangerous idea. What would be the point of even having a car if you cant drive it. "Driverless cars" still need a person to take over when in danger. It's not a driverless car if someone needs to assist it.
Google has made cars that drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars however aren't truly "driverless". They alert the person driving to take wheel when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues. If the car can't do those things then its not driverless. They shouldn't make "driverless" cars if we still have to take over the wheel!
Driverless cars cause danger. The car can only handle driving functions at speeds of 25 mph! This can cause car accidents with faster moving cars. The slow speed of 25 mph can aslo cause traffic jam. The driverless cars are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skill. What if the person isn't alert ? This was cause accidents. Companies need to stop making "driverless" cars because they cant do things alone. They need a human driver! There's no point for having driverless cars.
It is riduculous having a car that drives its self and then asking for the drivers help when it needs it. It is riduculous how many sensors the car has to WARN you. Is it not safe since it has so many senors ? The sensor can break or mess up and cause a crash. It is riduculous that people are even making these cars.
In my conclusion driverless cars are a waste of time. The safest way to be out on the road is having the driver under all control and doing what needs to be done. Driverless cars will cause danger and the driver would want to blame the car. | 2 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", brings the reader to light on the argument on whether or not scientist should keep trying land spacecrafts or humans on Venus.
An arguement can be made for either side and is just a matter of opionion.
The author conveys her opionion well in the passages, but she doesn't make a compelling case for her side of the argument. The author doesn't give enough reasonable support to back up her claims.
To begin with, the amount of danger that is on Venus's surface and atmosphere poses too big of a challenge for scientists to reasonably accomplish. As it says in the passage, Venus is converes in almost 97% carbon dioxide and the temperature and pressure arounf 90 times greater than what we usually experience on Earth, making Venus's surface temperature around 800 degree. If anyone probes that touchdown on Venus don't get destoyed by any of those, there's a likely chance it'll get destroyed by its frequent lighting storms, earthquakes and volcanoes.
The author claim to the soultion to these challenges are also highly unrealistic. The author states that humans can explore Venus by contructing a vehicle that hovers 30+ miles above the surface. The author gives this solution but doesn't give any support to how it will be accomplished and doesn't give answer to questions like, "How will they transport a blimp to Mars?", " How they enter Mars atmophere without landing first?" or "What will power this?" (If it's constantly in the air that will takeup a lot of fuel.)
One last backset to the author's plan is, how will it be funded? The bills will start racking up everytime a probe is destroyed by Venus's surface and they have to spend millions of more dollars building and sending another spacecraft to Venus. No countries or companies want to spend billions of dollars on a mission that they mat have a chancce of lerning some information about Mars.
The author goals and solutions are just too unrealistics with this day and age's technologies. It is advanced but not advanced to overcome the obsticals that Vensus present. Some day in the future we may be advance enough to achieve this goal. | 3 |
I think driveless cars should be developed. These cars can take the driving out of driving. They can prevent accidents before they begin. As stated by the article, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." This shows that even with half a million miles driven, the car is still safe.
First, these cars prevent accidents before they happen. Once they are more developed you could sleep in your car while it travels down the rode. The article states, "It uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." This technology can warn you when there is danger and keep you safe.
Next, the driver can be interertained while waiting on their turn to drive. These companies are thinking of "Bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays." The article also states that "Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over." This will keep the drivers entertained and safety a "big concern."
However, these cars cannot be driven without a human just yet. They cannot pull in or back out of a driveway. But there are many advances in technology happening today. "Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." These advancements aren't too far away.
I think these cars should be developed. The advancements are underway and should be here by 2020. These cars can entertain you, keep you safe, and save you money on gas. Once they are driverless you can also sleep in them. I hope these cars are developed because I want one of my own. | 2 |
"Driverless cars"? What are "driverless cars"? "Driverless cars" are cars that are programmed to drive without a driver. It can cruise, turn, stop, go without a actual driver. What would happen if this type of car got in a accident? Who are to blame? As said in the article, "who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer?" This type of problem would cause a lot of trouble. Should we be for or against "driverless cars?"
A "driverless car" is only programmed to do the basic driving needs. For example, speed up, slow down, stop, go, turn, reverse, and more. "Driverless cars" don't have common sense. What if there is a cat that is crossing the road and the car dosen't sense it. The cat would just die, if a human was driving the car he/she would see it and stop immedietly. The car dosen't have that mentality. As said in the passage " all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." This proves that the "driverless cars" can't handle every situation and are at great risk of causing a accident. The passage said, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"
What would happen if this "driverless car" got into a accident? As I metioned earlier, who is there to blame? The manufacturer or the owner of the car. Since the "driverless cars" can't drive in complex roads and need to notify the human to drive, what would happen if they aren't notified in time? It would cause a accident. This would start a argument between the owner of the car and the manufacturer. The owner of the car would want to sue the manufactuer for selling him/her a bad machine. Most of the people that purchased the "driverless cars" would want to blame the manufaturer even if it was their fault, just to get out of trouble.
Everyday machine like microwaves, televisons, phones, and refrigerators malfunctions all the time. They are machines they are not perfect and cannot last forever. They could crash at anytime. This "driverless car" is a machine, it can malfunction at any random time, just like any other machine. For example, if I had a "driverless car" and there was a stop light but the car didn't stop, what would happen? There would be another accident. You can't trust machines like you can trust an actual human being. A human being has control over the driving and knows exactly what to do, unlike a "driverless car." You can't even trust a "driverless car" to take you to your location. It might malfunction and get you lost. Then again, who is there to blame? The manufacturer or the owner of the vehicle?
I think that "driverless cars" are not good for humanity. They have their benefits but, not enough. It would come with too many accidents and problems. The manufacturer would get sued and the buyer would be furious. I am against these "driverless cars." Maybe in the far future when technology has reached its highest and there is almost no doubt it would fail. | 3 |
Humans have feelings. Everyone knows that. We can be happy, sad, angry, grossed out. No one can tell us how we feel. If you look at someone and that person is smiling, we will probably assume that he or she is happy. What we don't know is that she is probably hurting on the inside. Having a software that assumes feelings won't help in a way.
Scientist Dr. Paul Eckman created
a system called FACS. It stands for Facial Action Coding System. By looking at your face it can tell how you're feeling. The system can read " six basic emotions - happiness, surprise,anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-". You're probably wondering how. Your facial muscles show how you're
feeling. You can feel more than one feeling. What if
you feel happy but surpried. Your face wont split in half. One half is smiling while the other half has an eyebrow arched. No that cannot happen. Like people, systems can't tell how someone is feeling.
The FACS system in a classroom will depend on the age group. Why would you need it?
There are countless people who will listen to you express your feelings. Especially in a school. I do not see a pont in computers and humans to communicate. Again, there are so many people in this world you can speak
to why make a system for you to talk to a computer. What is the computer going to do if it see's your faceand
you look sad. It wont do anything buy register that you're not having a good day. Students should be having conversations with a classmate not having their head in their phones, computers, or tablets.
" Most human communication is noonverbal, including emotional communication," states Dr. Huang. I believe that's wrong. People want to talk about how they feel. There are jobs specificaly for talking about feelings. Teenagers are difficult and want to keep most things bottled in so no one can judge or give sympathy. Once they find the right person, they'll talk their heads' off about how they're feeling.
Having this program won't help
humans express how they feel. They will just want to conceal it even more. We don't want to appear weak. If we appear weak then other people will take advantage. I can sleep for 9 hours but sometimes I'll still be tired. The bags under my eyes will tell you that I am tired. You will assume that I did not sleep at all but in reality I slept for nine hours. The system will not give you
an
accurate response to how someone is feeling, it will just assume. | 3 |
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system so what made it able to sustain life in the past or even have the qualities that it did? Many scientist ask themselves this question but realize it is too dangerous to find the answer. This author believes that if technology keeps advancing like it is and the innovations keep coming, that one day we will be able to find ways to explore Venus. The author in this article states all the reasons on why we should explore Venus.
The author states that, "Venus is earths sister," he says this because of how closely in shape they are to each other and how close they can become during orbit. Venus has many earth-like qualities that makes us think that it wasn't always as dangerous as it is today. Scientist believe that Venus used to be able to sustain life just like earth and the author gives a great job at telling everyone about it.
With new technologies and innovations scientist will one day be able to see Venus up close. Even though the planets temperature is over eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit, scientist believe that we should still explore it because of testing that we can not do from a distance. They believe once we find more out about one planet the more history we will learn from it.
We all hope that one day we can finally find the answers so many people are looking for about Venus. Future innovations will help us in testing when we find a way to figure out all the mysterys of Venus. According to the article, it is extremely dangerous to be close to venus because the atmospheric pressure is 90 times stronger than what we are used to but we still need to find a way down there. No challenges we can not face when it comes to the future because of the advances everyone makes in technology. | 3 |
I am not for driverless cars .What if the sensors included in the car break or have a malfunction then the car wont be able to notice its suroundings then will possibaly get into an accident or cause some one to get hurt . If the anti lock breaks where to not work then that could be bad and what if they dont break as fast as a human could at a momments notice. In the passage it stares that with the bmw touch sensor the car will not drive so it can keep the driver alert what if you take yuor hands of the wheel for a split second on the high way and there is a car behind you will the car stop and cause you to get in a accident or get hurt ?
what if the car has a malfunction and it causes you to get in an accident then the manufactuer refuses top pay for the damge then you'd be losing money. | 0 |
The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The reason for this is that you can tell weather the person is really smiling or not. The computer software FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can classify 6 basic emotions like happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
The passage states that the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an 'action unit. The passage also states that using video imagery, the new emotion-recongnintion software tracks these facial movments-in a real face or in the painted face of Monia Lisa. It can even identify mixed emotions. Each exspression is compared against a neutral face. The computer can tell weather you are happy or sad. Like in the passage it says that for an example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it can modify the lesson like an effective human instructor.
The evidence from this passage shows that the use of this technology to read the emotional exspressions of students in a classroom is very helpful. like stated in the claim and passage "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." | 1 |
So I'm driving in my nice great black colored Handa with black rims and green neon lights. But let me stop there I do not want to get into all of the details of the car. Like i was saying i was driving and next thing you know BOOM!! I collided with a nasty old rusty out fo style truckand ruine my car. I called 1800-411-pain and they will handle it. I guess i have usage for this car anymore and I can just walk. my point i"m making is that you don't need a car to get you where you go all the time. citizens can use other sources of transportations. Citizens need to take advantages of limting car usage for the u. s. and the world. i'm going to i'm inform citizens about advantages of limiting car usage.
First of all, a lot of citizens love their cars like i did. What some citizens don't know that cars are dangrous. Well I think everybody know that because of all the accidents and crash but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the pollutions. That the air is being polluted. Secondly, That is not the only thing. Riding bikes, walking, taking the bus, and taking a cab can help stop pollution. Now I'm not talking about taking away all cars. We have to take advantages of limiting the car usage.
Honestly, walking is not that bad and so is riding a bike. It is really good workout. It is also safer than cars if you don't trip or fall off your bike.
Also citizens won't cause congestion. Citizens don't also have pay bill and loans for their cars if you don't have one. Now i know some people have job to get to, so all you have to do is to wake up early for work ride a bike or take the bus arrive to work on time. If you was late and something comes up just make up a lie about why you are. At least you are helping out the world. Most of all, when you drive a car then a cop stops you and give you a ticket even though you didn't do nothing wrong. You can avoid that by just taking a bus. Also going to waste money on gas and the bus only 2 dollars. Like I said I'm saying that you should get rid of your car. i'm saying take advantage of limiting car usage.
In otherwise, in Vauban, Germany life goes on without the usage of cars. As a result, 70 percent of vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. They had to give residents ticket if they drive their. All I'm trying to say is take advantage of limiting car usage. | 2 |
'Umasking the face on mars' well at NASA we are discussing the face with someone wo thinks it was created by aliens. I would have to disagree to that. My arguement would be that it is just a natural landform.
Why do i say it is just a natural landform well because aliens arent real. Also in 1976 you could barely tell it would happen to look like a face way after 2001. If aleins would have created that then when they first created it then why did it not look like a face then? It's just a natural landform that was formed into a face.
In 1976 it just looks like lump on the ground and in 1998 you cant even see where the eyes nose and mouth would be and if they would of created it then surely they would of made it more noticeble. In 2001 it looks like a turtle shell , it has cracks in it and is shap almost like an oval but not excatly and i say an oval because there is no sharp edges. The reason i am explaining the shape and apperacance is because if someone were to creat a face it would take years to form out into one. Later on in the years it doesn look like a face but im gonna disagree on it wasnt created by aleins it is just a natrual landform.
That was my argument on aleins did not creat the face that it is just a natrual landform. It formed into looking like a face but didnt right when someone first saw it so there for how could any know it was suppose to be a face like i said. It just shaped into one over the years. Then people wanna make an opinion that is on aleins creating it. I think it is just a natural landform. | 1 |
The article I read had very insightful information. It showed both positive and negative effects to driverless cars. With that being said, I have decided to go against completely driverless cars.
To be clear, I am not against cars that help humans with driving, but I am against cars that drive themselves without any human skills. Cars have made a lot of technological improvements over the years, but I don't think that cars will be driving themselves completely for a while. Although technology has advanced extremely in cars considering that they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, they also require human skills and intuition to help drive them. I also don't think that driverless cars will be cheap enough to supply the worlds growing population. Are driverless cars really necessary in cities like New York or San Fransisco? Where most of the cities population takes the subway or other forms of public transportation. Finally, there is the law aspect. The article mentioned who or what would be at fault if there was an accident, but what if a driverless car ran a car driven by a human off of a cliff. Would the person that was ran off the road be at fault? The driverless car is a computer and some people think that therefore it is never wrong about it's decisions, that the car would perfectly weight out the situation and make a decision based on which driver had a better opportunity to live.
The idea of a world with driverless cars seems great, but I don't think the world we live in is ready for it. I am not against computers and softwares helping humans with driving cars, but at this time I am against cars completely driving themselves. Technologically, economically, and lawfully I don't think driverless cars will be around for another thirty to fifty years. | 2 |
Is Technology Valuable in the Classroom?
New software has been developed that improves the accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. The new software can now detect exactly how other people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotions. Facial Action Coding System has promising applications for a variety of industries. Mona Lisa being on of the pictures used to detect her emotions that were captured long ago.
Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. If the Facial Action Coding System was apart of the classroom, it will essentially distract students from their work. If school corporations were to bring Facial Action Coding System into the school, I personally think the schools should make it an elective class due to the fact that it may make students distracted from their work.
The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit." Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of the Facial Action Coding System classified the six basic actions as happiness, surprise, amger, disgust, fear, and sadness, and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.
During the process, each expression is compared against a neutral face, also showing no emotion. Although, I think that having the Facial Action Coding System in schools, we perform "calculations" on one another each day. Humans can tell when a friend is feeling "down" or simply having a bad day. Just like when humans are watching movies, one can figure how the person is feeling by watching the actions around them happening or by their expressions presented on their face.
The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. "A classroom computer could regonize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. Having a computer in a room would also help modify the lesson as if the teacher were there. Today, most human communication is nonverbal, including emotion communication making it almost impossible to figure out what one is thinking or saying.
According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even produce them. Each person expressed their emotions differently. Empathy may happen because we unconsiously imitate another peroson's facial expressions. Designing the Facial Action Coding System helped humans learn the process of changing facial expressions and reading each others minds and emotions. Whoever would have thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions! | 1 |
The thought of having driverless cars being introduced in the near future is for one, scary and exciting. There are two ways that you can come about the driverless cars, you can enjoy and agree with the idea or you can disagree.
Google has been working on this project since 2009, they have built cars that can drive more than half a million miles without crashing. The cars arent's 100% percent driverless. Yes, the cars will be able to drive for you, but only for a certain amount of time. People think that since they're driving driverless cars, that they can text, be on their phones, or do whatever while in the car. The cars cannot deal to drive around roadwork or accidents, drive in traffic issues, or pull in and out of driveways. That's when you have to take control of the car, and drive yourself. So, the drivers have to be alert and ready to take the wheel when the time comes. GM has came up with the idea that the driver's seat will vibrate when the vehicle is in danger and needs assistant. Google's vehicles announce the driver when the driver should prepare to take over the wheel. They are improving more and more each day. Telsa has a project in 2016 that releases cars to be able to be on autopilot 90 percent of the time. "Mercedes-Benz,Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020."
I am not against the idea of having driverless cars. I honestly think it would be a great idea. Airplanes have autopilot, why can't vehicles also. Drivers also have to be real responsible while in driverless cars, they need to keep their eyes on the road at all time and hands on the wheels. So when the vehicle needs assissting, the driver can assist. | 1 |
Should there be autonomous cars in the world today? That is the big question that so many people have an opinion on. I have some thoughts that may seem wrong or right to some people but that is just every other person's perspective. This subject is most certainly an interesting one. This could be a big deal in the years to come for the United States. Kids today could have a future that would be such an opportunity to them.
Autonomous cars seem to have good meaning in evolving technology today. Just how helpful would it be for people if these cars were allowed in every state, what would make people want to buy them and use them instead of regular reliable cars? People today are so dependent on technology it is insane. Don't get me wrong these cars could be a big deal some day, but when is that day? I don't know if i could say that the day is today. It seems like they could have a positive outcome on the world, but what would make them stand out, what would make them something that is unbelievable and that everyone would want. I don't see the world changing this much so dramatically. Maybe in a couple of years. I think that by 2020 it could be a major idea. It would make more sense to have some more experience and develope the software and technology in the cars before making them a product that people would buy and have on the roads. More things need to be developed and more thoughts need to go into the idea to make it more reliable for people when they start to sell them. Laws need to be made, roads need to be safe, people need to be aware, everything needs to upgrade in order to make this project successful.
There are many ways to interpret this concept but this is the way that i did. Other people will take the meanings of this idea in different ways and that is fine. Everyone has their own may to look at things and understand the ways that things happen in the world today. I do hope that this idea works someday, but i am not sure today is the day. | 2 |
In 2020 Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are believed to be coming out with driverless cars? This is going to change the world. There have been many driverless cars, but people do not hear about them that often. I think that more people should hear about them people because driverless cars are the future.
If Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan come out with driverless car, i'm going to have to get one. I'm not sure if you have your hands on the steering wheel, but if you don't. You can do whatever you want. There's alot of people hating on driverless cars because they think its dangerous. People probably thought cars were dangerous back when cars were new. This could save people not kill people. There's alot of drunk people who die in a regular car and if they were in a driverless car they probably would have been safe. People are always afraid of change.
People need to spread news about driverless cars because they are going all over the world. | 1 |
"Resent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by". Not having a car is such a great opportunity! It allows you to get a great excercise on your way to work, And everyone is wanting to participate in so many events that lead to Car-free day and many more.
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota, Columbia. Millions of Civilions were in on this exciting event that started in the 1990's. All Colombians either hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work. The streets of Bogota was a traffic free place for a whole day! "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating" Said Antanas Mockus, the mayor of Bogota. People are still riding there bikes and more to work because they feel like everyone should participate and don't think that alittle rain should stop it. But after, for the first time more colombian cities joined in on this day to start a new tradition. According to the Mayor, the day without cars has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most of any latin city. I think more countries should participate in this event, just because you are limiting yourself to how much you use your car and it seems like it would be alot of fun and is honestly such a great opportunity for you and everyone around you trying to make a diffrence.
"Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses". This is actually very surprising knowing that America is and has been one of the world's prime car cultures. "They are not interested", Said a mom of two children that are 19 and 21. She said, "even though they both live in places where one could come in handy....but it's not a priority. They organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take a public transportation or car-pool with friends." To me I think these adults are making a statment. That you do not always have to have a car, and you most definatly do not have to have a licence to get you places. These teenagers are saving their money not having to worry about gas prices and car payments. Instead they are not wasting their money by walking and car-pooling to their jobs. It might take some time walking but you still get there.
In conclucion, I feel like getting to places with cars is fast, and I know most people agree with me...but why not just once in a couple of days just drop your keys and ride your bike or walk to work. Limit how much you use your car. I promise you you will see a difference in your life. | 2 |
The author has said that NASA has three pictures from the red planet. In the pictures is a face, from three different years (1976, 1998, 2001). The last picture has a clear image of the face. It has a cracked eye and to the left side.
This is a rock that had just been formed like this. It had been forming to look like this for years. If it had not been discovered what would we think about the red planet. The planet would just be another planet close to earth.
If we could get a human on the red planet that would be great. We can't do that yet. It will not happen for another 400 to 500 years. This is a long wait time, but in the end it is all going to be worth every hour put in.
The red planet has many mysteres we will never know. This one will be around for years to come. The next generation will find out if life is out there. If they find it make contact. | 0 |
Why would you want to join the program Seagoing Cowboy? One reason is it's a one in the lifetime opportunity. You also help countries recover the countries' belongings. The fun part is you get to travel around the world, and visit a variety of places! Wouldn't you like to travel around the world and help countries?
I know I would enjoy being in the program.
Luke Bomberger helped recover food supplies,animals and much more. 44 other nations joined a group called UNRRA. The Seagoing Cowboys were taking care of animals. Luke had made nine trips in1947, it was the most of any Seagoing Cowboy! Luke thought it was unbelievable for a small-town boy!
He felt special helping people and animals, an seeing countries. How would you feel? It must have been busy for Luke caring for animals! Taking care of animals is hard work ,imagine taking care of 15 or more!
Would you enjoy taking care of many animals? When Lukewatchman duty and it had been rainy so it was slippery Luke had slipped and fell he had cracked his ribs and couldnt work for a few days. When they unboarded they played many games and sports. Luke was more aware of other countries and needs.
I think it would be fun to be a Seagoing Cowboy and help countries. would you want to? Helping Countries is very special and i would do it. | 1 |
Introduction:This essay is going to be about convincing readers that the Face is just a natural landform. It all started when NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was on the planet and was snapping pictures,as it was snapping pictures it noticed a shadow of a humans face,in other words a big enormous head.
paragraph2:Mars is a planet anyone can travel too not just humans but martians and other strange creatures that we dont know about. Well it is just a natural landform because they got all of the evedience they needed to prove that it was no sign of an alien. Cydonia did everything they could to prove everyones suspicious but not everyone was satisfied they still thought that it was signs on mars that they saw a martian.
Paragraph3:In my opinion if i was a scientist at NASA discussing the Face with someone i would kinda like go close to snap better pictures to prove innocents on my behalf to cover me and to prove everyones suspicious so it wouldnt have to be that big of an argument. They did a good thing by zooming the picture in three times bigger and all of the other objects in the picture,they saw clear so they had to see clearly that it wasn't an alien in the picture. | 0 |
The limiting of car usage law has effected a lot of people in both a positive and negative way. Although limiting car usage is an inconvinence, it has affected the enviroment in a extremly positive way. Some might not agree to the banning of car usage to a litmited amount. But I for one am completly on board with this law.
In Soure #1 "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" states that "Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park- large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." This rule has influenced almost everyone to rid their cars and begin to ride bikes, skate boards, etc. I believe this rule to pay $40,000 for a garage sapce along with a home at the edge of the development is comeplaly and utterly ridiculous. But I also think this rule made made to inforce everyone to rid their cars, because unless one were to have enough money to pay the $40,000, you would have to give up your car.
In Source #2 "Paris bans driving due to smog" it speaks about Paris having a fine for 22 euros ($31) for driving as well. It states " Almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters... [Twenty-seven] people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine." Because the driving fine was not so expensive some people did not mind to pay the fee. This article also states "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog... [The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." This quote means that due to so many people driving their cars the ar was so pulluted that the people of France had no choice but to stop dring their cars.
In Source #3 "Car-free day is spining into a big hit in Bogota" it states " ' It's a good opportunity to take aways stress and lower air pollution,' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with him wife". This trend is motivating people from all over the world to rid their cars and help not only the enviroment but themselves as well. Limiting car usage has help clear the poluted air and has gotten thousands of people to realize how much money theyhave saved on gas, car repairs etc. and how much better the world would be with driving being limited. | 2 |
Luke joined the seagoing cowboys because he wanted to be helpful. but here is the thing no one else from his town joined probibley because they were to scared to even think about even doing the job i cant believ he was the only one to join that is just not right. so some one else needs to join. but no one will join at all so he is the only one to do the job and if i were him i would be so mad i would just quite.
one reason why people should join because they would go tho diffrent places and meet diffrent people and try diffrent food because in the story it says that Luke went to CHINA and gave tem mules horses and cows because some people eat cow and the also ride the horse and mule but they also use them to transeport goods and to till the filde.
now for the conclusion everyone is good at something and every one gets a oportunity to do something in the world because everyone is diffdent ,way diffrent but we all need to be treted the same way. treat others the way you want to be treated. | 1 |
Driverless cars are the cars of the future.
When you think about the future you like of hover boards, spaceshifts, and automobiles that can literally drive themselves; well the future is almost here.
Advances in driverless cars have not only made them plausible, but it has also made them a safer alternative to human skills.
Many car manufactures have been working on driverless cars, driverless cars have been driven over half a million miles with no accident, and driverless cars have safety features and abilities far beyond the skill of a human's ability.
Google has modifies a Toyota Prius so it can drive itself.
This special Prius has a huge amount of various sensors from wheel to roof; it even has a LIDAR on the roof that continously updates 3-D imaging of the surrounds of the car using laser beams.
In 1980 we only had antilock brakes and within the next ten years those sensors have become so advanced that they could detect and respond to skids and rollovers better than a human.
Because of sensors driving a car toda in safer than it ever was, further advancements in the technology of the car have made it so human error is lower. So why not make the car driverless and have NO human error?
In 2013 BMW announced their development of a car that can handle driving up to 25 miles per hour, but the car features touch sensors that require the driver to keep hold of the wheel.
This car can steer, brake, and accelerate themselves.
Although this car does have near driverless attributes, it is still not driverless.
If we had casrs that could basically drive themselves with little to no help from humans, imagine the future when the car doesn't even need a human inside drive.
Driverless cars also improve the safety of everyone on the roads, or near them.
Some driverless car manufactureres hope to develop a car that uses displays that can be turned off the instant the driver needs to take over, as a form of in-car entoertainment.
In a way, this display system is a safety feauture since it is turned off automatically when the driver is needed, unlike a cellphone.
Google's driverless cars have driven over half a million miles with no crash.
This proves the safety of the driverless car compared to the safety of a completely human operate car.
Driverless cars might be illegal in most states but that is starting to change, California,Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia are the first to allow limited use of semi-autonomous cars.
The saying, "the trend is your friend" applies to this situation, and soon the country will legalize the use of driverless, or almost driverless, cars.
Driverless cars have more capabilites than a completely human operated car, they are safer, and they have peeked the interest of many large manufacturers.
Driverless cars are the future. | 3 |
In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author did well by giving some good points to his audiance to puersuade them why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers and I think he did well by providing important data about what Venus has, shows an example what NASA is doing with studying Venus, and asking questions to grasp the audiance to be intrested to what he needs to say.
The author did well by showing some facts about Venus. For example in paragraph 2 he says that " on the planets surface, tempretures average over 800 degrees Farenhiet, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planets". In addition he said that that these conditions are far more extream than anything humans encounter on Earth. And I think he did good in a way to give us some facts about venus to make us intrested to why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
In addtion to why the author did well was becuase he was asking questions to the audiance. when you ask questions, that would automatically get there attention becuase if the audiance doesn't know the answer to the question then they would want to know why. In paragraph 4 the author asks "Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" or "but what are the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive? see by asking questions you might get the audiances attention and they would start to be intrested to what you have to say.
Another reason why the author did well was becuase he restated to why he is doing this and why Venus is important. Usually when it come to writing sometimes authors usually don't renstate why they wrote or the purpose of butI think that he did good by doing this. In the paragraph 8 it says "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only becuase of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also becuase human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. 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." And these are the reasons why I think that the author did well by supporting the idea why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 3 |
Children are full of emotions, and therefore are confused alot. So it comes as no suprise why some children struggle in school. It is apparent that what schools are doing now isn't helping these children. All teachers are different, they have different points of view, different styles on thow they teach. These opposing views make all teachers different and could confuse their students. With a computer however, there could be meximum proformance. The children would learn better and more than they were before. Computers that read emotions could benifit schools and the nation.
Computers reading emotions could be a huge step in the right direction. Children could easily learn what is going on and if they do not the computer can evaluate that and change what it is doing. Dr. Haung explains "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression". The computer knows alot of different facial expressions and therefore can easily and quickly evaluate what the child's problem is, and fix it. The computer knows the students emotions and could easily diagnose problems and help the child to better understand what they are doing.
The computer could also learn to take disiplenry action to the child. Which if the child has violent tendencies could lead to some major conflict. If the child knows that the ocmputer is expensive he/she is less liekly to hit it. The computer may even be able to stop a bad situations before it even begins by anylising the situation by reading emotion. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness". Anger is one of the emotions the computer can detect and could rush into a situaltion(granted it have some way of getting around) and fix or mediate the problem with facts. For diciplenry action computers would bring grat dicipline to the classroom.
Teachers in the future could be more like operators, if something happens to the computer the teachers could work on or fix the computer. Over time this could lead to the teaching industry dissappearing. Children may not think this is good and there would definently be a lack of emotion from the "teacher" in the classroom seeing as it is a computer. But there is too much advantage obver disavantage. All in all teachers would still have jobs but wouldnt be as active. Which would put less stress on teachers, which in turn, would maximise proficiency.
Emotion reading computers would not only benifit schools but the nation as a whole. Computers could read the emotions of each individual child and see chat works and what dosen't. The computers can also mediate arguments and take diciplenry action when needed. And teachers would have a much easier job at managing and teaching the students. Schools around the world need this new state of the art computer system to help read emotions and prepare children for the brightest future. | 3 |
Making this use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable because some students like to keep their emotions to thereselves. Another reason is some students have more of a serious face so you can't tell their emotions. Last reason is people have mixed emotions.
Some people like to keep their emotions to their selves because they dont want people to know whats going on. An example from the article is "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communcation." This means that some human don't like to communcate especially with their emotions.
Some students have more of a serious face, so you cant tell whether their happy or sad. An example from the passage is "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." This means that you can tell when a person is happy or sad, but some people can have serious face, but can really be happy in the inside.
Some people have mixed emotions. which means like mood swings etc. An example from the passage is "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions." This means that the person can either be sad, happy, serious, or mad.
Therefore the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of stuudents in a classroom is not valuable because some students want to keep their emotions to their selves. | 2 |
Many conspiracy theorists say that The Face On Mars is proof of alien life. Some even say that NASA is trying to hide evidence of aliens. The face is nothing more then an illusion though, caused by shadows. Although technology was not advanced when the first photo was published, more recent pictures have proven that this is nothing more then a crater with shadows, creating eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
In 1976 when the first photo was released people quickly began to theorize that alien life was on Mars, but this is simply not true. The picture was taken in low resolution and was very blurry. The Viking 1 Spacecraft was circling the planet searching for landing sites for The Viking 2, when a landform that resembled an enormous face was spotted. This enormous two mile long "face" is nothing more then a mesa.
In 1998 a new picture of the mesa was released, but people were still not satisfied. Since it was winter while the mission was launched there was a thick haze over the Red Planet. Many think that NASA is trying to hide evidence that there IS lifeforms on other planets, but this is not true. We as scientists wish to share information on space with the public, but we will not spread false rumors about alien lifeforms when there are none.
On April 8, 2001 we launched another mission to take a more high-resolution photo. Since it was summer there were no clouds to hide the mesa. Mars Global Surveyor rotated 25 degrees to center the Face in the feild of view. They then took a photo using the camera at maximum resolution. After all the hype about alien life on Mars since the first photo was released, it was clear to see that the Face was nothing but a mesa.
After years of research and three missions to take photos of Mars, it is clear to see that the Face was no evidence of life on another planet. The Face is very similar to something like on Earth. Although the mesa has not proven there is life beyond Earth we as humans still do not know what is beyond. | 3 |
Driverless cars are quickly becoming popular as they progress in technology. Imagine getting in a car and it taking you to your destination with just speaking to it or typing it in somewhere? would you trust it? Would you be for or against driverless cars?
I am against driverless cars. Although driverless cars have been a fantasy to the real world, they are also a danger. Driverless cars are only safe in certain situations;
who would want to be in a partially safe car? Or better yet who would trust a partially safe car? Driverless cars need the driver to take over once driving conditions are slightly modified. For example, if there is construction up ahead the car will make the driver take over. What if its early in the morning and the driver falls asleep or if its late at night and the driver falls asleep in the car and doesnt here the alert? The car will keep going right into
the construction site. Driverless cars arent so "driverless" in all honesty. The car still needs a driver to take action in slightly complicated road complications, for example in traffic. These cars are made to sound like the best thing in the world, but they do not include safety hazards nor their flaws. Flaws as in not being able to drive around a part of the road that is under construction. Driverless cars are not reliable. A driver is still needed to be in the vehicle when driving.
In conclusion, I am against driverless cars. I will remain this way until they can go around small complications on the road, dont require a driver, and can handle traffic. Until then the driverless car is not safe enough to go out into busy streets. | 1 |
What would you think if technology was made that could tell every emotion someone has, at any time of day? Well, pretty soon you may know first-hand, as our current technology is actually well underway to reaching that level. As of right now, a new software has been developed that can percieve emotions in others faces, using several different variables. It is known as the Facial Action Coding System, and judge six different emotions. The question is, how does such a machine work, and how can we know if this machine holds any value in a classroom setting?
Before taking a further look at whether such an ability is needed in classrooms, it is imperative to first understand just how the Facial Action Coding System works. It starts by analyzing the face and constructing a 3-D model of it, so that the 44 major muscles in the face can be easily captured. Then, the system labels slight muscle movements -known as action units- in the face and uses those to calculate emotions. As of right now, there are six classified emotions to compare the facial muscle movements to: Happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
The question is, how does this machine gather muscle movements as a certain type of emotion? How that works is the human body has similar facial expressions for certain moods, such as raising eyebrows when surprised. These are automatic in just about everybody, making it way easier to gather emotions. If someone were to, for example, tighten their lips, near everyone could understand the possible tension and anger from the person. Thanks to the easy understanding of facial patterns, the machine can too!
The science of facial mucle patterns may not be completely understoood, but there currently are ideas that maybe making certain faces can change your mood! According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only displays emotions, but it may help produce them as well! This is due to the empathy that may occur when imitating someone's facial patterns, even if one is unaware they are. With this information, we can understand the complexity of human emotion a little better, and possibly gather a conclusion from all of this that goes for this technology in schools. The question is, just what have we gathered and understood so far?
In conclusion, there were several take-aways from this article. For starters, the machine can evaluate six emotions, which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. It does this via the understanding of the human facial muscles and the different ways we physically convey emotion. And not only that, but when someone may be only appearing as an emotion/set of emotions, they can subconsciously mold into that emotion. From all of this, only one sound conclusion can be made. The use of this technology is valuable in classrooms, as well as outside of school, due to the fact that it helps to recognize facial emotions in students and teachers alike so that they are more aware of their surroundings. | 2 |
in this essay i am going to be writting about how a new technology called the facial action coding system enable computers to identify human emotions. an i am going to be writting that this could be valuable. i am going to be writting about why this is valuble.
first,in this paragraph i am going to be writting about how "the facial expressions for each emotion are universal."in the article it says that some individuals often show diffrent types of expression,for example they used the one not smiling as broadly. what this is showing that this new thing that can identify the emotions could be usefull because it can let ther people know what is wrong with you and why you are not happy or why you are sad. in the article it also said that it can identify mixed emotions as they used da vinci's masterpiece.
second,in this paragraph i am writting about how this could help you with your friends and other people around you. in the article it says that we could already tell how one of our friends is feeling and how they look because we already know them. but it also says that we could probobly have some trouble describing them facial traits. and that is what this new technology does it tells you and shows you th facial traits that convey happy and worried.
third,in this paragraph i am going to be writting about how this could be useful in class and how this could help others. the example they used was a computer and some ads. the ads could tell your smile and if you are happy then another ad will pop up that is similar,but also if you frown the ads will be diffrent. they used a computer in a classrom because in the article it says that this computer could recognize if the student is becoming cnfused or bored. aalso in the article it says that this means that it could modify the lesson to the way you might understand it. this is why i think this is valuable in some cases.
in conclusion,i wrote about how this could be valuable. i said that this could be valuable because this could be used to show the diffrent emotions and how people are feeling. i also wrote about how this could be used in the classrom because it could tell wether they are confused with the lesson and if they are then the computer will modify the lesson to a way that you could understand it. this is what i wrote about in this essay and i am sying that yes this could be valuable in the classrooms. | 2 |
Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest reniassance painters of the time. His study of the human anatomy allowed him to create pictures that captured the humna state. On of his most well known paintings is the "Mona Lisa". The Mona Lisa is a women that has sort of complacent facial features. She doesn't really look happy or sad. This was the popular thought up until a new technology was created. This technology is called the Facial Action Coding System. This technology is able to deduce what emotion a person is feeling. It is able to do this whothout the person even showing an obvious emotion. This technology can also be implenmented in many spheres of life, including in the classroom. The use of this technology to read the expressions of students in a learning envionement can help students learn more efffectivly by allowing for immediate feedback from a student allowing for the quick shift of a lesson plan, and being able to help and support students emotionally.
This technology can help get immediate feedback from students. In almost all class rooms nation wide there is a similar routine. Learn something, practice it for homework and then see if a student is understanding it by taking a quiz over it. While this may be effective, it can be imporved ten fold with the Facial Action Coding System. The technology could understand emotion of students in present time. A teacher wouldn't have to wait to give out a quiz to see if students were having issues. They could teach the subject and then immediatly know if students are having difficulty unerstanding it. Dr. Huang, the creator of FACS, states that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". If teachers are able to recieve this information, their teaching would become more effective. Teachers could change lesson plans in order to fit the needs of the students, and give extra support and help to those children that are still struggling. FACS can also help excite studnets about learning. This is important because no matter how much a teacher trys to help a student, the studnet will not imporve in anything if thet do not want to learn. If computers are able to read if studnets are excited or bored by a lesson, teachers would add visuals and what not to make it more intersesting to a student. This would make them want to learn, not them being required to learn. totality, the ability to be able to percieve students emotions would help students academically by allowing teachers to change lesson plans that allow for more excitment and understand in classrooms.
To continue, the FACS technology would help students be more emotionally stable. While school is a vaulable place to learn new information and facts, it is really a place for children to grow and become more independent and better human beings. While grades matter, the emotional and pyschological health of a student is far more valuable. The FACS technology could act as an army of school counselers. High School and Middle School students tend not to share their emotions, even with their parents. FACS could idntify students that are emotionally troubled, have depression, contemplate self harm or even have mental illness. Once students like these are identified then counselers and social workers could step in, allowing for students to be helped. Right now students that struggle with these issues do not share their feelings. They do not get help and carry on like they are fine. While many may turn out to be okay, even one taking their own life or somebody's else, is too much. While FACS may not be able to help or eliminate all signs of emotional distress, it can surely make a difference. Another benfit of using FACS is that it reads emotoins silently. Students don't have to potray a certain emotion for the technology to understand what they are really feeling. If a studnet is asked how they are, they probably give a surface level, I am fine, answer. The technology reads through that completely, eliminating awkard one on one conversatoins with conselers, and allowing for all students to be reached.
While there are many positives to this technology some might argue that computers cannot actually calculate human emotion. They argue that human emotion is not somehting that can or should be understood because it would ruin the entirety of feeling certain ways. However, while some arguements may be warranted, many are based off of falsehoods. To begin, emotion can be understood on a scientific level. Emotion is in the brain, not the heart. The way the FACS understands emoion is simple. It maps out a 3-D model of the face, looks at the shape and positoin of all the muscles, then it associates the different facial movements with differet emotion. For example, your orbicularis oris (muscles around your mouth) tighten your lips to show when you are angry. It even works when a person it trying to mask emotions. During a fake smile, the zygomatic major stretches the mouth sidways, while in a real smile the zygomatic major lifts the corners of the mouth. These examples can show how science IS able to understand emotoin, probaly better than most humans. Arguments that use that falshood, that science is unable to understand emotion, is completly false.
In conclusion, the ability to read the actual emotion and reactions of students in class rooms is extremely valuable because it allows for greater understanding and excitment of a subject, along with the ability to help students be emotionally stable. If this technology is implemented into schools, studnets will overall do better, feel better and make a brighter world for tomorrow. FACS is something revolutionary that hopefully all of us can learn somthing from. | 5 |
Would you ever like to know what your classmate next to you is feeling about you or being in class? The new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. This new system would help students, teacher, or anyone you know what they are feeling based off their emotions. This new way of technology will help us understand what we can do to improve student's emotions in the classroom. This technology is valuable, it will help us know how students are feeling, help us figure out when someone is lying, and may also help produce happiness to students.
The Facial Action Coding System will give us an idea how the students are feeling during class. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"(Dr.Huang). With this technology we can now figure out what students are going through during class, and know if there needs to be a change to improve their learning skills. This technology would help teachers have an idea that the students are not following or undertanding the class. The teachers then can find new ways to modify the lesson to get the students on the right page.
This new technology will also help give clues when a student is lying. "These muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful,"(Making Mona Lisa Smile, D'Alto). This can also help teachers figure out if a student is lying about a serious problem. This technology will also help improve our schools and help find new ways to improve students emotions if other teachers or students know about their feelings.
The Facial Action Coding System can be a way to produce happiness to students. "Moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them,"(Facial Feedback Theory of Emotions). It is healthy that students smile rather than be angry, sad, or stressed. Practicing to create a smile is a good way to be happy.
In conclusion, this Facial Action Coding System is a valuable piece of technology. It is helpful in so many ways, like knowing how students around you are feeling, gives clues when a student is being untruthful, and may also cause happiness to students who are having a tough time. This technology should be used for schools all over the world. Technology improves everyday and we should take an advantage by using it all around in schools, work, or even at home. | 3 |
The Electorial College is the way us United State citizens vote. "The foundinding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." said a passage known as "What is the Electorial College?" written by, the Office of the Federal Register. There is what people say is a argument wether or not to keep this Electoral College method or go back to our popular votes. I believe we should keep the Electoral College, without it there is no possible way to believe that every single person who voted actually paid attention to who they voted for and the people they voted for belief's. The whole point in voting is to choose who you best believe depending on beliefs and what they say they will do. You should not vote if you beleive the one guy has the best hair or you like his tan ect. So i write this to you my state senator that we should keep our ways since it's there for resons and those reasons are... number one, you will be certain of the outcome. Number two, the electorial collge shows that no matter what you choose it will be everyones president. Number three, since the US have big states the electorial college keeps that ballenced.
"A dispute over the outcome of an Electorial College vote is possible -it happened in 2000-but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote. The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electorial College invariably exceeds his share of popular vote." says a reason I agree with in a text called "In Defense of the Electorial College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" from "Slate Magazine" by Richard A. Posner. I agree with this manely because it is highely unlikely to get a tie in the Electorial College because there is a even number of a elctors.538 to be exact.
"The Electorial College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, ect.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president." from "Slate Magazine" by Richard A. Posner. I agree with this reson manely because even if you get the popular vote doesnt mean you become president, the expression "Everyone's President" in this text means to me that with the Electoral College you won't have the good percentage of the voters who voted and not cared who they picked gets stopped with the Electoral College.
"The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balence that large states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution..." from "Slate Magazine" by Richard A. Posner. This quote from the same passage as reason one and two came from just basically states that even if you have a big state with a big population doesnt mean the majority in that state that voted for someone will nessicarly get that same person. This helps keeps this system balenced.
Everything that i have stated that was from these passages i strongly agree with. Well Senators, you might have to argue something like "But how do we know the Electorial electors are actually voting for who they should be voting for?" Or another one would be "what if the voters have a hard time figuring out which is which Electorial elector." Well thats a simple one because yes it can happen but its as rare as someone who puts ketchup on pizza. And if they dont know the facts about who is who maybe they shouldnt be voting because seriously like i said dont just vote to vote you should vote if you know information about what you are doing and who you are voting for snd most importantly why? So I have listed my reasons and beliefs now its up to you to agree with me or not but just belive that the Electorial College was made for a reason, and that is to make voting much more fair and simple. Have a nice day. | 3 |
Venus is worth pursuiting. It is Earth's "twin", its the closest planet to Earth. It can be a big benafit to know about Venus and its past. Its easier to get to Venus than to Mars. Venus has familiar features like Earth with in the sediment of Venus.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. We have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus, no spacecraft have survived the landing for more then a few hours. NASA has been working on studying Venus to make chambers to simulat the chaos of Venus surface. NASA making electronics to last for three weeks in such conditions.
Venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than in our own planet. Venus has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting.
The temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit in Venus. Venus has looked like it had been support for life long ago. NASA has a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the Venusian landscape to see more what the ground looks like. Venus is a challenge to be able to land and exploer and it might be the next plant humans will land on. | 1 |
As the author tells in the article, Venus is very dangerous due to thick atmosphere of about ninety-seven percent carbon dioxide that covers venus. Not only is the atmosphere high, but the temperature and atmosphere pressure as well. The temperatures average is over eight-hundred degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is ninety times more than what humans experience on earth.
Althrough, the conditions are extreme. The author gives reasons to visit and research more about Venus. As stated, " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." The author states that they are very amazed how Venus could have been the most similar to Earth. The author continues by describing Venus with similar Earth features, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar fetures such as valley, mountains, ans craters." Next, the author states that Nasa is already working on making a spacecraft to last long on Venus. As said, " For example, some simplifield electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." Nasa is already planning to visit Venus for research.
Overall, the author supported his idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by giving reasons and telling how Venus could be very similar to a Earth-like planet. | 1 |
Dear Senator,
I think the Electoral College works very well and it is very organized. As stated in the passage "What Is The Electoral College?" it states that the founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. This compromise is very important because it was created by the founding fathers. It should remain at it's place and it shouldn't change to popular vote elections.
Popular votes can most likely end up in a tie and it turns into a crisis. The Electoral College can also become a tie, but it normally does not happen. Also popular votes are not used an it is not organized nor established. The Electoral College was created by important people. The Electoral College is a slate of electors those are what the people are voting for. I think this is good because the electors are proffesional trusted people. Those people will know what candidate is better for the people.
Mr. Senator I think keeping the Electoral College is good it is better for the people. It is well organized and it was compromised fairly and it was established by the founding fathers. Popular votes may bring us crisis and we will have to organize the new way of elctions. | 1 |
In the story "Unmasking the Face on Mars," the face on Mars could be a natrual landform of a very new volcano or it could be the surface of Mars rising up. If its not that it could be just markings from when a volcano on mars had went off and when it had finished erupting the markings from the volcano could of just still been there. There are many reasons why this could possibly be a landform. For example it could be like they said "a huge rock formation." Like on Earth the face on Mars could probably be a lava dome because if your look at the third picture at the very top it looks like it has cracks from either a river flow or it could be cracks from a lava dome. It could also just be the forming of a new area around there. So in conclusion to the paragraph, I can tell you that we may never know if this is a land formation like we have on Earth of if its really a alien monument, but im sure that it is most likely a landform because we could possibly have a mesa like this on Earth. | 1 |
As a student, if I don't understand something in class, I will ask someone about it. Whether that is a teacher, a student, or a parent there is almost always someone who knows. If any one of these reliable sources does not know, I can most likely look it up on one of my devices that has the internet. If we were to introduce the new FACS technology, it may have unindended lasting impacts which could be detrimental to our society.
It was mentioned in the passage on paragraph 6 that " 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modiy the lesson, like an effective human instructor.' "
The first reason that it could be bad for our society as a whole is that it is not the computer's duty to explain how to do everything and to change to our will. While computers were made to help us, it cannot be our only source of information. On the other hand, teachers are st school for the sole purpose of helping you learn. It is their actual job to be there to help you learn things. While computers are a tool to help achieve this goal, there are other ways to learn about things and get them explained to you.
When you are in highschool, many teachers and parents will say things to you along the lines of "In the real world" and " Highschool is preparing you for the real world". Later on in life, "in the real world", if you get bored at a job you cannot just change what you are doing. You have to continue on with it because it is your job. If we implemented this system now in schools, many kids and teens would get in their mindset that if they are bored or don't understand something, things will change for them. Kids should not rely on a computer to help them understand everything. There are teachers, classmates, parents, and other adults who can help.
The second reason why this could be bad for our society is the accessibility. Not every school has computers and not every class uses them. If we were to implement this software, it could be giving an unfair advantage to the students who had acsess to it. There are still plenty of schools that may not have a computer in every classroom. Similarly, not all students and parents can afford this kind of technology. Because of how new and high-tech this software is it most likely will cost more money to be put into effect. This would cause the schools with more money to be able to get it while the schools with less funding and less money to be pushed aside and not get it. This causes the students at the schools that cannnot afford it to have a disadvantage.
The third and final reason why this could be bad for our society as a whole is simply that people may become less sensitive to reading other peoples emotions. Without needing to have face- to- face human interactions to see how people are feeling, it could result in a decline of being able to recognize emotions in facial expressions.
I learned a few chords on the ukulele this summer. I could piece together a song or two. Now after a few months, I can't remember the first thing about playing those chords. This example shows that if you learn something then don't do it for an extended period of time, it will take a while to relearn how to do it. Although reading emotions is nothing like playing ukulele, the same holds true; if you learn something, and rely on something else to help you do it, it is going to be hard for you to re-learn how to do it again.
People also have a right to privacy and some people may not enjoy those particular rights being breached. I am a person who does not let all of my emotions show. Other people may bottle these feelings up in hopes that nobody will see. If people want to keep in how they feel, they should be able to do that as it is what they want.
Because it is not the computers duty to exlain everything to you, not everyone has accsess to this kind of software, and people may lose their sensitivity to the fine art of emotion reading, I am in opposition of implementing this FACS technology. | 4 |
People should do the Seagoing Cowboys program because just like I have been in it there are a lot of great things to do out there in the sea. I started out when I graduated in high school when my friend told me if I wanted to go to a trip to Europe. When I accepted to go to this trip to Europe I went to a "Seagoing Cowboy" program where I got to take care of animals like young cows, horses, and mules. This helped me how to take better care for animals.
Besides helping all the animals that I could I went on many trips as well. One of the trips that I went to was to China, and also went to a gondola ride to Venice, Italy, and a city with big streets of water. I even toured to an excavated castle in Crete, and even marveled at the Panama Canal when I was headed to a trip to China.
When I was crossing to the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States
it took two weeks and a Month to get to China. While I was waiting to get to China I got busy because I had to feed the animals and watered two or three times a day. I had to check up on them every hour and report to the captain. When the animals got unloaded I had some time to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had lived. After last that I was happy to go to the trips that I went to and helped me with things I will do in the future. | 2 |
Dose the American citzens vote even count any more in the election for president? American citzens over the age of 17 have a right of having a vote for a president for America. The popularity vote is not having much of effect as the electoral college, the ellector college is also a non-democratic metod of the choosing of a president. these cause the election to be kind of fixed.
The electoral college consists of 538 electors A larger amount of 270 electoral votes is ruled to elect the president. According to a gallup pollin 2000 Al Gore won the popularity vote but lost the presidency because of the electoral college. More then 60 percent of the voters choose a direct election to the kind we have. The electoral colege has a large advantage over the popularty vote.
The non- democratic way of choosing a president tha should be changed by the candiate that gets the highest popularty vote the winner of the election. It is not democratic because the electors who elect the president, and not the people. It is as if that when you vote for a candidate you're voting for slate electors. it is possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote.
The popular vote also has a down side to it the votes coould choose a president fo the wrong reasons. This could cause a disaster and be a very bad thing for the American people. The electoral college pays very close attention to that a looks at both candiates reasons of there decsions. In 1960 , segregationists in Louisana legislature nerly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with diffrent elecotors thta would oppose John F. Kennedy.
The popularity vote almost has no effect to the president election and that should change because the people that live here and pay taxes should have a effect on who leads it. | 2 |
Evolution is enevitable. Apparently car evolution is aswell. Some of us have dreamed of auto-pilot cars. Either when its snowing outside or just when we feel too tired to drive. Although the thought seems possible, how safe is it? Who will be blamed for hitting the car infront of you? How will it drive on ice?
Most states have made it illegal to have auto-pilot cars on the road. Probably because there are no true laws for non-human driving cars. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fauly-the driver or the manufacturer?" The manufacturer is the one who designed the car and the 'driver' isnt in control of the vehicle. It is highly likily that the maufacturer will be at fault. This being so they will have to pay insurance on thousands of accidents. If an error occurs with a batch of cars and they all cause accidents they will probably go bankrupt or lose more money than they are earning.
No one wants to be injured going to work or on a family vacation. What if a auto-pilot car crashed into your car because their sensors went out? Likily the car will tell you when the sensors are dying, and that will cost alot to replace. "The infromation from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." In theory, this sounds great. Something is sure to go wrong though. Most cars already have recalls every week on seats or air bags. What if you get a recall saying your google car has a sensor issue? That sensors fail or don't sense far enough ahead to stop in time?
Most cars already have cruise control, a setting that maintains your speed without pressing the gas pedal. Even though you need to steer still, you are mostly assisting the car. "Google cars aren't truely 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." One would wonder if a sensor cant detect cars while pulling out, atleast yet, will they ever be able to?
If these auto-pilot cars can not navigate roadwork through GPS they likily will never be able to get around without information telling the GPS system that. Cars will mostlikily never be totally driverless.
All in all, these cars will probably be more than cars are now. These cars will probably never be one-hundred percent auto-pilot. Manufaturers will lose more money when a product malfunctions than earn. There are more problems to go wrong with these cars than with normal ones to begin with. Cars should be only driven by capable humans. We are already beginning to be a very lazy society and need to be more handy and independent. | 3 |
"Unmasking the face on mars" this is a natural landform and you can't argue it i'm going to make you believe with these facts your about to recieve. On May 24, 2001 witch was 25 years ago something happended around Mars. NASA's V1 spacecraft was circling the planet, getting photos for landing sites for V2, when it spotted a shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous
head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be looking back at the cameras from a red planet called Cydonia. A few days after it was spotted by NASA they unveiled the image for all to see. They noted it was a 'huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human face. Althought few scientists believed the face was an alien artifact, photo of cydonia became a priority for NASA. And so on April 5, 1998 Mars global surveyor flew over cydonia for the first time snapped a picture then times sharper then the originals then later on the web they revealed . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all. | 1 |
Manyresident of the community of suburban pioneer are going to a place where many other never gone before and even give up thyeir own cars. The street parking,drive way,and even garage are forbiden in new district. In outskirt of freigburg,near the french and swiss borders. Vaubam is almost car free exect themain thoroughfare where i down town there owner a space for around 40,000 and even come with a house a 70% of family donot own their own car other wise a 57% dold their own car to live suburman community.
France has a problem with cars the car where made to stay in a garage og a house until fuder notice but all owner were charge a 22 euro fine (31$) other wissw around 27 cars have to be impounded because of their reaction. Then around monday the smog had clrear out enough for some of the license plates where let ou also by tuesday.
In bogota colombia the spread other country millions of colobians hiked,bike skated or took buses to work during a car free day for people not had use there car to be motivated to do new thing by riding bike having fun and ecercise car starting to be banned only buses and taxi where in use they also banned car that way they reduce the amount of smug in the enviroment the people where charge a 25 dollar fee if they wouldnot obey the law of no cars. Rain started in bogota people couldnot participate in the event. Two other colombian cities started the events. This made big improvement its started in the 1990s. Many good things happened the uneven side walks were fix and many store and resturant the rate went up because receive more custormer in rush hour.
President Obama said "ambitious goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions" people are buying fewer cars as the recent studies have shown fewer license were being out as each year goes by; population growth has increase by the years the number of mile driven by a person was around 9 miles per hour in 1995 the people couldnot really afford new cars and it will not help the uniploment rate. People think with changes stops car commuting as a result of recession may find less reason to resume the habit. The internet helps people communicate without having to go out of their home to visit them. New York bike sharing program helps many people to share time as family. they have done a study young people drecease the driving. Ford motor made partner with the telecommunications industries the crated cities connected network to save time conserve reasources and lower emissions and improve safety for child,teen and mostly use adult. | 0 |
Having limted car usage is very healthy for our world. We should have an international Car-free day! Bogota, Colombia does it every year! why not the whole world? In Paris, they partially banned carsl. According to "Paris bans driving due to smog" On Monday cars with an even-numbered liscense plate were not allowed to drive. The car traffic lowered 60%! Me being from Miami that's amazing! Not being scared to cross the street and actually make it somewhere on time is really great.
In Bogota, Colombia; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, very smooth sidwalks; rush-hour restrictions have cut traffic tremendousally! Carlos Arturo Plaza said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," while on a two-seat bike with his wife. Stated in "The end of car culture" A study from last year found that driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. So if young people are already limiting their car usage, Why not the whole world?
I'm just trying to incourage people to limit their car usage. Like in Bogota and Paris, having so little traffic. It reduces the smog in the air. Having better sidewalks for people who doesn't have a car can walk on with out tripping. If it's impossible to have an international car-free day, let's have a major city car-free day or atleast incourage everybody to limit car usage would really help this world! | 2 |
Greenhouse gases are a major problem all over the world. Almost all forms of transportation emit these and people are starting to take notice. Heavy, dark smog hangs over cities for weeks at a time like a depression and by just simply limiting cars on the streets for a few days, an extravagant improvement can be made. With greenhouse gas emissions increasing by the day, some cities have begun to limit or even ban driving all together, with the exception of public transportation. The environment is reaping the benefits with every car taken off the street.
After days of reaching near-record pollution in Paris, they enforced a partial ban to relieve themselves of the intensifying smog. Even-numbered license plates were ordered to stay home for the first day and odd-numbered the next. They alternated every day for one week. A fine was issued to those that did not abide resulting in almost 4,000 drivers ticketed, according to Reuters. Typically, Paris has more smog than other European cities. In this particular week, they had 147 micrograms of particulate matter versus 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London. By the end of the week the air had made drastic improvement and the ban was lifted.
A more permanent display of a city wanting to improve air conditions is present in Vauban, Germany. Cars are indeed allowed, but the only places to park are on the edge of the development, and a space can cost as much as $40,000. The main public transport still runs and most people ride bikes to get around. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and as much as 50 percent in heavily populated areas in the United States. This upscale suburban city in Germany is making impact around the world, influencing more accessibility to public transportation and stores.
Warm, Bogota, Columbia makes a celebration out of a nationwide day-long ban on cars. Warm temperatures tend to trap greenhouse gases which creates smog over cities. Only buses and taxis are permitted on the Day Without Cars. Violaters also faced a fine here but millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, and enjoyed the day. This day is part of an improvement campaign that began in the mid-1990s. Bogota has constructed 118 miles of bycicle path, more than any Latin American city. Parks have bloomed and other forms of transportation has been made easily accessible.
In America, recent studies suggest that citizens have been buying and driving fewer cars and getting fewer licences each year. Has car culture really started to diminish? The number of miles driven peaked in 2005 and has steadily dropped afterwards. If the pattern persists carbon emissions will be greatly decreased and the enviroment will definitely take notice. Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, right behind power plants. The decrease in car commuting may find reason in the recession, and it may become a new habit. Wether the millenials will buy more cars when they have kids remains an open question, but it is very much doubted.
Greenhouse gas emissions from cars are very detrimental to the enviroment and even ourselves. Just by limiting how much cars are used in ordinary day we can preserve our earth. It is apparent that people already cut back on using cars for financial reasons, why dont we begin to cut back for environmental? | 2 |
Sounds thrilling, doesn't it? It's almost like a science-fiction novel. This mesa found on Mars has theories going in two directions. Was it created by aliens, or is it a natural landform? Both are possible, but only one is probable. The media can lead you to believe information that might not be true. Like in this situation, the "Face on Mars" that is said to be bona fide evidence of alien life, but it is proven to be just a natural landform.
Forty years ago, when the "face" was first revealed, it seemed very likely that it was not made by nature. The search for alien life and all the money put into NASA's programs made people believe what they wanted to hear. As time went on, and new technology was put into effect, the images of the mesa became clearer. In the early 2000's, it was made clear that the mysterious "face" was just an illusion. One can tell from the images of the "Face on Mars" that the mesa can appear to look like a face when out of focus. Alien life on Mars has not been proven either, so without evidence of life, we can't assume that the "face" was not created by nature.
It is possible that the mesa appeared as a face because of the dept perception and shadows. In reality, the landform barely looks like a face at all. In the most recent photo, the small details on the mesa almost look like the rivers we have here on Earth. The mesa is even compared to landforms that are found on Earth, as stated in the article. Since there is no proof of the "face" being alien-made, the only conclusion left is that it is a natural landform. | 2 |
Seagoing What?
Well if you think that the Seagoing Cowboys is bad well, let me tell you about it! See the Seagoing Cowboys program is that 1945, World War 2 was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA.UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. So Luke Don signed up!
In Augest 1945, they received their orders to report to New Orleans. It took about two weeks for them to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to gt to China. Caring for the animals during the crossings kept Luke busy.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him.
The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for just a small-town boy. In the Seagoing Cowboys, you can go on avdentures and visit many unique places. I know in your opinion that its a lot of work but you need work to get things and go to places that you want to go. So thats all i have to say. I hoped that you liked my essay! | 1 |
After reading the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" I have come to the conslusion that driverless cars are not a good idea for public use.
Sure it would be nice to call a car and have it take you to your destination while you sit in the back relaxing. However, technology is always flawed and I don't believe that this would be a particularly good thing for the future of the world. Not to mention if there ever was a malfuction and someone was killed in an accident or severely injured, who would be to blame? The author of the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" addresses this issue in Paragraph 9 where they state "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" That's an issue that really needs to be adressed beforehand if such cars were ever made available for public use. I don't believe that such cars should be used by the public, too many incidents could happen. The only way it's truly safe to travel the roads is with a smart, safe, reliable, liscensed driver behind the wheel.
No one will ever be truly satisfied with what they have. After driverless cars, someone will set out to make a flying car which is a completely different issue that is even more dangerous. Therefore, after stating my personal opinion about driverless cars after reading the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" and getting background information on such cars, I believe that these cars should not be made available for public use due to potentional safety concerns. | 2 |
Driverless cars are not science fiction, and they have been around for many years. Google is one of the leaders in driverless cars, and the cars have been able to successfully drive over half a million miles without an accident. However, there are major safety issues to consider with these cars such as pedestrians, passengers, and system malfunctions.
Trying to figure out how these driverless cars work with other cars, some may forget that there are pedestrians by our road ways as well. The driverless cars of today need some help from the passengers they are carrying when in work zones and around accidents. Would the car without a full time driver be able to sense a small human being walking by it and be able to stop? Probably not, even with LIDAR, a laser beam that makes 3-D models of its surroundings, there are some things that technology cannot comprehend.
If a passenger is not driving what do they do? In this day and age, they will probably turn to their cell phones for entertainment. Driverless cars of today still, once again, need assistance from their human load, and if a driver is distracted when the car needs it most, it could possibly be fatal to many. Manufacturers are trying to eleviate this problem by bringing new entertainment systems that will occupy and get the drivers attention. The entertainment feature in driverless cars could be considered a safety feature if used in the proper way.
We have all dealt with a system malfunction, most commonly in cell phones, and what says that these driverless cars will be any different. Electronics short out when exposed to water, and most of the sites that these new cars are being tested at are relatively warm and dry. Will these cars work in Chicago were they get heavy snow? Also, will they be able to comprehend what is happening when they try to go the speed limit on icy roads? New things happen all the time when driving on a regular basis in less than optimal conditions and trying to compute all these new things and storing them away for later could be to much for the system to handle.
Driverless cars could be a good use if you are traveling many miles on a deserted high way, but not in a practical everyday way. There are to many unknowns in the world to be able to put them all in one system and interact with other systems for it to be safe. Driverless cars were a thing of the future many years ago. They should stay in the pasts future not in the presents. | 3 |
The author is make a discover for future. It tell why and how are
we like human could stay a plane that is 2 or 3 times the tempertures, for the condition the humans will be able to survive in that planet. 97 percent of the Venus is cardon diovide, and the astronomers are honor to study the planet. But the Venus was a most earth-like which porfos that humans have a changes to live at that planet.
Yes, there is still more study to do, but it decdieu to send a craw to the planet because they try sending numerous of spacecraft to land on Venus, but each one of them only landing, nor it just last about a few hours at the planet. Knowing that
the Venus is a second planet could also tell why the planet is distan from have it a saft vantage point of the Earth we have.
Venus has it terms of how is work to live the planent, and the challenge its had to a value, but not only that the travel on Venus will be hard for the limited the dangers of the planet had. The doubts will expand amount many things on the way to new environmen,landform, and surface.
NASA had try,reseach and doing new discoving about the Venus which had infules by knowing it will not be an easy survivable for humans. NASA and others try to take of sample of Venus such as rock,gas,and anything from the planet to reseach it on the land. Numerous of researchers had work on the innovation to allow the approaches to had the enough to contribute bludered that Venus is hinding from.
The new ganenish had approaches the new technology , but the new electronics are now more apowerful. quick and calculationable. Back in the old day its was not perfect like nows, but the old technology still existing now, and the vawesome
the thought of the old computers now these days it may device make any calculation by using some of the gears and the levers, so it really did not require electronics at the time.
There would be a day were most of the poplure of humans will live up in Venus environment. Venus
might have some deepest parts of oceans like Earth.Beyond the years this day will be remeber in a different way, time, and place. Venus would probably be a new Earth-like , and which it might a supported various to the forms of the planet just like the Earth . | 2 |
The development of driverless cars would not significantly change the transportation systetems of the world for the better, but would instead create a lazier universe, that intises consumers to become electronically dependent, more so than most consumers already are. Driverless vehicles would create time dificulties, untrustworthiness and paranoia between the user and car, and would be an overall waste of time.
To begin, in paragraph seven, the article reads that, "the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph." A car that would move, at its fastest, 25 miles per hour would result in a needed flectuation of time arrivals. It would take longer to get to destinations when the driver is not in control. This recquires users to get an inconvenient earlier head start when preparing for simple travel.
In addition to time differences, driverless cars are an untrustworthy technological invention. No one can 100% garantee that these machines will not malfunction, causing a great variety of possibile outcomes, most more dangerous than not. With people manning their own cars, accidents can be more regularly prevented. In addition to the untrustworthy machines, if a computer were to malfunction, and possibly cause death, controversial debates would be likely to occur on who would be at fault.
Lastly, no vehicle, without the aid of a human driver, has been invented, yet. This means, that along the way, a driver would have to step in and help the computer. Therefore, the cars aren't really driverless. Also, even while the car is on autopilot, there is a need for the driver's attention, in case of an emergency. The whole premise of a driverless machine would be to allow the driver free reign to proceed in other activities. If all attention is required to watch the car, what is the point of creating free time for yourself, that will be spent watching over a machine, waiting for it to malfunction.
In conclusion, if the travel will take longer, and cause you to pay attention while being driven, why not just drive the machine yourself to get to destinations quicker, safer, and more affordably. Driverless cars are proven time difficulties, untrustworthy, and are an unproductive use of precious time. | 3 |
Dear,State Senator
I think it should stay as a electoral college. It would be more reasonable if people in the electoral college voted for the people. Most people who vote don't even know what the person is planning to do with the u. s. Therefore it would make much more sense if people who know what they're doing and have knowledge about the person running for president or vice president to vote. Most people vote for the presidents off of looks or to follow what other people are voting for without even knowing what the person is going to do with the future of this country.
I'm hoping this country doesn't change from electoral college to an popular voting system. It would be way easier for the people,and it'll be better for the country cause then we wouldnt have people voting for someone who wants to possibly destroy the u. s. Certainly i wouldnt want someone to destroy this country but i wouldn't know if they're trying to. People in the electoral college possibly have that information of a good possible president or a bad one. Lots of people in the u. s are too lazy to look up,or figure out if the new president is a good or bad person.
It's better for you to vote for the prsident because you have experience and know way more about thwe government and the future president then i do. You've gone to school for it and have the ability to find out the person who is running for president is a phony or not. I know that you are capable of not letting the country down by voting for the wrong person.
If the United States voted for the president by a popular vote. Then how would they know if the person they're voting for isn't gonna mess up the country. So then mostly everybody that is voting has to look up the backround and see if the running president can promise what he says. Most people wouldnt cause they're busy or are to lazy thats why we have senators and people to do that for the people. In conclusion it should stay as an electoral college and not become a popular vote.
sincerely, Phonsit Sisavat | 2 |
In the recent years the state of the country has been a major issue. The enviornment is a growing concern and the econmic condition of the citizens is a pressing matter. One way the alliviate the stress on these factors is to limit car use. Doing so will help the enviornment by limiting greenshouse immisions, and not having a car all together or limiting car use will save money for those who are econmicly weak. Limited car use would alliviate all these problems.
The enviornment houses us along with everything that supplies us with the means to live. In recent years that has been under attack by pollution. Acording to Robert Duffer one of the major issues of Paris, France is the increasing smog and pollution that has decended upon the city. The level of pollution rivaled the most polluted cities in the world: Beijing China. In order to combat the smog French officals have placed a ban on drving, and for those that chose to disobey recived a fine. The smog then cleared up to allow the ruling French party to rescind the ban. This should be an example for highly poluted areas everywhere. Not only does this perserves the enviornment but it also takes the health and well being of citizens into account.
The limited use of cars would help those who are finacialy weak to strengthen themselves, because not having to use money to pay for the expenses of a car would leave you money to take care of other necessities. Elisabeth Rosenthal wrote that in some German suburbs there is 70% of the people residing there that do not have cars. And there is only a few places where they can be parked, and for the places that allow parked must be purchased for 40,000 dollars, along with a house. Just not having a car itself would be much more affordable! 57% of the people who live in that suburban area sold their cars to move there. As shown by Rosenthal's report, not having a car would prove to be more econmicaly sound and benifital especially to those who are struggling.
There are many advantages to the limiting of the usage of cars. For one thing it aids the enviornment by adding less pollutants into the air, which harm the enviornment and the people in it. Also people that use their cars less save money, which would benifit those whoa rent in the best possible econmic situation. Many say that limiting the use of acars would prevent many from going to work, school and other obligagtions, but there are other means of transportaion including bikes, buses, subways and monorails. Think of the disadvantages to excessive car use, high pollution, expensive expenses such as gasoline and maintence of the car. Limited car use would remove all these burdens. | 3 |
How would you feel if I knew your emotions all the time? Would you like it? Would you hate it? Yes, I think we should use the facial coding system to students actions to prvent something bad from happening, such as depression.
One way that this facial coding machine can also help is by detecting whether someone is happy, sad or angry. Some textual evidence that supports this is "She's 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry." These are just a couple things this facial coding device can detect.
A couple other things that this facial coding can detect is whether you are lying and fake smiling. Some text evidence that proves this facial coding machine can do that is "But in a false smile, the mouth isTo an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."
In conclusion, I think all these ideas of this facial recognition device is a good idea because it may help us atch earlier signs of bullying or people fighting. I think this is a great idea. | 1 |
I think you boys should join the seagoing cowboys. Do you now why I want you to join its because you will have the time of your life. Then you also get to be on a bout when the waves hit the bout sometimes it fells like your riding your house. Im going to tell you about what it is like being a sea cowboy and the expereances.
When you are on the bout you get to feed and be around the cattle all you want. Then when we guy have time to realy relacts we have like table tennis tourniments and read you now stuff like that. Then You also have realy good times on the bout being a sea cowboy I would say.
When you are of the bout sometimes you get to see whats in town like once I went to Venice Italy a city with streets of water. I also get to toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled the Panama Canal on my way to Chine boy was it cool.
Finaly when we drop of the cattle and stuff we have tuns of free time when we are at sea. Once we had a fencing touraments. When we where done with that we also got to play baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals where and we did more stuff like boxing and reading whittling and games to.
Finaly do you see how being a cowboy on the sea can be excitning. These are just some of the reasons why you should become a seagoing cowboy. Then now that you boys herd me I will be on my just think about signing up ok. Then see you boys on the docks hopfully. | 2 |
Venus is a planet that is impositble to discover the planet. Venus was also called the "Evening Star" in the brightest light in the night sky. Venus is the size of Earth but it also called Earth twin sister, and Earth neighbor is Mars. Venus is a powerful planet becaues, it had 97% of carbon dioxide, the temperatures is average to 800 degrees, had erupting volcanos, powerful earthquakes, and a frequent of lightning strikes. Scientist are willing want to discover planet Venus because they want to know how dose it form thourgh out light years. No man could survive this planet because the temperatures is very high that can burn you like your falling iinto a volcano. Venus could be a dangerios planet because it have so many bad disaster that could kill a person of 30 or 40 seconds. What if they made made a ship that could go around the planet insted land in the plant that coud be a easy way. Also they can't not study the rock, gas or anything else from the planet because, Venus is a challenge planet. Venus could be a challenge planet but it could also not. | 1 |
Studying Venus isnt worthy puting peoples life in danger and taking dangers. There is many reasomns why studying Venus is such a good idea. Reason nyumber one is that it is to dangerous for humans or anyting to be going up to Venus. Reason number two is that they have all te equiment but are they ready do be risking a lot of things.
First, studying Venus can be so greatful and amzing but they would be puttin a lot of things in danger just to study Venus. Venus for humans is very dangers. Like the author said in paragrag three, '' Venus has the hottest surface temerature of any planet in our soloar system.'' Despite the fact that Mercury is closer to te sun than Venus is. " Besides the high pressure and te heat, Venus geology and weater present additional impediment like erupting volcanoes, very powerful earth quakes and frequuent ligtning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."
There for i dont think is a great idea to study Venus. To many dangers and also to risky putting
peoples life in danger just to study a planet. | 1 |
It makes sense that people think this is evidence of an ancient civilization, but according to NASA they wish it was. Nowadays, with science fiction rapidly advancing it's hard to not imagine or want aliens and any sort of other life to exist because of how extraordinary it would be. Up until today NASA hasn't found any life out there, but they want to and all the other science enthusiasts do aswell. If this was a clue to other life out there, just stumbling upon this was way too easy. Obviously, others like this have been found, meaning this isn't anything more special than a natural landform. If aliens really did exist there is a small chance NASA would just easily stumble upon evidence like this one because if this was real it's too good to be true.
Realistically, there's so much reasoning from the experts themselves proving that this isn't anything unusual. First of all there's a thing called shadows and they can easily turn a natural figure into looking like some human-like structure. NASA will literally use technology we don't have access to such as more high-tech cameras to find out things no one ever knew existed. Obviously there are landforms like a butte or mesa meaning this isn't something never found. In fact there's one in Idaho called the,"Snake River Plain of Idaho".
When just ordinary people just make an inference it doesn't mean it's true. When thinking about who finds out all the things and goes up to see the things that occur in space it's NASA. Honestly they are the smarter ones, so there's nothing some regular people with opinions can prove. When the picture was shown it shows the landform started to change or deform, meaning if the structure is able to do such a thing looking like a face had no purpose. If it these are signs of an ancient civilization wouldn't there be more evidence discovered by now or wouldn't there be more of these near? | 2 |
The author does a really good job with explaining in great detail as to why studying Venus is a worthy pursuit. There are many dangers to this such as how hot and how unearth-like Venus really is today, but Venus used to be just like earth with many oceans and sea like creatures that we have on earth as well.
"Often referred to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occassionally the closest in distance too." (paragraph 2) He then goes on to explain how Earth is sometimes "right around the corner" from Venus and because of this we have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus. Since no aircraft would be able to last over a few hours, no man has ever been in these spacecrafts that get sent there. Scientists are discussing further visits to Venus because they are fascinated with how much Venus used to be like Earth. "Long-ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth" *(paragraph 4). Scientists have discovered that to this day Venus still has many of thsoe earth-like features and are wondering if there is any form of life on this planet. Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters which makes the scientists think that man could probably try to take a trip to Venus in the years to come. Venus is so hot that it is one of the brightest points of the night sky which gives it the nickname "Evening Star" and it is really easy for stargazers to spot.
NASA is working on other ways of studing Venus such as silicon electronics that could withstand the 800 degree and 90 times greater atmospheric pressure that is on Venus. Studying Venus is very much so beneficial because it seems like there could be a great deal of life-like creatures on this planet within years to come. | 2 |
Was it aliens or was it a landform? Many people think that the face on Mars was created by aliens but there is a lot of evidence to support the fact that it is just a landform. For example, the fact that the Face looked like a rock formation, the use of a different camera to show every little detail, and the point that the picture actually shows the landform which is a butte or a mesa.
First off, when NASA first found the picture they unveiled the image to the public to catch their attention. The caption of the picture read "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." This example shows that it looked like a human head but it was a rock formation.
Second, in paragraph eleven, the author says "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," he added. "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" Clearly this example proves that if aliens were the ones that created this face, their would be proof because with this camera you would be able too see any trace of anything that was there or footsteps of aliens.
Lastly, paragraph twelve states what the "image" was. "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms commond around the American West." This example says that what it was in reality was landform.
To end this arguemnt, right now in your head you might be thinking "Pheraps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." Well, that is why the NASA used a three times better camera to reassure the public of the landform. In conclusion, there examples, rock formation, camera quality, and the fact that NASA said it was a landform, that aliens were not the ones who created this face but it is a natural landform. | 2 |
Dear State Senator,
I am in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States and I know I'm not alone on this one. "Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their life time agreed on? Answer: Abolishing the electorial college!" That's not enough well, "Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." 60 percent is more than a half, now it says over 60 percent which would be past 60 percent. Remember the disaster factor , it is unfair to voters, and what if there is a tie in the electoral vote.
First of all, lets just take it into thought that it is unfair to voters. How? Well, "Beacuse of the system winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" state." In 2000, the campaign that was going on, well 17 states did not see the candidates at all. Also, including Rhode Island and South Carolina. What about the fact that, "Voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad." Not even one. Some might say that it doesn't matter if they have a campaign ad or not, believe me, I've heard it before. Having a campiagn ad shows people what you want to do, how you want to help, how you want to make a change, ect... I don't understand how unfair it can be to people.
Second of all, what would happen if there was a tie in the electoral vote? Well then, the election would be passed to the House Of Representatives, state delegation vote on the president. "Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represnt 35 million voters." The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe.
Third of all, lets just go back to memory lane and revisit the
Disaster Factor . This was the single best argument against the electoral college. "The Americans people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century;the system allows for much worse." State legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors. "In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please...." Want that to happen again now?
Thank you for reading and understanding my point. You have an opinion and I respect that, but I also have one too. Sometimes they just need to be heard. So lets just say that it s unfair to voters, there could be a tie, and lets not forget the Disaster Factor. "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. Have a good day.
Thank you for your time. | 3 |
People always imagine the future with flying cars, robots as servents, and everything white. Similar to this idea, car manufactring companies are coming up with driverless cars. This is an idea where you dont have to have a driver in the car. The car drives all by itself to your destination. Most people would think that this is an amazing thing to accomplish/build. People are thinking so much about the poitives of this idea, that they are not thinking of the negatives. So many things to think about. Would if you got in an accident? would you blame the driver or the manufacturer?, not to mention that the cost of making these cars would be outrageous!, and if we had these cars , people would be so dependent on them and they would be so independent as a person.
Imagine yourself just crusing along in your car and your relaxing because the car is driving itslef. All of a sudden you get in a car crash! someone id badly injured. you get out of the car to talk to the peson about your insurance an everything. Who do you think they would blame for the car crash and the accident? the
driver or the manufacturer? "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" This quote indicates that there are a lot of thing that would need to change if we actually made this car, including car insurance. You never know what could happen with a car like this. Its just safer to driveon your own, than to put your life in the hands of a driveless car that has the potential of hurting not only you, but other people as well. has anone even realized how the car will be built?
People think that this car is just going to be made plain and simple. Thats not the case. These cars are going to be expensive to make. Its not like they are only going to make one driverless car, they are going to make hundreds of thouands of them. And they are going to be very very expensive to make.The tax money that we all pay would probably go to making these cars instead of something important like filling potholes, or making better streets. Our hard earned money would go to this instead of something that we are in dire need of. It would be a waste of our money.
We as people would be so independent if we had this car because we would rely on it to take us to all the places that we need to go. We would be so independent because we wouldnt know the city of country like we did before the driverless car came out. Its almost like we wouldnt know where we live anymore. We would probably forget how to drive and everything.
Overall i think that this is just a bad idea because we have a lot of problems in this world and this does not have to be one of them. | 3 |
Hi my name is Luke.Im going to tell you why you should join the seagoing cowboys.Here are the reasons why.Also dont forget to join.
Your probably asking yourself why should i join and the reason is that you can help many people who were affected by world war 2 and many other wars.You get to help people who have been injured or need help with something.It takes awhile to get to them,but its worth it.You help them get there animals back if they lost some.Give them food and water if they dont have some or if they barly have food or water.You also can meet up with different nations.I met up with 44 nations when I went.You take care of animals that got hurt or need help.Then give the animals some food and water to drink and eat.You do alot more,but you will have to figure them out.You can see places that youve never seen before like China.When your on your way to somewhere on the boat and your bored you can do things to make it go faster.You can do things like table tennis,fencing,boxing,reading,baseball,volleyball,cattle riding,Whittling,etc.Another thing you can do is when your on the boat you can see some places you have never herd or seen before.I went to Greece and saw many different things you wouldnt see where you live.While your there you have some time to spare so you can look around or go on rides or something.You can also tour some things like an excavated castle.Dont worry of getting hurt because around you you are always protected.Another thing not to worry about is the food you dont have to bring your own food they already have some for you.Once you done with the seagoing cowboys i think you will really see the world and what it is made of just like I did.
Those are the reasons I think you should join the seagoing cowboys.I hope you join.Also I hope I see you one day.You will be also rewared. | 2 |
From reading "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it explains the doubts and curiosity that scientist have on discovering if Venus is similar to Earth and what can we discover about that fascinating planet. Even though scientist have had their fails they are still managing on finding a way to get a reason to find it safe for the first human to step on Venus. The author is claiming that Venus is worthed the attempt to study because it may be more similar to earth than we think and to help us get rid of this doubt we have if Venus can be a hospitilized place.
The author talks about the attempts that have failed from the fact that the spacecrafts have been destroyed once getting close to Venus. Even though they have a ship orbiting from a safe distance it is not enough to get the information they need since the temperature is too dense to get closer. So scientist have been looking for different sources that were used in th 1800s or 1900s that may gain them more excess to Venus but encountering the dramatic temperature can be complicating. Using our own resources like solar panels wouldnt work either since it is to an extreme distance apart. Although the temperature has been a major probelm since Venus is the hottest planet scientist are willing to take the challenge to get passed it.
The author states that scientist are amused by the idea that Venus may of had nature and life long ago, like we have today. It states that Venus has a rocky sediment surface that seem familiar to mountains, valleys, and craters. And even though Venus is closer to Earth and if a tragedy were to happen Venus would be "just around the corner" to start a new life. The exploration in Venus would help scientist grow their imagination and look for improvements for Venus and a new custome of life. Their thought comes that in any challenge you can find a benifit to all the hard work given.
The author thoughts in exploring Venus is for having more confidence in finding another fascinating place to explore in person one day and encounter new incredible expierences. And maybe one day finding a new stable living place like earth that can be improved. The curiosity given to find more of Venus has driven them to feel more motivated to explore and find new ways to get passed the difficutlies faced. | 2 |
"Making Mona Lisa Smile" Is a famous painting that includes this new technology that tells your emotion. In this famous painting she seems to be smiling in this case she really wasn't. With this technology you can see all 44 muscles. In the article it says that, "the computer can classified six basic emotions which include happines,suprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness." This shows how a computer can do so much just by seeing you're face.
With all this they want people to identify a students emotion. This is valuable because when a student is doing their work they could get confused. With this new system you can caculate their emotions and quickly identify if a student is confued. This can really help a teacher with their lessons. Another way that you can tell is by looking yourself in the mirror. You have muscular units that help you identify how your felling whether your happy or sad.
This famous painting is Mona Lisa in which you find her smiliing can demonstrate her emotions while they did the painting. In the article it shows that, "shes 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry." With this Information a computer can recognize your emotions. Mona Lisa wasn't really happy but in the painting you see her with a small smile. This technology is helpful and useful in so many ways. | 1 |
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