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Abolishing the electoral college would be the best way to go for everyone. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electos, who in turn elect the president. (source 2, Plumer) Some wonder, are the people in the electoral college even reliable? Many also believe that the electoral college is an unfair way of deciding whom the president will be. The electoral college is also flawwed in a way that it makes the smaller states feel less important than the bigger states.
Are the people in the electoral college always reliable? Who even knows who chooses our electoral college? Voting citizens can't even control who the electoral college votes for sometimes, this is unjust and an outrage consitering us citizens do the moral duty to vote and may not even get a fair outcome anyways. And, there are some cases in which voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. (source 2, Plumer) This "winner takes all" system is a big mess and highly unnescissary. Not to mention, it is also a very unfair way of deciding.
Some question if the electoral college is a fair way of voting. Which it is not. The electoral college can cause an unfair vote to the presidents which also upsets us citizens. What if say, 5,000 people vote in Florida, 3,000 for president 1, and 2,000 for president 2, and the electoral college sends it off as president 1 gets the vote for that college. But then, that 1,000 vote difference could have changed the vote for president country wide. A scenario like this may be unlikely, but it is possible. It has already happened once, it would be a shame if it did again. Chance of a situation like this draws a lot of people away from voting for president. Another unfair scenario was in 1976 when a tie would have occured if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. (Source 2, Plumer) The electoral collage is bound to cause a catastrophe and we should stop it before it does.
The elctoral college is also unfair in a way that smaller states votes do not feel as important. Some people in the smaller states even say they haven't seen a campaign poster throughout an entire election because canidates feel as if campaigning isn't important in places that only have 3 or 4 electoral colleges. If we had a popular vote society, people in smaller states would feel like their vote is as important as those in the bigger states.
Overall, the electoral college is higly unfair way of deciding anything. It should be abolished before it turns into a problem. Many can agree that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. (Source 2, Plumer) | 3 |
There are many advantages to limiting the use of cars. Some advantages to limititing are car use is drastically reducing greenhouse gas, Reduce smog, and to support having a healthy life-style.
"To drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes." (
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars
)
Green house gasses cause so much harm to the world today by breaking up the o-zone layer and letting to much UV light into our atmosphere. most people dont know this but car are responcible for 12 persent of the greenhouse gasses in Eurpoe.
I do not know what else to write.
In Europe the smugg problem is so bad that they started to fine people for using their car. Europe wanted to put charges because their smog was getting so bad that most of their people had lung problems.
To help spport a healthy life style you have to be active. To acheve this goal people need to do active things like walking, jogging, or runing to their destinations. for example people can go to the mall or to their local park to hang out and get some physical activity.
As you can see physicall activiy and saving the world are imporant things that we as people need to understand to have a future on this Earth. To improve the earth.
GoGreen
:) | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus has the hottest surface temperature. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. There are more information that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
First, Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. It often referred to as Earth's twin. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. Venus is sometimes right around the corner.
Next, Venushas the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure, heat, and Venusian geology. Weather present additional imprediments. Impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Finally, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. A crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
In conclusion, in our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus has the hottest surface temperature. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. The author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
My position on the driverless car is that it could be useful. But at the same time it could end up being extremely dangerous. With the kind of world we live in, such a car could become a problem. And could have some safety an liability issuses. Here are some examples of how it could turn out to be a bad invention.
The added safety features don't include drivers who are texting. It's kinda pointless to have a driverless car if those heads-up safety features isn't limited to drivers who are trying to text while driving. New traffic laws will be needed in order to cover liability in case of an accident. If there is an accident, it will be hard to discern who is at fault for the accident, the manufacturer or driver.
With liability issuses like this it is much too risky to contine to make advancements on the car. There are one too many safety issuses with such a car. Faulty design, limited coverage, new traffic laws, boring,and so on. It is extremely pointless to even have started to invent such a car. And could turn out to be too much of an expensive investment for those who want to increase the manufacturing process. | 1 |
Yeee Hahhhh this is your buddy Luke Bomberger here telling you that it would be a wonderful experience that you became one of the Seagoing Cowboys. If you think think this is boloni stop reading, but if you think this would be better than a Cantalope tided to a near by cactuse keep on reading. Anyways I am going to tell you reasons why this would be a great apportunity for you.
First thing I'm going to tell you about is that you get great education learning about all kinds of things. You can learn about pets if you wants to take care of one or more. You can learn about the seas if you want to travel around the world on a sea boat. You can also learn about the famous enough wars like World War ll .
Second thing I'm going to tell you about is we get special offers to go places to deliver letters, and rewards for doing a good job.
If people are hurt or sick we ar eat he ones to help, and be their for them. If that happens will you be there. | 1 |
My friend Brynna thinks that the "Unmasking the Face on Mars." was done by aliens, but the other hand I dont think it was. The first photos looks like an alien but they were taken long long ago, but the pictures today are way sharper and shows us more detail about them. On paragraph 7 it states, "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on the JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all"(Unmasking the Face on Mars, paragraph 7). Basically it was just a landform that looks like a face.
Also the artical states that the weird looking mask looks like landforms common around the American West, it states on paragraph 12, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American west"(Unmasking the Face on Mars, paragraph 12).
Brynna states from paragraph 5," Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars- evidence that NASA
would rather hide, say conspiracy theorist"(Unmasking the Face on Mars, paragraph 5).
But you have to think about the citizens, would you really want to know if aliens do exist or not? Not knowing is stress free and just makes the world a better place. But if you know you'd freak out every day of your life thinking aliens can come down any day now. Not knowing everything is a good thing sometimes and not knowing what NASA is hiding is a good example.
So knowing that the pictures they have are real pictures, it is a landform. My text evidence in my first three paragraphs will give you the reasons why "Unmasking the Face on Mars" is a landform and not a face. | 2 |
Driving cars can be an easy and better way to go from point A to point B, but there are other ways that you can do that without using gas or money. At times it is better to walk or ride a bike, and there are a few reasons why it is better for you to have limited car use.
Cars use up a lot of gas, which means more money you have to spend. There are a lot of people that hate to spend so much money on gas, and it is their choice to drive all around town. It's their money that they're spending. Paris baned driving due to smog. If they catch you driving with an even numbered license plate, then you have to suffer a 22-euro fine. You would be spending more money for driving if you get caught. Sometimes driving a car is not worth the money.
Ride your bike around or walk. People can be lazy sometimes. It is healthy for you to get some exercise and gain some energy. If your job or school is only a couple minutes away, then there is no need to drive your car. If you ride a bike or walk you'll get to your destination before you know it.
Car pool with some of your friends. Taking one car to the same destination with a group of people can't be so bad, it's beter than everybody in a group taking their own car. It's just a waste of gas and money. Think about how much you're saving off of a car pool.
Wasting gas and spending money is a problem around the world when it comes to driving. Walking around, riding your bike, or car pooling with a group of friends can't hurt you as much as a car can. So next time you want to go from point A to point B, think about what your transportation is going to be. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is very specific about the dangers of traveling to Venus. He does a good job explaining that the spaceships that have been sent were unmanned, for that same reason that the spaceships have never survived the landing for more than a few hours. The authors says that venus is
referred to as earths twin, because its closest in density and size, occasionally the closest in distance too. We have not landed a spacecraft in more than three decades, Venus us a very difficult planet to study, even though its closest to us, this makes scientists even more curious to study Venus.
In this article, the author talks about all the danger of traveling/exploring Venus, one being that the atmosphere is very thick "almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus" . What makes the atmoshpere even more complicated are the "clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid'. The average temperature over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience in our own planet"! Traveling to mars is not yet capable to do, its so hot it could liquefy metals, it has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, which is surpisingly odd because Mercury is closer to the sun, you would think Mercury is hotter.
Venus is urged to be explored because its the most earth like planet, " Astronomers are facinated by venus becuase it may well once have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system". Venus was surrounded with very wide oceans, humans could have maybe survived long ago. Venus and earth have very similar qualitys today, mountains, valleys, craters. Venus is our next option of life on another planet, "recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit". Scientists want to keep trying to make a trip to Venus, but its difficult when you hadnt a single chance of luck.
Its difficult for researchers to take samples of venus, such as rocks, gas,
etc. when they cant land the spacecraft. They would have to float over the planet, without landing it, it would be very risky to land the spacecraft. the author says "researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningful knowledge of Venus ".In paragraph 6 it says, "Scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks" this meaning that they would need to last longer enough to collect meaningful data of Venus.
In conclusion, Venus is a very difficult planet to research since, no spacecraft has ever landed. researchers are still looking for a way to make that possible but to this day it has not been accomplished, it must be difficult to try and collect data from the spacecraft without getting off. Venus has a very thick atmosphere making it difficult to breath for very long , its also very hot, hot enough to luquefy metal. Researchers are desperatley wanting to research Venus because its the closest planet we have to earth and eventually when there is no more earth, humans might have to live on Venus, possibly? | 3 |
In 1976 NASA's viking 1 space craft, while looking for possible landing sites for its sister ship, spotted somthing that looked like a human face. Although the face on Cydonia may look like it was a human face, when the first picture of the face was taken, cameras were not advanced enough to see what it really was. Although you may say that NASA is trying to is trying to hide evidence of life on Cydonia , many other scientist also believe that the face was just another Martian mesa. Also the discovery of alien life would benefit NASA.
NASA unvieled the image of the face to the public for everyone to see. Face became a pop icon, It starred in Hollywood films, appeared in magazines, and on radio talk shows. Very few of the scientist believed that the face was an alien artifact, it
became a priority for NASA
when in 1997, Global Surveyor
MSG arrived on cydonia NASA said they would photograph the face as soon as they could get a good shot at it. Another time on April 5, 1998 Another global surveyor flew over Cydonia and got a picture ten times better than the original Viking picture. The picture revealed a natutral landform, the face was a butte or mesa, landforms that are common around the American west.
This evidence shows that there was no alien monument after all. The face was simple what the Scientist thought it was when the picture was first taken of the face in 1976. IT also shows that the theorist were wrong about NASA wanting to hide the evidence that there is life on Cydonia since alien life would actually benefit NASA. | 1 |
The problem with the electoral college is that the people really arent controlling who they vote for. Personally i am in favor of changin the electoral college to popular vote. The representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for. The people only influence the electoral college. The people should have the right to vote for the candidate that they want not the one that some representative in the electoral college chooses. These are just some reasons why i think the presidential should be replaced by popular vote.
To begin with, the representatives of the electoral college can basically vote for who ever they want to vote for. When a voter places there vote they arent voting for the actual president they are simply voting for the reps of the electoral college. "The electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." What this means is that basically the election is based on what they decide not on what the people say.
Furthermore, the only thing the people do by voting is that they influence the electoral college's decision. The people dont really get to choose who they believe should be in office. All the electoral college does is get in the way of whom the people choose to be president. The electoral college should be removed and replaced with popular vote. This should take place as soon as possible.
Lastly, the people should have the right to vote for whom they believe should take office; not for some representative that is gonna choose who ever they want. For example, lets say that one votes for obama, they arent really voting for obama they are voting for someone who could pick obama, But the person that they vote for to pick obama could change there mind and vote for the other candidate. So really the peoples vote doesnt even matter. All it does is influence the vote of some representative from the electoral college. I believe that this should be changed to popular vote. In which the people vote for the candidate they want to be president and then all the votes are counted up and compared. Thats the way the presidential should be done. This is the best way for the peoples voice to be recognized and it will make a difference. | 2 |
Dear, State Senator
The voting of the president every four years is one of the most important events of American history. However I feel that it has become unfair and a volatile way of voting.
I believe that we the people should rid ourselves of the electoral college and turn to the popular vote instead. Too many events concerning the need for this change have been caused by the electoral college. Even Nixon who was caught up in a electoral vs. popular vote dispute said "aboilish the electoral college.".
First and foremost the fact that the peolpe do not vote for the president is a worying factor when the presidential election comes around. The people vote on an electoral slate of electors who may or may not actually vote for the president you want perhaps deciding to "defy the will of the people"from source 2 and vote against their political party. also you dont have the power to decide which candidates will be running so the people who will vote for your president are possibly unrelateable politicians who may be waiting to turn against the political party they belong to. there is the very likely posibility based on the information in source 2 staing that "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states diddnt see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets diddnt get to see a single coampaign add.". personally I dont know how anybody would be able to make the correct descision when electing a elector based on what you may hear about them from a friend a couple states over who may or may not have seen the candidates. Although highly unlikely, a tie in the electoral college would mean the unbalancing of power between states.
overall the electoral college is unfair and needs to be replaced by the will of the people and not the will of a masked politician. | 2 |
While many may argue for it, the Electoral College has proved to be an obselete way of electing the President. It is, essentially, an indirect way for voters to choose their candidates, by voting for electors whose loyalty is not guaranteed. The Electoral College vote can override the popular vote, as seen in the 2000 Presidential Election. Some say that the Electoral College is a system worth keeping, because it provides a certain outcome and avoids run-off elections, yet these arguments are founded on little reason.
Undoubtedly outdated, this system is a catastrophe in the works, the 2000 election only a glimpse of the chaos that could result from the Electoral College. The disaster factor is a strong argument against the Electoral College. Consider 1960, when Louisiana segregationists came close to replacing Democratic electors with ones who wouldn't support Kennedy (11). Also along those lines, electors are bound by nothing but obligation to vote for the candidate of their party, and sometimes change their decision upon voting. Even if it only happens occassionally, it is yet another fault in this system.
Not only is the Electoral College irrational, it is also simply unfair. Each state can only cast a single vote, so the one representative in Wyoming, who represents only 500 thousand, would have as much say as California's 55 representatives, who represent 35 million voters (12). Other sources say a tie would be unlikely. However, in 1979 in Ohio, it would have only taken a few thousand voters to vote the other way (12). Because of the "winner-take-all" system, certain states are left untouched by candidates who know they won't win them. In 2000, certain states didn't even see the candidates, and didn't air campaign ads, denying voters of a chance to further favor or unfavor them (13).
It is simple, the Electoral College system is a turn-off for many voters, especially after the incident in 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. Voters can be discouraged if they have no hope of carrying their state, like Democrats in Texas, or Republicans in Cali (23). Assuming that "Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election (23)" is rather incorrect. Single votes could absolutely sway an election, as mentioned earlier. Relying on the popular vote may make a tie more likely, but it would free voters from an obselete and untrustworthy system. Over 60 percent of voters oppose the Electoral College (9) which is enough to bring attention to these facts and, hopefully, address them before another controversial occurance.
The evidence is all layed out, mishaps and near-mishaps, an impending catastrophe all too possible for comfort, unfair to potential voters. The Electoral College doesn't deserve its defenders. 2000 proved it, the voters have spoken up, and it is indisputably irrational to continue to rely on it. The system has been around for a while, and it will stay in place for the next few years, most likely. However, because of the light now being shined on its faults, it could have a chance to be reformed for the better. | 4 |
I believe that disbanding electoral college would be in favor of most peoples decisions. This way everyone has a chance to vote decisively and not having electoral college decide who should be the president of the united states. Electoral college dosent let the people decide who they want to be president. It lets the lets the slate of electors decide which is totally un fair in my decision. People are the ones who elect which president they feel will make the United States a better country. Maby the slate of electors have a different decision in mind than what the people of america think about who should be president.
Popular vote would be much better in my decision because it gives everyone a chance on picking there president and not having other people pick it for them. Say there was a tie in the electoral votes, than they would be passed onto the house or reps were state delegations vote on the president and not the people of america. There is a greater quantity of people than there are slate of electors and house of representitves. The electoral college is completely unfair to voters because in each state candidates dont spend time in states they dont think will help them win presidency. We the people dont have the ability to choose who we want as a president and we want our freedom of being able to do that. There will be less conflicts and anger from the people if they disband electoral college.
But in many eyes electoral college are in favor to those people. They think its right to have the slate of electors vote for who they think would be a better president. The electoral college does avoid the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. But it could lead to more pressure in the election process, which could greately complicate the presidential elections. There for saying that electoral college isint a good decision to have. People should decide what they want to have for this country. They should be able to take a mark and say we dont want electoral college anymore for the United States.
It would have to be weighted in an election of the people to decide what they want to have. Electoral college method of selecting a president may have a big impact on people by not choosing the president they want. Saying in the peoples minds that Electoral College should be disbanded and gotten rid of because it depends on what the people of the U.S. choose, not the slate of electors. We the people of the United States should have the freedom to choose what will make this a better and stronger Country! | 3 |
The Seagoing Cowboys program changed my life. It opened me up to new experiences and opportunities. That is why I believe other people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program too. Here are some reasons why I believe you should also join along.
First of all by joining you get to help those in need. While I was a Seagoing Cowboy we had to care for a country's animals that were shipped overseas. Which was an amazing experience for a small-town boy like me, which surely this would be a great experience for you too. Another example is that you get to visit many different places. Once I was able to see Europe and China, even Acropolis, Greece. Also I got take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. It was an amazing experience that you would feel almost everyday if you joined the program. May I add you will have fun? Once when we took return trips, after the animals been unloaded, we would play baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals were housed. We also would play table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and even play games to pass the time. It was a fun time.
These are my examples of why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Surely, if you join you will be open to new experiences and opportunities as I was. I hope you take these reasons in consideration and join, I bet it'll be an opportunity of a lifetime! | 2 |
Human curiosity has always proven to be powerful, powerful enough to maybe even surpass some barriers that were seem as impossible. To satisfy one's curiosity means you will have to go beyond expectations, beyond normal techniques and way of thinking. But, what if the obstacle that's obstructing your way to learn more about something that interests you has been undefeated for years, perhaps, even decades? The scientific community has always been interested on Earth's closest shining sister, Venus, due to the fact that at one point it might have been just like the Earth; plentiful of life and diversity. However, the actual conditions of the planet makes it almost impossible to send any kind of exploration device to it.
Let's start by adressing the challenges and the possible solutions to them:
"A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus’s atmosphere. On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). In this section the author states some of the harsh conditions that can be easily found on the planet, challenges that are found nowhere in Earth. Adding to that, no human invention or technique has been proven to survive in such conditions.
If the planet is so inhospitable, then why is the scientific community planning on send further visits? "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"(The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This part, estates that Venus may once have been just like the Earth and may still be holding the secret for life in other planets. Hence why it is of so much importance for the scientific community.
Will be any possible to visit and investigate Venus in a future? "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II. Systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). In summary, the NASA IS actually working on mechanisms and devices that, even though they may not look so advanced, they might be strong enough to survive Venus' harsh conditions. It also gives a brief and understandable description of such mechanisms.
In conclusion, will exploration to Venus be possible someday? We don't know for sure, but for what it seems, we might not take very long to send expeditions to Venus. Thanks to scientific associations, like NASA, that day might not be that far away. Maybe thanks to technology from the 1940s, we actually might fulfill that dream. When the time comes, that's when we'll know for sure. | 3 |
The author supports studying venus is a worthy pursuit even though it has a lot of dangers because, by us doing that we will get a lot of imformation that we've always wondered about. Also just learning a lot more about venus will be really cool. Venus is a very special planet and we should get to know a little more baout her. We know Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and has valleys and mountains but do we know if there is life on earth? Or even plants? No, because we haven't took the time to actally sit down and make up a plan to figure that out.
As the article states, " Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insigh to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond ahould not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
After that being said I think you get the point. Just because something is risky doesn't mean we still can't do it or find another way. What I mean by this is like maybe have some trial runs with different machines. Sending them up there to Venus to make sure it's safe to go up there or even just scopping it out to see what all is up there. Going deep down into venus and just exploring. All of this can be done, it will take some time but never. say. never. | 2 |
Do students emotions really matter while you're trying to teach them? If a teacher were to use Facial Action Coding System to determine their student's feelings, they could tell what type of way they should teach. Could FACS improve the school systems all around the world? This system is great, if you have a hard time telling what peoples feelings are by their face and actions.
Have you ever been in class, and the teacher stops to ask you if you understand, because you may have had a confused look on your face? Your confused facial expression tells the teacher that you didn't understand what they are trying to teach, so they try teaching it another way or going over it again. Your expression told the teacher you weren't understanding, and needed to go over it again. It's not as difficult as it seems. This could help a teahcer in many ways.
If schools gave teachers Facial Action Coding Systems, they could use them to tell if a student is happy, confused, upset, or understanding. This is a great way for teachers to know how they should teach a lesson. Some teachers don't know how you feel about a chapter or lesson, unless you say something. Most students don't want to explain that they don't know what's going on, because they don't want to feel like they aren't as smart as the students that understand.
The systems know each muscle, and what it means when they move. FACS can tell what a person is feeling whether it's sad, happy, angry, confused, surprised, or more. By knowing this stuff, it is easier to communicate with a person. If someone is confused during school, and the teacher continues to teach how he, or she, has been teaching, the student won't be able to learn like they would if the teaching was brought to his, or her, level. Do you find it easier when a teacher teaches how you like to learn, or how other people like to learn? It's how you like to learn, right?
Facial Action Coding System can detect a person emotions. Is this a good system to have in a classroom? I believe it is. Emotions matter when you're trying to learn. How is someone supposed to understand something while they are confused? It's difficult, but it the teacher can tell you're confused the teaching might be changed to fit the students mind better. This is a great way to improve the learning system all around the world. | 2 |
Studying Venus is worthy pursuit despiting the danger, becuase many astronomoers are interested Venus. Astronomers think Venus might be the most, "Earth like planet in our solar system."
In the article they say that NASA is figuring out ways they can send people to Venus without being on its surface. NASA is also trying multiple ways to make their equipment more resistence to the heat in Venus.
Atronomers think that venus might compare to Earth. In the article is says, "Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life. just like Earth." Venus also has some features that look alike to Earth. in the article it also says that there were, "valleys, mountains, and craters" just like Earth.
Another way to study Venus is that NASA is creating ways to go to Venus, but not to be on its surface. NASA is wanting to have Aircraft to hover above Venus. They would use solat power for energy, but radiation would exceed earth's levels. In the article it say, " Not easy conditions but survivable for humans."
The last way to study Venus is that NASA is tesing and making material that can handle Venus's tempature. In the article it says, " Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulation the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three week in such conditions." Another ways is to use old technology which is called mechanical computers.
In conclusion studying Venus would be a benefit for us. If atronomers are right that Venus is a look alike to Earth. We can get materials that we need or learn how to use new material that we find there. With the help of NASA making new materials and ways to get there. Atronomers can get there in no time. | 2 |
Limiting car usage can be a good thing some people. There are many advantages for limiting car usage.
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president obama's ambitious goals to curb the united states greenhouse gas emissions, uneiled "(Rosenthal 29) this may have americans buying few cars and spending less money on gas and that means fewer cars are being sold and less money gas is making. In Bogota there is a day without cars (Selsky 27). This can help people learn how to tranport many different ways thne relying on cars. Their have more options then do just use a car. different cities are joining this event its not us Bogota. If there is limiting car usage then peole wouldnt have to worry about spending all their money on gas and insurnce and worrying about their cars braking dow and getting into a car accdient.
'"New York's new bike sharing program and its skyrocketing bridge and tunn el tolls reflect those new prioities,as do a proliferation of car-sharing programs found." (Rosenthal 37). Getting your driver's license should'nt be a priority. There are many other ways for transportstion. You can walk , take bus,take a train many other ways then you drving .
Limiting car use can be a good thing because people wouldnt have to worry about gas money and oil change and reparing broken parts. people who put cars as their priority uselly spend more money on their cars then do on themselves. | 1 |
Face The Landform?
Everyone seems to believe that the face on mars was created by Aliens. They say that the scientists are wrong by saying it was a natural landform. But, do they actually do research like the scientists do? There are many reasons that the face on mars is just a lanform, and here are those reasons.
First off, when NASA's Vicking one spacecraft was just circling and roaming around it came across something unexpecting. By snapping a few pictures, they believed it was a face. Later, when it was revealed to the world, people believed that aliens had made that mark on mars. The texts says, that no one has past over that "face" in awhile. So how come a few pictures identify a face by using one camera? So that's when scientist decided to investigate the face on mars.
After scientists did a little research on their own, "The Face" turned out to actually be a messa that is common around the american west. How can that be? Well, i will expect no one to believe that because for 25 years it was known as the face on mars. Scientists had to travel up to space by Mars and snap several pictures of the face. After they did their research collected thir data it came out to be a landform.
Some say that the scientists used a digital three image camera. What's the difference its just a camera. Well, that camera captured the truth about mars. For proof, if you looked online you can actually see what was really there. Even NASA's spacecraft revealed it to be a messa. So, it was just a false staement. There was no alien monument, in the first place. So for 25 years the face on Mars was actually a messa. But NASA would rather hide the truth about what they saw. So until, it's revealed as an actual face, it will be known as a messa or some peopel still say it's the face of Mars.
So with that all said, the face turned out to be a messa. So with the actual data, everyone should know that it is a messa. So wa sthe face really created by aliens, no it was not. It was really a landform. | 3 |
Bang! Your brand new driverless car has just made a mistake and you rear ended the other driverless car infront of you, whose to blame? You weren' driving the car but you own the car. How do you explain the accident to your insurance? Driverless cars may with daily commute, but the risk heavily outweight the advantages. These cars should not be developed because: they are more prone to accident, harder to properly regulate and the idea simply isen't practical.
Imagine that you are taking a long, overnight road trip and everyone in the car is tired from a busy week. Good thing you have a driverless car that can drive for you right? Wrong. Engineers have yet to deveop a car that requires no human help at all. For this reason, a human still has to be there to navigate the car. Since the car does most of the work, the human is more likely to pay less attention to the car. What happens when the car requires human help but the driver doesen't pay attention? Does it just keep driving into the construction sight and run into a worker? Or does it stop in the middle of the road and get rear ended by the car behind it? "The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge," admits Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver. And what prevents people from hacking into the cars and taking control of them? If hackers can hack into the white house, then surely they can hack into a soccer mom's station wagon.
The goal of having regulations on drivers are to keep the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. So how do you regulate a car that doesen't have a driver? Who is at fault if the car malfunctions or is hacked into and causes an accident? How will the person who owns the driverless car's insurance policy be affected if the his is responsible for the accident? Also, what if not everybody can afford a driverless car? How do you regulate cars when there are both driverless cars and cars that require drivers on the road at the same time? These are just a few of many questions that must be answered in order dor driverless cars to be developed. For these reasons, I beleive that the challenge of regulating driverless cars is is to complex and would create to many issues; therefore the development is not a practical idea.
Inconclusion the development of a driverless car is not practical unless dramatical innovations occur. The creation of a driverless car greatly increases the risk of an accident and simply isen't practical for insurance purposes. The idea of having a driverless car may sound very interesting to some, but the risks far outweight the advantages. For these reasons. I beleive that, unless some type of revolutionary technolgy is developed, driverless cars will never successfully be developed. | 3 |
I think that the face is just a natural landform !
In my opinion, scienctificly we should believe there landforms and not aliens. We should believe Scientist at NASA,because they have facts and pictures that look like faces made of landforms. Scientist claim they know the facts of what looks like a landform and they think this is a posibility that this is one of them. Also, We should believe its landforms because nobody has ever seen aliens before they just think that they look like on what they have on social media etc. Even if they look like what we have in pictures that still would NOT be an aliens face!! If you look at the picture it might actually look like a formed face but its not .We should also believe NASA because .. they are scientificly trained to look at these and study things to see and know what they are .. Why would you really believe and think you know whats on the internet instead of believing things that you see! Use research!
In conclusion,I think the face is a landform because if so , aliens do not look like humans and the faces on mars looks like a human face and i think we should stop assuming and go with the facts from NASA. | 1 |
a computer can not tell if your happy or if your sad, or if your confused or upset or angery. you can act like your happy and not really be happy people do it all the time they put on a mask. a computer dosnt know what your feeling, no one does but you so its kinda stupid to think that a computer of all things can tell you what your feeling. in the artical it stats how the software works and how your muscles in the face move when you show emotions. you can move the muslces in your face it also talk about how when you smile you become happy so acting happy makes you happy. you cant just become happy by smiling usely theres something that makes you happy so if you sad and smiling makes it better then why are there so many sad and depressing people out there. if smiling makes you so happy why isnt the world just a wonderful place. if this software is so good why dont they use it on criminals to see theyre tell the truth or to really show if they show remorce for what they did. this is why i dont think that useing a computer to tell emotion is very relaible. | 1 |
The use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. There are many ways that this can and cannot work. It would be great to have the students potentially have the best classroom experience possible, but that is not always the case. The system is a great idea, but it may not work for everyone. After all, it is technology, so it is not guaranteed to work one hundred percent of the time.
Many things can go wrong with the FACS. Not everyone has the same shape of face or the same shape of muscle in their face, so can it really tell the exact emotions of everybody? Computers are great things in our world, but they do not always work the way you would want them to. This software would most likely have bugs and glitches for a while before they even come close to perfecting it. Many things can go wrong.
The article states that humans perform these "calculations" everyday. Why do we need a computer to calculate our emotions when students can go to a classroom and have an actual human teacher? The article provides much great and helpful information and pros to this software. Logically thinking, people can come to the conclusion that they do not need a computer software such as the FACS to cope with their emotions. The FACS may be valuable to very few people.
The FACS is just showing how people are not developing the social skills they should have. In the article, Dr. Huand states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". Students should just go to class and have a real human teacher so they can ask them for help if they are confused or bored. Computers should not have human qualities that sounds ridiculous. Dr. Huang also never mentioned what the FACS would cost either, it could be hurting peoples' pocketbooks.
The use of the FACS to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. As stated earlier in the essay this is what real humans are for. This is also coming from a high school student who does not take online classes. This software would not be much help to the students who go into school everyday and see real life teachers and not computers. Dr. Huang could have mentioned much more in this article, he focuses on all of the pros of the software but none of the cons. The article is quite biased and its purpose is to hype students up for a cool new software. | 4 |
The Facial Action Coding System I believe to be a great idea. The Facial Action Coding System begins when the computer construcrs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Using something like this could be good or bad, because maybe not all students or parents feel comfortable with teachers being able to read their childs emotions. Being able to read some students emotions may help with potential problems with the child to see how they are really feeling. One main reason I am for this invention is in paragraph 6 in the artical it says " A classsroom 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. The Facial Acting Coding System might actually be more accurate than you think, because the creaters have thought ahead, maybe you're feeling a certain way but the computer say differently, or your exspressions for some emotions could be slightly different than oothers. Paragraph 4 in the artical " even though individuals often shoe varying degrees of expression" ( like not smiling as broadly). Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements- in a real face. By weighing the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face. In conclusion your home PC can't handle something as complex as decoding Mona Lisa's smile. But it can write down simple instructions that "encode" differnt emotions. | 2 |
I think that they should do voting by the popular vote because it should be what the people feel most comfortable choosing and they shouldnt have the electoral college. It can be argued that the electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. Democrats in texas for example or republicans in california knowing their vote will have no effect they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign that they would have if the president were picked by popular but of course no voters vote swings a national election and in spite of that about one half the elgible american population did vote in 2012 election. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.
A dispute over the outcome of an electoral college vote is possible it happened in 2000 but its less likely than a dispute over the popular vote the reason is that the winning candidates share of the electoral college invairably exceeds his share of the popular vote in 2012's election for example Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney . . . . because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner take all basis even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral vote victory in that state A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes 538 is an even number but it is higly unlikely .....
I think those two paragraphs from this passage explains why i would like for people to just do popular voting because it makes the people comfortable and who they feel will make a america as best as it can be. That person who is being elected should feel proud and make america safe is what i stronlgy agree and i think others should to because it is a great choice. The elctoral college consist of the selection of the electors the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress and i feel like thats a little too much when people can just vote instead of getting someone as a president who their not comfortable with or familiar with and dont know anything about the person so everyone just vote by the people for the people. | 0 |
In the story "A Cowboy Who Rides the Waves" a young adult named Luke signs up for a program that is called the "Seagoing Cowboys" that take care of horses, young cows, and mules. The Seagoing Cowboys do this because countries that were destroyed need them for travel and food. Now here are three reasons why Luke decided to join the Seagoing Cowboys.
Luke signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys because it was an opportunity of a life time. That means that he would not get anymore chances to travel on a boat around the world. This is also a big opportunity mostly because he is a farm boy from a small town. In paragraph 5 and 1 it states "... Luke couldn't say no. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." "The cattle-boat trips were an unbeliveable opportunity for a small-town boy, but besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China..." Also Luke wanted to join because he got to help countries that were damaged from the war. In the two sentences that were right before the first paragraph (the ones that help explain the story a little bit) it states " Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War II (or WWII for short)."
The last reason that Luke joined the Seagoing Cowboys was because he got to be with animals. In paragraph 7 it states " Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm had prepared Luke for the hard work..." So that means that if he worked on a farm with a lot of animals, and he joins something with animals, that means he likes animals. Also in paragraph 1 it states " ... Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat." So that would mean that he wants to travel with animals in a baot or he wants to be in a boat filled with animals because he like animals (this story is kind of reminding me about Noah's Arch, you know the one with the boat filled with animals because there was a giant flood).
So those are the reasons why Luke desided to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Remember he joined because he wanted to help countries that were damaged or destroyed in the World War II, it was an opportunity of a lifetime for him because he is a farm boy, and because he got to be with animals. That is why Luke joined the program. | 3 |
Driverless cars are unsafe! Who takes fult if there is a wreck or technical difficulty? Diverlesscars should not b premmited because tecchnolgy can crash anytime and indanger the people in and outside of the car. In most states its illegal to even tesr a computer diven car.
in the article it says Google cars arent truly diverless they still alert divers to pulling in and out of drive ways. It also says they have trouble with roadwork and accidents. They said tht the cars needed a whole lot of sensors with so much technology in one project something is bound to go wrong. with the BMW car its not really driverless if the person still has to have a hold of the wheel. Mostly all the cars in the artcle need help when accidents or work construction occur. The driverless car is not oing to know evrything going arond it , what if someone cuts them
off or stops quickly they wouldnt have even seen it coming.
Driverless cars should not be developed because they are dangerous. In the article says that las hve written says the only safe car is a car that is controle by a human at all times . Most people arent going to be focused if not operating the car by them self , if something happens to where they need to take over how would they know if distacted. many accidencts happen with human drivers htheir shouldnt be accidents with computer drives also. | 1 |
I think that the author is right about the idea of studying venus is worthly pursuit despite of the dangers NASA is working on studying venus. Why not study it it use to be like earth. and also it a star you see at night.
Venus is one of the most intresting planets near earth I think it would be intresting to study and so does NASA the text says, "NASA is working on othe approaches to study Venus for example, some simplified electronics mode of silicon carbide have bee tested in a chamber simualting the chaos of venus's surface and have lasted 3 weeks in such conditions". See we could try and study Venus we could be on there for a 2 weeks and leave.
Venus is called the sister planet because of how close it is and like family Venus has the same looks aswhille the text says, "Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters". See if Venus is like earth we could look at what happened to it and make sure that doesn't happened to us.
Venus is a star we see at night have you ever wonder what it was? Or how it's like earth and has no life that is what NASA and so
many more space programs are trying to find out.
I think that the author is right that we should go study Venus even if it dangerus it's worthy of that risk. it a star and planet in our solar system. Venus is our sister planet and looks like us too, and NASA is finding ways for us to be able to walk on Venus and study it aswhile. | 2 |
Will these cars stop all the accidents. The research that this passage has gave us is that it may work. My concern if i bought one of these cars what if you break down and there is a problem with the engine but you dont know how to fix it and cant afford road side assitiance.
How would you get to places. Would we put the adress of where we want to go or tell the car with our voices where to take us. If the car dosent respond to tht then what do we do push the car NO. I dont think driverless cars are a good idea. Also we wouldnt have to have a driver licence to drive a driverless care. Someone can be 14 and drive on of those.
I just dont think that its a good idea. People would do some pretty dumb stuff i feel like they might let there 11 year old gp to the gas station down a couple of streets and let him take their driverless car and that is how people will cause an accident. | 1 |
My position on driverless cars is to turn the cars into something different. In the text, it states that no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore. It, also states that Sergey Brin can imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because they don't need them anymore, because he envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets or some type of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system. I think that people should use their cars because a taxi is not always going to be availiable for them. So, they need to drive themselves places instead of having a taxi take them where they need to go.
Also, in this article it states that the cars Sergey Brin foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer way far more flexibility than a bus. It, also stated that he believes such cars would fundamentally change the world. I disagree with the taxi system because there won't always be a taxi availiable for you when you need to go places.
In my opinion, people should start driving themsleves to places they need to go instead of a taxi always having to go and always pick them up and take them where ever they need to go. I think it's a waste of gas for a taxi person always wasting there gas to go pick up people that have a car but don't want to drive it. I think taxi should only pick up people that don't have a car and take them places.
The text also states, that some companies are making computer drivern cars. In the late 1950's, General Motors created a concept car that could only run on a special track. It states, that the track was embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front of the car. Furthermore, it stated that engineers at Berkeley tried something very similar but they used magnets with alternating polarity than an electrical track. | 1 |
The thrilling concept of touching the stars has always been an endeavour man has striven to accomplish; to understand our world and universe, to reach heights that were once only dreamed of. The author of this article has a similar view. He believes we should do what we can to explore and study the planets and stars, but one planet in particular, Venus. Venus seems a likely choice for many reasons, despite the danger, he provides options of safety, also it's the most practical because it's the closest and quite similar to earth, not only that, but Venus remains a mystery and provides an exciting chalenge that must be overcome. With all this and more the author fully supports his idea that "the challenge of exploring Venus" is a worthy one.
First of all, the author acknowledges the fact that it is a dangerous, and quite daunting task. As he says in paragraph 2, "No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours".
He fully understands that there will be risk, proving to the reader that this isn't simply a wild idea he just came up with, but that he has done his research and grasps the fact that it won't be easy. Moreover, he furthers his argument by putting forth ideas to increase safety. He mentions experiments and tests that have provided scientists with information to produce electronics and materials able to last longer on Venus's inhospitable surface conditions. These advances will allow scientists to conduct research in order to better understand this mysterious planet.
However, despite any time setbacks concerning development of suitable equipment, Venus has many more practical for our ventures. Venus is- at times- the closest planet in our solar system. Proximity is extremly important where space travel is concerned. It is much more reasonable that we would study and explore a planet that is relativelyl easy to get to. Not only this, but Venus is rather similar to earth. In fact as the article states "it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". As a reuslt it has sparked much interest and fascination for many Astronomers.
In addition to this, Venus proposes a challenge unlike any other. This is a planet that will not divulge its secrets easily, as is extremely difficult to examine. We mus strive to meet this challenge head-on, to learn all we can about this mysterious, Earth-like planet. The author concludes with a compelling argument that gives his claim more of an edge, he says, " our travels on Earth and beyond ...should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagintion and innovation". Humans will be met with challenge after challenge and we cannot scatter at the idea of danger, but rather stand firm and face these difficulties that will lead us to even greater heights.
While this article may have a few faults, the author inspires and excites the minds of curious adventurers who seek reach beyond any limits. He provides reason mixed with ideas that appeal to a readers sense of emotion and supports his claim to a point that they are willing to rise up and meet this challenge like none other. Mankind is faced with this endeavour to seek out and overcome the danger of his proposal, to let their dreams of reaching the stars, become reality. | 4 |
Cars are a huge advantage in traveling. They can get people to places faster than a single horse could; and their a lot safer than riding on a horse. While there are positive advantages to these moble transportations, there are also negative portions that cars have. You may be awfully suprised what these transports can do outside their good nature. For instance, cars run on fossil fuel, which is a artifical gas that ruins the enviorment as much as people cutting down trees and smoke coming out of nuclear plants that do damage to the clouds in the sky. Cars don't just hurt the enviorment, they hurt innocent lives as well. Let me pull out an example: Person A and Person C are driving on the interstate when Person B spills out too much fossil fuel from the exaust pipe of his car. This causes both Person A & C to spin out of control and crash into each other because they couldn't see the road very well because of Person B. This isn't the only threat cars can pull into, but I'll get to that later. With all these bad occurances that happen people have been wondering, "how can we save both lives and the enviorment from the issues of cars at the same time"? There is a way to do just that: limiting car usage.
Like I said before, cars can have a lot of negative issues in their state of mind. Some examples are foggy weather, over usage of fossil fuel, speeding, texting and driving, drunk driving and many more that exist that I cannot mention. Because of these issues, cities like Vauban Germany, Paris France and Bogota Colombia have banned(well not really banned but you get what i mean) driving cars due to the bad issues cars can/have caused. In the US, the presentage of people driving cars has decreased a lot over the past few years (the story doesn't say what persentage). As much as I hate them doing that, they actually have a reason. In this case of fellow citizens, car usage should be banned for various reasons. I won't be telling all the reasons because that would take a long time to do so.
Reason #1: Drunk driving. Have you ever known someone or heard about an incident were a person is drunk inside a car and crashes into any random source they don't see coming? Well, let us face the facts: drunk people should not drive. If someone is drunk at a bar and is feeling funny, they should either walk home or get someone to pick them up. Drunk people who drive have a great chance at getting someone hurt of themselves hurt because of their stupid attitude. The person shouldn't drive again until they are fully consious again. Reason #2: Extreme weather. When people drive in extreme, they are risking their lives in a greater persentage than a zombie apocolypse, terrorists invading any country and being attacked by people who try to kill you. Extreme weather like thunderstorms, hail and strong fog are too dangerous for people to drive in. If you drive in that type of weather, there is a 90% chance you will not make it out without injuries. People need to wait for the weather to either calm down or stop completely(I just wait until it stops completely so that it wouldn't get worse as it calms down). This will help them prevent them or anyone from getting a wreck. If it occurs randomly while your driving then your screwed. Reason #3: texting and driving. Why is it that most people in this generation keep getting stupid and stupid every single minute? This is one of those incidents that has such that. People who text while driving pay more attention to their stupid phone than focusing on driving. Like drunk driving people who care about texting so much need to either sit in the back and text or not ride in the car at all. They propably should stay away from a car as long as possible until they learn to not text and drive at the same time. You can't do two things at once unless you're some one fictional or a pro at it. Final reason: Expoit of fossil fuels. I don't need to talk much about this one because I already did in my first paragraph and it is related to the extreme weather topic but I will do it once more. Cars that exploit fossil fuels can cause damage to the enviorment. If the smoke is exploited too much it can not only more damage to the enviorment, but it can cause people to reck as well.
These are the reasons that fellow citizens like you should limit your car usages. Remember that cars are not a same transportation vehicle that can get you from point A to Point B, they have a dark side like everything else. Even if you do limit your car usages, it doesn't mean you are safe from the world that hunts you down. Be careful out there and follow the percautions of safty carefully when you are traveling either by car or anyother place. | 3 |
Is Venus survivable? Venus is the only planet in our solar system that's like Earth. The author stated three reasons why its worth exploring. The first reason it's like Earth, the second reason is scientist can make discovery, and last but no least it's going to be challenging.
Venus is as closest as Earth, some of the feature they have are density and size, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." (paragraph 4) If Earth was dying Venus would be the first place we would go to. scientists said that the only reason why we cant go there now is because of the temperatures.
If scientist can discover Venus there there may be a chance we can discover other planet as well and if we know everything about Venus we can sent people there. NASA is finding ways to to explore Venus like "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions."(parapraph 7) This shows that sooner or later scientist will find a way to make Venus survivable.
The challenging parts are the floor of Venus is way too hot, the text states that "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus’s atmosphere. On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." the longest they can land there three weeks without getting burn. That's the main thing that's keeping humans from Venus.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth it has it's differences and similarties. Venus is the referred at "twin" to Earth. Scientist/NASA are working on a way to make Venus survivable. | 3 |
The author does a good job supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author explains how Venus is the most similar planet to Earth.
The author also points out that Venus is sometimes Earths closest neghboring planet which would help with the time of space travel. It is made clear in the artical that scientist want to learn more about Venus and that the author supports them, now lets see examples the author gives us to support these claimes.
In the artical "The Chanllenge of Exploring Venus" the author describes how Earth and Venus are the two most similar planets, as shown in the text "Astonomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This exerpt shows that Venus is a very special planet that needs to be reserched even though it is dangerous. In the artical the author says Venus is sometimes the closeset planet to Earth making space travel easier. "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel."
The last point I have is it is clear that scientist and the author both share in the fact that they think it is important to learn more about Venus, an example of this in the text is "Striving to meet the challenge ppresented be Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." That exerpt shows how not only the author feels but also how scientist feel about exploring Venus.
I think it is clear that the author has done a good job of supporting the idea that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers. The author used several different examples listed in the before paragraphs to show how the reward was greater than the risk. | 3 |
The modern automobile has been the axle to the wheel of the smog ridden contemporary age. Within a century, a car could be found within virtually every home across every developed nation. Though in recent years, the societal infatuation with private automobiles has begun to diminish. Mulitple European and South American countries began instituting beneficial "car-free" municipal policies and statistics show a decline in licencse registration and car purchases across the U.S. The progression of the "car-free" policies and trend will have beneficial ecological, economical, and social implications on the modern world.
The concern of greenhouse gas emissions from cars has been of much concern within the scientific world. With cities such as densely populated Bejing often covered in sheets of poisonous smog, the high emissions has proven deadly to both human and enviromental life. According to source 2, Paris recently was plagued by statuated amounts of smog rivaling that of Bejing. The French solution to this problem was municipal action and a week long ban on certain vehicles. The smog contained nearly 147 micrograms of particulate matter and the country's high use of disel as a gasoline alternative was a contributing factor. The policy was immediately effective as the smog lifted after only one day of the ban. Though the smog that plagued Paris is not only a problem of the French. As stated by Source 1, passenger cars alone are responsible for up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions within car-intensive areas of the U.S. such as Chicago and Detriot.
The focus on automobiles with the development of car-intensive cities, such as the aforementioned Chicago and Detriot, has carried an economical burden in tandem with it's ecological consequences. According to Source 1, 80 percent of monetary appropriations have gone to highways with 20 percent going to other forms of public transit. As exmplified within the same article, Vauban, Germany has pioneered the car-free suburban model. Maximizing ergonomics to improve public foot transit, it has financially benefited from the prohibition of cars and the nuturing of its enviorment. Within the South American capital of Bogota, Columbia, who have been promoting an improvement campaign designed to encorage pedestrain-centric municipal development. As an effect of in newly revitalized walkways and parks, an industry of shops and restaurants appeared.
Within the United States the "car-free" movement has been gaining support. As stated by Source 4, President Obama demonstrated his vision to curb greenhouse gas emissions in a speech in 2013. This statement was aided by polls showing a demopraghic shift in licensed citizens. | 3 |
I think they should use the The Facial Action Coding System in class rooms.It is something that could be a fun activaty that the class could do together and at the same time.It could be useful, the teacher could also use it to see if the students.Have any
problems by looking if the Facial Action Coding System picks up to much of negative emotions.
That way if the student is have problems and does not want to say anything.The teacher can find out that way.Then talk to the students that might have any problems so they can help them get the help they need.There are to many cases where students have problems at home or at school then dont say anything.
In some cases it becomes to much for them and they do horrible things.Like go to school with a gun to harm people.If the Facial Action Coding System picks up on those emotions maybe they can get the help they need.So that it does not get to that point and a tragity could be avoided. | 2 |
From a sunday drive to a cross country road trip, automobiles play an important role in how we get around. However in recent years more studies have been developed showing the negative about cars: how they affect the environment. Some people believe automoblies are almost single-handedly destroying the Earth we so despirately cherish. Perhaps we should all take into consideration how our car usage is affecting the environment around us. I believe that automobiles are a detriment to our society and we should pay attention to how much we use them.
Smog has become a huge problem especially in highly populated areas where there are lots of cars running at the same time. An interesting solution arised to reduce the amount of polution from cars in Bogota, Colombia as talked about in Source 3. The article tells of a government made holiday that bans car usage in order to reduce the amount of pollution; the government even took it so far as to fine the people not participating in their "Day Without Cars." I think this is a marvelous idea because people need a little encouragement to do the right thing and it helps reduce the issue we are facing. Another example of an idea to reduce car pollution is shown in Source 2, this time being in France. It talks about how Paris typically has a higher pollution rate than most cities and the government felt a need to change this. They were willing to ban all gas operated cars for as long as it took to clean up the air. There were exceptions to this rule though in the case of car-pooling more than 3 people, driving a hybrid or electric car, or public transportation vehicles in order to still have everyone get where they were going. It is refreshing to see that some places in the world are taking a stand in resolving the issue we find ourselves right in the middle of.
For a while now cars have been the king of transportation, it seems about time to change things up a little. In source 1 it talks about an experimental german community that forbids the use of cars. By making everything more accessable to the public in nullifies the use for cars. It seems that the main problem with our settlements is we built them around cars rather than building them for people. Another part in source 1 tells about the effort put out by the United States to promote "car reduced" communities. They are planning on doing this by making a bigger portion of the federal transportation bill focus on public transportation than on highways. I believe we are heading in the right direction to reduce our usage of cars and focus on alternate forms of transportation.
In the end it can be said that limited car use is a matter we need to pay very close attention to. | 3 |
People always say that the future of technology is here. The cartoons of rockets blasting off into space have become a reality allowing astronauts to walk on the moon. Cell phones allow users to call, message, and interact with others from relatively anywhere. Cars have been designed to reach speeds well over one-hundred miles-per-hour. In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents postive aspects of driveless cars to demostrate reasons why support for the development of autonomous vehicles is needed.
Autonomous cars are a breakthough technology, and just like any other new invention, there is a demand for improvement. The development of these driverless cars will make the lives of the passenger easier, will make roads safer, and make road trips enjoyable. Cars are expected to be, "capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." This ability for these machines to run on their own will mean less work for the person sitting in the drivers seat. Of course, anyone in these cars will have to be alert enough to take over whenever something unusual is happening on the road, but that is minimal compared to the work of actually driving. A major part of these vehicles is the, "LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." This sensor, which is placed on the roof, is alert at all times and can take in information of any 3-D object in a cars surrounding area for a relief of a sense of danger. These cars, "allowing far better response and control than a human driver," are making the roads safer. The sensors and technology in these cars and so fast to act because of their programming that a human could not manage to keep up. Manufacturers are working on "bringing in-car entertainment" which will make the experience in one of these driverless cars even more enjoyable. The vehicle is coded to alert the driver and shut off all entertainment systems when it is in a position in which the driver must regain control. This feature is safer to the driver because when someone is looking at their phon, they are not paying attention to the road, but in an autonomous vehicle there is always someone or something in attention.
Support for the development of autonomous vehicle is needed to change the future of driving. The workload of the dirver for a roadtrip in minimized to a point where they are in control a very small percentage of the time. Roads become safer due to the sensors and code in the cars which allow them to react faster than humans. Just as importantly, road trips will now be enjoyable to passangers with the entertainment that can be provided when not having your own foot on the gas. The possibility for improvement is endless, and with autonomous cars driving their way into our economy, the future si finally here. | 3 |
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is talking about Venus and how similar it is to Earth also that it's the hottest planet in our solar system as well as that we still might not know as much as we think we do. "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"(Paragraph 8). The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" thinks that we should be studying Venus because there still might be some things we don't know about Venus also if we do study it we could potentially might explore its surface one day.
So how the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers, is because he explains in detail why we should be studying Venus. He also explains how we could study Venus surface a safe way and not worry about it's temperature."Futhermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel"(Paragraph 4). The author believes that if we study Venus we could find safe ways to do this and not have to worry about it's temperature and we could explore more of Venus as well as discovering new things.
So the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because in the article, he explains that we could figure out safe ways to go on Venus surface. He also says we shouldn't just stop our curiosity there because we are limited by the dangers as well as doubts. | 1 |
Many people believe they need a car to live, they think that with a car they'll feel more independent and happy. Well i am here to tell you that you do not need a car to feel happy nor independent because millions of people around the world have been living without car for years and they have never felt better. Hiedrun walter, is a media trainer and a mother says that "when i had a car i was always tense, i'm much happier this way.
In Vauban, 70 percent of families do not own cars and 57 percent of them sold a to move to Vauban because they say they feel much more safe and comftable. With less and less people driving it seems like more and more people are happy.
In France, smog is ruining cities because of the increase of cars. On a monday law enforcers announced to the people of france that they should leave their cars at home because the smog got too out of hand. Almost 4,000 driver were fined for driving anyway, after 5 days of none driving congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France.
In conclusion, less driving is better for people and the earth. | 1 |
Imagine you are riding in a driverless car and you see a bright red car heading toward you. Would you panic? Or would you go on as if nothing was going to happen? Imagine having very little control of your car when it crashes into the red car that was coming towards you. Imagine finding out that you had just killed two precious, little babies lives because your driverless car lost control. These are the things that you have to think about when it comes to driverless cars. I believe that diverless cars are not completely safe. I think they should be illegal for many reasons.
Vehicles have mechanical problems all the time. You will be driving down the road and your breaks will go out, or your steering wheel will lock up. These things are hard enough to control when the driver is in control of the car, let alone if the driver was not fully in control. In section seven, it says that the driverless cars are able to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. What happens when you are riding along and something goes completely wrong and you end up crashing into the car that was heading your way? Driverless cars would only exacerbate the mechanical problems cars have today. In section nine it says that if the car fails, and someone is injured, who is responsible? The driver or the manufacturer?
Safety is a big issue when it comes to driving. One of the main issues is texting and driving. If you are the designated "driver" in a driverless car, you would be even more tempted to get on your phone. I believe that this is not safe at all. If you are in the drivers seat, you need to be paying attention to the road at all times, even in a driverless car. In section eight in the passage, it says that some maufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. I think that having these ammentities in the car are very unsafe. Even though the cars have been tested and have been driven more than a half a million miles without crashing according to section two, there are still possibilities for mishaps and crashes. Because of this, section nine says that in most states it is illegal to even test computer driven cars.
Safety is not the only issue when it comes to driverless cars. Owning a driverless car would be extremely expensive. As I said earlier, mechanical failuers happen all the time in cars today. The cost to fix your car when something happens is already expenxive. If you were to own a driverless car and something happened to fail, the cost would most likely be exorbitant. Driverless cars have so many features and sensors. In section four, it says that there are sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera near the rearview mirror, four automative radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor. If one of these sensors were to go bad or to break, it would be costly to fix them.
Overall, I thik that driverless cars should not be legal. They put too many things and people at risk. Even though they have been tested and proven to be safe, there are still many things that could go wrong. In section seven, it says that they are able to steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. If you believe these things to be true and you get in the car without a care in the world, you will not be filled with much exhilaration when something goes wrong. The issue of driverless cars and safety is a big problem to me. When you are in a car that you do not have to pay attention to the road very much, you could be doing whatever you wanted. Even if you were paying attention to the road and your surroundings, you never know what other drivers are doing. Not being in control of the car can be very dangerous no matter what situation you are in. | 4 |
The reason that Luke join the program was of is friend i know this because it said that Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I also know this because it said that Luke couldn't say no he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime . Thats why luke went on the boat because of is friend and the program. I aslo know this because it said that Don Reist invied him to go Thats how he got to to go to the program and with is friend. i also know this because it said that i was a opportunity of a lifetime.
Luke claims they were good and bad somtimes I know this because it said that ketp luke busy they had to feed and watered two or three times a day. I aslo know this because it said bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. I think that luke had alot more claims but those were the most imporantant ones. The thing that was the harest was to feed the animals and much more and that they had to more and more things to. and to much more. That the claims that luke had to do I think he had to them everyday.
There is alot more claims so here is more I think the was more claims I know this because it said helping out on aunt katie fram as a boy had prepared luke for hard work. I also know this because it said that served as night watchman his job was to cheak on all the animals every hour. I think that help him on his trip across seas because he had more work. That how I know that he was go on the trip and I think that he did a good job. I think is job was hard and did not realy do anything but feed animals.
Luke claims where hard i know this because it said that but not for the dangers at sea. i aslo know this because it said that Luke also found time to have fun borad. I think he got bored alot on the ship and he was tired. I know that he was bored because it said that table tennis tournaments .I think that he had tournaments on ship because they got bored. I think that they had to do some things to get there like get the anmials and load them up and do some things to get some fun time. I think that they had to do stuff to earn that free time and to do alt of things and play games to.
I know that the ship was boring and fun i know this because it said that the cowboys played baseball and volleyball games. i also know this because it said that they have fencing,boxing,reading,whittling,and games also helped pass the time. I think that they had fun on the ship with all the things they could have done and but they still had to work on the ship to. I also know this because it said that fun on borad,especially on retued trips after the animals had been unloated. What would you do if your where on this ship and had to do work? | 0 |
The advantages of limiting car usage are less air pollution. Less smog would be intensifying in other countries. more people would be released from the stress of owning a car people wouldnt have to worry about gas prices. The rate of car accidents would go down and so would the percentage of deaths caused by car accidents. more money would be saved since less people wont have to worry about spending any money repairing their vehicles or tuning them up.
Crime rates would decrease since less ppl would be able to commit crimes without a car,and no one could have their car stolen from them. Teen deaths caused by drunk driving would decrease as well. The cost of emissions would go down imensly and the U.S would gain alot more money because of less money spent on vehicles and and imports and gas,oil,tires and other vehicle related cost expenses. Limiting car usage is one of the best possible thing U.S American citizens can do to help preserve our earth and its enviorment.
It is best if everyone start to limit their car usage so that our planet can be less polluted and can be smog free. Cars are one of the biggest reasons for air pollution and we spend alot of money and them aswell. So i believe car usage should be limited for the greater good of our earth. | 2 |
Venus is a simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proven a very challenging place to examine more closely. Since Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. To despite all the dangers and challenges from Venus we can gain more information about it. It has proved that it is a challenging more than a danger place to examine more closely. Also NASA could be studying old to new technology.
Putting the danger away in foces more on what inforamtion we can all gain on. To understand how this plant Venus is very difffrent from others in the solar system. In the passage states "Its nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet from our sun". Known how Venus got its nickname "Evening Star". Also how Venus and Mars our neighbor, orbit the sun at diffrent speeds. In the Article states that "Venus is sometimes right around the coner-in the space terms-humans have sent numerous spacevraft to land on his cloud-draped world.
Venus is know for its danger instead for its challenge. In the article states that "numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputaion as a challenging plant for humans to study, depite of its proximity to us". Venus is not any other plant in the solar system caused by its temperatures averge is over 800 degress Fahrenheit. In the passage states "even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric aicd in Venus's atmosphere". It is more as in challenge to learn and understand how this plant is diffrent from others plant in the solar system. Tacking this as a challenge then a danger.
On the other hand, old technology into new technology can safe and learn from other plant like Venus. "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus ther need electronic made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venu's surface." Meaning NASA have been gaining new ways and studying what technology is best for venus. Also old techology is been used for this project. In the Passage states that "Another project like this is looking back to an old device called mechanical computers". With new and old devices they can studying new way to get cloeser and safer to Venus by stusying Venus.
Venus is a worthy pursuit depite of its danger if everyone tacks it as a cahllenge. By gaing more information about Venus and tacking the challenge. How old to new technology is bening used. All the danger could trun into safely. With safely we can study all of the unanswed question. By tacking the challenge and getting closer to Venus with safely caution. Leaving all the danger in the past in foces mor eon hoe to get their closer and safer. | 2 |
There is a great challenge when it comes to exploring the planet Venus. However, some may believe that studying the planet is worth taking the risks that are inevitable. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers presented, by providing examples of the harsh conditions and new solutions to those conditions.
The author supports the idea that Venus is worth exploring by stating that astronomers are very intruiged by Venus because of it's similarity to planet Earth. The author also discusses that after the exploration of Venus, more intimidating conquests will be able to take place. After explaining this, the author then explains the dangers presented on Venus. For example, Venus has very high temperatures and sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. To counteract against these challenges, NASA has the idea of using a blimp-like vehicle to avoid the hostile atmosphere and temperature. Another challenge would be the inability to use modern computers on Venus because of the harsh conditions. However, a solution to this would be the use of mechanical computers. The author elaborated on this idea by stating that, "...mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces". These are just two solutions from the researchers at NASA that can be used to combat the conditions Venus provides.
The author strengthed the idea by using various examples and providing concrete evidence. The author also provided facts from NASA as well as solutions to the challenges that arise from the conditions on Venus. This was done by elaborating on new technology that can be used despite the hostile conditions. This further strengthens the author's idea that the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to exploring Venus. | 2 |
Google Cars: For Better or Worst?
The Google cars have started revolutionizing the way people drive in America. The development of these cars have been proven quite sastifying to the manufactuers who constructed the car, and the consumers who plan on buying them. However, everyone is not on the same page, and disagree about allowing these cars to be created. These Google Cars are beneficial to humanity because it comes from a reliable company, the advanced saftey features, it eases driving for those with disabilities.
Google, as we all know, is one of the largets search engines in the world. It is used for research, and finding about general information. They make a lot of money just their uses and the number of people who use it. Now, they wish to invest that money into building cars that drive themselves and protect the people. We should just, at least, give them a chance.
According to the portion of the article labled "Sensnig the World", the Google car have numerous advanced saftey features. In paragraph four, it says that Google modified the Prius with positon-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, four automotive radar senors, a GPS, and an inertial motion sensor. This makes the car more safer for the driver; it could detectout-of-control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors could make the car apply the brakes, thus preventing an accident.
Poeple with disability claims are probably the ones who can benifit from this the most. A deaf person won't be able to hear the warnig alarm that is set in the car. However, they can see the flashing lights on the windshield.
The same thing goes for a blind person but in the opposite way; he or she might not be able to see the incoming danger, but they do know where the brakes are. A blind person can be able to drive again with the car protecting him or her evry way it can.
The Google car shows great promise in the future. It has many quality features to keep one from injuring himself. People say that the car will have dilemas, but you won't know until you try, right? If Google wants to try and make a car that could benefit and change the way we drive them, I say we should let them. | 3 |
The author of this article thinks that we as humans should explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. Venus is the second planet closest to the sun it's also the hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is also considered Earth's twin, it is the closest planet to the Earth terms of density and size.
The author starts his claim on how Venus is somewhat similair to Earth. He also says that long ago Venus was just like earth it had different forms of life and landscapes. It still holds some of the more rocky landscape. The author says how the condition on Venus is bad, but still liveable for humans and NASA should send humans to go and study Venus.
The idea of studying Venus sound really mindblowing, but with all of the grotesque conditions it's going to make it dificult to imposible for humans to go there. First of all, Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. The clouds are made of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The tempetures in venus are even worse it can get up to 800 degrees Farenheit, 90 times greater than what we experence on Earth. With that type of environment it's going to make it extremely difficult to go and study Venus.
Even with all of the difficult challenges Venus has, the author is very optimistic of how we as humans should explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
the usage of this new technology to read emotion has alot of potential for many things. It can read off your emotion even if your faking your smile, frown, etc. The use of this technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable because it can benefit the students learning, it can make learning more enjoyable and can help the student with any conflict they are facing inside or outside of school.
This new usage of technology can be used to benefit many people. This new technology can benefit students by being able to know their emotional expression and how they feel that day this can lead to teachers helping cheer up the class if the majority are not doing the best. this could also detect the stress/worried emotion in a student letting a teacher now that they may be overworking their students. This is similar to how
they said ¨you could probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by looking on her face.¨ if a teacher knew directly how stressed/worried you were they might slow down or postpone due dates for later dates.
This new technology can make the student into a new person and change their learning expierences. This new technology to read the emotional expressions of students can make a class enjoyable. For instance if you are not enjoying a class and or the class has always been boring or you know that you struggle in that subject this new technology can change that. This new technology can sense the emotions you feel class and inform the teacher on how you feel leading to the teacher making changes to the class or how he teaches. This was best explain when the article stated ¨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 explains it all and how a teacher could use this to their advantage.
The usage of this new emotional expression reading technology could detect emotions that could cause dangerous things. for instance they can help a student who may be dealing with something outside or inside of the school. This new technology can help prevent bullying, schoolshootings, self-harm, etc. If this technology is implanted anytime soon it could save many peoples lives. this new technology even has the power to " Indicate the difference betweem a genuine smile and a forced one.¨ this could really identify any troubled students and prevent them from doing anything risky
Overall this technology could really benifit all schools around the world. They have the potential to change learning, make students happier, prevent dangerous activity and develop new ways of learning. If this tech was implanted many years we could have prevented lots of bullying, shootings and sef-harm. | 3 |
Do you ever dream about the world having driverless cars everywhere?
Well google thinks so. Google and many others like me think that there can be driverless cars everywhere they go to get people around more safely than a human driver can ever imagine. I think that this is a great idea to begin with because of the fact that there are lots of accidents caused by human error when it comes to driving.
Driverless cars can be benetfical towards a lot of things like for an example, senior citizens who are too old to drive anymore and the handicap people who got an injury that prevents them from driving. It can also be more quicker also than a taxi or bus for the public who normally complain about the buses and taxi's running late. The cars can change the world as we know a world with no worries of an problem with car accidents.
Please don't worry people the car's have sensors that are always on alert scanning around the car sending 3D models of the things around it
to be aware. The sensors came a long way from back then and now even today being made way better than before with faster scanning and alertness with this happening you can bet on it that driverless cars will be a success.
But others are concerned with the computers in the car saying what if the computers crash or if it gets hack they are also saying that what if there is an incident who will be to blame will it be the passenger or the manafacturer. There are a lot of what if but the time of driverless cars is very close and can be happenning in some years to come. | 2 |
Wouldn't it be nice to know the honest feeling and emotions of someone? I personally like the idea. Using FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can help in so many ways, but it also has its downs to it as well.
The Facial Action Coding System was descovered by Prof., with the help of Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe. They wanted to make it to where humans and computeres could communicate easliy. The way this works is that the computer scans a 3D view of the persons face, scanning the muscles to detect the emotion of that specific person. FACS can be benificial in a lot of ways. School, personal life, work, etc. In paragraph 6. it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"
Then Dr. Huang predicts that the computer would be able to modify the lesson and try to help the student learn it in an easier way. This could help the teachers by letting them know who got it and who don't go it. This technoligy could potentially help more students get into colleges and stuff like that. Another way FACS could be benificial is in the medical feild. a lot of people in this world go through something called depression, and usually go to the doctor to get some type of medicine to help with the problem. With the help of FACS, doctors could be able to tell exactly how a person is feeling. This could lead to less suicidal deaths and many more. I personally think that the Facial Action Coding System is a great idea and would be very benificial in this world today.
On the other hand, this technoligy could be hated by some people. There are people in this world that do not want everyone to know exactly how they are feeling. There are people that stay more to theirselves and they like it that way. FACS could make it harder for that specific person to be by him/her self. If a person is feeling sad and mad most of the time, FACS would just bring more people towards that person out of couriosity. Even when that person just wants to be left alone.
Eventhough I see how the Facial Action Coding System could potentially effect some peoples lives in a bad way, I still belive that FACS is a great idea. It should still be worked on more and more everyday and can start making it's way a crossed the world. | 2 |
Do you want to travel the world and help people along the way? Well, then you shoud join the Seagoing Cowboys program! I first joinded in 1945, and I don't regret it. Helping folks, seeing great places, and just having fun. It was amazing! After the whole experience, the whole world was opened to me. You will see what I mean if join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
Now, while at first glance it may look like you just get an excuse to travel the world. Well, it's not. You will still have to work. You'll need to take care of the animals on board of the ship. They all have to be fed and watered two or three times a day. This job can also be dangerous if you're not careful. Heck, I almost went over board and cracked my ribs one night. So, if you are clumsy or don't like the water, this Wouldn't be the thing for you. If neither of these things describe then great!
While the last few things I said may have made you a little uncertain about joining, don't worry. The good things completely overshodow the downsides. First, just seeing the smiles of the people you help warm your heart. Also, you grow bonds like no other with your fellow cowboys. On return trips when the animals are gone, we got to play games in the empty holds where the animals were. The best part about this program was getting to see so many places in the world. From excavated castles in Crete, to the Panama Canal. You'll even see places you never even knew were so beutiful.
After all this, is there even a quostion
if you want to join? Wonderful people, wonderful places. It will be amazing, I promiss you. Many people need help out there, and you could be the one to help them. If that isn't enough think of all the things you could learn, the people you could meet, and the adventure you could have. So, come on, what are you waitnig for? Plese, join the Seagoing Cowboys program today. | 3 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author did suggest that studying Venus is a wotrthy of pursuit despite the dangers it presents. He stated example of the circumstances and problems that can possibly happen when trying to explore other planets such as Venus and he did not just state the problem but also put in the benefits on when we keep trying and not give up, we could actually get evidence and answers on what we are looking for.
The author supports the idea on the fact that "exploring Venus might be dangerous but worth it," very well when looking back at the passage. One evidence in the article that supports his claim is, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." It says in the article that Venus was like Earth once and it had the source of water in it and had in fact supported various forms of life, so I think that this is very importat because we don't know what might happen to our planet Earth, it is not in our ability to control changes on Earth and that is why it is good to know that even though it might change, we have a second option to know that we can always go to a different planet to survive.
Another evidence that the author had said in the passage was ,"Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors."
Once again, it might take us forver to get answers for our questions and get what we are looking for but throughout the process everyone learns and somehow it will lead us into many more things more than exploring Venus, it might help us with other things that we do not have evidence for yet.
In conclusion, the author did a great job on expressing his thoughts on his idea. He was very specific with it and had evidence that I also explained earlier to show people that it is going to be dangerous, some people might just give up because they see no point in doing it, they have been searching for too long and have not found anything but I know that it will be worth it, it might not be today but sooner or later it will be. | 2 |
"The challenge of exploring venus". In my opinion the author did a really good job in the way he support his ideas. In the article it states "Each previous mission was unmanned,and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours". This shows how the author gives all his strongs examples to convinced the people who is reading the article about his idea.
second thing that the author talks about that makes his idea even stronger is when he saids " If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even disscusting further visits to its surface?". This shos that the author is explainin and also asking cuestions just so people can think about it.
Another thing he talks about is " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans
to study venus". In this article what the author is traying to said is that people could just go to venus and explore just the way people could fine alot of interesting things about venus.
At the end
the author also explain that the nasa is workin on something else.
In paragrahp 7 it sates " NASA is working on another approaches to studying Venus". This shows that the author is trying to convinced people that they are workin in something else too.
In conclusion the author is tryin to conviced people about his ideas and how the NASA have or havent done some of those ideas. | 1 |
However venus orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide onl limted insight on ground conditions because most forms
of light can't penetrate the dense of the atmosphere.Also researchers can not take samples of rocks or other sources from that far of a distance so there for they need to get a close up of the planet to figure it out.Despite all the risks they are going to have to take like fist off they tested samples of silcon carbide in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus surface.Also lasted three weeks in the experment then they tried a differnt idea that would also work for a amount of time such as mechanical computers wo played a big role in this situation.By comparison the systeams that used mechanical parts the researchers hade to make it look more resistant then what it already was before to heat,pressure,other types of sources.Another fact would be that the conditions of just exposing a cell or even a device could be turned ito acod or heat on venus because of the tempture that is so hot there also I think that should not be our limits I think we could still do alot more proggrese with this types of ideas and planets. | 0 |
Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. Well there is this New software that has been developed that can detect how others are feeling better than humans can.
I believe that the value of using technology to read students' emotional expression is important and it should be used. Since this technology records facial expressions, the same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive- for video games or video surgery. Another reason is "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." Another purpose we can use this for is as a lie detector, because in the begining of the article it said that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. So if somebody is lying i'm pretty sure they would be scared to be caught.
Imagine how much video games will improve with this technology, and medical help too. Also think about all the criminals that will get caught because the new technology will prove that they were lying. As you can see these are the reasons why I think we should use this new kind of technology. | 2 |
Should we or should we not we should use computers to help identify emotions is up for debate, but in "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, he explains some new tech and why we should use computers to help us see emotions more clearly. D'Alto explains reasonons why they are useful in ways such as ads that can tell if you like them or not, education and telling of kids are confused or bored, and some other possible things this new technology could help with. However, I believe that even with all of our technology and advancements in many fields of it, we should not use it to help find emotions for us.
Human emotions are a very complex thing, and with that complexity it makes computers not very useful, even with their algorithims and equations. In paragraph 3 D'Alto explains how the process works "The process begins... must move like human muscles...Eckman has classified six basic emotions...your frontalis pars lateralis... raises your eyebrows when you're surprised." This is a pretty interesting way of seeing emotions and a very complicated one. However D'Alto writes "your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." What he doesnt adress is other people face shaps, such as if you have naturaly small lips it doesnt mean that your angry, or that simply raising you eyebrow in a photograph means you're surprised, maybe the person is just striking a pose and nothing more. With all the people in the world, and all of them being different its hard to tell if the comupter will be able to read all of their emotions accuratly or at all.
Next, D'Alto explains to us that we use this calculation (reading people emotions) every day in paragraph 5. He says "Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." In this statement he says that humans themselfs have a hard time decribing emotions on the face and what they mean sometimes. If you really think about this if we cannot describe emotions and we're the ones doing them, why should we believe a computer thats coded, by us, will be able to? Its not an easy thing to do, and even with psychologist such as Dr. Paul Eckman its a seemingly impossible task to get a non emotion giving machine the ability to read emotions, accurately.
In the article "Making Mona Lise Smile" Author Nick D'Alto writes about new tech and why is should be used. He provides some evidence and reasonings for things that this new technology could possibly improve or do for us. However D'Alto does not show the counter arguement in his article, and doesnt give any information on how this new tech could fail, or not work very well. Its hard to tell where computers and technology will go in the future, but with this I can say that its a almost impossible job to give a computer, not able to feel emotion, the ability to read them accuratly. Its an interesting idea to give computers and machines to ability to read emotions and possibly other advancements. But only time will tell if this new technology will be able to read our emotions. This technology could possibly put us on a path to understanding more about ourselfs, or it might fail and a new technology will start to be developed and worked on in its place. The dabate on if computers and machines reading human emotions and many other things is a big one, and only time will tell where it will end up. | 4 |
Facial Action Coding System should be used in classrooms. This new technology can help students avoid unwanted articles or advertisments, recieve more help, and become genuinely happy.
When students go online to do research for a project, they come accross different websites. The internet is full of useful information, but it can also show us innapropriate images or unwanted advertisments. Students can get rid of this by just frowning. Paragraph six states, "...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." The new technology can help students avoid bad articles and advertisments. Students will recieve more research material that is reliable and useful for projects.
Not only is their studying going to improve, but their comprehension in lessons. When students study or go through a lesson online, they may become confused or even bored. Students will make a confused facial expression, and the computer will recognize it. Paragraph six of 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.'" The computer will give the student more help as if it were a real instructor. Their comprehension of the lesson will be better because they will get more help. Students would recieve a better instruction that is compatible with their own needs.
Making facial expresions to make the computer help the students learn will also make the student happier. When people smile they genuinely feel happiness, so when students smile to the computer that they understand the lesson, they become happier. Paragraph nine of the article states, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." The computer will give the student their own personal needs in learning and when that makes the student smile, they will feel the true emotion of happiness. Like the article states in paragraph nine, "'Putting on a happy face' actually works!"
Students will benefit greatly if the Facial Coding System is installed in schools. It will make the internet a better place to research, address each student with their own learning needs, and make students happier learners. New technology is expanding and the future is waiting for us. If we want to help the education of students and their ability to feel emotions and not become robots in the future, we must put the Facial Coding Sytem in schools. | 2 |
The U.S. should change to popular vote instead of Electoral Collage to elect a president. Some reasons why are a persident can win even if he/she is not popular with the people and the electors of the Electoral collage can go against the will of the people.
The first reason we should change this is the persident could win even if he/she is not popular with the people. The president could win the popular vote but lose the Electoral Collage vote. A good example of this is the 2000 election between Gore And Bush Where gore won the popular vote but bush won the electoral collage vote. This means that in order to win presidency you must win the biggest states or the most states not the most people.
Another reason is that the Electoral Collage can go against the will of the people. The electors can vote for the oposite canidate than the people voted for. this is because the electors have free will when it comes to voting. Instead of who the people want for president the electors could vote for who they want.
These are only some of the many reasons that the electoral collage sould be Abolished. The whole system is just unreliable and makes it easier for politicians to sway the vote. | 2 |
Driverless Cars Good or Bad
Can you imagine a time in the future where no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore? Well I couldnt imagine a future without buying cars. To buy a car is what mostly what everyone wishes for. Yes there is no technology coming up and by the years it expands more and more each day, but not because of that means that getting the idea of enventing cars that drive themselves is good.
I am against future cars the drive themselves because first there not even proven all the way safe. These cars can get out of control any day and something bad can happen. In the story it says that states will follow as soon as the cars proved more reliably safe, which means that there not all the way safe. Anything can happen and when the driver has control of the driving they know what there doing. The driver knows if there driving right or wrong, But how will these cars that drive themselves know. Imagine one day the system might not work and the car will automatically fail with the system. These cars are'nt safe and until there not proven safe I am againts it.
The next big reason why I"m against it is all the money there going to watse on these cars just to make them and when they come out. Theres going to be millions possibly millions of dollars to make these cars. Instead of focusing on something like this we can focus on bigger things. We already have cars we can drive we dont need to be expanding and wasting money on things that are'nt as important. Just more tax money coming out of people things will keep pricing up. Theres no point to invent cars to the next level if cars we have now are good enough.
My last reason on why I'm against these cars is the when you drive its freedom. Its a priviledge to drive, and when you drive you feel free. If the future brings cars that drive themselves the freedom of the people will be gone. So bringing cars that drive themselves wouldn't be so great for people who love to drive because they wouldn't feel free. Therefore cars are good just where they are.
Eventhough some may argue that having cars that drive themselves is good for whatever reson they might think, I'm against. So, can you imagine the future were no one needs to buy cars anymore? I couldnt. Theres freedom when you drive. Its good to be able to drive yourself. This is why I'm against "Cars in the Future". | 2 |
Do you think aliens exist? The face on Mars was not created by aliens, but by the natural forming of the planet. These examples will show how the face on Mars came to be.
The face on Mars was just a natural occurence and not a cover up from aliens. The first example is there are other little landforms right by the face. This exampl means that the face was just another landform and that maybe things formed just right to look semi-close to a human face. The second example is that as cameras got better it started looking less and less like a face. This example states that as cameras got better resolutions they actually found out it was just a mesa. The final example is when they were looking at the face there were misty clouds in the way. This example shows that the clouds could have interfered with the picture causing shadows to hover over the face at just the right angle to give the face a more human look. Finally, these examples show how the face was just a natural occuring landform and not a human-like face.
If aliens in fact did make the face then why does it look more like a natural occuring landform then a face. First example is the aliens couldn't have built a mass structure that is about 2 miles long and wide without building anything else. This example shows that the aliens would have had to leave other structures alike there too. The next example is if the aliens did make the structure they would have had to leave footprints or building materials behind. This example shows that the aliens would have had to leave something behind just like we do at construction sites today. The last example is how could have the aliens built such a large structure in such harsh conditons. This example tells that the aliens couldn't have built in under very cold conditons at night and under barely any atomsphere to breath in. Lastly, these examples show that aliens couldn't have built a structure like that on mars even if it was a face.
The structure was just a landform on mars all this time. The first example is if it was a face it would've been hidden by NASA. This means that if it was indeed a face NASA would have hidden it from the public and studied it greatly. The next example is that again, if it was a face NASA would've greatly beneifited from the discovery. This example shows that NASA wouldn't have shown the public if there had been signs of extra terristrial activity. Finally the last example is that aliens did not make this structure because it would've been an actual alien momument. This example tells that if there was evidence of life NASA claimed that they would know. Thus, these examples show of no alien life on mars.
The conspiracy theorsists might think that NASA is hiding something, but they are wrong because it would have beneifited NASA from hiding it. So all this time people have thought it was a face on Mars, they were wrong because pictures have shown of no humane signs on the landform thanks to better technology. So do you still think aliens exist? | 3 |
Isn't interesting when your computer can detect your exact facial expression without telling it what expression you're making? Image going to school or out somewhere with that kind of technology and detecting what expressions or feelings your friends or family are having. Dr. Huang and his colleagues have figured out a way to do that with the Facial Action Coding System.
The Facial Action Coding System is a computer that contructs a 3-D computer model of the face. Using the 44 different muscle joints that a normal human face could make. The Facial Action Coding System can classify six different emotions such as happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness. When a new emotion is shown then it associates itself with the different muscle characteristics. Then, by weighting the different units of the face, the software can detect mixed emotions. Mixed emotions are when you are feeling two or more emotions at once. Making it more challenging for anyone to figure out how someone is feeling.
This kind of technology makes it easier to figure out how people are feeling, and it would help humans understand the situation more if the knew what kind of emotions were going on. The value of how far technology has gone is going to change society for the better good. The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) could go to schools, organizations, busnisess, and etc.. For example, if the new technology went to schoold nationwide then the teachers could detect whether a student or some students are confused or unhappy about the lesson they are teaching, and then the teacher can look at the system and find a way to improve his/her lesson so every student can understand what is going and maybe even enjoy the lesson. By doing that schools could increase there graduation percentage and more students could succeed in school, and less people would drop out and actually finish their education to get the kind of future that they need or want.
Another example of how valuable this new technology would be is in a business organization. For instance sales are something you have to show alot of emotions in so the sales person can persuade the consumer to buy what they want them to buy. By using the new technology it can help the new salesman out by giving him pointers on how to improve his/her speech that they are giving the consumer to make it sound better or maybe even more reasurring to the buyer. Therefore, it will make the sales person more money, fullfill their job and keep their job longer. I mean, that could happen in any kind of business, it's a promising application for any industry in the making.
In conclusion, this new software can be helpful in many ways, not just for scientist to create and use in their experiments, it could help the whole entire nation and even help the economy or even politcs. There are so many new opportunities and open doors with something like that to help generations after generations. The value of this software is priceless. Each facial expression and emotion are universal, so why wouldn't you want some small computer to help figure those out for you. | 3 |
Advantages of limiting car usage:
Many countries are limiting car usage for the poeple and the enivornment. The is a great way to start fresh for our enivornment and our lives. People can breath better, more plants can grow thanks to decreasing of cars and much more. Countries, for intsance Germany, France and the United states are planning to become "car free", and this movement is called for "smart Planning". Also a clear passage for people can ride thier bikes, taking a walk, etc. Another thing s less spending on gas and money to buy cars, and less stress and more safety for everyone. This may end our car culture, but this is for the better for us, and everyone else in this planet. People can spend moe times outdoors and get fit ( of course since banning cars, which means we have to walk or ride a bike to go a store) instead of sticking a car to drive. Limiting car usage is a great way for the people and the environment.
First, In Vauban, Germany, Residents of their community are surbans pioneers, because they have given up their cars. Vaban's streets are completely "car free", expect the main thoruoghfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg and a few streets on one edge of the community. Vabuan's families don't own cars, and 57 percent sold their car to move there. Heidrun Walter, media trainer who is also a mother of two childern has said that when she had a car, she was always tense, now she happier this way, because she can walked to verdant streets where the swish of bikes and the chatter of wandering childern drown out the distant motor. Also this drastically reduce greenhouse gas. Passenger cars are responible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas in Europe and up to 50 percent in United States. United states are promoting "car reduced" communites as well to do the same to get better atmosphere.
Second, In paris, they have also enforced a partical driving ban to clear the air of the global city. In France, cold nights and warm days are caused by the warmer layers of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel are to blamed, because France has a tax policy that favor diesel over gasonline, which made up to 67 percent of the vehicles in France comparing to 53.3 percent avaerage of diesel enines in the rest of the Western Europe,Acoording to Reuters. The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to the ban for odd- numbered plates in Tuesday. By banning the car for the enivornment, this helps for fixing the climate changes and clear skies.
Third, In Bogota Columbia, they are doing a program to spread the world to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took bues to work during a carefree day yesterday, leaving the streets of thier capital city to devoid of traffic jams. This been striaght third year cars have banned with only buses and taxis perimitted for the day without cars in the capital city of 7 million. Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks, rush hours restrictions have dramatically cut wonderfully, and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
Last, President obama's goals is to curl the United Staes' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies shows that Americans are buying fewer cars, drving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. If the pattern persists and many sociologists believe it will, it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportions is the secong largest source of America's emissions. They also believe to improve safety for others since hoew in the America, car accidents is a biggest issues for the people in United States. This can also help to fix tracffics and clearing up the air. Now, American's love affair with its vechicles seems cooling, so it the government can focus to improve the enivornment thet are living in.
Conclusion ,Limiting car is a great way for everyone and the enivorment. People can now get less sick for the gas, and plants can grow more. Clearer roads to make smooth sidewalks for people to ride their bikes , walking and much more. Lot moe safety for people, because of banning of cars. clear airs to breath and people can enjoy their lives, stress free since the don't have to pay gas, or car in general. People can be happy again, when cars usage are limiting. | 1 |
Driverless cars present both many positive and negative things about them. I believe that driverless cars have more negative aspects than positive and should not be used in our roads. They show saftey hazards, liability problems, and many other things should keep them off of our roadways.
In the article it provides many examples on how driverless cars are a problem. For example, in paragraph 9 it helpss explain on how these cars become a problem if someone were to crash on of these cars. The problem would be, who would be finacialy and by law liable for the accident? The driver or the technology and manufacturer. Problems like these will create many conflicts and situations that will cause unrest which is not need. Another idea expressed in the article that shows driverless care not safe is in paragraph 9. In paragraph 9 it talks about also how technology does not always work and can not be trusted to be reliable. This help shows driverless cars are not safe because it shows how the technology that runs these cars are not always reliable and can fail causing accidents and causing problems. Other states also banned the expirementing of this technology due to the fact that the technology can not always be reliable.
In conclusion the idea of driverless cars controlled by technolgy should not be allowed to be driven on our roads. It should also even allowed to be expiremented with due to many flwas it represents in safter and the law. | 2 |
author supports the idea that studyng.the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) has one particularty compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.(NASA'S) poddiblr solution on the hostile conditions on the surface pf venus would allow scientsists to floar above the fry. imagene a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so siles above the reiling venusian landcape. NASA is working on other appoaches to studyng venus. for example, some simplified electronic made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chambersimulating the caos fo venus's surface and have lated for three weeks in such conditons, anonothjer project is lookign back to an old thecnology called mechanical computers, these devices were firs envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during world war
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sometime called the '' evening star. this nickname is misleading since venus is actully a planet.in our solar system. venua is a second planet form pur sun. a thik atmosphere of almost 97 parcent carbon dioxide blamkets venus. even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric, acide in venus's atmpsphera. on the planet,s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than whe we experience on our own planet. venus geology and wather preset additonal impediments like eruping volcanoes, powerful earthquoekes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its suface.
temperaturees would still be toasty close to that sea level on earth. solar powe would be plentiful, and radiation, would nor exceed earth levels. not easy conditons, but survivable for humans, photography
and videograpy ineffective. more importantly, rearchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from distance.
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conclution. this told of the venus a planet its the second planet on the system solar in the orbit this si interesting because i learnig a lot over that | 0 |
Hi my name is Luke Bomberberg and I want you to join my program because it is a nice thing to do for the sick people. It may take a long time to get there and back but hey its worth the wait to help the sick. You also get to explore new places around the world with me and my friend,it also gets you exercising because there is a lot of heavy things like the hay barrels. This programis also really really safe. annother thing is that there are about 335 horses, so if you are affraid of horses then this program isn't for you.
In 1945 we went to New Orleans to get started with our program on the SS Charles W. Wooster. I turned 18 when we finally made it to Greece wich meant that I could be drafted for military servrice. By the time I was discharged in 1947 I had made nine trips,the most of any Seagoing Cowboy. It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. When I was a little boy,helping out on my aunt Katie's farm had prepared me for hard work,but not from the dangers at sea.
On my second trip I served as night watchman. My job was to check on all the animals every hour every night. One rainy night after making my hourly report to the captain I slid down a slippery ladder on my backside. My heart raced as I shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship. A small strip of metal aalong the edge stopped my slide keeping me from flying overboard into the dark Antlantic.
I found time to have fun on board,especially | 1 |
I dont think driverless cars should be invented because some computer or gps systoms can get a glich or shut down while driving.I think that would just cause more accadents and make it unsafe for the people. When someone is walking they can get hit or if the car just stopped working without a driver it wouldnt be stopped .i think it would be better if the is a human driving so that there can be accorit eyes on the road.And you can see every thing that is going on or come to a stop at a short notice.
Driverlass cars can also be useful because if a person was driving to a far place and there was no one to help them drive while they get rest the driverlass car would be very helpful. And also if you were to tired to go and pick kids up from there schools the car can come in handy.
driverlass cars i beleave are very dangerous because you never know if there is somthing wrong with the car and it could loose control and
be the cause of a really big reck or if the is a on going road that was a on going
road before but changed into a dead end. i beleave it would be to dangrous and there shouldn't be
driverlass cars. | 1 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author makes a point about this facial Action Coding System (FACS) and how it is useful in the classroom. In this essay, I will explain how this new software is useful. And how useful it would be in the classroom.
One example of this technology being used in a classroom is, "A classroom computer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
This gives a real life example on how it could be used in a classroom.
The author explains that we already use this in the classroom everyday. This example is, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy worried, etc." This tells us that we use this everyday and we dont even know we use it. So we already use it in the classroom.
Another fine example is, "The facial expressions for each smotion are universal, even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." This tells us that there are too many emotions to count and that it would be useful to teachers to be able to tell what the students are feeling.
Throughout this essay, I have described how the author tells us that using this technology would be useful. I fully belive that this would make the world a better place. We would be able to use it so we wouldn't hurt anyones feelings. | 1 |
The time for the automobile is slowly passing. More and more people prefer carpooling and walking then driving a car. Why is that? It could be due to the unemployment rate skyrocketing or less people wanting a car. There are many benefits to driving a car. Being able to get to point A to point B, faster travel time, and it is more private than a bus. But what are the downsides? Pollution, more antisocial humans, and the cacaphony of horns and engines. Giving up the car should be on every countries to-do list.
Some nations, such as Paris, France, find out about the downside of cars the hardway. Pollution is a very real problem in todays society. In 2014 the city had a near-record high of pollution, rivaling Beijing, China, the most polluted city in the world ( source 2). After debating, the French ruling party decided to ban driving for odd and even liscence plate numbers on opposite days until the smog count went down. It took five days, but they managed to have most of the smog cleared. Decisions like these cause controversy everywhere, but we have a responsibility to our planet not to destroy it with greenhouse gases.
In a suburb in Germany, they have a car-free neighborhood. They are allowed to own cars but it costs $40,000 and they can only park at the edge of the neighborhood. This alone caused 70% of the neighborhood to not own cars (source 1). A woman in Vauban,the neighborhood,said that not owning a car makes her less tense and more happy. With this you can conclude that most of her neighbors feel this way also, otherwise they wouldn't have moved there. Having less stressed people, less polluted ariways and less car accidents always sounds like a good solution to me.
In a city in Columbia they have a car-free day, where cars are banned from the city (source 3). Even though it was rainy it did not stop people from particapting at all. In fact, it has even spread across its borders. A businessman said this was a good way to lower stress aswell. Without cars, this city has seen more bikeway paths, parks and community centers being built and rush hour traffic being cut down dramtically. This new trend has promoted people to be more healthy and social. Not only has this affected the airs it has affected business. With more people walking, new resturants and shopping centers have cropped up. Having more and more people spending their money helps their nations economy in great ways.
After all this evidence the only conclusion we can come to is that having less cars would help humans immensly. Not only does it promote physical exercise but but cuts down on polution. Yes, it would have hurt car manufacturers but the businessmen don't exactly just lay down and take it. Bill Ford has already suggested working with the new trend (source 4). Without cars the obesity problem, especially in America, would decrease. As well as the number of asthmatic people. Taking this data and doing something with it would not only help the life living on this planet, but it would help the planet too. | 3 |
In our society today, car usage is extremly high. It would be best for our world if we can limit car usage due to pullution and all of the warning wwe have been recieving about the earth becoming an inhabitat planet. As a society we should really crack down on driving our cars alot to avoid our planet from becoming pulluted.
Cars can really be a expensive pay when it comes to violations. Paris has been really looking into their car industry. According to Reuters, almost 4,000 drivers were fined for having even number license plates. Some were ordered to leave their car homes or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). Many people had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. This would apply to vehicles with odd numbered plates the following day. This all happen after days of an near record passing pullution. Paying violation fines can really side track your expenses, especiallly major violations.
Cars can really cause a bad case of pullution. When your running your car all the gas is being put into the air. According to Paris bans driving due to smog by, Robert Duffer, he stated that diesel fuel was blamed, since France had a tax policy that suggested diesel over gasoline. According to Reuters Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe. The cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. Paris usually has more smog than other European capitals. Last week Paris had 147 micrograms of PM compared with Brussels 114 and London's 79.7. According to BBC public transit was free of charge from Friday to Monday. The delivery companies complained for their lost revenue.
If we limit car usage as a society we can prevent pollution from becoming a situation. Preventing car problems can really help us a world. Just think of the ggod we can do for our planet if we limit car usage. | 1 |
The electoral college must go down! The electoral college is unfair to voters across the United States and the amounts of electoral votes doesn't compare to the actual population. The electoral college have messed up the voting system causing horrific crisis in the United States. This system of electoral colleges voting for the president and not actually counting the votes that the people in the United States vote for, which makes it a very outdated system. Using popular vote is more precise and accurate than the electoral college. Popular vote is voted by citizens in which many people not including me should change the electoral system for the popular vote system. Therefore, the electoral college must go down and replaced by a system called the popular vote to determine the president of this great country.
Having electoral voters instead of having the popular vote system is unfair to all. Basically the electoral college process consists of only a selection of the senators. The founding father have established this messed up system in which it compromise between the election of the president by a vote in congress. It is highly unfair because of the winner-take-all system in each state. This means canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. For example, they only focus on the "swing states" like California. Using the winner-take-all system, smaller states don't get the same oppurtunity as bigger states as in the year of the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see any canidates at all including, Rhode Island and South Carolina which holds the largest media markets. Yet these states didn't get to see a single campaign ad in the designated area.
Not only that using this system is unfair to all, but this system of electoral votes don't compare to the population. Meaning the 500,000 voters in a state of Wyoming who wants the other president to win, only have one representative to cast that vote in that whole state of that immense population. While California in the other hand have 55 representatives to cast the votes, in which the represent 35 million voters in that state. Using popular vote, is much more of a precise method or sytem to use. Instead of having one representative from one small state of 500,000 people, the popular votes turned in by qualified citizens will count than just 55 representatives. Imagine having each and everyone's vote count instead of having someone to do it for you. Now that is when people should start voting.
Using the popular vote will indeed avoid many crisis that happened using the electoral system. For example, the election that almost turned into complete disaster in the year of 1960 when Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the senate, validated only his opponent electors, but he made sure to do so "without establishing a precedent". This couldv'e been easily fixed if the government at this time would take off the electoral system college and instead use a precise system that many people want, named the popular vote. Popular vote is basically when the people have "the voice" and speak for themselves and not to another person. Another example would be in the year 2000 when U.S. presidential race, Al Gorereceived more individual votes that George W. Bush nation wide, but Bush wonthe election, receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. With popular vote, Al Gore wouldv'e won the presidency and the citezens of the United States would've gotten what they wanted instead of having people vote for them. This is why population vote should be in effect as soon as possible.
Using popular vote would be a great and ideal way to decide who is the president during the nationwide election. It should be important to many people as we the people of the United States decide who will take over the countries' responsibility and economy. Yes, the popular votes is a great and ideal way to vote but having electoral colleges will avoid run-off elections. Run-off elections are when no canidate receives a majority of the votes cast. However, they can fix this problem by eliminating the electoral votes process. Therefore, it makes it clear that having a popular vote to deide who is the winner would be better when it is election time.
Having popular votes system will be arguably the best system to use for the election and towards the voting process. Using electoral votes will be unfair to voters when they are voting because of the simply winner-take-all basis of each and every one of the fifty states. Not only that it's unfair, it also causes many crisis in the United States dealing with this system alone and then eventually lead to dramatic chaos across the nation. Also, having the amount of electoral votes doesn't compare to the population of the actual state. Remember it is still one representative for the 500,000 people in Wyoming. Popular votes should be used in every political system no matter what situation it is. As the passage says, the argument against direct elections are spuriors at the best. Abolish the electoral system college once and for all! | 5 |
Looking at driverless cars may seem a bit odd. What is a car that you don't even really have to drive? That's not a car! Although, I am claiming to be on both sides of this situation, it may be that I would never purchase this type of car. SInce these cars have the name of driverless cars, people may not take these seriously. It does state in the article that the car does alert the driver of some things. But if you really look into it, what happens if the car glitches and doesn't alert the driver? What then? This problem may cause an accident and prohibit the driver of a bigger chance of harm.
Driverless cars may seem fun, which I have never actually been in one nor seen one, but not having to drive seems pretty relaxing, even though you hold the wheel. It may also has the downs. Let's say that somone is on their way to the hospital rushing for a loved one who is terribly hurt. How does the driverless car react? There's a whole bunch of questions, but the actual question is, is it safe for everyone to handle and drive?
All of my questions or your questions may not be answered just yet, but having one of these may be expensive. For an example, as much as gas is, or parts to your normal car are, or even the inside areas, how much will it cost to fix the sensors or even if the driverless car has gas? These things may be a lot harder to pay for since it's all practically technology. I do not recomend these types of cars to anyone simply for my opinion. | 1 |
I think that limiting car usage would be something good. My reason is for less car accidents. Many people drive reckless and speed and this is what causes these car accidents. We can save alot of people from getting injured in car accidents.
In this case we can also save traffic and causing people to be late to their jobs. This is why we should limit them also because of the gas rate. In this way we can save alot of money. Gas has been really expensive and this case we can save money and cause less accidents.
Nobody is willing to keep driving to stay safe and save gas money. "70 percent of vaubans families do not own cars and 57 percent sold their cars". I think that limiting this car usage would be a good thing for all of us. We would just have to find a safer way to get transportation.
In other ways alot of people drive around drunk and they cause alot of car accidents. This is something that is not fair for us innocent drivers. We would just have to find a new way to get us all transportation. Driving is something pretty dangerous though cause their really is alot of crazy drivers out their. | 1 |
Some people say it was created by aliens, some people think it is just a rock. That thing is The Face on Mars. In 1976 a spaceshuttle named the Viking one was taking pictures of the Red planet also known as Mars. To find a possable landing place for its sister Viking two. Vikking one was scanning one day and found something on the surface of Mars that resembled a face of a human. The people who were getting the pictures of Mars that were back on Earth were shocked to see a human face appear on another planet.
In the passage it says " It looks like something that aliens made". Like I said some people think its from aliens but, thats not logical. If aliens were real than I would believe it. Than again in the passage it also says that The "face" could be a mesa. Whenever they took a picture of it ten times sharper than the one before people still wouldn't believe that it is a rock and not an alien creation. When they say alien creation they think of an alien standing there and cutting into rock to make it look like a human face with a really big head.
In the passage it says that it is just a mesa. Some scientist think the way the shaddows are it makes the mesa look like a Egyptian Pharaoh. The passage says that they don't see it often and that they use cameras that go small strip by small strip all over the planet and take pictures. Since the Face on Mars has been discovered it has been popular it starred in movies, books, magazines, and people talk about it in talk shows on the radio, also people talk about in the line at he grocery story. It was discovered just about fourty years ago.
In my opinion I think it is some rocks that got covered up by dust overtime. If people think that it was created by aliens than that's their opinion. It has been scientifically proven that it was not created by aliens. If it was made by aliens then why would the aliens want us humans to know that there is life on that planet. But some pictures of the Face on Mars actually looks like a face but, that could just be the way the planet is getting light and reflected by the sun. So in my opinion I think it is a rock and all the people who think other wise they don't have proof to show that it is a alien creation.
So in conclusion this face on mars isn't a alien creation it is just rocks. In the passage it says that its a lava dome that takes place of an isolated mesa about the same size of the Face on mars which is two miles. So to all the people that think that it is an alien creation, its not. To be honest I think its just dust build up in some places, so when theres a shadow it shines off of it and makes a face that everyone freeks out about. Its just a big rock that does nothing I don't see why it would be a big deal in the first place. | 2 |
I disagree on all of this because if the student does not want to talk to the teachers or anyone at school about there problems the teachers shouldnt be able to do that to the student. if the student isnt really happy or sad ect. they should talk to their parents or somone who they really trust about their problems. now if they were to go to like a family doctor and have that tested there that would be another story because to me personaly i wouldn't want my school to know anything about my personal life, but that is just me.
If the student was at their family doctor and the docor wanted to cheak for anxiety or depression that tool would be perfect in that line of work but do you really think that the schools should have acees to this, i don't. I would rather just go to school and get my deploma and go to the doctor to get that test done.
The students at school probably want the same thing because honastly that would kinda be embarassing for me to have to sit and talk to the teachers at my school about my problems, But i always talk to my parents about whats going on in my life, and my parents know when there is somthing bathering me or not. | 2 |
There are many efforts from different countries to reduce car usage. Countries like Germany, France, Colombia, and the United States are trying to raise awareness and get people to not use their car as much. These countries are raising awareness for example by having car-free days, banning driving for a day, turning suburbs into car-free communities, and rasing awareness about how cars affect the enviroment. These counrties are making the efforts to reduce car usage because they know that there are great advantages if citizens limit their car usage.
In Vauban,Germany, low-car suburban life is their motto. Car ownership is allowed , but with a price. As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move to Vauban. Heidrun Walter says that she is happier without a car and when she did have a car, she says she was always tense. Vauban is an example of the efforts and new idea that Europe, United States, and elsewhere have to reduce car usuage. Some advantages of this low-car concept is that now stores are being placed in walking distance and malls and resturants are also within walking distance and close to each other.
Because of air pollution and smog due to cars, Paris had to start banning people from driving certain days. If you were caught driving when you weren't suppose to, a fine was inforced. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined according to Reuters. Diesel fuel was the blame of the smog because France perfers diesel over gas. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France according to Reuters. Paris has more smog than most European capitals. This is really hurting the enviroment. While Paris was banning cars, congestion was down 60 percent. Besides car congestion being down 60 percent, other advatages to this car banning was that non-hybrid car companies lost revenue while hybrid and plug in cars were not. This shows how people are aware of the pollution of cars. Also, because of the reduced driving, the smog in Paris was cleared enough to stop banning certain vehicles from driving.
A big event in Bogota, Colombia is their car-free day. Only buses and taxis were permitted. Violators of the car-free day faced a fine. The turnout was large even though there was rain. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating", said the Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus. Citizens of Colombia were happy participating in the car-free day.
"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution", said buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode his bike. Municipal authorities from all over the world came to see this event. The city's mayor also says that the day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid- 1990's. The advantage of the car-free day has made parks and sports centers more popular to go to and other advatages is that the old sidewalks are being replaced with new paved ones. The traffic has also reduced.
In the United States, President Obama goals are to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions. The Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. The efforts to reduce driving is paying off. A study found that driving by young people has decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Mr. Sivak's research shows a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39 year olds getting a liscense. In New York, there is a new bike sharing program and that can help people to choose to take bike instead of riding in a car.
All these efforts are helping people make the decision to limit their car usage and based on the facts, there are alot of advantages if you limit car usage. This is only a start to raise efforts to reduce car usage, but I feel in the future we will be seeing a lot more people walking and biking than riding their car. | 2 |
The picture of faces on Mars are actually natural landforms, known as buttes or mesas. The text states that the picture really shows a Martian version of a butte or mesa. The text also states that you can find other mesas around the American West. Mesas are pieces of land that above ground-level. The author also stated that, Garvin, a mission controller, said that it reminded him most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho and that its a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same hight as the Face on Mars. Although, I can see why people would think it was created by aliens, there are more facts to prove that its a natural landform. Scientists have shown that, as of right now, there are no signs of life on Mars, so aliens could not have made it. In conclusion, science has proved many more facts about the Face than a conspiracy theorist has. | 2 |
For over thirty years, the question about the Face on Mars has been posed; alien life or natural landform? Although scientists have been grilled by the media, there is only truly evidence that the Face is a natural landform, much like a butte or mesa, landforms common around the american west, despite what conspirasy theorists have to say.
NASA's Viking 1 first photographed the formation in 1976, the formation described as "An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end."
When NASA reavealed the image to the public a few days later, claims of alien life began surfacing. The article 'Unmasking the Face on Mars' stated that "The Face on Mars had since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk showseven haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Marsevidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." The media blew up at the idea of the Face being signs of intelligent life forms on other planets, despite what the scientists had to say about what the face truly was.
Eighteen years after the Viking missions ended, the Mars Global Suveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time (Cydonia is the area of mars where the face was discovered) a mars orbitor team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The photos revealed a matural land form, not an alien monument at all. On April 5, 1998 the Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia on a clouldess summers day, managing to get close enough for the Mars orbitior team to capture an extraordinary photo using the cameras absolute maximum resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
Jim Garvin, cheif scientist of Nasa's exploration program 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! The picture of the Face is actually showing the Martain equivellent of a butte or mesa- landforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." Says Garvin. "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
Despite what the media has to say about the Face on Mars, it is nothing more than a natural landform. Ever since NASA realeased the images, they have been under a magnifying glass. Conspiracy theorists have claimed that the face is anything but a natural land mass, evidence of aliens, yet the scientists at Nasa have time and time again proven them wrong. As we explore the great unknown, we stumble onto unfamiliar and strange things and ideas. As exciting as an alien monument would be, the face is nothing more than a natural landform on the great red planet.
Source: "Unmasking the Face on Mars", May 24, 2001 (retrieved from science. nasa. gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast24may_1/) | 3 |
The "Face of Mars" is clearly a natural landmark that, in a low resolution camera, looked like a face. Until there is proof of life on Mars, there is not a single chance that something couldv'e made this. It is actually a very common mesa on Mars and this is why it cannot be man-made.
First of all, the photo taken at first and released to the public was not very good. The difference between the photo from 1976 and 2001 is extremely noticable. The picture from 1998 looks the most like a face, but it is still quite a stretch to say that it is a face. The high-resolution images and 3D altimetry completely disproves it and shows what it really, a mesa.
Now some skeptics might say that NASA might be unreliable and might have changed the photo. There are two things wrong with that arguement. If NASA had discovered new life on Mars, they would most defineitly share it with the public. Everyone would know that there were other lifeforms on other planets, and this would be extremely benificial to NASA. They would get all the funding they need to do more exploration deeper into space. They would get more scientists interested in making technology for space travel. They would get more brave volenteers for space travel. The second thing wrong is the difference between sources of information. All the info people have about the face is either from NASA itself and pop culture like movies or magazines. So if you trust magazines and movies more than a well supplied and well known orginazation like NASA, then you don't have as reliable sources making your own arguement not very believable.
In conclution, skeptics don't have any reliable proof that hasn't been already disproven. | 2 |
In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author gives reasons why the car would be nice to have, but they also give reasons why it would not be good to have. Even though having a car drive you around would be nice, to me the benefits of driving yourself around are so much more than thoughs of having a car drive you around. Having a car driving you around all the time can create many dangers to the people around you, possible malfunctions can occur to the car, and the joy of driving your own car around would be lost.
The dangers of having a car drive you around would be that the human brain is marter than a computer. We can determain situations better in person than a computer can however many miles away from it you are. While computers are more logistically smarter than humans, we have experiance in everyday life to help us determain how to drive more efficantly.
Havong a self driving car is a great advancment in the technilogical field, but what is saying that there would not be malfunctions. If you are driving approxamently 70 miles on the interstate and the car malfunctions, there can be major risks to your safety and the safety of those around you.
Lastily, when you were little you would always dream about driving your own car one day, but if you have a car driving you around you would lose that freedom feeling. Also, today a lot of people like to drive around when they are streesed because it helps them get there mind off of things, but if you have a car driving you around places you lose the stress free driving time because you are not controling the car.
There is some benefits of having a car drive you around. Some say that the benefits are better than the reasons why we should not have them. But, to me, driverless cars are taking to much away from us and putting us at to much risk to be a good thing. | 2 |
Driverless cars would be a good aspect to our world. It would be a great experience for poeple all around the world to try. Google cofounders are already envisioning the future car and are trying to create them as soon as posibly.
First off, driverless cars would be a good aspect to our world because there is no cars out that is driverless. In the article it says, " In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless." That states that Google cofounders need to make and test there driverless cars until its 100% driverless.
Secondly, bringing driverless cars to the world would be a great experience for poeple to try while being safe. In the article it says, " Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over--something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone, In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety system feature, and safety is a big concern." This states that car will alarm person when need to take control over the wheel.
Thirdly, most states will not allow them becuase of the driving and traffic laws of the pacific states. In the article it says, " Automaker are continuing the work on the assuption that the problems ahead will be fixed." | 1 |
Driverless cars are the next representation of the future. With the new and improved technology, 'hands free' cars are the latest, and greatest inventions. Hands free cars can navigate themselves through almost any obsticale, and by 2016, some cars will be "capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time"
The idea of technology driving itself, is a debatable topic. Is it safe? Am I in danger? The questions are endless, but in my opinion, this car is a major improvement in the car industry.
How can this car navigate itself and not crash? The answer is simple, sensors. Their sensors are located around a large portion of the car, and some sensors are capable of spinning all the way around to get a three hundred-sixty degree angle. For example, the text states, If the car is in danger, the sensors will quickly send the car the information of it's surrondings and depending on the situation, it will apply the breaks on certains wheels, and reduce the power of the engine.
The "driverless car" can steer, break and acclerate by themselves. The car itselfs, will alert the driver when they need to apply human skills. For example, when driving down an interstate, you suddenly come upon a crach scene. The scene backs up traffic for a total of two hours. The car will then alert the driver, they need to take over due to the clustration the accident has caused, and the moving the car needs to do.
The problems automakers are currently facing, are believed to be solved shortly. The car itselfs, has "driven more than half a million miles without a crash." I believe this car is safe, and an improvement in the car industry. It offers many opportunities, and can go far in the field of automotives. | 2 |
Limiting car usage can put a new perspective in your life. Limiting car usage can be a huge benefit because first of all, you'll have better health. This even goes out to the healthiest people in this world. Secondly, Global Warming will be less harsh and dangerous to all the living creeatures of the world. Lastly, you can be more open and associate with many people. Limiting car usage is probably the best idea to reduce all the hazards and bad things on Earth.
To begin with, I want to inform you that car usage has become worse and worse over the years. Our health is in jeopardy because of how much we use cars. But with limiting car usage around the globe anyone can become a healthier person. A great percent of our population in th United States are overweight or obese. Even all over the globe! With limiting how much time we use cars we can reduce that percent and become healthier people because that way we can walk to our places and not just sit down in a car doing absolutely nothing. People have become much happier in limmiting their car usage. Those people go out and get fresh air and not sit in a car going from place to place. And with being much happier has come less stress. People who are too stressed are not to happy that's why its better not using a car just to go grocery shopping. You wouldn't have to worry about the lights and stop signs or be scared if your going to be in a car accident. The only time you should be able to use a car is going long distances and places like other cities.
To move foward, Global Warming has become a really big issue for us. All the pollution that Planet Earth gets from cars is absurd! Cars release so much gas and harmful substances that we breathe in. It doesnt only affect us but animal too and all living things. Now the smog has gotten way worse. Paris has a huge percent of smog covering the city that even France has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the city. Congestion has gone down to 60 percent. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted city in the world. Now everywhere you go even if its really cold nights arent as cold as they used to be. Cold nights and warm days have caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions.
Another thing about limiting car usage is that you can even associate with other people around you. Just walking to you local market or a food restaurant you are probably say hello to different people some even communicating with them. You can walk to parks or go walk to a nearest pool or beach and I gaurantee you that you're going to be talking to many different people throughtout the day. You can use alternative transportation such as bus, bikes, scooters and let me tell you being in bikes and scooters is a lot more fun a relaxing then driving a car or being in one. Walking and hiking around is a huge relieve of stress.
Hence, limiting car usage is a big improvement for us it will help us in so many ways. Such as, we can improve our health and we could be so much better because a great percent of this world is either overweight or obese and limiting cars can help you go out and walk or even bikes can get you where you want to go and thats a form of exercise. Global Warming has been on the rise. It's been rising and rising and limiting how much we use cars can absolutley help with it by lowering the pollution the temperatures may not be so hot you wont feel like your boiling just walking outside your front door. You can associate with many different people throughout your day even if it's just a simple hello. Walking to grocery stores and restaurants can make you feel a whole lot better and relieve your stress and also communicate with other people. We all need to put a limit in everything good or bad, so lets start doing it now! | 3 |
The author thinks that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. Venus had previous missions that were unmanned. There would be no spacecraft that survived the landing for more than a few hours. These issues would explain why not a single spaceship would land on Venus in more than three decades. Venus is a very challenging planet for us humans to study it.
First of all, what would be more challenging would be studying the clouds of its highly corrosive sulfuric acid. "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest part of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." This means that with any condition that the Venus is having they would be very extreme. Venus has the hottest temperature than any other planet in our solar system.
Secondly, since the National Aeronutics and Space Administration have an idea of sending humans to study Venus. They have to make sure they are safe and that they are aware of what the humans are going to do. "Peering at Venus from ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmostphere." Researchers think that seeking to conduct a mission to understand Venus would have to get close to our planet.
Also, when the sientist had approached on studying the Venus they had simplified some electronics that made silicon carbide. These have been tested in a chamber stimulating the chaos of Venus's surface.
"Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." Once the scientist had finished their research they have found their conclusion.
In conclusion I think the author is right because we have to be aware of what is close to our planet and if it's dangerous or not. The Venus was very challenging for humans to study. It had many things that would confuse the humans while they study. Venus is just another normal planet like ours but it has its own differences. Venus is a hotter planet even though Mercury is closer to the sun. | 2 |
I don't beleive that the author supported his idea of studying venus well enough because the only basis of he gives is that it has similar landforms to us, he gives no solid fact on a material as of now whose trip would be cost effect and effective enough overall to send there, and his only filler support in the article is pathological, him trying to rouse curiousity rather than explaining why it makes sens to work towards it.
The main reason of study he pushed in the article with credit towards it is the fact that Venus has similar landforms to us. He goes as far as to propose the fact that Venus at one time held life like earth does. When the current idea of how our landforms were formed is based around the idea that Glaciers and giant masses of ice moved across our plant at a time, whether he does it directly or indirectly, that it what he's applying to Venus. When the orbit of our planets around the star as of now almost overlap each other, that planet would have only thawed out a number centuries ago, and for the differences in the planets to be as exponentially different as these two have doesn't support the idea that we started off similar but one day their planet just changed out of the blue.
The only fact he gives us about material with the physical ability to survive on that planet somewhat argue his claim due to the affect that they would not be able to positively effect whatever studies we currently have on the planet. The time frame of three weeks able to survive on the surface doesn't provide enough time for the object to be picked up before it's useless, and that small bit of information wouldn't be worth the budget it would require when no samples can be collected from it and only observational material can be collected. The Idea of mechanical computers is possible but not profitable in any way would nothing with gears can be provided a signal to take commands. Anything that can't be remotly controlled can only be given very few functions and can not be monitored, only picked up at a later date to process information and multiple trips to a planet without any insight to the project as it happens is very unlikely to be funded.
You can also tell the author of this article either ran out of material at a point or the majority of his reasoning on this subject relies on passion and not logical thinking. Instead of including more detail to persuade you, he take a pathological approch and harps on things to like curiosity to get a pathological reaction. The very beginning of the passage itself starts by calling Venus the "Evening Star." A scientific article that doesn't used scientific facts and statistics to win you over, but tries to pass it off as a duty for us to want to, doesn't lead me to believe supporting this idea to be the most effective use of our time.
In summary, I don't believe this article supports the idea that studying Venus is worth it properly. It might be one of the best ideas in scientific history, but this article doesn't prove it or support it well enough if so. The author's main claim is for why we should is split between "because we're curious" and "Their landforms are similar," and he doesn't provide evidence that we, as of yet, have the technology to effectivly do so. | 2 |
The automobile is one of mankinds greatest innovations. Since its invention in the 20th century, it has made tasks such as commuting to work or visiting your friends simpler than ever. Just hop in your car and your gas-powered vehicle will have you there within minutes. Although they are handy, could too much of a good thing be a bad thing? In this case, I believe that this is true. Limiting car usage could have benefits such as easier and cheaper transportation and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
Imagine a world where public transportation (subways, trains, buses) could be accessed easier. Now look past the ways of modern life and cars we've become so dependent on. The growth of public transportation in places other than large cities could have huge benefits to the communities. Cars would not be relied upon and not as much money would have to be spent on gas. Of course people would still use cars to get from point A to point B but they would see public transportation as more of a go-to option. (Source 4) "Bill Ford proposed a plan of partering with telecommunications industries to create cities in which pedestrian, bicycles, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." I believe limiting car usage would therefore raise public transportation usage and allow us to commute safer and cheaper than before.
Pollution has become an increasingly important problem in recent years. With all the craze over whether "global warming" is imminent or not, many have been trying to find ways to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. The United States holds claim to the invention of the automobile and also stands as one of the most car reliant countries averaging at least one per household. According to the text, passenger cars are responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in some car-intensive areas in the United States (Source 1). Reducing that number by ways of carpooling, public transport, and hybrid cars, would benefit our society and help to protect the world we live in for future generations. For example, (Source 2)after days of intensifying smog, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city one Monday. Motorists with even-numbered plates were told to leave their cars at home or face a $31 fine. In just one day, car traffic was down 60 percent with less people driving and the smog cleared enough to lift the ban for odd-numbered plates the next day. In Bogota, Cali, and Valledupar, Colombia a similar experiment was put to test where there was a full Day Without cars. This plan promoted alternative transportation (bicycles, walking, taxis, buses) and helped to reduce smog. A local businessman from Bogota saw the day as beneficial and states that "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." (Source 3)
Although modern lifestyles have become overly dependent on cars, usage can be reduced and have many benefits to our society. While this would be a process that would no doubt take years to accomplish globally, I believe that it is very possible and likely that limiting car usage would lead to easier and cheaper transportation, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions or pollution. | 4 |
How would a person guess one would survive under the conditions Venus presents? Astronomers, space geniuses, and article writers alike believe that it would be well worth the risks to explore the planet. The author supports their claim that Venus is worth the risks to explore by saying that it is the closest in regards to planetary visits, the conditions it presents are not easy but survivable, and human curiosity will eventually lead us to it.
The author states that Venus has many features that are analogous to Earth. In paragraph four, the author states "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." this sentence is helpful in relation to the authors point because it states that astronomers believe that Venus used to be extremely similar in relation to Earth. It also states, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." this sentence further proves his point by explaining the parts of Venus that are similar to Earth.
The author also states that Venus' conditions are "not easy", but they are survivable. In paragraph five, the author states "...temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." These two sentences prove that Venus' conditions are more extreme than Earth's, but that humans would be able to survive with the technology and manipulation that exist today. The authors point is proven because it is stated that the conditions can be survived.
Lastly, the author states that human's natural curiosity will lead them to visit Venus, or do something with more or equal risks. In paragraph eight, it is stated that "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This statement is proving the authors point by saying that although visiting Venus presents risks, so do many other things that humans have accomplished. Visiting Venus has both value to the planet and to humans.
The author is stating that Venus is human's best chance to explore another planet. Venus is closer than other planets, replicates Earth's conditions in a more extreme way, as well as the fact that humans are naturally curious. With enough will power from normal people and astronomers alike, humans can make visiting Venus possible. | 3 |
Would being in a driveless car be fun? yes, but its also dangerous. Let me tell you why. Say you had a bad day or something and you just want to get rid of the pain and your only coping skill is drinking,
but you don't want to drink at home. So you drink in the car. why? because for one you don't like drinking in front of your children an why not drink in the car it gives you silence from all the loud noise the kids be making at home & you don't have to drive because the car drives itself. Okay so you stop by the liquor store and buy some 1800 remy and vodka. Now you in the car slowly drinking your problems away, temporarily though because everybody knows alcohol & drugs is not a permanent solution, But you in the car drinking and the more you drink the stronger the urge of wanting to kill your gets. You won't stop because you feel like you can drown the feelings in alcohol but out of no where you hit a big 18 wheel semi and you die. Moral of the story is if that car wouldn't have never been driveless that person probably would still be alive and at home with his kids, But since he wasn't trying to show his children bad habits and he bought that new driveless car. He felt like he was safe enough but you can never be to safe. remember that. | 0 |
Driverless cars can be a bad thing and a good thing for the world. Driverless cars would be a bad idea when it comes to the saftey of people. Driverless cars could also be a good thing for the econmy and earth.
Driverless cars would not be such a good idea just because you dont really know if the technology is actually gonna work and be safe for people. Most technology if not all technology have probles sometimes. Just think of a car driving its self down the road and all of the sudden something goes wrong with the car and the car causes and accident where a few poeple got hurt or die. If something like this happens whos fault is it? The person in the vehicle or the people who desighned the vehicle?
We've been creating computer driven cars that also have a feature that the driver in the vehivle can take over and control the vehivle at any time. Apple reciently is making a car that drives its self but can also be driven by a person controling the vehicle. In my opinion thats ten times safer than a car that drives on it own. Most newer cars these days have features like Antilock breaking systems or sencors that make a vehicle back into an area or parking spot on its own. Ford Reacenlty came out with a truck that back itself up to hook onto a traler insted of the driver having to do it. During this period of the truck hooking to a traler by its self the driver has an option to use that feature or do it manualy.
In this passage it talks about BMW having a car with a feature called Traffic Jam Assistance witch is that the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, and it also has special touch sencors to make sure the driver keeps ahold of the steering wheele and is alert during this time.
As of right now I dont belive we have and cars that copletely drive them selfs, but alot of newer cars these days have features that can help assist you in stituations when needed. Some cars stop on there own if your getting to close to another vehicle and the driver is not paying attention. Those are the type of vehivles we need. We dont need cars that can drive themselfs that coud have something go wrong with the car and cause a reck or endager lifes. Even in some states it is illegal to test computer driven cars. I wonder why? It's probably becase they might not be sucha good idea.
Now there are positives to drivelss cars. People would save money by not having to buy or use there cars when they have cars that can drive them around. The driveless cars would be good on gas so money would be saved on gas. Also not using much gas is good for our enviorment because it would be less polution to the earth if everyone started switching to using driveless cars. I think there are more negatives in this situation then positives.
To sum all of this up Im not sure if drivless cars are sucha good idea or ever will be a good idea untill later in the future after the technology has been tested for many of years and advanced to the fullest to where it has the capability of hadling a driveless car. | 3 |
Why is riskly to examine Venus more closely? Venus is a planet but some time called as "Evening Star". Venus in the colest planet to Earth in our solar system. Every palnet in solar system are different and Venus is the unquie one. It's risy to study Venus colsely. NASA is planing to send humam to study Venus.
First, every palnet in solar system are different. Venus have some interesting fact like every palnet. Venus is also know as Earth's "tiwn" because they have colest denstiy and size. Venus is the second planet but the hotest planet in our solar system. The planet's surface is aroud 800 Fahrenheit. Also, the weather is dangerous like earthquakes and lighting. Scientist believed that Venus used to cover with ocean. Venus surface has valley and mountain.
Second, studying Venus closely is dangerous. The atomosphere of the Venus is 97 carbon dioxide. Venus is the hotest planet in solar system. The spacecraft can only survied only a few hour after landing. The enviroment is extremely dangerous. However, the author of "The Challenge of Exporing Venus" think sudying Venus is worthy.
Finally, NASA is planing to send human to study Venus. A lot of researcher are working on creating new machines. "Some simplified electronics made of silicon cabide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such counditions". Hopefully, human can get to Venus without problem. Sometime, human way too curious and forgot about the risk.
In conclusion, Venus is very unquie and value. There are some people who is willing to take a risk to study Venus. I think it's worth to study Venus. Every planet are dinfferent and also interesting. | 1 |
The new technology , Facial Action Coding system could be one of the best idea someone could come up with. At the same time ot could be bad for some people base on how they are feeling. Reading somone's emtions could be amazing. It kind of make you feel like you can read mines and people feelings sort of like a sykit. Everything for the technology would be base off people movements, the movements in their muscles. That would be called an action unit. This type of technology can actually help people. When someone is feeling down at school the teacher can help them brightening they day up.
" The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang," even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (like not smiling as broadly)." Basically if the computer can tell if you are feeling some type of way it would just go by the facial movement in the muscle. Sometimes can tell how a friend is feeling simply by the looks on their face. Of course, most of us would have a hard time noticing if a someone is happy, or worried. Some people don't show no emtions. " Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists suc as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions." If you don't show no emotions how could someone help you if you are feeling down and you need a shoulder to lean on. You can't be sad or mad , etc. forever.
Just on showing someone what the computer can do can put a smileon someones 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." Imagine a computer that knows how you feeling and somebody elses feelings. If somebody is feeling down and you don't know that you can help them , like tro to make them happy so they can release the pain, sadness, or anger from their body. You don't want no one to stay mad or something because it can cause it to build up anger." Most human communication is nonverbal, including emtional communication," notes Dr. Huang." So computers need to understand that, too." You also can tell if someone is mad by they eyebrows are the way they squint they lips, can tell if you are mad or happy. Most people say if your eyebrows are frowned down you are mad." But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." The new technology can best one of the best ideas and change the world. | 3 |
The "Face on Mars" was just a natural landform. The "Face on Mars" was described at first as a "Egyption Pharaoh", when really it resembled the Middle Butte in the snake river plain of Idaho. If there were aliens who did make the monument, we would have not exposed this new information to the world, and have some scared, or excited about top secret information like this.
The natural landform must have been created by a shuttle landing,or has been here before we've known it. According to our team in NASA " The picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle,or mesa", as I have said at the beginning, also if the landform were to be created by aliens there would have been some type of physical evidence that something, or someone would have/had been there before us.
Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA explained " We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it."
meaning, as soon as there was a shot so our supporters could make out, the picture was sent in to them. But because our supporters were not as satisfied of the picture, and thought they were gonna have some type of sy-fy picture to show them, they were sadly mistaken. They also have to realize and understand that information exposed to the world like that would not only put them in jepeordy,but us and our jobs too. | 1 |
Luke Bomberger was working at the grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist came up to him and invited him to go on a cattle boat to Europe. Luke finally said yes when he knew that this was an opportunity of a lifetime. When World War ll was over in Europe they needed people to go to countries to help recover their food supplies, animals, and more,44 nations joined together to form UNRRA. Luke and Don signed up to go on the ship to Europe. They had to be "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys allowed him to experience going to alot of places and exploring them. He went to Greece-with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them." But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,"he says. "Besides helping people , I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
Luke had a fun time seeing all these places, you can tell by how well he explaines them. By the way he explaines this, he should really be encouraging people to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. He makes it sound like it is alot of fun. Luke also found time to have fun on board, the cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. By being a Seagoing Cowboy, Luke says that it makes him more aware of people of other countries and their needs."And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. | 2 |
Every living thing on planet earth has emotions. These emotions have been used since the beginning of time to express the feelings of the people around you. However, these emotions can be decieving. Someone could say they are happy, when really they are angry or upset. This is where the Facial Action Coding System comes into play. The FACS is a software that detects human emotion by tracking muscles in the face. For example, when you are happy, muscles in your face move up, and when you are sad, they move down, FACS tracks this and calculates your emotions. The creators of this software, Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe are the leading experts of developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. There are still some questions surrounding the usefulness of FACS, like what could this software actually be used for? One of the ways FACS may be used is in classrooms. It may sound far fetched, but actually, FACS may be the best thing to come to schools because of its flexible learning and the ability to read the students.
In the education world, teachers are the backbone of the infestructure. Without teachers, the whole system would collapse. However, it may be hard for one teacher to connect with every student individually and make sure they are learning properly or if they are paying attention. This is where FACS comes in. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Dr. Huang talks about FACS in classrooms more in depth, "'A classroom computer could recgonize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human istructor.'" With FACS, every child could essentially have a customized lesson plan exactly for their needs. This would make children more eager to learn because they begin to enjoy it. Besides the classroom, FACS could also be used in the school elsewhere. One of the other important areas this could be used is in counceling.
It is very hard for anyone to tell someone they are sad. This is especally true when they barely know the person they are talking to. This can be the case for school councelors and the children they are meeting with. FACS may be able to help. With FACS, the school could see if children are upset or scared. The school could also see how often these children feel this way. When a child is unhappy or scared, it is very unlikely that they are going to be doing their work at full capacity. If FACS could find these children that need help, they could be helped faster. This could also be used to find children being bullied. If the child is feeling scared around another student, or if a child is afraid of a classroom, they could be helped because FACS was able to read them. FACS may even be able to detect if a child is afraid of leaving school. With FACS, it's like every child in school has someone that is looking out for them, even if no one else is. It may be true that some children might not want people to know about this, that they may want to hide it. However, it is never healthy to hide such strong emotions, especally if there are people around you willing to help.
With the constant evoultion of the way we learn, its not suprising that something like FACS was created. Emotions have been with everything living since the beginning of time. Before FACS, it was suprisingly difficult to read these emotions in people. Such a crucial part of our everyday lives could be easily hidden away by a fake smile or a theatre tear. But now that there is FACS helping out, looks are no longer decieving. | 4 |
The 3D computer that can recongnize facial movements that can tell you what the person is feeling is the next step to new technology. It makes the world better with good outcomes to make a person feel better. This creation is amazing and I am all for it.
This 3D computer is a new look in life that can help you know when a close person to you is down or happy. It can even help children/teenagers in school when confused with work. "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 type of computer can have you home school because of your facial expressions and it knows when you need help even without you telling someone you need help. Also, "if you smile when an Web ad appears on your screen , a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." Huang and Sebe software is a great use of technology that helps you out with different task you do daily.
Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe are developing a 3D computer that allows it and you to read you and other emotions. While Dr. Huang relies on Dr. Paul Eckman creator of Facial Action Coding System. The six basic emotions is happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The reason I am all for this device because it benefits us to help everybody in the world out more. Like counselors, if a person comes to the couselor but is scared to say what they are feeling you can use the emotion software. Even if you are a teacher and doesn't know when a student needs help or is losing intrest in the assignment it can notify you when the student needs help or even help the student out on its own. "Muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's feet in your eyes." This can help the computer caculate when your are showing an emotion of happiness by reading your face and notice when that muscle is moving.
Huang and Sebe software invention that can tell others what a person is feeling is absolutely the next step into technology. I feel that this is a good idea becuase it can affect people in good ways and help others out. It's all about the way you use it and the outcomes you get out of it. | 2 |
Luke and his friends set up a program for people to join the Seagoing Cowboys. Luke also set up a where they would have a speech of why people should join the Seagoing Cowboys. Once everyone sat in thier seats Luke came up to the stand.
"These are some reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, it could a once in a life time opportunity, i know it was for me, I thought is was going to be fun once my friend invited me to go with him". "You will have a lot of fun in this Seagoing Cowboys program, their will be stuff to do on the cattle boat to pass the time" Luke said "You would kind of have a free time of sightseeing, cattle-boat trips is an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy".
After that a lot of people has signed up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. Everyone liked being on the cattle boat. Everyone liked being overseas they still had table tennis tournaments, played baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. Everyone liked the adventures and the marvelous sights. Everyone also thought that it was a once in a life time opportunity. Everyone just could not describe how marvelous it was to be a Seagoing Cowboy. Everyone liked the fealing of being a Seagoing Cowboy. | 1 |
Yes i am aginst these driverless cars because anything can happen at any certain time like what if the car doesnt alert you if car is coming to close to you or if you are about to get into a crash , You could end up losing your life and they wouldnt know if the car failed or not or if it was just you who did something wrong and the manufacturer would seriously have to deal with some big problems if the car was part of the reason why that person died .
Other reasons why i am against driverless cars is that they dont seem that safe just because you tested just that ONE car doesnt mean any other car you make cant mailfunction either , there is ONLY five known places that are lleagal where you can actally test a driverless car that means every other state or country doesnt mean its safe because its illeagal , I wont believe it till i see its safe because many things could go so wrong , Like what if the car doesnt alert you in time when your trying to back up and you hit a car that would cause serious problems . Also what if there is a crash is about to happen and the car is coming straight towards you and the car alerts you to late what will happen then ? . You could end up dead because the car didnt alert you in time .These cars could aslo be very expensive not everybody could afford one because people are struggling ALOT , the only people who could really probably afford these are millionaires and other RICH people in the world . Even big brand name car comapines like BMW , GM , Mercedes-Benz , Audi , Nissan and even google even though they are not car company they just want to be the first ones to make a driverless car . Those big name brand car companies say that there will be driverless cars by 2020 which is about four years away from now but any thing can happen within fours years .
Nothing will change my mind about these cars unless i have proof that they can make these cars safe and affordable for people even though the JUST ONE car is millions but there main priority should be about the safety for people and they should ATLEAST make a back up system for the car incase something bad happens or if the car loses cointrol they should atleast make a way to make the car to automatically shut off or stop . so they should really stop worring about the design of the car and start worring about peoples safety. | 2 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because, Venus used to have bodies of water and had many different forms of life. There are other explanations like having a surface of rocky sediment and includes valleys, mountains, and craters. So they Venus might be the only other planet that can probably support life.
There are so things that can't be done. It might've supported life back then but now the average surface temperature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experienced. So landing on Venus is almost impossible for humans. Also Venus has the hottest surface tempature of any planet in our solar system because of all the erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and the frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
Although, these conditions are pretty bad, The National Aeronatuics and Space Administration (NASA) has one compelling idea for senbding humans to study Venus. NASA possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. For example its like a jet airplane that travles at a high altitude to fly over storms. So a vehicle overing over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.
However, peering above the ground from a ship can only limited insight on the ground because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers can't take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close despite the risks.
Eventually will have the technology to reach Venus and study Venus a lot more closer than hovering over the planet. When we have that technology then more researchers can see if Venus can sustain life or not. But until then we'll have to study Venus from a far and ovserve as much information as possible. | 2 |
I believe the Facial Action Coding System(FACS) is not needed in school classrooms. The FACS isn't beneficial to classrooms. Although the machine may inform the teacher if a student strugles or is confused, the FACS will serve as a destraction to students, and will end up burning a hole in the school corperations pocket.
The FACS is built to read faces for emotions. In the classroom it could read if a student strugles, is bored, or if a student is confused. The machine will notifiy the teacher which students need extra help. This eliminates the factor of students being to shy to ask for help. It is understandable that the FACS could potetionally help students in the classroom.
The average middle age student's attention spand is around 7 Minutes. With the FACS in the class room, athough designed to read students to see if students are confused or strugle, may serve as a distraction to students. Being a student myself, I would have a chance of getting distracted. Students don't need a machine to distract themselfs from their lesson. The FACS would just become another block in furthering a students education.
The FACS sounds like a expensive machine to have in a classroom. There are always chances that students may damage or even break the machine unintentionally. Having the FACS machine in classrooms, teachers will have to know how to operate and use correctly. Teachers possibly will have to take course to learn how to use the FACS. Which all cost money that the school board may or may not have.
In conclusion the idea of having a FACS in the classroom isn't a bright thought. The FACS will distract students,and possibly be a waste of money and time. The only upside is the FACS will read students when the teacher can't, and be able to identify which students need help. | 3 |
Everyone should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. There are many great advantages of being a Seagoing Cowboy. You get to travel and experience many other great things.
There are many great things you can experience if you become a Seagoing Cowboy. First off, you get to adventure many different and unique places. A Seagoing Cowboy named Luke got to go Europe, China, Greece, and Italy. Also, if you become a Seagoing Cowboy you can see and experience things that you don't do on a normal basis. Luke said, "Besides helping people, I had the side benift of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Vinice, Italy, a city with streets of water." Seagoing Cowboys also play lots of fun games. On board, the cowboys played baseball and volleyball where the animals had been being housed. They also had table-tennis tournaments, fensing, boxng, reading, whittling, and games to pass time.
There are many great advantages of being a Seagoing Cowboy. You get to go to new places, experience new things, and play lots of fun games. It would be an honor if you would join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 1 |
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