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I think this idea of driverless cars would be mostly positive and would benefit the world extremely. How i see it, is that people are trying to make the best of things while on Earth. This new thing that might possibly be coming out, could be the start of our next big industrial revolution.
The proof that I have that explains it will be efficient is from Google cofounder Sergey Brin. He says, it will use less gas, be more flexible, and change the world. The driverless vehicles that he envisions use nearly half the gas of a regular taxi and still be as efficient. That would mean less polution in the world and would benefit us and the Earth as a whole.
A second reason he says will be useful is that it will be able to fit more people on rather than a bus let alone a taxi. This would mean more people would be able to fit into one vehicle at a time. If this could really happen, then this could potentially increase the population in America.
The last benefitting reason for this state of mind would be the vehicles changing the world. It could possibly motivate the world to become more futuristic as you could say and more technological. Meaning this can possibly start an extreme industrial revolution.
With all of my detailed proof, I think having driverless cars would benefit the world, as we call home, efficiently. Looking to the future is something we do quite a lot, and if these vehivles are the future, then I'd be glad to ride in one. | 2 |
In 1976 NASA got a blury camera shot which kinda looked like a face. Then they relised that the face on mars needs to be looked at agine. In 1998 NASA sent another ship to look at the face on mars agine. This time it loooked differnt is kinda looks more clearer than the other one. Then when they took back the pictuers of they face they were amazed what had happened to it.
In 2001 NASA sent more people to get pictures of the face with better camura. When the picuters returned to NASA they were stuned. The face looked so much differnt than the pictuer in 1998 it looked like somthing hit it. Then when the people came back to earth they heard about the news and the picture got released into the public. Then something happened someone leared that it was not a face on mars it's just a rock building.
When NASA learned that it was just a rock building they started to loose hope with the face on mars but, something werid happend. When the wired thing happend they wanted to know what happend? When they saw the pictures they noticed that half of the face was smashed. Then they pointed out agine that the face was destryed but it still waan't really a face it was agine a stone builing. Then there was still no hope to find the face in the desert.
After that there was the last trip to see if the face on mars was a face or a stone building?
When they got to mars they took pictures and tryed to see if they could take a picture of it to close. Then they relesed that it only really was a rock building or thing. When they learned that they stared to give up on the subject and just forget about it. Then when there was only a littel group of people who still think there something on mars they kept on going and never give up.
When they got really close to mars they noticed something it looked like a face but they could not be sure. When they got even closer they found the face on mars and they was very happy for themselves. After they came back to earth they told everyone that they found the face on mars. Then people tried to understand what they said beacuse they were told that there was no face on mars. After all that the face on mars is still there this very day and time and people want to see it in person like feet on mars and see the face on mars | 1 |
Driverless cars are coming, I honestly thin this is not the best thing to come up with. This could alo be a good thing in some ways. An example is people can get work done they havent finsihed or something but the only problem is you have to pay attention to the car and whats going on. If you dont pay attention then you could get hurt.
Driverless cars could be very dangerous. First, the text states you have to pay attention to the car and everything but most people will do what they want and not pay attention to whats going on. If this happenes then the car may crash or something and the driver will get hurt.Second, you need the driver to drive or apply brakes, etc. so this isnt the best thing to come up with. Plus some people would get really lazy with driving and not pay attention at all then the world wouldnt be that great, because people would have everything being done for them.
A good thing about this car is it has sensors that will detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. This will apply on the brakes and reduce power fom the engine allowing a far better response, but the person could still get hurt because of drivers behind them not knowing that they are stopping or something and crash into them. Overall I think the driverless car is a good idea but mostly a bad idea until it is more advanced. | 1 |
As a nation wide situation, cars are a main factor of what causes pollution. Limiting car usage helps to make the enviorment we live in better. With the fact of owning a car can be stressful,and the precent rates of car traffic and car purchase has decreased, people have commited to a automoblie free zone.
If in a perseptive of a mother or father, you would prefer for your child to stay inside and not play close to the road because of the slight chance they could be physical hurt by a car. According to Source 1 Heidrum Walter was always tense when owning a car and now living in a city where cars are very limited she is happy. As a citizen in Vauban; where giving up cars is normal, some don't want to. To own a car you must only have the option to park in to places. One is in a large garage at the outskirts of the development and or a house you have to purchase inn order for you to use the parking space. As the limiting of car usage, it would be a lot easier to walk from point A to point B instead of being abnormal and driving further to park. A average amount for a house to citizens that own a automoblie is fourty thousands dollars. It would much cheaper to walk,bike, run, or even skate to a destination.
In Bogota, Colombia it has become a trend to banned cars for one day out of the year. As people enjoy the car free day, they bike, walk, hike or took buses on the rainy day. Rain could not stop the passionate feelings against cars on that day. Many agreed that for just one day the air they walk everyday was different. Not only in Bogota and many other Colombian cities, Paris has joined in on the trend. Many were happy to see no car traffic on the busiest streets in Paris. As before the car banning, the air was horrible and rivaled against the world's most polluted city; Beijing. After the participation of car banning, the smog cleared up enough for the city to continued as before. It has been stated that less people are now involved and well known to a life without a car. People in a range of 16 and 39 dont even bother to get a driver's license because of the droping rates of owning a car. It can be expensive but also dangerous. With limiting car usage people just phone a friend and catch a ride or public transportation. Later on when people have the need fora car, like when having children, working, etc. it will be cheaper and easier to get a car since compaines want you to have one becuase of the lower rates and money not coming in from years before yourself.
Advantages comes with disadvantages as well. Limiting Car Usage comes with a change in enviorment, a better feeling in safety, decreasing in Congestion,and a future that you can see happening for yourself. | 2 |
Should emotions come in the way of teaching? Some may feel uncomfortable, and some may think its nessasary.
With teenagers now a days emotions are very unpredictable.
There is many things to take thought into before introducing this 'Facial Action Coding System' in schools.
Teenagers go through many emotions during the day. In one hour they may feel tired, sad, mad, or even discusted. But then the next hour they may feel happy, excited, or surprised. The point is that students' emotions are very unpredictable. Yet I feel like these emotions should not get in the way of teaching.
Another thing that is very important to point out is that this approach might make students feel uncomfortable or even exposed. Privacy can be very important for some students. School is supposed to be a place where students can come and learn not have to worry about their emotions. That shouldn't be an excuse. Not all students have the same emotions, to make a plan that goes with every students' emotions is close to impossible.
However, teachers may find this approach helpful. They would know if the students are bored and they might be able to go about their lesson a different way. This would help to get the attention of the students and to keep them entertained. This approach would make it easier for teachers to connect with their students too.
Overall, having this approach in school in my opinion, isn't nessasary. Of course it could be helpful to get students more engaged in their learning, but this approach could also make students feel uncomfortable. It'll be very difficult to come up with a lesson to work with every emotion in a classroom full of develpoing kids. | 2 |
Dear, State Senator
I am arguing in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I think that this would be an approvement. I know that our founding fathers established it in the Contutution but that was a long, long time ago. I just feel like its unfair.
Under the electoral college system they vote for a slate of electors,who elect the president. I feel like that is a long chain of people, and it really doesnt need to be there. I dont understand why the popular vote that a candidate gets doesnt make them president.
Thats like if you were in a school talent show and got the popular vote from your peers but the teachers they vote for the other person and they ended up winning when theres clearly more peers then teachers. Isnt that kind of unfair? Do you see it know?
I dont think some people understand that when they vote for the presidential cadidate they're acutally voting for a slate of electors. I kind of feel like they are being tricked and thats not fair.
I also dont think its fair how a candidate could have more popular votes, but have less electoral votes they could lose if their apponent had more electoral votes. I dont understand how thats logically fair?...that because its
NOT
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In a argument between against or for driverless cars, I am for driverless cars. I think it's a good idea to have driverless cars. It will safer on the streets. There
should be a whole new set of laws regarding to these cars. I also think they shouldn't be released until these cars are truly driverless.
As I said earlier driverless cars shouldn't come out until they are completely do not need a driver. When they are driverless it would resolve conflict between if there were an accident who the blame would be on. The blame would be on the company that made the car because the driver isn't doing anything. I think there should still be a mode in the car where the driver can takeover if the driver sees a situation where he should control the car. I think the car should be smart enough to know how to get through traffic jam, that shouldn't be a problem. The new laws should be that all cars will have to go a certain speed. I don't see how you could get in a car accident if they are all going the same speed. Even though most people would have a driverless car, some people will still have old cars that need a driver. So if there is an accident between a driverless car and a old car that requires a driver, I think the blame should be in the driver in the old car because the driverless car is following all the laws and is going a certain speed so if there was an accident it would be on the driver that isn't following the laws. But then again the driverless car could have technical difficulties and could crash. I think the car should know when it is having technical issues and pull over to the side so the driver can take control. Even though the car is driverless I think the laws for getting your license should not change. Also some people like to drive so the should be and option that is opposite to cruise control we the driver can drive, but when you are driving you have to be ready to take responsibility for anything that happens while you are driving.
In conclusion, driverless cars would be a great idea. It would lead to less accidents as long as the car it programmed the right way. Texting and driving would be as big of an issue as it has been lately with a driverless car. With a driverless car there are less choices being made and less opinions. Our generation would be great to take on the challenge because we take on new things everyday with things being invented everyday. With all that being said I am for driverless cars. It is a great idea and would save lives also. | 2 |
In this excerpt the authour seems to be pretty convinced that we need to study venus and see if it is sustainable for human life.
The reasons that we may need to visit venus is that our earth could run out of food or the air could get to polluted to the point were we wont be abel to go outside and breath fresh air. This is why they are resorting to venus. Now venus might not be substainalbe for human life but thats why we need to go so that we can figure out because what happens when the bad does whappen what is earths plan B. They are also interested because at one point they belive that it was just like earth with flowing rivers, grassy mountains and blue skyes. This is why they are so intreged because it seems to be the closes thing we have if our planent was to get destroyed or we couldnt live on it anymore.
Now venus does have some bad things to it like very acidic rain and that would not be good for our lifestyle everyting we had would be ruined so what would the point even be somepeople may ask. NASA stated that there are way around this like metal roofs and thicker roofs if not metal. But some people may ask whats the point if your house could be damaged over all of this well i think that its better than being dead.
Now not going to say that we will need venus anytime soon but it is in the thought process for many scientist so i think that it would be a good idea to fund venus trips because it could happen to my children or grandchildren. | 1 |
Driverless Cars Are Coming
Can you imagine cars driving for you? It sounds kind of strange but, Google is trying to create a car that drive for us, and i hate the fact that they are coming up with this idea. It would be kind of werid for them to switch up a driving method that we used for so may years.
When i heard the news about driverless cars I dropped my newspaper. The fact a car will be really driving for you, stopping and going sounds crazy enough but also, when google said " They can steer, accelerate , and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." When the driverless car gets in a work zone and or a accident the Google car deritly hops in human mode, which is not safe. What if the human is not paying attention and the google car crash into something, the human would be in falut not the car. Google says that they will have manufacturers that will alert the driver like, flashing lights on the windshield to annouce when a driver should be prepared, but what if the driver is not paying attention to the windshield the driverless car would still jump to human mode. Which is way to unsafe for the lifes of the driver and the people on the rode of the driverrless car.
I disagree with Google and the driverless car because the Googloe car will basically change the unvirse. As stated in the article "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident." Which means that when someone goes to take their driverrs test they will need to know how to basically have to have good eye sight and have to be really focesd on one thing wich is the car. | 2 |
I dont know what is out there but I know what is happining in my own back yard. There is no way the face on marse's surface was made by aleans because we have photographic images that prove so, and by telling it was made by alien it would just help us. So if you really think that that the alience made the face on mars then you don't know any of the facts.
First of all we have the picktures to prove it. So maybe the first one wasn't as clear becaus of the times, but the next one was ten times better. It doesn't sound like a lot but for what the first one looked like was like eating fake oreos to the real ones. But that was on a cloudy night and because it was you still don't belive it. So we went and took an other one (even thought it was hard sence we dont pass it very often). Nevertheless we got it in all of its NON alian glory. With the next picture we got in 2001 you have to belive us that it was a rock. It was 43 meters per pixel compared to the first that was 1.56. If you dont know what that means then let me just tell you it was way better.
Also why would we ruin a great oportunity like that. If we had said it was from alien we would have goten so much money. Imagen all the questions that would have been asked that we might have not have been able to answer on earth. People would start demanding their questions be answed and we would not be able to do it. So we ask for money we would get the best to make it posible for us to get to the red planet and boom we are on mars and we make an other small step.
So if you want to look stupid and belive that the aliens made a face on mars then do so, but the facts are that there is not one.
We have pictures and a want to go to mars that wont happen to prove it. And if after all that you dont belive me then writ your own paper convincing everyone it is a alian made Mount Rushmore and maybe NASA will Get to go to mars sitting on a rock. | 2 |
So you think that the face was created by aliens? Well I have some news for you, it wasn't created by aliens its just a nautral landform.
You and many other people may want to believe that there was life on mars years ago and it hasn't been discovered yet, if there was ever any life on Mars we would've find many more clues by now. If anyone has read this article then they would know that it is just a landform and there is and never was any sight of life on Mars. In this article it says " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument afrter all." not only does the article say that but we say it also as a part of NASA I do a lot of studying and I came to find out that there was never any type of life on Mars. All the talk about aliens is uncalled for, we would have found more eveidence and even different types of clues if there was life on Mars. For the ones out there who say "NASA would rather hide" isn't true at all we want to let the people know whats going on, we want to keep them updated. But when theres nothing up there and we have half the country thinking there is thats a problem, which we have to let down easily. Yes the face is located in a coudy part but that doesn't mean we are wrong. "But not everyone was satisfied. The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north and martian latitude where it was winter in April '98-- a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." So just because it was winter and hard to see you people are telling me that we are wrong? That we are lying? Nope, not true. Even with the pictures from summer... Its just a landform, anything could have created it just like here on earth. So theres no need for everyone to get all shook up and angry with NASA because they wanna believe that there is actually life on Mars. | 1 |
I believe that driverless cars are a unique idea and they are very helpful but they can also be not so helpful. According to the article, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. So what is the point of having a driverless car when the vehicle requires a driver at all times for safety reasons.
According to Dr. Werner Hubner, a BMW project manager states "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way". The passage informs us that some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertaniment and information systems that use heads-up displays. This will hopefully help solve our few issues we have with the driverless cars. The passage also states that "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."
Manufacturers are doing many things to make sure that they have no problems with the driverless cars and they are working to solve any problems thye have with them. According to this article, manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." I feel liek it is a great idea that manufacturers are really trying to fix all the problems that we may face with these new driverless cars. It is alwyas important for us to be safe. | 1 |
Twenty five years ago, when NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars, taking pictures of landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, they found shadowy likeness of a human face. It was captured in the region of Red Planet called Cydonia.
NASA made the picture of the Face public, and the people believed that
the Face was bona fide evidence of life on Mars. The people said that NASA was hiding the fact with conspiracy theories. If NASA would've found lifes on Mars, they would've told the people. It will benefit NASA since that will make them the first to find life on Mars. It also says in paragraph five, "...Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilation on Mars."
On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveryor flew over Cydonia for the first time. Miichael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took the picture of the Face ten times sharper than the orginal Viking photos. The people was disappointed with the result. The Face was nothing but just a natural landform.
Since not everyone was satisfied with the result, mission controllers prepared to look again. It was difficult since the region, where the Face was located at, was cloudy. Finally, on April 8, 2001 Mars Global Surveyor rolled the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view. They used camera's absolute maximum resolution to take the picture. In this image you can discern things three times bigger than the pixel size, so you can see any object on the Face. The result was no different. It was just a Martian equivalent of butte or mesa.
This is why the picture Viking 1 took isn't any evidence for life on Mars. NASA didn't hide anything from the people, or make up any theories. If you take a closer look at the Face located in Cydonia, you can tell it is nothing but just another Martian mesa, which is common in Cydonia. | 1 |
Senator of the State of Florida,
The Electoral College has been a part of our country since is was established in the Constitution by our founding fathers. Although it has been used for so long and some what effectivley, I believe that the act of changing the process to election by popular vote would benefiet the country and the residents more. Many poeple do think that the Electoral College is more fair and is better because of its certain outcome and other good aspects. My belief about the Elecotral College differs. I believe it is unfair and outdated, and I am not alone on that opinion.
An argument against the Electoral college is the disaster factor, information from the passage
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer. In 2000, the biggest election crisis took place in a century. In 1960, segregationists almost had success in replacing electors with people who would benefiet them. Along with that, some electors may not be truthful and defy those who they are electing for and elect the opposer. All these examples come with fault in the system.
Another example from the same article claims that the idea of a tie is the most unsettling. The election would be put into the hands of the House of Representatives. An argument for the Electoral College claims the chance of a tie is very unlikely, but it has come close before. In 1968 and in 1976, a small shift would've cost the election. On the other hand, it would be much more difficult to tie a popular vote, seeing that there are far more citizens than electors for the college.
There are claims that the Electoral College is both fair and unfair for different reasons. People claim that it is fair because no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president, when a popular vote might, from the article
In Defense of the the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner. However, the process is unfair as well. In result of a winner-take-all system in the states, the presidental candidates don't spend time in states they know they don't have a chance in. This is unfair to voters because not all states get to see the candidates at all. Swing states have all the focus on them. These states are more likely to pay attention to campaigns. This is not fair because those running for the position will focus more on those states. With a popular vote, the candidates will want to contact each state to make sure those who reside there have paid attention to them and will hopefully vote for those people.
The process of the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and risky. There are so many opportuntities for disaster and a lot of unfairness all around. With people relying on the fact that the chances are slim or disaster is unlikely to happen is just not smart and there are things we can do about it. With a popular vote, a fair count is given and the president who more people choose will take office. Our country is a whole, and we treat the process of election like it isn't. Let the population decide and it's a fair trial; let a few electors decide and it could lead to disaster. Thank you. | 4 |
Driving cars may seem like the best way to get from point A to point B, and in many ways, it is. Cars are fast, they are comfortable, and they can fit mulitple people. The auto industry is big because of these factors. Though studies show that cars, may not be the best option for the enviroment; and therefore, ourselves.
There is a city in Germany, Vauban. This city is almost completely devoid of cars. How do they do it? Well most of them ride bikes, or simply walk. If there is a distance to far for biking or walking, there is also a tram that runs through the city. The people who live in this city seem to be incredibly happy "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier now"
(Source 1)
says Heidrum Walter, citizen of Vauban. This trend of seperation from automobiles is happening not only in europe, but everywhere in the world. The EPA is advocating "car reduced communities" in the United States. The world is changing "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change"
(Source 1)
The beneifit of going car-free, goes beyond making people happier, it might even save the human race. Global warming is a major problem. Though an even bigger problem, is that most people in the US do not believe that global warming even exists. One way that scientists know that global warming is happening, is by looking in the ice of the artic. By drilling deep holes in the artic, scientists can extract tubes of ice millions of years old. Just how you can tell how old a tree is by counting its rings, you can tell how old ice is by doing the same thing. When scientists tested the amount of Co2 in a sample of ice that was formed 50 years after the industrial revolution, then compared it to the level of Co2 in a tube of ice 50 years before the industrial revolution. They saw a remarkable increase in Co2 levels after the industrial revolution. Many people do not know, but mercury looked a lot like earth a billion or so years ago. Now mercury is a desolated wasteland, thanks to the amount of volcanos spewing Co2 into the atmosphere. A similar phenomena is happening all over the world in places like Paris and China. Paris' pollution was so bad, that they had to ban driving for a couple days "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine"
(Source 2)
In Bagota, Columbia, people take part in a car-free day in order to reduce smog. "Millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday"
(Source 3)
This is another example of people taking the initiative to give up cars, even if its only for one day.
People are finally staring to realize that cars cause pollution to the Earth. Even the president is backing the cause, which honestly might be why more people have not accepted global warming as a fact. The level of driving has decreased over the years "As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995"
(Source 4)
It is fantastic to know that people are finally embracing science as something to learn from, and not something to fear. What we all need to realize is that, our planet will live on millions of years after we are gone. We are not saving our planet by preventing global warming, we are saving ourselves. | 3 |
The conviniance of the cars would be nice, but what if the car malfunctioned and it crashed? Would the car owner be responcible or would the manufacturer? Whould the cars be able to be hacked, like a cell phone or laptop?
How would the person or people in the car know they are safe?
I would not feel comfertoble having a computer driving me around and deciding if it takes me through a bad naughborhood or if it takes the long way around. ""The psycological aspects of automation are really a chalenge," admits Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver." If I were to be put in danger, would that compurter be able to get me out of that danger? I don't think so because, again, it is a programed computer. The car is programed to follow the laws set forth. If going over the speed limit to get away from a person trying to harm me or the people I am with is the way that we stay alive, then that's what needs to be done.
If the car is programed to go the speed limit, how many police officers would lose their job? There would be no speeding, so there would be no need to have them on the road as much.
What would happen if there was a fire? If the vehicls are programed to go the speed limit, how will the fire fighters get to the house on time? If there is an acident, because the person in the car has no control over it, how will the peramedics get to the scene on time?
If the car doors are locked and there is no way to get out in a crash, there will be more of a chance of people dieing from a car crash than before the cars come out. The officers would have to cut the person out, if that can be done. If the crash is so bad that the person can't be cut out what does that say about cars manufacturer?
In comclution, I think that having driverless cars could cause more damage than good. Yes, it would be more convinient, but safe I dont think so. | 1 |
do you think that car should be able to drive by their self? I don't think that cars should. Now I Know many people might disagree with me, but hear me out. I don't think that driverless should be develop because of reckless driving, car start to mafunction, and why would you need a driverless car if someone still have to drive the car.
there are many reckless driver out in the world today. when people are on the rode they think that they wouldn't have to look at the rode because their car is driverless. That car can stop working at any point of time, so why risk it. In a passage, I recently read, it say " the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times, so why make the risk of an accident go up.
Next why do you need a driverless car when you still have to driver the car. you are better off buying a cheeper car that works just as well. You wouldn't be able to take a quick nap if you wanted to. In the passage it say you would get bored waiting on your turn to drive the car. that can make accident happen.
I think that cars should not be driverless because of reckless driverss, stop working, and why drive a driverless car that someone still have to driving. It just not important to me as food and water is, so I'm saying no to driverless cars. | 2 |
Dear senator of state,
I think keeping Electoral colleges is a key benifit for this state and also this country. According to the article "
Does the Electoral College work?
",The founding fathers established this process in the constitution as compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by popular demand. The Electoral college process consits of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote President and Vice President, and the counting of electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral college consits of 538 electors. A majority of electoral votes is required to elect the President. The passage also states that under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the district of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the electoral college. for this reason, in the following discussion, the word "state" also refers to the District of Columbia,
The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You choose your state's electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you're actually voting for your candidate's electors. Most states have a "Winner take all" system that awards all electors for the winning of thhe Presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a Variation of the "proportional representation". After the presidental election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" lisiting all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The certificate also declares the winning of the presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of electors each year.
The electoral college is widely regartded as an Anachronism, a non-democraric method of selecting the president that ought to be overruled by delcaring the canidant who recives the most votes the winner. each partt selects a trusted elector to vote for the parties nominee. | 0 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuite all the dangers it presents. Venus is the second planet from our sun .While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sent numerous sacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfric acid in Venus's atmosphere
However ,perring at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far abover the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because mot forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere ,rendering standard forms of photgraphy and videography ineffective .
NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus .For examle ,some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been teted in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weks in such conditions .The thought of devices make a calculation by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all.
Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our planet .The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys ,mountainsand crater ,Furthermore,recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit ,a curcial consideration given the long time frames of space travel
In conclusion of the authors suggestion on studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depsite all the dangers it presents .I think that people should really study Venus and its features that it comes with it does with dangers but you would get a lot out of it just reading this makes you want to go visit Venus. | 1 |
This letter is to my state senator in which i argue in favor of keeping the electoral colloge by popular votes for tha president of tha united state. As you can see the electoral college is a process, not a place so there for the founding father established in tha constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and electiuon of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. ther are many reasone for retaining the electoral but ther are five of them for why are state senator shuld keep the elctoral and the five are certainty of outcome ,everyonss president, swing states,big states, and avoid run-off elctions. it can be argued that the electoral colleg method of selecting the president may turn off potential voteers for a candidate who has hope of carrying their state democrats .also keeping tha electrol college is becuse it requires a presidentail candidate to have trans regional appeal. its official that the best arguments in favor of keeping the electoral becuase it mostly assertions without much basis in reality and the arguments against direct election are spuriouse at best. | 1 |
Hey people of America do yall agree or disagree with me? I think changing to election by popular vote should chose the president of the united states. Because electoral collage are not always one hundred percent right,also the electoral college dont vote for a president but they vote for a slate of electors,and my last reason is that the electoral college might nominate a bad president for the United States of America.
To start my argument off is that my first reason is that the electoral collage is not always a humdred percent right and we might end up with someone we dont want. for example say if Jhon Snipes is running for president and he has a bad criminal record and he only got twenty percent of the votes and the other canidate had the majority of the vote and Jhon Snipes won. He would probley turn the United Sates into a war zone. See this is the main reason why want someone president and barley no one voted for him os her
Another reason is that the electoral collage dont vote for president they vote for slate of electors. This is bad because slate of electors dont speak for everyone. They might like someone that we dont like and give them the power to run for president and probabley win. so this was another reason why the preseident election shouldnt be picked on the electoral collage.
My last reason is that us the people of the United States of America do not want no scum bag of a president that does nothing what so ever to our country. We want a president that is smart and will take care of tha United State, we want a president that will make us feel safe with the decision that he makes, and finally we want a president that we can believe in and that we trust in.
I gave u all of my reasons why i thunk we shouldent have an electoral collage casting the votes,now its your turn to answer my question do u or do u not agree with my statements about loosing the electoral collage,and if u dont agree with me give me a couple of reasons why u dont. | 2 |
Luke Bomberger had just graduated high school. Soon after he graduated, his friend, Don Reist, had invited him to go on a cattle boat to Europe. Luke knew he had to say yes, because he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
Some reasons to join the program are to help animals such as horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. You will also get to go to unique places. Some places you might get to go are New Orleans, Greece, Venice, China, and many more.
Luke had turned 18 before arriving in Greece, which meant he could be drafted for military service. "They got their seamans's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece-with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them . "When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my service."By the time he was discharged in 1947, Luke had made 9 trips-the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.
"The cattle-boatr trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy," he says. Also " Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. These are some reasons you should join, and a boy named Luke Bomberger who signed up, and had no idea that this would change his life. | 2 |
I dissagree with the fact that the state wants to keep favor of electoral college. I think they should change the way the whole election is set up by using popular vote for the presedent of the united states. To me the election should be based on what the people wants and what they think is best not on electoral college. Electoral vote is also unfair to the people who vote because of the winner-takes-all system is certain states.
Yes richard nixon, jimmy carter, bob dole, the u. s chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO agreed on electoral college but electoral college is when the voters vote for the state electors who the vote for president. there is an arguement called the disaster factor also and thats the single best argument against the electoral college. Thats why popular vote for president is better than electoral because there is a better possibility of the majority of people winning.
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational it officail !!!. Also arguments against direct elections are apurious at best. Bob dole was right:abolish the electoral college. | 1 |
Some people like boat trips. Some people don't like them. For the people who like boat trips you should join the Seagoing Cowboys.
One reason to join this program is because you have so much fun! On my first trip I thought the cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for me. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was really special. Also taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.
Another reason why you should join this program is because you get a chance to help people. The Seagoing Cowboys is about helping people with what they need. I went just after World War ll ended. A lot of small towns and cities were ruined from the war and needed help on getting their farming equipment. We were on a cattle-boat that had about 335 horses plus oats and hay to feed them. We had a lot more animals on our ship.
Some of the bad things about joining this program is the hard work and danger. The animals had to be fed and watered two or three times a day at least. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship and stalls had to be cleaned. But the worst part about joining this program is the danger. When I joined this program I cracked a couple of ribs. One rainy night, after making my hourly report to the captain, when I slid down a slippery ladder on my backside. I was happy to be alive, but I could not work for a couple of days.
No madder if you like boat trips or not you should join this program. Don't think about yourself. Just remember, the best thing about this trip is that you will always be happy when you think about all the lives you saved and helped by joining the Seagoing Cowboys! | 2 |
The use of Facial Action Coding System to read students' emotional expression in a classroom can make a significant change in how students will learn and how teachers will teach. Teachers will be able to modify their lessons to make it easier for students to understand and students will be able to take lessons that will change by how well they understand the subject to study at their own pase. But how exactly will the introduction of this technology make education better?
I think there are three emotions that the classroom computer can check in order to assist the teacher to understand and help students.
The first thing the classroom computer should check is if the students undestand the lesson or if they are getting confused. Teachers will have an easier time finding students that can't understand the lesson and give extra support. This will also make it easier for students because the lesson will be taught in their own pase.
The second emotion the system should check is boredom. This is especially important because it directly affects the behavior and the study speed of students. It also gives feedback to the teacher to make their lesson more interesting. There will be less students sleeping or not paying attention and the class would have a better time studying.
The last emotion it needs to check is happiness. Of course this will affect how well the students will learn, but it has other purposes too. This will help teachers to detect bullying and trouble outside to class. It is the sad truth that it is hard for teachers to find bullying because they have so many students. But now they can just talk to or have some counselling time with students that are not happy.
Overall, there are many benifits to having the Facial Action Coding System in the classroom. The students will be able to learn at their own pace, take lessons that are made to be interesting for them, and have a teacher that can give support anytime. The teachers will be able to teach lessons that are custom build for students to be comfortable and interested, get feedback of how intersted the students are to teach better, and give instant support to any students that are confused or upset. These benifits will drastically change how education is for students and teachers. | 2 |
In the recent passages that I have read, I have discovered how people in Germany have started the trend of not driving cars in a certain tow. This trend has sparked new flames in places like Levittown and Scarsdale New York. While that trend has sparked, studies have shown how many people in America have stopped driving and or buying licenses.
In passage two, I learned that Paris enforced a partial driving ban because of all of the [air] pollution. I can't blame them. With Paris being one of the most beautiful cities in the world, why ruin the air around it. I do believe that Paris may be one of the most visited cities in the world because of the Eiffel Tower.
If people visit Paris for a structure that tall, I know tht I wouldn' want to come back with the air being as bad as it is. Just think of all the people with asthma living in such polluted air. In Paris, 4,000 people were fined for driving their cars, 27 cars were impounded for the owners reaction to the fine.
In Bogota, Colombia, a program set out to be a national car-free day. This program was such a succes, they did it three years in a row. The obly vehicle access was taxis and buses in a capitak city of seven million. The turnout was large, despite gray clouds that occasionally dumped rain on Bogota. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating" says Mayor Anatanas Mockus. Surprisingly, two other Colombian cities, Cali and Velledupar, joined the event. "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders" said Enrique Riera.
All over America, people are starting to stop buying licenses and driving cars simply because they dont care for them. In my own opinion, I feel like Americans rely on motors far too much. We have turned into a nation of laziness. But as I have read, the love affair, or couch affair, with cars is starting to crumble, just like 50% of marriages in America. As I have read, it appears that teenagers stopped worrying about licenses and cars simply for the fact that walking with friends is somewhat "funner'
When it all comes down to it, cars are destroying our ozone, if cars are gone completely, people with breathing problems will be able to breath easier. | 1 |
I wouldnt go up there to see it or to go on its planet i would send a drone or omething and study the fed the drone give me.THE only reason ill go up there if they give me a strong enough suit to visit and suplys to visit it. in the story they say itss temperature is hot around 170 degrees fahrenheit its not a easy condition to liv in. They say the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than we experience these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth venusian geology and weather prsent additional impediments like erupting volcanoes and powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere. on the planets surface tempeatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit.I think that is a person try to visit venus without the nessary tools they will die from the atmosphere weather and clouds. more importantly researchers cannot take samples of rock gas or anything else from distance. solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed earth levls not easy conditions but survivable for humans.Nasa possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above fray.The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar feaures such as valleys montains and craters.
It would be a bad idea to visit the planet.I say that because of all the tuff weather of how hot it is and the lightning. They should just leave that planet alone until they have
all the tools to visit the planet. I think if they visit the planet now they would more likely die from the heat and atmospher around the panet and the clouds around it. They would probably last a couple of hours before they die they should just stick with the research they have now and leave the planet alone. | 1 |
Would paying this exploration be worth it?
In this article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it talks about how there are many struggles just to go their,but venus is so close to Earth. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has an intrest in studying Venus too. Accodrding, to this Article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it is stating even though Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers.Their might be human live living in that planet that we do not know about.
Even though their are many risks involved in this exploration. There are many positive sides to this exploration too. They had previously stated that in the artilce there might be a chance that if the Nationa Aeronautics and Space Administraion finds a way to solve the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus we would be able ot float aboce the fray. Accodrding to the article, the arthour had said " Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling venusian Landscape.Just as out jet airplanes trave at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way".
Meeting these challenges might be hard at first,but it would all be worth it. The human race would have the insight to be gained on the planet itself,but also our curiosity to explore would likely lead us to many things that we don't know about yet. Like in the 1800s they had the though of computers existing in those days and it sounded shocking to people. These devices would make calculations by using gears and levers do not require electronics at all. It was just an idea back then and it also had positive/negatives sides to it. Then an exploration to Venus would be a downhill and their would be many uphills to it. | 2 |
The human face that was founded on mars by NASA's Viking 1 sapcecraft. They believe it was created by aliens,but are aliens real? How can they say it was created by aliens when we dont know that aliens are real. In my opinion it has to be the normal land formation, Mars has a lot of rocks and i know there is a lot of stuff in Mars that look like things in our planet. I do believe that it looks like a human face but Mars has sand storms and gets hit by craters all the time and that may be the reason why there is a face on mars.
As we can see in the pictures in 1976, the face looks better then the other pictures. In 2001, the face is gone because of the snadstorm that they had and covered the face. They have no proof that aliens had something to deal withit. They had no foot prints , no sign of an alien, and It looks like to me that t was created by it self. NASA's has no right to say that the face was created by aliens if they have no sign or proof that it was. They don't have proof that aliens are real. That only leads to one conclusion which is that the face on Mars is a land formation.
Therefore, Is the face on Mars created by aliens or is a land formation? The pivtures explain nothing but that it is a land formation. Why? Their is no evidence that it was created by aliens nor anything else. The only way that it would've been created by aliens if NASA's had proof that there were some type of tracks of aliens. They didn't have anything so it leads to one solution. IT has to be created by sand storms and craters. | 2 |
Venus, the second plant in our solar syetem, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one one of the brightest lights in the night sky. Venus is also often referred to as Earth's "twin," since Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. Since its distances is close to Earth, scientists have wanted to study and examine this planet up close, but this would prove to be dificult. Each mission to Venus was unmanned, and for good reasons, since many spacecrafts dont even survive the landing for more than a few hours. This explanins why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. In the following paragraphs I will desribe the dangers that are on Venus, why scientists want to study the planet, and what are some new approches to studing Venus.
Their are a lot of reasons why humans can't travel or study Venus. One of the reasons why we cant study Venus is that the atmosphere is completely comprised of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, which is toxic to humans. The second reason, are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Another reason is that on the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more exstreme for any human to handle; the environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of Earth's oceans and Venus's environment would liquefy many different types of metals. Beyound high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present more additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface.
For all the dangers towards humans, why do scientists discuss further plans for visits to Venus's surface? Many astronomers and scientists are fasinated by Venus because it might have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Many people say that long ago, Venus was probably covered with oceans and could have supported different forms of life. Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planets surface is similar to Earth, it has a rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Overall Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.
Since Venus is impossible to study at this time, NASA is working on different approaches to studying Venus. For example, simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface, and the result is that the electronics lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is loocking back to an old technology called mechanical computers.
istep sucks................. | 2 |
Venus is a interesting planet cause of its Evening star which it a bright light and is a second planet of the sun when you look at Venus the density , size and distance gets the attention till where you want to discover the parts and ideas of it. the diferences about a spacecraft is that people wanted spacecraft to land on earth but it didn't work due to no survival that couldn't land more than a few hours thats why this planet is challenging for humans to study the reputations want people to be confused and get the meaning of this. Atmosphere is thick 97 percent carbon dioxide so temperatures goes up 800 degrees F and on earth the atomsphere is 90 times greater.
Sister Planet and Venus are the same thing its the better planet in the solar system which used to be covered in oceans and could supported peoples life just like the Earth. its rocky sediment and has features which are valleys, mountains, and craters.
NASA is working on venus the samples of rock, gas etc. are not working to take the samples its rough so a scienctist knows thay venus needs to be close to do their own vperonsal depsite risk for it to last. NASA working to get other people to study this and have advice. | 0 |
join the sea going cowboys. you can go to all kinds of places and also help people over sea. when you get to your place its really fun becouse you can explore when you eplore you can take pictuers and show your folks at home and play al kinds of sports like baseball and vollyball they all kinds of stuff to do boxing fencing and witling. now it can be dangruss when there is a storm then you have to hang on tight. when your on bourd you have a job to do somtimes you have to watch animles and other times you have to keep gaurd depending on what you take. the best part is getting home sometimes its hard to leave family but its for a good cause. then you can go back to sea at some point in time then you can help more people i went to sea 16 times and all to help people. being on the seagoing team is more than an adventure. so join the sea going team | 1 |
Now the fact is that the electoral college works well for our country, but when the population that is voting for president is actually voting for a candidate to vote for their state, that is lying to the voters and is morally wrong. We cannot lie to the population and be a strong country at the same time. We want to vote for our country's leaders not have someone else vote for us.
We have gone on long enough with the electoral college, it is outdated and inefficient. It dooes work to keep complications from arising in our voting procedures none the less. And I will admit regional preferance is also a huge problem. What if the Presiident ignores a certain region of the country in crisis? It is a risk we must take.
We are a country that has been falsely relying on the people and lying to their faces about it. I personally find it offensive, angering, and morally wrong. I do not want to see this atrocity being allowed to fester. In 2012 about one-half of the legal american voters took part in it, according to Richard A. Posner. That is millions, if not billions of people! All voting when their votes didn't matter.
"In 1968 a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election" according to Bradford Plumer. The electoral college is unfair, it has been proven. | 2 |
Im Luke Bomberger and I want to convince you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Have you ever thought about exploring the world?
Do you like helping people?
Well what im about to tell you will make you to sign up right now.
Before I started I had two part-time jobs at a grocery store and a bank.
Without my friend Don Reist i would have never found out about the Seagoing Cowboys.
He invited me to go to Europe on a cattle boat.
I didn't say no I knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe and many nations were destroyed.
To help these countries recover their food supplies, anaimals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA ( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilition Administration).
UNRRA hired ''Seagoing Cowboys'' to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. Don and I signed up.
In August 1945, we received orders to report to New Orleans.
We arrived August 14, the day the Pacific war ended.
we boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster and headed to Greece.
I was 18 when we headed for Greece.
It took us about two weeks to cross the Alantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China.
During that time we had enough time to go sightseeing at a lot of places.
But on the ship you do have to take care of the animals.
And what I loved most about being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you got to explore the world and help people who need it.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more then an adventure for me.
It opened up the world to me Im grateful for the opportunity.
It made me aware of people of other countries and their needs.
I hope you join the Seagoing Cowboys because overal you get to explore the world while helping people. | 1 |
This technology of reading student emotions in a classroon room is unvaluable .I dont know why ANYBODY WILL MAKE THIS UP.Some people dont want nobody to know how there feeling. Im so against this creation i would not like my classmate to know how im feeling i dont care is i'm happy or sad .
The article stated that a computer will recognize if your even faking your emotions. I dont think its nobody part in life to know the next person emotions. only if your a conesilor you should know someone emotion or how they feel other than that NO this is a horible idea. iN Paragraph 5 it tells us it help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. The computer will even know all your muscles in your body to help them fing how your feelings this is real not cause for at all some people want to keep there life personal a possible.
so yes, this coding system in very agaist it i can see if somebody would want you to know how there feeling. Not asking them in just doing it is respecting eachother space. This was a horible idea for someone to come up with. | 1 |
Driverless cars are a thing of the future. Maybe even the near future. Since 2009, certain people have been testing driverless cars. Except, they aren't quite there yet. The cars still require human assitstance in difficult situations that the driver can't handle. But is it a good idea? Can we rely on computers to do something that can be dangerous? The answer is no.
Humans have faults. So do computers. A computers doesn't have the traits it needs to be able to drive someone. Not to mention, the whole process of making an almost driverless car is expensive. There simply isn't enough money to manufacter that many cars to drag people around.
Another issue is the driving itself. The cars they are testing today do not have certain abilities that humans do, such as parking, driving in difficult traffic, or going around accidents. Of curse they have sensors to alert the driver. But how alert will they be? A car can drive itself for most of the time, so why pay attention? It could be very dangerous if the human at the wheel isn't alert. Accidents will be prone to happen, and there may even be more accidents than we have now.
A present problem that is also important is traffic law. Trafic laws are written to make the assumption that a safe human driver is in control at all times and is keeping themselves and the pasengers safe. Places such as California, Nevada, florida, and the District of Colombia even outlawed the testing of computer driven cars. This proves as a giant red flag of if we should have computer driven cars or not. The manufacturers assume the laws will be changed in the future. But if there is an accident, is the driver or creator of fault? The creator of course. There's no doubt that in advertising the car, the manufacturers promised safety and reliability. But that didn't happen, and the driver wasn't at fault. It was the computer for not doing what it was supposed to do.
In conclusion, driverless cars controlled by computers is a bad idea. It is expensive, dangerous, unreliable, and shouldn't be tested for. | 3 |
Exploring venus will be hard to explore since the suface of the planet would almost melt any metals the landed on the surface,But is could be a good planet to explore becuse venus could hold some good finds and new discoveries on the planet ,They call venus earths twin because they are similer in diamiter,but they both are different from each other way differnt,But it would be great to explore for new finds and new discoveries.
Exploring the planet would be quite difficult the gravity is differnt on that planet,also they would need to have more technogly they would need to put a machine up there to explore the planet and see what they need to make as ships ans suits and what meteals would not melt n venus and also what kind of things they would need to explore. Also the clouds on venus are made of of acid,and venus somtimes have an acid rain,and would melt alot of meteals and it would be harmful to alot of objects.
An other challenge would be able to keep water and drink it,sense the surface of venus is 800 degrees fahreheit the water would vapirote on to the air,And it would be very hard to keep it cold,And even the water did not vapirote the water would be way to hot for a human to drink,and the weather on venus is very extream,it would take alot of thought and also technogly to get to venus safly and it would be a challange
The weather on venus is extream with erupitung volcanoes powerful earthquackes and frequent lightning strikes,So we would have to make some really strong and that could withstand all of those hash things that the planet has to offer,and thats alot of things,and you wold also have the right techonlgy that you would have to have. witch would be a major challenge that we would have to face.
Exploring venus would be very diffecult and we would have to put alot of thinking and techonlgy on working towards that but i think it would be worth it to visit there becuse we could find new dicoveries and new finds that could change the would in so many ways,but there it alot of challenges that we would have to overcome but overall it possible but it could ake a long to to devolp and idea and devolp that kind of technogly and it would take years to expore planet venus. | 2 |
They have many things that show that the landform is natrual. One reason that the landform could be real is by pointing out that back then the cameras were not as good with quality so the camera could make it look like that. Another reason could also br the weather in that time the weather could have a big part in the way it looks.
The angel of the camera could also make a big diffrence in the look of it. the angel of the light that was ln it also could mae the changed because it was the shadow that made the landform look like a human head. Back then the pixels of the photo were 43 meters compared to now which is 1.56 meters. The clouds could also change the look.
Many things could of changed it those are many reasons why it is real but people think diffrent ly and also have diffrent things formed in there head. | 1 |
Cars are the automobile that we like to use because we are fat and can't just walk places. It is too much work to walk to places or even bike. So we as human beings will just keep on getting fat and destroying the world. Then we will just have to do what they did in
Interstellar and find a new planet to live on but it probably wont work because we aren't that smart because we can't figure out how to make hoverboards. The world might be less poluted if we just had hoverboards not hovercars that would be stupid. People would just drive around a mile in the air and crash and have no chance of survival. Hoverboards would get you places faster and not kill you, I mean unless you go over water then like in
Back to the Future it would stop working. Actually that would suck if it rained then you like can't go anywhere unless you can dry the ground super fa st.
Cars just are so bad that they just have to go kill the nature and kill humans. I mean airbags only do so much like getting hit by a semitruck that would probably kill you unless you are in the semitruck then it would just be a semi hitting a semi and that wouldn't be good. Now what if we just got off our lazy butts and actually didn't drive and waste our time. We can just walk to places or bike. Now if we did that then it would waste more time but we would be fit though. Also if people are fit and don't drive cars they might get dates but then they wouldn't even be able to drive their date to the movies or dinner because they don't have cars. They could just jog there but by then it would just be easier to just call for food but then by the time the food got here it would be all soggy and gross. Also it would be cold and no one likes that. So cars are good and bad because science and logic say so. | 1 |
The 'Face' on Mars is just a hoax. It seems as though the mound on this planet is just a mesa. If you don't believe me, then listen to me very closely. The very similar face on the side of Mars can be very defining but not a single astronout have researched at the Mesa up close and personal. But even if it was made by aliens, it still wouldn't tally up right?
The 'Face' was first noticed in 1976 by Viking 1 spacecraft, circling around Mars, after trying to find its sistership, Viking 2. As Viking 1 was circling around, it spotted a likeness to the human face. And the mound was found in Cydonia, a very well-know area on the Red Planet to house mesas. As the years went by, they looked more into the mound and Scientists concluded that it was just another mesa, but this moutain-like hill had shadows that resemble the human face.
As you review this very peculiar picture, you can see that it just resembles Earth, mostly in Western America. That certain part of America are very popular for its mesas and buttles (which are the same as mesas). There may be more out in the solar system, mnaybe even more in the whole universe itself, but in the end of all the discoveries, they all end up being coincidences. Maybe one day, we'll find extre terrestrial life, but for now, we will just make more and more discoveries until we don't have anything else to find. | 2 |
You should change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States. THe electoral college system should not be kept anymore. The electoral college is a proccess that contains counting of electoral votes by Congress, selection of the electors, and the meeting of the electors where they vote for Vice President and President. Keeping the electoral college college isn't a good idea because when voting the the people vote electors and not for a presidential candidate, and voters sometimes get confused about electors. Many people disagree and agree whether to keep the electoral college but its thier opinion.
When voters vote they vote for a slate of electors not for the president. Many people dont want to vote for a elector. They want to vote for a president because that is the main reson that they are voting. If people vote for electors then thier hopes might get down. Each party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee. Just because the winner of an electoral vote wins doesnt mean the electoral vote wins the national popular vote. In 2000, George W. Bush and Al Gore were running for president. Gore had more popular votes than Bush and Bush had more electoral votes.
According to the article, sometimes voters get confused about electors and vote for the wrong candidate. Nobody wants to vote for the wrong electors because that isn't good for people who took thier time to go vote for a presidiential candidate. If many people vote for wrong candidates then they will want to stop voting because it isn't worth it. | 2 |
A new trend is starting to spread rapidly across America and all over Europe. This new trend is the baning of automobiles. There are many problems that come with the luxury of owning a car. Although it get you from point A to point B in your every day life, it can also be harmful. Some advantages of limiting car use is less pollution, reduced traffic jams, and lastly to come out of a recession.
To begin, pollution is a major factor that harms the earth. One of the main cause of pollution is car use. For example, China is known for the most polluted cities in the world. However, another exampe would be in France, diesel fuel was blamed becasue France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of western Europe. Becasue of this, they banned the use of automoblies for the day to air out the smog. Limting polluton will allows us citzens to breathe easier and go on with our daily hetic lives. Also limting the use will, "have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviorment, since transpotation is the second largest source of Americas emissions."(source 4). This quote shows how beneifical limiting car use would be.
Futhermore, another main aggravating problem is traffic jams. For example in Bogota, Colombia its program was set to spread to other countries and instead of using automoblies they hiked, biked, skated , or took buses to work. Becasue of this it limits traffic jams and also cleans the air up a bit. It also allows people to walk moe freely on the sidewalks. Their goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. The violators were faced with 25 dollar fines if they did not participate in the program. " public transit was free of charge from friday to monday, acording to the BBC." (source 2). This was a major factor that pushed citzens to choose an alternative option.
Although, it might be reducing car production, many people are slimply not purschaing cars as they did in the past. One main reason is becasue many citzens are going through a recession. "As of april 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." (source 4). This explanation certainly lies in the rescession becasue many Americans now-a-days can not afford new cars and the unemployed werent going to wrok anyways. By limiting car use, many citzens can then not have to always worry about gas money and the "what if", if they get into an accident.
To conclude, There are many advantages in limiting car use. Deomgraphic shifts in the driving population show that the trend countines to drop and the percentage or 16 to 39 year old drivers are more likey to not get or want their license. Most young people dont really care about what their ride looks like. a car is about getting from point A to point B. At this rate, soon the "car culture" will slow down and might clean up our earth a little more. | 3 |
Dear State Senator, I propose that we change the election by popular vote for the president of the United States rather than having the Electoral College. I say this because the Electoral College is unfair to voters in many ways more than one.
I'll start off by saying that Electoral College is unfair to voters. I strongly agree about this because under the electoral college system, voters do not vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors, who then elect the president. This system is unfair because you don't always know who your electors are and you can't always control who the electors vote for. If you can't or don't know who they are voting for, then how can we trust them with the fate of our country? Although us people don't always make the right decisions, at least with popular vote we would all know that our votes wouldn't be put in someone elses hands.
To continue my agruement, the Electoral College is also unfair in this way. Say if there was to be a tie in electoral votes, the election would be given to the House of Representatives. Then the state delegations would vote for the president and the Senate would chose the vice president. When this would happen you would then not know who they were going to vote for and what your government's fate would be. So again if we had election by popular vote this wouldn't happen.
Lastly, the Electoral College is unfair to voters by the winner-take-all system. Since there is a winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. An example of this is back during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't get to see the candidates at all. Some of the largest media markets didn't even see a single campaign ad. This is completely unfair and ridiculous to all potential voters.
In the end, I think that the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and ridiculous. With all the valid points and arguments I have made, they make a pretty good reason to abolish the electoral college. | 3 |
It has nearly been two centuries since our country was born from the ashes of a war far too long to remember every scar and wound, but we hold the memories of our promises in our Constitution and Bill. And since, we have upheld every right and every propesition with the upmost respect and worshipped it among our God. Or have we? Though The United States of America has proclaimed many good ideas and beings in our past for the future, it has not always been recognized. If uneducated, the regular unqualified citizen may not know that with our election system, we ourselves do not get to vote for which president we believe can take the reigns of our country, rather we vote for a certain amount of electors that make the decision FOR us. This is called The Electoral College Process.
Though this process does not run against the citizens, it does take away a direct vote to whom you desire in the presidential role. As a most obvious reason, people want to qualify themselves, choose a party, and do a lot of deep thinking not to hand the rights over to some higher-qualified politicist(s) that has just as much chance as the electors running against him but to make a decision based off of their own qualified knowledge from a viewpoint of regular Americans. Regular Americans, ranging from the small town factory worker to a traveling military man. These are the citizens that run this country, the ones who know the real problems going on. Politics is only fortune to politicists; Politics is an opportunity for change to Us.
Now, what about the bigger states versus the smaller states? We all know that the larger the population in one state, the more representatives they have, and the smaller the population, well...they get the shorter end of the stick usually, especially in this case. When a tie occurs among the vote of electors, it is the House of Representatives' job to fix that and make a vote for themselves. This means that the slim few representatives representing thousands of people could make a vote; Although based off of political knowledge, it is once again stealing the popular vote from American citizens. And even compared to a larger state, less than a hundred individuals (all of which have done nothing but politics) are to make a decision for possibly millions of voters.
There is one turn that can happen at any given election and is most-likely our biggest worry because of such an open chance. Though it is said that there is highly rare chance in which a day would come in the election that a defiance might occur, it does not mean something so sinister as toying with the election system could not happen and with great costs. Considering it has already happened once when John F. Kennedy ran for presidency, how can we not assume it might not happen again? And even if such happenings may take decades to occur again, what of the electors that did not swear themselves to the vote they had claimed to have chosen in the first place? We, the People, elect Our representatives to uphold Our decisions in the party We choose, but what is trust in this country if we cannot even trust Our representatives to "represent" Our decisions.
In turn, the The United States of America has done their very best to make this country the best it can be, but this Electoral College Process has many disadvantages that takes away the rightful vote of American citizens. We are all human after all, "professional" politicists or not, we make mistakes and we are capable of deceitful things. The only difference is our trained knowledge and key advantages based on rank in the government system. Give Us the direct opportunity We deserve and break the Electoral College Process. | 4 |
This country is built on democracy, the idea that all of its citezens have rights and a say in how the country is run. The Electoral College takes away the peoples vote, because in an election, the eligable citezens vote for a candidate, but in reality they are voting for a group of electors who will then vote for the candidate. I believe this is unfair and that the Electoral College should be removed from the country's government.
The first flaw with the Electoral College is that voters cannot directly vote for their favorite candidate. In
Source #2 paragraph 10 , it says; "
... voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.
" If citezens of the United States can't vote for thir own president directly then it takes some of the democracy out of the country. It rarely happens but the electors don't always vote for the candidate with the most popular vote, they can vote for whoever they want, if they really wanted to. This is just one reason I think the Electoral College should be removed, and replaced by a popular vote.
My next reason for replacing the Electoral College with a popular vote is that a tie in the Electoral College is possible. In
Source #3 paragraph 18 , it says; "
A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes-538-is an even number...
" If a tie occurs then the vote goes to the House of Representatives, but how will they know the feelings of voters if they vote one party for Congress, and another party for president?
My final reason to get rid of the Electoral College is that a candidate can win the popular vote, but lose the election. In
Source #2 paragraph 9 , it says; "...
Al Gore- thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the poular vote but lost the presidency...
" If the people's favorite candidate wins the popular vote, a vote representing the country's citezens, but loses the election because of the Electoral College then the system is unfair to voters.
People supporting the Electoral College may say like in
Source #3 paragraph 19 , "
The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to select a president.
" But this country should be about how the people vote, a popular vote would be the same, no region would have enough eligeable voters to elect a president, so a candidate would have to campaign all over the country.
In conclusion I think the Electoral College should be replaced with a popular vote. Voters cannot directly vote for thier choice candidate, ties can occur in the Electoral College, and a candidate can win the popular vote, but somehow still lose the election. The system is unfair to voters, and this country is based on fairness and rights to all of its citezens, so why should the Electoral College get to take away people's rights? | 3 |
I do not support driverless cars. I think that they are unsafe for peple because you dont know if it will drive like the company says that it will. Who will take responsibility if the cars do crash, will it be the driver or the company?
The Google midified Toyota Prius has sensors all over the car that creates a 3-D model of the surrondings around the car so that it can create imput that allows the car to mimic the skill of a human. What if the sensors where to fail while the car is driving? Will it stop, and if it does stop what about the cars behind it. If it does indeed stop and the other cars dont know that it has stopped then there can be a major car crash that can risk the lives of others.
Googles GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. Yet what would happen if the car didnt respond to the sensors and the seat didn't vibrate so the car backs into the object? Would it be the actual drivers fualt or would the company have full responsibility?
You see this is why i do not support driverless cars because you dont know if you can trust them or not. I do not think that the companies are ready for people to put there lives at risk for a car that can have proplems on the road. | 2 |
In "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves" two men joined a program called Seagoing Cowboys. It is an oppertunity to send food supplies, animals, and more to the people effected in World War II.
Some reasons you might want to join is being able to know you did something good by helping out those in need. By shiping food to people who are starving and giving them materials to build them shelters could really help out many people.
Not only knowing that you did good in someone's life is not all though, on the boat, you can go places and see places that you may not be able to see. Taking care of the animals can be fun, too. You can play with them and have some fun.
You can have some really interesting oppertunities too while your on the boat if you join the Seagoing Cowboys. You can see some amazing places and objects you may never see if you weren't on the boat with the them. Learn something new everyday while your on this boat! In paragraph 9, Luke said, "I'm grateful for the oppertunity." Also in paragraph 5, Luke said, "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greese was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice Italy, a city with streets of water."
Not all of the Seagoing Cowboys is all work though. During return trips you can have a lot of fun. I paragraph 8, Luke said that the cowboys play volleyball and baseball games in the empty holds where the animals were kept. Table-tennis, fencing tournaments, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games also pass time while returing home.
Join the Seagoing Cowboys program today and learn something new. See something, learn something, do something good for someone else, and have fun! | 2 |
People have loved the fact that there could be cars that can fly or hover over water, but one thing is for sure is that people would like so see a self driving car. Many companies around the world like Mercedes Benz,BMW,Audi, and Nissan have planned to create a marvelous autopilot self driving car by the year 2020,but there are some pros and cons that could affect the future of these invention.
Lets start with the positive side of this arguement. some good ideas that would be perfect for this invention that could change everything forever is that driverless cars will not just help people on regular basis, it could also help other terms like heavy work or abulances or police force. In the last sentence of the text it says " The road to hte truly autonomous car streaches on ahead of us, but we grow clsoer to the destination everytday. In my opinion driverless cars should also be used as tools that we could need to build something better.
Another pro that could help people would be cars programmed to help the disable people who have lost an eye, or its legs. It would help millions of people around the world and counting. maybe it could drive by itself completly but it could assist the people while person waits on its destination. In paragraph 7 of the article is says that BMW has relased a cars that can asssist people with the brakes,steer,and acceleration but beyond that the person can also take over the car at anytime.
Well we have talked about what are the good things about having a driverless car and its factors, but now let's talk about the negative things the cons. One thing that is in people's mind is that when driving this type of car or buying one in a dealer is their safety and their safety for their children or famliy members on board of a car that drives by itself. If the car that the person bought is not well ajusted or even well tested that is safe to use then why buy something that dosent even have a 100% full perfect function. That is why in the text it says that most states in the united states have no allowed for auto pilot cars in their streeets is because they are not well ajusted or not very updated as it should be.
Another con that is kinda bothering me is that people are trying to get more and more reliable and used to the fact that they are more dependable to technology now in days. In my opinion peole are sometimes lazy and huge companies are showing and introducing cars like this to people they are affecting they are affection skills of people and its way of being depedent.
Therefore those are the good and bad things about having a future car that can actually might or might not help the future more foward or turn back in time. | 2 |
In the article "The Challange Of Venus" the author suggest that studying Venus is worthy to pursuit because our earth and beyond shouldn be limited by danger and doubts but should grow to meet our imagination and innovation.
Venus is the closest planrt to Earth and accasionally the closest in distant too. Scientist have sent many spacecraft to land but each previous mission was unmanned because they could only get to cloud-draped and be there for a few hours. Whitch explains why a single spaceship hasnt touched down on Venus in more then three decades. The reason why its so hard to explore Venus is because almost 97% of carbon dioxide is covering Venus, and the most challanging part is the cloud of highly corrasive aurfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. Aparrently Venus is the hottest surface temperature of any planet. It has been a difficult mission to go there.
Long ago, Venus was covered largely with ocean and could have supported various form of life, just like Earth. Till this day Venus still has the same feature that are similar to those on Earth. Venus has rocky mountains, valleys, and craters. They even say Venus can someday be our nearest option for planetary visits. The National Aeronautics and space Administration has an idea for sending humans to study Venus. Imagine being able to live on another planet.
This challange to go to Venus has a value, not only because of the insights on the planet its self, but because Venus can also become a home to use. Danger and Doubts should not limite our ways to explore but should expand, to be able to meet our imagination and creation. | 1 |
The works of a car have created wonders to people as early as the early 1900s. Now people need to understand the advatages of limting car use. Pollution has gone down in cities from not using cars and people have reported less stress, which is due to the car rates going down. Many people have argued that jobs are going to go more down then we may need, if we stop using cars, but there is always a way to fix small situations such as that.
Studies have shown cars have created pollution for the enviornment. Pollution can cause sickness and other affects that can cause a habitat to be inhabitable."Pasenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the United States,"(Rosenthal,5). Though, we can fix that. Many cities such as Paris,France have experimented with the law involving cars to see if the country can have a pollution decrease and they did, within the first day. Duffer reported that on Monday Paris created a ban for the even-numbered plates and the smog was able to clear in one day's time. "The smog cleared enough Monay for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday," (Duffer,19).
People have argued that stopping car production may cause people to lose their jobs. There is a way to fix that. Selsky reported that in Bogota,Colombia because of the car distribution slowing down they were able to make parks and sport centers accessiable. "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city,"(Selsky,28). With that being said without people running any of those faclities then parks and sport centers wouldn't be that accessiable to the fellow citizens. So by creating more places like parks and sport centers, and less places like car factories we would be able to limit car usage without the worry of someone losing their job and not being able to get one.
Cars have also been known to cause stress. In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," Rosaenthal quoted Heidrun Walter talking about how tense she was when she had a car. The constant worrying for gas and car bills may be a factor towards the stress in someone's life. Young adults have not worried as much for a car, making the somewhat more content. "Mine (19 and 21) have not bothered to get a driver's license, even though they both live in places where one could come in handy," (Rosenthal,39).
Limting car use can cause a major impact on today's society. "Demographic shifts in driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate," (Rosenthal,38). It has many advantages that people should understand. Pollution rates can go down. Stress could go down once you start limting car use. | 3 |
Have you ever wondered if the face on Mars was actually real?
Many people think it is real and some don't.
A Viking 1 photo of this mysterious face on Mars shows a picture of a face on this red planet.
It seems real but it is actually shadows from a huge rock formation.
These shadows give you illusions of eyes, nose, and a mouth.
Some people might think the face on Mars is real but it isn't.
It is a natural landform that has a shadow revealing a human face.
NASA revealed an image showing a "huge rock formation that resembles a human head that was formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth." The picture of the face on Mars plays tricks on your mind because you think it is real when it really isn't.
It is an illusion that makes you believe it is a face when it is only a natural landform.
On April 8, 2001, Malin's team captured some pictures of this mysterious face on a cloudless summer day.
Since no clouds were around when the crew took pictures, sure enough the face was just a landform.
Usually this landform would cast a shadow resembling a face but no clouds were in the area for this to happen.
Thousands of web surfers wanted to know if the face was real or not and then the "image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing a natural landform." The face on Mars was thought to be real but these pictures provided enough evidence that the face was a natural landform.
At first, many people thought the face on Mars was real because it was in films, magazines, and radio talk shows.
This huge sensation about the face on Mars was shortlived because scientists soon figured out that it was just a landform.
When you see the picture of the face, it looks real because of the shadow reflected off of the landform.
It is only an illusion that is tempting to believe.
This is why I believe the face is a natural landform. | 2 |
I am against the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. Students should have the right to feel safe and alone, and not being constantly being watched by a computer like an overprotective mom. This technology is also something that can not be 100% accurate seeing how we don't have the materials or it, and bad things could go wrong anytime. Reading emotions is like trying to speak for a pet of yours, even though they can't speak, but you do it for them to make it more interesting for you, and it probably isn't even what your pet is thinking.
Students oh all ages are very clever, and they will not lose to a technology to read their emotions. Why would they even need technology that reads their emotions and guess if they are confused or happy and sad. It is true that if the computer realize the student is confused, it can go to a website or teach the student, but that is why we have technology and teachers to help us when we need it. The student can just ask the teacher for help or search the internet on how to do it him/herself and learn quicker, and understand more if the teacher is not clear enough. Computer readings are not always 100% accurate, because nothing is perfect in this world, so things can go wrong. People evolve over time and think of new ways to solve problems or get through obstacles. Students can just fake their facial features, and move the muscles according to how they are said to move, so the computer gets false facial readings and think the student is happy or sad. Even if the technologty is useful to read emotions, they should be modified and used in prison or more important places, so they can read the emotions of the murderer or criminals, and make crime solving much quicker. Students dont want an extra survailance on them, checking their emotions everytime they turn on their computer or laptops. It will make them uneasy and unable to even work in an enviroment where he/she is being constantly studied. The article also says there are 6 basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, and sadness. There are so much more emotions, and if the student uses that emotion that isn't on the list, how will the computer react? It will just make false assumptions and think the student is feeling "great" or "depressed", when the student might be feeling sad or ambitious. It will make the student feel like a pet. Many pet owners tend to speak for their pets, and this is an example of their conversation. "Hello Saphie, would you like a treat?" (Saphie Impression) "Yes, give me all the treats!" "Ok Saphie, here you go!" "Mmmm, tasty!" If that same method the owner uses on his/her pet gets used back on him/her, it would feel very awkward. Yes the technology may be a hit and be useful in some schools, but it will not always be accurate, and students should have a right to choose if they want it used on them or not. It should be used if they have a problem, and maybe the computer could help if nobidy else is around to help.
So in conclusion, the technology is quite amazing, but not so much if you think of the flaws. Students should have the right to choose if they want to use it or not, and only when things are needed, and nobodyis there to help. Technology is not always pitch perfect accurate, so it will make mistakes and give false emotions the student is feeling, and make the student feel insecure, embarassed, or even mad. No, using a technology that reads emotional expresssions of students in a classroom is not valuable. It may be valuable in some schools, and you can let the students use if they want, but the technology will have more use if it is used in more important places where it is needed. Such as a jail or a court, so they can read emotions whether the main subject is guilty or innocent, and see if they are hiding something or not. Again, it may be false, but if the inventors of this technology find every possible mistakes and cracks, then they can make life better and catch bad guys and prevent criminals from escaping the court. | 3 |
Dear State Senator ,
The electoral college is not a good idea. Voters really dont get to vote for the President . A slate of electoral is the person to elect the President. This system is called a disaster factor , the U.S. should be lucky the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. There are also people that want to stay with keeping electoral college . The electoral college restores most of the weight on the political balance that by population in large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the constitution.
The electoral college is unfair to voters. The canidates dont spend time in the states they know theres nochance of winning. Its a winner takes all kinda thing. In the 2000 campaign about 17 states didn't get to see there canadidates at all . States like Rhode Island and South Carolina and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a campaign ad.
Here is some information on the electroral college ,Every 4 years the presidential election is held on the Tuesday after the first monday inNovember. You can help choose your state's electors when you vote for President . When you vote your actually voting for your candidate's electors. The electoral college has 538 electors. 270 electoral votes are required to elect the President. After the election your governor prepares a certificate of ascertinment listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The certificate also declares the winning canidate in your state.
State legislatures are responsible for picking electors. In the 1960's segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratice electors with new who would oppose John F. Kennedy. in 1960 also Hawaii sent in 2 slates of electors to congress . Luckily , Vice President Richard Nixon was presiding over the senate validated his only opponet's electors.
The electoral congress should not be used it's unfair . It should be changed to be the popular vote for the president in the U.s. . It's unfair to the people there not really voting. | 2 |
Would u want a car that drove its self? Now if that became a thing and u had a car that drove its self how would u feel. Would u want to take control and not let the car or would u let the car drive and trust the car with your life.
When u get a new car you are always excited to drive and see how u can handle it. Now u cant because the car drives its self and when u need to drive it tells you. They are figuring out new ways for the vehicle to notify you that its your turn to drive. I think the driver should have control at all times because what if one day the car doesnt tell u u need to drive and u crash or the car glitches.
They say that the antilock brakes and driving assistance are still awhile away. The thing is what happens if the car doesnt brake and u cant take the wheel? The new idea over these new cars are crazy, i wouldnt trust a car with my life or my loved ones. The fear of the car malfunctioning or not doing the right thing is very scary.
The thing is every car they make they are gonn try and make that better and the next but how can they. They need so much done to the cars to make them better. Will they put a sensor in the front to alert when a person is walking across the road or how will they know when a light is green or red.
They still havent figured all that out and i feel they need to wait and keep working on them untill there ready for us to trust them with our lives. Companies need to really advertise and make them worth buying and make sure they wont get sued over not stopping at a stop sighn. So would u trust a car to get u places and u just sit and watch and wait for your turn to drive your car? | 3 |
Do you think that the Electoral College prosses is practical? Do you think that it is okay for someone else to vote for us? Well, I dont think that it is right, and there are some reasons I am about to tell you that may change your mind about the whole process of voteing and electing a president. Here are a few points I am going to cover in this essay about Electoral Colleges: over sixty percent of people do not agree with the electoral process, it it outdated and not accurate, also the electorers have proven to be untrustworthy in the past.
Most people dont really understand what the Electoral College is, or what it is about, so let me just inform you about it a little. The Electoral College is a process that was established in the constitution and it is a strategy that we use to elect out presidents. The citizens vote for the president, but so the the electors in the Electoral College. There are over five hundred members of the Electoral College, and if a canadate wants to win presidency, he/she has to gain 270 of the Electoral College's votes. Each person running has a set of their own electors. Many people believe that this should not be used as a way to elect a president because in the past, the Electoral Collage made Gore loose the presidental election because although he had more popular votes than Goerge Bush, he has less electoral votes. Some people argue that the Electoral College is trustworthy, but how are my fellow Americans expected to trust a group of people who have betrayed us before?
Another reason why I dont think that we should keep the Electoral College is because so many people disagree with it. Everyone has their own reason for not liking it, but sixty percent of American voters agree that we should not have it and we need to find a new system for electing presidents. Most people lost repect for the Electoral College after what happened with Bush and Gore, but many people think that it is old and outdated, and that it doesn't really make any snese to use it and that it is irrational. I'm not saying that just because a lot of people don't like something, that we should change it, I'm just explaining that if only fourty percent of the nation agrees with something, then maybe the majority should win! Some people might say that the Electoral College was put in the consitution and that we should keep using the process because we've had it for so long, but with time, things change, and just because we've used something for a long time, doesn't mean we shouldn't upgrade.
Don't you think that it is great to live in a free county where the citizens make the rules, and what is in the best interest of the people is what is taken into consideration more than what the government wants? Well, the Electoral College isn't what "we the people" want. We want to be able to choose who we elect, not another group of people. Some may argue that the electoral congress is good because if two canadates get the same amount of popular votes, the Electoral Congress acts as a tie breaker, but I'm sure that we can find a better way to break the tie than having untrustworthy people decide the fate of our homeland.
This is why I think that we should get rid of the Electoral Congress, too many people disagree with it, there are many flaws in the system and it is old and outdated. I hope that I have swayed your opinion and that you are part of the sixty percent of Americans who are hungry for change. | 5 |
Boom! Crash! Did you hear that ? That is the sound of a driverless car crashing into a car with an driver.
I think driverless cars are not safe and they will never be safe. What if something goes wrong? what if something goes so wrong to where they crash into cars and crash into buildings running people over because they went out of control. Then the inventor would be fined with all the damages and homocides his cars have done because he decided to be driverlesss. I would never condone or accept driverless cars because I feel something will go wrong. For example like the movie I robot with will smith remeber those robots were helpful and helping do alot but then something went wrong. I have watched alot of tv shows and movies where inventions like that went really wrong. Unless that car can jump over 2 of the tallest building in the city or transform into an autobot . I dont think any of us are safe and never will be safe with an car without an driver.
Boom! Crash! Did you hear that? That was the sound of a driverless car crashing into a car with an driver. | 1 |
The Electoral College. A process not a place. The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of Presidents. It works by a popular vote by qualified citizens. I am aganist the Elctoral College because it is unfair to voters and the voters don't vote for the Presidant they vote for the slate of electors.
Why is it unfair to the voters? Now it's unfair to the voters because of the winner take all system. Candidates don't spend time in states they knoiw they have no chance in winning, so they foucs on the "swing states" In the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't get spoken to by any candidates at all. If anyone has a argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio.
Voters dont vote for the President. They vote for the slate of electors. Electors are and can be anyone that deosn't hold a postion in a public office. Now we the people dont pick the electors in the first place. Depending on the state, sometimes the state party's central committee choose, sometimes the presidential candidates choose them self. Voters can sometimes contorl whom their electors vote for, but not all the time. Sometimes the voters get confused about the electors and they go off voting for the wrong candidate. To me that's un-fair to the voter because they are not voting for the presidant but for an a elector that can mess up and vote for the wrong candidate.
So concludeing to me claim, I'm aganist the Electoral College because it's unfair to the voters ts's self and that the voters dont vote for Presidants, but for electors. | 2 |
Venus is the second planet in our solar system, and despite how close it is to Earth, is largely unexplored. The reason why its been untouched for around 30 years is that Venus is too hot and has too much atmospheric pressure, which would crush and melt any spacecraft on its surface. Another reason is that there are clouds of corrosive sulfuric acid. However, NASA is working on ways to study Venus more safely.
In the passage, the author talks about why astronomers are facinated with Venus. They talk about how how the astronomers think that Venus used to be more Earth-like than it is today, with its valleys, mountains, and craters, in paragraph 4. Though in pragraph 3, the challenges presented by trying to study Venus more closley have more negatives than positives. One of the biggest problems in that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of the planets in the solar system, despite that Mercury is closer to the sun than Venus. Another problem being faced is the immense atmospheric pressure, which is around 90 times greater than Earth's.
The author also talks about how NASA is trying to find ways to counteract these problems. One example that they give, in paragraph 7, is that simple electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber that closley emulates the surface conditions of Venus. NASA has found that the technology lasted three weeks under those conditions. Another way that NASA is trying to solve the problems of Venu's surface is by using old, mechanical computers, which don't use the same kind of technology as regular, modern computers, but gears and levers instead.
In conclusion, putting a spacecraft on the surface of Venus may be a possibility in the future, or we may never find a way to keep a spacecraft on the surface for more than a few weeks at a time, which is cost ineffective. But as the author says in paragraph 8, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." | 2 |
Would i buy a drivless car? Well, in my opinion and how I feel about these "driveless cars" I would not buy one; nor drive one. Why would you want a drivless car when your the driver and you want to drive and
have a car drive for you? I know the car doesn't drive for you literally, but it does most things that drivers need to know and do at serious times.
Honestly, I bet people only get a driveless car because three things. One, the driver is lazy or he just really doesn't like to drive. Two, people think its cool and it cost alot of money so they buy it and show off there smart car. Three, the driver that has a driveless car, isn't the best driver. Everyone would want one because of those three reasons, I mean yeah it would be cool to have a car that can do most of the things in the car for you but why? Thats like having someone else drive for you. Would you want a driveless car if you wanted to drive? | 1 |
Cars, some people think they are the most important things ever made. In some places like Colombia they barley ever use them. Some people in Colombia even say that their everyday life is maybe even easier. People actually do get more easilystressed by just owning a car. With all this evidence given it is clear that limiting cars would be an advantage.
Cars are in fact a big disadvantage. In source one it even goes into detail about how much money it is to just to be a car-owner. In Freiburg, Vauban's streets there are "car-free" car-owners spend $40,00 along with a home to have space for their cars. As results to this 70 perecent of people in Vauban are not car-owners and 57 percent sold their cars. In source one it also says that the United States previous bills were 80 percent alone have gone to the highways and another 20 percent to transport. In source two and three Paris and Colombia were having to pay for fines of $25 to $31.
As another result to all the money people are playing just to be a car-owner people get very stressed over all of this. In source three Colombia banned cars with the exception of buses and taxis. After three years of banned cars people hiked, biked, skater, took the bus or took a taxi. With the three years and still in progress people in Colombia soon began to relise that "it's a good opportunity to take away stress" said Carlos Arturo Plaza a local buisness man in Colombia.
Of course no one could buy any cars or stress over them if we can't breath. Cars do hurt our enviroment and green houses. By the gas and pollution we put into the world by just driving our cars around isnt any safter as if we got into a car crash. Everytime we drive cars or take the bus we just hurt our planet, plants, and people a little more and more. Just by this fact alone people should know that driing cars around everywhere is a giant disadvantage.
It would be an advantage to limit car usage because cars make everyone pay large amounts of money just to be called a car-owner. From spending all this money and being fined over stuff people do believe isn't fair most people in fact do stress themself out over this which is not healthy for anyone. Another fact abput limiting cars is that it would indeed improve our saftey not one for us people but for our enviroement too. | 2 |
Cars have always been used to get from point A to point B. That is how the people in society know what cars are for. However, there are other alternatives when is comes to going form one destination to another. Citizens should limit their car usage. It helps with the terrible traffic on the street. Also, there will be no more pollution in the air. In addition, citizens can be able to enjoy the world.
Everyone has been caught in traffic, whether it is going to work or school or meeting up with someone. Everyone has been in traffic before. People can prevent traffic form happening. There is carpooling, it can help limit traffic on the streets. Just like it states in source three, "...millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." There are other ways to avoid and stop traffic. Not everyone needs to take their own personal car to work. They can either car pool or take public transportation to save money because gas isn't cheap these days. In addition, traffic somtimes end up leading to accidents. There are several people who died in a car accident due to someone speeding because he or she doesn't want to wait in the traffic. However, if everyone just finds another alternative way to get to his or her destination, then no one has to die. Just like it explains in proclaims in source four, "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial, and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emission and improve safety." This qoute listed some alternatives way to get somewhere. By doing these things it will not only limit the traffic but the resources and the safety of other people. Traffic isn't a fun place to be in, so find another way to get to his or her destination can prevent traffic.
Air pollution is everywhere we go. Whether someone travels to Japan, India, or South America. There willbe air pollution there. It might not have same amount of air pollution as other countries but there is still pollution. Why? Because there are people who uses his or her personal car not thinking about what happens to the air that they breathe. However, there is a solution to limit the pollution in the air. Limiting car usage or find another way to get to the certain destination. Mr. Sivak even claims that "A car is just a means of getting from A to B..." Cars is just a means of transportation. So are bicycles, trucks, buses, traind. However, all these have one thing in common, they are all going form destination A to destination B. Biking, walking, skating are some way to stop the gas from the vehicles from polluting the air. Actually, by using these methods pollution can be reduced. For example source three states, "...uneven, pitted sidewalks have bee replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic..." When people don't use his or her car and decides to find another way to get to their destination it helps reduce the traffic.
There are several people who say that they know what the real world is since he or she travels all the time in their car. However, do people really know the sounds of kids laughter when walking down the side walk or a bicycle bell violently ringing at someone to get out of their way? Not a lot of people know this because they are usually used to their vehicles getting them places. People will argue that they have heard all of those before and that they were happier. But Ms. Walter thinkgs other wise, "When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Ms. Walter has been walking on the streets and she hears the swish of bicycles and the talkative children and occastional a distant motor. These help people better appreciate the world that they live in because not everything will last forever. In addition to this, less cars means more people walking which means that several people will end up walking pass a shop and look what is inside. For instance in source three is explains, "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed through the city; uneven...and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." It helps by walking to find new stores or restaurants people never heard of.
Several people believe that the only way to get somewhere is by car. That isn't necessarily true. Skating, walking, biking, car pooling or public transportation can help get anyone from point A to B. Yes, it will take longer on foot than by car but it helps the environment, it stops from the air getting all the gasoline form the cars. It is faster than being stuck in traffic. Someone who is biking to school can be five minutes late while soneone who is took their car and got stuck in traffic can be an hour late. Limiting car usage is a way that everyone can explore the world than being stuck in that four or tw door car. Limiting car usage has its downs but it also have its perks. | 5 |
Do you believe in aliens? Over the years it has been believed that a Face is on Mars. People think that it was created by aleins. Some scientists also believed this but that thought wasn't believed for long. Scientists later on figured that it was a landform, like a "huge rock."
The "rock formation" was similar to the human head. The Face like figure formed like shadows were
giving the idea of eyes a nose and a mouth. This mysterious Face like figure was thought to grab the people's attention on Mars and get their attention. Authors were right! It has became the main topic and argument over the years. The wonder of this mysterious landform appeared in books, magazines, radio,
talk shows, starred in a Hollywood film, and even left people guessing when reading about it in store checkout lines.
While everyone was worked up and wanted to know more about the landmark that was on Mars, NASA was not. They would rather keep the evidence private. Meanwhile defenders of NASA wish there were evidence of human life on Mars. It would make the "face" on Mars more believable that it was a face.
Although very little scientists believed the Face was alien artifact, taking photos of Cyndonia became very important to NASA When Global Surveyor arrived at Red Planet in September 1997. This was eighteen years after VIking missions ended. "We always photographed the Face whenever we could get a good shot at it." Said Jim Garvin, cheif scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration program. "It's not easy capturing Cyndonia." Said Garvin. In a digital image you can discern an image three times bigger than the pixel size, unlike the Viking photo in 1976. What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Which are landforms common around American West.
These are all the reasons, opinions, and beliefs on the "face" on Mars. | 2 |
Everyone in their life can get a chance to drive, driving is one of our biggest freedoms. Some people are excited to get behind the wheel of a car and are really to explore the open roads. Other people are afraid and don't want to drive of they just don't like it. I was excited to be able to drive, but the hardest part of driving is learning everything paralle parking, going the speed limit knowing when to stop, how to make a three point turn, people need to know these things because it will keep them safe and their family and friends safe when they drive, so I think the "Driverless Car" is pointless and we shouldn't have them.
To began, cars now a days have become smarter, better, and safer for us to drive, it states, " they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves,"
(Paragraph 7) this tells us that they infact are smarter then they were before. This is pretty amazing but what will happen when the sensors break and the person behind the wheel never really knew how to drive properly now we have a bigger problem. So I feel like that these driverless cars could easily break becasue technology is known to break or it will have a glitch in the system. Would you be alright knowing that the only thing from keeping you from rear ending someone is sersors? This would freak me out, it's already stressful enough making sure you pay attention to your surrondings. So I have a feeling that the sensors could very easily mess up even if the manufacturers have tested it thousands of times.
To continue, I don't trust having technology driving me around place, I don't think it's very safe. I feel much safer riding with my parents because I believe that they are amazing drivers and they know what they are doing. But, if I was riding with them but realised that they weren't driving but the car was I would start to panic because every time we would come to a stop I don't want to end up rear ending someone. I would also feel safer if I was driving myself becasue I would be more focused on the road because when you're driving it's not really youself that you have to worry about it's other drivers. If you were in the driverless car and a car pulled right infront of you in an intersection will the sensors be able to stop you in time, if you were driving yourself you'll have a reaction to stop if you are pay attention of course.
Finally, I just htink the driverless car is usless and not something we need. I say that because people spend a long time learning how to drive and it takes time knoing how a car actually works. What's the point of me doing about thirty days of drivers ed and driving with an adult for fifty hours just to take a test to get my lisence. I put so much work into learning how to drive, so why would I want to use a car that I don't even really need to drive. It also stated, " In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant" the car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph," (paragraph 7). This basically proved my point that this car will be usless because there's really not that many 25 mph zones where I live so you'll just have to drive yourself anyways. The car will also need your help navigation through work zones and around accident, so basically we are driving about 80% of the time anyways so why waste your money.
So I believe that the driverless car is not a very good idea for us to drive. I believe that the car's sensors will easily mess up then you'll be the cause of an accident. I feel safer driving myself and riding with my parents becasue it's other people you really have to worry about and I always feel safe with my parents. Also, I believe that will be usless because I've spent so much time working to get my lisense and I don't want to through way all that hard work and the car can only handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph which I rather just drive myself. | 3 |
Humans have adapted throughout their lifetime to many things, and in this century alone we have made many technological breakthroughs that our ancestors would never have forseen.
There has always been the idea of a "future car" weither it be a flying car or a driverless car, but that idea was almost always science fiction and now it is becoming a reality.
With self-driving cars becomeing a reality I believe that we as a human race should adapt, accept, and embrace the new technology; the benefits of these new cars almost completely outweigh the negative aspects and they are almost here.
There are many benefits of a self-driving car, not only the ones stated in the article like "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."
That alone would be enough to sway people to be all for this new technology ,and the impact it would have on the environment would be an added bonus.
With only using half of the fuel of todays taxis and most likely peoples personal cars, the carbon-monoxide realeased would theoretically be reduced.
Imagine a world where people would not have to drive their cars to fill up on gas and how much it would help that person's personal income.
Probably the most important factor would be the decreased rate in accidents and death.
The article states, "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009.
Their cars have driven more than a half a million miles without a crash."
With no crashes so far, peoples' ideas that these cars are unsafe is unjustified.
Yes, maybe there will be a "glitch" or a problem that might lead into an accident ,but a "maybe" is better than thousands of people dying each year in accidents due to human error.
And in the new age of cell phones with texting and social media driving has become even more dangerous; now accidents due to texting have now surpassed the amount due to alcohol consumtion.
These new cars would theoretically eliminate this factor if manufaturers equipt the cars with technologies to fully take over the car in any situation.
There are some problems that arise with this new technology like loss of jobs for taxi drivers and delivery men, laws that prohibit these cars, the way in
which people recieve their drivers license, the monopoly that might arise, how the storage and keeping up with the cars will be handled, and the idea that an individual will need to take over the car.
The article adresses some of these factors, with manufactuors developing new ways to alert the driver,and to eliminate the need for a driver if the laws allow it.
With most states having laws that make it illegal to test these cars, it will be a long time before they let them to be used commersually.
The other factor is the loss of jobs that will happem if this technology is used, but there will be new jobs for cleaning, matenince, production, and many others for these new vehicles.
Driverless cars have the potential to be enormously helpful to our society in many ways, even will the flaws that might arise, the "good" in this situation outweighs the "bad."
With the new ideas being made these driverless cars being used everywhere could be a reality if people choose to not be afraid of this change. | 2 |
I am not against driverless ars for a couple of good reasons. First it can reduce the rate of accidents. Second it can give the driver some time to relax. And third it steers itself while the driver can make call or send messages. Heres why im not against driverless cars.
I am with driverless cars because it can reduce the rate of accidents. Manual driver can often get distracted and make a slight mistake and cause an accident. I would perfer driverless cars because of its many good deeds.Such as it alerts you when you need to take control around obsticals.
Anothe reason is that it can give the driver time to relax after a night of no sleep or a long day at work. It can steer accelerate and brake themselves while you rest. But you must stay alert at all times. Some driverless cars have seats that vibrate when you need to take control. It also drive at a reasonable speed.
Last reason is that you can send meesages and make all while it drives itself. Or you can make important phone calls and if so return calls you missed. Driverless cars are going to get more and more buyers once people realize it has so many good deeds and advantages. So think about what good affects it will have on you. | 2 |
Everyone has their opinion about the Electoral College, but does everyone look into it and get all the information they need about it before jumping to conclusions? Truth is, there are some who just assume they know everything about the Electoral College to make a decision. Then there are those who do research and look into the facts.
Under the electoral college system, voters don't even vote for the president they actually vote for a slate of electors that elected that president. In source 2, it states that the single best arguement against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The statement is that American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system we have now is said to allow for something much worse than that.
Although many people despise the Electoral College, there are also some good reasons to keep this method of choosing the President stated in Source 3. Some of the reasons are certainty of outcome, no trans-regional appeal, and avoiding run-off elections. These are just three reasons despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons.
The Electoral College is looked at as a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The most worrying thing that could possibly happen is a tie in the electoral votes. If this was to occur, the election would be taken over by the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the President. | 2 |
Are you ever afraid to drive in fear of an accident? Did you know that 100% of car acciddents are caused by human drivers. Driverless cars are soon going to become a reality in our world as Google and many other car companys are making driverless cars. Driverless cars seem to be a very good idea to me because of how they can get you where you need to go as you relax and not worry about focusing too hard, allow you to not have to carefully monitor other drivers, and how they allow a human to take control as the human desires.
First, Driverless cars would be able to get you where you need to go without having to focus too hard on driving. "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." Here, the passage talks about how reliable driverless cars can be. Being able to rely on the car to focus on the driving for you can be a huge relief when under a lot of stress while driving.
Secondly, I think driverless cars are a good idea because of how you don't have to carefully monitor the driving of others. Your driverless car will tell you when someone is driving recklessly and allows you to take control of the car at any moment you would like. "This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs." The passage talks about how driverless cars will be able to notify the human in the car of any problem that might require a human driver.
Thirdly, I think driverless cars are a good idea because the human is able to drive whenever they want. It isn't as if you are forced to let the car drive itself. I believe that this is a great feature for people who love to drive as they can drive as they wish. "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over." The passage states that the driver could take over whenever they feel like it and enjoy in-car entertainment when not wanting to drive.
Finally, Driverless cars are a very good idea because they allow you to take focus off the road and put it elsewhere, not have to focus on other drivers, and have the ability to choose to drive and not drive whenever you feel like it. Driverless cars are most likely going to be in our world very soon. I believe that it will be a great experience for everyone. | 3 |
Driverless cars could be good and bad.
I personally think that it's bad because the technology could stop working at any given time and someone could get hurt.
People wouldn't really get to learn how to drive a car if cars started driving themselves. It would just defeat the purpose of learning how to drive if all cars were automatically able to drive.
Since the sensors in the car could just stop working at any given time, it would probably be the manufacturers fault and not the person driving.
Any kind of technology has problems for no reason.
Most teenagers look forward to learn how to drive and get their first car. It would just defeat the purpose of learning how to drive if everybody was having driverless cars.
In conclusion, I feel like driverless cars shouldn't be a thing because you would have to make new laws for it, it would defeat the purpose of learning how to actually drive a car, and the technology for the driverless car could stop working at any given time.
It could be very dangerous. | 1 |
Venus is one of the brightest shinning planet in the night sky, which is also refered to Earth's twin, easy say, Venus is the closest planet to Earth by the terms of density and the size. but not always the same, sometime closer than Mars the reason orbit rountine or spining of the Sun.
The prblem and issue is not even a spaceship has touched down to Venus's reputaion. have amlost 97 percent carbon dioxide blackets Venus. more challengng the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. 800 degrees Fahrenheit. pressure is 90 tims greater than what we experience on our own planet.
The reason scientists even disscussing futher visits to it's surface in Venus because it may be once in the whole like that resemble our planet
; Earth.
it's really worth it for explore Venus because imagine If there similar country in different, that would be awasome, and that's how we think in planet for it's the big event and challenge . | 0 |
I am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. I feel like its a good way because it uses a 3-D comuter model. It will show you the different ads depending on your muscles in your face.
The reason why I am for it is because" the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles." The second reason is because "...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." This proves that the ads will change because of your face expresstion.
I feel like this is a good way to know other peoples face expresstion so that way if you don't know if your friend or family member is mad,sad,happy,surprise,etc. Then they can use the Facial Action Coding Stystem so it will tell you if they are okay or not and if they need to talk to you than they can. Its also a great way for them to tell the difference between different expresstion. So when they get older they can know exactly what face expresstion they are using. | 1 |
Can this new technology called Facial Action Coding System or FACS help? Yes, it can help because it can identify a human's emotions. Some don't understand it but it actually could help. the way it can help is by helping our kids when they are in school.
Hold on, how can this help our kids while there at school? It is able to help them because it can tell how someone is feeling while they are learning. "A classrom 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."(Dr. Huang) In other words it can make something they don't understand easier, but without feeling dumb in front of there peers by asking the teacher if they can explain it in a easier way in class.
To sum this up, the way it can help is by helping our kids in school. It can detect how they are feeling while they are doing there work. It also can make it easier for them to do there school work if they don't want to ask the teacher how to do or so they can understand it better. | 1 |
I believe that the aurthor of this writing is going on the right track. I am going to argue that the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" is something that will happen, and that it isnt something that will be fiction but rather fact.
The author of this article states that sometime in the near future there will be a time that cars wont need drivers and I believe that he/she is corect because of the factual information that he involves in the article. He/She also states that companies are already attempting to create a truly, 100% diverless car, and I belive that in the near future that can be a true possibility. I also think that in the future people will still try and criticise the car but in truth the so called "driverless" car will become true and it will work up to what the article states and possibly even better than what is stated in the article. Aslo in the case of an accident I believe that the blame will go both to the manufacture and the driver because it was the manufature's work and it was the driver's responsibility to keep an eye on the road anyway.
In concusion I believe that in the near or farther future we will eventualy have driverless cars around just as much as we have actual driver required cars today. Also with all of the testing and the advancements in technology, the "driverless" cars isn't somnething of fiction but rather something af a very possibly fact. So all that i can really say is that I do believe in a time that no one will buy cars bacause no one needs them anymore. | 2 |
The land form found on mars was most surrley created by natural land. It states in paragraph 3 it says "huge rock formation...wich resembles a human head...formed by shadows." It was an illusion created by the shadows wich make it look like thers all the fetures of a human head. But some people disagree and think that was aleins that made the head, but they didnt have claims or evedence that aliens are the ones who did it.
In paragraph 5 it says that the "Face on Mars" has since became a popular icon. It also states that some people think that it is boneified evedince of life on mars, but how can the bones or remains of these so called "Aliens" have suvived all those years it would have deteriated away by now.
A few scientists think that is was created by alein. Even know in the begining of the artical it talked about how it was just a shadowy illusion that made you think that is was human head. But now there saying that it might of acuttaly been created by aleins.
The scienstists are right because in the artical it rarely has evedence of aleins being the ones who caused this. Also the scientis have all the evedence and claims and facyts to clariffy that aleins didnt do it. It was just natural causes and illusions. | 1 |
How you ever wonder how venus might look or want to go up to space and explore it? well here in my story going to describe how venus might look if you are to be interested.
In this story, Venus has it's up's and down's because venus is like Our Earth's twin because it is the planet that is really close in size, shape and distance. The rest of the planets are just like neighboors to venus and earth.
Some of the advantages, to go and explore venus is that it has similar things to compare to earth meaning that is we go see venus we wouldn't be surprised of how it could look because it like earth's twin having the same features as how earth look today. venus has rocky sediment which are familiar to earth today because that can mean that venus has valleys, mountains or craters. Another thing that would be cool for us to go visit venus is that knowing that earth and venus are really close to it's "one of the nearest option for a planetary vist." like the author stated.
Some of the disadvantages, would be that though earth and venus might look the same have same features it could be dangerous for us humans to go and visit venus on space if their hasn't
been prove that some one has gone yet or that we could live there; because Venus is the second planet closer to our sun
meaning It is so hot or get really hot just by knowing the tempertures you could just imagine. how we could not survive that easily the tempertures for venus could get up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Which knowinfg this it also has different atmosphere pressure which are 90 times greater than what we have ever experience here on earth. Not even the heat and the pressure but it can be even more dangerous becasue there can be other features that we could face on earth just not that frequelety, but in venus the weather can be way off and different we could be seeing way more erupting volcanoes, or way more powerful eathquakes or even lighting because we are just that just to those high tempertures that cause all of this chaos. well these are just of the disadvantages.
In conclusion, i feel that if we do come with higher end technology in how we might survive to visit venus in the future than it would be fine to go see venus the other half or twin or earth; but if not we could be really expiose to danger out there because their hasn't been a person there do to the extremes tempertures and how it could be bad to be there if NASA, still has to do some more research in order to know all the facts and we could go but as of right now we really just have to wait and thanks for this article; Now the people or audience can have a more depth note into how the other planets work and are. Since venus is too close to the sun i think that 800 degrees fahrenheit must just be an estimate i must be even more hotter than we might think. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
In all honestly, getting rid of the Electoral College is for the best. It's unfair to the voters. Changing it to election by popular vote for the president of the United States would be easier for the people.
Source 2 states that the Electoral college is unfair for the voters because the candidates don't go to states they don't have a chance of winning, because of the winnner-take-all system. The candidates only focus on the tight races in the swing states. Sorce 2 also claims that in the 2000 election, 17 states didn't see the candidates at all! That's pretty rediculous. And voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't even get to see a single campaign ad.
In the Electoral College system, voters dont only vote for the president, but for electors, who also vote for the president. Then again, in source 2, the article says the the electors that were voted for can vote for anyone they choose. That's some tricky business.
Voters can't control who the electors vote for. Electors aren't even voted for by the people. They sometimes come from state conventions, sometimes the state party's central committee, sometimes even the presidential candidates themselves. The second article says that the legislature is responsible for picking the electors. And these electors coukd always go against what the people want.
Article 1 says that to Electoral college is meant to be a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The Electoral College consists of the meeting of electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of electoral votes by congress.
Doing away with the Electoral Cololege is the best thing to do for the people. IT's unfair and tricky. The people deserve to be respected and not cheated out of their vote by electors. | 2 |
a time in the futur where no one needs to buy cars because there will be a fleet of driverless cars is not a safe futur. In paragraph nine the article says "most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." Making a driverless car removes the alert driver wright out of the eqation. And a car without an alert driver isnt a safe car, at least not in law makers eyes.
In states like California, Nevada, Florida, and the district of columbia it is illegal to test computer driven cars. The rest of america should follow suit though the article says, " manufactures believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe." For the time being there not safe enough. though there are constant development being made to the driverless car. There are still to many hole in the ideal to make a safe apperance on the road.
one of the advancements is that the cars have "Traffic Jam Asstancet." the article say they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." If the driverless car cant handle a workzone or accident. Then it diffinitly can't handle roads with wondering children and dogs.
drivers get distracted while driving there self driven cars. they couldn't handle a driverless one. | 2 |
The electoral college is something that has been loved, hated, and debated on for some years now. We couold abolish it or keep it the way it is. Some say the electoral college is undemocratic and unfair to the voters and the candidates. But some say it is the best way to vote. I'ts seen both ways but is there anything we can do about it? Good or Bad.
The Electoral College is a compromise between election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. The group of electors for your state are selected by the cnadidate"s political party. So when you vote for a specific candidate you are voting for the electors he is supported by.
So why do people want to aboplish the electoral college completely? Because there are some serious things wrong with it. "perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote" (Source 2, Paragraph 4). How can there be a tie in the election of the president? Perhaps because sometimes the electors get to thinking in another midset and vote for the wrong candidate...Yes that is poosible. When people vote for there candidate the electors are the ones being selected and aren't always the way they were in their chosing so therefore there can be a serious tip in votes if the electors don't vote for the candidate of the party they were selected by. "In 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a diect election" (Source 2, Paragrph 1). The people don't want the electoral college anymore, Who's to say they ever did?
But even know some don't want the electoral college there are some who prefer to keep it. "each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee, and that trust is rarely betrayed" (Source 3, Paragraph 2). So when the party selects their electors they are most likely to select the candidate of the party they were selected by. There is also regional appeal,if a president only has diserably mojority of vores in a certain region of the country he is "unlikely to be a succesful president"( Source 3, Paragraph 5) . This is because if a president is only desired by a certain region and not the rest of the country, the wants of the rest of the country aren't met and he most likely will not tend to the needs of them, and ultimately doesn't have a chance of being selected as president. Finally, when no candidate for president has a clear majority of votes, the electoral college's votes gove a clear winner and a candidate is selected.
Concluding, both sides have reasonable arguments to if the elctoral college will stay for good or be abolished completely. But it's up tp you to decide which side your own because this is a democracy.. Isn't it? | 3 |
I feel like the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable for a lot of other things, but I don't think it would really be valuable for seeing what emotions students have because you're going to have a lot of students in a classroom with all different types of emotions. Plus what would it be good for anyway? Why would you need to know the students emotions? I think that it might be an invasion to privacy. I don't think everybody wants people to know how they're feeling and what emotions they're having.
Trying to get information from somebody you don't really know is an invasion of privacy in my opinion. I don't want a teacher that I barley know or if anybody trying to use this know how i'm feeling cause I just don't want people asking how I am all of the time. So if i'm sad and they use the Facial Action Coding System they'll probably think i'm always sad or depressed and feel bad for me and I don't want people feeling bad for me. Or if i'm mad and people know i'm mad and try to talk to me about it and maybe I don't want to talk about it, it would just make me even more mad because I already don't want to talk to anybody.
I think this technology is a great idea dependingon how you use it. Maybe cops can use it so solve crimes and it helps them out, that would be a good use for it. But if you're trying to use it for information on people and knowing what they;re feeling like all of the time isn't cool in my opinion. And maybe people are curious to know what kind of emotions people are having in very old paintings, that would be a great idea. In conclcusion identifying humans emotions is a great idea to not only solve problems but for just being cruious about how people are feeling in not only pictures but in videos to. | 2 |
Venus, the second planet closest to the sun; scientists speculate it have once had life just like our planet earth. The author supports the idea to pursuit studying the planet Venus despite all the dangers. If we decide to study Venus we can find out what type of life the planet once had, solar power would be valuable to use and we could even find a way to live on the planet.
Venus, earth's sister planet is currently inhospitable for humans. but in paragraph 6 it says, "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." Venus would have at one point in time had life living on it. That is why Astronomers are interested in studying it to learn what type of life lived on Venus and why they are gone. The author is intrigued by his imagination to know what type of creatures or plants that once belonged to this planet but are now gone due to the extreme weather conditions.
The hot fiery climate on Venus can also be incredibly useful. Using it for solar power could change the way we use energy completly. Venus being the hottest planet in the solar system paragraph 3 it states, "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." using solar power on venus would be important for Earth since its a renewable source and Earth runs on mostly unrenewable sources which will one day disappear off the face of the earth.
In paragraph 5, the author states that NASA has an idea for sending humans to study Venus. Using a vehicle similar to a blimp it would hover the planet 30 miles above the surface. With this idea temperatures would drop drastically toa a whopping 170 degrees fahrenheit. Air pressure and radiation levels would be similar to earth conditions making it survivable for humans. The author includes this because he wants to make it clesr that exploration on venus is possible. Innovation is key to exploring new places outside of our reach.
The author supports his claim on exploring Venus despite the risks it could cause. He does so by stating positive effects of exploration throughout the text. Exploration of our sister planet Venus is vital to human survival. With global warming, extinction, and unrenewable resources we need to find a suitable planet to get materials and maybe even call home. | 3 |
In this essay i will talk abot how using FACS in a classroom can help in knowing whether a student is confused with the lesson. FACS is a facial action coding system that can scan a students expression in order to modify the lesson if the student is confused, this helps the student if they don't like raising their hand. Some students don't like asking for help in class, making FACS a helpful subsitute. Using the facial action coding system can be proven to be useful in a classroom.
By using FACS, a teacher can help a student whether they ask for it or not. For example, the facial action coding system can scan a students expression while taking a lesson and help modify it according to the facial expression they give. This goes to show that using FACS in a classroom can be proven helpful to both the teacher and student. The facial action coding system can help a student by giving the student help that he/she needs without them having to ask. FACS can help the teacher by helping them make sure their students needs are fullfilled when they don't ask for the help they need.
In conclusion, FACS is a technology some schools need in order to help their students be successful in school. FACS helps both the student and the teacher go through the lessons smoothly. Some students need the extra help but don't want to ask for it, that is where FACS becomes useful to both the student and teacher. It lets the teacher help their student be successful, while it helps the student with the help it needs without having to ask for it. | 2 |
The Facial Action Coding Systems is valuable in a classroom because it makes things in the classroom go more effectively if a student doesn't understand. It will also help if a student or your friend is not feeling ok this machine could help prevent anything bad happening, or help your friend or student have a better day. This machine can help in so many ways and it is very valuable in the classroom for many people. Yes, it might get distracting at times for some people but it is still very helpful. In the article it states "His new computer software stores similar anatomical inmformation as electronic code."
The machene is so very helpful and is can help in so many ways. One reasone the machine is effect is because of school purposes, it helps the teacher make the lesson more clear to others who don't understand and helps kids who don't understand pass the class. in the article it 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.' " This reveals that the machine can help a student and a teacher all in one because it can modify things for you and it can help a teacher out by explaining it more to a student who doesn't understand. Another reason why the machine is so effective is because if someone such as a family or friend is having a bad day you can by the look on their face. Although can you really tell what they are actually feeling. The machine can do it all, it can tell you how you're feeling just by the look on you face wich most people can not do. In the article it states "Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial mucles precisely enough to convvey specific emotions." This unveils that the machine can show you your specific emotions and tell you exactly how you are feeling. This also proves that the machine is very affective and can be helpful in so many ways. This machine is valubale in the classroom and is very much needed. All of your emotions on the machine arwe compared to a nuetral face so that means all of your emotions willl be precise and really will tell you your exact emotion.
In conclusion the machine is very effect and can be used in the classroom. The the machine can also tell you if your being truthful about your emotions and identifies every muscle in your face. in the article it states "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This proves that if you want to find out if somone is lieing or not telling the truth you can find out by the machine. It all comes down to the machine and you will be very pleased by the results you get because the Facial Action Coding Sytem is very helpful. It will help a lot of people and it helps in a lot of ways. It is very valuable in a classroom and it helps students or other people find out some things that are helpful to them, thereofre it should be used in a classroom. | 3 |
Can we actually " calculate" emotions like math homework? And how can a computer recognize the subtle facial movments we humans use to express how we feel? I think if we had technoligy like this to see emotional expressions if students that would sovle a lot of problems. It tells someone how they are feeling without using words. Yes I do think it's valuable but at the same time I dont agree with it because theres such a thing called privcy and I dont with anyone wants to be read like a book because if the world sees us all as the same no one would be special. At the same time no one can tell you how your feeling beside ourself and I don't think a computer could tell the full story. I know thats not all the feelings in mona Lisa's face, there ahs to be more to it, there always is. Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists but what if they are wrong? We don't know for sure, we just relie on people who tell us what we want to believe and we have no choice but to believe them. There is more to emotions then just happiness, suprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness. What about curiosity, passion, stress, guilt, excitment and etc but you get the point. | 1 |
Around the world, cars are being used every day to get to place to place. Cars are useful things that get us to places faster than public transportation, walking, biking, etc. But it doesnt seem to be worth all the things its causing. Pollution and smog carpet over cities because of all the car usage in such a small area. Sure cars are useful to going somewhere 20 or so miles away when there is no bus to bring you there, but do we really need them to go half a mile to get to work?
Many places have tried to reduce car usage, some even have special days where the complete ban them from being used. In Bogota, Colombia, for three straight years have had a day called "Day withough Cars". Only buses and taxis were permitted to drive on the roads on this day and anyone who decided to drive on their own, recived a $25 fine. Even when the rain came down, people didn't stop participating. Seeing the results, Colombian cites, Cali and Valledupar, also joined this event.
Some cites have big problems with smog and pollution from cars alone. After days of near-record pollution, Paris decided that it would be best to give the air some time to clear up. They enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air and it seemed to help. The ban was to decrease cars on the road by half, on Monday, drivers with odd-numbered license plates were allowed on the roads and the evens were told to leave their cars at home. The next day, the roles were switched and even though almost 4,000 drivers were fined and 72 people had their cars inpounded for the reactions to the fine, it helped.
In Vauban, Germany, They do allow cars, but it only has two parking spaces; large garages and at the edge of the development, which costs $40,000, along with a home. This place is an experimental district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near French and Swiss borders. 70 percent of the families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. Citizens seem to be much more happy with the no car zone and seem to enjoy walking and biking from place to place. Vauban, along with its 5,500 residents, are the part of a trend in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere to seperate suburban from cars as a component of a movement called "smart planning".
Many countries and cities are trying to help reduce the use of cars and are doing as much as they can to help out with the pollution and smog. This is an important step to helping our enviorment and conserving the resouces we need to better our lives. This doesn't mean getting rid of cars completely, carpooling and more conservative driving would help a lot as well. Limiting car usage is something we all need to do to live a better life and help our world. | 1 |
Dear Senator, i am not in favor of keeping the Electoral College. I would much rather have the presidency based on the popular vote. With the Electoral College, voters aren't even voting for the presidential canidate, they are voting for a slate of voters. This slate of voters will then go put the number of electoral votes that the state has in. For example, in Florida, the voting slate is twenty-nine. So which ever canidate wins the popular vote in Florida, receives twenty-nine electoral votes. The popular vote method would take longer, because more votes would have to be counted and added, but I truely beleive it would be more effective.
In 2012, Obama received 61.7% of electoral votes but only 51.3% of popular. Either way he would have won, but the popular vote is more of what the actual citezens want. in 2000, Al Gore dominated the individual popular vote, but when the electoral votes were counted, Gore came up short with 266, wheras Bush had 271. So you can see that if the popular vote was what counted (as it should be), Gore would have won the election.
During the election campaign, some states may not even see the canidates. For example in the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates. The reason behind this is because of "swing states". Canidates don't want to waste time in states that they have no chance of winning. Instead, they focus only on the tight runs in the "swing states". Voters in twenty-five of the largest media markets didn't see the first campaign ad during the whole election.
In conclusion, the Electoral College is over-rated, and somewhat inaccurate. The reason I say that it is somewhat inaccurate, is because the people are voting for the presidential canidate that they want to have in office. Instead, they are actually voting for votes. Sounds a little weird but it is true. In reality, the popular vote makes little difference, and that should change. | 2 |
the way the face is a natural landform and not created by a alien. in pargraph 7 give me the information to tell me that its a natural land form.it say thousand of anxious web surfers were wating when the image first appeared on a jpl website, revealing a natural landform.there was no alien monument after all.
next another way is i know its not
created by alien is the picture actually show is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landform common around the american west the man say it remind him most of the middle butte in the snake river plain of idaho says garvin. its a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same heght as the face on mars. the martin meas is a term used for to use land forms and it no prove that there is the face on mars is created by mars. | 0 |
Technology that can be used to tell how we are feeling has many uses. Using technology like this would have plenty of benefeits, but there is a good argument to be made against it. The benefeits of emotion recognition technology in th eclass room do not outweigh the cost of it.
Technology that can recognize emotions in a class room could be used to help students who are bored or confused. The ability to tell when someone is bored or lost is a very valuable tool for a teacher. This would change everything about how we learn. That is the problem. We could change a system that has put people on the moon.
The school system we have right now works to educate people very well. Changing our system in such an extreme manor would have equally extreme consequences. We may fail to educate the generation this is tried on, or we may fail to make people as strong as they are now.
Another problem is privacy. This technology would take away any hope of hiding ones feelings. If I am angry at a classmate and this technology tells the teacher, then everyone could be forced into a situation no one wants to be in. We have the freedom of speech and the right to remain silent. This technology would force us to share more than we might want. This could destroy relationships within schools hamper eduaction.
Another factor that must be considered is cost. How much would it be for one student to have one? Howmuch for all the students? Many schools struggle to provide learning materials and having risky technology that costs so much could limit a tight budget even more.
Technology that can read emotions is valuable and has many uses. In a school, the benefiets do not outweigh the costs. Privacy and risk in using new techniques amongst with the amount of money needed to buy the technology far outweight the possibility that it could slightly improve a working system. In conclusion, this technology should not be brought into schools. | 3 |
This technology is a good idea to all students in a classroom who is feeling different emotions. The technology is helpful because it can indicate on when a student is feeling, for example sad and if the teacher see it they talk to the student and know why is the student feeling happy or sad, angry. The Facial Action can also be helpful with computers if they know how if we are stuck on something in class like a lesson or or assignment its like what Dr. Huang says or his prediction ''A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.'' ''Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'' This means even on the computer can calculate his or her face them changing their motion or expression. Also, computers can calculate how you change your muscles to indicate which emotion your feeling at that moment like in the article it talks about how your muscles movements move, ''For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when your're surprised; your obricularis oris (around your mouth) tightens up your lips to show anger.'' This shows that with these movements of characters it can show what kind of emotion a student is feeling in a classroom.
Also, this technology isn't what probably students want in a classroom because some students probably dont want their faces to be be modify or sometimes some students dont have no emotions like in the article it says ''The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,'' observes Dr. Huang, ''even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression'' this means that the someone probably have little emotions or expression in their face. In classrooms students who are bored show it mostly with body language which makes the face change expressions if the lesson is boring. | 2 |
I believe the face is just a land structure, and so should you. In this short arumentative essay I will try to convinve you that aliens did not make the "Face on Mars". I hope by the end you'll agree with me.
I believe that the "Face on Mars" is just a landform,because the newest pictures of the face, show that it infact is not shaped like a face. The landform is not shaped like a face, but shadows made the structure look like it had all of the human facial features. Also if the "Face on Mars" was created by aiens it wouldn't look like a human, it would look like whatever the aliens look like, unless the aliens look like humans.
I hope that I have convinced you that the "Face on Mars" is infact not a face at all, but only shadows portraying a face on the landform. I believe i have given you enogh evidence, for you to believe that the "Face on Mars" is only shadows. I hope you agree with what i had to say. | 1 |
An Almost Perfect World
Imagine a world where cars are not driven by humans, but instead, are operated by themselves. When you take a closer look, they are not driven completely by themselves, with no brain to control them, but are operated by computers. Thinking of this possibility is truly exciting. It is so futuristic to think that the world might be close to such a possibility. In a few years, people may never purchase cars again. There are many reasons for why driverless cars would be a wonderful idea. I believe that driverless cars would be more beneficial than human-operated cars because they are more sufficient when it comes to gas, they allow the passengers of the car to relax, and they would prevent wrecks and other road accidents.
One reason why driverless cars are a wonderful idea is because they are more gas-sufficient than ordinary, human driven cars. In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming", Google Cofounder Surgey Brin believes that driverless cars will use half the gas of normal taxis. Humans, with so many flaws, probably tend to accelerate faster than what is needed and rev the engine of cars, causing the the car to lose fuel much faster. Driverless cars would not have the same quirks and urges of humans, and would save more fuel by not engaging in these human acts. If the driverless cars are part of a city system, such as taxis or buses are, then humans would also not have to pay as much money to fuel these cars as they do their own cars. They would simply have to pay a tax instead. All of these things alone suggest that driverless cars may be the answer to spending less cash on gas.
Another reason why driverless cars are more beneficial is that they allow the passengers in the car to relax. Usually passengers of normal cars have to be completely alert. They must give all of their attention to the road, and may not relax, or a fatal crash may come their way. With driverless cars, people may simply jump in the car and relax after an exhausting day at the office. They may even take a nap as the car wheels them to their destination. There would be no more worrying about "Who will drive?" Everyone will be able to kick back and relax as the car travels. Sounds quite simple, huh?
One final reason why driverless cars would be an intelligent investment for the future is because they would prevent car wrecks and other road accidents. Many wrecks, as of the present, are caused by human error. Usually people are texting, or simply not paying attention to the road signs. They may even be drinking and driving. There are many different causes of car crashes, yet all of them seem to stem from the same exact thing - human error. People are not perfect, but computers could possibly be. Google has reported that some of their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. This is simply amazing. If these cars can drive more than half a million miles without a wreck now, just imagine what they may accomplish in the future when newer alterations have been made. With all of the cars on the road having the mind of a computer, humans may never wreck again. It just may be the solution.
After discovering all of these facts about driverless cars, it almost seems that there would be no downfalls when using these vehicles. Driverless cars would be more gas-sufficient by using half the gas of a normal taxi. They also would allow for human relaxation because people would not have to operate the vehicle. Finally, these cars would prevent wrecks and other road accidents by all having the same, computer-driven mind. The future appears promising; it seems as if driverless cars just might be the solution. So instead of being cautious of what the future might bring, I believe we should embrace this possibility, and welcome driverless cars into our world. | 4 |
The author of " The Challenge of Exploring Venus " supports his idea in a great way. He uses Facts , Desriptive Language , and a Comparison. These three things help a reader understand and better believe what the author is telling them. Without any evidence the reader wouldnt understand what theyre reading. The author also made sure to inclue dates of things which is an important stradigy.
The facts that were included in this passage made you really open up to the idea of Venus and the dangers. One of the facts i read were in Paragraph One Sentence Three where it said " In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. "
When you read this you already notice how warm it would be there. In Paragraph Three Sentence Three it tells you the exact tempature is 800 degrees and the pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. After reading this you can already tell that it would be super dangerous. Another danger is what you read in paragraph three sentence one it says " A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus " In this sentence you can tell its dangerous even by the wording. carbon dioxide isnt good for human bodies either. The other way the writer supported his idea was by using Descriptive Language. An example of him using that is in Paragraph Four Sentence Five it says " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, moutains, and craters." this tells you how it would look and be like on venus. The last way is using a relatable comparison. The author did this in Paragraph Five Sentence Five. it says " but the air pressure would be close to that sea leval on earth. "
In conclusion the author did a great job including facts , camparisons , and descriptive language. | 2 |
we shouldnt be able to use this technology on the every day human.
due to the passage to the left we can calculate peoples emotions.
da vinci used this algrithm when he was painting mona lisa.
due to dr huang it is all about the muscle expressions. we can normally tell when our friend is stressed out or upset. but we shouldnt use this because it is invasion of privacy. if someone wants someone to know how they feel then they will tell somebody to tell emotion you have to know how the muscles move it is calle the zygomatic major(muscles that begin at cheek bone. it should not be used in the classroom because again it is bacicly invasion of privacy and should not be used if something is wrong with a student then someone should let a counceler know and let them talk to the student not use technology. | 0 |
When people hear the term "driverless car", they think about how they won't have to be so aware while behind the wheel. But this is wrong. Driverless cars are still a long way off from being deemed worthy for the road. There are still a number of things that can go wrong even after they are. And these things that can go wrong can ultimately stop the development of driverless vehicles.
One such example of what could go wrong is mechanical failure. In the article, it says that there are sensors all over the car. But what if these systems were to go awry? If a sensor malfunctioned, there would be a huge blindspot for the car. And that blindspot could have a pothole or a wall hidden in it. And what happens in the event that the car just goes out completely? The sensors, the cameras, even the engine goes out, possibly stranding a driver for hours in a place that they have never been to.
The article states, "If the technology failed and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"Most drivers take risks in their cars by texting, calling, eating, or drinking in their cars even if they aren't driverless. Then they wonder why they crashed their car into another car or tree.A lot of drivers don't pay as much attention to the road as they should. The driverless cars would still require drivers to keep their eyes on the road, and not on their phone screen. If a driver isn't paying attention when the car says that it is time for them to drive, then that creates problems. The car could stop in the middle of a freeway, either slowing down other people or getting the people inside in an accident. Then that would lead to the driver blaming the manufacturer of the vehicle for not making it safer for them and their family. It creates prooblems for both the driver and the manufacturer, and if they are not careful, the manufacturer might have to shut down their driverless cars project.
On top of what the risks are, the cost of these driverless cars might discourage people from using them completely. The manufacturer would have to build the car, put in the sensors, the computers, and the mapping. Even with the advancements in technology that we've had in the last few years, that won't be cheap to install. Then the people that buy the cars would have to replace them in the event that there is a malfunction or it is simply overused. Then there woudl be the price of the car itself when it is initially bought. People would be willing to almost literally throw away money to have a car with a few fancy bells and whistles.
The concept of driverless cars on the road can lead to serious problems for all who travel. | 3 |
Do you want to join the Seagoing cowboys and dnt know what they do or how many months they'll be gone? i think that everyone should join the seagoing cowboys because in 1945 world war ll was over in eroupe. The seagoing cowboys flew thwir si they could get their food stores back in order because everything waas tore down from the war. You should join because it helps other people and if you're a person who likes to help other people in their time of need then seagoing cowboys is good for you.
Its shows you that not everyone has what you have. That people struggle sometimes for food. The seagoing helps them get their aniamls back their animals back or their houses either because they got tooken away or because somebody burned their houses down. Its a very good program to be in because it helps you learn things about other contries. You get to travel the world and hep people in their time of need. You get to explore the world and explore what sycitey is now. How the world is falling apart, Wars that shoot up houses and food so everyone can starve besides the people who started the war. | 1 |
The technology that read the students emotional expressions is valuable. My reasons is that it can make you better in school. Secondly it can also keep you in a better mood more often. Lastly it will jusy make you feel better.
First, it can make you better in school I say this because in the passage it says that when you are in school it can read your expressions. This will be a good things because it says when you are reading on your computer in school it can detect weather you are happy or sad. If your said then the computer will let you read more happier things if it knows your expressions. In the passage it also says that if a ad comes on that you like and it detects that you are samiling and thibgs like that, then it will play more ads like thatg just to keep you in a better mood.
Secondly, it can keep you in a better mood on a regular basis. This will be a good thing because things like you stress level and things like that will be down. Also you will be healthier because being mad all the time and stressing is not good for you and it can also kill you. In the passage it says that when people tell you to put on a happy face when you do it this will put you into a better mood then what you was in before. It will also put everyone else in a better mood thats around you.
Lastly, it will just make you feel better. In the article it tells us how our face can really tell how you feel. It says how you wrinkles on your face will show when you are in a slightly bad mood or a all the way bad mood. It says that smailing parcialy can relly help your whole mood when you are upset or angry. The muscles begin at your cheeks bone that start all of these expresiions.
In conclusuion the technology that read the students emotional expressions is valuable. My reasons is that it can make you better in school. Secondly it can also keep you in a better mood more often. Lastly it will jusy make you feel better. | 2 |
Would you like to have a computer driving you everywhere all the time? Well that is exactly what most vehicle manufacturers are working on, anf the stide they are making in the tech are amazing. But is a fully automated vehicle really what the world needs?
I agree that the idea of a car driving itself is really cool and would be benificial to humanity, but a fully automated car just won't do. A car that moves on its own all the time is bound to mess up, especially when there is something unforseen in the road like a car you have been tailing for awhile suddenly brakes to avoid hitting a deer anf you smash into the rear of his car because the computer couldn't react fast enough.
That is why I propose we make cars that are half automatic and halfhuman controlled. That would be great, imagine that same scenario, but this time instead of trusting the car to brake on its own, you stomp your foot on that brake and the car stops.
I'm not saying we shouldn't have self driving cars, i'm just saying adding the ability for the human in the front seat to take over couldn't hurt, might even help save lives. | 1 |
Imagine being able to enter a car, input a destination, and then arrive there without needing to drive at all. Driverless cars are coming and they are our future. They would be able to drive by themselves using sensors attached around the car and an advanced computing system. According to paragraph one, Google cofounder Sergey Brin, "believes such cars would fundamentally change the world".
Driverless cars will have a profound effect on the world today as we know it. They will be able to do so many things. Paragraph one states that Google cofounder Sergey Brin "envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system.". The technology of driverless cars today hace created such amazing feats. According to paragraph two, Google's self driving cars "have driven more than half a million miles without a crash."
There are some that believe with have a long way to go with the law until we see self driving cars. Paragraph nine states that "Most drtiving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers.". They believe that without an alert driver at the wheel, the car endangers everyone around it.
Most of the complaints against the safety of driverless cars is being worked on by companies now. For example, in parahraph seven, "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over.". Other manufacturers are also working on this problem. Paragraph seven states, "Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the world. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." So many safety systems are ebing put into place, the danger of driverless cars is nearly non existant.
Driverless cars are the future of this country, and the world. The technology will forever change our daily lives we will wonder how we ever lived without it. Transportation as we know it will be changed indefinetly. | 2 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests that Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. From the dangers said in the article, it's more supporting the reasons as to why scientists shoud not pay a visit to Venus. Before a reader can make their decision, the last point made in the article has said that dangers should not limit anyone pursuing a goal. While that statement has been said, there is more mention of the pessimistic side thorughout the entire article. Said author has supported the idea of exploring Venus in poorly way.
At the beginning, it has introduced Venus to be peaceful on the outside. As the author describes the weather conditions beyond the clouds, danger lies ahead. Readers will think to themselves that the article is trying to pursuade them not to visit Venus. In the article, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades," (2) the author has described the risks all the way until paragraph 5. It isn't until the ending of paragraph six when the author tries to start pursuading to the reader that there are solutions hastily.
Beginning or paragraph seven in the article, the author wrote about the new technology that could advance if scientists were to visit Venus. While this can be pursuading, only new technology and knowledge will be found. According to the article, "Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin," (7) it will be difficult if Venus has melted the robots sent there. If the author had been more pursuasive when they mentioned the possibility of creating new technology, then the negativity would have been beneath.
Last of all, paragraph eight has the smallest paragraph out of all. The author explains that curiousity will drive scientists to meet the challenges of Venus. It can be infered to the readers that the author has made little pursuation upon taking on Venus. In the article, "...human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors," the author did not support their idea for this section. Reading the last paragraph is not enough to truly support the idea of exploring Venus any further due to the lack of motivation.
Author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" has not supported the idea thoroughly. With too much description of the weather, their pursuation not enough to support their idea, and their lack of motivation, the readers can infer that this article is not well supporting the main idea of visiting Venus. Readers can misunderstand the message at the beginning. The author could have lossened the negativity and add more reasons as to why visiting Venus is important. | 4 |
I did not know that there are driverless cars where being made. I think the cars will help us drive better. If i was driveing i would use one of this cars.
I think that this cars will help us because some people drive to fast with the car it can speed up by its self with no problem. It can tell you when there is danger in front or behide you so you know when to take control of the car. They can help you streer so you dont take to wide of a turn and hit something. They can stop by themselfs so if you cant push on the break fast the car will stop for you.
They said they can make the car safer by adding a in-car enertainment and information system. This allows the drive to see headsup displyas that can be turned of instanly when the driver needs to take over. If you are doing something the car can get your attion abd you will be able to take control and safely drive. The diver wont be bored because the car has its own entertainment system so you dont fall asleep.
I am not all the way with the cars becuase what happens if the car fails to warn the driver about something that can cost the diver their life. The cars may be to much money for anyone to get ot just to much money to make. They said if their was a crash who is to blame the peopel who made the car or the driver witch can cause many problems like law suet. What happens if the car stops working when you are driveing and you caome to a turn and you dont turn.
All in all i think it is a good idea and can help a lot of people,but I just dont think many people will bye the car because it cost to much. I hope they find a way to make the driverless car come true and less expenive so many people would like to get the car. | 2 |
Automobiles play a huge role in our everyday life. Its how we travel to work, home, and even just to cruize around the neiborhood. But does anyone think about what these traving pieces of machinerary do to our planet? Cars are producing a enviormentally harmful fumes such as greenhouse gas, and smog . These two chemicals are harmful for our ecosystems, as well as our health. It is unnessacary that people should be allowed to kill not only the nature that surrounds us, but also themselves so we need to become a car-free nation.
Giving up driving is like giving up a bad habit, you always have the urge to do it again. But is it all worth it. Think about it, you get up for wor, or school and you walk outside where the sun is shining and the birds are chirping and you think "Wow it is beautiful out here". And what do you do... you insert your self into a small metal barrier stoping you from being one with nature. so where am I going with this you might ask. "When I had a car I was always tense. Im much happier this way." says Heidrun Walter, a mother of two who gave up her car and decided to walk. When you are driving you can not say hello to your friends, or nighbors. In fact you cant have any social contact which is not healthy.
The U.S. is one of the largest producers, and consumer of motorized transportation devices. Companys such as Ford, Chevy, Jeep, and Lincon are producing cars that no one could refuse. But are they safe? Car companys advertise that they are "safe". Airbags, seatbelts, even blind-spot protection moniters are some of the advances in vehical safety technology, but technology does not alway work correctly. Most death tolls are not by murder, or suicide, but by car accidents. So why is it that all this technology that engineers are putting in our auotmobiles are not saving lives? This is why walking or running or cycling is an ideal chioce of transporation, and why automoblies should come to an end.
Im not saying that all cars should be throw into a scrap yard and be forgot about. I know that there are those classic cars that every car collector wants, or that family car that has been passed down for ages. Im just stating that cars use should be reduced for the safty of our planet and ourselves. We always want to keep our old memories. Its just like keeping you grandmothers handmade scrapebook...priceless. We are of nation of collectors that can not and will not get ride of our memories and a car is one of the biggest ones that we can hold on to.
President Obama has goal that he is trying to achives that will lower the greenhouse gas emission say "The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal. It is leaders such as Obama that will save this planet, and all we would have to do is become a car-free world. With the help of all the citizens we can become a clean, healthy, and happy world. | 3 |
In Columbia, Germany, and Paris they are trying to limit the usage of cars in many ways so that they can improve the air and promote alternate transportation.
By reducing car usage like they did in paris where they made people with even numbered license plates leave there cars at home then the next day did the same thing to people with odd numbered licence plates. People who dident follow this rule were fined twenty-two euro's or thirty-one dollars. About 4,000 people did not folow the rule and got fined and about 27 of them got detained due to the reaction they gave when recieving the fine. By implementing this in Paris it brought down congresion by sixty percent after five days. This is a reason why car usage should be limited.
Germany is trying to. In a city called Vauban, cars are banned. You can own a car which you can park in one of two garages the town has on the outskirts but it cost 40,000 dollars so people tend to sell there car. In the town stores are built down the main road in walking distance due to the fact that there are no cars. This town is an experimental new district, on the outskirts of freiburg, close to the french and swiss borders. The town is totaly "Car-Free" if you dont count the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown freiburg runs. If this town spreads around the world and othere towns and cities implement the same idea we could lower pollution and better the enviorment. If we build everything closer there will be o nead for cars so thats another reason why we should limit car usage.
In columbia they implemented a car-free day where every one took buses, road bikes and other neat things to get from place to place. This program is wanted to spread to other countries. In the third straight year of implementing this idea they banned all cars on that day except buses and taxis. The goal is to promote alternate transportation and reduce smog. Violaters faced a twenty-five dollar fine. Aside from the occasinal rain storms, this idea is a good way to "take away stress and lower air pollution." said ny businessman Carlos Arturo plaze as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife. For the first time two othere columbian cities join the event. The cites are Cali and Valledupa. "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictios have dramatically ut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." This is all in result of that event. Quoted from sorce 3.
As you can see there are many was to reduce air pollution and promote alternate transporation. By taking away cars alternate transportation is needed to fulfil that tasks that need to be done throghout the day and without the exaust of so many cars going off the air pollution will go down too. | 1 |
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