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Do u ever want to go exploring Venus? Venus is a planet in our solar system. Venus is very challenging place to go. Earth and Venus are close bye. Venus is called the evening star one if the brightest point of light in the night sky. Venus is fun place to go exploring. Venus is the second planet from our sun.
Exploring planet is very danger. People can be die by exploring or can get injury. Its is so imporant. If some thing wrong people have to give their life away. In pargrpah 3" a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmoosphere." When you are going to exploring venus or othe planet you have to be careful. When some thing happend you will give you life away. Its so imporant
Theres some people name NASA they have explored Venus or other planet. They said that some simplified electronics mad of silicon carbide have been tested in chamber simulating the chaos of venus suface. They have a devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1440s during World War 2. Venus systems that used mechanical parts can be made mor resistant to pressure,heat,and other forces.
When you get to Venus you are flying you can't walk. The Venus a ship orbiting or hovering safely far abouve the planet can provide only limited insight on ground. In pargrpah 6" More mportantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas,or anything else from a distance. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.
I'll love to go explored Venus it look fun. Explored another planet is good you can learn new thing. You don't have to walk you will be fly so it will be fun. It will be danger but u cant get new thing or learn new thing. I'll love to explored . | 2 |
Driverless cars. An innovation that was once only a dream is now much closer to being a significant aspect of our lives. Personally, I am all for the development of driverless cars. The pros severely outweigh the few cons and there really aren't many valid reasons to halt working on driverless cars.
According to cofounder of multi-billion dollar company google, Sergey Brin, we could create a future of public transport that consists completely of driverless cars. Also, this solution would use only half of the fuel that today's taxis use. If fuel is being reduced and citizens are easily able to get from point A to point B, the only con here is that there would be less jobs available for transport such as taxi drivers. But proportionally, using half the fuel we do now would have a much stronger positive impact on our future than careers being lost for the miniscule fraction of people who work as a taxi driver.
At the moment, car crashes are one of the highest likely reasons of death ESPECIALLY in teens. And this doesn't show any reason to change. But in a handful of years when driverless cars are close to perfection, the amount of car crashes that would occur would drop drastically. That is, if we take advantage of an opportunity like this rather than sleeping on it for what little reason there is left. Once the driverless cars are improved enough and safer than the average driver, we will be able to make the majority of transport used with them. And then there will be no more reasons to worry about new teen drivers getting in a wreck, drunk drivers, drivers under the influence, etc.
Lastly, new drivers will have lots of time saved once driverless cars are everywhere. New drivers currently have to spend at least 50 hours driving with a parent or guardian before they are considered ready to drive alone (and let's not forget that new drivers have a 50% chance to be involved with a crash during their first year of driving with a license). So driverless cars will free up time for families with new or inexperienced drivers as well as save them money. Most new drivers take a driver's ed class (which first of all takes a lot of time) and they can be hundreds of dollars! There's no reason we shouldn't eliminate these pointless negative aspects of our current system.
Reviewing what's been said here, three significant reasons driverless cars should continue being worked on are apparent. One being that only HALF the fuel we currently use would be needed. Two: having these driverless cars would create a much safer environment since crash rates would nearly disappear. And finally, new drivers would save large amounts of time and money once these cars are here and ready. These are only three reasons of countless others that haven't been addressed yet. Driverless cars are the future of our society. | 2 |
Scientists go to great lengths to try to learn more about the world around us. Whether it be through rockets that go into outer space or simple lab experiments; they are willing to spend a large amount of money to achieve their scientific goals. The author also believes that scientists should invest in the advancement of scientific knowledge. The author of the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" believes that Venus should be pursued, despite its many dangers. The author supports this idea through the use technology, the planet's future desires, and Earth and Venus' similiartiy to support his idea well.
The author supports his claim through the use of explaining how Venus is somewhat similar to Earth. He says, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." He says this so that humans will become curious about these features and will want to learn more about Venus. He continues by writing, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." The author uses this quote to make people more curious about what had happened to all the life on Venus. This can make more people want to study and learn about Venus. Then, the author compares Venus and Earth today by saying, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." He is explaining what is currently there and is trying to increase people's interest with Venus. Thus, the author uses Venus' similarity to Earth to make people wonder what had happened to make it how it is today to convince others and to support his idea that Venus is worth pursuing.
In addition to that, the author also uses the advancement of technology to suppot the idea. He writes, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." Through this, he is saying that if we were to persure Venus, we may also make an advance in technology and develop new things, such as this blimp like structure. He also mentions that, "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." This means that some of the solar power may be harnessed from the atmosphere of Venus and be used for other uses, such as powering some technology. He also says, "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus." Therefore, if humans discover and invent machines that can last long enough know, we would have this technology for further use and can continue to advance in the future. Which, this helps justify his desire for the continuing study of Venus.
The author also uses Earth's future desires and wants to try to support this idea. He tries to make us imagine how Venus could be useful to us in the future of space travel, due to its proximity to Earth. He writes, "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." He believes that Venus can be and should be used in long term space travel, therefore we must continue to try to study it. The author also believes that the world should continue to persue Venus because of human's and their want for more knowledge. The author writes, "Striving to meet the challenge present by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." He uses to fact that humans will, eventually, come to another problem that they can not solve. He believes that they should not just stop trying, but that humans must adapt and try to advance technology get past these endeavors. This is exemplified when he says, "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." Therefore, the author uses humans' desires to continue to gain knowledge and future to explain why the planet should continue its investment in Venus.
In conclusion, the author supports his idea that Venus is worthy of pursuit despite its dangers is supported by a myriad of reasons and has a good amount of supporting evidence. His support is effective due to him explaining the benefits of our continuation of making technological advances, the fact that we may encounter future problems done the road, and the scientific reasons to study Venus. Therefore, the support he uses is good and makes a good argument about why the planet should continue to persue Venus. | 4 |
The author supports the idea that studying venus is a wothy pursuit despite the danger it present because people want to know how simillar it is to earth how the envoirment is. Another resaon it is worthy to explore is that curistoy people will have to see what venus really is. Another reason it is a worthy to explore venus is how many pwople have tried but failed.
People belive that venus was exaclty like earth a long time ago scientist state that venus had oceans. In paragraph 4 it is stated that venus could even have supported forms of life just like earth.
even today venus still has some features that are analogous to earth it even incudes valleys moutains. There might be more stuff that is on earth that looks like venus that we may not have seen because we could not properly explore it becuse of the distance.
Another reason that exploring venus is not such a bad idea is because you might learn new things on that plant that could help our plant out. Plus pople will alway have curiosity to learn how venus is if it will ever be a subsitute for earth. poeple want to explore it so bad becuse it is a hard challenge but it should not be discoraged jsut because it is dangerous.
Another reason exploring venus might not be a bad idea is that poeple who see that it is a hard challenge and that no one has done it will be push to be the firsht one to land explore it better then from long distant exploring. A spacecraft has not landed or even came close to landing in venus in three decades meaning
it is dangerous but will be good for a learning lesson and exploration.each misson was unmanned so not a single real person had the oppertunity to land there becuse of how dangrous.
The author supports the idea studying venus by stating good things about what we can learn how it can help us and how hard it wil be. One reason the statement above is true becuase he states how we can learn how venus is simllar to earth. How it is difficult to land there to truly explore you have to do hard work. This represents that the author supports his idea by giving deatials about why it is worthy despite how hard or even dangrous it can be. | 2 |
Dear state senator,
There has been an ongoing conflict on the matter of the proper method to use when deciding on a president: use of the electoral college, or popular vote. I believe that this should be looked upon in greater concern than it currently is. Not only do many people question this arguement, but they feel uncomfortable by it too. I believe the electoral college should be taken away from the process. This is a more secure way of voting because the people of this nation feel as if whom ever they vote for may not actually be voted for by the electors. And this is, in no way, a good thing for the nation.
In the first place, the electoral college has its flaws, as anything would. But it's these flaws that the popular vote dosen't have that makes it a less valid way to decide something as important as presidency. The electoral college has a seemingly fair way of deciding such a thing. Each state is given a certain number of electors to represent its population (Ex. A small state such as Maryland would have less electors than California). It seems alright, until you realize how unfair it really is... In one way, though rare, the electors may switch outlooks, and end up voting for the opposite candidate than whom they were voted, in turn, to vote for. Some even choose at random who they will vote for, regardless of who they were supposed to choose. Which then leads to the unfair decision for however many people he or she represented.
Not only does it have the unfair use of electors, but it also is much more inprecise than popular voting methods. While the electoral college, in total, has only a couple hundred votes, it is less rational than the millions upon millions of people across the nation wanting to vote for whoever they wish with the use of the popular vote method. In '
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong', the author explains, in paragraphs 4 and 5, how in the case of a tie in the electoral vote, that "the Houses selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people." Meaning that no matter what the people think, the president shall be chosen for them. And this is not the right way to elect the person designated to run the country.
In my final point, as not to bore you with countless others, the use of popular vote has already surpassed the electoral college votes, as such in the case of Nixon vs Kennedy, but has not proven enough to win the election. How is that fair, on any level? It shows how most people voted for one candidate, but then have that candidate lose because of the electoral college. Is that not reason enough, to show that people wanted a certain person as president, but because of the electoral college, didnt get as they wanted nor deserved? Not only is it shown in basic reasoning, but it is also shown in the numbers. The electoral college is an unjust way to elect presidents.
I hope this is enough to change your view on the electoral college. It is not the fair way to let the people of this nation have the leader they want and and rightfully deserve. The use of popular vote is. It not only is a direct line of voting from the people, but all in all has a much fairer way to total the votes. A vote itself cannot possibly change from the point it is written to the point when it is accounted for, but an elector can. Don't allow this to happen the next term. And i speak for most of the people in the U.S. when i say, as Bob Dole did: Abolish the electoral college! | 4 |
Have you ever thought of driverless cars being a negative or postive thing to have? These cars would be a public transportation system. There are a lot of positive and negative things that these cars may offer. In my opionion driverless cars would be a negative thing to have.
When using a driverless car, the driver must remain fully aware. This is dangerous because a lot of people who drive a regular car, do not use their full attention. With that said if a person is on the phone and the car alerts them to take over, they may be to zoned out into a conversaion to notice it. This can cause the car to misfunction by the lack of control it is reciving. The misfunction of the car can lead to wrecks, injury of another person, or passing in zones that are blocked off.
In order for the car to prevent accidents, it must have sensors to tell the driver when they need to take over. These sensor could stop working at any given time. For example, we all like to use the internet on our phones and computers. When there is a terrific storm our conncection may not work. What happens if a wire breaks on an important sensor? Then an accident comes up and we do not get an alert. That can cause a very serious wreak.
If everyone is driving a driverless car, how can we ensure it is safe to trust them. We already have problems trusting the drivers around us today, due to them being irresponsible. What happens if something breaks on another persons car and causes them to wreck into someone else? This might not be the drivers fault. Car lights do not always work, so they may not be aware their car is going to wreck.
Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. If there is a chance these alerts may not funtion correctly, how are we ensuring they are all safe? These negative outcomes and lack of information we have on these cars, are the reasons i believe this would have a negative outcome. | 3 |
The state senetor should keep the electoral college because of the voting previlages. voting is held every tuesday of November. The elector college consist of 538 electors. A majority of 270 elector vots is required to elect from the president. Your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressianl delegaton oe for each member in the house of Respresentives plus two for your Senators. The electoral Collge pricees consiste of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for president and vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress.
Futhermore, most states have a winner take it all system that awards all electort to the wiining the election. your states certification ascertainment also delclares the winning presidincial in your states adn shows which electors will respensint your state at the metting of the election in december.
To wrap everything up, the single best arguement agains tht eelectoral college is what we might call a disaster factor. The american people should conside themselves lucky that the 200 fiasco was the biggest election cris in the sententuries . Back in 1960, segregations in the Lousiana Legistature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors.
Finally, its offical the elecoral college is unfair outdated adnd irrtional the agurements are against judgement. they need to keep electorial college. There are five ereaosn for retainign the electoral college desoite the lack of democratic pedigree, certanty of outcome, everyones presindent ], swing states, big states, avoid run off elections. | 0 |
Dear State Senator(s), there's something wrong with the Electoral College. It's unfair to voters. The voters aren't really voting for the presidents. So what's the point of voting? The Electoral College is irrational. I agree with Bradford Plumer, the writer of source two, that Bob Dole is right: Abolish the Electoral College!
As stated in source two, paragraph ten, "Voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Voters can't control who their electors vote and could sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate. It's not fair, and it would be better if presidents were elected by popular vote. More people would vote if it was that way. According to the article,
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong , even Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all agree on abolishing the Electoral College. So, we have them, and over 60 percent of voters who agree. When can the U.S. just elect presidents by popular vote?
Now, we could keep the Electoral College because looking at the article by Richard A. Posner, it avoids run-off elections. The article,
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President , says that "There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure, which would greatly complicate the presidential election process, is reduced by the Electoral College, which invariably produces a clear winner.." You could use that reason for arguing, but here's it's weakness: What if the disaster factor happens again? When in 1960, a state sended two slates of electors to Congress.
It's already been agreed that the electoral college is outdated. The U.S. should change it's method of electing President because, it's unfair, over half of the voters don't like the electoral college, and the disaster factor can't happen again. Why are we using a process for electing president that most of the voters don't like? | 2 |
There are still some disputes about the true "identity" and origin of the Face on Mars. It is most likely just a natural landform, but some people disagree. Some people believe that it was created by aliens. However, since there is no legit proof of aliens even being real, how could you prove that they did this? NASA also has high-resolution photographs that make it pretty clear that it's just a natural landform. It may have taken several tries to collect all of the needed data to back this up, but the scientists did it so now we know.
As I briefly mentioned before, there is no proof of alien life actually existing. So, then, why are people convinced that it was aliens? Yes, it may have a strange shape, but that doesn't mean anything. There are strange shaped things here on Earth but people don't accuse it of being alien. Now, I do understand that this is in space, and on a different planet, but still; there are way more logical explanations. It's normal for there to be landforms on planets. That's simply the deal here.
The scientists also collected high-resolution photos of the Face. When the best photo was taken in 2001, it was made clear that this was just a landform, similar to some in the American West. It was just a formation that looked suspicious from far away. If you looked at the zoomed in picture, it just looks like a jumble of rocks. People just need to think realistically.
There is, however, a couple small reasons why people see a possibility of this being done by aliens. One of the pictures was taken from behind a small wispy cloud. This gave some people enough reason to believe that there could be alien markings hidden by the haze. Another reason people have for believing this is extraterrestrial work is that there have been some unexplainable sightings and findings that may point to alien life existing. There is no actual facts or proof, but enough has happened without logical explanations to convince certain people of this theory.
I respectfully refute these points. The idea of alien markings being hidden is a stretch. There was an even clear picture taken more recently that showed no alien markings. It proved that it was just a landform. There's really not that much more to it. In response to the few unexplainable things that may point to alien life, we have no way to tell what's really out there. If there is something, then it's doing a pretty good job of staying hidden, or undiscovered because we have no cold, hard proof of anything. For some things there are just no logical answers. There's always going to be something we don't know. It's probably the most reasonable to just stick to the facts we already have, and learn to accept the most likely stories. Yes, it's okay to believe or hope that there is something out there, but people should also realize that they need to think reasonably in certain matters, especially when there's proof, like in this case.
This is a very strong argument. There are many ways that a person could keep going on and on, explaining each detail to its full extent, but I think all the most important information has already been mentioned. People should accept the facts. There is always going to be someone who disagrees, but every argument is like that. There is way more proof pointing to the conclusion that the Face is just a landform. You might still think something different, but I think I've made it clear why I have so much reason to believe what I believe. | 4 |
Dear state senator
I'm against the Electoral College, and i wish it would change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational, and there are many reasons why it should be taken out.
Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president(Source 2), this is unfair to voters because the people are not the ones that really choose the president. Also, because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, they focus only on the tight races in the swing states(Source 2). Why should we put the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters?
Another problem with the Electoral College is its method of selecting the president, which may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state(Source 3). Knowing their vote will have no effect, the voters have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign that they would have if the president were picked by popular vote(Source 3). If we're not voting for the president, but for the electors who will choose the president, then why are we voting at all? I say that it is our right to be able to choose who our next leader is going to be.
With all the evidence I have listed in this letter, I hope you, state senator, will change your mind about the Electoral College. We must do what's best for our country, and the Electoral College is not fair to us, the people of the United States. | 2 |
The author supports this claim since he talks about how its very hard to travel to Venus. The thick atmospere is 97% carbon dioxide. The average temperature is 800 degrees fahrenheit. The pressure is 90 times greater than Earths pressure. Their are many earth quakes and volcanoes on Venus.
Many astronomers are faccinated by Venus since they think a long time ago it was covered by an ocean and had life forms living their. NASA has an idea to send humans to Venus to study the planet and its condition. They would send a blimp like vehicle hovering over Venisian landscape It would be hovering over Venus for about 30 miles. The people that they send to Venus would not have any samples from the planet since they would not touch or be in the surface of Venus.
NASA knows this is a big risk but they are still willing to take it. They have simulated a kind of material that would be used in Venus and it lasted for abouut 3 weeks. The computers now are fast, powerful and flexible but they can stand the condition Venus has. Even though its dangerous to go to we should always take risks. We should explore more places but we still dont have thaat kind of technology.
Venus could be a habitable planet. The idea of sending a blimp like vehicle to Venus is smart but dangerous. The blimp would only last 3 week if it was sent to Venus. The blimp has to be floating about 30 miles away from the surface. The computers indie the blimp would have to be srtong and fast to survive. The planet does not have easy conditions but is suvivable for humans.
Venus is one of the hottest planets in our solar system. Venus is hotter than Mercury even though Mercury is closer to the sun. The reason Venus is hotter than Mercury is because of its gases Venus contains in its planet. Venus is hot enough to liquefy any metal.
Even though Venus is not habitable in its soil we could still live above its soil. We would have to get used to the lightning and massive earth quakes this planet has. Its nearly imposible to live in the soil of Venus. | 3 |
Dear State Senator,
Honestly sir/ma'm i think that it would be way better if we just changed our election on popular vote instead of having it as an electoral college. Me personally i think that the whole electoral college thing is kinda dumb mainly because what it stated. That paragraph mainly talked about how the electoral college consist of 538 electors, and 270 votes are required to elect the president. Honestly it probably wouldnt be as difficult if you just voted on most popular. For example the "disaster factor" was named the single best argument and that was about how americans should be lucky that that 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. Im not gunna lie there was a little bit of some negatives effect. For example if we would of did popular votes when president John F. Kennedy ran, he would of lost the election and had not became our prsident. Lucily we didnt change the system then, am i right. Although it has some negatives there is way more positive effects. Im not saying using the electoral college way is bad because they do have some good cause; for example there is atleast 5 good reasons. Hopefully you know all 5 but ill tel you my top 3 reasons on how the electoral college has some good effects. On good positive effect is how hey say it, "Everyone's President". What they mean by that is like how no region would have enough votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorie like Romeny was in the south had no incentive to campian heavily in those states. another good reason was named "Big States". They meant like every big state like Texas lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. One last reason was known as "Swing States". By that they meant like what had happened with Nixon and Clinton. They both had only 43 percent plurality of the popular votes while winning a major in the electoral college. But like i said there is still some negatives about it and my opinion like i said was to vote on popularity. So Mr/Mrs State Senator you got my opion, you should use it.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
In "The Challenge of exploring Venus," the author informs the reader about how it would be very compenstating to study Venus because of it's close distance and to Earth and how much of simialraties is has to Earth. He also describes how because of the many challenges Venus has to study it it's even more important
to study the planet. As stated in paragraph 8, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus had value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This statement supports the idea that Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, because it expains the challenges Venus has to study it will be worth it because we will gain more knowledge on it and it will probably lead us to many more challenging planet studying.
In the article it also explains how similair the Earth and Venus are and how close they are. The author explains this in the statement, "Often referred to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Eath in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest on distance too."This statements informs the reader on why the Earth and Venus are alike by giving facts to why. The author also states, "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains, and craters." By this staement the author is trying to further inform the reader about how other features are Earth-like.
In conclusion, the author supports the ideas that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers .The author does this by informing the reader about the challenges of studying Venus but how it's worth it because is will strengthen human curiosity to study other challenging planets further. The author is persuading the reader to not be fearful of the dangers because it increases imagination and innovation. The author states how it's in our best convience to study a planet like Venus because of its high similarites to Earth and it would be ideal because of their distance apart. | 2 |
Electoral college should go away. electoral college is unfair. each party picks a slate of electors,although it only takes trust to pick that elector it is unfair because it is what the people want. there are 4 reaons why electoral college shouldnt be used today. one may be that votes arent from people and votes are only elected by the electors,and the polular vote most likley always win. which means that people vote for the elector and the highest votes from one state to the elector,the president now has that state and now has votes from it. this is why ecltoral college shouldnt be used today. it is unfair that we cant vote for our own president and the electors get to choose.
one reason why electoral college is bad for the people is because of the thing called disastor factor. this is a bad affect to the voting. this happen in 1960 and was with John F. kennedy. what happen was the state legislatures are technically responsible for the electors and that the electors could always tell the people what they want. this was a key factorbut,what to fiasco did he helped changed everything. and here to today we still use electoral college. although we still use fiasco method it is getting better but still is a disastor and i think we should just make something that the people want. this woild be better and maybe an easier way to choose a president.
another unfair subject that electoral college does for voting is the prospect of tie ,this is a method in which only states with a certain amount of people allowed to vite. this is an unfair method because, for example hawaii has only a little amount of people and cant vote. also many other states cannot vote because of there population. this is very unfair and should be stopped. every state should be able vote. and again there is only one vote for each state and this method should be voted by state but by people to get a better examnation of what people want. since each state only cast one vote it is the senates job to pretty much vote for the elector. we should let the people vote the people vote themsleves so there is a more accurate vote,than just a single vote for the whole state.
another reason why the electoral college is unfair is because of the winner takes it all method in each state. this is a very unfair method because i do agree that every state should be able to vote. it doesnt matter if the state only has a population of twenty. every state should be able to vote for preseident, esspecially if you are old enough to vote. it is only fair. there are states such as rhode island and south carolina that are too small and other 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to vote. this is unfair . the system should start letting at least every state vote.
these are reasons why electoral college shouldnt be used today,this is a very unfair way of voting. forget the electoral college method and just start letting the people vote. yes it might hard to keep track but this way, if you let the people vote they will know what the people want and it would be much more accurate than saying one vote for each state . they should really take time thinking of ways to make this better and fair. because electoral college isnt fair at all. they should abolish electoral college from the united states. go back to directed elections. bob dole was someone who said that they shouldnt allow this, and i certainly agree that electoral college shouldnt be allowed. | 2 |
Luke is a boy signing up with his friend Don,here's some reason's why you should also sign up like Luke did himself. My first reason is you can help people while you travel like how Luke did when he went to europe to help people restock on supplies,food,and animals. You can also go because,while you're shipping animals across seas you can spend time with somepretty amazing animals. Another good one is you can go sightseeing while shipping or going on the land you shipped something to like how Luke did when he went to Europe. These are all great in my point of view because even its some hard work it can still be enjoyable because there is just so much to see like how I mentioned the animals before,and of course the sightslike ruins,structures,and much more. Another point of fun you could have while being a seagoing cowboy is after you shp the animals off of the boat or ship when the animals are gone it can clear up some room for you and any friends you may or may not have made. What I mean is after the animals are gone you can use the extra room for games,messing around,and even spending time with friends you may have made. THis is a good idea because even thogh its hard work and a little bit dangerous Luke stayed positive because of him stating "The cattle boat trps were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy" meaning he enjoyed being a seagoing cowboy. Now even though its still fun to be a seagoing cowboy there is still dangers. The ocean is a pretty dangerous place so it'll still be a hard job especially when it comes to storms. If a serious storm hits while on a boat trip it could still be pretty devastating someone could get knocked off and go into the ocean,one of the animals could fall off,and someone cold slide and break something when they have a hard fall. Even though its still pretty dangerous and pretty hard work for someone it can still be enjoyable Im not going to say the same stuff I already said earlier so Im just going to say that depending on how it goes and how you act about it it will be enjoyable just wait and see. | 1 |
Cars, have been a way that almost everyone uses to get to point A to point B since around World War 2, And for awhile they were always growing in popularity. It seemed for awhile that cars were going to be around for some time. Almost everyone had a car, from the young to the old, all over the world people were driving. But that's going to change soon in the always evolving world.
"All of our developement since World War 2 has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," says David Golderg, an offical of Transportation for America. In the suburban community of Vauban, Germany residents are giving up their cars in an attempt to promote car-free communities. As a result 70 percent of Vauban's families don't own a car! The members of the outstanding community actually like not having a car, Media trainer Heidrun Walter said "When i had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Heidrun Walter isn't the only one thinking this way 57 percent of the population of Vauban sold their car to move there. But Vauban isn't the only community who thinks this way... All over the world more and more commmunities are thinking this way.
Paris, France, puts a ban of driving due to smog pollution due to the main usuage of diesel fuel. Paris usually has more smog than other European capitals as it is with it having cold nights and warm days trapping car emissions. The smog, which was progressivly getting worse, rivaled even that of Bejing, China, which is the one of the most polluted places in the entire world. The ban took place on a Monday for even-numbered liscened plates and Tuesday for odd-numbered liscened plate numbers. But even with the ban almost 4,000 people were fined a fee of 22 euros ($31). The smog cleared eough with those who did participate that they didn't have to enforce the Tuesday ban, which goes to show that even a large city can fight something as global as pollution.
The people of Bogota, Cali, and Valledupar, Colombia take a day out of the year to have a car-free event. Bogota, the capital of Colombia, with a population of 7 million have been doing this for 3 years to promote alternate transportation and reduce smog. The violators of this event face a $25 fine, and probably more than a few disapproving looks for those who like to participate. People around the world go to join Colombian cities in their day without cars. This is Cali and Valledupar's first year and hopefully not their last either! The day without cars is part of a improvement campaign started in Bogota in the mid 90s, which saw the construction of over 100 miles of bicycle paths, according to the city's mayor this is the most of any Latin American city. To encourage people to walk around more they fixed the uneven, pit filled side walks with bigger smooth version, and rush hour restrictions have been imposed which has dramatically decreased traffic, plus new upscale resturants and shopping districts have popped up.
In the United States studies are showing that more and more Americans are buying cars. Young people are becoming less interested in having a car or even a liscence. In the year 2005 the number of miles driven was at its highest but since then it has steadly decreased by 9 percent. The number of miles driven now is equal to that of january in 1995. Part of the drop is due to the recession going on, no one can afford to get new cars, and the unemployed don't work so they don't have as much as a reason to get a car. If the pattern keeps going as it is with less and less people driving the next few years in America and possibly around the world will be years of change that will change how things work for generation to come. | 2 |
I will be discussing how I feel about how driverless cars can either help or hurt how we live our individual lives. I think that it falls into both categories but I still belive that it is more than a risk than a reward. In the paragraph the author does manage to show negative affects and more positive affects. He did not talk about how they can contribute to laziness in humans or how they can probably be dangerous for some people to drive.
Now I will agree that driverless cars could be a groundbreaking invention, but in that it will just make the world lazier. If we can just have cars take us where we want to go and then just lay back or text people on cellular phones than the invention would just be another way to contribute to laziness for huamns in the United States. Now in paragraph 2 the author talks about how google have driverless cars that can drive without crash for a half a millon miles and can alert human drivers when they are going to hit something or back into something. What bout when driverless cars become legal for people of all ages, that would probably contribute to a rate of kids who run away from home, to be able to go where ever they want to go by simply putting in where they want to go.
In conclusion, driverless cars may be able to adapt to its surroundings but what about its contribution to laziness. It would most likely be able to be used for teenagers and probably kids who feel the need to runaway from home. I believe that driverless cars would leave a negative impact. This will be coming recently as of late if Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan actually plan to make cars that requires no driver. | 2 |
Driving; Everyones dreams when there're just hitting those teenage years. The day their parents hand them a key to their brand new car. We shouldn't live off our cars, we should be able to go aywhere we want and not worried to see if you don't have gas in your car, or if your license plate is expiered. My fellow citizens there is many advantages of limitig car usuage. Not being tense, not worried about the resposibilites on your car, and helps us to stop polluting the air.
To start, there are many places that don't have cars and their life keeps on going they are even stressfree. For examle Vauban's streets are completely "car free." Heidrum Walter says "when I had a car I was always tese. I'm much happier this way." (Source 1). Living without a car is not that bad. Living without a car can be much better for us. However the fact that living without car can be an advantage to us not everyone agress to the fact of it. After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforeced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global cirty. Cogestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intesifying smog. Paris trypically has more smog than oter European capital. Delivery companies complained of lost reveue, while exceptios were made for plug in cars, hybrids, and cars carryig three or more passsengers. (Source 2). If the delivery companies and my fellow citizens can realize is that the cars that we so called center our development on is polluting our air causing smog in certain areas of the world, and you can see because Paris banned certain cars in its area the smog ended up going away. So instead of driving our cars everywhere we can use this to our advantages and limit our car usage, so we can prevet smog in our community and pollution in atmosphere.
In addition, gooig car less is a stress free zone. Business Carlos Arturo Plaza stated "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Which is absolutly true in my view because in Bogota, Clombia a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombias hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car free day, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. (Source 3). The car free day in Bogota and how people walked, biked, skated, and etc shows a great way to to take away stress. While you are either walking, biking, and so forth you have the chance to clear your mind and at the same time your not in a car that can pollute the air which can't result in smog. Also going car free is also becoming the new tread, a study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009, there has also been a large drop in the percetage of 16- to 39- year- olds getting a license. (source 4) I'm here today to show that this new tread that is spreadig is one that we should take to our advantage and use it, it's making things better for us and also our communities.
To sum up, my fellow citizens we should limit our car usage. We all can enter this stree free zone together as one, we can help the place we all call our home. Don't be against it and just use it to your advantage. Going car free is the right way to go. | 3 |
Venus is a very hard planet to work on scientists want to study this planet because it can be a place where humans can live in the future. This planet is very hard no landing has ever survived more than 2 hours on the surface of Venus. The atmosphere of Venus is made of 97 percent carbon dioxide, clouds of sulfuric acid, and temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric preasure on Venus is almost 90 times what we experience on Earth this can very easily crush a submarine that is made to explore the deepest parts of our oceans. Some of the similarities that Venus has in comparison to Earth are that both of this planets have almost the same density size and sometimes is the closest planet to Earth when Venuses orbit is closest to Earht's.
Why do scientist want to visit such a inhospitable planet like Venus and why is it important for them to do this mission. Scientists believe that Venus was a very Earth like planet because it has a rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters just like Earth. A long time ago Venus may even had large oceans arounds the surface. This oceans may had provided forms of life with a suply of water for plants and animals to live in Venus scientists say it may have been a reality long time ago. Venus whould have to be studied more to prove this but as I said before this planet is too inhospitable for humans to go there.
NASA is planing on visiting this planet and they are preparing for it they are working on a Blimp-like vehicle. This vehicle will be floating 30 miles above the planet to avoid the hot surface that is at about 800 degrees. In the atmosphere it will be at 170 degrees much less than on the surface and atmospheric preasure will be just like our oceans. NASA says that "operating this far above a planet will have a lot of down sides because most forms of light will not penetrate the dense atmosphere." Also been a such high altitudes will not provide samples of rock, gasses on the survace, or anything that may help them know more about this planet. | 1 |
Mr. Senator election by popular vote is the way to go, let the people decide! It's their choice to pick who runs the U.S.A. this is the choice of who they want to run the country. The citizens should have a right to vote for who they really want. Instead of having a couple hundred people I think we should have all the people in the country choose. So why dont we? We can establish this rule and make it right let the citizens of the U.S.A. pick who the president should be!
Electoral collage as the office of Federal Register in quote "The Electoral College consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting og the electors where they vote for the President and Vice President". It's a bad idea to me when you can just make everyone vote for who they want not who just a couple hundred people want. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors which a certain amount need to vote as 270 is the precise number is required. Each candidate running each has a group of electors, they are originally chosen by the candidates politicial party. The choice where the people choose and vote is way easier than that, we have a choice for what we want.
The "Indefensible Electoral College" is wrong your voting for the electors as it says in paragraph 10. Bradford Plumer says as I quote "Under the electoral college sysetem voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the President. There for we are voting for the electors right? So whats the whole point when we can stick to our ways and vot ourselves. This makes it way more simple and faster, better than waiting through the system for other people to vote, when you can just do it yourself.
Theres no reason for each party to select a slate of electors. It can be argued that this system can turn off potential voters as a candidate. There are 5 reasons for retaining this system. Those are certainty of outcome, everyone's President, swing States, Big states, and avoid run-off elections. Still we need to be able to make our own decisions. We don't need other people to make them for us.
These people in the U.S.A. are determined in what they want, not what other people want. They want to choose what they believe they don't want to go through a long system. When you can just do it yourself its easier, because you know what your doing but if you go the other way you have to teach the people your working with. When you have the whole Country voting it makes it more simple and easy to go through the process. So let the people choose who they really want as the President of the U.S.A. dont leave it to other people to do it for them. | 3 |
The NASA solution on the conditions of Venus would allow scientists to follow above the fray. Venus is the second planet of the earth. Sometimes it called "Evening star."
More importantly, resarchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from the distance.
In the 1800s they played an important role in the 1940s during the World War II. They thought computers existing in those day may sound shock an d that they are not require electronis at all. More delicate of the physical conditions of phone.
The atmosphere almost 97percent of carbon dioxide. They experience atomsphere pressure of 90 times greater. The average of the temperature over 800 degress.The author support ideas of Venus's reputation is a challenging planet to human to study. Astronmers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once most like earth planet oin our system.Venus is actually a planet.
The challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because on the planet itslef will also curiosity of human will likely lead use into many equallly intimidating endeavors. Earth and beyond should not be limited by any dangers and doubts but sholud expanded of vey edges imagination and innovation. Not easy, but survivable humans. | 0 |
In this story the author is talking about how humas have not made it on the planet of Venis. At least that we know about. The article said that scientits think there may be life or have been life on the planet.
With scientists thinking if there is something up there on the planet there is a good chance that they will be able to find out soon with all the technology we have today.
With all the things we have today I think we will find something on venus. If we do then there is a fact that there is aliens that are alive, unless they are just like us but from another planet. And that planet is closer to the sun than earth.
I think with all the things in the article we will find somthing or that there was something there on venus at some point. It could of been a trillion years ago or there is still life on it today we will just have to find out. Time is the only thing that we have on are side. | 0 |
Now a days you see everyone with cars driving to places instead of walking. There are some small towns that cars are not needed because everything is so close but other cities everyone has to drive because everything is very distant from one another. Cars are needed on a daily basis to get to school, or to get to their job but walking or even biking would be a great idea because you would not be poluting the environment there would be less traffic jams and it would reduce the greenhouse gas. Limiting car usage would be a great idea and it would make peoples life a lot better and healthier because instead of driving they would walk to take a bike.
Polution is a big problem especially in big cities because everyone is driving and the smoke the cars leave makes our environment gross. Polution is not only because of the smoke the cars produce, it can also be when someone throws plastic into the oceans and poluting the waters or having trash in parks without recycling. I think we should re-enforce the recycling systems because many people dont know the benefits to that and how better our community and even world could be. When your are driving a car and especially in big cities like New York you need a car everywhere or just take the taxi. But just taking the taxi it wont reduce the probablity of polluting the air, it will still have the same effect as if you were driving your own car. If people would just walk or bike to their job or to their school poluting the air would not be a problem just like stated in source 2. In source 2 it talks about how in Paris they would fine the people up to 31 dollars.
There would also be less traffic jams due to the limiting of car usage just like stated in Source 3. In source 3 it talks about how in Bogota, Colombia there is a program that the colombians would ride their bike skate or take the bus and there would be less traffic jams. That is a very good idea because no one likes to be stuck in traffic especially if your in a hurry to get to work or even school. Traffic jams occur because of so many cars on the road. There is a thing called Rush hour and that is when everyone is leaving their work or school and they are going home and that is when everyone is on the road and thats when their is the most traffic. But it would be much easier if you would just bike or walk or take a bus and tried to avoid all of those traffic jams. The program that Bogota, Colombia has created is something that should be done nationwide because it would help so many other countries. Thanks to that programm people would go to the park and do sports and take walks.
Source A talks about the Greenhouse gas and how in Vauban,Germany soccer moms gave up their cars and how the streets were " Car Free". That led to having 70 percent of the families in Vauban to not having cars and 57 percent of the people that moved to Vauban to sell their cars. According to this source a person said they are much happier not owning or having a car because when Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother had a car she said she was more tense. Apperently this movement was called " Smart Planning".
Limiting car usage would be a great benefit to people and a great idea to improve Earth. Pollution like mentioned before is one of the biggest problems we have and in big cities is an evern bigger problem. Traffic jams is something that will be hard to stop because everyone is using cars and will continue to use cars because it seems like thats the fastest way to get to your location but thats not accurate because if people think that way then thats the cause of traffic jams and thats the cause of the Rush hour. The movement in Vauban, Germany is something that people should do. Im not saying sell your car but to reduce the car usage is something that would be very helpful not only to you, but for the environment. | 3 |
Have you ever thought so far into the future you think about automatic cars?
Some old cartoons even involve a driverless, flying car.
If a cartoon can do it, why can't we?
But then again cartoons aren't realistic.
Maybe driverless cars are.
There are many benefits and doubts about driverless cars and I will state some in this essay.
First, one benefit would be you could multitask in your car if you're running late, drinking your morning coffee, etc.
You could now text while driving now too without it being a safety hazzard.
If this car were created you would still be able to control it if you were getting into an accident.
The car would also alarm the driver in case of an accident were to occur.
It would also give you a heads-up display, which would help the "driver" be prepared to take over.
Some companies actually have something similar to a driverless car such as Google.
The Google car isn't exactly driverless because you still have to control the car, but so would an actual driverless car if needed.
But this would be very beneficial for some people.
Although some people would love this idea there are some doubts and cons about this driverless car.
Therefore, the driverless car seems like a great idea, right? To some it might be, but others may have some concerns.
One might be the video camera a company may want to include to watch the driver, but that would be an invasion of privacy.
Many may agree with this.
Another would be what if the weather conditions outside were outrageous? Then there might be some technical problems with the car and could cause danger to the passengers in the vehicle.
The car could have many malfunctions because of the high usage.
The car doesn't only have some concerns about the people inside, but the people out of it.
Some states even have a law against cars like these.
Safety is a big concern for everyone for this driverless car.
So there you have it, pros and cons of this driverless car.
I may not drive now, but one day I will be and I wouldn't want to be on the roads with a concerned driverless car.
But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
You may agree to disagree on these statements, but only the future knows what will be in store for us and we'll just have to wait and see. | 2 |
Car accidents have become a growing problem around the world. Anything from drunk driving to texting and driving has caused people to injure and even take the lives of many people. The development of computer-driven cars have the purpose of using innovative technology to prevent these events from occuring while also allowing drivers to have more freedom behind the wheel. Everyone should switch to computer-driven cars once they are fully developed because they contain sensors that allow the car to carry out many of its own functions, are able to alert the driver if their assistance is needed, and have in-car systems that prevent accidents that would occur through texting and driving.
To begin, these computer-driven cars already have many featurres that allow the car to do the same thing as if a human was driving. The article on driverless cars states,¨ BMW announced the development of
¨Traffic Jam assistant.¨ The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph.¨(driverless cars are coming 7) allowing everyday drives to the gas station or the grocery store to be eliminated and the simple act of getting into the car as if it were a cab, to be carried out. Also,¨ They can steer, acelerate, and brake themselves.¨ (driverless cars are coming 7) shows that the cars are just as handy as if a human was driving them.
Next, other sensors alert the driver as needed. In case there is construction or another type of barrier that might confuse a driverless car, there are sensors to alert the human in the car that they are needed. The driverless cars will have installed,¨ in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays.¨(driverless cars are coming 8) allowing for a fun ¨Drive¨ to the destination while also having a safe one. To further support this idea,"Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over.¨ (driverless cars are coming 8) reassures the idea that one can enjoy the ride while also knowing they are safe and can take over when necessary.
Lastly, driverless cars can prevent accidents caused by cell phone use while driving. Cell phone users are not aware of where the car is going if they are looking at their phone. When the article says,¨ something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone.¨ (driverless cars are coming 8) reffering to the heads-up system, it creates a feeling of saftey knowing one can still be interacting with technology while being aware of what is going on with the car. Also, ¨ In this way, the car-system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern.¨ ( driverless cars are coming 8) seals the deal that driverless cars are a innovative new way to prevent accidents through cell phone use.
The ability to carry out similar functions as if a human were driving, the addition of sensors that alert the driver when needed, and the ability to prevent more car accidents through cell phone use are what make driverless cars a necessity to the world. Though some have argued it would be hard to trust the technology, tests have proven otherwise. The technology and innovativness of the car are very promising. Ultimately, having a driverless cars is what everyone needs. | 3 |
Do you belive in weird landforms?
I believe in them because they didn't just come from any where. Also there are many landforms on the planet Earth.
The face on Mars is a natural landform. This is a natural landform because in paragraph 2 it states "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh".
If it was created by aliens then wouldn't they at least mark or show a sign that it's theirs? They did mark that it was theirs by making it a face. Then why does it look like a human face? It looks lik a human face because maybe thats how they saw the first human.
I believe in weird landforms because it would make since that they would get there from either destrution of something else or creation of another landform. But why doesn't NASA send a space rover to mars to scan the face and collect some samples from it? | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploration Venus," the author did a really good job supporting her ideas. In the first paragraphed the author explained what Venus is and where it was located. And then they explained how Venus was the closest planet to Earth in terms of size, and distance, then they talked about how they didn'd sent send a human their at first (paragraph 5). They also talked about how NASA has a compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus, and how "peering from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate to dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" (pargraph 6). NASA is also working on other appoaches to study Venus. For exanple, "some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have benn tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions (paragraph 7). And the finnal thing they talked about was how "striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itsself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidting endeavors (paragraph 8). | 0 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," I do not agree with the author. I do not agree with him because there are so many things about it that make it unable for humans to live on it. For example the average tempature is over 800 degrees, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth, and the atmospheare is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. When further reading this article I noticed that there are a lot of bad things that could happen on Venus, but very few good things. Human bodys would not be able to adapt to the difference between Earth and Venus.
My first argument for this article is the tempature reaching over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. When the tempature is that high it would make it hard for humans to live becuase our body's are not used to it. Also it would not be easy to have anything there for good nutrition. You would be unable to plant anything or even have a liquid without it boiling. Even hovering over it by 30 miles it is still around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Also to counter this article is that the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what it is on Earth. For example as stated in the article it would crush a submarine. Imagine what it would do to your body, or even anything you were to own. And finally the atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide which would make it very hard to breath. When caribon dioxide is that high is would be very hard to survive because you would not be able to grow any food, or breath. And also the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Which does not make it any better for humans only worse.
When reading the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," I relized that Venus is not a good pursuit because there is no way humans will ever be able to live on it. I know this because the tempature is over 800 degrees, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times grater then what it is on Earth, and finally 97 percent of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide. Therefore it would not be a worthy pursuit because human are unable to live on it. | 2 |
A driverless car is a dream that most believe can come within the near future so long as technology continues to advance the way it seems. However, many also know that sometimes, technology can malfunction and cause devastating accidents and injuries to the populous in factories, as well as on the roads in car crashes. Driverless cars can improve the efficiency of roads in that they require less gas to run, but their combined safety hazards still influence state governments to disallow these types of cars. Right now, in present day, driverless cars will not be accepted into development as there are still many things to change and improve on before they can be considered "safe" by the general populous.
Driverless cars provide a safety issue in how they are run, in which they are run through multiple sensors. These sensors are the only judges on what is obstructing the road and what is around that the car cannot crash into. There are sensors all around the exterior of the car, like on the rearview mirror and the roof of the car, for example. The problem with this is that if any one of these sensors were to malfunction, this could lead to catastrophe as the car wouldn't know what was around and what wasn't. This is a main issue with driverless cars that many state governments take into account when restricting the use of these cars.
In many states, it is illegal to test computer-driven cars. Only in a select few states, such as California, Nevada, and Florida, have limited restrictions on the use of semi-autonomous cars. Even then, the states do not fully allow the use of driverless cars, due to the notion that human driven cars are the most safe. This creates a problem in the development of cars, as if the state governments restrict the use of these driverless cars, many will be disheartened to use the semi-automated cars and most likely prohibit their children to drive cars like these too, as these cars still require a driver at hand to maintain focus on the roads, in case there is an unexpected event that occured in traffic.
One thing that most people fear about the driverless cars is that they are semi-automatic. This means that it is not a fully driverless car, but rather a more assisting car on the road. The reason for this is that the sensor cannot track everything, such as if there were an accident on the road, and driver assistance is needed. This means that the driver must stay alert on the road and cannot become distracted or else risk a crash. This becomes dangerous for the distracted driver when a sudden message appears that they must take over. If they are not prepared, it can lead to major injuries and even death. Of course, there are some automated cars that use the feature of sensors on the wheel, so that the driver must have hands on the wheel most of the time.
Now, there is always the arguement that driverless cars are safe because they have so many sensors working for them and that the driver can maintain focus with the combatants that manufacturers place in automated cars such as heads-up displays and cameras to make sure the driver is focused on the road. But the arguement still stands that as of now, it wouldn't be best to develop any automated cars. There are too many risks and hazards that could come into play with the car, as well as the major support of the government against these automated cars. The idea could be sound in the very near future, however in the mean time, a traditional driven car would be best. | 4 |
I think I need to get people to join because people needs our help and they need food and i need to help the people becauseIi travled all the way from new orleans and
their not that much people and they might die and they are injured animals need to be saved and they need to be warm and take care of and people say no about helping I will try to talk to them about helping and all of that
it is very sad that the people has to deal with that war and thats why i need helper thank you for your time. but one more thing please if anyone just join today I will be so glad those people dont need to be in the war thank you. I got to see venice and greece and germany and all of that it was awful seeing the ruins in the countrys.
I helped people like giving them food and shelter building them homes and giving tthem water food and shelter and I help the animals I took care of them and one more thing i was helping a animal and the ship shook very hard and a piece of metal jabed me in the ribs so I could not work for a couple of weeks. | 1 |
There are many reasons why not only me but others say that driveless car are a bad idea. Cars are made for humans to contorl them. Some cars are not as driveless because they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issuse, navigating through roadwork or accidents. Driverless cars must know where you want to go to take you there. This will not help anyone learn how to drive cars the right way if they do it for you. This is just like a teacher helping a student on his or her big test.
Driverless cars are not safe. Why might people say that? Well in the story Driveless Cars Are Coming it said that many futurists believed the key to developing self-driving cars wasn't so much smarter cars as smarter roads. Uses posittion- estimating sensors on the leeft rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera, a GPS receiver. What happens if these things goes out? Who can we blame the driver or the manufacturer?
The car will have alot of problems someone can get injured if the technology goes out. Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't driveers get bored waiting for their turn? Such displays can be turned off instantly hen the driver needs to take over. Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers , passengers, and others sfae. | 2 |
Have you noticed? Have you noticed the sidewalk person-population is increasing? More and more people are taking public transportation, walking, and biking. smog and polution are coating our cities like a blanket.
"Passenger cars are resonsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Up to 50% in car intensive areas around the
U.S.
'' says source 1. There is an experimental town in Germany, named Vauban, whose streets are filled with people instead of cars. This seems to be the growing trend, a movement, called "smart-planning''. As cars decrease, the city of Vauban is more compact. They no longer have a worry about where to set parking. Stores are set on main roads, no longer having a mall on the side of a congested highway. Everything's just a simple walk away. Things are simple here, and air is clean.
Unlike Vauban, France had to take things to a new level. As smog layed heavy over Paris, a driving ban was set to clear the air. Though congestion was down 60% in the capital, cold nights and warm days caused a layer of air to trap car emissions. Diesel fuel was blamed in this case, the tax policy made by France, favors diesel over gosoline. "Deisels make up 67% of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3% average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe" says source 2.
As France set a ban on cars for a little while, America seems to be just losing intrest in motor vehicles. Source 4 tells us " Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by." As driving decreases so does the polution, creating healthier enviroments.
IN CONCULSION, AT LEAST MAKE THE TOPIC INTERESTING. PLEASE AND THANK YOUUUUUU :) | 1 |
You say that the Face on Mars was created by an alien civilization. However, this is somply not true. The Face on Mars is nothing more than a natural formation similar to a mesa here on Earth. You may think that the Face on Mars was created by aliens, but there is substantial evidence to prove otherwise, that the "Face" is nothing more than a natural landform.
There is plenty of evidence to support the fact that the Face on Mars is nothing more than a natural formation. If the Face were created by an alien civilization, NASA would greatly benefit. Therefore, there would be no reason to hide the information. "defenders of the NASA budjet wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars" (5). The second photo of the Face on Mars was claimed by some to be inconclusive because of the haze created by the winter weather on Mars. However, a third photo of the Face was taken on April 8, 2001 "a cloudless summer day in Cydonia [the region of Mars where the Face resides]" (10) tat also clearly shows that the Face on Mars is not a face at all, but simply a natural land formation.
The Face of Mars is nothing more than a natural land formation. "'[the Face on Mars] reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,' says Garvin. 'That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars,'" (12). If the ruins of an alien civilization actually existed on Mars, NASA would reap a great benifit, meaning that there would be no reason to hide the discovery. The first picture showing the Face on Mars as merely a natural landform was dismissed by skeptics because the time of year the photo was taken gave the camera a layer of haze to look through to see the face. This haze, skeptics said, hid the alien markings from view. However, this was disproven in April 2001, when a new photo was taken during the clear summertime on Mars. This photo still showed that the Face on Mars is nothing more than a natural formation similar to the mesas of Earth. | 2 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial
Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. This is very vaulabe and could be great for classrooms. For example, if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen,a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be diffrent "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "then it could be used to modify the lesson, like an affective human constructor."
the facial expressions for each emotion are universal," obeserves Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (like not smiling as broadly). using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facia; movements-- in a real face or in the painted face by mona lisa.
in fact we humans peform this same impressive "caculation every day. for instance, you can probaly tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face.
Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. Dr. Huang observes that artists such as Da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisley enough to covey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code. Perhaps Dr. Huang's emotion algorithms are a different sort of "Da vinci code.
we should really give, Facial Action Coding System a chace because
"most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. "So computers need to understand that,too." | 0 |
Did you know about 25 years ago a funny face has appeared on Mars? Did you also know that the funny face became a pop icon? The funny face has appeared on lots of things. It became popular after the scientists and researchers found out about it. It went on tv shows, movies, magazines, and stuff like that.
Some scientist think that it was some kind of alien artifact, even though aliens do not exist. Some of the scientists or the Mars Orbiter Camera took a lot of pictures to get a really good picture of it. The scientists did this because they wanted to be able to study a lot better and they would get a better view of the face, if they get a really good picture of it. It took a while for them to get the picture on this JPL web site. It turns out that the face was not an alien's artifact after all.
The scientists wanted to get another picture of the face on Mars. They wanted to have a second look at it, to make sure that can get the right information on it. Like where the face is, what degrees it is at, which it is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude. They wanted to find good information about it. They wanted to get better pictures of it so they could study it more, so they could get research on it.
Some people think that the face on Mars looks equivalent to a butte or mesa, which is a landform commom around the American West. So now people know what it looks like. Some people might think it still looks like a face to them but other people might not think that anymore. They think it looks different now that the scientists figured out what it looks like. The scientists figured out that the lava dome, isolated the form mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
The scientists might still be trying to figure out how this face appeared on Mars how it got there. Some people are trying to figure out what the face looks like, even some people think that the face on Mars doesn't even look like a face. Scientists might look at this differently now. They might as well keep trying to figure it out if they want to. | 3 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author said studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because of the climate. This is true because if we, humans, decide to go well will be more likely to die than going to mars. Venus is the closest planet in shape and size to Earth, although the Earth and Venus are close to being twins Venus can be a challenge to get close to because of the climate.
On Venus the atmosphere is pretty thick. Almost 97% carbon dioxide and the temperture is 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Don't forget that it is 90 times more that we have experenced here on Earth. This environment wouild destroy a submarine and turn it in to liquid. Although almost exacly the side of the Earth, Venus has the hottest surface in our solar system.
There is stories that say there use to be large oceans on Venus that covered half of the surface where it could support life like Earth. NASA is coming up with solutions to study the planet without sending humans. The built a vehicle that hovers 30 miles or so above the roiling Venusian landscape. Reseachers cannot take samples of rocks gas or anything else that far away. This is why it could be a risk for humans, we need to be up close to study the planet but if we do de might die from the heat.
This is some of the reasons why in "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author said studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
I am all for having this technology to read students emotional expressions. As a student myself, I get bored easily during class. Honestly I am bored right now.... Maybe if the teachers knew that us students get bored during class, maybe then they could find a way to keep students busy. Maybe even make school/school work a little more fun. The text says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." Well that right there would help the teachers as well as the student. If this facial recognization can tell that we are also confused then the teacher would know what we need help with. Most students are shy and don't want to say anything when they are confused with their work. This whole thing would just be so much easier, honestly I don't understand why this isn't already a thing. The passage also states," Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Seriously am I the only person that thinks this is a great idea? The students that have a hard time in a classroom setting could seriously use these. This would probably help home schooled kids! All I am saying is that scientists need to jump on this and get it out here, where us kids that struggle in school can actually enjoy it and graduate. This is a great idea and i will stand by my opinion until this is a thing. The fact that there could be something out there that could not only the older school setting, but also the kids that have ADHD that can't focus. My nephew has the hardest time in school not just because of that, but because most teachers now days are lazy and un considerate about what goes on in the classroom and I have seen this first hand. This facial recognization thing could be an amazing thing for students all of the globe. | 2 |
In this article, the author talks about the dangerous it presents in Venus. Venus is Earth like planet, it supports some forms of life. It has some valleys, mountains, and craters, similar to Earth. It would be a great option for space travel. However, the author discusses that there are many challenges to study Venus.
Venus is almost impossible for human to live. The atomospheric pressure in Venus is 90 times greater than it is in Earth. The temperature is 800 degrees fahremheit average. The author says that, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes makes researcher harder to approrch.
Author did a good job of showing specific number to makes reader easier to understand his idea, such as showing 800 degrees or 90 times more. Also, he showed "dangers" by making many comparasion to Earth, which is very familiar to us and it ade easier for us to understand.
In conclusion I think author well supported his idea. The author first showed why it is worthy to study Venus. And then, he discussed what type of dangers are present. | 1 |
To whome this may concern the electoral college is out dated and unfair. Examples of this would be that bias can take up a big part of it. For example if an electoral does not like who is running for president on the winning side they can bend the votes into there favor. Another example would be in the case of a tie the election would be given to the house of representives witch would be another unfair vote, beacuse each representive stands for everyone in the state. So if the representive in MA was demcrait and the representive in TX was republican then the mjorty vote would most likely go to the republicans.
Other examples of how unfair the system is the "winner take all" system. Reasons it is unfair is that the the running candidates don't go to states if they no they are going to win or not. Some states don't even get to see the adds for some candudates beacuse that stat mjorty is either repubclain or demacrat. That is unfair to the people that are in the oppsite party in that state. Futher more the system is unfair to people in states where the mjorty is something diffrent from the party they are in.
Last but not least the system is out dated. The electoral college has been around since the constution was writen but since then it has gone down hill with the bias and mjorty votes. Examples of this can be found int the two parragraphs above as well as in this one. Another example why is out dated and unfair is the people most likely do not have a say in who they pick. a reason for this would be the bias the members of the electoral have to a candidate. The vote they cast has a grater power over ours and can sway the vote to there favor is they want to. More reasons would be how the electoral college has been around since the constution. although other systems from that time still seem to work this one does not and it will continue to fail until it just stops working altogether.
In concluestion the electoral college needs to be changed due to the bias in the system along with the unfairness of the system. Also the age of the system and the fact that it seems to keep failing,And not showing any signs that it will get better. Or help with elections in a fair and approiate way. Later on in other elections. | 3 |
Driverless Cars Are Coming?
Who is ready for driverless cars? Driverless cars have been seen on television shows as well as many movies for quiet some time now. However, car companies are making that fantasy into reality. There are so many disadventages to driverless cars, but here are a few. The first main problem of driverless cars is the safety of human life. Secondly, the money we tax payers would have to pay on new roads. Lastly, the drivers being too tired to drive themselves. Are most of these problems worth being lazy?
Human life is such a miracle on its own, do we really need a piece of techonogly to take us to the grave? Driverless cars steer, accerlerate,and brake themselves, but what if the cars do that at the wrong time. I certainly would not want to be in a drivers seat without having control. Technology is never perfect, and not realible enough to run a car. Granted that most cars are made of technology, but not driven by technology. I would not want any of my family being harmed because a driverless car having a malfunction. Technology does not have a life, but we certainly do.
Taxes, more taxes, and even more taxes doesn't that sound fun? Well, if you want driverless cars that is what you will pay! Most people earn hard earned cash, but those who don't we pay for them. Taxes goes towards schools, street repairs, lazy people, and many more things. Is it right that we would have to pay for another problem? If we switched to driverless cars we would need "smart-road sytems". This system is way too dangerous and expensive to even consider. What about all the country roads and streets? Would these driverless cars still be able to function?
Over the past one hundred years, us as a nation have begun to be too lazy. Laziness and being tired are two completely different things. Have we seriously gotten lazy enough to have a driverless car? Why would you buy a car if you could not fully drive it? If you are that lazy, there are buses, subways, and taxi's. Plus, if you were really that tired, would you really want technology driving you around? Would you feel safe in the arms of technology?
In conclusion, the idea of driverless cars may sound "cool", but what about the safety concern? Of course there will always be safety issues while driving normally, but what if you cannot control these issues? Human life is already being taken over by techonolgy, but do we need it to take us to our grave faster? Our hard earned money will be flying out of our windows for new roads. Lastly, our laziness will only hurt us in the long run, if we are not careful. Are you ready to lose control of your life because of driverless cars? | 2 |
I am for the development of these cars. Technology has become more advance, the cars is a safer way to prevent any accidents, and safer cars means less accidents and decreased in human kills on the road.. Today, many ideas have been spread across to give us human better ways to live life for us today. Its a simple tool to help humans life easier and more sufficant. It will make our world a better place to live and obtain in.
Technology has became more advance. Back then people had to to hand held work to get what they want or needed. Today it ca be simple and easy with just a touch and your all good. Many techonogly we focus on we use everyday to help us maintain our life in order. It can give us possiblities or ideas to expand our technology for better uses and ways to make our lives abit more easier. We use cellphones everyday to connect to one another as it improves to have greater or superior ways to connet and be built better. Why not have cars become more advance.
The driverless cars have been an idea since the early 2000's. Its been built with more advance tools to help make the car more inffucient and safe. The cars are a safer way to prevent any accidents. It warn humans when in danger. How? Its been developed with many nofitcations if any danger is near. It has sensors that can help notify the driver. For example when a driver is backing up near and object the seat vibrates to give thema warning. Another is flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up dislplay to prepare the driver to take over. Manufactures are even consider to use riewview cameras. The most important sensor the spinning sensor, they have to design to give this such an human like quallity. This sensor detects and mimics the skill of a human at the wheel.
Safer cars means less accidents and a decrease in kills of humans dying in cars. Theese cars are just and idea for now. As they gather and think of more information to help make the car a more productive way to live. Most driving laws are focused on keeping passengers and river and pedestrians safe as possible. They have tested some of these cars in certain states just to give result. Other car companies have been involved to plan the cars to drive themselves.
I am for the development of these cars. It will help seek a better future and inspire other to come up with advance ideas that will contuinue to grow. | 3 |
Most people think that limiting car usaging is bad, but it's actually good for the environment. In Paris, they were day's of near record pollution and has more smog then other European capitals, so they desided to ban driving to clear the air. It was successful and the smog cleared.
In Bogota, Colombia, the Colombians have a day where they are not allowed to drive. The main goal is to reduce polluton and to promote alternative transportation. In a way, it is good that the Columbians have a car free day, but when a person has to visit somebody or go to work in another city, then its gonna get difficult to go to their destination. Even though Buses and taxis can be used for transportation, citizens have to spend more money then what they usually spend when they use their own car, or if they have to use a bike to make it to there destination, it will lead them to exhaustion and will take longer to get where they need to be.
In the United States, it was said that Americans are buying fewer cars since 2005. Between the years 2001 to 2009, the percentage of young people driving decreased 23 percent. At New York, they have a bike sharing program and has increased on tunnel and bridge tolls that reflected those new priorities. Honestly, this is actually great what this country is doing. The reason for that is because with fewer drivers and the percntage of fewer drivers, it will also reduce the percentage of car crashes and reduce the amount of pollution. With the bike sharing program that they have in New York, it also help people have a better lifestyle. | 2 |
Studying Venus is dangerous but there is good insight we can find in this.
First,In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author says "Earth's "Twin", Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size". Since it has a lot in common with Earth it is good to have a litle insight on this planet. In the article it says that" The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features sich as valleys, moutains, and craters" this shows how much Earth and venus have incommon. This also gives us an opertunity to take a planetary visit to Venus in the future. Despite the dangers it could cause on someone.
Next, in the reading it says that Venus has" A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxid blankets" This is one example of how dangerous Venus is. In the article is says" Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperatue of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the Sun" This is another example of how dangers Venus is. However going to Venus is not a bad idea beacuse life form could have been there in the past. People believe life forms could have existed beacuse of the examples like caters, moutains, and valleys. Despite Venus being the hottest planet in our solar system.
Then, on that note Venus is not the cloestet planet to the sun but has the highest tempature than all of your planet's in the solar system. However studying Venus can give us insight on what to make to prevent for somone or something burning on its surface. While we have been studying Venus all we have seen is a look from a ship orbiting above the planet, that gives us little intel on it surface. We get little intil from that beaucse " most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere". However if scientists seeking to conduct Venus will have to get closer to the planet.
Lastly, in the reading it says" Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky" but not all people know that Venus is not a star it is a planet. However to a amateur stargazer it may just look like another star. Venus is called Earths twin beaucse of how alike they are in distance. Some scientist think this is intersting and want to look into this planet despite the dangers of it. Some scientist have looked into Venus but only have sent unmanned trips. The reasoning is the ship would only last a new hours at the most on Venus.
In Conclusion,Venus is a every intersitng plaet to look into. Despite the dangers it can cause. | 1 |
Driverless cars to me, could be a good thing. It may have some flaws, but overall I think its better than it is bad. Some peole would like to have driverless cars simply because they might be lazy and other may not like the car because people can think it's too dangerous to be out in traffic. For me, if you're a experienced driver, I believe that the driverless car would not be a problem. So for the other drivers that are not so good, it could be a bad thing.
In the text, it talks about how the driverless car are not completely driverless. It says, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." So like I said before, If you're a experienced driver this will be no problem. This car could come in handy if you are on a road where nobody is a round and the car could just drive its self.
In conclusion, I believe that a driverless car would be a good thing for most people. For the most part, it has a good background. There is not anything too bad said about the driverless car. So if you are a experience and lazy, I would advise you to go out and buy yourself a driverless car. | 1 |
Have you ever wanted to join the Seagoing Cowboys Program? Well let me tell you why you should. We have lots of fun things fo you do to, and more for you to explore.
The Seagoing Cowboys Program is a fun club were you go on long trips across the ocean to deliver things to the army. In this program, we have lots of fun things to do, and lots of things to explore. In my past years of being in this program, I have traveled across many oceans and have been able to see China and more. This Program allows you to travel the seas and see things across the world that you though you would have never seen before.
This program has many fun things to do. While you are on the sea, you can play many games including dodgeball, basebal, tennis, boxing, and many more. Me and my friend always played these games in the empty pens that held all the animals that we brought to the army. Going on these trips allows you to have some free time to yourself, and travel around the world. Spending time with your crew mates can teach you things you never knew about them, and become closer friends.
The Seagoing Cowboys Program will allow you to travel around the world and explore places that you have always dreamed of seeing. These trips include, Italy, China, Florida, and much more. I have been working here for 9 years and each year I get to see new places. During these trips, you get to care for horses and much more animals. Although traveling on sea can lead to many pros and cons, it's a very fun expirememnt that I think you need to try.
Joing this program was one of the best things that I have ever done. It has allowed me to meet new people, and explore places that I thought I would have never seen before. Why don't you try it? I promise it will be the best thing you have ever done. Trust me, I though I was going to have this job until I found a better one, but no. I hope you can trust me, and be sure to think about it.
This is why you should joing the Seagoing Cowboys program. We have lots of fun things to do, and much more for you to explore. I hope to see you here next year. | 2 |
Humans are very curious creatures and with that curiosity we have gone on to explore and understand many concepts of life. We've gone on to explore our planet but now its time to exlpore others. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus",the author explains about what challenges lie ahead in trying explore Venus. Even though the author explains the challenges that come with exploing the planet he is able to make comebacks on how to solve these challenges. With this strategy the author does a good jobs supporting the idea that studying and exploring Venus is worth it overall.
In the article the author presents the following problems,
"no spacecraft surivied the landing for more than a few hours, a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, 800 degrees Fareheit, atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting stirkes" With so many problems that the author has presented, it seems like it isnt even worth going to Venus . But then he starts to provide solutions. To avoid all of the harsh conditions the author explains that NASA would have scientist float above to fray, which just means that scientist would just float above Venus and study it from afar. Along with that there would be a bunch of solar energy and low radiation. So far this only provides a solution to dodging harsh conditions but we still cant get close enough to get a sample of anything. For that to happen we need to send something down into Venus. The solution the author provided is " NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." They also think that mechanical computers woud work too. Which makes calculations by using gears and levers, they also can be more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. Making a robot of this could mean it would have enought time to collect samples from the planet. Now that we have the solutions why should we go through all of the trouble just to study Venus? Well paragaph 4 states ,"Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solsr system. Long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit." If Venus was once like earth then maybe we could learn about our planet by taking a look at Venus and not only that it can be very close by in terms of traveling. On the last pragrpah the author explains how exploring Venus will help with on gaining insight but also "lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"
Overall the author does a good job on convincing the reader that we should explore Venus and that it would be worth it in the end. He is able to provide solutions to the challenges and does a good job explaning how exploring Venus would be beneficial. He is able to convince me and hopefully others that the planet is worth exploring. | 3 |
Car use all over the world has tried to be reduced throughout the years in attempt to save the environment by using fewer green house emissions, air pollution, and smog. Participating in these measures can help. If all countries would participate, this could make a huge revolution for the world and the environment.
In Vauban, Germany the roads are almost completely car free. There are a few exceptions, but they come with a cost. Exceptions according to Rosenthal's source 1, paragraph 2 include, "Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-- large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home." This action allows people to purchase a vehicle, but reduces the amount of people buying them because of the exorbitant additional cost for a parking garage and having to buy a house in that area too. As stated in paragraph 3, of source 1, it has resulted in "70% of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57% percent sold a car to move here." Also sated in paragraph 3, source 1, the people who had cars in the past were always stressed, but now without cars their stress levels have gone down, and they are much happier. Positively, in response to the people eliminating most of the car use, Vaunban has built stores and malls that are in walking distance of the people, (paragraph 6, source 1).
In Paris, smog levels have been at their all-time high. In response to these problems, Paris has come up with a system that still allows driving, but reduces the amount of drivers. Their system, according to paragraph 2, of source 2, is "On Monday motorisrs with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." This would not only reduce smog, but also traffic jams, rush hours, and congestion by 60% says source 2, paragraph 5. This leaves Paris with a win-win. Less traffic leading to less stress, and less smog resulting in a healthier city.
Bogota, Columbia participated in a car free day too. As a result, like many others, it reduced pollution and stress. It caused a happier, healthier environment. People who didn't participate were fined $25. If you offer a punishment, it will allow people to participate because they don't want to be fined.
Also, offering other forms of transportation such as a bus, bycicles, or skating propel people to do it because they know there will be other forms of ways to get to where they need to go. Negatively, people need to be at a certain place, on a certain time, resulting in their rebellion to take place in the activities held in the city.
Positively, the large amount of participation has resulted in the growth of parks, sportcenters, malls, and reconstruction of sidewalks to promote fewer car uses, says source 3, paragraph 9.
Elisabeth Rosenthal really touches on the reduction of greenhouse gas emmision because it is better for the environment and for the health of the people world-wide. If technology continues to advance, like it has in the past years, people can continue to communicate over the phone and use car pulling to reduce the amount of cars driven daily.
Sharing cars or reducing the amount we get to use them, will also supplement safety for people by reducing car crashes which could save many lives. | 3 |
When useing a new form of technology you don't know what you are going to get. Some new technology can be a major help like 3-d printers and new computers that make things more conveient for you. But when you are dealing with new technology like an emotional scanner you don't always know what you are going to get out of it. If you think about it in the long-run an emotioal scanner can help make school more interesting, They can tell you if your freinds are haveing a good time, And it can help you feel better about your self.
"A class room computer can identify when a student is getting bored or confused."When you are in school and your teacher tells you that you he/she will not be teaching you today about your lesson, but the computer will. You will be happy or sad how ever you fell about the teacher, not knowing that there is a emtioal scanner in the computer. You start the lesson and you are starting to get bored then all of a sudden the computer sarts talking to you like an instrutor would helping you with questions and makeing fun for you. That was just one of the many ways that an emotioal scanner can help when it is released publicly.
We humans can calaculate emotions every day, when you are out with your freinds then you see one of them not haveing fun because something may have happened in there lives, and you did not know. What if you had an emotioal scanner it could tell you how to brighten up their day. Then you and your other freinds spend the day makeing them feel better so they forget what they were sad about in the first place. It could be compatable with you school life to it dosen't just help you with your lessons it can help you with your freinds problems at school to. Say that your freind just got a bad grade on a test they really studied for you can use the emotional scanner to make them fell better for the next test they take.
When you are watching videos and an ad comes up and you can't skip it,the emotinal scanner in your phone can change the ad to something that you like. So when you are sitting there and an ad for dish soap comes on in the middle of your show the emotional scanner can change instantly. When you go back into watching your show right after an ad you can feel better after it going back into your show. It could help you feel better when you come home from school. When you had a bad day the emotinal scanner can turn on your favorite video game and make you think that the school was just a bad dream.
There are many ways that an emotinal scanner can help. It could make school more intersting, it could tell you how your freinds fell, and it could make you feel better about yourself. So next time you feel sad or one of your freinds feel sad just remmber what if I had an emotinal scanner. You could change the world for the better. I f emotinal scanners where open to the public nobody would be sad ever again. | 3 |
Dear State Senator,
After conducting studies on the American voting system ,I noticed many flaws. Deciding on presidency is one of the most vital processes in any countrie,so it should be addresed properly. the fact that voters vote not for president ,but they vote for slate of electors,the electors can be anyone not holding public office,and the fact that 17 states were never visited during 2000 only focusing on swing states are just some facts we must look at when deciding a nations fate.
The fact that voters dont vote for president ,but they are actually voting for electors is should be looked into because the people are not voting for president .The are voting for people to vote for president .which throughly explains the idea that the majority oppinion of the nation is invaluable to the goverment and our society .This system is not fair .Nor is this system equal. and nor should this system continue to destroy our beloved countrie .
The electors can be anyone not holding public office .This is one of the most gruesome facts about this topic .Bestowing any dreg of society the honor of being an elector is NOT a good idea .This means when one of us votes for an elector trusting him with the fate of the nation. He could mislead us and vote for any canidate making the whole voting system corrupt and misleading.
17 states were unvisited by canidates in 2000. which leads U.S citezens to ask questions like:Is our oppinion valuable or even considerd valid ? Do the leaders want to run for the benefit of this countrie or do they want POWER?Do our votes even matter or make a diffrence ?Should we just give up on the corrupt system we must live under today?
Thinking about the subject from the prepective of our founding fathers .They would NEVER want a voting system like ours today were people's oppinions dont matter,With often and misleading corrupt electors not letting the majority rule .This system should be put to an end ,So our countrie can live free again. | 3 |
Driverless cars are too expensive, they're more expensive than a mercedes benz. Having a driverless vechile can have it's positive and negative side because for one the car signals the driver when it's their turn to take over, but can panick the driver, therefore i am against the driverless cars they have too many issues that can appear.
Driverless car can have the driver panick because what if the sound for the driver to know it's their turn goes out? or what if the car breaks down in the middle of the highway during rush hour? things like that can have the buyer second guessing on weather they should buy the car or not. The opposing side would say that, at least the car has sensors that can alert the drivers when backing in and out a driveway oe parking space, or that they keep the drivers alert on the roads when the driver gets to close to another car or too close to the back of the car.
Driverless cars has many ups and downs, they say that they create a sensor to where the driver has to keep hold of the wheel at all times no matter, also that the car can steer and accelerate it's self which makes it hazerdorus because the car can start to malfunction wrong to where the driver don't feel safe or it's holding up traffic. Maufactures wants to put cameras in the cars to make sure that all drivers are staying focused and not getting distracted, that would be invading privacy and other code laws.
Some say that if the was to get into a car accident who would they blame the manufactures or the driver? well, to say they can blame the manufactures because they created a car that drive on it's own and the car can stop or break down whenever and however, but they can also blame the driver because they may never know it could of been the driver lack of attention on the road. That would be the biggest concern for most people, who would be the blame if something was to happen and the driver or anyone gets hurt.
Dr. Wener Huber says that there hoping to bring some kind of fun to the drivers while driving, like a new way of driving with entertainment and a heads up display, but why would anyone want to bring entertainment to the drivers if they have to stay focus on thde road.
Driverless cars are not cheap, so people that are less fortunate to get cars like that has to work really hard or get two jobs to afford the down payment and the car deposit, and the car note. | 3 |
All of these articles share the central idea of minimalizing pollution where most of it comes from: cars. In the first source, they talk about how a city was created where cars are nonexistant, and people walk everywhere, a city called Vauban. This city is in Germany and consists of 5,500 people in a sqaure mile area. Doing so in the creation of this city has cut down a major part of pollution in the surrounding area.
These methods of erradicating as much pollution as possible are making a substantial amount of progress, considering the densities of these cities and countries participating in this pollution expuslion effort. In Paris, France, they had an entire day where cars weren't allowed to be used in anyway or a massive fine would be administered. For the first day, people with even numbered liscene plates weren't allowed to drive, then the odd numbered the next day. Many people complained and didn't even go to work those days. Many trucking compaines complained about a loss in revenue and being behind on work, and dozens of people were drastically fined. This did cut down on the amount of smog in Paris, though, and really cleaned out a lot of the city. It had gotten so bad in Paris that the pollution levels were around the ones in Bejing, the most polluted city in the world.
In Bogota, Colombia, driving was also banned for a day, but not because of high pollutions levels in the area, but because the city feels they should do their part in helping the enviorment. Every year they set up a day when they won't drive, no matter rain, snow, any inconvience at all, is overlooked. They feel that the enviorment is more important than getting a little wet or being a little too cold, all of which are never permanant. The only form of car-like transport allowed was city buses, which even then weren't used very often besides by children or the elderly.
America is also doing their part in eliminating pollution, but are completely unaware of their doing so. The younger generation of America doesn't feel driving is at all of an imporance as other generations do. Many of these people don't have a drivers license and aren't planning on doing so for a long time. America has generally passed it's peak driving point in 2005 and is slowly decreasing in the purchase of cars, and drivers licenses. | 3 |
To the senator of our state,
The electoral college makes a big impact on our voting system. However, it needs to be changed or even abolished. The manner in which the eletoral college funtions is not fair to the public. By the time you've finished this letter I hope you'll have taken my suggestion to mind.
For one the electoral college makes voting feel unvalidated. It should be the public themselves that choose the president, not a signifigantly smaller group of people. This was the case in the 2000 election, when Al Gore was not elected even though he had a popular vote of 60 percent. This gives many people the mindset that if their votes will be overuled by the electoral college, then that gives them less of a motivation to vote.
This brings us to my next point. If the electoral college is abolished, than more people will want to vote. Now, the public's opinion is just as important as the college's in our current system, but there would most deffinately be a increase in the number of votes if this system was deystroyed. What drives people to vote in the first place is that they want their opinion to be heard, so the electoral college is preventing their opinions from being heard.
Another reason to abolish the electoral college is that I don't think that many people know it exists in the first place or at the very least know how it works. If more people were given the explanation from these articles, they would probably feel the same way; that their votes no longer mean anything by the time election day comes.
To conclude, the electoral college is an outdated concept in our federal system. It should be abolished so that the public will have a greater sense of purpose when they vote. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my suggestion. | 2 |
Driverless cars are coming. They might be reality in a few years maybe a few months. That is a scary thing to think about. Yes the cars provide help to drives, but they also have a few problems that take over the positive qualities.
The cars can be good. For example, in paragraph two, Goolges cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. That is amazing. A car can driven that long by driving itself. Another good thing is in paragraph one, how the cars would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus. if the cars use half the fuel of today's taxis, then their is more money to pave new roads, make better buildings, or develop a plan that helps every one in need.
This idea of driverless cars has been around for a while. Google only made that idea a reality just a few years ago. There has been inventions that made the driverless cars closer to a reality. "In the 1980s, automakers used speed sensors at the wheel in the creation of antilock brack," (paragraph 5). Ten years later, those sensors had develop into a more advanced, which aloud it to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids and rollovers. If those sensors are in the driverless car that google made, then they might save some lives.
Even though, the driverless cars have good qualities, it haves some okay ones. For example, in paragraph seven, how it takls about the special touch sensors make suyre the drive keeps hold of the wheel. What if the drive is asleep becuase they passout or just tired and their hands fall out the wheel, how will the sensors work then? What if the car is approaching a work zone or it is around any accident and the drive is passed out, will the car brake itself or will is just keep driving. lets save the car brakes itself to fast and the driver bangs his or her head against the wheel, the drive could get a concussion, or even worst, die. If the car keeps driving, it could drive to fast and rare-end that car infront of it or hint one of the workers. Then who would take the blame the drive who passed out or the driverless car. The driver did not know he or she was going to pass out.
Driverless cars are coming. Yes, the cars have good qualities that mkae then safe. for example, the seats vibrate when the car is in danger of backing into an object (paragraph seven). Although, like everything else in this world, it has a few mistakes and question that have been answered yet. I am not for driverless cars becasue of the question that still have no answers. I am the type of person who thinks of the "what ifs", mostly the bad what ifs instead of the good. So, I can make up questions that have not been thought of nor answered. Driverless car are coming. We already have the technology for them, someone, like Google, just has to put the technology and the idea together to make the product. | 3 |
I could prove that whoever thinks the face was created by aliens is wrong.How?Well because in the text it states and gives details on how the face on mars could just be a natural landform on mars, and that there are more than just that one landform that looks like a face.
First, In the text it says, "An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras fromm a region of the Red Planet",And that tells me that it had to be a rock in the shape of a face form hit mars because any human head could not be nearly two miles big from end to end. Plus, Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa.
Next, In paragraph 7 it states that on April 5, 1998,when the image appeared on a JBL web site, It was revealed as a natural landform and there was no alien monument after all and people was still not satisfied.
Then, in paragraph 10 April 8, the text says ,"Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1,5 meters,comared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo" which meant is that they compared pixels from the past until their present to see if they would match but it differed and that showed that there was not alien face only a landform.
Finally, In the last paragraph it tells what the picture actually shows and back what i said in my second paragraph it was just a Martian equivalent of a mesa or butte. Those are landforms common around the American West. | 1 |
Driverless cars used to seem like an impossible idea, but now these dreams are bcoming a reality. Driverless cars are an innovative technology and should be developed because of how helpful they are.
In the article, it says that driverless cars are forseen to "use half the fuel of today's taxis." In a world where everyone is clamoring to find alternative fuel sources, driverless cars would help tremendously. Cutting back on using up nonrenewable resources would be both cost effective and environmentally friendly. Even though it may cost more money to develop these new cars, using less fuel is one easy way to make up for that cost.
Using autonomous cars takes out the factor of human error in driving. With driverless cars, there would be no such thing as drunk driving or texting and driving. You would not hear about devastating accidents because someone was distracted while driving.
While completely driverless cars are a close possibility, there will be large debate over their development and, fortunately, there is time for that. However, driverless cars are beneficial to the environment, cost effective, and even safer with the right technology and therefore should be both developed and used. | 2 |
There are many different reason why people can choose to driving a car and over choosing a driver less car. There are many sides to story that you can hear but which one do you think you would choose? I think that driving a cars is alot funner, teen start driving, and its would be alot safer if we had alot more control on the car then the car doing its own thing. These are a couple of reasons of why i choose driving a car then it being driver less and the car driving me.
Its a bright sunny day and a teenager has started driving they want to go to the beach with friends enjoying the ride but with a driverless car you can't. "For starters you need a whole lot of sensors."The sensors can take up the roof space for if they wanna go take things with them and the care would be modified alot and may be to difficult for a teenager to use.
I think driving a car would be alot funner."all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires humans skills."Only getting to drive the hard parts while driving can be hard and fustrating and would take the fun out of every thing."They need a whole lot of sensors." That means that the price would go up dramaticly on the cars and would require alot more knowledge to fix and to mantain for a regular house hold. If the cars computer was to brake down u cant use it at all but with a normal car you can replace cars and have it working again.
The last thing i think it would be alot saffer and have faster moving traffic and going to places faster if we didnt have the driverless cars."and information systems that use heads-up displays"That can slow that cars behind and especilly get the people behind them mad because some poeple can be texting and it can be a slow process to convert to a driving state. "The car can handle driving functiond up to 25 mph which is way below speed limit for some people and the slowest of a neighborhood can be 45mph.
These are some of the reason why i think driving a car instead of haveing a car drive for me is better. The reasons are because its alot funner, teens start driving by learning, and the roads would be alot safer it the person driving the car had full control of it. Which side would you choose? | 2 |
This essay is going to be about why some people don't drive cars. In Vauban, Germany-Residents don't drive cars because it is a "car-free" zone They all sold a car to move here. let me list some of the things that are
FORBIDDAN!
Streat parking
Driveways and home garages
Now those are only two of the things that are
FORBIDDAN
, but let me remind you this is only a experemental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg. Car ownership is allowed, but only through the main gateway can you get to the car-owner. Also this is were a man/woman (or couple) bought a space for $40,000, along with a home. As a result 70% of familes do not own cars and 57% sold a car to move here. Here are one of the statements form one of the residents who live here today.
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When i had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."
Said a Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and a mother of two. Vauban, was completed in 2006, is an example of a growing trend in eroupe.
Here is another example of why cars are not good for... Well a lot of things that will take to much time to explain so i'm going to make this short and sweet.
Paris has baned driving due to smog. Smog is a smoke like substance if inhaled it will most likely kill you. On monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave there cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine which in America is $31.00 and the same would apply to the odd number of license plates the following day. Let me tell you this almost 4,000 drivers were fined, according to reuters and some funny reactions to the fine are caught on camrea 27 people acted out these increadulously funny acts and the look on there faces said that they were not happy, so now their cars are impounded. | 1 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile"
a computer softaware program called the Facial Action Coding System or FACS which allows computers to identify human emotions is said to be able to help the educational atmoshphere of the classroom. However the use of this software to read the emotional expressions of students is not all that valuable to the classroom.
The use of compters in most schoold is limited at best, and not all schools have access to computers at all, so the use of the FACS program would not impact many students or classrooms. The best way to use the program would simply as a way to sell products to the general public not as a way to make learning more inclusive. A comercial use would best suit this program, and allow it to reach more people for example in the text it states " if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similair ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different". The use of this program in electronic or online lessons would also be detremental towards the social skills that a classroom is meant to nurture. It would remove the human element that young minds need to grow.
Now one might say that the use of this program in schools would better the learning environment and make the lessons easier fro students to understand.
This is the stance the inventor of this technology believes when he said "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "then it coud modify the lesson, like an effective instructor". However this would be inneffective in classrooms and schools that do not have the resources that are needed for this application. There are also very few schools that actively use electronics inside of the classroom while they have the needed resources.
This technology has other ways that it could be used, that would be of more use in todays society besides in the classroom. There is very little need for such a thing to be used in a learning environment. The use of this program would have almost no use in the development of young minds, and would prove inneffective in the classroom setting. | 2 |
It would be wonderful if some computer could read a humans emotion. Sometimes when we feel like we need help we tend not to ask for it. If a person might ask you whats wrong and you feel like lying a computer could help you out in that problem. So many people could be help emotionally.
Reading a students emotion when you are teaching a class is important. You want to make sure that the students are understanding. Sometimes as a teacher we don't know if our students are confused because they don't speak up. It would be a helpful soruce for our student struggling in school.I'm a student and sometimes I don't understand the teacher but im afraid to ask.
If we could read emotions we would be able to help more students. Maybe by reading the mind could prevent less students failing classes. According to the passage "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. This would be a classroom valuable with you. Schools could really benefit from this expecially student who sttrugle in school.
Overall I feel like that technology is very useful
source in relations. Gathering up to see what wrong would be easier with the Facial Actiom Coding system.Let's help students learn everything they can hold on to and we will be celerbrating the victories . teachers could show more and leanr more of what makes a student feel the need to learn without getting bored. let's give it a try. | 2 |
In this writing prompt, I will tell you as to why you should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I will explain the duties of this program and the perks and finer points of being a Seagoing Cowboy.
In paragraph one, the last sentence, it clearly states why this program is so highly valued. Luke knew this and it states, "He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime." This is simply an opportunity of a lifetime. In paragraph one, it had stated what Luke did before he became a Seagoing Cowboy. It had changed his life and brought him away from working at odd jobs for the rest of his life.
A second reason as to why this program is extraordinary is that you will be able to make a difference in someone's life. It states in paragraph two, "...many countries were left in ruins." This was after WW II. People needed help and, "The UNRRA hired 'Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas."
Besides helping people, the Seagoing Cowboy program also enabled a golden opportunity for new sights and knowledge. Luke states in paragraph 5, "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China." You will get to see Greece, Italy, Crete, the Panama Canal, and other spectacular places on your journey across the world.
If you are an animal lover, the Seagoing Cowboys will also provide a wonderful time with the creatures onboard. Horses, mules, cows all need to be taken care of. While this is hard work, it will be worth it.
The Seagoing Cowboys program also provides some fun in the cowboys' lives. In paragraph eight, it says, "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time." This program has multiple perks and activities you will discover when you join.
And last of all, being a Seagoing Cowboy isn't just an adventure. In the last paragraph, it says in a response for Luke, "It opened up the world to him." Luke says, "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." This awareness can help you throughout the days of your life. And for Luke, it says, "That awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and echange visitors for many years."
In this writing prompt, I have explained why being a Seagoing Cowboy is a great experience to have. You can help people and animals, have fun, sight-see, and develop your sense of character. you will be able to change your life immeasureably. In the end, the experience can make you into a better, more compassionate person. This concludes the writing prompt for the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
Aliens, is this a realistic argument? On the serface of mars there is somthing impiticular. It's somthing that looks like a face. NASA decided that this would be a good way to get peoples attention. Now we are faced with the argument, could it have been aliens?
Spotted by the
Viking 1, the impiticular face does in fact closley simular to a face. the possibility of there being aleins is very unrealistic. the face could have just been another butte or mesa. The face could have just been a coincidence. But how could we know? We really can't. we, NASA, could just be saying this to get attention, but mabey not. Even if there was alein landform on mars, we will not be able to know for sure. Like any history, we only know through drawings or writing,and the only evidence we have is this face. Hopfully there will be more to find in near future. Or mabey evcen drawings will appear that we can interpit. If not, then all of NASA still has evidence that there could be .
In conclusion, Mars will probably not hold anything else like this. The picture may look like a face, but its more like mesa or butte. or will there be mystirious things like this again? Proving that it was not a coincedence. Mabey NASA will find other things on different planets, or mabey not | 1 |
Driverless cars would be scary to be in. I mean think about it, your in a car, in the driver seat and let's say the car crashes. you can't do anything to prevent it from crashing because the car is in control.
In my opinion I don't really think it's a good idea to have "Driverless cars" because, what if the car mulfunctions. The car could hit another car by accident. They say it's safe, but i still wouldn't get in one. Just knowing that these cars may become apart of my future actually scares me, because i don't want someone to get hurt or have their life taken away fromthem because they couldn't do anything to stop the car.
In conclusion I think it would be safe to frop the whole "Driverless car" idea because I mean come on its rediculous. Someone can get seriously hurt if the car maulfunctions or dosn''t stop, turn or whatever when it's supposed to. How is the car supposed to know the speed limit? It;s just obvious to some people that "Driverless cars" are just a waste of time. I'm one of those people. | 0 |
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you can explore places see how other people live. The program lets you sightsee the Atlantic Ocean and you can see certain animals that live in the ocean. The program teaches you about hardwork.
I was working at a bank when my friend asked me if I wanted to join him in the Seagoing Cowboys program I accepted. It was the opportunity of a lifetime. I heard the program taught you about other countries what they had been through. Some countries helped out in World War two then Europe bomed them. I went to help pick up ruins of the citys left.
I crossed the Atlantic Ocean four times already I helped over 2000 people. I was glad to join the program because I got to meet people that I became friends with and they joined the program. I got more and more people joining the program soon we had 15000 people helping us. I crossed the Atlantic Ocean eight times already more than any other Seagoing Cowboy.
Some people didn't join I didn't pressure them to join I became friends with them,but sometimes they would ask me if they could join i always said ''there's always room for one more.'' I let other people join the program they became friends with everyone. I would sometimes have people that i didn't know join the program.
That's why I would join the program so you could make friends and have more people join the program. You could also beat my record of fourteen trips back and fourth. You could also see the animals in the Atlantic Ocean that's why you should join. | 2 |
Are you up tight and tense? Well this may be do to your car. In counties such as Germany, Paris, and Colombia they are trying to make cars a thing of the past. Cars are polluting our air and causing harm to our environment. And what do we do? we continue to drive without a care in the world. So allow me to shed some light on the topic, and show you the advantages of limiting car usage.
First of all, cars are bad for the environment. They pollute our atmosphere everyday and we never notice it. Well the certainly noticed it in Paris when they had near-record pollution after several days. So Paris put a ban on driving to reduce smog. This was a great idea with an even better result. They reduced congestion by 60 percent. What the French did was allow cars with an odd numbered license plate to drive one day, and the even numbered license plate cars on another. Also, in Bogota, Colombia they have a program that bans cars for one day. Only allowing buses and taxis being permitted for the day. It is also a good way to relieve stress as shown in this quote from the third source. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,". This ban on cars is apart of a improvement campaign that started in the 1990s. It has worked well for Bogota and is now beging to spread to other cities in Clombia. This campaign has resulted in the construction of many miles of bike path and parks. This campaign has a very bright futurer and hopefully will spread to other countries and allow us to lower pollution in our atmosphere.
In addition, Their are places thta have already done away with cars in their communities. Such as Vauban, Germany. The streets of Vauban are completly car free. And people are even selling their cars to move to this quant little town. As shown in this quote from Source one "70 percent of Vaubans families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here." Can you believe that?
People are willing to sell their cars to live a town. Well they have good reason too. People who moved to this town have said with cars they were tense. But now that they have sold their car they are much happeir. This is one of the more appealing advantages of limiting car usage, your own happiness. Finally, America is also trying to play a role in cutting down on car usage. Trying to promote car reduced communities throughout America. These communities will help very much to reduce polluntion and strengthen our atmoshere.
In conclusion, Their are many advantages to limiting car usage. But it all depends on what we do ourselves to help. So next time you are going some where just remeber, their is always anothe way to get to your destination. | 3 |
venus is the evening star is one of the planets of the space the light in the night in the sky , is a actually a planet
in the solar system
and is the second planent from our sun.
venus is the closest planent t earth . Earth , venus and mars our other planetary neighboor orbit the sun at different speeds. the humans hace sent numerous spacecraft survived the landing.
the atmosphere o venus is the 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets.
on the surface the temparature average our 800 degrees and the pressre ofatmospheric is 90 times greater.
venus has the hottest surface tem[perature of any people in our solar system.
the astronomers are fascinated by venus becase it may well once have been the most. thee planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features.
the aeronautics and space administration (NASA) has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study venus.
temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahrenheit.
the radiation would not esceedearth levels.
therefore scientist seeking to conduct a thorugh mission to undersztand venus would need to get up cloase and personal despite the risks.
the NASA is other approaches to studyng venus , and the project new is looking back to and old technilogy called mechanical computers.
these devices were firstenvisioned in the 1800 s and played an important role in the 1940s during worl war 11 . the just imahuine exposing a cell phobe or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin.
our travels in the
earth and beyong should not be limited by dangers and doubts.
the veru edges of imaguination and innovation for the (NASA) | 0 |
According to this the technology giving is this passage tells students that they can read your emotions by FACS computer software. They say can read people emotion such as- happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise. thier process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles. As giving the Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do. A example they give us for a happy and sad description is, 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 technology can also occur towards video games also for example , The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-- for video games or video surgery. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. This passage also lets you know that, your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile. | 0 |
Venus, sometimes called the “Evening Star,” is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. However, this nickname is misleading since Venus is actually the second planet, in our solar system, from the sun.
Humans have sent numerous spacecrafts to land on Venus’s atmosphere which has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid with a thick atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide that blankets over Venus but each previous mission was unmanned, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why a single spaceship hasn't landed on Venus in over three decades. On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans have encountered on Earth, but NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus’s surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions, another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II.
Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, and not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because a human's curiosity will most likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 2 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author talks about the sister like planet to earth called venus. He makes points and observations that make the reader wonder if they think venus would be something worth investing in. Venus should be discovered more and should be thought about more because of how similar it is to are planet. There should be no reason humans can't give it everything they got and work together and explore unknown worlds.
In paragraph two the author states, "Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This talks about how Venus is very similar to our planet and how there may be a chance of living on it or gaining unexplored resources. Venus is believed to have been like our planet long ago because of how similar it is to earth but we can't find out if we dont explore more into it.
In paragraph eight the author states, "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." This quote explains how even though theres many risks and problems to over come, humans shouldn't stop trying and keep pushing to discover. This shows how the author thinks about humans exploring Venus, the author wants people to keep fighting and invent new technology and discover what life is outside of Earth.
The quotes given here explain how the author believes humans should keep shooting to explore Venus despite how dangerous and challenging it may be. The planet is so close and similar to ours people might as well take advantage of it and go out and see whats on it. Humans have never been stopped before by something challening. They work hard and help each other to get things done and can do anything they put ther minds to. This article is just the tip of the ice berg and maybe the start of something new, the start of exploring further beyond our reach. | 3 |
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Section 2
The Key to Success
Today, students have been faced with the challenge of going to school, so that they can learn, so that they can go to college to hopefully become sucessful and get a job. The only problem is, majority of students are stuck in a loop which is because they aren't able to learn in a way which best suits them. Now, it is possible with new technology, by Dr. Huang with the University of Illinois. The use of technology holds value to reading students of emotional expressions which can help teachers to know whether what they are teaching and how, is enjoyable by their students.
"The program is designed to make a 3-D representation of the face and all of the 44 major muscles"(D'Alto, 3). Dr. Huang explains that Movement of one or more muscles is read as a certain emotion by a program called FACS, programed by psychologist, Dr. Paul Eckman. It reads emotions almost as a human would if you were to read a freind of yours face to face. The only part that sets the program aside from human reading, is that the program reads into the slightest movements you might not want to show.
I believe that this program can become revolutionary to education because this program can do what teachers cant do which is to tell how his/her students feel about learning certain things and in certain ways. If the program were to become a reality, teachers would be able to adjust their lessons for the better being of the students. In doing so, schools becomes more that just a place for students to come to learn, but they can be given an opportunity to do so while enjoying it too. If we get students to become excited for school, then they are more likely to grow up to do better things.
The use of technology holds value to reading students' emotional expressions. If we make the emotion reading techology a reality in schools, then the schools will most likely become enjoyable by students; Kids will become excited to learn and get an education, then our hope for a better and brighter generation will come forth. | 2 |
_Dangers of the Self-driven Monster_
Do you want your life to depend on the driving of a robotic car? Although there would be reasons as to why these cars are useful, they aren't guaranteed to work. Driverless cars are dangerous because they are prone to malfunction, don't have a way to react quick enough, and is blind to certain things on the road.
Everything that is controlled by itself or some sort of robot is prone to malfunction. A car driven by humans is already dangerous enough! If one of these driverless cars was to malfunciton, the one to blame is the manufactorer. With the malfunctioning cars there will be conflict between an individual and the manufactorer. Not only does it cause conflict, but it could cause great damage to our society.
Most robotic things are quick, but they are not quick enough to react to something happening in half a second. If a driverless car were setup to react to an incoming car, it would just try to swerve around the car. If the car just swerves and there is another car on the left or right of it, the car would then hit one of those. If the driverless car just breaks to avoid hitting a car in front of it, and the car behind it does not have enough time to react and crashes into him. These cars would cause more damage by being programmed to, quote on quote,"React to an incoming car."
Not only is the car not quick enough to react to an incoming car, it can't see everything around itself. The car would have blindspots, just like humans do. If the car can't see to its right and a car is coming straight for him, Boom! There is another car crash. These cars would basically do everything a human does now. The only thing that this helps with is letting us be even more lazy than what we already are.
A self-driven car isn't as safe as people think it to be because they are prone to malfunction, don't have a way to react quick enough, and are blind to certain things on the road. You don't want your life and the life of your family in the wheel of a robotic, self-driven tin-can of death! | 2 |
When you think of smog what do you think of,thick blanket of cloud covering a citie like China or Los Angeles. What if it was all over becuase of cars in every crowded country around the world. People like Mr. Goldberg have built suburbs that have it has a new car zone in Vauban,Germany. They have done this because there tail pipe emmisions,the smoke is unhealthy to breathe,and most people cant afford a car.
The emmisions from the tail pipe that comes out of the car is cause in most passengers car is the cause for the 12% of the greenhouse gases in Europe and 50% in the U.S.A.most cities have been trying to cut back on the car use or public transportation many will still ride a bus or drive to avoid walking or bycicling. The united states EPA is sugesting to promote cars reduced communities as it is stated in the article to play a larger role in a new six-year transportation program.
Ever walked out side and it was reallly foggy and it didnt clear up for the whole day or week even, that is the un-healthy way of saying your citie is polluted,its smog. Smog is that thing that hangs in the air like fog,ecept its alot of chemicals,nasty water droplet,and other stuff you probably would fear smog if you knew what it was. Are cars do that in Paris,France mondays nobody with a Even-number license plate were ordered to leave there cars at home or pay a fine. The officials of France enforced the ban after a near-record breaking pollution, they only did it to clear the air of the city.
I dont know how the econime is in Europe but most people in america cant even afford a car. Mostly all of america is strapped for cash so buying a new car isnt there on there mind. They either live close to work to were they can walk,but if they dont have a job then why even bother with a car were do you really need to go,come on now. The percentage of miles driven per person was nearly 9% below the driving peak in America and almost equal with the same percentage taken in the year of 1995. Michael Siviak said "the rate of car ownership per household and person went down by two to three years before the downturn.
Most people dont realize that luxury comes with a hevfty price in life. You want to get there fast to that certain place and destroy what helps you breathe and survive or do you want to get there still and keep alive this rock. | 2 |
Driverless cars havebecome a controversial topic for the US. Many car companies eagerly look foward to releasing an all-new invention, a car that can pilot itself. While these companies press for opportunities and exceptions to develop their automobiles, many people feel opposit of them. An unmanned car is dangerous because technology will at some point fail, and a car cannot be programmed to react to spontanious and unordinary emergency situations.
Althoguh there are still plenty of mishaps and accidents on the road today, having a car with a driver is much safer than having a car with a computer. This is true because at some point, technology will fail. Even normal car break down and need maintanence. So, what will happen when an autonomous car breaks down on the free way? Since it is designed to opperate without a driver, how can it be moved to a safe area? An autonomous automobile is dangerous to the public as a whole.
As well, humans and vehicles are not at all one and the same. A human cannot do what a computer can do, but a car can most certainly never do what a human can do. In an emergency situation, it is a human's capability of problem solving, instincts, and cognative processing that saves their lives. A computor does not posses those traits. A computer can be programmed to carry out certain codes and instuctions, but it can never respond the way a human can. It is impossible to create every single possible emergency situation on the road, so how can a computor be programmed to do so? How can these vehicles do anything else but cause more damage and havoc to an emergency situation since they cannot be programed with a true emergency situation? It is unfeasable and unthinkable to release autonomous vehicles to put the lives of the people in danger.
In all, self-piloting cars are not beneficial to society. They will cause more havoc than harmony. From their innability to process as humans do to the fact that they will eventually break down, autonomous vehicles are in no way helping the drivers of this country. The only way to ensure the saftey of the people is to have good, responsible individuals behind the wheel and piloting the vehicle. | 3 |
Dear senator of Florida, I personally feel that the electoral college is just plain unfair. I don't think it's necessary to even have it at all because what's the point if the votes aren't equal for all states? it's a very irrational process. It isn't right if a president wins the popular votes but doesn't win by electoral votes and it results in him/her not becoming president. If someone votes for a slate of electors and they end up not even voting for who they're "supposed" to be voting for then what's the purpose of electing them anyway? There is no purpose unless you want the other party to win which i highly doubt that. The electoral college affects the voting of states because if the majority of their state is republicans and they're democratic, there vote isn't really going to matter because majority wins. This process makes no sense to me.
The amount of electoral votes that your state gets depends on your states population and not the size of it. I somewhat understand why they do this but at the same time it doesn't seem very fair. Yeah, i know life isn't fair but for something like this that has a possible way of being fair doesn't make sense not to be. Alaska with only 3 electoral votes should be able to have the same amount as california with 55 electoral votes. Since it isn't actually equal like that i feel that they should just choose who wins and becomes president by popular votes. This way would be a lot more fair because it wouldn't actually matter how many people lived in your state, it would just matter how many people voted for which canidate.
Another reason electoral votes aren't right to me is because if a president wins the popular votes but not the electoral votes then it almost seems likes one of the types of votes is useful. It seems like this because then he/she may not win and become president even though they won the popular votes. The canidates shouldn't have to rely on 2 different types of votes because obviously one isn't fair. I feel that in a situation like this having popular votes is just a watse of time because it seems that the electoral votes are what matter the most. Not having an equal amount of electoral votes for each state really defeats the purpose.
The voting is done by the party's nominee that then elects a slate of electors to vote for the canidate but the problem is you can't always trust that they will actually vote for the canidate that they're supposed to be voting for. This isn't the only issue, sometimes the voters get confused and accidentally vote for the wrong canidate resulting in more votes for the opposing side. This is a another reason why i feel that the electoral college should be abolished for good.
In conclusion, the electoral college is just really not needed in our goverment. It is equal for all states which affects the vote. Also the canidate doesn't win based on only popular votes, they must win they majority of the electoral votes. Lastly but definetly not least, the voting by the slate of electors isn't certain and isn't always accurate. These are some of the main reasons why i feel that the electoral college should be left in the past as an anachronism.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
The Face
Some people belevie that the landform is a face, but they need to face the facts. The face is that hte "face" is just shadows on a landform. NASA has discovered that the "face" is like a butte or mesa on earth which are landforms common around the American West. In 1998 NASA captured photos that revelad that it was just a natural landform, and in 2001 using the camera's highest resoluton on a clear day the photo comfires this. Some people might say that NASA is trying to hide the fact that there is alien life on Mars, but they need to look at the fact that NASA would love that and would benefit form finding alien life. All together NASA has the evidence to suppor the fact the the "face" is just a landform.
First off, NASA has discovered that the "face" is just a butte or mesa commonly found in the American West. In the article it states, "'It reminds me moost of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho,'says Garvin". This shows that NASA's cheif scientist for it's Mars Exploration Program knows it is just like a butte or mesa. This means that a person who sees things like this on a daily basis knows that it is just shadows making a land form look like something else. If a cheif scientist knows that it is just a landform than that means that we should have no problem understanding what it is.
Secondly, in 1998 NASA captured photos that it was just a natural landform. NASA was able to look at the pictures of the same area and tell that the "face" wasn't created by aleins, but was just a "freak of nature". In the text it states "Michael Malin and his Mars Obiter Camera tteam snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photo". This shows that the picture in 1998 was much mre clear and that shadows caused the "face" on Mars. The original camera used by the origianl Viking team cannot compare to the one used in 1998. The original photo that showed the face happened because of a horrible camera and shadows. With this evidence about the camera it confirms that the "face" is just a landform.
Lastly, people complained that the photo in 1998 didn't show all of the landform because of the clouds in the wasy, so in 2001 on a clear summer day Malin's team captured a new picture. The text reads, "'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution". This shows that the team took the best photo on the best conditions possible and once again proved that the "face" is a landform. Malin who is a professional took two pictures that prove that the "face" is not a face at all yet, a natural landform that looked like a face from the shadows. With the evidence from the maximum resolution camera it is easy to see that the "face" is a land form.
On the other hand, some people say that NASA is hiding the fact that there is alien life on Mar's. These people have absolutly no evidence to support that claim. NASA is struggeling with budget cuts would have mush more funding for finding alien life so that atomaticaly throws out the possibilty of NASA iding alian life. The consporacy theorists also have no evidence to support their claim. NASA has taken multiple photos that show that the "face" is just a landform like a butte or mesa (which are most common in the American West). With all of the information pointing the other way consiparcy theorists have nothing to go on to support their wild claim.
All in all, the evidence only supports that the "face" is just a natural landform. The "face" resembels a butte or a mesa, and NASA has taken multiple high quality pictures that prove that it is just a landform. Although somepeople might disagree, the "face" is just a simple landform and will look the same way for years to come. | 5 |
Florida Senator-
I had not known much about the electoral college until now, and I am appauled that this election process has been used ever since the establishment of the Constitution-decades ago. The electoral college is unfair, raises dispute, does not provide an accurate representation of the country's vote as a whole, and the process is simply not logical. I feel like we, as a country, could avoid a great deal of dispute that arises, regarding the electoral college voting system, if it were changed to election by popular vote.
First of all, when the electoral college voting system is used, while people may think they are voting for a presidential canidate, they are not. Voters are actually choosing a group of electors that then elect a president. Shouldn't something that has a great impact on our country, such as electing the president of the United States, be chosen by the people living in the country under the president's decisions? Anyone would agree that the people should have the power to contribute to these decisions, yet somehow the electors are taking this huge responsibility into their own hands.
Another issue with the electoral college is that it gives canidates different motives for their campaign. I believe that in an electoral campaign, canidates should be advertising their views equally to all parts of the country, if all parts of the country get to have a say in their voting. However, most of the time, entire countries are skipped over by canidates, as if they don't matter, so that the canidates can talk to states that they find more important to get a vote from. In the election of 2000, a seventeen whole states didn't see the canidates at all, and some of the larger states didn't see a single campaign ad. If the presidents know that they are practically guaranteed the electoral votes by a state, why would they waste their time trying to persuade a state that is already persuaded? It makes sense for the canidates to see "swing states"-the states that are more divided, and whose electoral votes are not guaranteed one way or another. I don't blame the canidates for their methods, but the electoral college itself for bringing about these techniques for campaigning.
The last problem with the electoral college that I would like to address is how the electoral college discourages people from certain states from voting. For example, a Rebulican in California or a Democrat in Texas are obviously aware that their vote isn't going to count towards the majority of the state's votes, or to which canidate the state's electoral votes will be going to. People are definitely more likely to vote if they know that their vote will be heard in some way. The "winner takes all" method is eliminating any representation of the opposing party's vote and discourages the minority of the state from voting. Everyone says that being a good citizen requires being aware and involved with government decisions, and voting whenever possible, yet in the 2012 election, one-half of Americans that were eligible to vote, did not. I'm sure that a good portion of non-voters were influenced by the unfair ways of the electoral college.
As you can see, the electoral college brings about many issues-issues that could be easily avoided if the electoral college was changed to the much simpler and straight forward popular voting system. Our country would be accurately represented, people would feel as if their vote actually makes a difference, presidential campaign would be consistent for all states, and we would actually be able to vote for the specific person we are trying to vote for in the first place. With all of these reasons been said, I think it is pretty clear that the electoral college should be abolished, and that government should change to election of the president of the United States simply by popular vote. | 4 |
The driverless car is the way of the future. It's a great invention that, with time, could eliminate the hassle of having to drive everywhere yourself. Regular cars would become useless when cars could drive themselves. The driverless car is a great invention and development should be supported in the future.
A car that could drive itself would be magnificent. The self driving car could half the fuel of taxis and save people money. Humans would be relatively safe in a self driving car as well. Google has had driverless cars drive for over half a million miles without any incident. The cars are so fabulous that they alert the driver when entering and exiting driveways in order to have maximum safety and minimal crashes.
The driverless car does have some negative aspects as well. The car cannot completely drive by itself and still needs a driver at the wheel at all times. The driver is needed to assist the car in navigating through difficult traffic situations such as a wreck or a road under construction. The cars can only steer, brake, and accelerate by themselves without having a driver involved. People also argue that the cars could also be dangerous. A car that drives manually is frightening for many people who still want to control how fast or how slow their car is going. Putting trust into a car that could possibly wreck is nerve-wracking for many people.
Even though the self driving car does still need a driver, that doesn't mean the driver actually has to manually brake or accelerate. The car does this on its own without human support. All the driver has to do is help the car navigate through complex traffic problems, which are not an everyday occurance. The driver would rarely have to take manual control of the vehicle. The driverless car is a pinnacle of safety that would keep the drivers safe despite the self driving aspect. The cars have an advanced sensor that would respond to driving accidents far better than a human could. If their was a train that was accelarating faster than a cheetah, the self driving car would respond by braking sooner and quicker than the average human ever could.
The driverless car is an advanced technology that would protect drivers and safely get them to their destination. Their is no need to fear these vehicles, the reason being that they have a faster reaction speed than humans could ever develop. The future will be awfully bright when these cars get on the road and drive themselves. Driverless cars are a great invention and should have a supported development in the future. | 3 |
Transportation by a vehicle like a car is very common these days. It's an efficient way to travel for the most part, and has been used as an option for traveling since the early 1900s. Although cars have many upsides, they also have downsides too. By limiting car usage in more places, there could be many advantages. First, it could improve safety. Also, it will conserve resources. And lastly, limiting car usage will allow a tremendous decrease in pollution.
Limiting car usage will improve safety in a number of ways. By limiting car usage, there will most likely be a decrease in deaths since many car accidents result in fatality. It is not only cars colliding with other cars that is the issue; it is cars having the power to destroy most things it comes in contact with. Cars are not toys but rather death machines. They have the ability to cause major damage which is why if limited usage is enforced, there will most likely be less accidents resulting in major/minor injuries or even death. There are many options for getting around besides using a car. For example, there are electric scooters, mopeds, skateboards, rollerskates, bicycles, and even good old-fashioned walking. While some of these could potentially be dangerous, they are probably not as dangerous as driving a car.
Another reason limiting car usage could be beneficial is the conservation of resources. Cars are heavy machinery and need an abundance of fuel to keep them going for years and years. What powers most vehicles currently is fossil fuel. Fossil fuel is not an everlasting resource and will be gone someday. Now there are some cars that run on electricity, but for the most part, cars around the world run on fossil fuel. Considering that there are about one to two cars per household nowadays, that would mean both cars are probably getting filled with gas or even being charged with electricity (which could run your electricity bill through the roof). Since this applies to most people around the world, think of the resources being used daily. This usage of resources could be lessened by just limiting the usage of cars.
The last benefit of limiting car usage is less air pollution. Cars run on fossil fuel, as I stated in the previous paragraph. When a car is being driven, that fuel exits the car in a gas state. This gas form of fuel is very harmful to the environment. With so many cars on the road today, the atmosphere is already polluted a great deal.
Usually you will see signs that read "No Idling" outside of a store or any public area where cars are allowed which means that when you are parked, and are going to be parked for an extended period of time, you should turn your car off so that it does not let out gas. In Paris, a partial driving ban was actually enforced so that the amount of smog in the air would decrease. That is how much the usage of cars can affect an environment.
Overall, setting a limitation on car usage in more places can have benefits. It could improve safety, conserve resources, and allow for less pollution to the environment. With these reasons, I don't see many reasons for people to frown upon this idea. | 3 |
How can a facial action coding system can identify a persons initial facial exspretion? Well what it does and how it can be helpful, useful and then it can solv a lot of mystreys in some cases. If somebody can tell what feelings there exspressing can be helpful in a way by telling somebody like a doctors that studys people when there just angry, sad or happy. And that tecnology can help when others are in a certain state of depresion and that certain somebody doesent want to be noticed that machine can help with a person they may commit suicide. When no one knows it but the machiene can tell if there just trying to put on a good face over a really bad time. So then how can it be useful it will also sovle some unusal cases like some artisis make and no one will ever understand what they were trying to go for inside the person. Like the Mona Lisa some people will probably never understand what if just is smiling or grining for the picture. If this invention coms out permanatly that it can show a poll of how kids view homework and then show how some people view work places. If they are dicustuing or just p a place you dont want to goto. Then it also solves the basic stuff like make face detecting how people fell about some presidents andit can solve cases if a person was happy or he was mad to tell if a person was a killer or not. So in conclusion I think it is very useful in my opinon and I hope they make more of these inventions | 1 |
They should change to election by popular vote. The people have a right to decide so shouldn't they. We elect electors and not the president that's not right. They electors have changed the votes around. The elctoral college should go. Athough there is a positive look to it.
Letting the people vote is the right thing. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of elcetors, who in turn elect the president."(Bradford Plumer). So the poeple dont truely decide who becomes president. At least not if we choose the electors and the elctors choose the president. The voting system needs to change.
Who's to say that the elctors dont change the votes around. "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people."(Bradford Plumer). So is that possible. The people of the United States don't have control over the elctors except the fact that they choose them. The electors could totally go against the people even though, say one person may have had more votes against this other person. Then the electors liked the person who was loosing so the choose that person anyway. Who's to say that they havent done it before. "It happened in 2000, when Gore had more votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888." So this did accure twice.
"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."(Ofiice of the Federal Register). So it does have a positive side to it. It's a good thing to have to keep the power balanced through out the voting process. So having the Electoral College may not truely be a bad idea. Although there will always be that inbetween group known as the electors.
So they should still change the Electoral College over to elections by the people. The voting system needs fixing. The elceltors have chance the vote twice who's to say they won't do it again. The Electoral College can be good at some aspects. Still the power should always remain with the people and that's how it should be. | 3 |
Although you have made good points concerning the landform on Mars, I would like to respectfuly disagree on your opinion that aliens are responsible for the bulilding of Cydonia.
In the passage, "Unmasking the Face on Mars", the author has quotes comparing the face, Cydonia, to natrual landforms on earth such as moutains and messas. Through the passage and its comparrisons, we can infer that the "face" on Mars is, in face, just made up of natrual causes and the impact of the weather. If you really think and dig deeper, the picture of the face could resemble moutains or small hills posted, or positioned, relativly close together so that the image of a face is possible.
Lastly, the reason as to why Cydonia is in fact just a landform is the way that the author writes the passage. NASA very briefly mentions the possible outcome of aliens, but other than that nothing else has been said about the "could be" creatures. They must not be firm believers. Which leads me to the conclusion that is, if NASA had discovered aliens wouldn't that make them most popular? The discovery of new life would, without a doubt, be absolutly fantastic for NASA and its image. The thought that there might be life on Mars is a good enough situatiion to lie and say that you did find life only to have your buisness in the tabloids. We can all infer that is if NASA had discovered that Cydonia had been built by aliens American citizens would be the first to know. You cant hide something like this that would make your buisness so sucsessful.
In conclusion, we can infer that Cydonia is, in fact, a landform of some sort on the face of Mars. We know this through the discussion that landforms are built with natrual causes, not aliens, and that if the face were to be built by aliens it wouldn't be hidden from citizens knowing that the discovery could boom multiple buisnesses. | 2 |
Become a Seagoin Cowboy Today
Many people have different occupations and ways to earn currency around the world.
One of the best occupations for you could be a Seagoing Cowboy. Working in this area can do many things for you, including helping to grow your cultural understandings as you would be working around the world meeting and working with new people. You would be taking care of animals that are aboard your ship, providing food and water for them. Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy will be a oppurtunity you can not pass up.
As a Seagoing Cowboy your main job is to transfer animals around the world while tending to them aboard a boat. While stopping in a country you have the oppurtunity to go and see monuments, historical cities, and almost anything you can imagine! You will be assinged a task and given animals such as horses or mules to bring over to countries in need of them. You can start this job at a young age and work your way up through the system. This occupation will take extended periods of time while working day and night, wich means you would have to be away from your family.
In conclusion A Seagoing Cowboy could be an amazing job for some who want to work in this sort of field. You get to travel the world to places you have only dreamed about visiting. You will be working with animals throughout the day, growing a tight bond with them. And you will have the chance to meet new people with different cultures and up-bringings. Become a Seagoing Cowboy today! You will not be disappointed. | 1 |
Exploring the unknown "great frontier" of space has always captivated the minds of many people. Recently, there has been a lot of talk at orginazations like NASA and SpaceX about sending a man to Mars. In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author writes about how studying Venus is a worty endeavor despite the dangers. The author supports this idea very well by describing the dangers of Venus and explaining the lengths groups like NASA have to go to in order to make it past these challenges.
First, the author supports the idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit by describing, in great detail, the challenges of exploring Venus. In the article, the author talks about the many dangers on and around Venus. For example, the article states "...temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." By using these details about the dangers of Venus, the author is able to support his idea, because the reader is able to understand how dangerous it is to explore Venus
Next, the author further supports his claim by explaining why groups like NASA want to explore Venus. In the article, the author claims the reasons scientists want to explore Venus are "...[Venus] may well have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." The author also says "...[Venus] could have supported various forms of life" and "The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable..." These excerpts from the article help the author support his claim very well by comparing the reasons for exploring Venus with the dangers of doing so.
In conclusion, the author does a very good job of supporting his claim by describing the dangers in great detail and then comparing these dangers to the reasons people still want to explore the planet. In doing so, the author is able to effectively communicate with the reader about why NASA continutes to try to explore Venus. In the future, this article could inspire future scientists to come up with a new way to explore the surface of Venus. | 3 |
Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky and the closest in distance as well. However, the Venus has proved a very challenging place to explore or to examine more closely. In this exploring process, it will has a variety of stumbling blocks to make scientists stop to explore it. But actually, striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. So that's why people studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Here're some evidences regarding why the people still to explore it. For instance: 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 ( Paragraph 8). According to this evidence of the article, I can see innovation can help people discover more meaningful things and make country's development gradually more flourishing than before. " NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus." " The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all." ( Paragraph 7) From those evidences, I know they've met important problems to solve when they were exploring Venus, but they still work on this project and try to use different ways or technology to solve those difficulties in not good conditions.
All above, despite the danger presents, we can use imagination or innovation methods to create and explore new works of our life, because that not only is able to help us improve our technology skills and the Venus is a valuable science achievement but also it desveres to explore the Venus. So that's why the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 1 |
Luke Bomberger became a Seagoing Cowboy he helps people whose lives had been affected by World War ll. Luke became a Seagoing
Cowboy because he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime, as he says in paragraph one. Luke also wanted to help others who had been affected by World War ll.
Luke crossed the Atlantic Ocean sixteen times and the Pacific Ocean twice, to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and much more as it says in paragraph two. Even though it was a long journey across the oceans and the waters were rough Luke loved being a Seagoing Cowboy and he loved to help the people.
Some people would probably refuse to go to another country that had just been through war some people would say it was to risky and unsafe well it is, some people might say that it is too dangerous to cross the ocean well it is but Luke felt that these were things that he needed to do and is something that is important to him.
Luke also got to visit many great places in between his journeys, he got to see many different places such as the Panama Canal on his way to China in paragraph five Luke says that "seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special" and "so was taking a gondola ride in Venice , Italy a city with streets of water. Luke thought that it was all so great.
But some people might say that they wouldnt go there because once again it's just too dangerous or that if they wanted to go there then they definetly not go on a boat and they would much more want to fly there. Well once again that is their opinion and Luke was happy the way that he went and was happy that he could see it and that he go to experience the jouney.
In conclusion Luke loves being a Seagoing Cowboy he loves all the sights, all the help that he can give to these other people, and that he could have this opportunity in life. | 2 |
While there have been presidents that have run without earning the popular vote, it does not mean that the Electoral College is inefficient, bad, or unnecessary. The Electoral College, chosen by our founding fathers, is a process in which people elect for electors. Then the electors vote for the president. Each state gets a certain number of electors, or electoral votes, depending on their population. This way, no single group of people can sway the voting largely. Instead, only the state would be effected. Without a doubt, the Electoral College has been working well for centuries, and I see no good reason to change it.
For starters, it is much easier than a popular vote to decide. Yes, the chance for a tie is there, but to count each state rather than each and every single vote is much easier nowadays. Counting such a plurality of votes is already a difficulty, even right here in the Sun Shine State. Imagine counting all the votes right down to the last one! Even though a tie is more likely this way, the odds of a tie are so rare, what does it matter?
Another truly great thing is the fact that any president must have appeal to all states, or at least most. Having the favor in the south and concentrating it there will not give you more votes. In fact, it is more likely you will not be president if you yeild strongly to any one region. Doing so may lose you many votes in other areas that may be difficult to recapture. If a president was for say, leaning towards big old California and Florida, but not going very much for the other states, then yes, he may win many, many votes from California and Florida and possibly win the election, if it was a popular vote. But this is not the case. In an electoral votes, winning all votes in a few states is hardly useful. That, of course, plays majorly into elections, which is a reason why some of your favorite presidential candidates didn't win.
Another great thing I am to mention is loss of plurality. What if my buddy and I each got only 40% of the votes. The other guy in Tex. got the other 20%. Who would win? In the Electoral College, the Tex. dude may win a few votes in each state, but rarely will he win any. With the Electoral College, other minor candidates are less likely to screw the whole thing up.
It is true there have been faults. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO have all antagonized the Electoral College. One reason is that electorals do not have to vote for whom ever they chose in the beginning. If my vote gets some Bob McShnuffle into the electoral voting system, but he votes for someone other than my choice, then there is going to be major pandemonium. Is it fair that your vote and so many others gets flipped just because Bob McShnuffle was unhappy with that president? Perhaps, but this does not happen often. Usually, it does not cause too much of a balance tipping. But the true problem is the word of the people. We have so many speakers for us, but they don't always say the right things that we want. Fortunately, these incidents do not happen all the time. To fret over such things only offers you more problems and less solutions. By having an elector, a representative, someone can't say something stupid and pull the whole country down with him. Instead, this is the best way to address the majority of the people without conflict.
On that happy note, I must mention the electoral college is not perfect. Nothing is. But it is easier than popular voting, counts all states and regions, and naturally avoids run-offs. Of course, its still got its flaws. But you have to admit that those founding fathers did pretty good. Arguably, it has been the best way for the presidential election, and it still is... | 5 |
The technology, Facial Action Coding System (FACS) was created to recognize peoples thoughts/emotions through a facial coding system by the muscles or movements in your face. Created by Prof. Thomas Huang, he tested it on Leonardo da Vinvi's Renaissance painting, Mona Lisa. Not only does this technology just recognize your emotions, but on a computer, it can respond to your emotions as well. Dr. Huang's new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code.
The real question is, would this be helpful or benefit us in a classroom? I think yes. The author states that "If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar one might follow." Can you imagine having a computer that knows when your happy or sad? Having computers like these in school classrooms would be so valuable, due to the lack of "fun" in school, these computers could determine when youre bored in class and change something about it. Or say you're learning a new lesson in math class, and you're becoming very confused. The computer would recognize your confusion by the facial expression you have and help you out. Dr. Huang says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Another reason this technology would be helpful is because it would be less physical work and planning for the teacher. Teachers wouldn't have to deal with their students being bored, confused, or falling asleep in their class while they are teaching. This technology could greaty change the way class goes during a school day in many positive ways.
The new technology 'FACS' can encode any emotion of yours, this would be so helpful to us students in school for important reasons such as, being sad, or being confused. If so, the computer can modify things or help you out. Dr. Huang did an incredible job of creating this masterpiece, he stated that "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional commnication, so computers need to understand that too." This technology could change the world, since us humans now of days are so addicted to our phones. This computer can not only help us in school but be a new way of emotionally and physically communicating with other people. In school classrooms, and at home. The Facial Action Coding System is a very valuable thing. | 2 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author supports the idea that studying Venus is worthy but also dangerous. The idea of studying Venus is a very scary idea because of all the dangers it can cuase for humans to get close to the very hot and stormy planet.
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" they are wanting to explore Venus but they realized the dangers it can have and the worthiness of also trying this experiment. In the text the author states that Venus is a very hard place to land a spacecraft on thats why we haven't done it in 3 decades. A reason for them not landing a spacecraft on Venus is the extreme temperatures that humans can face. The temperatures o Venus can get up to over 800 degrees fahrenheit, also the atmosphric pressure is 90 times greater than wht we experience on Earth. The author states that a "submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our ocean and would liquefy many metals." The author is saying that if went to Venus with a spacecraft there would be a great possibility that the spacecraft could melt right then and there on Venus.
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author gaves us many reasons why the experiment would be a worthy but also very risky experiment. Knowing what the people from NASA said about Venus's temperatures and atmosphere would be very risky for the humand they would take to that planet. | 2 |
What is the "Evening
Star"? It is the planet Venus from our solar system and is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Many factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a difficult planet for humans to study. However, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangerous it presents. He supports his idea very well because he use evidence to say why is it worthy to pursuit Venus and because he use a lot of facts about the planets, specially from Venus and Earth.
The author supports his idea very well because he use evidence to say why is it worthy to pursuit Venus. For example, he uses the Astronomers as evidence. As the article says (paragraph 4) "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system...Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel". He also use evidence to show how challenging its to get information about Venus. For example (paragraph 6), "Many researches are working on innovation that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus".
Also, the author uses a lot of facts about the planets, specially from Venus and Earth. As the author says in the article (pararaph 4), "Long ago,, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth... Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on earth. The planet has a surface of rcky sediment and includes familiar features such as valley, mountains, and craters". The author use a lot of descriptive words and try to connect it to the Earth features.
In conclusion, the author his idea very well because he use evidence to say why is it worthy to pursuit Venus despite the dangerous, for example he use the Astronomers evidence, in which they say that they are fascinated by Venus because it may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system; and because the author also use facts about the planets, speacially about Venus and Earth, like he said that time ago Venus was covered largely with oceans. | 3 |
The Face on Mars is a natural landform because it as made by the events that are happening around the plant. Alien could not do have not done this because they would have been on the picture to.On the article 8 it said"The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98-a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet", maybe it had somthing to do with the cloudys that where in the sky. Maybe it was the Planet it self that created the Face on the Mars because of the heat. Like our planet it have different larys like the cruse, mantle, outer core, and the inner core. Like other planet it must of have lava to because it was created like our planet. It is more likly that it was created by heat and cooling, Article 12"That's a lava dome that takes the from of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." | 0 |
As we get older we want to travel to more places and get there faster, what if their was a quicker way without using cars. Certain places have been introducing a new concept, they calll themselves suburban pioneers. They live in places that have little or no cars, besides for the occassional bus, and all the stores that they would normally drive to are much closer now. Their are many benificial points to this new way of life such as a dramatic drop in greenhouse gasses, a stress free way to live, and also who doesn't desire to save a buck or two. If people start to limit the usuage of cars this planet might actually become a safer more joyful place to live.
In the past years greenhouse gasses have skyrocketed. The ozone layer is now trapping car exhaust fumes in earth and leading to what some might call global warming. Summer becomes hotter and longer, vice versa with winter. The U.S alone is to blame for up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emission. In europe it's 12 percent which is still quite a grave deal. Causes of not cutting back on the use of cars leads to tragic events such as the one that unfolded in Paris. Thier was so much smog in the air from motorized cars that for five days no one could start their cars unless they had a wish of paying a pricey fine. If people start to diminish the use of cars we can restore this humble planet to its former glory.
Forking out money for a car and having the luxory of fixing it up everytime a piece falls off or something malfunctions can become expensive quite rapidly. Who doesn't crave to save money anyways? Those who have chosen the suburban pioneer way of living have saved enormous enough of money. They don't have to pay for the insurance of the car and they don't have to pay to fix up the ole' rust bucket. Though some would rather have a car, but those who drive do the honors of car pulling which might not be the most time saving mechanism but in the long run it truely is beneficial. Also the government gains from all this. The government pays to build highways and roads for your car, but if cars aren't so common as time goes by roads get shorter and people start to get paid more because of all the money that the government is saving. Though money can't make us happy is still is an important piece to own in life.
In retrospect cars cause a lot of stress related problems. Everyone has one of those days where they wake up late and then suddenly remember that they have to get across town in a few minutes. Yes a car could get you there in less than no time, but wouldn't it be much simpler if you could just walk a closer distance. With the desecration of cars, stores and outlets would be much closer to your home. The stress of forgetting something at home and then having to drive 30 minutes to go get it would be diminished. Families could have more interaction with each other which means a closer bond could be formed. Receting the number of cars wouldn't be such an inhuman thing to do if you knew that the outcome was far more appealing.
To sum up, limiting the number of cars that roamed this earth would be more of a gain than a loss. Cars create hazardous gasses that are released into the air that are slowly but surely rendering us useless. Cars also cause safety hazards that can lead to a stressful environment. Plus if you don't use a car as often or get rid of it all together you can retain money for more important matters such as bills for your house or maybe a well deserved vacation. The posibilities are endless if we begin to limit the use of cars. | 4 |
I think you should join the seagoing cowboys program because you can travel all over the world, meet a lot of new people, you can even look into many different types of cultures,try new foods , you can even see alot of unique places.
Most importantly you'll be doing this for a good cause, seagoing cowboys dont just travel the world to see new cultures and eat weird types of food we do this to help the people who need us were doing this beacuse they're weak and they need our help to regain there strength to provide for there familys so please join us to help the people who need it, they need you,they need all of you.
In conclusion I think you should join the seagoing cowboys because you will be helping alot of peopkle and animals to gain there strength and do what they do best, so why dont you give us a helping hand in helping the ones who need it most. | 1 |
Can aliens really create a face on the moon? No, they cant! I know this because the picture snapped of the face from 1976, was bit blurry, once they got abetter camera the picture became more clear and looked less like a face. Only some of the scientist beleived the face was a 'alien artifact'. There is proof that it is just a landform that looks like a face.
The picture from 1976 was a bad quality picture, it was blurry and you couldnt see much of the real features that were there. Once cameras got better and more HD the pictures got more clear and you could actually see the cracks and the rough parts if the landform. In 2001, the picture was good, it looked less like a face when the cameras got better, but it still had that face effect on it.
Only some of the scientist beleived that the face looking land form was created by aliens, not all. When they snapped the first picture in 1976, some of the scientist noticed the face and the first thing that came to there mind was that aliens did it. They started to go back and capture a picture of the face looking landform. Cyndonia became a priority for NASA when they arrived at the 'Red Planet' in September 1997.
They finnaly figured that it was just a regualr landform that had been created like face, not by aliens but by nature. The picture actually shows is the Martain equivlent of butte or mesa, those are landforms common around the American West. Scientist state that " It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho". Also he says "Thats the lava dome that taks the form of isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars".
The face on mars could have been crated by aliens though. Aliens cpuld have easily managed the curves and the ways the face looks, the nose, eyes, ears, mouth and the way it was even shaped looked like a alien head. It is very possible for it to be alins who have created this face, maybe it was a sign that aliens are here or asign that aliens know about humas.
Most landforms mostly get created about how the surroundings are or whos there. There is stuff called man made and thats made by human, but no ones ever heard of alien made. Since they used the better camera with better pixels and better HD, it turns out that the face looking lanform on Mars was just another weird looking landform, no aliens, just landform. | 3 |
Many people are debating over wether the " Face on Mars" is a natural occurance or if it was allien made. Some people think that NASA is trying to hide there findings so NASA defended themsleves and said they wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars. Nobody will ever belive the same things but it has been shown that there was no allien activity on Mars
Conspiracy theorist believe there was alliens involded in the makeing of the "Face on Mars". Sceintist have taken pictures to prove that it was a natural landform and their were no signs of alliens. Even when people said the camera had bad quality NASA took another picture with a more advanced camera. When NASA got their second picture back it showed the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms that are commom around the American West. Even if there were alliens that created this why would NASA keep it a secret they stated they want there to be a civilization.
This shows that NASA was not hiding anything and that there was no actual proof of allien life on Mars. Without proof of life then nobody can conclude that the " Face on Mars" was made by alliens. NASA has more evidence than a conspiracy scientist would. Wether or not the sceints had reason to back up their theory it would most likely be weak because NASA's evidence is based on research and not a working conspiracy. | 2 |
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If your thinking about joining the Seagoing Cowboys here are some reasons why you should, it is very unique and you get to go to the see and learn about many new things. You get to experience things you have never seen, it would be so amazing! You could go on very many adventures. Luke says," Im grateful for the opportunity, It made me more aware of people of other contries and their needs."
I think you should go beause it would keep you out of trouble and you would have a great time! You could bring a couple of friends, and you could even bring some of your siblings. I would go, I mean I owuld probably bring my whole family. Maybe, you could go one time by yourself and then go again with some friends and look like a smarty pants because you can show them what you know!
I hope you go and have a great time. I'm about done here so enjoy your day! Just remeber if you go soak up a ton of information. | 1 |
I think that the Facial Action Coding system sounds really cool and unique but I don't know if I fully agree with the being able to read the emotional expressions of students in a class room because I defintley feel like It would take alot more work than just a simple computer program and a computer. The reson why I would say I don't fully agree with that is because I feel like somethings are good without having technology and today alot of teachers know when your sad,borad,happy,mad and so on. But the main thing is with this is somthing I wouldn't wanna take away from friendships because I feel like a lot of good friends can always or always know when you are sad or mad and things like that and your friends could also help you through that. Another thing is that I feel like if a kid gets confused I feel like thats why there are teachers there in the room to help and be able to personally walk through physical and mentally be able to help him them, also I think that most of the kids would understand a little bit better than what they would with the helping of an instructor on the computer. But I really do think that it sounds like a really cool idea its just that some of that stuff you don't wanna take away from the actual feelings part or help from others. | 1 |
The Face is just a natural landform because there are plenty of landforms like the Face on Planet Earth, it was common in the Red Planet called Cydonia, and it is only giving illusions of a human face. Some might say the Face is some type of way that aliens are trying to tell us that they're here with us. Others might say the other half is crazy. But who is correct?
Earth has thousands of landforms, but only a few are really special. In Paragraph 12, Garvin states "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa around the same height as the Face on Mars." I believe what Garvin is trying to say is that the Face really isn't all what it seems to be. Our landforms on Earth might be on Earth for the same reason that they are on Mars. Then, in the first sentence of paragraph 12, the author is saying that the Face is "equivalent of a buttle or messa--landforms common around the American West." I think the author is trying to hint to the readers that the Face is, again, almost just like the landforms on Earth. Earth is the only planet that supports life, but isn't the only planet to have natural landforms.
The article also states that these types of things are common around Cydonia. Cydonia is a Red Planet where they set up cameras that helped then find the Face. Cydonia was only showing unusual shadows at the time so scientists just thought of it as another "Martian mesa" like the one's on Cydonia. In paragraph 3, they say that NASA unvieled the image with a caption saying "huge rock formation..." which could just be an astroid that hit the planet and while it smashed into Mars, it could have chipped. There are always rocks flying in space hitting anything that get's in its way.
The Face is also only giving illusions of a human's face. the Face was giving off shadows which made it look like a face because it formed a pair of eyes, a nose, and a mouth, which is stated in paragraphs 2 and 3. Also, in paragraph 8, it says "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face" which could be part of the reason of why they are seeing shadows. Illusions are only from what you want to believe something is.
The Face is just a natural landform because there are plenty of landforms like the Face on Planet Earth, it is a common landform in the Red Planet called Cydonia, and it is only giving the illusions of a human face. Some might point fingers, others might take a stand with aliens. Who do you think is correct? | 3 |
Are driverless cars good for the future or the destruction of it? I believe that driverless cars are dangerous to human lives because of how technology can fail, How technology has no reguard, and how it can be hard to use.
The first reason why the driverless car is dangerous is because of how it can fail. If I am driving I sure don't want to have the technology to fail and cause me to kill a person. For example what if the car never told me that I had to start driving and it went through a construction site and killed some of the workers. There would be blood on my hands!
The second reason why the driverless car is not safe is because it has no reguard for any thing. It is not like a living human that cares about the surroundings and can think to change course if need be. It may not think that a baby passing on the road is a big enough concern to try and stop. It states this in the passage "most driving laws focus on keeping driver, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that saftey is best achieved with alert drivers. Which goes along with what i am conveying.
The third reason why the driverless car is not safe is because of how hard it is to use for some people. I bring this point up because the old people in our society should be served first. They can hardly use Windows 8. Trying to teach them how to use a car that is way more advanced than Windows 8, would be terrible. They would not be able to know when the car is driving and when they should be driving.
Those three reasons are why the driverless car is not safe. It might malfunction, It has no reguard, some people might not know how to use it. | 2 |
People are arguing about keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. People saying its a bad idea for keeping the electoral college and they want the popular voting for the president. The passage "Does The Electoral College Work?" is about keeping the electoral college or changing the system by popular voting. Its showing the negatives and postives about the two agreements. My two sources shows why not to keep the electoral colleges. "Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer is about wrongs about electoral colleges such as the winner-take-all method and more. "Source 3: In Defense Of The Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner is about how Electoral Colleges votes are good and how its hard to use electoral votes by citizens. Im against Electoral Colleges because its unfair and worthless.
Im aganist Electoral Colleges because its unfair. Its unfair because your not voting for the president, your voting for a slate of electors and thats not fair at all. Its not guranteed that the person you wanted to become president will be president. The quote i have shows how electoral colleges are unfair. this quote states that "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races inthe "swing" states." The candidates does not know the states because they havent been there for awhile to understand the states problems. They cannot fix it if the candidates doesn't know. Electoral college is outdated and irrational to the voters and not fair towards them either. This other quote I have can show how electoral colleges are unfair also. This quote states that "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor." The disaster factor is that the state legislatures are responsible for picking electors, and that those electors always defy the will of the people. The system contain worse for the people and its truley unfair.
Im against Electoral colleges because its worthless. Its worthless because the electoral college dosen"t care about the people. Its lacking on everything in the system such as responsiblities and fairness. This quote states that "There are five reasons for retaining the Electoral college despite its lack of democratic pedigree; all are practical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons." This shows that the electoral college is lacking in things concerning the system to the electors and president. Its worthless to the voters if its not helpful. My other quote that shows how its worthless is that "It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrrying their state." Democrats in Texas are one of the reasons about Electoral Colleges. Their votes will will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attentionto the campaign.
Im against Electoral Colleges because its unfair and worthless. Its unfair to the voters and worthless if its not involve with the voters too. People can like the Electoral Colleges, but I think its not good for the United States of America. | 2 |
Luck Bomberger was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank. Don Reist his friend invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat.
He said yes right then he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
Luke signed up with his friend Don.
Before arriving in Greece, Luke turned 18 years old, which meant he could be drafted for military service.
When his draft board learned he was on a cattle-boat trip, they told him to keep doing that for his service.
By the time he was discharged in 1947, he had made 9 trips the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.
The cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for Luke.
Besides helping people, he had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.
But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.
Luke toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China.
Caring for the animals during the crossings kept him busy.
They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day.
Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship.
Stalls had to be cleaned.
Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared him for hard work, but not for dangers at sea.
He couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke.
It opened the world up to him.
He is grateful for the opportunity.
It made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs.
The awarness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. | 0 |
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