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I think peolpe should got to the Seagoinh Cowbboys camp because It seems like Luke had fun. At first he didn't know after High-School graduation everything was going to change working two jobs at the bank and the grocery-store. When his friend asked him to come along he knew It was a chance to have a little fun, and get away from work. It would probably be a good idea to go to the camp because to have something fun to do once in a while.
If you went you would probably go and do lots of things you' ve never done before. Like for example when Luke went to the Acropolis in Greece, taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, acity with streets of water. Also he toured a excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal onhis way to China. Maybe you'd want to do something cool like that one day. Plus if your a animal person this should definetly be your thing because the animals would keep you busy sometimes. The animals had to be fed and watered three times a day. Plus Luke also found time to have fun on board (play games) after the animals were unloaded. Games like baseball, volleyball, and boxing It also helped pass the time If you were bored.
This could be a dream in a lifetime for you to go places you've never been and do things you've done It's not just taking care of animals It's also an adventure. | 2 |
Throughout the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author provides quite a bit of evidence towards why human exploration of Venus should take place again. The author suggest that sending a human out to study Venus is risky, but it is worth trying to get more information about Venus itself.
In the beginning of the article, the author focuses on why he thinks that it is worth the risk of sending someone out to Venus despite the risks. The authors reasoning is that it is "Earth's 'twin'". He further goes on to explain how Venus might have been "covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". The author does an adequate job of explaining that they want humans to explore Venus because it is so similar to Earth that they want to understand why. The author does provide enough evidence to support the idea of Earth and Venus being sister planets.
Towards the middle of the article, the author starts explaining the statistics of Venus and how it is now non-sustainable for living organisms. The author is providing a lot of evidence that would steer people away from wanting to send someone out to Venus to get killed. The author could try to use different evidence rather than stating how "these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth" and that the heat mixed with the pressure "would liquify many metals". So far we have seen how the author has provided a lot of evidence on reasons that it would not be the least bit safe for any lliving organism to go and study up close to Venus.
Later on in the article, the author starts venturing over to the ways it would possibly be safe for someone to go visit Venus. The author suggests a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above" Venus' surface. He goes on to tell the statistics of how "the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth". These are not the safest conditions but the author makes sure to provide the fact that they are "survivable for humans". The author has a great idea with a lot of evidence to back him up but there is not enough evidence. He does not state how they are planning on getting material off the surface of Venus while also keeping the humans safe and under sustainable living conditions.
The author provides a paragraph on how they plan to bring electronics close to Venus without having the metal liquify. In the parahraph, the author states that they would use something called mechanical computers. Mechanical computers are something that was "first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II". These are made up of silison carbide and would last 3 weeks in the conditions of Venus without getting destroyed. This would allow communication between Earth and the persons that are possibly in the blimp-like vehicle hovering above Venus in order to get orders and directions from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In the end, the author includes adequate evidence as to how they plan on getting in sight of Venus, why they want to study it, how they would communicate from Venus to Earth, and the difference of pressure and temperature. The author could go on and provide more support for how the humans would be living out in space and how they would survive within those living requirements that are hardly met. | 4 |
The suggestions of the auther studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is well backed up by alot of inforamtion and knoweldge about Venus . Venus being so close to almost being the same as Earth is why studying the planet isn't a bad idea . Astronomers are eager to study or learn more about Venus is because the planet may be well once have been the most Earth like planet in the solar system . Scientist believe that long ago Venus was proably cover by some features that Earth has . The features from having surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys , mountains , and craters .
Although Venus is intresting to study or learn about is pretty amazing , it is not as easy as you think it is . Venus can be really dangerous . Venus being so close to Earth sometimes , humans have sent numerous spacecraft to our sister planet known as Venus . Reportedly that even though many spacecrafts have been sent to Venus no spacecraft has survived the landing . This may be the reason why it is not very safe for humans. Venus atmophere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide . There is more dangerous elements in venus like atmophere .The cloud are highly of corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmophere . The temperture can be a danger in the fact that the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit . Also the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what people experieance in Earth . Venus has teh hottest surface tempereture of any planet in our solar system .
There has been many ideas of to get a spacecraft to Venus safely , one of those ideas is to float above the fray of Venus . However peering at Venus from a spaceship orbiting or huver the planet safely is only going to give scienttsit the the features of only limited insight on the groung or the surface of Venus . Scientist thinks hovering or floating around Venus fray is not really a good study is because they cannot get smaples of rocks , gas , or anything else from that far of a distance . There has been many approaches when it comes to visting our sister planet , one example is the mechanical computers . This device was fisrt envisioned in the 1800s and played an imporatant rle in the 1940s during the World War II . Although these ideas may not be proven to work the curiosity will continue later on.
One day the knowledge and information scientist already have of Venus will be the the reason there is going to be a possible solution of getting to our sister planet safely . From the value of Venus not only because human curiosity will likely lead the human kind to many other intimindiating endeavors . Risks will be made for the human kind to visit our sister planet , Despite the danger , Venus is should be a worthy pursuit of studies . | 3 |
The face is a landform because the planet must of formed it a long time ago. Or some where there was life on that planet and they died right there where the surface rose up andnformed its face . Most people think it was created by aliens but it was clarified as a natural landform.
We took picture ten times more sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appered on a JPL web site,revealing a natural landform.
When they unveiled the image for all to see the caption noted a huge rock formation thee author thought it was a good way to attract attention to mars it certainly did.
But before they could see the face they had to go thorght wispy clouds and they had to wait for winter to be over. But after all that on a cloudless summer day they finally got to see the face. | 1 |
There are both positive and negative aspects mentioned in having a driverless car.
While driverless cars seem new and exciting, they aren't practical.
I don't think that having these new cars is a good idea.
I feel like there are a lot better ways to spend our time than trying to develop this car that we don't even need.
We are doing just fine with the cars we have currently.
They mentioned that they aren't even completely driverless as of now.
Why do we call these driverless if that's not even true?
We need to stop relying so much on our addictive technology and use our brains and money for more important matters.
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", it states that currently these cars still need humans to work.
They are still alerting the driver to take the wheel when necessary.
By calling these driverless it is false advertising.
These cars still need humans to help out.
The cars can't even pull in and out of driveways yet.
Shouldn't we spend our time and money on something more worthwhile?
To me, this concept of driverless cars doesn't make a lot of sense.
I don't see the point of owning one of these cars.
It seems incredibly boring just sitting there and not having to drive at all.
Driving helps us learn to focus our attention on the road.
It teaches us how to make responsible decisions.
Driving is a privelege and I enjoy it.
I don't understand why we would want to take this away.
Kids look forward to getting older and being able to drive.
Now they would learn to be even lazier by sitting there and not doing any work.
Aren't we lazy enough now with all of our technology?
We have phones, iPads, Kindles, computers, laptops, iPods, and so many more things that we put all of our attention in.
Technology is addictive and we have plenty as it is.
We spent countless hours on our devices already.
We've lost contact with actual human beings.
We can't keep relying on our devices to fix all of our problems.
The younger generation doesn't even know what a dictionary or encyclopedia is, let alone how to use them.
Yes, using Google is convenient, but we need to learn how to do things on our own again.
The smarter technology becomes, the dumber we will be.
Driverless cars are not a solution.
We can drive just fine as it is.
There are so many causes we could be supporting with the money we are using to fund the driverless car project.
We are perfectly capable of driving on our own.
We should be using our money on things that are more important.
It is selfish to spend all of this money and time on such unecessary ideas than on meaningful corporations.
We could be funding medical research and feeding the poor.
Our generation has gotten so caught up in technology that we tend to forget about what is really important.
In my opinion driverless cars are not a practical idea.
They aren't necessary or completely reliable.
If you got in a wreck in one, it would be blamed on you anyway.
It just seems a lot simpler to stick to the cars we already have. | 2 |
Diverless cars are something that a lot of people imagine when they think of the future. They think about getting driven around by robots or computers that would do all the work for you. The driverless cars are capable of many things but
are not capable of driving through construction, an accident, or just traffic. Driverless cars have pros and cons to them. They can be very dangerous if the person driving is not paying attention.
When there is an accident, road construction, or traffic, the cars need assistance getting through the problem. The driverless car would not be completely driverless. Lets say that there is an accident on an intersate, which has stopped traffic, the traffic is almost at a complete stop. The car would need the driver to take over and get through the traffic.
Most people today own a cell phone of some kind. Some of those people like to text and drive, which is dangerous because they pay attention their phone and not the traffic and people arround them. If the driverless car was to need assistance, those people would not know that because they are to busy texting. People think they can multi-task so they can text and drive at the same time but it is not true. Our brains focus on one thing at a time, so if we are texting while driving, we are not paying attention to the road in front of us.
If you are riding in a car on the way to work, a meeting, or evena family occation, you probably get bored if you are not the one who is driving. You get distracted, some people even get tired and take a nap. If we were in a driverless car and something was to happen and the car needed assistance, we would not be paying attention to help the car. We could be sleeping, texting, or even just zoned out. Then you could get into an accident and hurt yourself, or someone else.
Driverless cars can be very dangerous. Society is not ready for that kind of technology yet. The car would not even be completely driverless because it would still need our help, which requires attention. If we did not have to drive the whole time, we would get distracted, or bored, or both. We would not pay attention to the world around us to realize that the car needs assistance through traffic, construction,
or an accident. | 2 |
Having driveless cars would not be a great development for our community. For one, having cars that drive by computers can malfunction alot easier the humans driving. What if the car gets into an accident who would be at fault?
First of all, why would anyone want a driveless car that still needs a driver? Drivers would get bored waiting for their turn to drive. If you have a driveless car there is no point in having a driver because , the car will be driving itself. Most driving laws focus on keeping people safe. Having a computer driving your car which could possibly be hacked by another person, and then you will have no control over your car. My personal opinion on driveless cars is that it is really not safe to having something driving your car.
Secondly, is that if the technology fails and someone is injured who is at fault?
The driver could be at fault because the car is his/her name. It could also be the manufacturers fualt because, of one small thing they had messed up on. This driveless car could cause alot of damage to our society by the way it is driven by the computer. The compuer in the car can just do its own thing and the driver of the car having no control of it.
Lastly, How much money is going to cost to produce such a complicated device? It could cost a million dollars just to build one of these cars. w
In conclusion, having a drivless car is just ignorant in many ways. People have enough trouble just getting their license. Can anyone just go out and by one of these driveless cars or do you have to have a certain endorcemnet? The manufactures would have to come up with entertainment for the driver while they are not driving. There are so many questions and concerns about this whole driveless car idea. | 2 |
The author makes a claim by telling how venus is a worthy pursuit. If we went to go visit venus,we would learn everything about what lived or growed on venus. But,If you were to go,you would have to watch out for carbon dioxide blankets,and highly corrosive sulfuric acid. Also the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Venus also has the hottest has the surface tempature than any other planet in our solor system. Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains,and craters. If you were able to see venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safetly far ablove the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere,rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. 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 likelly lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. I thoink it would be a great idea to visit venus and find out things that happend on it a long time ago,but we need to get the right protection to visit venus before we examine it. | 1 |
In my opinion , driverless cars shouldn't be a thing . Why? ,because what if the car malfunctions and swerves off the road into oncoming traffic. Electronics and things tend to malfunction alot and Driverless Cars is risking the life of people .
Driverless cars are for the lazy people, they're for people who don't wanna drive they just want to sit back and let the car drive for them. If that was the case they wouldn't have gotten their license to drive. In the future licenses wouldn't be a thing if driverless cars are around , there's no need for one if the car just lets you sit there and watch it drive every where,that's just wasted time to get your permit then wait a few months and then get your license for driving.
Before putting any real driverless cars into the real world they should round alot of tests , because they should want everything perfect no messups or anything because that can be very dangerous if the cars system isn't programmed right or anything . That is a risk to lives of people who decide to buy them | 1 |
Do you want to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? The Seagoing Cowboys program is a good "opportunity of a lifetime". Its a good opportunity to learn how to be responsible such as" taking care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas".
So Luke Bomberger learned a lot from not ever going overseas before.
The Seagoing program is educational because according to Lukes adventure he learned a lot about taking care of animals, and learning that
"World War ll was over in Europe, and many other countries were left in ruins".
So I could say that Luke probably was interested in many different things and he probably had fun learning them. According to the article it sounds like Luke was very anxiuos when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe with him on a cattle boat. When Don Reist invited him he kinda sounded like he was kinda confused when Don said cattle boat but then I think he thought that it would be a perfect opportunity to learn or see what is would be like.
You should go try the Seagoing program! It can be a very exciting experience if you have never tried it or even heard of it before. I also think you can learn many different events that havehappened overseas, such as visiting it to see what it looks likes if you live far or just seeing where World War ll was hield at. I also think it could be very interesting to just see what happened or if theres something there from World War ll. So you should go and visit Europ e on a cattle boat just to see how interesting or what you see that you dont see around where you live. | 2 |
In many places around the world people own cars and drive around almost every day. But what many people dont know is that cars can release harmful gases that can hurt the earth's environments. Three reasons why limiting car usage in your community is good is because it prevents traffic, it helps the environment and your community, and we dont really need cars to live our everyday lives.
Limiting car usage in your community is good beacuse it prevents traffic. Everyday, people use their cars to go places even if the place their going to is down the street and that causes traffic some times. For example, in Paris there has been days of near-record pollutions due to traffic so Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air from pollution. They said every Monday motorist with even-numbered license plate were ordered to leave their cars at home or face a 22 euro fine. This ban helped because congestion dropped 60 percent in the capital of France just after five days of the ban was set.
Another reason why limiting car usage in your community is good is because it helps prevent pollution to the air around you. Cars can release gasses that can harm the earths environment and the community around you. Which is why in the United States the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities much like the one in Vauban, Germany. These "car Free" communities consist of a small town where the usage of cars is illegal, you are not even allowed to own homes with a garge in it. This is very good for the environment and can prevent air pollution.
We should limit how often we use cars because we dont really need them to get around and many countries beleive so too. For example in Bogota, Colombia there is a program that was set to spread out to other countries, during this program millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work. One reason why these people might have done this is because any one who violated this rule would have been fined $25 but the main goal for this was to prevent smog in their countries environment. The turn out however was huge! Even when there was rain it didn't stop them. The mayor of Bogota said "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating" and now for the first time two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar joined the event.
There are many reasons why we should limit the usage of cars in our communities because it prevents traffic , helps the environment and because we dont really need to use cars so often , take Colombia for example. So lets take action and follow the steps that many countires and communities are taking to help our communities. | 3 |
In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the articles inform that Venus can be seen shining in a night sky on Earth. Most people can see Venus and is often called the "Evening Star." Throughout the years, it has been very hard for anything one to land on Venus that included spaceships. The author of the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," things that Nasa should study and persue any investigation on Venus despite the dangers. I agree with this statement.
It was clearly stated in the article that Venus and Earth share some common features. It was explained that there are mountains, craters, and valleys in Venus. This are common things that are found all around Erath. The crater in Yellowstone, and The Great Canyon are sightseeing places that could also be found on Venus. Also, Nasa predicts that Venus had once was covered with oceans and supported any form of life, this can be found in paragraph 4. If even there was a small chance that a planet had life, we should try to investigate and find new things that could help our planet and the future.
Researhers are trying to find a solution to be able to land on Venus safety or even galce from above. One solution researchers came with is a "blimp -like vehicle." By creating this vehicle, we can view the Venusian landscpae and its features. We could find more evidence that Venus had some sort of life just like Earth and find new features that we have not seen before. In paragraph 5, the articles says that this vehicle will be hovering above Venus so that means we will be able to get informstion on the weather. For example; erupting volcanoes (paragraph 3), powerful earthquakes (paragraph 3), and lightning strikes (paragraph 3).
The third reason that explains why Venus is worthy of persuing is the idea of electronics. In paragraph 7, it was revealed in the article that Nasa is testing electronics made of silicon carbide. These electronics have been tested in chamer simulations to see if they can withstand the conditions of Venus and so far they have lasted for about three weeks. Nasa and scientists and use these electronics to find a way to get to Venus. For example; these electronics can be dropped down from a spcaeship and record many differents things. One of them would be the air quality. This can be useful because these electronics are "more resistant to pressure, heat and other forces," (Paragraph 7).
The last reason would be that we might be able to visit Venus and it would help us see if we can actually live in Venus in the future. By doing such, we can see if we can withstand these dangerous weather for example; lightning, errupting volcanoes, and earthquakes. We experience all of these things above here on Earth but the real question is can we survived these on Venus? That is why we should study Venus, it was mentioned that it most similar with Earth and that it has some similar feautures.
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" persues that studying Venus is a worthy pusuit even though there are dangers present. I agree with this statement because by doing research, it can help our understanding of Venus better and also find better ways to land. One reason as to why presue this is that Venus and Earth share many things in common for example, volcanoes. Another reason would be that we can discover new things that we have not seen before. For example evidence that there once was a form of life. Also, researchers are trying to study electonics so that they can be use in any way to help establish an understanding of Venus. These electronics are "more reistant to pressure, heat and othe forces," (Paragraph 7). With these conditions, these electronics can be used to bring back information from Venus and that would lead us to new information and a better understand of a approach on Venus. Researchers and NASA are trying to find a way to land safety and see if people can actally live on Venus. To see if people can withstand many dangerous siuations. This should be a worthy persuit for study Venus even though dangers are present. | 4 |
Years after World War II, the United States started a misson to provide automobiles to the American people. 97 years after the automobile industry has flourished a beyond words, with cars with WIFI, touchscreen, and even hybrids. These are all great advances from were we started, but what if we limited our car usage? Would we still be able to get from point A to point B? The answers to this question is Yes, and in doing so we will be able to lower the amount of Smog in cities,roads will be safer thus creating a better society, and large amount of cars are not needed due to the ability of carpool and something called walking.
First I would like to draw to your attention that cars opporate on gasoline, which are produced from fossil fuels. When driving an automobile, a car produces smog which gets trapped in the air causing emissions.
"Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States(Rosenthal)."
Europe and the United States have the top sell of cars thus explaining the reason why they have the most emission. Limiting car usage will help us reduce these frightning numbers. In the capital of France a law was put out preventing citizens from driving their car, this may sound unfair but the results were outstanding, Paris has more smog than any other European capitals.
"Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog---The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban"(
Duffer). The limiting of cars in Paris resulted in the lowering of smog in the city.
Not only would the limiting of cars result to the lowering of smog but it would also create a better and safer community for everyone. Each day while driving to our destitation we turn on the road to hear what road to avoid due to accidents. If the amount of cars on the roads we're limited we wouldn't have to worry about an accident, or a road blockage.
"Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams"
(Selsky).Not driving a car to work does not make you late if you planned it right you could hike to work, without worrying about being late because of some accident in your way.
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Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"
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Without the large amount of highways,and roads on the streets cities can use the money they might spend to fix up the roads to build parks, sports centers, and even musuems. The city of Bogota have already turned this idea into action.
"Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven,pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic"
(Selsky).This action creates a better environment for us and our future children, thus making the world a better place.
We're in an era where technology could do anything, meaning we do not have to drive, or ride a horse just to tell our friends something important. With technology you could either Message, Facetime, or Skype your friend. If you have a project you must type together Google Drive comes in handy.
"The internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends"
(Sheller). Limiting car usage will not harm us because we in fact do not use them besides going from point A to point B.
"As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995"
(Short). Not only that but most people in fact have carpooling apps such as Uber. In 2012 a study found that young adults driving rate decreased.
"A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009"
(Rosenthal). Us young adults would rather carpool than drive on our own.
I strongely believe that if we limit car usage the amout of smog in this world would reduce, roads would be better. Mainly because its not needed as much as it was years ago. | 2 |
To agree, or to not agree. I am all for the idea of driverless cars. Just knowing I would be safe in a car can manage itself and not worry about being in a wreck makes me feel better about the idea. There are a lot of people who tend to be reckless drivers in the world and we can not be having that knowing there are people with families and children risking their life to drive around. I know how often recks happen in the world and plenty of people die due to examples like drunk driving. To have a car that can drive itself would be a great idea.
There are already cars that, somewhat, control themselves. For example, the vibrating of the seat to let us know if we will run into something while backing out of a parked area. Or the automatic breaking when it senses a wreck in motion. Over time, creaters are becoming more advanced in coming up with ideas for the cars they are developing. They plan on making driverless cars already but they still have to gradually get to that point. | 1 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" The author stated both positive and negative stances on the topic of driverless cars. This topic is very controversial when bringing in the aspect of safety and the well-being of others around the driverless car. And, because of that I believe driverless cars are not a good idea to bring into society.
First, driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because drivers could get reckless at the wheel. In the text it stated that "None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" meaning that at some point the driver would have to help the car navigate at times when the car couldn't(7). Which imposes that the drivers would have to be aware of his/her surroundings at all time when the time was needed for them to take the wheel again. But, doesn't that defeat the purpose of the car being driverless. No one would want a driverless car that still needs to be driven? "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive"(8). And the most important question is, what would drivers do to pass the time when they're not driving. They could distract theirselves with their phones, music or any passengers which could cause them to miss out on any important message from the car telling them to drive or take over in the needed situation. This is where the reckless aspect of the driverless car comes in. Missing the important message could cause accidents and harm to other drivers or pedestrians. And, this cause of harm to others around leads to my next argument against driverless cars and that is lawsuits.
Second, driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because of who would be to blame if accidents did happen. In the text it explained how new laws would have to be created to go along with the cars when they are proved to be "more reliably safe"(9). But what would happen "If the technology fails and someone is injured"(9). This issue could cause many lawsuits filed against innocent "drivers" and many lawsuits filed against companies who were not aware of the issue with the cars technology. Sometimes things happen and because technology can not be trusted 100% of the time these cars should not be able to exist. Lives could be on the line and many people who were not to blame will take the blame for this mishap. The car could just cause a million more problems instead of solving the laziness of humans will not to want to drive.
Lastly, driverless cars would not be a good idea to implement into society because of its proness to being hacked. Anything in the world could be hacked. Anyones phone can be hacked, computers can be hacked and even intelligence units can be hacked. So, if these things can be hacked then what makes one think that this driverless car can't be hacked. And, if hacked there would be no telling what the hacker could do to the car. For example, cause it to crash or lead the car into an area the driver in unfamiliar with because they're not paying attention. These examples could all cause harm to more than just the driver and that shows why this car should not be implemented into society, because it has various accounts on how it can misfunction.
These examples of recklessness, misblaming and hacking all show why the idea of having driverless cars are not a good idea. They can mess up society and cause harm in more ways than it could help society. Although the car is a very unique way of showing advancement in the technological world, one would have tot look at both sides before concluding whether or not this is a good idea, and in this case it seems that the bad outweighs the good. | 4 |
Have you ever wanted to travel to another country, but also get a pay check for doing it? If you have ever wanted this, then you might want to consider becoming a Seagoing Cowboy or Cowgirl.
We get to work with many animals. Our job is to swifty transfer animals from one country to another. We have to take care of all the animals. Some trips can have over a hundred animals goin from one place to another, but you'll get to feed, water, play with, and care for all the animals.
When your a Seagoing Cowboy, you get to travel all over Europe. I made nine trips to different countries and had extra time to tour famous sites such as the Acropolis in Greece and
I took a gondola ride through the watery streets of Venice, Italy. You'll be able to go to Italy and Greece too, but you will also be able to go to China and Panama.
The job of a Seagoing Cowboy is very safe and will most of us will likely return to our families after our war service is up or we retire. A Seagoing Cowboy also dosen't have to fight on the battle field during wars. If they are drafted, they just pay their service by doing their job like i did. We help struggling countries to recover after wars, so we are already doing their war service.
If any of these benefits appeal to your interests, then you might want to sign up to be a Seagoing Cowboy along with me. It's a safe, interesting, and all around enjoyable job. | 2 |
How challenging it is exploring venus? Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size. Sometimes we are closer to mars and other times to venus. on other planets surface temperatures are way to high they are over 800 degrees which is really bad for human being to be up there. Taking electronics up to thoes plants would melt them.
In Vensus the teampeture is really high and it most likely human being or anything thing in general could live up there because of how high the teampeture is which is 800 degrees. NASA workers are studying Venus but they cant really work on it because anything that lands in Venus will just melt because of how hot it is up there. Nobody has gone up there in three decades. Earth is sometimes closer to mar and sometimes closer to Vensus depending on how fast they are going. NASA is working on something to last longer up there instead of melting so they can get more information on whts going up their instead of sending people out there and dying just to get information back.
The atmospheric presure is 90 times greater than what we are used to on our planet.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. The most challenging part is that the clouds of high corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere.
I strongly belive that they shouln't really be worried about Venus because we already know a little bit about it and we already know we arre not gonna be able to grow stuff up their or be able to live up their so NASA shouldn't be foucs in that. So how challenging is it to explore vensus? | 1 |
I will like to argue against the development of computer drivening cars Computers are made by humans so there is always going to be a problem or something wrong with it. I understand that havent had a lot of crashes but alot of people that drive them selfs havent had a crash either it just depends on who is drivening the car and if they are a reckless driver. They making people more and more lazy as the years go by. They just need to make sure that the people that they are puting behind the wheel know what they are doing and know that they are not the only peoplr on the rode. It s not the cars that arethe problem its the people that dont care about other on the rode with them. They puting all this money in to something that we dont realy need to have. They just making it t o make it and our money needs to go into something that going to make our future better not more lazy then it has to be. I hope that they keep these cars illegal because they are not need and they are not safe | 1 |
Dear Senator of Florida,
Citizens and residents of the state of Florida, or "Floridians" may have an issue with the Electoral College vote. The majority of citizens and residents of this state may ask a request to change the Electoral College vote to popular vote. The reasons to why they're asking a request may be either because they're tired of it, find it unfair, or they want to try how successful the popular college vote can be when it comes to electing their president, although they don't know if their expectations might go wrong and it will be a complete chaos. Well, I personally believe that the Electoral College Vote should be kept in the state of Florida because it avoids run-off elections, and it has been practiced for the past 2 centuries and it seems it has been a success.
To begin with, the Electoral College vote should be kept because it avoids run-off elections not only in the United States but especially here, in the state of Florida. This means that the Electoral College vote avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. In the article "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner Election" it states, "It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state... Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election". This quote indicates that the Electoral College vote equally distributes the states' votes to the corresponding candidate who's running for President and every amount of the state's vote counts.
I understand that the Electoral College may be consider extremely unfair and useless to some citizens and residents here in the state of Florida because of its way of processing the votes and electing the President. | 1 |
Scientists are claiming that it is worthy to explore Venus even though it is risky. However it is dangerous to explore venus, but scientists are willing to do it anyway. Scientists challenged themselves to explore Venus due to human curiosity. Their goal is to expand the the view to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
It would be interesting to know what is Venus cabaple of.
Studying Venus would be worth a risk. However not a single person can land on Venus for no more than an hour. In the article of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it say "researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance." it gets interesting when those material are denied from Venus. Therefore, scientists are challenging themselves to explore Venus and study it.
NASA is also working on other accessbility to studying Venus. They are attempting to use an old technology, mechanical computers, the first device envisioned during World War ll. Modern technology is smarter but when it comes to physical conditions, it does not have the capablity of preventing itself. New technology can not resist heat.
For more information, NASA is allowing sending scientists to float above the fray. In the ariticle of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it say " solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." from this phrase, you can tell that scientists are really pensive about exploring Venus. Even though it is a difficult condition, they are willing to explore it, at least it is survivable for human.
All in all, scientists claimed that studying Venus is a worthy even though it wil be difficult. Scientists challenged themselve to make an outcome. In paragraph 8 of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it say " our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the every edges of imagination and innocation." to show that scientists take these challenges seriously. | 2 |
My position on driverless cars is that it is a dumb idea. It is not likley we will have them, right now they can only get up to 25 miles per hour. That is not a very fast car or at least not fast enough. We would have to change the speed limits, people would not be able to get to work on time. These are reasons I think the idea is stupid.
25 miles per hour is not a very fast car or at least not fast enough. Think about this, mostly all of our speed limits get up to 30 to 35 miles per hour. so what i am saying is that all the construction that would have to take place would be over whelming. In the text it said the car has a warning system to alert drivers about construction or wrecks. the system would be going crazy.
People would not be able to get to work on time. When a car we use now verses a "smarter" car the problems would be reliability and speed. In a modern day car we can sync our phones to them and have gps tell you where to go. If a modern car runs out of gas on the highway you can pull over, locate and walk to the nearest gas station with a gallon container and get more gas, then you could walk back to your car and put the gas in your car. Now with a "smarter" car it comes with a gps system, sure. If the "smarter" car however runs out of energy your navigation system will not work, and you would have to, in some way shape or form, get your car to a charging station then you will have to wait a while before its charged up and ready to go.
In conclusion those are the reasons I toatly dissagree with people that want "smarter" cars on the road. You can not rely on them . They are dumb and will not be able to function properly in todays society. | 2 |
If technology, that can read and tell your emotions is put into a classroom, then many students wouldnt be focused on schoolwork theyll be focused on a dumb app or piece of technology that can read your emotions. With this advanced technology students will just keep changing if there smiling, if their mad, sad, glad, etc. and checking if the technology can actually do its job. Teachers would probably be doing the same and would not be focused on teaching instead focused on a laptop or computer that can read emotions. Emotions are shown everywhere whether your sad or happy anyone can tell by the way your acting or the way you look. We dont need technology to tell us how we feel or how were supposed to feel. What if the technology tells you a wrong emotion, like what if your happy but it says your mad. Then that'll be the people that made it mad. If we could actually have technology that does that like when a add pops up and you get mad then another one pops up and your happy then another one could pop up and it could be innapropiate. This technology would probably even be far to expensive because its "advanced" and how cool schools afford it then. Schools should not even try to afford this technology it will be really expensive. | 1 |
They say driverless cars are coming, would that really be nice. Driverless cars are very dangerous to the people. They could cause alot of damage to other people in the surronding area. Alot of people are looking foward to driver less cars, but this could be dangerous because we are not in control of the vehicle.
Clearly, I would very much dislike the idea of having driverless cars around. They are a danger to the society becuase we are not in control of the machine. Thay could also maybe cause alot of accidents. Also, they could vary at very high prices. people wouldnt have the money to pay off these nice machines. Thats why we shouldnt have these machines .
Furthermore, How much would we be paying to make these machines? We would be paying lots of money for people to build these machines. Would they be made here in the U.S? or would they be made somewhere else arounfd the planet ? Lots of money would be lost here.
Then, What fuel would we be using? Would we be using regular fuel or maybe the vehicle would be running on electricty? Maybe We would need to use both electricity and gasoline.
In conclusion, driverless cars are a danger to us and a danger in our society. They shouldnt be built because that would kill all of the fun in driving as well. People enjoy driving places. A lot of people could end up hurt too. The car could mouthfuncton and crash somewhere. The producers of these cars would end up getting sued and they would lose alot of money. Money that could of been used to bulid schools and churches. Many people would not be happy. Thats why I believe driverless cars should not be built. | 2 |
Living on a different planet would be something amazing. Getting to see new enviorments and see new things. That may be why scientist are trying to study Venus. Venus is filled with things that show that it once was livable. Some even say that it can be the Earths twin beacuse of the similiarites they have. But it's also very difficult to be able to study Venus because of conditions that make it use impossible to be there.Which can be a major setback for people. But if they succeed it can be a big deal here's why.
Venus shows many similarities to Earth. Some people even consider them to be twin planets. We know this because according to the article on paragraph 2 it states" Often referred to as Earth's " twin". Venus is the closest plant to Earth I terms of denisty and size. This shows us that their just consider as twins but they also show similiar size and density. Which concludes why they are consider twins because of their size.
This also shows many more similar things to Earth such as what it has on the planet. Eath has valleys,oceans,moutains, and craters. Well Venus is considerd to have these millions of years ago. We can confirm this because from the text on paragraph 4 it states "Venus still has soe featyres 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. From this information we can pick out some key simliarties that show that Venus once had these things that Earth also has.
Once NASA found out about these things on Venus they wanted to explore the planet. So NASA decided to launch nurmerous spacecraft to Venus once the plant would get closer to Earth. But each spacecraft was unmanned, we know this because if look back into the text you can see in paragraph 2 it states" Each pervious mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." From that we can pick out to thing. NASA have tried to land multiple aircrafts on the planet and that the plant was impossible to land on.
The reason the planet was impossible to land on was because the planet 800 degrees. Which made very difficult to land on. We know this is true beacuse accorinding the passage it states " On the planet's surface, temperatures averager over 800 degrees Fahrebheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. From this information we can see how it is very challenging for NASA to land on Venus.
In conclusion I think studying Venus can be worth it beacuse it shows great potential.It also shows lots of possibilities for human life to be on it. Just beacuse of the extreme weather conditions doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to explore it. It can lead to another world that we can discover. This is why I think we should study Venus . | 2 |
Dear State Senator,
In my honest opinion I dont even think that we should have a President. Presidents dont do anything other than make things worst for our country. What they do is maybe fix one or two things that the previous president did wrong but they add more problems for each president to fix so instead of trying to add more problems to us just dont do the job and give work to the government because obviously the government has enough time to make up lies and excuses on why things happen when instead the government themselves can do it, that way no excuses have to be made up.
It may not be my place to talk about the government at all because I dont know what they are talking about but honestly thats not the point, the point is that Americans are too dumb to realize when the Government is lying or even telling the truth because they can never hear the real truth everything is the truth to them but if you deep and deep and deep youll find more and more things that to get suspious and you question yourself but youll never get to know the REAL truth because our government is corrupted and they lie to us Americans every time there is misery. | 0 |
The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because being able to detect the students emotions can be very beneficial to many instructors and teachers in different ways. It will be efficient because it will let the teachers to know what the students are interested in or what they like, instead of trying to figure it out on their own. Also, the students will be able to get a better understanding of what they like to do during school and what helps them learn.
"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," according to Dr. Huang. This could help the teachers and instructors to know if they need to change anything about the way they are making the students learn. For example, if it shows the student being bored, they could do an activity that is more interactive and involved, rather than just sitting there and doing a worksheet. Also, if they seem confused, it gives you an opportunity to help that individual one on one. You are able to go at their pace and be patient with them so they can learn it in their own way.
Overall, this technology could be very beneficial and efficient in the school environment. It is going to help teachers gather knowledge about their teaching styles and if they need to change any thing about the way they are making students learn. Also, this is helping students to realize the certain ways that they learn and giving them knowledge as to their likes and dislikes of school. The new technology allows the teachers to have options as to what they do throughout the school day that interests the stufent and helps them learn better. | 2 |
The emotion reading tech called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), should be in class rooms. This can help the teacher's make a bettter invirment for their student. This is because most of the time student will hide their emotins to keep people or things out. The tech can also be used to help the police intragating bad people.
The FACS should not be in any class becuase it gets to emotion that people don't want out. The FACS use "all 44 major muscles." This can help it make gussess on th "six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." Beside you can how someone is "feeling simply by the look on her face."
If FACS were allowed to be in classes it could help the teacher's or instructors. "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 human instructors." This will allow the teacher's to take action that can improve the student state of emotion. The FACS would be a overall benefit for both student and teachers alike.
The FACS can also help people that can't speak. Most of the time, when talking to people who are in need. We can't really tell what they are think. In this artical, the FACS can tell emotions made by people. Not only can the
FACS tell the six basic emotions, it "can even identify mixed emtions."
The FACS should be in classess. This is because it can make a better place for many people. It can help people who are in need and teacher and student too. This FACS can change the way we look at the people around us. It can also help us to understand other people better as well. | 2 |
In the making of mona lisa they had cpmputers tthey was using to create it. They haad a emotion calculater to caculate the emotions. Mona lisa was 83 percent happy, 9percent disgusted, 6 percent fearmful and 2 percent angry. The ideaof the emotion coculater was made by drpaul eckman. Dr. Paul decided to name the idea FACS which stanmds for facial actions coding system.
It al began constructsa 3-D computer model of the face, all the forty-four must work like human muscles. Dr. Paul had classified six basic groups emotions happieness,suprise,anger,digust fear and sadness. in my opinion i think that this is a great invention.
Human preform the same impressions every day trough emotions. We tell our friends jow we feel or by the expression on our faces they can tell how we feel. sometimes its hard to understand or figure out how people feel. some hide there emotions better than otheres than there are more who show it eaiser.
The Mona lisa is a demontration is really intended to bring a smile to peoples faces, it also shows how muvh a computer can do. Some ad will make you happy then their are some that will make you frown. I honesthly think that tis is a really amazing idea and think that alot or people would enjoy it. | 0 |
To:Mr. State senator.
From: PROPER_NAME
DEAR:Mr. state senator.
There has been many contraversies over the electoral colledge. The contraversies have been wether America should keep the this form of electing presidents or abolish it from our humanity. The electoral colledge,for many years,has been a effective and conveinient way of an election. As was stated in source three,"the electoral colledge is widely regarded as an anarchronism". this means that this way of electing a president has been around for many years and was meant for this country. There are three reasons why it is important to keep the method of an electoral colledge. For one,professional slate of electors can be trusted to vote for the party's nominee. Two,this method is more convienient,and lastly posses more acuracy.
The first reason why keeping the electoral colledge is important is because of professional slate of electors. these people or voted on by inndividuals to vote for there nominee president. these people can be trusted on a high level because of there preactices over the years.
The second reason why keeping he electoral colledge is important is because it is far more convieneint for most people. Reular individual voting may take up someones day by haveing them wait hour at a time in lineat a polling station. this is very unconvient to the person,especially if there day is buisy. what the electoral colledge does is take that persons vote into the hands of someone else. this save time and money for the averadge person.
The last reason why keeping the electoral colledge is important is because it pposses more accuracy than a regular vote. As stated in source three,"because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner takes all basis". this means that a person with more electoral votes than popular votes may win an election. this is because electoral votes way more in a way.
this concludes my reasoning why the electoral colledge should be kept in the American way of electing presidents. the reasons for this is,for one,proffecional slate of electors can be trusted. Two,it is more convienient,and three,it is more effective. | 2 |
The Face on Mars
By jimmy
NASA`s had send a spacecraft called Viking 1. Many of the people that were working on this were think it was something else. When it came out 1976 many peolpe think it was made by aliens. But on one know that it was. So it be came an icon for the plant mars. Many people think it was aliens that made the face or hills that from the face on mars. 22 years later Mars Global surveyor had a spacecaft that was going aronud mars to the face but when they did they take the image. Many were happy to see other image. But it did not came a clear as they what it to be. But what i think it could be is that a rock may crash into mars and made the face. But over time sand bulid over it gave what it look like in 1976. In the photograph you can see that it maybe face but you can see that it can be a hill. What are the black spot in the photograph that we see here. It could be that is that can be made on mars by wnich it from by. | 1 |
I agree with the authors perpose with studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. Venus is the second plant away from the sun and the Earth's twin. At first it was called the Evening star because it's one of the even and brightest points of light in the night sky. We all know that it's completely different from the Earth's atmosphere. Theres a rick going to venus becuase of all the lost signals from there and there's probably no life in the other planet.
The thick atmosphere that is 97% carbon dioxide is Venus there is no life in that planet nothing. The clouds are higly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus and the weather over there its crazy 800 degress fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greather Earth's. So why to NASA and everyone wants to study the planet venus, is it for a project,research,are they planning on going there we don't know but soon we will know. There's probably something living on venus planet right now and that we don't know about if they try to find it it will be difficult to find because of the lost signals they had before. Before people think that this planet Venus had a body water.
The author has a point with the statement he said with out risk and a lot of courage there can not be nothing. That's the whole point of everything is people didn't take risk where would they be today where would the people be at right now. It would be hard to get there and NASA can not get no sample of rocks, gas, or anything else froma distance. Scientist even said it, it would take risk and a lot of challenges for them to reach Venus. we will get there on day it wont be today or tomorrow but if the keep pushing and working hard the will reach Venus one day. | 1 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger to pinpoint the difference between this and Earth, making heat and physical-resistant machines, and to find possible environment activity.
Earth and Venus may be twins, but that doesn't mean it share the same geographics. In paragraph 3, it says " The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." Therefore, Venus is way hotter than Earth. While talking about Venus' geographic background, it also says "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. This shows Venus carries more extreme pressure; Consequently, lots of powerful weather.
In this time, most companies make technology that can hold a certain measure of heat and physical conditions. This may also be a challenge to see how much the projects were built to reach its peak or observe downfalls to if it plays a significant role in human activites.. Back in the day technology was powerful to run very quickly, but doesn't have the ability to hold much temperature. In paragraph 2 its says, "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." Also paragraph 7, "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditons." This could a starting point of why the making of better phones, computers, and powerful machines exist as generations go by.
To find human activites around Venus is not easy. Due to strong heat it covers, a human or certain machines can't survive not even under a minute. For example, paragraph 3 says " On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" and "Such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." Venus is almost impossible to squeeze through; Consequently, there could be no chance.
Venus is a powerful planet that it can require new inventions to be made while it need better and viewing research. | 2 |
Step right up join join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will have a blast. you will see the ocean and see the fish and animals in it. you will meet others. make new friends.
HI my name is Luke Bomberger and in have sailed over the Atlantic Ocean 16 times. Thats alot of times now is that alot of times to sail over the atlantic ocean or is it just me. I was helping people affected by world war 2. They were really hurt by it. Every body was crying over the dead bodys of their lost loved ones.
We tryed to help but they refused for us to help them. They said they wanted to be left alone. I do not under stand why they are so sad. Yes their freinds and family is injured and in serious condition or deceased. But i would want someone to aid me if one of my family members was in critical condition. If i was like that i would want some help to. Because we all have heavy duty first aid kits for the injured.
So we helped the ones who wanted aided. And took the ones who needed serious medical help. Others came to we all went back. And then we came back and i met George. he wanted to come back with me. at first i said no stay at yor home. as soon as we were leaving i felt really bad for george so i came back for him. He came back and he lived at my house for a while and then we built him a house so we could be neighbors. we had pool partys and had so much fun and we lived happyly ever after. | 1 |
"Challenge in Life and its Risks"
Humans have always been interested on exploring planets, countries depending on where you are going, islands, no matter the dangers or risks that can be present there. Then people talk and write about their experiences and what they discovered in there. Exploring Venus can be dangerous, interesting, and scary but excited at the same time.
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author says that it presents dangers study Venus, but is also a worthy pursuit. Venus and Mars are one of the closet planets to Earth. "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds.". The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we had experience in our planet. "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun"."Beyond high pressure and heat , Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface" But for some people it is still interesting to know more about Venus.
Astronomers are fascinated about Venus, for what is there and what was there long ago. ""Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". Venus, long ago could be covered largely with oceans and had supported forms of life. " The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, montains, and craters". So, that can be scary but still for some people is excited to know a a different planet.
People already went to the Moon, Venus sometimes is te=he nearest option for a planetary visit despite Mars. Venus once was probabably covered by oceans and could have supported various forms of life. "Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth". In Venus the tempetures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth: such an envirionment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals". But anyways NASA is working and having ideas for sending humans to study Venus." Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers".
It is good that people propuse themselves challenge, and not be afraid of wanting to know more about the world and people should not be limited by its dangers and risks, or the thinking that you cannot do it. If you propuse something and you really want it, you can get it or at least try and work hard on it. | 2 |
I think we should keep the electoral college be cause people can vote on electors and not the actual presedent they want to win for the vote because people think he or she may or may not be the best person to be for that job we should keep the electoral college for reasons like not haveing to pick or choose for the better person. To be if the both want kinda the same thing,it would help the people not the presedent it only gets them votes and votes are nouthing to me or others.
2. second i think we should keep it beacuse you can tell who voted and not the people that voted because you get a sticker that said i voted so that puts an place that you have voted or not and if u dont u have some time to do it or there will be anourther person who takes and votes in ur place and u wont be able to vote .3. because the ballet things are full and the time is up for them to vote ,so they have to wait till the next time to vote is ansd that will be the next year so useing the electoral collage will allow u to be able to vote on time and mnot miss be ing able to vote becaus evoting is im portant to the county or the contonet to be counted on not only you but others around so u can have a choice of what you want to have as a presedent of the united states 4. third haveingf the electoral college will help tho ones who cant get out to vote and be able to do it just about any wear your at and that will be help full to me and othere because im nort allowed to vote yet so it comes in handy in many ways to us and other people to ther united states . | 0 |
After highschool Luke Bomberger never thought his life would not change. He was worked two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldn’t say no. He knew it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Don and Luke went to help they people my taking care of their cattle after everything is left in ruins. Right before arriving to Greece, Luke turned eighteen. Now that he was a legal adult he could be drafted for the army. When they heard of what he was doing they told him to carry on.By the time he was discharged it was 1947 and he had made nine trips most as a Seagoing Cowboy.
After the animals had been unloaded they had fun playing baseball, volleyball, and many other activites. Being a Seagoing Cowboy opened the world to Luke. Like said that he was greatful for the opportunity and he is now aware of the people and countries in need. | 1 |
In the article "Driverless cars are coming," presents the both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. The position on driverless cars to wait for your turn to go next. The driverless car can be turned off instantly when driver needs to take over. The cars is not completely driverless yet, but it is improving.
The car can handle driving functions at the spped of 23 mph, but drivers have to make sure they keeps hold of the wheel because like i said in the first paragraph, the cars are not completely driverless yet, even though they can steer, accelerate, and brakes themselves, all are design to notify the driver when the road ahead requries human skills, this mean human drivers must remained alert and be ready to take over when the situation requried.
You migh be thinking why a driverless car still needs a driver, well because driving lawa focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and the lawmakers know safety is best acheived when there is a alert driver. what if for example the technology fails and someone is injuried, who is in fault, is is the driver or manufacturer. this is why it is importantd to have driver in this kind of situation.
Don't worry though because automakers are continuing their work on the problems and soon it will be solved. the road is waiting for us, and we grow closer to the destination everyday. This is the development of the driverless cars. | 1 |
I belive the devlopment of driverless cars is a great idea. Although none of the cars developed so far are completley driverless, that is something that we will more than likely see in the future, and as soon as 2020. There are many positive outcomes with having driverless cars. One outcome being cars that don't use as much fuel. Another positive from having driverless cars is that they have all kinds of sensors to ensure the safety of the passengers. One other benefit is that they have the ability to notify drivers when they are needed.
A really big and important benefit of having driverless cars is the potential they have to be better for the environment and the economy. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envensions cars that would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus. This would be a great improvement for the environment and the economy.
Another benefit of having driverless cars is that they have all kinds of sensors. One important sensor is located on the roof of the car. It's called LIDAR and it uses laser beams to form a constant updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The combination of all this input is very important for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. This ensures that the car always knows what is around it to make sure it is driving as safely as possible. With this tool, people don't have to worry about keeping a safe distance from other cars or getting too close to the side of the road. The car has it all under control.
One last benefit of driverless cars is that they have the ability to notify the drivers when they are needed. In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. They notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, like navigatin through work zones or around accidents. In order to notify the driver, some cars announce when they are needed, others have flashing lights on the windshield, and some make the seat vibrate.
Driverless cars exist now, but I belive they will become more popular and advanced as time goes on. I think people will really start to see all the benefits of driverless cars. They can do many fascinating things; things that people would have never even thought of cars being able to do, and that is why I think driverless cars are so beneficial. | 3 |
To some people the limit of car use is very important to them, because they want to stop pollution or things. In the city of Vauban, Germany they do not use cars because, to start off with to even park a car you would have to pay $40,000 plus the price of your house to be able to park it at a parking garage. The city has worked for two decades to make Vauban, Germany better for walking. Which made Vauban home to 5,500 residents within a rectangular square mile. This made people all around the world consider to reduce car use, in America the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities.
Other countries strictly rely on car reducing to take down the amount of polltuion in the air. Paris days after a near-record pollution forced car reduction to everyone. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined, and many had their cars impounded. People in the capital city of France were starting to get sick and get congestion because of all of the smog, and pollution from cars. For Paris to have car reduction they had to ban any cars with odd numbered license plates from driving for a certain period of time. After all of the pollution in the air had cleared enough they had a party for the people with odd numbered license plates to drive again.
In another occasion of car reduction Bogota, columbia had a car reduced day where people would hike, bike, skate, and take buses to work. They as well used this chance to clear pollution of the air and some people didn't mind it, they had a chance of a stress free day and the ability to lower air population. Any violators who chose to drive a car would be issued a $25 fine. Other countries who did not have car reduced days liked the idea of it, and thought they were generating a "revelutionary change". Due to these car reduced days parks and sports centers have been an uprise. The days without cars is a campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s.
In the United States of America government officials have talked about car reducing, but have never passed it. In 2005 the miles driven in America had peaked, and dropped steadily after. Michael Sivak said, "What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn". Bill Ford owner of For Motor proposed partnering with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety. | 2 |
A lot of arguments can be made after reading the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming". It is actually a very interesting article to read.
A lot of people would actually like the idea of having self driving cars.
Me on the oher hand, not so much.
I completely disagree with the idea of having driverless cars on our roads.
Having self driving cars seem cool as it is, but they can pose many dangerious threats and safety concerns.
First, there's always the possibility of the cars malfunctioning at one point.
The article says that the cars can accelerate and brake by themselves, but what if that didn't happen because something with the car went wrong?
It can put
civilians lives in danger if that were to happen.
Secondly, when the driver is waiting for his or her turn to take control of the car, they could really get bored and lose focus on the road.
So when the car alerts the driver to take control of the car when the driver isn't paying attention, it could lead to a minor or severe accident.
I know the article said they can put on some sort of entertainment to make sure the driver doesn't become bored, but there's still a possibility of that malfunctioning as well.
In conclusion, I really disagree with the idea of having driverless cars.
The idea may seem to captivate many peoples interest, but there are too many risks that come with this idea.
So to limit the amount of future possible accidents, I would say it's best for our safety to just leave cars the way they are now. | 2 |
Have you ever studied about Venus? Well, its very fascinating, and its our "twin" planet, because its about the same size and shape as Earth. It also has landmass like mountains, valleys, and craters. Even though we haven't research much of Venus, scientists believe that their could of been life on Venus, because they used to have a ocean just like Earth does.
Why machines fail to last years on Venus. Scientist and researchers have sent many aircrafts to Venus, but when they land, they only last fow a few hours due to the planet being 97% carbon dioxide, also being 800 degrees fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we expericene on Earth. With these extreme weather condition, it would melt, or crush the machine that we send to Venus, the land on Venus, is also made from acid, and not very solid. There are also very powerful earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, and frequent lighting strikes. Venus is also the second planet from the Sun, so that also increaes the temperature.
What scientists are trying to do to change their aircrafts to last longer on Venus. Researchers are going back to old time mechanical computers, because with modern day compters, they can't resist acid and extreme heat, because they are delicate. Whereas the mechanical computers they can be more resistant to heat and acid. They where also trying to see if they could fly a spaceshuttle around Venus and collect data, but they knew tht it wouldn't work, because they would be to far away to see the land and whats happening. Also its foggy around the outer part of Venus.
So, If you ever want to visit Venus, then you might want to help NASA get their techn ology to work in extreme conditions, because if they don't find a way for machines to last longer on Venus, they are not going to be able to research the land, and collect rocks from it. Also they won't be able to find out if their is any form of life on Venus that is living. | 2 |
Venus the sister planet of earth is planet very similar to ours and is worh going to. What if venus held life before,according to the text theis is very possible. Sientist are very excited about the things that could be found on Venus and are coming up with ideas to go to Venus. The author explains this topic well has lots of good points. In this essay and I will be stating why venus is worth going to and all the dangers that come alog with it.
The first challenge the author staes is that the scientist have to make the mission safe andproductive. Acording to the article the 800 degree flesh bubbling heat astrnaughts would have to endure is a huge problem for safety. The intence heat paired with the acid rain is something that doesent seem real. Many people dont know but acording to the text the gravity on Venus is 90 times more then what we feel here on Earth. This problem would have to be met with a type of suite in wich is the best we have ever made. If we want to send people to Venus these problems will have to be made with lots of people and tested many times. Acording to paragraph 7 we also would need to come up with materials that will still function properly under all the elements.
The benifitsd the author staes we will have are a very great understanding of what Venus is made of and if anything ever lived on it. The reason we should know whats on venus is for resources and for another planet to have people on. If we find that Venus has a great deal of more usefull resources we can use them. If we find that other being lived on this planet we can try and figure out what happned and learn new ideas that we can use. This would be a great leap in the understanding of planets and help our scientist study them better.
In conclusion the author staed the benifits and dangers good but can still add more details like what other space centers are interested in helping or is it just NASA. The article was written well and had good structure. The auther gives shows data for example when the text staed the avarage tempertate on Venus is 800 degrees on the surface in paragraph 3. Overall this article seccusfully supports the idea of if Venus is woth visiting. | 2 |
Limiting car usage.
In todays society, almost everybody relies on automobiles to get them to where they need to go. They help us get from point A to point B quicker than walking or riding a bike. Sadly though, the truth is that automobiles account for a large percentage of airborn pollution. The toxic fumes that cars emmit are extremely dangerous to the atmosphere and the enviorment. That is why I think it is so important that we try to limit automobile usage.
Its is a known fact that cars cause pollution. Its common sense. There is no point in me elaborationg any further on that. We as a species are substantially harmful to our home planet. Our obsession and constant use of cars further prooves this point. Limting car usage could drastically cut down on the pollution that we cause.
Another overlooked advantage of limiting car usage would be the cut down in stress that one feels. Constantly relying on and maintianing a well working car can be quite stressful. There is a lot of time and money that goes into keeping a well working automobile. This can cause lots of frustatration that is not healthy for anyone to experience.
Lets not forget the constant commuting and traffic that the autombile lifestyle is a part of. Every single day, millions of Americans are forced to wait hours and hours in traffic to get to thier jobs. Think about how quick it would take if you didnt have to wait in traffic. Not to mention, as we stated in the second paragraph, It would greatly cut down on pollution. Imagine if everyone who was commuting to work with you in traffic found another way to get to work. Think about how much air pollution that would cut down on.
The fact of the matter is that we need to cut down on car usage. I am not denying how great cars are. They make our lives substantially easier. I am merely saying that we need to cut down on the rate in which we use them. We need to be more conscious about the decisions that we make today in order to garuntee a safe and prosperous world for our future. Cutting down on automobile usage, thus cutting down on air pollution, can help make this come true. | 2 |
Facial expressions. Sometimes they speak louder than words. Have you ever been in class and you just dont get what the teacher is teaching but you dont really wamt to speak up? Well science has you covered with one bright new invention... face scanners.
I know what you are thinking. How is a face scanner going to help me in pre calculus? Heres how. The face scanner is a new peice of technology that reads your emotional expressions. Picture this. you are on your computer doing math and you arent understanding. What if your computer broke the equations and problems down to make it more simple because it read that you were confused. Dr. Huang, a college preofessor, predicts that " A classroom computercould recognuze when a student is confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor. This would be very valuable. Some students get stumped by certain things in the classroom and they dont ask the teacher for help in fear of being laughed at or made fun of because they dont know. This would help the student to where he doesnt even need to ask to go deeper into something because the computer can tell by his face that he doesnt get it. The computer can also read when the person is bored. I think this is a big one as well. Most students wont go out ad tell the teacher that the lesson is boring but they sure do think it. wouldnt it be great that a computer reads that and sees the student is bored and makes the lesson more entertaining? I think that is a great idea and would get the students more active and participating more because the topic would be more fun.
In conclusion face scanners are going to be a big thing. I think they could greatly improve the school systems and help the students with their work. Like i said not everyone tells you what they are thinking and sometimes you can read it on their face. Why not let computers help us with that? | 2 |
"Pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." Owning a vehicle helps get people from one place to another faster then just walking but some people really don't understand that there are advantages to not owning a vehicle. In the excerpts "In German Suburb, life goes on without cars", "The end of car culture" both by Elizbath Rosenthal and "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, all explain how limiting car usage can help lower emission and conserve resources.
In the excerpt "In German Suburb, life goes on without cars" by Elizabeth Rosenthal explains why limiting car usuage would help lower emissions. For example, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Cars are polluting the eniviroment that we all live in and are destroying the atomosphere because of all these greenhouse gases swirling through the air because of the use of cars. Furthermore, referring to another excerpt "The end of car culture" from Elizabeth Rosenthal also, proves why limiting car usuage will lower emission rates. For instance, "What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down to two to three years before the turndown...it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants." As you can see owning a car can be a advantage to your personal life but the enviroment is suffering because of the fumes from the vehicles everyone own but if less people start to walk more, ride bikes or even hike the enviroment wouldn't be suffering from so many emissions.
Likewise, in the excerpt "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer highlights how limiting car usage can help conserve resources. For example, "After days of near-record polution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city...[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world...Cold night and warm days caused the layer of air to trap car emissions." Going back to what Rosental was pointing out emissions are still triggering the atmosphere. But, that is not the only thing that is being blamed for pollution. "Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has...[a] tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in Western Europe, accoring to Reuters." Without any gasoline nobody will be traveling from one place to another so to conserve resources people are better off limiting the usage of their cars.
In conclusion, using cars less would help to lower emissions and conserve resources such as in this case gasoline. If everyone keeps driving aroud in cars the air is going to be full of Greenhouse gases and eventually resources to run cars will soon run out. Then without a car to take people where they need to go people will have no choice but to walk, ride a bike, or take public transportaton because everything id worn and ran out. This is why limiting car usage is a advantage for fellow citizens because it helps lower emissions and conserves resources. | 2 |
The modern world dreams of many whimsical ideas that one day might be attainable. One of these dreams that is becoming a reality is the idea of driverless cars. Driverless cars are safer, cheaper, and allow more flexibility than modern cars.
New cars nowdays are expensive, with driverless cars there would be no need for a personal car because the driverless cars would form a public-transportation system. Also, driverless cars would cut fuel requirements in half due to their precise steering and breaking systems. The self-driven cars would remove the flaws that people make in driving further reducing wear-and-tear costs. Driverless cars are a step in the direction of cost free transportation.
Driverless cars are not only cost effective, but they are also very safe. They showcase many safety options that optimize the safety of those in the car and those in other cars. They will be able to sense and react to disasters much better than people do. The information relayed from the sensors better adapts the car to make the best possible decision whereas if a human would go by the fight or flight instinct and possibly hurt themselves or others.
Driverless cars are not only safer and cheaper than modern day cars, but they offer more flexibilty than them aswell. The idea that a car does not need a driver will enable the person in the drivers seat to do other things such as reading or doing thier homework. BMW is working on an assisted driving program named "Traffic Jam Assistant" that will enable the driver to do other activities while the car is driving itself and when the time comes that the car cannot overcome the obstacle that it has encountered, it will notify the driver to take control of it. The car company Tesla is working on a vehicle that is planned to be released in the year 2016 that is capable of driving on its own ninety percent of the time. These improvements are groundbreaking and will better the future.
The driverless cars of the future will better the world because they are cheaper, safer, and more flexible than modern cars. The possibilities that driverless cars bring are indefinite and are soon becoming a reality. The dreams of the past are becoming a reality in the present. | 3 |
The "Face on Mars" is a very conterversal subject that has people in awe about the very thought of exteresterial life, but is it really a sign? Many people, and even scientists, think so, but it still isn't convicing enough to many. There are many theories it could be. It could just be natural landforms like a butte or mesa or maybe is just a marking of a impact of somekind that formed the shape of a face coincedently. Like I said before, the story of the "Face on Mars" is very mystery story but I think it is all a joke.
Scientist have gathered many pictures of the "Face on Mars" and have studied them very throughly. One conclusion they came to was that it was a natural landform. The landform they thought it most looked like was like a mesa or butte because of the height of the face is most like a isloated mesa, as said by Jim Garvin. There are many buttes and mesas out around the American West as well, the face being a mesa or butte isn't uncommon. That is one theory scientists think the "Face on Mars" is.
They other theory, that I pose is that it may just be a coincedense that a faced formed because maybe something from outer space like a meteor or asteroid hit the planet at that location. It is possible because the moon and other planet have craters, so why can't Mars. This is the other theory that I think the "Face on Mars" was formed.
In conclusion, the "Face on Mars" is a very conterversal subject. Scientist think it is just landform like a mesa or butte. I think it is a result of a impact of somekind resulting in a "face" on mars. That is why I think aliens didn't create the "Face on Mars". | 2 |
There are three key reasons that NASA would not want to hidde the evidence or wouldn't want a ancient civilzation. One reason is that having a ancient civilzation would be a key thing to research. Another one is it would make the popularity and profits go up for NASA. The Third reason is that the face is two miles wide, and resembles a butte, from the camera's quality.
They wouldn't want to hide this civilzation, because they would have reasearch and more popularity. NASA's defenders say they wish there was a civilzation. The article stated this about the Nasa budget: "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an Ancient civilzation on Mars." They want there to be one but that isn't what it is.
NASA would get more donations and profit if this was true. This means NASA wouldn't want to deny it if it even was true. The reasoning of the conspiracy theorists are wrong saying that they want to hide this evidence, because they don't. This would enable them to accomplish farther space study and more information about an extra terristral civilzation.
The camera they used in 2001 compared to 1977 had a way better camera. Also they stated in the article "...on April 8, 2001--a cloudless summer day in Cydonia--Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look". This takes out the reasoning of the conspiracy theorists that their were clouds and shadows blocking the camera that made it appear as a butte in 2001 compared to when it looked like a face in 1977.
NASA has done extensive research on this topic and wished it was true. The facts prove it is not real, and how it would help NASA if it was. As the cameras have gotten better and people have resoned better it proves the Mars face was a natural mishap from shadows of the two mile wide butte. | 2 |
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The Electoral College is somewhere they vote for President and Vice President and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. A majority of 270 electors votes is also required to elect the President. The 23rd Amendment of the Constitution is the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and they treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. After the presidential election, your governor prepares a ''Certicate of Ascertainment'' listing all the candidates who had ran for President in your state along with the names their respective electors.
The thing thats wrong with the electoral college is that 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 in a century to the system that allows for much worse. Because each state casts only one vote to the single representatives from California to who the represent 35 million voters. The best arguments in favor mostly assertions without much basis in the reality. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote the party's nominee is possible that the winner of the electoral vote not win the national popular votes.. | 0 |
Florida State Senator,
The Electoral College is a crucial part of the United States's election process. There are some negatives to the Electoral College but the positives outweigh them by a landslide. The certainty of the outcome and having a president that the majority likes are key beneficial factors to the Electoral College process that would be lost if we changed the election by popular vote for the president of the United States.
With the Electoral College, there is a very rare chance that there would be a tie in the nationwide electoral vote. However, according to
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner, "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible--it happened in 2000--but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." A clear winner will always be produced with the slight innormality of a tie. In 2012's election, Barack Obama received 51.3% of the popular vote compared to the 61.7% of the electoral vote. If the election process was by popular vote, it would have been a much closer race between Obama and Romney.
To win the Electoral College vote, each region must like you. You cannot have a presidential candidate that favors one region and only one region favors that candidate.
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President by Richard A. Posner states, "...a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." In contrast,
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer claims that even "at the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. 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, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states."
What Is the Electoral College?
by the Office of the Federal Register says, "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President." Because of the number of electoral votes each state has is based on population, meaning Texas has more votes than Rhode Island, every presidential candidate focuses on winning over the big states. The big states are a better representation of our nation's opinion. The Electoral College process should not be replaced by the popular vote due to the extremely rare chance of a tie. It should remain because an outcome is certain and majority of the population would like the president. | 3 |
For many people politics is a very serious topic that people strongly believe in. recently, there has been alot of contraversy about keeping the Electoral College process or changing the election by popular vote, in my opinion the Electoral college process was established to prevent the option of President by popular vote that just dosnt seem fair. Citizens are going to be angry either way the president is elected because its about who is running our country and representing it, not about how he or she is elected.
We as American citizens should have the right to choose/vote for the president we want representing our country . From my knowledge, Under the Electoral college system, voters vote not only for the president, but for a slate of electors. "Richard Nixon, Jimmy carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO all, in their time agreed on getting ride of the electoral college!" for example Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Why dosnt the goverment just give us what we want?
if 90% of votes go to a candidate, then why would they not get the presidency? its common sense.
The electoral college process has the govenor prepare a "Certificate of ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of the respective electors. the certificate also declares the winner of the election so people arent even aloud to have a say in the voting process. "during the 2000 campaign seventeen states didnt even see the candidates at all, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad." I think that is completly irrational. The electoral college is widely regarded as a non-democratic way of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes.
If the electoral vote happened to be a tie then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. of course we would have no control over the vote if that happened so we would just have to accept it.
I hope i have made my point across about the Electoral college system. your feedback is always a good thing | 2 |
There isn't any aliens on the surface of mars at all but rather what you think is a fact. If aliens made this object or face than why does it look like the other pictures but as a landform or other type of thing. So let's break it down to why aliens didn't make this but is rather a landform or a sandstorm made this.
So first off let's start with the pictues seen above in the passage. The passage shows 3 pictures one in 1978 which does look like a face in a way, 1998 still looks a face however whe see more landform features making it seem like a hill or a nose. If your still convice that the aliens made then jump to 2001 and we cracks going over some kind of plateau and if we squint it does look like a face but still looks can be decieving.
Now if your truly convince that aliens still made this then let say something else. In paragraph 12 this was said, "The picture actually is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." This being said this means that just like on Earth there are landforms almost like the Martian face.
Lasly, if you think the pictures captured it wrong and should have more evidence then let's get a little science in this. In the paragraph the face from far away still does look like it however things like this is cause by sandstorms which sweeps up dust or makes in a way new landforms. The dust cause by this can even devour even one of our latest spaces suits and wait for it... land.
So all this being said means that this was cause by erosion, sandstorms, or just a regular landform. So what you thought was aliens trying to get some attention is just a peace of museum or map of a landform. So next if you want to think that aliens made something, remeber that you need more proof than just something that looks like a face or something. If we stll have to go on about this then we have some more talking and the next planet to be put in the conversation is Venus and more of Earth. | 2 |
CLAIM
The author explains the story very well by including the high co-op of the united states that could be the NASA and scientists are studing this planet because of the simelarity that has with planet earth.
To sport my claim thwe author says " if our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even discussing further visists its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have beem the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.
INTRODUCTION
This story talks about how the nasa is trying to study the planet called "the even star" or for short "Venus." However, this nickname is misleading since Venus was considered a planet in our solar system. Scientists says that "venus is to simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth", the NASA refers venus as the twin of earth, venus i the closest planet to earth in terms of denisty and size and the closest in distance too.
On the other hand sometimes the Earth is closer to mars in other times to Venus, sometimes right around the corner-in space terms. However, humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. This planet is nnot that all safe the atmosphere of Venus is almost at 97 percent carbon dioxide and it has more challeng to studing it because of the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere.
Scientists are discussing further visits to the surface of Venus because it's the planet more likely of planet earth in our solar system.
BODY
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. Often referred to as Earth's "twin, Venus i sthe closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occassionally the closest in distance too. Earth, Venus and Mars, our other planetary neihbor orbit the sun at different speeds.Thses differences in spped mean that sometimes we are are closer to mars and other times to venus.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbin dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, tempetures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
To conclude scientist are keep studing this planet to see if it's safe to live their or not. | 2 |
Venus
Venus is the closest planet to earth and in terms of density and size. Venus is a very interesting place that scientists are always trying to find a way to discover new things about Venus, but that the planet is so inhospitable. Astronomers are so amazed by Venus because Venus may be the most earth-like planet in our solar system. Venus can have some features that the earth has and that it's our nearest option for a planetary visit. Venus can be a challenge to us because we human have curiosity what that planet can offer to us.
Venus has some smiliar and difference to earth because they both have different speed on the way they orbit the sun. Venus can be a challenge to us because it can be hard for us to get there. In that the degree temperature on Venus surface is over 800 degrees faherenheit and that atomsperic pressure is 90 times greater than we experience on our planet. Even though that Mercury is closer to our sun Venus has the hottest surface temperature. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to send humans to study Venus so they can answers to there questions that they have.
To study Venus, it has risks because researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore scientists are trying to find ways to get a close up look or to get things from there to take back to earth, but in order to do that there are risks. Researchers are trying to build machines that can last long, at least to get some information about Venus. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration are simplifing some electronics and trying to look back to an old technology called mechanical computers. Venus has gained value to humans because we are so curious when we find out something new and we just need answers in order for us to stop being curious.
The whole main thing is that humans always face new challenges and with those challenges we try to overcome it. Venus made humans curious because there are some smiliarties and differences about earth. But in order to try to find answers there can be risks. Humans always tries to find ways to get answer, facing new obstacles, building new stuff, or just predicting things. Venus is a new challenge for us, but with the right techniques we well find answers. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author makes a strong point to argue that observing venus is worth taking a risk for. He backs up his claim as well, ranging from strives in science, to just the insight itself.
The author states many strong reasons for his claim. To start off, one of the reasons the author gives for a observitory visit to Venus is because it, "Can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit." This shows that he is trying to back up his original claim with the fact that its perhaps the closest option we have for these visits. Also the author strides to say that it will give more knowlage on Venus if we study it. "Not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet (paragrpah 8)." This also backs up what he is saying because the fact that more can be learned from Venus alone, is a huge reason for some to go observe this planet.
In conclusion, the author makes a point to say a observitory visit to Venus would be behnificial and supports his claim very well using facts and explaining what and why some of his reasons should be taken seriously. Therefore, the author did a great job in backing up his claims and explaining them thuroghly. | 2 |
Driverless cars seem to be a great adance in todays technological society. However in my opinion I feel as though I personally would not use driverless cars while going to work or dropping my kids off at school. I would find it almost pointless to create let alone own a driverless car.
I personally would only use driverless cars on road trips when your tired of having to consintrate on the road you could just lay back relax and enjoy the scenery. I suppose the existence of driverless cars on a highway would be helpful in the sense of having less traffic jams or collisions. However, I feel that the car should have an on and off switch, in the sense of the driverless feature not the turning the car on and off we already have that.
Safety is one of my top concerns when I think about a driverless car. How will it detect the police when they need to get pass to an emergency? How will it pull into a gas station so it can be refilled for gas? A few new cars today have alot of new cool safety features such as stopping when sensing an obsticale ahead or cameras on side view mirriors and even a camera to assist in reverse driving.
Another thing abput driverless cars is what they mentioned in paragraph nine. Who would be responsible if the car crashes and someone is injured? The driver or the manufacturer? Also some states believe that the cars are not yet safe enought to be driven so they ban testing the driverless car in their state. Does this mean that we wont have safe driverless cars until the next few generations?
In conclusion I believe that driverless cars are useful but need alot more improvement before being sold to the public. If the improvement in technology makes streets safer to drive on then great. | 2 |
I personally think it a waste of technology. As the author mentioned "You can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face" and thats true, we can tell by the looks on they're faces. I think technology already has taken over so much in our daily lives. I dont think we need technology to determine what the people close to us feels. I think this technology is a waste because we humans can already tell how someone is feeling, as long as we pay attention. The article mentions the difference of faking a smile, and sincerly smiling, i don't think we need a technology to tell us weather it's fake or not. Also as it says in the article "your home PC cant handle the complex algorithms used to decode mona lisa's smile". Our home computers cant be used for this, so whats the point?
I think it is very impressive how the technology can tell the percentages of the emotions. Thats something we humans cannot do. Human can read one emotion, and that emotion would be the highest percentage of that person's emotion. The article mentions that scientists are developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. It is definitly impressive but i also think it's useless and a waste.
Why do humans, and computers have to communicate? On paragraph (2) it asks if we can actually calculate human emotions like math homework. I dont think we should be able to, human emotions shouldnt be calculated like math questions.
My opinion on this artical is that this technology is useless and awaste of time. I think the world needs to focus on reconnecting, instead of building robots that can read your loved one's expression, as if you can't. It also can not be activated on your home PC. What if the technology malfuntions? technologys can't be relied on forever. I dont think this technology is valuable. | 2 |
What if you could always tell how someone is feeling? Well now you can! There is a new system of computer coding that reads your facial expressions called FACS, Facial Action Coding System. This new system is mainly used for detecing if someone is lying, or even used in the painting of Mona Lisa. But, this new system could even be used in schools.
The computer would have online lessons for a student and would be able to track their emotions based on their facial expressions. In the passage it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." If a student were bored with the lesson they were learning about, the lesson would change. Students would be more encouraged to go to school if they got to learn about something they thought was interesting. Kids would have more willpower to go to school and learn.
Another reason why schools should use this system is because test grades would start to increase. As kids are trying harder on their work because it is something they enjoy, they will start trying harder on tests. Most kids do not give much thought on their work in class which overall leads to bad test grades. If kids told their teachers they were bored with the assignment they were learning, the teacher would not just stop teaching and change to a different topic, but a computer would. The passage says, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
However, there is a downside to the system. If the computer is doing all the teaching, why would we need teachers? Kids would start to lose the interest in their teachers. As kids enjoy the fun technology of getting to choose their own lesson, they would stop listening to the teachers when they teach about something they think is boring. If everyone is doing their lessons online, there would be no reason to keep teachers, and they would all lose their job.
Although there are some flaws to the system, it is a very good idea to the world. It is a very intact source that could help a lot of people. Students would really start trying and would do a lot better in school. This system of technology would be very valuable in the school system. | 3 |
You can't trust driveless cars. If you let the car drive you while you sleep you never know what can happen. It probably turn-off and mess up like another person can control your car whoever you got it from. You really dont know what can help while you have this car. It still couldn't obey road signs or handle poor weather conditions.
You never know the driveless car can start doing other stuff then what its suppose to do. It can still get into a accident when its driving by itself can hit any car because it basically have control over the car then. I really think you should just not drive them you better off driving yoself if anything happen its your fault not the car. What if the driveless go off without telling you then what ?
If sleeping and the thing try and warn you its going off then what happens ? You probably will be sleeping to good for you not to hear it. Cant trust all technology some of it will trick you and plus it requires alot of sensors. You have to put alot of things in it for it to be made so anything can really go wrong. This my opinion for driveless cars. Dont get me wrong this is very creative but anything can happen while its driving or you.
If they can make it and nobody complain then that will be fine. But at this
moment i dont really think that they are ready to be drove like give it some time they people that made it should rive it for aminute to see if its safe. Just really think they creative but shouldve waited awhile before saling it. | 1 |
Everyone knows that a teenagers emotion can change very fast .Some people know that If in a bad mood it can affect how us students do our work. I think its not a terrible idea to have facial recongition to access our emotions.
First, I think using technology to access our emotions is a smart idea. Teachers often pick on the students who dont seem to be paying attention to what he or she is saying but what if that kid that they call on is just having a bad day? well with this technology they can tell if their students are sad or mad or even surprised .
To continue, I also see why people would argue why it is not a good idea. Maybe the technology will glitch and cause error. People also might say that the technology is reading enough of our emotions, and should include more emotions to read. Maybe it doesnt read some important ones like disgust or surprised. I would like to argue that even though it may not be able to read all of our emotions yet that they might be able to come up with ways to read more of our emotions in the future.
Secondly, I think it would be a greater and easier way for teachers and classmates to come in touch with their students and be able to support them when they are in need. I also think if schools began to use them less students would be bullied because knowing everyone else can read the bullies emotions will not help the bully and he will begin to stop and realize what he is doing to himself and his peers. I think using this technology will help with bettering our world.
to continue, I think people would disagree with me becsuse our world has a lot of problems with technology and should try and reduce how much technology is being used nowadays. Everyone uses technology to communicate with each other and now letting technology tell us everyones emotions can cause a lot of damage to our new world. It would take away our sempathy and empathy we have for people as we communicate with them about how they feel and using technology to tell us how someone feels is taking away the point of even talking about it because everyone already knows.
Lastly , I think getting this technology will help better our schools and help better our technology. Many things could go wrong with technology but with schools helping and participating giving the creator feedback on how it is working and what needs to be better about it. I think if enough schools participate in getting this technology we will come into better understanding with technology and each other. Thats why I think using technology to read emotion in school is a good idea. | 3 |
"Unmasking the face on Mars"
You will be wondering what theirs a face on Mars,well we do not know for sure. Some scienitst are saying that the "Face on Mars" are provided from aliens (Aliens are living in Mars?). They discover the face in 1976,that is when they took the photo they lastest image is from 2001. Also another scientist are saying (am one of them) that "It is just a rock". It has natural grow & its not a mask & just a rock. But who knows no one knows.
Did you know that 50% of scientist think that it is a mask from aliens & the other 50% of scientist think it is just a natural landform. "A few days later NASA unveilded the image for all to see. The caption noted a huge rock formation. . .which resembles a human head. . .formed by shadows giving the ilusion of eyes,nose & mouth." And i still think it just a rock,if it were an aliens face or an human face tell me how did it got their.
Do you still think that its still their (i do so) because it is a rock,rocks dont die,they are hard rocks we have & they never die. But am not that convience how can a rock change by its years,but also maybe because it is a different type of rock (its in the space) I thinking that the rock changes by the time.
Its just a rock that looks strange dont all rocks look strange they are all unique & some strange ones they are a lot of type of rocks in the life,dont think the the rocks are the same. Were different. | 1 |
How so you feel about being constantly seen and recoded through your personal device. If Facial Action Coding System also known as FACS was to be put on every phone and computer it wil remove the idea of privacy. We as people really don't have privacy as much and with FACS it will complety be taken away. This is an idea that shouldn't be approved. It always states with an education excuse and then they find another reason on why everyone shoukd have it.
The use of technology to be able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not a valuable idea: there will be no saftey for kids anymore. this will give the government to take over out personal devices, and our privacy will be taken away.
The use of technology to read emotions thought computers
will not be safe for our kids anymore. This is becuase inappropiate things can come up on the screen that kids shouldn't be looking at, as well as they can be looking at the students. In the text it states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,” Dr. Huang predicts. “Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.” The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive—for video games or video surgery." This seems like a very good idea but if you really thing about it, how will you know when the FACS is turned off or on and lets say that student goes to the bathroom with their ipad, does that mean they will be looking at them. Even if its used for classroom use, they will still go home and do homework which means that FACS will be there.
With the use of FACS for classrooms the government will take
over our devices. The reason this will happen is becuase it will be use for "classroom use only" and lets say we are using our personal device at school for an assingment then that means they might bloke out certain websites because we are at school. In the text it staes, " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication,” notes Dr. Huang. “So computers need to understand that, too.” This means that they want compters to find a way to communitcate with you, but by this they will have to see what you are doing, as well as something to be there watch the FACS. This will give the government more access to what people are doing by FACS. The government always find a way to look at people with out them knowing and with this it will give them an easier access.
Lastly, our privacy will be completly removed by using technology to read our emotions. This is because there will be people that try to hack in and see what people are doing. They already say that people can see us from our cameras of our devices and this way it will be easier since its a syetem that has been created to see our faces. In the text it staes, " Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements." By this they will using it for any reason. It will first start with an education use and then it will move on to more becuase they will find a way to track us. Lets say you are changing and you computer is on, that will mean they might be looking at you as well. It's not really about the idea of facial emotional reader but the fact that there will be someone behind that FACS that will be looking at everyone. As well as we would know how much they will be seeing.
So no, the use of technology reading emotion expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable because of the government, the students privacy, and privacy in general. This is becuase it never comes done to only sudents in classrooms or only an emotion reader, there is alway something else behind it. You should wait for your pricacy to be taken away, you should do something to prevent it from being taken away. | 3 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests that studying Venus is a worthy indeavor despite the dangers it presents. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, because we have all the resources neccesary to analyze the planets surface. We should study Venus to figure out the history and the components of the planet.
The author believes that Venus is hard to study because of the conditions of the planet. In the text the author states,"Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." The author states factual subjects about Venus. The text states,"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."
Scientist are interested in Venus because it might have been the like Earth. In the text the author states,"Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." The author states that NASA is coming up with sulotions to the problem of not being able to land a spacecraft on the surface of the planet. The author states,"Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way."
The author gives solid facts about why Venus is a worthy endeavor despite the dangers it posseses. They also include informational facts about why and how we could study the planet. In conclusion, Venus should be studied. | 2 |
Technology to read emotional expressions of a students could be very vaulable. This would make students life in the classroom easier. There would be so many advantages for to this. It would know what that student is feeling and it could help change that.
If a student was sad then the computer woud know and it could help make a diffirence.
Some students might not want to do work if and not learn if they are sad and this could change that and put a smile on thier face. The author says, " 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 could make the student have a better time in the classroom.
A student might be super confused and not know anything about what they are doing or they might just not understand the question, well this technology could help that. It 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." This means if the main teachor is telling someone else in a classroom how to do a problem but other people might also be struggling then the computer could help them and see their their emotion and it would change the question to try and make it more understandable.
The technology of this could help so many students and classrooms. So much more things could be learned in classrooms with out kids getting bored. It could help students in the classrooms get through so much more. Teachers wouldn't have to be trying to hurry and help the people that dont understand out and having the other people wait. This technology could be very valuable. | 2 |
source 1: what is the electoral collage?
by the office of the federal register
The electoral college is a proccess,not a place. The founding established it in the U.S. constitution as a compromise between election of the president and the congress and the election of the president by a polpular vote of qualified citizens.(
paragraph, 1 sentance, 1).
The electoral college consists of 538 electors a majority of 270 electors votes are required and is reqiured to elect the president(paragraph 3 sentance 1). So i belive that electoral college should be at most the most effecient way of electing a president because they have to persude the electorates to be on their side in order to get elected. Wich is much harder to do that pursudeing the people there for giving us a good honest president than one that will lie or try to hurt the public in any way because, i belive if their are officials going to vote for our nations president they will be much more careful of their decision,putting our nation in better hands.
source 3: in defenceof the electoral collage:five reasons to keep our method of choosing the president by Richard A. Posner reason 1:
Certainty Of Outcome
Dispute over the out come is possible-it happend in 2000- but its less likely than a dispute between popular vote. the reson is that winnning candidate's share of electoral collage invariably exeeds his share of the popular vote.
reason 2
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Everyone's President
The electoral college requirs canadates to have trans-regional appeal. no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional such as Mitt Romneywas in the south,has so innocently favored for he gain electoral vote by increasing his plurality in those states and if done he know he'll win.
reason 3
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Swing States
The winner takes all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates-as we saw in [2012's] election- to focus their campaign efforts on the toss up states. Voters in toss up states are more likeley to pay close attention to the campeign to really listen to the competeing canidates knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likeley to be on the most thoughtful votes, on average(and futher reason they will have recived the most information and attention from the canidates), and the most thoughtful voters should be the one to decide the election.
reason 4
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Big States
The electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states have (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionmentof the senate decreed in the constitution. The popular vote was very close in Florida [2012] never the less obama, who won that vote got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin in woyming would net the winner got 3 electoral votes.
reason 5
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Avoid Run-Off Elections
The electoral college avoids run-off elections wich no canindate recives a majority of the votes cast. For example , Nixion in 1968 and Clinton both had only 43% plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the electoral college. There is pressure for run-off elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes cast; that pressure,wichwould greatly complicate the presidential election processes.
So you see that is is easier and less complex to do an electoral vote instead of a popular vote. Thats why i think it is manditory that we keep the electoral collage because it is a more orginized system that prevents some of the problems we see today. | 1 |
As a memeber of the Seagoing Cowboys it would be best if you joined the program because we could use all the help possible. You can even travel around the world helping as many people as you can. You can also help people recover food supplies and their animals. In the artical it says in paragraph 2 " UNRRA hired " Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." Also in paragrph 5 it says " Besides helping people, I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China". Then after every person, city, or state has been helped you finally got to go home with your family and friends. And to top it off with on your way home it says in paragraph 8 " The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, writing, and games also helped pass the time." Then in paragraph 9 it says " But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Lake Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. " It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
My conclusion is to join the Seagoing Cowboys becausethey get to help peopleall around the world and they even get to travel all around the world. | 1 |
When you think of Venus, you think it's just another planet in out solar system. it's a planet that humans could live on if the Earth wasn't in our solar system. Venus could be another planet of human life form if we give it a chance.
Venus has the same size, density, and closest to distance to Earth. Venus temperatures are more high than Earth but still people could surive there.
Venus still has features like Earth such as valleys, mountains, craters, and oceans too. According to the article, NASA are approaching to study Venus by old computers called mechanical computers to see what is in Venus surface and pulling samples from the planet and testing the them in a chmaber back at NASA to see if humans could surive there.
Another planet that human life form could surive on is Venus. NASA has sent pilots on a mission to see if spacecraft could surive for more than a few hours on Venus to see if humans could live there. | 1 |
New advancemnets are made everyday. And everyday, there is someone to question the achievements created in the 21st century. People argue about things as simple as the purpose of phones and now they have something bigger to argue about- driverless cars.
Driverless cars can be viewed as a danger to society. With no one to control them, how safe can they really be? Google, BMW, and several other companiews have answered these insecurities by creating many developments. Google has created a car loaded with position-estimating sensors, rotating sensor on the roof, video camera mounted near the rerview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, an inertial motion sensor, as well as a spinning laser beam sensor (named LIDAR) which is attached to the roof of the car. All of these creations has helped the car mimic the skills of a human driver at the wheel.
Not only are the cars installed with hundreds of safety features to insure there are no accidents, they also know their own limitations (something humans have a hard time doing sometimes). BMW anounced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant" in 2013. These development helps the car steer, brake, and accelorate on its own, but in the event that they need human skills (to navigate construction roads or very busy traffic jams) it sends an alert to the driver. GM has created a seat that vibrates when a human needs to take over, and the Google car is programmed to simply announce when the driver should take the wheel.
As stated in the paragraph above, humans have a hard time knowing their limitations. Wether they drank to much or have not had a enough sleep, they still think it is okay to get behind the wheel of a car. This creates a dangerous situaiton for others as the person driving no longer has complete control over himself or the vehicle, and an accident is most likely to occur. This can be fixed with the drverless car. No matter what condition the human is in,
the car will always be under control. The same technology will still be there no matter what without fear of being under the influence or lack of sleep. It is a much safer option that of reckless humans.
Google, BMW, GM, and many other companies have created advancements in order the achieve driverless cars. Everyday they install more features to make the cars more comfortbale, enviormentally friendly, and safer. As these achievments are being made, they seem like the safer alternative to that of humans who do not understand their limitations. Driverless cars should be a part of society. | 4 |
The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable to teachers who care what their students are thinking & feeling. The article states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.."
The article says the computer could detect when a student is bored or confused and then could modify the lesson to where it could interest the student or engage them more than they were before. This could help so many students to understand things more. If they are becoming bored and the computer makes the lesson a bit more exciting or less harder then it could ber so much easier on the students and teachers.
With the power of technology, teachers could see how well they are teaching. If a classroom computer could detect when a student is confused the teacher would then know and could re-explain it to the student. If a student is confused and doesn't want to ask for help in front of everybody the teacher could tell by the computer recognizing confusion and pull the student asside and explain to them again what exactly they're suppose to be doing.
"...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 could be valuable in a classroom beacuse if you are trying to do your assignment on your computer and you see an ad that you may like but you don't want to get off topic from your assignment, you could simply frown and it will go away and bring up something totally different. That may not appeal to you at all and will not distract you from your work anymore.
In conclusion I think the use of technology to read the the emotional expressions of students in a classroom maybe valuable to many teachers. Teacher would then know what exactly their students are feeling without having to ask them. Which could come in handy to tecahers that have shy students and don't like to share how they're feeling or what they think on the discussion. | 3 |
Around the world, citites are getting improved by reducing the usage of cars. With the new ways of transportation such as bike, foot, car-pool and public transportation (bus, train, taxi) there has been many great out comes. Many people should join in on this limiting of car usage. It saves time, conserves resources, lowers emmisions and improves safety. Many citites, such as Vauban, Paris and Bogota have taken steps to creating a car free community.
In Vauban, Germany many residents of this community dont even own a car. The people are allowed to own a car but they have two options of parking that result in buying a space or a home with a space. With this great cost of spaces, up to 70 percent of the families do not own a car. Many people living this life style are very happy with not owning a car. Heidrun Walter thought that "when [she] had a car [she] was always tense. [And she] is much happier this way". It was proven that 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe is from passenger cars. The idea of a "car reduced" community is very appealing to many people and is starting to spread to many locations.
The ban of driving has also spread to Paris. Paris started off by banning any motorists with an even-numbered license plate, and the following day the same would apply to the odd-numbered plates. There was a descrease of congestion by 60 percent. France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline, which lead to the blame of diesel for the intensifying smog in the city. Around 67 percent of the vehicles in France are diesel compared to the 53 percent average of diesel engines in the first of Western Europe. With just the few short carless days, the smog cleared from the city and the ban was rescined a day after.
There are also traditions such as "Car-free day" in Bogota, Colombia. On this day, car owners leave their cars at home and turn to hiking, biking, skating or bus taking. The main goal for this day is to promote alternative transportation and reduce the smog. Many people join in, resulting in a very large turn out, saying that "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". It is thought that the people participating in this event are "generating a revolutionary change" . Not only has this day helped to decrease the pollution and smog in the city, it has brought improvements to the city. There has been a restriction on rush-hour which leads to the cut in traffic, sidewalks are being replaced, parks and sports centers are blooming throughtout the city and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
These different ways of limiting car usage have also spread to the United States. President Obama has large goals to "curn the United States' greenhouse gas emmisions". Recent studies have shown that Americans are buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses as the years go by. There has also been a reduced amount of car ownership per household. Many sociologists believe it will have "beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment" with transportation being the second largest source of the United States emissions. In a span of nine years, a study found that driving by young people had decreased 23 perecent. Discussions at the Mobile World Congress lead to a plan for a world where personal vehicle ownership it impractical or undesirable.
Many citites in the world are starting to see the damage cars can do to the environment and also how wonderful and stress-free life can be withouth them. Many new ides are being started to reduce the car usage everywhere. Most people agree with these ideas, most even find them beneficial. There are many advantages of limiting car usage and it seems many people have found these advantages which has resulted to the decrease of car culture everywhere. | 2 |
Ok I see where this article is coming from with the FACS technology,but if you think about it,theres some people out there who probably wouldn't want to be read about there emotions.
Realy if you think about it what do people gain from this technology. In the article it talks about how you can tell by the look of peoples faces you can tell how that friend is feeling. If a person can tell how someone is feeling just by the way they look then what is the point of this tecnology. Also in the article it gives you a number of steps to do while looking in the mirror in paragraph 7,but all of those steps are thing they people can detect already from other people instead of a the FACS techgnology.
Some things are useful in this tecnology,but its just really doesn't show any value on how this can effect other people. This tecnology is really just to show you there emotion,nut in reality ask your self what can you do depending on what ther emotions are showing, for the person who is feeling this way? So in my conclusion this technology to read the emtional exspressions of students in the classroom is not valuable. | 1 |
My name is Luke Bomberger, and I joined the seagoing Cowboys program, and you should too. It helps animals that might not make it otherwise live until they get wherever they are going, then someone can take care of them and make sure that they are okay. All you have to do is feed them, clean them, and clean there stalls. It is not a hard job, and there is also plenty of time for sightseeing and other things once you arrive at your destination.
The seagoing Cowboys program helps animals stay healthy and alive while they are going to different places around the world. It makes sure that they get to a place where someone will take good care of them, or use them for milk, meat, eggs, and other things. The seagoing Cowboys program is very useful.
All you have to do in this job is take care of animals and clean them and there stalls up. It's not a hard job. It doesn't even take long to clean there stalls if you keep up on the work. There is also sometime between pickups of the animals for yourself, or for playing with friends in the empty hold after animals have been delivered. Delivering the animals is always fun, seeing the smiling faces of the little kids riding there first horse, seeing there first cow, or anything else. It's guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
There is a lot of time for sightseeing once you get to your destination , and other things, such as riding a gondola in Venice, Italy, the city with streets of water. The sights you get to see are very beautiful sometimes, and tourist attractions are always fun to go see. It's an amazing thing to be able to see all of them while your still technically working. The sights are amazing, from mountains to mansions, you have the opportunity to see it all.
In conclusion, the seagoing Cowboys program is a very helpful thing, and it woul;d be wonderful if you joined. We always like a little extra muscle. It really is awesome to go sightseeing, get tours of famous places, and see all the tourist attractions that you wouldn't even have a small chance at seeing if you weren't a seagoing Cowboys. Please join us, and have some fun while your at it. | 3 |
We need to keep a better enviroment if we want to live in a more healty world. one of the best was is to limit car uasge. There are many advantages of limiting car usage for people. A coulpe of examples are the air an world would not be as polluted more then it already is, and this could improve the satfy for other people.
By wanting to live in a more healty place we need to keep the air clean, that is one of are biggest problems with useing cars all the time. One way there are trying to accomplush this is by makeing homes an cities denser, so that its would be better for walikng or biking riding. making these homes more compact there would be molre accesibletily to public transportation. which would leave more space for better walk was . By doing this we are reducing car use an saveing the air a little at a time ,to imp[rove this world.
Another advantage woulod be that with less cars running around the streets would be way satfier. With generation being that more kids are starting to drive everyone esle is more at risk with there satfy. "different things are convering which suggest thta we are witnessing a long-term cultral shift" mean that we can still feel connected to other peolpe without driving. So we dont need to be driving around all the time it would be in all of are best interst to limit driving cars.
in conclusion i feel that limiting driveeing would help all of us in the long run into liveing in a better an safer wold. Tat if we take care of will keep us safe by living here. | 2 |
When driverless cars come up in convesation must people will be like "wow so cool", but most people do not know what they are talking about and they think they just want to look cool in front of people with their cool new gadgets. Driverless cars are easilly a good thing, but why? Most likely driverless cars are safer with more advanced technology than we have now and they also can prevent some pollution that the public transportation system gives off in the major cities. Most people think that driverless cars are dangerous or they think they are just some cool technology.
Driverless cars are a good thing to come, but not anytime soon. Driverless cars can prevent accidents from happening. Teenage drivers are the leading cause of accidents worldwide because they are knew to it or they are on their phone while they are driving. Just think if teenagers had a driverless car the accident rate would go way down and the teenagers that are so young would stop getting killed. Driverless cars are not just for teens, but for everyone think of the elderly, in some peoples opinions old people or senior citizens should not be able to drive. Driverless cars could help get elderly to their bingo games safe and on time. Paragraph nine states "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." Now people know that teenagers are never going to listen and put their phones down because they think they are smarter than the last person who was texting and driving. It says that "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe."(9). Well one way they can do that is with driverless cars.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes that driverless cars can replace public transportation such as taxis or busses. Major cities in the United States have the highest pollution globally and that is to blame the public transportation system along with many other things, but public transportation is one of the main factors. Sergey Brin envisions "a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system."(1). We do not know if this will be happening some time in the near future or years down the road. Sergey claims that the driverless cars would "use half the fuel of todays taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus."(1). Well since we know that major cities usually have some sort of public transportation system now they are letting off huge amounts of pollution and using a lot of fuel each and every hour of the day. Something has to change Sergey Brin says he wants to cut the taxis and busses feul in half by using driverless vehicles instead. He states the vehicles would "offer far more flexibility than a bus."(1). We do not know what this statement means, but if it means that he can make driverless busses that recieve better fuel economy than a regular bus that is polluting the earth. That would be a really big improvement if he could accomplish that. Stopping global warmming should be a big topic of discussion and driverless cars could have a big impact on stopping global warmming.
Most people do not think about how the impact on society that driverless cars can bring to the table. People do not think about how the cars could potentially save teenagers lives or their family or anyone for that matter. Also, they do not think about the fact that driverless cars could replace the public transportation system and stop one of the main factors contributing to the pollution or global warmming. Some instances driverless cars could be a bad thing in our world and some people just want to look cool. Citizens have to look at it from a different prospective and imagine a safer and less polluted place. Driverless cars are the future and they are only going to raise more conflicts. | 4 |
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus." The author suggests that NASA working ans studying about Venus, and how it wored. The solars system was finding where the Venus and close to which planet.
Venus is actually a planet in the solar system, Venus is the second planet from the sun. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is the closest planet to the Earth in terms of density and size. The experience extreme than
anything humans encounter on Earth, such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to driveing to the deepest part of the oceans.
NASA has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans. However, oeering at Venus from a ship orbitign or hovering safely far above the planet can proide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.
More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a through mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. The NASA is working one other stuff to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electroics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's suerface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions.
In conclusion, there was almost ninty seven percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfurice acid in Vnus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over eight hundred degrees Fahreheit, and
the atmospheric pressure is ninty times greater than what they ecperience on the Earth. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering thirty or so miles above the roiling Venusin landscape. At thrirty plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around one hundred seventy degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth.
The though of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by useing the gears ans levers and do not require electronics at all. Venus has a value, not only because human curiosity will like lead us into the mnay equally intimidating endeavores. | 0 |
I believe that the use of the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable and useful. Imagine this, you are a child in a boring old science or math class and you are frowning and you are just so bored. Then all of a sudden your teacher is making the lesson more interesting by adding superheros or music. How did she do that? Now put yourself into the shoes of the teacher in that situation. You look on your computer and see that your whole class is bored and angry. Why not make this more interesting by putting on upbeat music and adding glitter and bright colors to your notes? That is what you can do with this new technology.
This technology would be really useful in all the classrooms. If you put it on the teachers computers it would really bring the childrens grades up and hopefully keep them interested and thinking about what tomorrows lesson is going to be like. With this new technology it might even keep kids out of trouble just so they won't miss their favorite class with their new favorite teacher.
The text has many many pros of why you would want this program in classrooms. In paragraph one it states, "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percest disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This is when they were talking about the Mona Lisa. The Facial Action Coding System shows all the emotion Mona Lisa was showing even though it is a painting and was painted a very long time ago. In paragraph three the text states, "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." and paragraph four, "Using video imagery, the new emotion recognition software tracks these facial movements- in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face." These examples show all the emotions it can identify, such as the Mona Lisa and her mixed emotions. Another quote says, "For instance you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc." The last two example and quotes I gave prove how intelligent this machine is. It can identify emotions better thanus humans, and we make the facial expressions!
This technology may be great and all but the only downside is that you can not have it on your laptop, the text states, "Your home PC can't handles the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." This has some pros and some cons. One con in the text says, "Imagine a computer thqat knows when you're happy or sad, For examples, 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." That could be really upsetting considering how annoying some ads are. For example if you have a cat but it is showing an ad for bird food, what will that be useful for?
If teachers couldn't have the program for the Facial Action Coding System on their school computers they could always jusrt smile and try to be happy. In paragrqaph nine the text states, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." The author also states, "A renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way of creating these emotions on stage. Empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions." This shows that of a teacher smiles or laughs or changes her voice to a more upbeat pitch, the students may be more happy with the lesson. | 3 |
Hi, I am luke and I really recomend that you join the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program can be hard work at some time,so be ready for that. There are also many benifits to this trip. I myself had a very exciting and memerable journey, and if you decide to join you will have one too.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys program you get to see tons of new places. I got to see places like Europe and China. I also met and created a bond with new people, While I was there I saw new cultures. This program allowed me to be aware of other countries and there needs by not hearing about them, but actually witnessing it. I also had some fun on board with the other members of the Seagoing Cowboys club. We played games like fencing, boxing, and even table tennis.
Now if I told you that the Seagoing Cowboys program was all fun and games, I would be lying. There is a lot of work to do. One time I fell down a slippery ladder. I didn't die,(because if I did I couldn't have wrote this.)but I did get hurt badly and I cracked my ribs. There are many responsibilities while on board. I had to work with animals. I had to load and unload them off the ship. Also on my second trip I was the night watchman, and my job was to check on the animals every hour.
Even though there is is work to be done the Seagoing Cowboys program was a great opritunity for me, and it could also be a great opritunity for you.Helping out at my aunt Katie's farm prepared me, and maybe you have some preperation too.This trip taught me more than i could have ever learned at home.The Seagoing Cowboys program really opened my eyes.I hope I go again,and I hope I see you there. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
We have been using the electoral college method for a long time now. It has brought us our ups and downs, but everything has it's cons. I think this is a very fair method to use and that we should most definetly keep it.
Their is not really a lot of good arguements on why we should get rid of the electoral college. "The single best arguement against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor." (paragraph 11) There is only one really good arguement against this, and not a lot of people look at this as such a bad thing. Yes, people who don't want this method will use this arguement, but when someone else throws an argument backing it up they will have no rebutal to rest their case.
"The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President" (paragraph 3) I know you know this already, but this statement shows how fair this method is.
Now with big states it is easier to recieve more votes because there is mor eelectoral votes. However, it is also very hard because you would have to persuade the state to be on your side and vote for you. " The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states (by population) lose by virtue of te mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution . . . .
The popular vote was very close in Florida [in 2012]; nevertheless Obama, who won that vote, got 29 electoral votes. A victory by the same margin Wyoming would net hte winner only 3 electoral votes. So, other things being equal, a large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign than a small state does . . . ."
(paragraph 21)
All in all, this is a good system because it works very well and thier is no problem with it. I think we should keep it for as long as The United States of America can.
Sincerely,
Sarabi | 1 |
What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is a process ,not a place. The founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between elections of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. In the United States people select a president every three years. They would either select their president by Electoral College, or by the most popular vote.
Voting by Electoral College is not safe at all,they should change it to election by popular vote for the President of the United States. When you vote by elecoral vote it is never guaranteed that they are going to vote for who you wanted to vote for. They might even change their mind at the last second ,so you never know what they are about to do. Some rich people can pay them to buy off their votes. Then ,boom you lost a vote it might result to a tie or lost. According to paragraph 11 "In the same vein,''faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast and deciding vote for whomeverthey please...". You never what could happen ,it is like taking a very riskfull risk and every votes matter .Just one vote can make a very big difference. Further more,voting by popular vote would give you a better chance of getting your candidate to win .When you are the one that elects the President you feel more confident and good .You'll know that you voted for the one you wanted to win and the one that you think that will change everything the way you wanted to. Also ,you don't have worry about anything else ,like people going in the voting box and taking the votes out. Once you vote ,your vote is immediately safe.
In the other hand,voting by Electoral College benefited us .Obama which is the current president of the United States wouldn't probably be president if it wasn't for them. Accordind to the last article "In [2012's ] election ,for example ,Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney....'' That means their votes helped Obama win. Also' the Electoral College avoids problem of elections in which no candidates recieves a majority of the votes cast. Winners take all methods in awarding electoral votes for what they've done.
To summarise my reasonnings Electoral College votes should be change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Peoples should be allowed to vote on their own. Everybody would be much happier .Without happy people the country would be upside down. Put this question in your mind,what would you do if you were running for president ,and they told you Electoral College would be voting? | 3 |
The article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto presents an idea that a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System can recognize human emotion. The article mentions that It can determine your emotion even if you seem like your not trying to express a specific emotion. This would be extremely helpful in classrooms so that students can have a better learning experience.
In the classroom, students tend to let their minds to drift off and sometimes they get confused but they're to shy to say anything. With having this new Facial Action Coding System, the system could modify the lesson plan based on how the students feel about it. For example, Dr. Huang from the article says that, "This classroom computer can recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This technology would also help the teacher learn more about their students so that they can help them when needed. This technology would play a big role in the future of schooling.
The Facial Action Coding System, is a different kind of computer. It determines your emotion which makes it different from the rest. This techonolgy plays a benefical addition to the classroom. If we incooperated them in the class, students would have a better learning experience and it would help the teachers learn more about their students! | 2 |
The Face was not created by aliens, but the Face is a natural landform. In the article, it says, "It 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." The Face on Mars is a natural landform because landforms happens on most planets with solid ground, and Mars is a planet that has landforms, too.
In the article, it says, "Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Aliens did not create the Face, but the planet itself did, Mars. People on Earth were nervous because the landform on Mars resembled a human head, in which they called the Face.
In the end, after the Mars Global Surveyor took pictures of the Face, they realized the Face is actually a natural landform. | 1 |
There are a lot of mixed opinions about driveless cars. Some are against it and some totally support the idea of it. I support it because I think that it will be easier and faster way to get somewhere and it can be safer which is very important. And while others are against it because it can be dangerous and involve a lot of reckless driving which can lead to accidents. Technology these days have improved from before and it is better now which allows us to make better technology.
Sensors are very important for a driveless car and have improved over the last decade and they can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine which allows better respnse and control than human driving could manage alone. There have been furthur improvements in the sensors and computer hardwawre and software which will make driving safer and it is leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own. Even though some of the technology needed hasn't been made yet some believe that we are catching up to technology necessary to make a driveless car. Though in the past couple of years several car brands have started developing cars that can handle driving functions such as they can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves but they are all designed to notify the driver when the car requires human skills such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. Manufacturers are also considering putting in cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. They are also hoping to bring in heads-up dispay signs that can turned off instantly if the driver needs to take over. The in-car system is actually a safety feature which is a big concern, While those who are against it think that it can be reckless driving and cause accidents and it can lead to conflicts regarding who is at fault with injuring someone.
I think that as time goes technology will get better and advance more which can lead to manufacturers making driveless cars. Safety is very important and I think that it can be safer and a faster way to get somewhere. There are manufacturers making cars that are not completely driveless but I think that soon we will have driveless cars selling everywhere. | 2 |
Venus is a dangerous planet with 800 degrees fahrenheit, a thick atmosphere made up 97% of carbon dioxide, and highly corrsive clouds of sulfuric acid. You may think thats pretty dangerous. It is, but with the authors insights well find out why scienctist want to go there so badly.
The enviroment is so deadly that it can crush a submarine, that was made for going to the deepest parts of the ocean, and liquefy many metals. So you may be thinking, well writer its too dangerous for us so just forget about it and stop rambling, well thats were youre wrong. The Author claims we could fly 30 miles up in the air and hover around on the blimp. The tempature would only be 170 degrees fahrenheit but thats also survivable for humans, maybe not easy but still survivable.
So that seems safe enough for my beliefs, so maybe it should be safe enough for your beliefs, but hey thats just a theory, an Essay theory. | 1 |
Being a Seagoing Cowboy is awesome. When your over sea, you can do all kinds of stuff. You can feed the horses, clean the stalls, and when all the horses are dropped off you can have some fun. Basicly, you can anything you want. I think you should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
When the horses are around it's a pretty easy job. All you have to do is feed them, water them, and clean the stalls. Simple. You feed the horses hay and oats. Give them fresh water and clear their stalls every 1 or 2 weeks. It's a pretty easy job if you grew up on a farm.
Being on a boat, we have to make stops along the way. That is when you can go sight-seeing. On our last trip we were going to Greese, we stopped at Venice, Italy. I saw all kinds of cool stuff. I took a grandola ride down the streets of water.
But when all the work is done, and we are all on our way back to America, that is when the fun begins. The other cowboys and I do all kinds of stuff. We play baseball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to pass time. Sometimes we even play volleyball in the empty horse stalls. Its a lot of fun being a Seagoing Cowboy.
With big orders for horses it might be hard but there are some small orders which are real easy. All in all, it is a fun job. Sometimes the trip is long, somtimes the trip is short but it is still the greatest job in the world. I think no job could be any better. You should come and join to be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
The Facial Action Coding System,can read peoples expressions.
Should this technology be used in classrooms to detect the emotins of the students?
This technology should not be used to detect the emotions of students. The article stated that this tech, could be used to detect when a student is getting tired or bored of the lesson. This would then allow the computer to liven the lesson up, as the text states directly, "Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor." This line makes it seem like it(the FACS technology) would replace teachers in the classroom.
Teaches do not need technology to tell if their students are bored, as the text says, people just know what the emotions of others are. The teacher would know when, and how to modify the lesson to keep their students interested, and engaged. Would we know what the technology would do to modify the lesson? Would the students just be able to be angry at the lessons until the computer just stops giving the student lessons? Using this tech is not an alternative to having a real person tell how you feel. The teacher can help you feel better because they know how you really feel, because they have empathy. The computer can tell how you feel, but it does not what it is like to feel, so in the end it can't really help.
Should the FACS tech be used in the classroom? No, because the students need a teacher to help them feel better when they are frustrated or sad, not a computer that can only try and make them happy. It also seem sthat they want this tech, to replace our teachers,which would hurt the students more than it would help them. | 2 |
I would tell them that other scientists have looked in to it and its not a face.
Then i would say that it is a Martian Mesa and thats it looks like a face but if you do your research right you will be like oh i got it. I would say that they got many of these kind face shaped things in the west. But i would also say that it was cloudy around that planet at this time of year. So i would say that maybe the clouds formed a face like figure cause many times I have went outside and have seen a cloud that looks like a face and that even if the wind is blowing the clouds stay in one form. I would say some researches have looked into it and they have snapped 10 pictures of a face like figure but it turns out to be a natural landform. Last i would say that the face like figure is equivalent to the Lava Dome And about the same height as the Face On Mars. | 1 |
In 1976, a spacecraft from NASA, called Viking 1, was sent out to Mars to take pictures of where Viking 2 could land. Then the most unsual thing happened, the spacecraft spotted a "shadowy likeness of a human face." NASA is trying to prove that the Face is nothing but a natural landform. Since not everyone was satisfied, NASA continued to explain that the Face has nothing to do with Alien Monument.
NASA's discovery is leading to an argument over whether it was formed by aliens or if it is just a natural landform. The text states, "The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien amrkings were hidden by haze." This evidence shows how people continue to believe that the Face could've have alien marking all around it, but they couldn't have been spotted because it was winter on the Red Planet so it was very cloudy to spot anything like that. Then on April 8, 2001, Mars Global Surveyor got close enough for a second look. The text states "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." This proves that if there were any Egyptian like pyramids or any alien type monument, you would be able to see it. | 1 |
Hi my name is luke Bomberger and after you read this passage you are going to want to be a seagoing cowboy. There are many reasons why you should be a seagoing cowboy. Seagoing cowboys are the best and you will find out why in the next couple paragraphs.
Now let me talk to you about things we do as a seagoing cowboy. As a seagowing cowboy you get to travel around the world to help other places and countries from disasters. You dont just help places you help people and even animals which is the best part in my opionon.
There are other things to do as a seagoing cowboy then just helping places, people, and animals. You can make friends really easily, because everyone that work in the program are friendly and super nice. You can even play games on the trip to the places you are going to. Some of the games are whittiling, baseball, volleyball, fencing, boxing, and even table tennis tournaments does'nt that sound fun.
Once you join the program it really is a lot of fun. like I told you in the paragraphs above all the stuff we do as a seagoing cowboy is amazingly super. So now you know the reason why it is fun to be a seagoing cowboy and why peope love being in this program. Also being a seagoing cowboy is more than just an adventure it opens up the world to you. | 1 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author supports his idea by explaining and reasoning why scientist want to invest they're time in Venus, How Venus can have chances of human survival, and how Venus can be a challenging planet to research, but argues it out by saying its not impossinble with time and effort.
The author tells the reader how Venus can have chances of human survival the reader provides this in his article because he wants to persuade you that if scientist have chances to survive Venus, then more likely their chance of researching Venus is more likely to be accepted and successful. " Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." (paragraph,5) the author explains the positive conditions of Venus and how it could be possible for scientist to survive in those conditions.
The author then states why scientist want to invest they're time in Venus. The author does this because he wants to persuade the reader that, it is a good idea to make time to research Venus because it was once like Earth, and they want to invest time to know what caused Venus to change into a dry rocky surface without water. " If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientist even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." The authors purpose of the text is to tell the reader why it is that they arae willing to invest their time into Venus, the author gives his reasoning as Venus being just like earth with supporting life form, in which the author could be implying that if life on Venus existed and it disapeared their research could have results to why it happened and how can we prevent it from happening to Earth.
Lastly, the author supports his idea by how Venus is challenging, but argues the idea of not being impossible. What the author tries to tell us is that Earth and Venus are alike, and that although its challenging its closest to Earth and quicker to provide transportation and how reasearch could fastly be involved and be progressed. In their benefit because of what the author is trying to do is give positive information, so then the reader will be persuaded. " Often referred to as Earth's 'twin' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closet in distance too. - Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner - in space terms- humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." The author tells how variety of humans have sent spacecrafts, and how it wouldn't be rare or that much of a risk to start sending more spacecrafts since they already have before. In that case the authot is trying to convince the audience that if this was done variety of times before there shouldn't be a conflict in trying it again with improvements.
In conclusion the author supports his idea by explaining and listing his reasoning to why scientist should invest their time in Venus, and how the auhtor emphasizes the possiblities to have reference from Venus to use in Earth, since they're like-wise. | 3 |
The people of our great nation are told to vote on who they would like to lead and represent them. This is a Democracy and American citizens deserve this right. There have been incidents where the majority of the popular vote from U.S. citizens did not lead to the election of that candidate. This is because of the electoral college. This is the cause of citizens not having the president they asked for. Most American people do not agree with the electoral college. "The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational" (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defenses are wrong, Bradford Plumer).
The disaster factor is a what the electoral college should really be concerned about. The system allows for many slip-ups. "The American people should conside themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century" (The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best laid defenses are wrong, Bradford Plumer). In 1960, segregationists in the Loisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. Also, electors who aren't loyal to the county have occasionally chosen to vote for the party that they'd want rather then vote for their party's candidate. Popular vote is what our founding fathers wanted in the beginning. They wanted equality between people, and the wanted the people to vote for who they wanted as a leader. With the electoral college, this vision cannot become reality.
The popular vote is what a Democracy is all about. "The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachorism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the electoral college is not democratic in a modern sense" (In Defense of the Electoral College: Five Reasons to Keep our Despised Method of Choosing the President, Richard A. Posner). There is no point in having the people vote if they aren't voting for what they need as a nation. We have brought our nation together so that they can decide on someone to watch over them and protect them.
The Electoral college is non Democratic and needs to be abolishes as soon as possible. There is no more use for it, as the population continues to grow. The popular vote is the way our great leaders taught us how to vote. | 3 |
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. I'll be using details from the article to form an eassay arguing whether the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of the students in a classroom is valuable. I'll be sure to include, a claim for or against the value of using ths technology to read student' emotional expressions, evidence from the article to support the claim, and an introductions, a body, and a conclusion to my essay. The reasons i'm going to use are why it's valuable, how we can use it to help other, and how to use it correctly.
First of all let me explain the passge, the passage talks about how we can use technology to identify human emotions. How is this technology valuable, well it's very valuable. The FACS (Facial Actions Coding System) which is the technology that identify humans emotions, can let us see how everyone is. We can use the FACS everywhere that will help us to help people. Help everyone, and even animals. Help everyone in there time of need. Help those whom don't want help. Those who can't control themselves. Those that can't think correctly. Those whom are at the blink of death. A lot of people and so many more lives can be save with this technology.
How can we use it to help others? We can use the FACS to identify human emotions and help the ones that are sad. We can help them before somethings happens, like we can prevent a school shooting if we know how the persons feels. We can give them all the help they need. No lives have to be lost if we know how everyone feels. We can even stop people from killing themselves, we can change lives with this technology. We can even help those who don't want help because they are people to that are hurting. We have to help those in need and I know we can do it with the help of the FACS and change the world. It would be a lot safe out there. We can do all of this because of FACS and that's why i think its very valuable.
But there always a correct time to use this. If we can tell if someone is really depress that's when we do something because it's hard to control yourself when you are really sad. We shouldn't just wait and see what happens, we have to do something about it, because we are all human. If we see someone very depress we try to cheel them up, but what if we can't tell. That's also another example when we should use them. We can stop things from happening, bad things.
Futhermore I believe that the use of this technology can be very useful in many ways. In my essay i have show you why it's valuable, how we can use it to help other, and how to use it correctly. I also include a claim for or against the value of using ths technology to read student' emotional expressions, evidence from the article to support the claim, and an introductions, a body, and a conclusion to my essay. This technology called the FACS (Facial Actions Coding System) which is the technology that identify humans emotions, can help many people in there life, make it easliy for us to help those people, can help save people lives from hurting themselves or others, and make us prevent school shooting, people killing themselves, and save people life in many ways. | 2 |
Do aliens really exist and are they capable of doing something like this? I don't think they could but if they were capable of doing something like this. We will need some proof to stand with this. There is 3 reasons why this is just a natural landform. They can just be like any landform on earth, a face like this can happen anywhere else, and if you believe in aliens are they really capable of doing something like this?
The first reason why this is just a natural landform is because it can also happen on earth. For example, this can happen upon natural sources. Such eratation and it can just be a mesa. Another example is, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough round Cydonia"(2). If this is common than most likely it wouldn't be made by any alien. My last example for this is, most landforms have ways it can look. The landforms can happen anywhere and that wouldnt mean it was caused by an alien. If something like this happened on earth most people would think it was caused by natural thigs like the weather.
My second reason is that things can happen anywhere. For example, another planet my have this but that doesnt mean an alien went and left it there so we could find it. If an alien did this we would be able to find something almost the same as this face. Another example is, "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars"(5). This can be true but if it was an alien wouldnt they do a face they new or reconized. Lastly, in the passage it states that "There was no alien monument after all". The picture clearly showed a landform not an alien made monument. In conclusion, things like this can happen in different forms but nobody has proven it was made by an alien.
My last reason for why this is not an alien made monument is because there is no proof that aliens made it. For example, have aliens been proven to exist. No proof was every made that aliens exist in the planet mars. Secondly, how could they build such a thing. if aliens built it than there must be a great amount of them that we did not know about. Lastly, if aliens aready built a Face on Mars why can't they do the same thing on Earth. there is no explanation of they wouldn't be able to do this. In order for the aliens to make something like this that would mean they are capable of this and more but they still haven't been proven to exist.
In conclusion, the face could have been made by something other than aliens. The three reasons explaining why it couldn't have been aliens is it could have been done by nature, it can happen somewhere else, and are aliens capable of this. This can prove that aliens didnt build it, that it could have been made by different things. | 2 |
Everybody shows emotion every day, they are apart of the human nature. Dr. Huang and his partner have high knowledge adn are highly educated at making improved ways for humans and computers to communicate. Dr. Huang and his partner made a computer, Facial Action Coding System, that can so called "calculate" eamotions. This computer could be valuable to read expressions of students in classrooms.
People would say that when they are or were in school that they were had some type of emotion about the lesson that htey were going to learn. "'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confude or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts" (paragraph 6). This computer could help the students learn and teachers could help the students better if they are unexcited, bored, or even confused. When a teach knows that a student(s) are bored or confused with a lesson they try to change it to where the students won't be. "'Then it [the computer] could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (paragraph 6).
With the Facial Action Coding System the teacher would really have to do much and figure out how to change the whole lesson but still have the same content and have it in the same time length as planned.
To help students understand in the classroom the Facial Action Coding System could be valuable by reading the students expressions. Citizens who go or went to school would agree that this computer could help and even Dr. Huang said that it could help students. It could also help teachers by not taking up there time so they could get other stuff done, like grading paper and looking at other lessons. | 2 |
You should become a Seagoing Cowboy. One of the reasons is that you get to see amazing historical places that you otherwise wouldn't get to see. I loved that you got to take care of the animals. You also should know of the dangers of being a Seagoing Cowboy. You should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
As a Seagoing Cowboy I got to travel and see many different places. I got to see Europe and China. I even got to see the Acropolis in Greece! I also got to take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. I even got to tour an excavated castle in Crete, and I had the oppurtunity to marvel the Panama Canal on my way to China. The sights were amazing!
I loved caring for the animals. It kept me busy during the crossings. They all had to be fed and watered three times a day. My job also required me to drag the bales of hay and the bags of oats up from the lower holds. I also had to clean the stalls, which isn't as bad as it sounds. I loved taking care of the animals.
You must beware though of what the dangers are of being a Seagoing Cowboy. Once I was making my hourly report to the captain when I slid down a slippery ladder. My heart began to race as I looked down and saw the dark blue sea. I was only saved by a small strip of metal. I would have flown overboard! I mean what would you expect when you are out at see.
You shoud become a Seagoing Cowboy. There may be dangers, but there is also great fun. You could go to places you have always wanted to go and see things you have always wanted to see. You would probably also love forming a bond and taking care of the animals. It is an amazing way to help people to recover after this terrible tragedy that destroyed everything they owned. You should become a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
Dear Florida Senator,
I can't help but notice the controversy regarding the Electoral College and its role in electing the President of the United States. While most argue that the Electoral College is a violation of freedom, I strongly believe that the Electoral College premotes equality for the candidates and the people.
By using the Electoral College system, we create an equal playing field for the candidates. For example, The Electoral College system serves as "checks-and-balances." In the words of the Office of the Federal Register in "What Is the Electoral College?": "The founding fathers established [The Electoral College] as a compromise between Congress and election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens," (Office of the Federal Register 1). This system of voting balances the voice of the people with the voice of Congress. Opposers might say that our votes don't even matter due to the fact that the popular vote doesn't directly determine our nation's President. This is far from reality, because the popular vote is vital to the Electoral College. The Office of the Federal Register writes that "most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate," (Office of the Federal Register 7). This means that the popular vote does determine - for most states anyway - whether or not the candidate recieves all of the electoral votes for that particular state.
Not only does the Electoral College ensure equality for the candidates, but for the people as well. For example, in "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong," Bradford Plumer whines about how, "At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters," going on to say that, "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, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states," (Plumer 13). However, Richard A. Posner makes a fair point: "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president...[If a candidate with only regional appeal becomes President] the residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised - to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president," (Posner 19). Moreover, Posner also writes that "Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign - to really listen to the competing candidates - knowing that they are going to decide the election. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average...and the most thoughtful votes should be the ones to decide the election," (Posner 20).
Overall, the Electoral College is a symbol of our freedom of speech. I do hope you take my thoughts under consideration. The Electoral College may be called "outdated." But as the saying goes, "If it 'aint broke, don't fix it."
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 4 |
State Senator I disagree on keeping the Electoral College! For only the electors choose who is going to be the new President, I say we get dispose of it and change the election to most popular vote! That way we also have a say on who is going to be the new President and the new Vice President. For we also have to have a say on this.
The thing that is wrong with this system is that the voters do not vote for the President, but for the slate of the electors who in turn elect the President! like it says on source 2 paragraph 10 "If you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for [John] kerry
The Electoral College does not let us, the people, choose who is going to be the new President it only allows the electors choose who it's going to be by their vote! For an example on the 2000 U.S. Presidental race, Al Gore recieved more of the individual votes than George W. Bush, but Bush only the won election because he recieved 271 electoral votes than Al Gore's 266! It wasn't fair that | 1 |
Driverless cars can be a positive thing because it can prevenet fewer accidents, notifies when it wants the driver to take control of the wheel, and it can help a lot of disabled people.
First, we can prevent fewer accidents because when people are drinking they won't have to worry that much about crashing or spending their money on taxis for when they want to go home. They still have to be careful so when the car tells them to take the wheel, they are ready for it. As well with younger people, when they first start driving they can be lessed worried that they will have an accident, but it will be difficult to get them to focus since they aren't at the wheel. Younger drivers will be distracted by texting.
Secondly, it notifies the driver when there is danger. As it tells you in paragraph five, "...those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." Since 2013, the BMW have modified a car that will vibrate a drivers seat when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over."Paragraph seven informs the reader about everthing the BMW has done so that the car can drive by itsself.
Lastly, when you really think about it not only will these cars prevent fewer accidents and notify when it wants the driver to take control of the wheel but it can help a lot of disabled people. For those people who have a hard time driving this would be perfect for them because it's basically driving by itsself and they would rarely touch the wheel. For the people who can't drive because they aren't capable of following the rules of the road, this car would be good for them.
In conclusion, Driverless cars can be a positive things because this car will prevent fewer accidents, it will notify the driver when it needs to take control of the wheel and it will help out a lot of disabled people. There maybe a few flaws in this car but this car is mostly a good use for many more reasons. | 2 |
I believe that the technology, Facial Action Coding System, to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable because the Facial Action Coding System only works on photos and/or artworks with a detailed face on it like the Mona LIsa artwork in the article. The technology can not read a persons face expressions right away, it needs to be generated in a computor thats constructs a 3-D model of the face(paragraph 3) which is completely rubbish because for this big of an invention to only determine emotions on a photo is quite strange and unecessary of an invention.
"The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 muscles in the model must moce like human muscles" (paragragh 3). This quote indicates that they use a 3-D technology resource to find the emotions of a photo, and if you really think about it, it is very unecessary because a person could be feeling sad in an photo but happy right after being taken, and to go through all the trouble to find a person emotional expression for that emotion to only last only an hour or so, waste of energy, money and time as I would say.
Therefore I believe the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable at all because the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto does indicate that the technology is made specifically for photos and it sounds unecessary and a waste of energy to be used in real life. | 2 |
Everyone has been faced with a challenge at least once in their lifetime.Whether it be a small or big challenge we always have to find a way arounf it.In the passge The Challenge of Exploring Venus scientists are curios at exploring venus despite being very dangerous for the information they can gain from earth´s twin.The author has a good claim on why they should continue to explore venus because we are going to have to face a challenge like venus in the future, it was just like earth, and it is the nearest planet for us to visit.
One of the many reasons we should continue to study venus it that it is the closet planet to earth in similarites.Venus was once inhabitated by oceans and all different lifeforms.¨Venus still has some features that are analogous to those of earth¨If scientists can understand how venus is what it is now from being filled with life forms to being dead and dangerous then we can use that to our advantage of earth and maybe stop it from happening to us.
Another good arguement that the author puts up is that scientists will most likely end up facing a challenge just like trying to explore venus.¨Also because human curiosity will likely to lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors¨.Despite venus being a hard challenge, scientists are coming up with new technology and have already made technology that can withstand the forces of venus.Venus is also a great lesson into what we know scientists can accomplish like if we were to get a full study of venus then if any other challenge just like it comes along we will be preprared in the sense that we already got experience.
One of the final really good arguements that the author uses is that we are in such a good position to explore another planet.¨Futhermore,recall that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit¨The author is saying that we are lucky that we have such a close planet to study.Unlike saturn or neptune we do not have to spend so much money on fuel or time waiting for the satalites to get to the planet.We should take advantage of the fact that venus is so close to us even though it comes with more dangers.
Venus is like one big brick wall that if passed, can hold a lot of secreats that will help scients in the future understand how it was just like earth, how we can overcome even more challenges, and how we can study more planets using technology that we used on venus. | 3 |
Driverless cars are coming to us in the near future. These cars are capable of driving themelves. For now, they still need human interaction or assistance and human skill in order to safely navigate through work zones, or around accidents. This means that the driver would have to remain alert at all times when the car is driving itself. Driverless cars can cause a lot of problems, but have some features that could really help us on the road.
Driverless cars should not be further developed or put on the market because it is too unsafe to have technology do something as dangerous as driving. There are endless situations, which means that you cannot program a computer to do all of them for you. Especially when it comes to driving through a contruction site, on back roads that are not marked on a map, or up a driveway where precise steering is required. The only reason that this whole push for driverless cars was created, is because people found it too much of a chore to pay attention at all times when driving. Driving should be something that people take very seriously, which people in this day and age seem to miss. Drivers should want to drive safely, which is why the push for driverless cars makes no sense. There is no way that a computer can do everything that a human can do when it comes to driving. However, some of the features of the driverless cars could be helpful, like the cameras on the rear of the car, and on the rearview mirror to help with backing. This could come into play when using precise backing, where you need an extra set of eyes to look behind you in order to see all angles. Also, the GPS reciever would be very helpful if you were ever lost and needed assistance on directions to find your way.
We should put the idea of further development of driverless cars away, and focus on some of the features that would go into a driverless car, that could better improve our cars right now. Driverless cars would just be too unsafe when it comes to the needed actions, like human skill. Drivers would not feel safe enough to drive them, and in the future when we finally get used to driving them, drivers would not pay enough attention to make the actions that actually require human skill. Driverless cars can cause a lot of problems, but have some features that could really help us on the road. | 2 |
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