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The Seagoing Cowboy program is hard work but it is pretty fun. You get to help people that endured the 1945 World War 2 restock on food, animals, and more. All of us together make 44 nations that have joined together to help the people in need. The Seagoing Cowboys were part of the UNRRA ( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) organization. A Seagoing Cowboy will take care of the animals including the horses, young cows, and mules that are on board. You get to see amazing monuments and you get to sight see and have fun. This is an opportunity of a lifetime so you should join this amazing program.
One of the reasons that you should join the program is because while you are working, you get to enjoy the wonderful views that the ocean gives you and you get to see building that you would have to pay a lot of money for. I got to see Europe, China, and the Acropolis in Greece. When you are having a bad day you can just look out and see the beautiful sunset and marvel the sights that you can look upon.
Another reason is once the animals are unloaded, you are able to find some time to yourself and have fun on the ship. You are able to play baseball, volleyball, and tennis. The Cowboys also did fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to pass time. You would find an empty stable and gather a few people to play with you.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboy program to help the UNRRA. You will enjoy having lots of fun with us but not only that, you can see marvelous evenings and daylights. You can also admire the beautiful buildings the you will see on the trips that you take. | 2 |
Dear Florida State Senator,
I personally believe that the electoral college should be abolished. It can be unfair to the people. At most, there could be a tie between the electoral votes, causing the people to wonder and worry who will become president. Lastly, the candidates of the electoral college simply do not spend any time in the state that they know have no chance of winning. Three reasons that I believe the electoral college should be abolished are the following: the idea of having the electoral college is simply unfair to the people, many people worry that there will be a tie in the vote, and candidates do not spend any time in the state that they know will not win.
The electoral college is simply unfair to the people. Over sixty percent of voters would rather have a direct election. Instead of getting to vote for president, you have to vote for the electors who get to vote directly for you. To make it even worse, the senator's vote could change at any time. This often leaves people not wanting to vote again.
Another major problem with this idea is that there could possibly be a tie. Then, the election would be given to the House of Representatives. Now, state delegations would have to vote. Because of all the complications that this would leave, the people may not not get who they vote for. The election can always change with just a few votes.
Lastly, the candidates that the people vote for do not spend any time in the states that know will not win. The candidates only focus on the ones that they think will. During one election in 2000, seventeen states were not visited by the candidates. Even some of the states with the largest media markets did not see their candidates.
In conclusion, I believe that the electoreal college should be abolished. It is simply unfair to to the people. It can cause problems such as there being a tie in the vote. Lastly, the candidates do spend any time whatsoever in the states with no chance of winning. The three reasonds why I believe the electoral vote should be abolished are the folowing: it is unfair to the people, it can cause problems in the vote, and the candidates spend no time in the states with no chance of winning. | 2 |
In 1976 a unusaul photo of what appears to be a human like face was located on the big red planet Mars. This at first got heads turning and questions popping in every scientist mind at NASA. From the article it states that twenty five years ago NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars, while snapping some photos for a landing site for its sister ship Viking 2. In the article it says that it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. The real question is the photo taken was it the face of an alien?
In the article it states that there must have been a surprising expression on the faces of the mission controllers face back at Jet Propulsion Lab. Soon after the misson controlls saw the photo they, have firgured out it was just simple another Martin messa, common enough around Cydonia. In the article it says that the unusual shadows that made it look like an Eyptian Pharaoh, it is also very interesting to hear what they compared it to.
In the article it says that after a few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see, and the caption read, "huge rock information...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and atrract attention to Mars.
In the article soon after being published it most certianly did catch the attention of the people. It even has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and it even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! Now some people even think the face is bona fide evidence pf life on Mars, and evidence that NASA would rather hide.
In the article a few scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cnydonia became a priority for NASA. In the article mission controllers prepared to look again, and said "it's not easy to target Cydonia," says Garvin. Mars Global Surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks striaght down and scans. In the article Mars Global Surveyor said, "we just don't pass over the Face very often," he noted.
In conclusion about this whole Mars photo of a Face is clealry not another alien artificat, its just clearly just a natural landform. In the article it also states that in 2001 in April the redid the photo. They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degress to thecenter of the face to get a clearer shot. Now I must say in the article it states that what the picture was actually shows is the Martin equivalent of butte or messa-landforms common aroundthe American West. | 2 |
The prorcees that the president is chosen might be a flawed one, but all systems have flaws. There is no such thing as a flawless system, so if we were to change the way of somthing as important as the way we elect who leads our country, we would have to know it was an amazing system. The process of electing our leader by the electoral collage has it's perks and downfalls, it's supporters and it's opposers, but this has been the way of chosing our leader for many, many years now, and I see no reason of changing it now.
To start off, the electoral collage is a good way of electing a leader because although the popular vote may not win once in a blue moon, the system still is able consistantly be able to chose the rightful winning president the the country has elected. Also in the case of tie, which is possible due to the even number of the electoral votes, the dision is handed to the house of representives, though it has never happened before.
Now, this method works because no one region has enough votes to elect a president. So if a region with ahigh population wants on president, they might get them if it was down to poplar vote, thought with the electoral collage, the chocie has to be a fovorite regionwide. not one region such as the south or the northeast can be an absolute deciding facor, like the popualr vote method. The presidents who know they will will win a state or even a region will not bother campaging in that stae if they alreay know they will win it.
With these reason in play, I belive that the electoral collage should stay before we put an even more flawed system in play to elcet our leader. The way we elect our leader is fine the way it is and you know what they say, if it's not broken then don't fix it. | 2 |
The use of the new "facial Action Coding System" is a brilliant idea: also a great use for people who help others. This could do so much good and could also be an advantage for teachers who can't keep their students awake for lessons. Advertisement could be better too; they'll know what we're feeling by our expression.
The "Facial Action Coding System" could tell how you're feeling by reading your facial expressions. This could help in so many ways; as in to help others, to keep students awake in class also for good advertisement. According to the article " Dr. Haung new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code". This could be a good use in society; to know how people actually feel about certain ideas. According to the article " 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." It could be easier to help close ones, even friends to know how they feel. Therapists job would be easier to perscribe meds to people who actually need it. According to the article " Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." This could change so many things for the better.
A computer that could read facial expressions could help students do their work and keep them awake when its hard to pay attention to the lesson. According to the article "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. 'A
classroom computer could recognized when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr. Huang predicts." The long dreding classes won't be as long and unbelievably hard to stay awake, if the computer notices when you're falling asleep it'll do something to keep you awake. It also will send a notification to your teacher; if speaking in class is too terrifying. According to the article " The same technology can make computer-animated faces more experssive- for video games or video surgery. 'Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication.' notes Dr. Huang. 'So computers need to understand that, too.'." Video games will be more exciting and enjoyable if it has amazing graphics with the facial reader.
The "Facial Action Coding System" has a very good use in this society with the new iphones/Andriod, and also the new consoles. It could help so many people and could do amazing projects. It's a wonder machine and should be published and used. | 3 |
Around the world, cars are the main use of transportation. The exaust from cars causes pollution in the air world-wide. By limiting car use, you can easily cut the pollution levels released by cars in half. There are many great aspects of limiting car use. Some international cities have already set a day where citizens do not use their cars. Limiting car use is a great option for the enviroment. As it can help many individuals from all around the world.
In the city of Vauban, Germany, most citizens do not even own vehicles. "70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here."(Rosenthal, 3) Vauban claims to be a car free community. The banning of cars is a "growing trend in Europe" (Rosenthal, 4) The movement is called "smart planning." (Rosenthal, 4) Cars play a huge roll in polluting the Earth. "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, 5) The "Enviromental Protection Agency is promotiong "car reduced" communities." (Rosenthal, 9) Limiting car use is a huge benefit for the Earth and people living in it.
In Paris, France, the pollution levels are increasing drastically. For that reason, Paris has decide to ban driving for two days. Citizens who failed to not drive were punished with a $31 fine. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France". (Duffer, 14) This statistic shows that by the limiting of car use, traffic levels may chage drastically. From the lower use of cars on the roads, the smog above Paris was clearing and moving towards Beijing. Which is "one of the most polluted cities in the world." (Duffer, 14) The main cause of the pollution is diesel fuel. France in particular favors deisel fuel. "Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France". (Duffer, 16) This is the prmary cause of the pollution in the city. By banning the cars, the city recieved clarity from the smog surrounding it prior to the ban.
In Bogota, Colombia, one day a year they ban all cars despite public transit. They have been doing this for three years. If a citizen failed to obey the car ban, a $25 dollar fine was given to them. Buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaza stated, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."(Selsky, 24) The car ban is part of an improvement campaign from the mid-1900s. Rain or shine the residents of Bogota still participated. This past year two additional cities participated in the movement. The movement has shown great success and has been helping with pollution and stress many individuals face daily.
In the United States of America, President Obama wants to lower the rate of greenhouse gas emmissions. Studies show that "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."(Rosenthal, 29) In 2005, there was a peak of the miles driven. In 1995, this was 9 percent lower this was also the case in April of 2013. Michael Silvak, an individual that studies the trend and who is a research professor at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute said, "rates of car ownership per house hold and per person sdtarted to come down two to three years before the turn down." (Rosenthal, 33) As the years have past, the numbers of car owners have decreased. Although the idea of limiting car use sounds like a great idea, it will eventually hurt the automotive industry. People will stop purchasing cars due to these bans.
There are many widespread advantages to limiting the car use of individuals around the globe. Greenhouse gas emmission levels are essentially rising. By taking action and limiting car use, the world can decrease these levels. Less use of vehicles can help relieve stress, a condition a lot of people face around the globe. It is truly amazing that by banning cars for a day, the surrounding smog was clearer in Paris. The widespread happines in Vauban, Germany due to car-free living is another great outcome. Bogota's influence on two other cities is also very empowering. Limiting car use is not as bad as it may seem. In the long run, it will benefit our surrounding enviroment. | 3 |
I really don't like this new computer thing at all. i think that it is something private and I wouldn't want to have somebody look at my emotions and see what I am feeling. What about if somebody is sad but they just don't want to talk about it. Somebody might bring it up in class saying "PROPER_NAME is sad" or "What's wrong with PROPER_NAME" I would not want to have a teacher ask me what's wrong in front of all of my classmates. I can see it if people might want to use it to see if the students are bored with their class work but other than that I would not like it at all.
For example, when the author says "The Mona lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face. while it shows just how much the computer can do." i don't agree with that at all it should be your right to say that you don't want to have people ask if you are okay. This new computer would not make me smile it would make me angry. I think that they should only do it on paintings and not on real life people. I also think if they do this new computer thing a lot of people would be angry,
In conclusion, i do not like the idea of the computer where it can tell what emotions you are feeling. It is an invasion of your pricavy. Like I said before they should only do it on paintings and not on real life people. | 2 |
Why do people want to study Venus? Venus is a pretty dangerous planet so why do people want to study it? Is it worthy? Vensu is a planet closest to Earth and could resemble Earth a long time ago. Venus also is closest to Earth in density and size. It is a pretty dangerous planet because of its temperatures. Scientist are debating weather to study it despites its dangerous qualities it possess. In the article The Challenge of Exploring Venus The author suggests to study Venus despite its danger so we can truy find out how venus was and what we can do with the discoverings.
First, the author suggests to study Venus despite its danger so we can truly find out how Venus was. This planet could of been the most Earth-like planet long ago.
"Venus still has some feature that are analogous to those of Eath." says the author. The author also states "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar feature such as valleys, mountain, and craters." Since Venus had all these traits that are resemble Earth its no stretch that Venus could of been just like Eath a long time ago.
Lastly, the author suggests to study venus despite its danger so what we can with its discoverings. Since we have discover some of its obvious traits we can do something about that so we can later use it a Earth-like planet. The Author sates "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planeary visit." What we can do with its its discovering is truly find out if we can make venus a "home planet."
In conclusion, the author find it interesting to study Venus even though it is dangerous because we it could be a loneg time ago and on its discoverings. | 2 |
I had no idea
becoming a Seagoing Cowboy was going to change my life. Caring for the anmials during the crossing's kept me
busy. I served as a night watchman. My job was to check on all the anmials every hour, I also found some time to have fun on the board, especially on return trips after the anmials had been unloaded. They cowboys and I toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.
Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. The cowboys and I played a bundle of games like baseball, volleyball, table tennis-tournments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittiling, The games also helped pass the time.
But bening a Seagoing Cowboy
was much more than an adventure for me.
It opened up a world to me. It made me more aware of
the excellent people of other countries and their needs. And that awareness stayed with me, leading my family to host a number of intermational students and echanged visitors for many years. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author describes the harsh reality of the planet Venus by explaining the enviorment and atmosphere of the planet. However, he then uses facts, past experiments, examples and the possible solutions, to the issues presented, to explain why exploring Venus is beneficial.
In the beginning of this writing, the author discusses the relations between Earth and Venus by stating, "Often reffered to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." The author then mentions important issues of Venus' harmful enviorment: 97% is carbon dioxide, the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid, it can reach up to 800 degrees, the pressure is 90 times greater than Earths, erupting volcanoes, poweverful earthquakes and frequent lightning strikes.
Even though these issues are very important, the author explains why scientists are very interested in Venus by stating , "Astonomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered laregly with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." The author then discusses how Venus has mountains, valleys and craters just like Earth. By giving examples how it was so similar to Earth, and certain features that are still similar, it shows why scientist are interested. By the author using facts and examples from the past, the author backs up their claim of why exploring Venus is a benifit.
Near the end of the authors writing, they discuss how scientist are trying to work with the major issues of exploring Venus. The writing says, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist float above the fray." Even though the author says the tempature would be 170 degrees, the air pressure would be similar to sea levels on Earth which is survivable for humans. By the author showing that it is possible for human survival, they show another benfit of exploring.
By the author claiming that studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents, they sucessfully explain why they feel this way. The author uses facts, past experiments, examples and possible solutions for the presented issues on Venus to show why exporloring it, would indeed, be beneficial. | 3 |
"Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions." The author of this article explains why emotional technology is helpful. Looking in perspective of people in school, in work, or just living people are creating technology that is more intelligent than the smartest person in the world. Seeing what life has come to now, why not add another ingredient to making artificial intelligence work more and make our lives a little less complicated. Along with several other opinions, others should also think of the great posibilities this could have in store for the future.
Starting off, this new "emotional" technology could be very useful in plenty of ways leading to just knowing instead of the unknown. As said in the article, "Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Eckman has classified six basic emotions—happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness—and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." Using psychologists's intelligence, the technology will be pretty accurate due to the research and major ability of the creators. Readers may say, "Plenty of people make plenty of different facial expression and emotional expression!", but according to a psychologist's claim he agrees to disagree. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal,” observes Dr. Huang..." (paragraph 4, line 1) "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements—in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa." (paragraph 4, line 2) Taking from those quotes, there is thechnology for all of the worries in the world!
One of the worries could include the relationships. Those worries include friendships, love, family, etc. The author said in the article, "For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." People may have friends that hardly open up or just need help, but don't know how to talk about issues concerning themselves or the relationship. Normally people could tell if something is wrong because of the time span of the relationship, but if they can't they can rely on this technology. "Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. His new computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code." The facial expression of the companion that people may have may be different, but this new technology can make relationships way less confusing. Involving communication, as said in the article, "They even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." This quote proves that communicationa and relationships can benefit from this new age technology.
"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.”" Yes, the new computer science can make education more efficient. It seems as if the technology would be used in a classroom both the teachers and students could benefit. While teachers are doing their job students will either be intent and getting the main idea, or be bored and confused. "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive—for video games or video surgery."
Students can have a more fun and easy education with new software for classes like computer science, anatomy, etc.
In conclusion, whether people want this technology for school, work, or just plain life it is suitable. The future of many people could benefit in the use of emotional truth behind many things like family aspects, political aspects, or commercial aspects. Having this technology could eventually lead to better learning industries and just a better future for people in general. | 4 |
Although you may think of your car as a necessity, there are many advantages to not being behind the wheel. Greenhouse gas emisions would decrease and promote alternative tansportaion are amoung those many.
As the majority of people learned in grade school, greenhouse gases aren't such a great thing and are even destroying the planet. Stepping away from your car could decrease the amount of these deadly gases we put into our atmosphere. in the first article Rosenthal says "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emmision in Europe, and up to 50 in some car-intensive areas in the United States." If the output is really that high and we stop using cars as much imagine the impact it could have if this happened world wide. in the second article Duffer was talking about how Paris had to ban cars because the smog, an effect of greenhouse gases, was too thick. towards the end he said that a few days of the car ban reduced the amount enough to where they could lift the ban. the smog was said to rival China's, and you see that on the news constantly so if only a few days made it significantly better then why can't we try it out?
Promoting alternative transportation could help local economies rise, and lower stress levels. "It's a good oportunity to take away stress and lower air polution" sais a business man participating in Bogata's car-free day. Participants in these events claim that they relieve stress and most people can see why, it's very hard to avoid stressful situations when you're driving. Whether it's the guy who cut you off or a slow old lady there is always something that will grind your gears. the executive chairman of the Ford company said that "in cities where vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable they would be able to create a network that would save time, conserve resources, lower emisions, and improve safety." If there are other sources of transportation available, why not take advantage of them?
Lowering our usage of cars we could keep our planet in good condition by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases and promoting alternative forms of trasportation which has benifits within itself. If there are other options the only problem I see is that you can't pick what radio station is on. | 3 |
I think that we should keep the Electoral college rule. This is simply because our founding fathers put it in the constitution and we have always used this rule in all of our elections for presidents. Also because it is win or take all in this process witch mean if the canidate gets a majority of the votes then he or she gets the votes for that state.
I think we should keep the Electoral college this is because our founding fathers put it in the constitution and we have been going by this rule for all of our past elections and for all of our winning canidates. we have never changed or strayed off from this rule why should we all of the sudden change it? I do not think we should change it because some people disagree with it. You can have your own opinion about it but i do not think just because of someone's opinion we should change what we have been doing for many years before them.
Also i think we should not change this because it has helped us for so long to help elect the president. As in if he or she gets a majority of the votes for that state the they get all the votes for that state. It is a win or take all position. This also allows the people to have a vote and say of who the president should be and who they want it to be.
I understand why alot of people disagree with the Electoral college rule though. This is because the voters who do not get a majority rule do not have a vote in who will be president. This makes people angry and upset because there vote does not matter and will not mean anything if the other people get the ma | 2 |
State Senator:
I do not agree with having an Electoral College for a few reasons that I can site with informational sources. In a way, the Electoral College doesn't help with what the country, in a whole, thinks. I believe that everyone should vote even if they do not want to because it should make a difference but it really does not because of the Electoral College.
I do understand that the Electoral College is a process from my readings of
What is the Electoral College.
This process should be expanded to the states all across the U.S.A. I do not think that it is fair to make the Electoral College's votes more important than the citizens of the United States votes. These people are voting for the good of their country and they deserve to have the president that they desire, not just majority rules.
According to the article
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong, there are many, many issues with the Electoral College. It states, "The American people should consider themselves licky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and thay those electors could always defy the will of people." In other words, humans will be humans and they are capable of betraying others. There are many evil people in the world and the Electoral College does not realize that.
Now, do you realize why I want the Electoral College gone? We live in a free country with rights to do certain things especially to vote. If we don't really do the voting, then what's the point? | 1 |
Luke was had just graduated High School and had 2 part time jobs. One day Don, Luke's friend came to ask Luke if he wanted to travel on a cattle boat to Europe. Luke knew this was a once in a life time opportunity. Luke had said yes and at that moment he had just began an amazing adventure.
Luke had a very good experience that might have inspired the reader to do the same things. Luke was not only traveling in a boat to Europe but, he was also helping people get back to good shape because, world war 2 had just ended leaving them in bad shape. Students should be inspired because, Luke was helping people get back in good shape. People might also convinced to do the same thing Luke did.
Luke was having a lot of fun traveling around the world on a cattle ship. Luke knew this was an amazing opportunity in his life. Lukke himself had said that this was an amazing opportunity for a small town boy. He saw so many amazing things in the places he went. Luke had mentioned that he had been to Europe, China and Greece.
As Luke was on that cattle ship, he was helping people around the world get back to good shape, he was helping society. He was also bonding with animals, he was taking good care of animals. Most importantly it seemed like Luke was learning about the world and animals on this experience. Luke was experiencing how hard work felt. Luke, was really busy as they were crossing the Atlantic Ocean. He had to care of the animals by, feeding them, also giving them water and cleaning their stalls.
On his 2nd trip though he did have a diffcult time because, on a rainy night Luke was put as a watchman. He was supposed to check on the animals every hour. He had slipped down the ladder and got hurt. Because he couldn't work for a while, Luke found some ways to have fun on the ship. He and his friends played baseball and volleyball where the animals had stayed. After Luke had been discharged in 1947, Luke had made 9 trips(the most out of all seagoing cowboys!)
Luke knew from the very beginning that this travel was the very beginning of an amazing adventure. Luke had learned alot over his travel. He had been to so many amazing places.He had been part of an amazing adventure to help people, that might have inspired\convinced to do the same thing. | 3 |
The author suggests that Venus would be a worth-while investment, thus might bring in interesting facts about our Sister Planet. Hence NASA and our government will make a lot of money for bringing in crucial information about Venus. From here on in there will be many facts on why exploring Venus will be a worth-while investment.
Venus, also known as the "Evening Star", since it is so easy to see at night, and our "Sister Planet", is a very difficult place to study. The size of Venus is why it is known as our Sister Planet, it has almost the same density, mass, and size of Earth. But on the contrast, its atmosphere is very different from ours. The atmosphere on the planet has many storms that are highly electrical ,hence, lightning can strike a craft out of the sky. And the atmosphere is made up of 97% carbon dioxide. The blankets of carbon dioxide make it hard to see into the planet. The clouds of carbon dioxide on the planet are highly corrosive because of sulfuric acid. Any craft made of any type of metal will melt in about roughly 2-3 days depending on the size of the craft. The Atmospheric pressure on the planet is about 90 times greater than we experience on Earth. The temperature on the ground averages over 800 degrees Farenheit.
But NASA has developed an idea that might truely get humans close to Venus to be able to study it. NASA says that they could send a craft to float or hover about 30 or so miles above the surface to escape the harsh Venusian storms and landscape. At thirty miles above the surface it would be around 170 degrees Farenheit and the pressure that high would be somewhat like sea level here on Earth. Solar power would also be beneficial for power and radiation would not exceed what we experience on Earth. But because of the dense clouds not letting most light forms into the inner atmosphere it would hinder insight of the surface. Thus rendering the photography and videography unavailable. They plan to use mechanical computers that run because of gears and levers and would not require electronics. These forms of computers were used during World War II because they did not require electricity and how they are capable of withstanding much punishment from harsh conditions.
This concludes how it would be a worth-while pursuit to study Venus, and how NASA will help with the studying of our Sister Planet. | 2 |
I
think the rock on the surface of Mars is a face or that a alien has made a face.The rock just gives the form of a face a dont think it is.I think by the way people look at the picture they might think it may look like a face.I think that beacuse in the passages it says the NASA send another spacecrft up to Mars in April 8, 2001.It was a cloudless summer day in Cydonia and Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look.The spacecraft had to go 25 degrees to the center of Mars to get a better view for the picture.The craft or the team capture a extraordinary photo using the camares absolute maximum resolution.The picture actually show is the Martian equivalent of a butte or a mesa-landforms common around the American West.Garvin kind of explains that the face
remains him of
aMiddle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Which is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same hiegth as the face of Mars.So the first picture was tooken in April 1998 and it was a winter season in Mars which makes it hard to see clearly if it does look like a face or not.My opinion is that the rock does look like a face.It has the form of a mouth, a nose, and even the eyes.Thats my opinoin. | 1 |
It's well known that Venus is not the safest planet for exploration. Although it's often closest to us in terms of space travel, its weather conditions are harsh and often unpredictable. The planet is surrounded by an atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide. Venus is also covered with a thick cloud like gas that consists of highly corrosive sulfuric acid, and it's atmospheric pressure is 90 times more what we have on Earth. Not only is Venus's 'sky' highly toxic, but the average temerature is over 800 degrees. These conditions are new and forein to humans and makes it highly dangerous for space exploration.
So why are scientist so persistant on exploring this planet? Well space travel wise, its the closest planet to us. While distance in space is no joke, it is the closest planet to earth, making the distance shorter than other planets. Scientists also believe that it could be possible that Venus was a lot like Earth at some point in time. While it may be hard to tell considering it's condition now, Venus has valleys, mountains, and craters. Although it's not certain, some believe that Venus once had oceans and could support some life forms.
While we hope the day won't come, there may be a time when Earth is no longer able to support life. Scientists study the planets in our system not only to fulfill their own curiositys, but to collect information for the day that it may be needed. | 1 |
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is an amazing opprituinity.
You can see some of the most amazing things that you never thought you would ever see in a million years.
Joining means your putting yourself in a postion that you have to take seriously, but of course you need to make sure you have fun along the way.
If you join the Seagoing Cowboys you could see Countries like China, Europe and more.
In pharagraph 2 it states that when you become a Seagoing Cowboy you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are being shipped over seas.
You'll make new friends along the way, too!
Pharagraph 7 explains how Luke, a Seagoing Cowboy himself, was ready for this hard work mostly because he helped his aunt on her farm as a boy.
Becoming a Seagoing Cowboy changes a persons life.
When they see all the amazing sights: caring for the animals and, how they are making new friends, and caring for others.
If you join you will see how much being a Seagoing Cowboy may change your life.
By taking on the responsiblitiy of taking care for the animals and others.
It could just change your life too! | 1 |
First, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Venus can have a lot of dangers, since it's closer to the sun and the sun is really hot all 365 days a year. Venus is never going to be like Earth, it has all four types of weather all year around and Venus has only dangerous weathers all year around.
Secondly, a piece of evidence that supports my claim is in paragraph 3 it says, " A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. " That piece of evidence shows that Venus has a lot of chemicals in their air pollution and that's why barely any people go visit the planet. Next, another piece of evidence that supports my claim is in paragraph 3 it says, " On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. " That piece of evidence shows that Venus is a very hot planet since it close to the sun too, that means of one day you would go to Venus you would have to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated. Lastly, a piece of evidence that supports my claim in paragraph 3 it says, " Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments liking erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. " That piece of evidence shows that Venus can have any type of weather every sinlge day that is different acorrding to the temperature.
In conclusion, that's why I think the author suggests that studying Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The conditions in Venus are too extreme for humans to handle. People that would go to Venus probably would only last maybe a day. The next day they would want to go back to Earth and never come back to Venus again. | 2 |
Luke really enjoyed the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you like helping people or takeing care of things thin this is the job for you. The Seagoing Cowboys helped take care of cows,hores, and mules that where over seas. Luke was 18 before arriving in Greece, that ment he could sing up for miliary service. He was on his cattle-boat trip when he signe u for the miliary. They had plenty of food and water to feed the anmials and themselves.
When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you get to travel a lot of places. Luck had been on 19 trips before they discharged him in 1947. If you like traveling then this is for you. They went all the way to China and it took them one whole month. They went to a lot of different places. Luck though all of his trips where very special.
Luck had come a long way since he was a kid. Luck grew up in in the country. He helped his aunt Katie out on the farm. He didn't have the best life when he was a kid. When Luke became a Seagoing Cowboy it opened up the world for him.
When Luke was a Seagoing Cowboy it was much more than an advernture even though he did travel a lot. Luke was very greatful for the opportunity. Luke saw that other countries don't have a lot of stuff like we do. He saw that they where in need. That awareness stayed with him almost his whole life.
Luke didn't just work he had a lot of fun on board. They played a lot of games like fencing, boxing, table-tennis tournaments, games, reading, and whittling made the time go by pretty quick. It was a lot easier to play the games when the animals where unloaded.
He sometimes went to places where war had just ended to help them in need. They also played baseball and volleyball games in the empty spaces where the animals usest to be.
Luke was a very kind harted person. He never though about just himself. He would go back and do it all over again. Luke was a very thoughful person. Tell me would you ever be a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
That venus is like a sister or most likely like a twin. " venus is actually a planet. In our solar system, Venus is the second planet from our sun. " ( prg.1 ). " often referred to as Earth's " twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too.Earth, Venus and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, obit the sun at different speeds." ( pr.2 ). thats one of the reason they call say it one of the earth's twin. humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on cloud- drapped worlds to make a mission there.
It also explains how " A thick atmosphere of amlost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challening are the clouds of highly corrosive suifuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures averge over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the armoshperic pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditins are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to driving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solor system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additionals impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to lans on its surface." ( prg.3 ). explains why it could be dangress like the weath for us, but " venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given long time frames of space travel". ( prg.4 ) . " NASA's possible solution to the conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float aboove the fray." ( prg.5 ) but such as this solution NASA can come up with more other ones only takes time to make sure we actually can be in Venus.
" However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard froms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock,gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks". ( prg.6 ). But other than that Venus has value , not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimindating endeavors". ( prg.8 ). | 0 |
In the article the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursit despite the dangers it presents. Thus for that reason the author wrote many claims in the article to support his idea. I also belive that the author is fasinated by the planet Venus because in paragrah two he tells us the readers facts about the planet venus on how it is a twin on the planet Earth. Also mentions in paragraph one that it is easy to spot Venus in the Earth ground level.
The author is so fasinated of Venus he knows there is dangers to do further investigations on the planet. For exapmle, in paragraph 3 it tells us that the atmosphere of Venus is 97 percent carbon dioxide witch basically blankest the whole plant with it. Another prime example will be that the surface level in Venus is 800
degrees Fahrenheit witch is way to hot for a human to step in it. For those reasons it will be too dangerous for a hman to do research but, NASA has found a way to investigate Venus to make it sutible for a human to survive. There reason will be that they will have a shuttle
hover 30 or so miles above roiling Venus lanscape. making it decently suitable for a human to survive and do further research.
In conclusion, those will be the reasons why the author thinks it will be suitable for a human to do reseacher for venus even though it wil be to hot but yet stainable for a human to continue in the reaserch on venus. i have informed youi about the article. | 1 |
Are you someone who is really good at hiding your feelings or emotions? or are you someone who is expressing everything that you feel inside and emotions?. More importantly, are you someone who likes to express your feelings but is not good at expressing it?. I am someone who is really good at hiding my feelings and someone who is not good at expressing feelings. I smile when I am sad and I cry when I am happy. The technology won't be able read my emotion when I can't even express myself. Therefore, the use of technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable because it cannot read your mind, it cannot see or feel your feelings and it will cost a lot of money.
First of all, I don't expect the computer to read my mind because it's imposible. It may read your outside
such as your appearance, body, or your outside emotions but it can't read what you are thinking inside.The article said, "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face". I disagree with the quote above because you never know if she is pretending to be happy, surprised, sad or joyful. When you think about it, the only person that knows how you feel and how you think is you, the technology cannot define it. Let's say you are laughing in your mind and you don't show it outside, will the computer see your emotions?. Therefore, the use of this techology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable or inffective.
Furthermore, this technology cannot see or feel what you are feeling inside. The article said, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". The quote is basically saying this technology can see your emotions but I don't agree with it. Some students could be hiding their emotions or feelings. for example, one student is hurt and deeply sad inside but is pretending to be fine and smiling, will it know what she is feeling inside?. It will only see the fake emotions, the outer appearance and that is why the use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable.
In addition, this technology is considered a high technology so it will cost a lot of money to own it. Some schools might not have enough money to purchase it. If this technology could do those things, most of all the schools might want it and if they can't purchase it, it is sad for them. Plus, this technology is not useful so why spend a lot of money on it. There are a lot of ways the schools could use the money such as donating so why spend money on technology that is not useful. It is not worth spending the money for, that is why the use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable.
In conlusion, the use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is not valuable because it cannot read your mind, it cannot see or feel what you are feeling inside, and because it costs a lot of money. It may see what you show but it cannot see what you actually feels inside unless you express it. If you are someone who is not good at expressing your emotions or feelings, this technology is not for you and is not valuable. | 4 |
limited car usage can ve beneficial i many ways. In a since if you are talking about money you can save money on gasoline or diesel. If we are talking about nature we are reducing the amonut of bad air pollution or gas emission.
For people in europe the cost for them to buy a space in a large garage plus the home that they choose to buy comes up to 40,000 (source 1).they money that you would have to spend on diesel which makes up 67% of vehicles in france is out rageous. The money that you are not spending on diesel you can use them others things that are more inmportant or you can save it up for rainy days or college funds for your kids.
In the united ststes because we use so many cars we make up 50% of the greenhouse gas emission. This negitively impacts out world because it kills off our plants which are nessity to life on earth. In the article it says sice the no car rule came about congestio hyas been down 60% in europe after just 5 days .
havig no cars is useful because it helps save money and it helps give us better air to breathe. Limit the amout of car usage and help save the world. | 1 |
Many people believe that owning and using a car or other motorized vehicles is an advantage. But is it really? Citizens might be able to get somewhere faster or not have to exert the energy to get there. But is it worth polluting the air, taking up all that space and creating traffic and frustrated citizens, and creating the mindset of a lazy, human being? Maybe instead of spending money on a car, citizens wouldn't be in as much debt, some kids might have college already paid for, and some citizens have their housing paid for. Therefor, this is making happier, stress-free, citizens.
The pollution of the air is a major arguement for people who support the non-usage of cars or other motorized vehicles. In Source 1: In Germany Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, Elisabeth Rosenthal claims that motorized vehicles play a major part in the pollution of the air. Rosenthal says that Europe is responsible 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the United States is resposible for up to 50 percent.
Most of the time, traffic causes a driver to be frustrated. What causes traffic? Vehicles. So why does everybody drive them? In small, well-populated suburbs, traffic is a major issue. With the dense population and the majority of those citizens driving vehicles, traffic is very easily created. Thus, making more citizens frustrated and creating road rage. Road rage also causes more accidents which causes more deaths. Making driving, a dangerous thing. Although, citizens still drive motorized vehicles. Most of the time it is to get to a certain place in a short amount of time, but if a destination is closer than one mile, there is no excuse to use a vehicle to get there. But most citizens do. This creates a lazy mind set.
The average cost of a brand new car is roughly $30,000. If citizens avoid buying a car, it would be a great benifit for them. $30,000 can payoff college, or help with bills or debt, or payoff housing. With more money, this creates happier, and less stressed citizens.
The creation of "car dues", and "car-free days" could make a huge difference in the environment, economy, saftey, traffic, and even the health and stress of a citizen. Although most people still believe that having a car is an advantage, it can be. But not having a car or not using a car as much is a much greater advantage. Not just to an individual, but to society as a whole. | 3 |
I think that people should join Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I have four reasons why you should join and you will have fun.You will get to go places to help in the seagoing program.
If you join the program you will get to go to places you'll go on boats. If you never been on one then this could be your first time riding one to the other side of the Earth. One place you'll probably go to is New Orleans. You'll like it if you never been to a different state or different countries. You will get to help people all over the world.
Second is that if you join the program it could be an opportunity of a lifetime. You can miss out a lot of fun stuff people would do if you don't join the program.
Not just the people that join the program would like it. The people that you are helping would like it because you are helping them and taking care of them. Imagine you needed help I know you will like it because someone is taking care of you. So you should join the progarm and help people or animals that need your help.
Third is that you can meet people that are from World War II you'll get to help them the ones that got affected from that war. If you join the program people would like to join too if you tell how much fun it is and how much people your saving or helping. You can invite your friends to come with you too and you wouldn't be alone with no friends it might be better if you bring a friend along with you, so that you have someone to talk to at the trip.
Last is that your encouraging people to come join the program. You might end up getting on tv so that people all over the world can see what you are doing to other people or animals. If people see you what you are doing maybe they might want to do that too and would want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. One animal you will probably see on the ship is 335 horses with enough hay and oats to kept them fed.
There are my reasons why you should join the program you will have a lot of fun. I know I am having a lot of fun helping and being part of the program. I hope you join the program if you do. I will help you and how this program works you can also bring a friend if you want. It is your choice to bring a friend along if you want to, if you don't bring a friend i will help you to get started for the first three days because you'll know how everything works before the fourth day. See you there at the program if you join the Seagoing Cowboys program! | 3 |
I am a scientist at NASA. I am argueing with someone who thinks that the face on Mars was created by aliens. I will provide simple facts that everyone will be able to understand and hopefully help you see that the face on Mars is nothing but a landfom created by natural causes.
When the first picyure of the "Face" came out on the Viking 1, the small indents and the shadow angle showed what looked like a human face but was actually just one of the many mounds that for there. The United Staes actually has mounds of lava that had formed NATURALY in Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Many people believe that if it is used for advortizement that is is a real true fact and they can believe that what ever is on that buildboard or sign on the highway that has had or is going to happen. The Face of Mars has been used for marketing for over 25 years so it would sell more item to the population and the buisness CEO's would make more money.
People also believe in one picture on a cloudy day that they could see markings on the mound that would show that Martians have been and built the Face, but on a cloudlaess summer day in 2001 we captured a picture of the mound with our new and improved cameras that spans 1.5 meters compared to the 43 meter camera that the Viking used. The newer camera can discren things in a digital image 3 times bigger that the pixel size,so we could see if there was anything on the mound that would show living things on the planet Mars | 1 |
People from the NASA think that aliens built the face on Mars, but actually it is a natural landform. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it llook like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
A few days later NASA unveiled tthe image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.
" The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store chechout lines for 25 years! But not everyone was satisfied.
The Face on Mars is located as 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98, a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. Mission controllers prepared to look again. "It's not easy to target Cydonia," says Garvin. "In fac, it's hard work.
" Mars Global Surveyor is mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km-wide strips. "We just don't pass over the Face very often," he noted.
What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common aroud the America West. "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 heigh as the Face on Mars." | 1 |
Dear state senator,
"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 thier state-Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote.... But of course no voter's vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about on-half the eligible American population did vote in [2012's] election. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election...."-
"paragraph 23" "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep out despised method of choosing the president"-by Richard A. Posner
If the president was elected by popular vote then the voting would truly be up to the people and not electoral votes given to each state. that puts a limit on it. If the president was choosen by a popular vote then it would be more of a demacratic society like we are expose to be. A Electoral college is not democratic at all the people aren't voting for the president directly and they dont even use the peoples votes in the count. If they do they count it less then they do when the state representitives elect the president. the only true way to see "what the people want" is by switching to only a popular vote: it is ran by the people, voted by the people, based by the people. haven't you ever heard the term " Give the people what they want."? Well what are we waiting for? It's time to change our voiting systems and fast before we hit a whole in the Electoral College. The constitution states "We the People", what happened to the people when it comes to voting, we get to vote but we aren't voting for the president (directly) like they have the U.S. citizens thinking. We are voting for someone to hopefully vote for our choice. My only question to you senator is, why hasn't the Electoral College been abolished yet? The people even know that their vote will have no effect right now, like it says in paragraph 23, source 3 "knowing their vote will have no effect." Last I checked the peoples vote is expose to have the whole effect... thank you for you time senator. I hope to see changes soon!! | 2 |
Having driverless cars is a great idea, but it could also be bad. It all depends on the person in the car and what types of decisions they're making. I think the world could work better with these cars. Although I also believe that these types of cars can be dangerous.
If businesses and manufacturers really wanted to, they could make these dream cars a reality. The cars that we have now are pretty close to being completly driver independent. All we would need to do is give the cars a few more updated sensors to replace the drivers. The updated sensors would act as the human reflexes; therefore creating better driving conditions. Hopefully this would create less wrecks or accidents.
Also these driverless cars should have updated satelites and cameras, so when there is a detour or road construction it will automatically update the cars route. This will help backed up traffic a lot. If these cars could have the best technology that's out there today, they would already be a success. For now that's the only thing that's keeping the cars from success.
Some people may be worried about the safety of these cars becasue at any moment in time there could be a glitch in the computer software, and that small glitch could cause an accident any second of any day. I, on the other hand, am not worried about that, becasue even if one car has a giltch there will be many other smartcars on the road to help avoid an accident. That's why these cars should definatley be on the road.
The driverless cars are coming, and they're almost here. All they need are a few more technological updates and they'll be completly ready for the road. And once they hit the ground it'll all be smooth driving from there. | 2 |
Well in his artical "Driving Cars Are Coming" the author presents both positive and negative aspects of the driverless cars.
Lets start off by poining the good aspects out about the diverless cars. All of the driverless cars are forms of public-transport taxi systemes. They are more flexibility then a bus is.
Also let me point out that these (Driverless cars) have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. So therefore you know they are safe cars on one hand and on another hand they are not safe cars.
Let me give you some bad aspects about the driverless car. Some of those bad aspects would be that so far google cars are not truly driverless cars. They stiil need a driver to take over when pulling in or out of the driveway or dealing with trafic issues such as roadworks or accidents.
These are some positive and negative reason on way the driverless car is heplful an no-heplful. | 1 |
You're running late for work, but you still have to drop the kids off at work. Or maybe you overslept and have to get to school soon. You get everything ready for the day, jump into your car, and you drive off. Cars are very important in todays society, but limiting your car usage can have its advantages. Reducing the amount of times you use your car could help the environment, the economy, and the developement of the city you are living in.
Pollution is a topic that is heard of everywhere, yet we don't take action to prevent it. Limiting your car usage could help contribute to helping the world get rid of pollution in the air. Paris typically has mor smog than other European capitals due to their usage of diesel fuel. Diesels make up about 67 percent of vehicles in France. Paris has tried to stop people from using their cars so much and is fining them if they are. Eventually, due to so much smog and diesel usage, people will have to stop using their cars so much if they want to be abe to see where they're going when driving.
The economy will benifit from the limited usage of cars. Think about it, if we use our cars less, we don't run out of gas as fast as we usually would. If we don't run out of gas, we don't spend as much money trying to fill the tank. If we don't buy as much gas, the price of gas will decrease due to the amount the pipelines are able to store and generate at the same time. If we limit our usage of vehicles, insurance costs will decrease because people are not driving as often and there aren't as many accidents happening.
The developement of the city you live in will change in a good way for you if you limmit the usage of your vehicles. It used to be that people in thr old days wanted to move out as far as possible from their neighbors for "space". The areas and cities just kept on expanding an dit would take longer to get somewhere in town. People wanted to live in suburbans and have a job in the city. This increased the usage of cars and other vehicles. Now, people are starting to move back into the city, amking it denser. Once you live in the city, you wouldn't have to use your car to go grocery shopping beacsue there is a publix or walmart right across the street from you. People in these dense cities will start to walk or ride their bikes to work.
Parents wouldn't have to worry about being late and still having to drop of their kids. While the parent is able to drive twice to-and-from work, the kids could go to-and-from school by walkin or riding their bikes. This cuts off the usage off the car. Instead of dropping of the kids and then going to work and then going to pick the kids up and then head home, know you won't have to do that.
Limiting the amount of time you use your car for can help the world and yourself. You save money, time, and the planet all at once by using your vehicles less. On the outskirts of Freiburg, Germany, residents in a community are forbidden of street parking, driveways, and home garages. Car ownership is allowed, but you would have to park in a large garage at the edge of the developement. Along with this, you eould pay $40,000, with a home, to be a car owner. These methods are being used more and more to stop the great and unreasonable usage of cars. | 3 |
The thought of driverless cars is amazing. Are there more dangers than what we think? If the car is supposed to alert the drive what happens if it fails to do so in enough time to stop the crash? If it is driverless your kids could start the car and leave they wouldnt need to even touch the wheel. Driverless cars are a great idea but the dangers and other factors have not been depated yet.
Just think it drives itself, your daughter wants to go somewhere and you wont take her. She could turn the car on and set a destination anywhere and the car would take her there. You lost your car to an eight year old who couldnt reach the pedals. Now if the car had to be driven by a person she wouldnt have been able to leave. Also if your sick and dizzy and you need to go to the hospital your car could take you there. If someone is injured and you have to help them while the car is moving thats another advantage.
Your on a trip to california from indiana and your afraid to fly so you drive with the new driverless car. You get bored because you dont have to do anything,and your getting tired. So you fall asleep in the car; up ahead there is a broken bridge and your car couldnt wake you up and you missed the detour because your car was incapable of doing its job. Fortunatly your car has a sensor to that aplies the brakes when the driver does not wake up and take the wheel.
A teenager who DOES NOT know how to drive is supposed to steal a car for a gang as an initiation. He knows what the new driverless car looks like. Its the new car you just bout for 30 Thousand dollors. He brakes into the car and turns it on and sets the destination for the gangs warehouse. It drives itself there. He wouldnt have gotten the car there if it didnt drive itself.
What if the car doesnt stop at the lights and it causes an accident? Three people are injured two end up dieing. It could have been prevented if the driver of the driverless car was paying attention to the road. With the driverless car how many people do you really think will still pay attention to the road. This is a waste of taxe and government money. If we are going to use our money on something it should be to make gas cheaper, help veterans who are homeless, the wounded warriors who give us the freedom to spend money.
Driverless cars yes will change the world but i doubt it is for the better. Kids wont need to have drivers lisence if the car drives itself. How would we know that the vehicle is going to help us and not cause more wrecks. | 2 |
The author doesn't fully support his idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. He displays too many downsides of the exploration. He frequently brings up how risky it could be. The benefits are acknowledged, but briefly. The author spends too much time focusing on how the conditions are far from easy when he should have been focusing on why traveling to Venus is worth it. His idea is that the trip is worth it, but most of his writing describes why it is not.
The author first brings up the environment of the planet. He describes the hot temperatures, stating how it averages to be over 800 degress Farenheit. He also adds in how it has the hottest surface, despite Mercury being closer to the sun. This is obviously way too hot for human beings. Then, he discusses that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times stronger than that on Earth. This environment is much more extreme that anything we're used to. Plus, Venus experiences earthquakes, lightning, and volcanoes that are way more powerful than the ones on Earth. The author provides information on all the reasons why our species could not live there.
Furthermore, he admits that NASA does not even have the needed equipment to safely and effectively travel to Venus. He only mentions that they are currently working on it. The author gives the idea that Venus could be studied from up above, in a vehicle hovering miles away from the surface. This way, scientists could get an insight on what's going on down there. However, doing that would prevent seeing most light, since it isn't able to penetrate the atmosphere. Even though the author does say better approaches are being worked on, no machines are completely ready. We simply don't have the required technology to keep humans safe on their expedition.
Finally, the author doesn't support his claim that going to Venus is worth it because the pros of traveling there are kept at a minimum. In his writing, he failed to give important reasons on why going there is essential. He does bring up that it's fascinating to astronomers due to how similar it could have been to Earth long ago. However, the potential similarity it could share is not a reason to risk lives to explore it. Yes, it is beneficial to study planets other than ours, but when it's so dangerous, it shouldn't be done. If the author wants to convince people that the pursuit should be taken even though it is unsafe, he should list more reasons why than just the fact that it's fascinating.
To conclude, the author poorly explained the reasoning to his arguement. He spent too much time hightlighting all the dangers presented. He should have gave readers better valid points to travel to Venus. Instead, he repeatedly wrote about the extreme conditions, or the lack of proper technology. Too much time was spent on the wrong side of his claim. The author should have supported his idea with reasons other than just pure curiousity. The cons outweigh the pros. | 4 |
Imagine yourself in a driverless convertible. You think you have no worries and everything is perfect. The wind is running through your hair and you reach down to grab a pair of sunglasses. Then all of a sudden your in a nasty road rage of cars and you crash. But how? Driverless cars are supposed to be safe. In reality, so many things can go wrong and malfunction. Who would be responsible in paying the hospital bills and car charges? The makers of the cars or the person in the drivers seat?
Not only can we not trust the cars but we can not trust us humans. As said in paragraph 8, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive? "
Everybody is different and will react differently or not react at all to the signals letting us know when it is our turn to drive. What happens if we get so bored we fall asleep and wakeup in a crash? Even if there are rules and regulations to the driverless cars we are all not guarenteed to follow them. Until there is more signals that will help every indivudual , no one should be driving driverless cars.
What happens if a car malfunctions? You can not always trust the makers of the cars. Malfunctions and recalls can be rare but happen often. Cars are not always coded properly. What happens if the engineering code messes up and drives you somwhere else or into a ditch? There should be more saftey precautions other then the airbags and seat belts .These things are always bound to happen so we should always be prepared when it comes to new inventions.
Who is responsible in paying for the damage that happens? As said in paragraph 9, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--- the driver or the manufacturer?
If the companies thought smarter they would know it is not a good idea to have driverless cars. Not only are you saving time but you are saving money. There would be so many court cases on who is paying for hospital funds and that would cost a lot of many for the companies, that some may not be able to afford.
Overall, there should not be any driverless cars and they should make it illegal in all states. Driverless cars are not safe, due to malfuctions , and the irrespossibility of us careless humans. Unless there is more testing and helpful signals to keep all individuals safe there should be no driverless cars. | 3 |
Have you ever been on a road trip or just a long drive and said "I wish this car could just drive itself", that may become a viable option sooner than you might have though. Google and other major corporations have been working around the clock for years trying to make that dream become a reality and are getting closer than anyone could've imagined, but do you really trust a computer with the lives of your friends and family.
Yes technology has come a long way the past few years and for the most part it has made positive impacts on our day-to-day lives but we cant just forget the downsides of all these new tech gadgets. Think about how easy it is for someone to hack into your laptop or phone and get all of your person information. How long do you think it would take skilled hackers to find a way to get control of your self driving car once they are released, 6 months maybe a year and you could have thousands of peole trying to gain full power over your vehicle and they just might be able to.
Lets also not forget that computers and other devices malfunction quite often, more frequently then we'd like to admit. Have you ever been on your laptop while constructing an important document and your system just completely shut down without saving? That has happened to me and many people I know and we all thought it was one of the worst things that could happen. Can you imagine what would happen if you're on the middle of the expressway taking a nice road trip with your family and your car just shuts off in the middle of the highway surrounded by 10 ton trucks that could crush your small self driven car like it was an empty soda can. I can risk losing papers on my hard drive due to a malfunction, but im not willing to risk my life to one.
Sure everyone has dreamed of a self driving machine but now that you know all the things that could inevedably go wrong, does it really seem like that cool of an idea? Lets say you can afford a car that drives it self, can you afford the damage you could be held responsible for if something goes wrong with the vehicle. Can you afford to maintain and repair a 2 ton computer that has enough technology to drive you around? I hope that the facts i have told you today will help clear up and questions you've had about if its worth it or not because when you really think about it, it's truely not. | 3 |
Wouldn't it be nice if we could know the percentage of each emotion a person is feeling? With this new software called the Facial Action Coding System, that is now extremely possible. The use of this techonology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classrom is indeed valuable because it can help sutdents express empathy, help them improve in class, and overall help teachers understand emotions when they cannot fully reognize them.
There have been a plethora of conversations regarding empathy and how important it is, and the Facial Action Coding System causes empathy when we can clearly see what emotion a person is feeling. According to the article, "empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions", so with this new techonology, we can improve the way we read other's emotions, and this can trigger a sense of emapthy within us to know exactly what emotion they are feeling. For students in a classroom this is beneficial because a teacher can understand the ranges of emotion their student is feeling, as well as help the students recognize the emotions of their fellow classmates. With this innovative technology, empathy could be something far easier to produce.
Along with producing empathy, the Facial Action Coding System can even aid students in ther performance in the classroom, because according to Dr. Huang, the technology can "recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and this helps because "it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." which can immensely help the student to become more engaged because the lesson becomes more interesting. Dr. Huang also notes that "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication", and this is significant because a student may not voluntarily express that they are disinterested in a lesson, but the computer could recognize that anyways, and it is important for it to read the nonverbal communication the student reveals. Therefore, techonology can rapidly increase the performance of students by reading their emotions and engaging them into the lesson.
As well as improving the performance of students, this technology can improve the relationship between a teacher and student, becuase it benefits the teacher to know a student's emotion when they cannot fully recognize them. As an example, the article states, "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face" although, "most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc.", which shows that us humans have trouble actually matching a facial expression to an emotion. Although, with the Facial Action Coding System, this "computer software stores similar anatomical information as electronic code", which is significant because this code works to portray specific emotions. so we humans can better understand them. Therefore, in a classroom setting, this is important because with the technology, it allows teachers to be aware of what their student is feeling, creating a stronger student-teacher relationship.
Overall, the Facial Action Coding System would build a better relationship between students and teachers in a classroom setting, help students improve in the class, and produce empathy with both students and teachers. Nonverbal and emotional communication is incredibly important in human interaction, so this technology can help explain emotional responses, "even when they are trying to hide their emotions". A software that "improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others" could potentially be greatly beneficial to students in a classroom, because of its complex ability to help humans express emotion better, which also helps the communication between computer and human. The Facial Action Coding System would be an incredible additon to a classroom, and would bring about major change and impact among students. | 5 |
How would you feel if robots had your life in their possesion? Driverless cars are being developed by many different manufacturers. Driverless cars are not safe enough to be put on the road, as they can cause accidents and injuries if they glitch out or malfunction.
Driverless cars are a bad idea and will be a big problem going into the future. One reason is becasue the cars can cause an accident and seriously injure someone that wasn't even driving. In fact, traffic laws in most states do not allow driverless cars to be on the road, as the cars have not been proven safe enough to handle most extreme conditions.
Another good point is the cars could have a glitch in the system and get into an accident. The robotic cars would be in complete control of the passenger's life and other's once it starts driving on the road. If they do not alert the passenger to take the wheel, it could injure them and other drivers.
A counter-argument could point out that the cars have various safety precautions and will alert the passenger to take the wheel, but glitches in the system could occur and fail to alert the passenger. The manufacturers could get into big trouble even if the car didn't malfuntion because people wouldn't know if the passenger or the car was at fault in the situation.
Driverless cars are not needed in this world. Of course they would be a cool and convenient thing to have around, but they are too risky and dangerous to be brought into everyday life. I do not approve of this until the manufacturers prove that they are safe enough to withstand a storm. The same question could be asked. How would you feel if robots had your life in their possesion? | 3 |
Do you remember when you went on a long trip from Indiana to Texas and it took 24 hours or more of constant driving? Or the time that your dad was falling asleep on the road on the way home? Or even heard of that guy that got in a car crash while he was intoxicated? What if there was a car that didnt need you to drive but drove you from Point A to Point B? Well, Google is coming up witha driveless car. Driveless cars would a big change and benefit because it would reduce accidents, give more freedom for drivers, and there would be a less need to buy cars.
Many people have been in many car accident due to intoxication, sleepiness, and texting and driving at the same time. People lose focus of the road when they are distracted of different things around them also. Google has been creating and programming cars so theycan drive accident free and so cars become more efficient. Driveless cars have many sensors to help with conditions of the road and work zones. If Google was to develope a perfect driveless car we would have nothing to worry about.
Also it would allow the drivers to have more freedom to talk to their family and friends without keeping their eyes off the road. Google has created driverless cars but are not technically driver free. Google's driverless cars are not entirely driverless. The cars need the driver for pulling in, pulling out, traffic jams and work zones. If any of these things were to happen the driver would need to take
control of the car so they wouln't crash. In the 1950s, General Motors created a concept car that could save energy and gas.
With the supply of driverless cars, the less they would need to buy a car because there would many taxi driverless cars that will drive people to their destinations . Many people have different opinions about driverless cars . Although Google says they try to make your car safe as possible for you and your loved ones. Driverless cars are coming and will make a huge impact on everyday life. | 2 |
How much money do you think you would you save from gas if you didn't use your car? In Germany people do not use cars, they have given them up. In Vauban's streets they infulenced people to not drive their cars or own a car so they would not pay have to pay $40,000 for a garage to store in their car, including a home. Over all Vauban's streets are car free, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own a car and 50 percent sold a car to move there. When a place becomes car free it leaves more space for walking and less space for parking.
Paris enforced to ban driving to clear the air of the global city. Drivers would have to leave their cars at home if they had odd or even numbered license plates or pay a 22-euro fine. Car traffic decreased to 60 percent in the capital of France after five- days of intensifying smog. Exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybirds, and cars carrying three or more passengers. Public transportation was free from Friday to Monday. Paris has more smog than other European capitals. The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
Car-free day is a program in Bogota, Colombia;it began in the mid-1990s. The program is meaning to spread to other countries and the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Colomians did a varitey or activities as a use of transportation; hiking, biking, skating, taking buses, taxis to work on car-free day. Streets were more clear. When Colombians drove cars on this day they would pay a $25 fine. Two cities from Colombia, Cali and Valledupar joined this event, people would still participate dispite the weather condition they were in. Changes were occuring, parks and sports centers were blooming in the city, uneven sidewalks were replaced by smooth sidewalks, new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
President Obama's goals were to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies say that Americans are buying and driving less cars and licenses are decreasing as each year goes by. The rise of cellphones and car-polling apps has faciliated and more commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. New York's biking program bridges and tunnel tolls reflect new priorites as of car-sharing programs accross the nation. People have used other kinds of transportation instead of using their own. Mr. Sivak's son lives in San Fransico and owns a car but uses Bay Area Rapid Transit. A study has shown that fewer people have found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001-2009.
You waste money on gas for your car. There is another way of transportation you could take to arrive to your destination to save money. You could go car polling with a friend or take the communities cheap transportation. Using a bike is also a simple transportation and walking...most people are capable of walking. When cars use gas it eventually spreads in the air that we breath. The only way to decrease the polluted air is to limit car usage. Countries are helping in a way, by encouraging them to participate in a program (car-free day) and banning cars. | 3 |
living in a communitiy where less and less people are using cars would be good for several reasonS. one reason is that there wil be far less pollution in the city and nearby areas. another advantage is that the town will be much quiter and noise pollution will go down. the best wouold probably be that there qwould be far less accidents. living in a city with little to no cars seems better then living in a city filled with cars.
noise and gas pollution is a major problem that cars and other vehicles create. so living in a car-free city Would be much cleAner and would Result In there being less smog and noxious gases in the atmosphere. alot of the world's pollution comes from cars. so by not drioving them in some places around the world we could cut down carbondioxide and other gas emmsions by alot. and with the absence of cars prople would not be annoyed by the sounds like they would be if cars were used in the community. and people would be able to sleep better or get more work done even.
the greatest advantage off all is that the death rate from car accidents would go down dramatically. so the population may even go up because of this and bring in more money for the city. there would also be alot less fear when crossing tghe street. and most places in the city are easily within walking or biking distance and then cars would become useless since the streets in cities and towns are often conjested due to the overwhelming mass of cars. but if everyone biked or walked it would be much safer and calmer and the streets would be far less backed up.
in conclusion, using bikes or your feet as transportation is far better and just as if not even more effective the using vehicles like cars. using the no vehicle method has far more advantages then disadvantages. | 2 |
I think that driverless cars would be a good idea.
The reason I think driverless cars would be a good idea because they wouldn't have to take gas, you wouldn't have to steer them, you wouldn't even have to have your foot on a pedle, you also wouldn't have to put your hands on the steering wheel and hold them there while you are driving. Driverless cars would dirve themselfs so you didn't have to. Driverless cars might also be a bad idea because something can function out and someone could get hurt really bad. But I still think that driverless cars is a good idea and we should have them. Now if something does go out in it, and you have a wreck or something you might die, or be injuried pretty badly. Think of the positive side you wouldn't have to steer the car because it would that it's self, you wouldn't have to put gas in it because its driverless, you wouldn't have to keep your foot on the gas pedle because the car would move automatically, and you wouldn't have to have your hands on the steering wheel because the car would steer it's self so therfor I think driverless cars would be a good idea. I think I would get a driverless car.
Now that I have spoken what I feel about driverless cars, what do you think about them? Do you think they are a goodf or bad thing? Would you have a driverless car? | 0 |
"Driverless Cars Are Coming" discusses the idea of regular automobiles and automobiles that are able to be controlled remotely by themselves. It states that companies such as Google have had self driven automobiles since 2009 and have continued to work on them. The arguements stands on which of the two are better for the overall socitey. From my standpoint I believe that regular automobiles from today's day and age are the best for everyone. I belive that self driven automobiles are much more of a safe choice to go with out of the two.
We have come so far as humans to go from developing forks and knives to cars that can drive themselves. I believe this is a big accomplishment in mankind but I also belive that it's not practical and safe to do so. Cars driven by themselves will cause so many issues for drivng if they were ever brought on to roads and streets. So many things would have to be adjusted in order for the veichles to be able to be on public roads and highways. Driverless cars would change everything we know about the automobile and it's inner workings.
Laws would be changed immensely and in a multitude of different ways. Mechanics would be of no use to us driverless cars. They would have to learn go back to school and learn a whole new way to operate on these cars. Many glitches could happen within these cars and end up causing accidents and many fatalities to drivers.
Driverless cars are not way to go in terms of veichles. Cars driven by people is the only way we can keep control of what's going on within the highway and on the road itself. Driverless cars would cause more deaths and injuries within automobile accidents. We must stay with cars driven by people. | 2 |
The high intensity pollution around major cities, towns, etc. is becoming out of control. Most pollution seems to becoming from cars and factories. As though the use of cars does not need to be eliminaed completely, it can be a major key factor in the advantage of limiting car use. Rather than using cars, people can be outdoors hiking, riding bike, skating, or even using public transportation. "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollition," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife.
All around the world places are congested with people and cars. For the amount of cars there is it might be getting too congested causing too much pollution and many accidents. It might be rather safer to start limitting the amount of car use. Limiting car usage and rush hour restrictions will bring congestion down. Bringing congestion down will lower the amounts of smog in the air. Cutting down car use may have disruptions with delivery companies, but plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying multiple passengers, and public transportion are all accepted since it wont cause as much harm to the the enviornment as a standard car or diseal truck would.
The areas that dont allow cars tio be driven through may have a rode throught the border of town and certain parking lots just for the limmited amount of cars that that town would want to allow. Doing this would make suburbs more compact, public transportation would be more accessible, and stores are placed a walkway rather than in malls along the sides of highways. Putting together a city of pedestrians, bicyclist, private cars, commercial and public transportaion - can save time, conserve resources, lower emmissions and improve safety.
Congestion, and pollution may cause much harm to a city, but there are many ways to improve it. Everyone should know and consider many of the advatages of limiting car use. Some advantages would be as to cleaner air, smooth flowing traffic, taken care of buildings and sidewalks, etc. | 2 |
With the rise of technology and accesability, students in schools are bound to wonder away from the current lession and tred towards their phones in the face of bordom or general stress. How can we fix this you may ask, with emotion detecting technology. This technology can help schools in that it focuses on specific muscle groups, can detect false emotions, and can help students get beck to the task at hand, school.
First off, how does this technology even recognise emotion? Emotions are always displayed by body poster, facail exspressions, and speech. This technology primarilly focuses on facil exspressions. By focusing on 44 major muscles and a 3D model created within the software through a camera, can effectively distinguish 6 basic emotions. These emotions are happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the must move like human muscles....six basic human emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness." This technology works so well in fact that it was able to calculate the emotions on a painting. The one and only, Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. In this instance of the painting, the software concluded that she is "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." This being said, you can see all of these features in the painting with her smile; however, her smile is also seems to be hiding other small emotions that can be portraied as insecure but wholesome. If this technology can effectivly 'see' the portrable emotions off a painting, then it can most definatly can be used within the school systems.
What about the common conseption that students go to school with a smile but arn't really happy? It can do this too. It comes to that facail movements can be seen as true or false by the muscles that are being used in that moment in time. Such as the muscle group, zygomatic major, used in a genuine smile; however, in a false smile you also use the risorius. "But in false smiles...using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." The usefulness of this technology doesn't stop at just being able to identify false smiles but teachers can use this information to more effectively connect with the students. When a student is a distracted by stressers, they can't focus, and when they can't focus, it makes the teachers look like they arn't doing their jobs properly by the test score of the students because of it. This stratigy however, is nothing new. In the eyes of an exspert, facail exspression tell your true intentions. "To an experts, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celbrity isn't being truthful." Thus, this late technology doesn't seem to far fetched to use in our schools.
As I breafly mentioned in the last pharagragh, students need to be able to focus in order to be seccesesful in school. With modern stressers that teachers sometimes don't see as big deal, students on the other hand may lead to distraction. With these stressers far and wide, how do we identify them? By using the facail recognition software. Say for instance a student as his or her mind elsewhere besides the classroom and is missing out on a major transition lession that is the key to the next few lession. They won't get it and will further lead into new problems. But say that the software picks up on the student and detects that he or she is feeling angered, depressed, or just has a lack of intrest. This software can then send the data to the teachers computer thus letting them know that they may need a recap or support in general. Thus further action can be taked by the teacher to strengthen the bond of students and teachers. "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. Another way that it can be used in the classroom as if the students is angered and frustration is building inside because their minds are in two places at once to only confuse them even more. The software can be designed to shut off the computer, alowing the student to take a breath and contemplate on what is wrong themselves before an intructer aid them in the personal mater before continueing on into the lesson as a whole. "For example, your frontalis pars lateralis muscles (above yours eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're suprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." In short, the possibilities are atronomical when thinking of incorperating them into a schools systems.
In short, the addition to facail recognitions systems into the schools is a great idea. Thus it can recogize emotions effectively, detect false emotions, and help students regain focus within the classrooms.
The entirity of this essay used "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto to form my response. | 4 |
My dear friend, I know you may think that the "Martian Mesa" is an alien aritifact,but you need to look at the facts there are.
The first picture was taken from the Viking 1 in the year 1976. The photograph isnt very clear which will give you an advantage to pursuade other people that it is an alien artifact. But through out the years the space shuttle Viking 1, has taken a few more pictures. A Viking 1 photo from 1976, a Mars Global surveyor (MGS) image from 1998, and the latest MGS image from 2001. Thanks to new high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is: A mesa. Also on April, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times more sharper than the original Viking photos! Whe revealed the picture on a JPL web site just to reveal a natural landform. There wasn't any alien monument after all my dear friend. You may say that even on April 8, 2001 MGS drew close enough for a look on the "face". Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. What the picture actuall really showed was the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landroms common around the American West. The mesa in Mars even reminded Garvin of the Middle Butte in the Snake river Plain of Idaho!"
So as you can see I have listed to you all the facts to the best of my knowledge, that in reality the "face" is a Martian butte or mesa. You may choose to still believe in what ever you want to about the "face" and I respect that, so thank you for the time that you gave me to tell you about the mesa/face. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worth prusuit and it is. There are outstanding genious facts that prove that Venus is worhty to explore. There is not easy conditions but survivable for humans. This planet could be another Earth and we wouldnt even know til we try.
Venus might have hot heat and sea level pressure but it has lots of similar features. Both the Earth and Venus have valleys, moutains and craters. As the article says "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have surpported various form of life." Long time ago that planet could have been just like Earth and we wouldnt know till be explore Venus. Astronomers are fascinated by how once i could have been the most Earth-like planet.
The planet is so much alike to Earth that it also have erupting volcanoes, earthquakes and lighting strikes. The differences are the tempature. The tempature is above normal but scientists are working of technology to resist the heat and sea levels. Humans are able to survive these conditions but it may not be easy. The would have to have Venus's harsh weather.
NASA would be the first to ever explore of Venus. The planets so much alike to Earth that everyone wants to be exploring these dangers terrains. The article says that "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."
The human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Those risks we and humans with probably take. The curiosity is gonna will and we eventually go and explore Venus once we have all the correct materials for it. Venus is worth to pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 2 |
In the article that we read it told you about cars being able to drive themselves, that alone tells you how much technology is changing around us everyday. It's scary to think that not that long ago we didn't have cars at all. Even when they were finally invented they are nothing compared to the outstanding machines we have today. But as time goes on there eventually needs to be a point that we say no to some advances such as this one. The idea of cars driving themselves is unique but I personally don't think they should be used in our day to day lives. I also feel as if the public wouldnt feel to safe on the roads knowing that some people aren't even putting a single eye on the road but rather on there Iphone.
To continue on my last point many people would probably find it very worry some that the person is off in there own little world since the car would be doing all the work. Yes in the article it said that the human driving could take control at anytime, and that the driver must pay attention to the road for things the computer cant pick up yet. In reality most people arent going to be looking at the road if they dont have to since something else is doing it for them.
Safetly to yourself and everyone around you while on the road is key, thats why we take permit tests and drivers license tests. They take these test to prepare themselves and other young people on how to drive well and safely, this gets way more complicated when you start adding things. With new cars that can drive themselves, that would mean that the governement would have to start creating more laws to protect everyone on the road. It would also mean that not all teens would learn affectivly learn how to drive if they keep turning that fucntion on in there car.
At the end of the day though no matter how many laws you put up there are always gonna be people that break them. There's a high chance that the amount of accidents will increase with more and more teens thinking that they are invicible using the car and that the car will do everything. But in reality when they need to manually drive the car themselves it will be to late and there will have been an accident. Yes there would be smart individuals that would always pay attention and follow the laws but a few rotten apple are going to ruin everything for everyone else.
The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" was an intresting read and I enjoed it, if you couldn't have already guess but I am against the idea of such things. I like the idea of something like that finally coming out of the books you read as a kid becoming a reality and I know some people will buy it. I had my personal choice and I clearly stated the bad part but that doesnt mean there aren't any good ones. I believe that everything must be used in moderation but this one there is no easy middle really, you either have it or you don't. If this is eventually added into what we deal with in our daily lives then i hope people use it responisbly. | 3 |
The artical is about the planet Venuse. It is also know as the Evening Star or the
Earths twin. Venuse is aover 800 degrees fahrenheite and a 97 precent carbon dioxcide blanket over it. The conditions of Venuse are so bad that they could crush a submarine.
The evedence that supportes this artical is when its talking about how NASA is getting involved. NASA has had an idea to send humans and study Venuse. it also talkes about how they have a blimp like vehicle hovering about 30 miles over Venuse. It talkes about if they sent any vehicle to Venuse it would have to avoid the harsh ground.
Scientst are furthering there study on Venuse because they are fascinated by it. The reason there so interested on it is because it is the most earth like planet in our solor system. The planet has vallys, mountains, and creaters which give it that earth look. It has frequent lightning strikes, powerfull earthquakes, and valcanic eruptions.
When the auther is talking about Venuse he thinks that its still a good idea to study it nomatter what the dangers are. He thinks that our traves from eartth and beyond shouldnt be limited just beause of how bad the danger is or how bad the conditions. that we should be able to exspand to meet the varry edges of our imagination.
In conclusion we should be alowed to let our imaginations run willed. NASA looking ito sending man kind to Venuse. It is the planet that is the ost earth like is several ways. NASA has been studies Venuse for a while now and have found evidene of erth like structures on it. | 1 |
Have you ever wondered how someone is feeling emotionally? Do you want to know if they are feeling sad or angry, even if they are smiling? Well according to Professeur Thomas Huang of the Beckman Instutute for Advanced Science, he believes that we can detect human's emotions by a 3-D computer model of the face by observing all of their 44 major muscles. Still, can a computer really be able to detect human emotions just by looking at muscles. I believe that this new technology called the Facial Action Coding System might not be what can actually detect human emotion.
Throughout the article, Dr. Huang refers to muscles for emotions so they can observe how a person is feeling. He states that your "frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrows when you're suprised" (para. 3). He also relates the orbicularis oris that "tightens your lips to show anger" (para.3). What he is saying could be true but people have the ability to control their own expressions, so if someone perfoms one of those expressions, what if they aren't feeling the way they might express?
Another example Dr. Huang uses is the painting of "Mona Lisa". The article states that "according to some new computer software that could recognize emotions" (para.1). In the article the introduction asks if the intended reader can imagine detecting how people are feeling, "even when they are trying to hide their emotions" (intro para.). Throughout the begining of the article they talk about what if you could dectect someone without even knowing how they are feeling, but as the article progresses, they mostly talk about certain muscles that move when you make a facial expression.
So which one is it? Can we actually detect someones emotions even if they are expressing an emotion, or can we only tell by looking at their expressions directly? What I'm trying to say is, at the beggining of the article they try to give it a vibe that you can detect emotion even when the person has a different expression, but then later in the article, they ask you to try to experiment by doing different expressions in the mirror by telling you how to do these expressions and saying what emotion you should be feeling. After you make those expressions they ask if doing the expression "made you feel slighlty happy" (para.9). It later states that "moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them" (para. 9). This sentence says that it may help produce emotions. In other words they still might not know how you are actually feeling a certain emotion after doing an expression.
This article might explain observations like in a fake smile, "the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomantic major" (para. 8), but expressions can vary on different people. Not all people are the same as others. Just because someone might look different when they express a emotion, doesn't mean that right away that they are expressing a different emotion. Now I know some people might say how accurate technology is, but a computer is a lifeless device that maybe could detect facial expressions, but might not know the true emotion of that person.
This article to me was pretty confusing. They tried to get you to believe that researchers have found a way to detect emotion, but then talk about how trying different expressions you make as a experiment show the emotion of the person's expression they made. By doing that, they make it seem like they only know how to recognize your emotion just by the certain expressions they want you to make. So can technology really detect someone's emotions if they are trying to express it a different way? | 3 |
The ¨Face" on Mars is a mere coincidence. There are many formations like this one on earth. When using the Mars Global Survey spacecraft it´s high resolution camera picked up no signs of any type of advanced civilization. Authors of magazines at the time also hyped the ¨Face¨ up, to get more people interested in Mars. This story has been used in an array of entertainment, from movies to magazines.
On Earth there are formations called buttes, ¨ That´s a lava domes that take formation of an isolated mesa...¨ according to paragraph twelve. Also in paragraph twelve it states that on Earth these landforms are most common in the American west. These particular formations are especially common in the Cydonia region of Mars. Finding these landforms in this region are so common that the scientists at NASA were shocked at how much it resembled a face, knowing it was not an alien artifact. Another reason that we know it is a butte is because it was not only photographed once or twice but three times!
This landform has been photographed by two different spacecraft, the Viking 1 and the Mars Global Surveyor. These spacecraft were spread apart for a span of over 25 years! The Viking 1 picked up the best images it could for it´s time but the much more recent Mars Global Surveyor has a much better and more accurate image of the ¨Face¨ than the 1976 photo. The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) also took two clear photographs of the landform while the 1976 image is blurry to say the least. In 1976 the image was so fuzzy that no one could tell what was there, which led to reporters and authors to excite the public more than what was necessary.
In 1976 authors and reports hyped up the find of this ¨Face¨ on Mars. Authors did this to draw more attention to Mars, which because NASA serves the interests of the people and the government was an outstanding thing but it went to far. After all a face on a planet not all that far from us makes a great headline. Not everyone exaggerated it though NASA, as said in the article, upon releasing the pictures to the public stated ¨huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.¨ The face on Mars was also used in afilm and in countless magazines across the country.
The ¨Face" on Mars is merely just shadows playing tricks on the eye. The Face is merely a landform with shadows in all the right spots playing an illusion on those who see it. Over the years many claims, false or true, have been made about the Face on Mars and they aren going to stop anytime soon. So far no evidence supports the claims of conspiracy theorists, however that doen´t mean they never will. The ¨Face¨ on Mars has had many stories told about for over two and a half decades, and they are not going to stop anytime soon, but it is important to know that science has not proven anything about the ¨Face¨ on Mars, yet. | 3 |
Would'nt it feel amazing to walk down the sidewalks to go some where and know that you are helping save our planets ozone layer. Well you would be! Limmiting car usage is starting to become the next big focus and some people have found some benifical advantages to the limit of car usage. It would reduce the emission of green house gases greatly. Businesses would see a tremedious profit because of people walking. Although, some people would'nt like this at all because it would take more time to get to one place, they still could car pool or even get some exersice by walking or riding a bike.
Green house gags has become a huge concern because it is destroying our atmosphere! In source 1, Elisabeth Rosental explains that passenger cars make up 50 percent of the green house gags in the United States and that just the cars! If we would limit our usage of car then we could reduce margin so muh all we have to do is find a more efficent way of transportation. In source 3, Andrew Selsky write about how Bogtoa had a car free day and Carlos Arturo says "it was a good opportunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution." So not only would we be helping save our atmosphere but we would be saving ourselves from stress of diving.
Businesses strive on bring in customes so they can make profit. If we would reduce the the usage of cars then customers wouldnt be problem for business men because people would be walking or riding bike and usally will stop for something to eat or even stop to look inside a shop while on there way to their destination. It would help the communites economy boost.
Some people might disagree on the idea of tring to cut the car usage rate because it will take a longer time to get some where. However, they could still car pool or even ride a bike and get some exerscie. Also, reducing car usage would help people become more social in their life. They could meet new people and get to know some one if they would ride the public bus. In source 4, Elisabet Rosenthal explains how accients from cars are a mjor cause of death but its so unsafe when you get out on the road. Reducing car usage has many advantages for our live to stress free and safe.
Deminishing car usages has many positive changes to our lives and to our planet. for exapmle, with less cars we would have less pollution being emitted into the air which i killing the atmosphere as we speak, people would be happier with less cars because they dont have to stress over driving and paying full attention on the road and conditions. Less cars would have a more social effect on the live of humans. The positive advantages on reducing car usage are endless! | 2 |
Driveless cars come with some benifits but alot more negatives. The negatives are very costly and could put a lot of people in danger. Driveless cars could not only cause alot confusion and contraversy between manufacters and customers, but can also affect the roads, rules, and laws of the road.
If driveless cars were to be put into action these cars would have to be incredibly smart and be able to function and respond to thier suroundings such as other cars and .pedestrians. This could cost alot of money to make happen and would also put the driver and other people at risk if it were to glitch. If an accident were to happen because of a faliure of a driveless car, alot of controversy between the manufacturer and the customer would heat up. Not only that, but more accidents would be most likely to happen if the roads are split between driveless cars and driven cars. Laws would probaly be past to seprate driven and non-driven cars on the road costing more money to build more roads or ways to transport using driveless cars.
Not only would there be alot of money being invested into driveless cars, but also alot of advanced technology, and even the passing of new laws to prevent roads to get to crowed and to prevent accidents. Driveless cars are not a good idea becasue of all the negatives and all the risk involved. | 2 |
Dear, State Senator
I have come to a conclusion that keeping the Eletoral College would be a much better process instead of an unorganized popular vote. The electoral college is a great process with the votes in congress and a vote of the qualified cictizens. It is more organized with five benifits of certainity of outcome, trans- regonal appeal, winner-take-all method, big states, and avoiding run-off elections. These benifits help the elections go more smoothly. The Electoral College process has a selection of electors that vote for president and vice president, and the counting of electoral votes by congress.
" The dispute over outcome of an electoral college is possible if it happened in 2000 but is less likley than a dispute over the popular vote". "For example, Obama got sixty-one point seven percent of the electoral vote to only fofty-one point three percentof popular votes cast frm him and Romney... "
So the reason for a less likley dispute over a popular vote is because of the winning candidates share of the electoral college. Basically and eletoral vote can be tied by the total number of votes. Even fivehundred thirtyeight is an even number and also unlikely.
"The electoral college requires for a presidental candidate to have trans-regional appeal."
None of the regions have enouough electoral votes to elect a president. So, a regional favorite has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, and also gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states he knows he will win in only. It results to just regional apeal and is unlikely going to be a successful president. The residents of other regionds are most likley going to feel like there votes do not count, the new president will have no regards for there intersts, and he is not realy their president.
" The winner- take-all methode of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates-as we saw in 2012's election-to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states."
The toss-states mostly pay more attention to the campaign and listen to the competitors and they know thay are going to decide the election. They are the most thoughtful voters and they have the most informationand attention. These states should be the ones to decide the election.
Big states get some of the weight restored in political balance by population and lose by virtue of 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."
The electoral college also aviods problems of eletions, which no candidate will recieve the majority of votes.
"There is a pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins the majority of the votes cast..."
Pressure can greatly complicate presidential election precess, it is avoided to produce a clear winner. Keep the Electoral college for all of these benifits that make the election process easier for electors and candidates the t chose the electors.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
In this story, Luke Bomberger was a Seagoing Cowboy who helped people during World War ll. Other people should participate in being a Seagoing Cowboy for a couple of reasons. Read this article on why more people should sign up for Seagoing Cowboys.
First of all, many countries in Europe were left in ruins and needed help. The countries are in need of their food supplies, animals, and more. With the help of more men, those needed supplies could be delievered with ease.
Along with all the hard work, there is also some fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games are also other activities that they enjoyed.
Even with everything the Seagoing Cowboys do, they are grateful for the opportunity. Besides helping people, the cowboys had the side benefit of seeing some beautiful countries. It also made the cowboys aware of people in other countries and their needs.
In conclusion, that is why more people should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program. There are people in need, there is some fun on the board, and then there's the side benefit of seeing countries in or near Europe. Someday, maybe even you will be interested in joining the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
The Facial Action coding system enable computers to identify humans emotions. Dr. Huang relies the work of psychologists such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS, Eckman has classified about six basic emotions which are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and even sadness after that he even then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles in which for example, are frontalis pars laterlis muscle (above your eyes) in the raises of are eyebrows when we are surprised; are orbicularis oris (around are mouth) tighten are lips to show anger.
The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to are face, while in the computer it shows it in how much it can do. In the computer imagine know when we are happy or even sad for example, if we smile when a Wed ad appears on are screen, a similar ad might follow. But if we frown, the next ad will be different.
When we are looking in the mirror:
* raise your lips at the corner of your mouth,
* when you squint your eyes slightly, to produce wrinkling at the corner of your eyes,
* when you hold it, rise the outer pars of your cheek up, toward your eyes,
In fact, these are instructionws for a face that looks happy.
In a real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at yourt cheek bones) lifts the corner of you mouth. (that's out instruction #1.)
Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sidways using the zygomstic major and a different muscle, the risorius.
Theoty of Emotion, Moving are facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them, in what you are feeling that day and how you felt last night, you show emotion at school, work, even at your own house. Emotion are express in how your day was, your emotions is like a tv show in how but act you fell what they feel if they are happy, mad, sad, or even scard. | 0 |
We use them everyday, they get us to our destinations, but what would life be without them? What benefits could arise from limiting the usage of cars? According to source 1, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," source 2, "Paris bans driving due to smog," source 3, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," and source 4, "The End of Car Culture," limiting the usage of cars has gained advantages towards traffic, pollution, and the overall community to better benefit the environment.
In source 1, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," residents of the "upscale community" of Vauban, Germany, have become "suburban pioneers" and "have given up their cars." Although in many cities around the world it is unimaginable to give up your cars, it has become increasingly beneficial towards the environment and community. It is said to be "a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes," as 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." Planners are now taking the concept to "suburbs" where "stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highways," thus making the car-banning residential friendly, and environmentally helpful. Not only will the limiting usage of cars be beneficial towards the community, it will also be beneficial towards your mental health as said by Heidrun Walter who stated "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."
In source 2, "Paris bans driving due to smog," residents of Paris are also seeing increasing advantages "after days of near-record pollution" when Paris "enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." within "five-days of intensifying smog," "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France." If five-days can have a significant beneficial impact, imagine what a month can do, or a year, or even a decade towards the restoration of the environment.
Similar to the previous cities in the sources mentioned, Bogota also participates in a "car-free day" as stated in source 3, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," where "millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work," "leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." In this "Day Without Cars" campaign, "the goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog," and its goal is being reached. By banning the usage of cars "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaze. Along with many other advantages such as the "blooming" of "parks and sports centers" "throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up," as stated in the article.
Last but not least, in source 4, "The End of Car Culture," "recent studies" have shown that "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by," and "if this pattern persists... it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment." With a decreasing amount of citizens driving, Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, has "led out a buisness plan" that will "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." The decreased usage of cars will have an everlasting positive impact on the environment.
In conclusion, although living in a world free of cars is a world many of us can never dream of, it has shown to lead to significant advantages towards traffic, pollution, and the overall community, which can be seen in the cities; Vauban, Germany, Paris, France, Bogota, Columbia and the United States -- as stated in the sources "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," "Paris bans driving due to smog," "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," and "The End of Car Culture." Many of us should no longer dread the banning of cars, but anticipate it. | 2 |
if you join the sea going cowboys you domany different types of things .one thing you can do is go exploreor even do an activity that you have alwase wanted to do but never did. you can also get to see many different types of animals. the best of all is that you can get to help other peopledo there job.
you can see many different types of caves,monuments or even statues on your adventure. if your going to drop off animals you can gothere a quick little cave. if you go to china you can get to see the great wall of china, even if you go to itaily you can get the chance to see the leaning tower of pisa. finallyyou can get too see many different types of statues you nerver had the chance to see. so if you come and jpoin you can see many different types of animals and monuments.
if you come and join i will promise you atleast one anial that you have never seen in reallife. as your in your job you feed different animes almost about every month or so. your going to see mostly horses because thats what goes on the boat. but if you get off to see something new you can see animals on a farm from a different country. espaccaly you will see some fish LOTS of fish. so if you join you will seeatlest one different animal.
but other that sight seeing or seeind different animals you are mostly helping someone go threw there job. you can be bringging an animal to a farm to feed a family. or you can be helping someone put an animal at a zoo so everyone can see it. as you ar helping you are helping somebody be excited to even heathy all because of you. you can feel like some sort of hero if you ask me so if you do join you will be doing many different types of things. you will be able to see different types of monuments. or even see atlest one different type of animal. vfinally (and most importantly) you will be helping someone do there job and accually be excited because of it. so those are some best reasons why you should join us. | 2 |
This is a great idea, because with those kind of cars there will be no more accidents. People are tired of driving, most of them fall asleep while driving. It will be like having a butler doing things for you exept the part that you have to do by your self for example; showering, brushing your teeth, and eating. The car is going to drive until it requiires the human skills. This project should be approve.
This project has been tested and there has been no problems with it. The car has sensors all over. One of those sensores tells the driver when too take over. Also, the sit vibrates when the car gets of track . The car will required human skills when there's an accident, constriction issues or traffic.
This project should be approve. If they approve this car there will be no more accidents and less people hurt. Everyone will be please by this car. | 1 |
Unmasking the Face on Mars
Introduction:
[The face on Mars is just a natural landform that was formed over the years. It could of been made by an alien, but that is so unreal.]
The Face on Mars was common around Cydonia, but the only thing is this face had a unusal shadow which made the face look like a Egytian Pharaoh. Over the years that have passed the Face has become more like a rock shape then a actual face. The face look like a rock that resemble a human head in some sort.
We really don't know what made the face or how the face was formed. The face was "formed by the shadows that create a illusion of eyes nose and mouth". - Unmasking the Face of Mars
Also over the years the face has become more of a pop icon that was for most popular stuff. Honestly how could the face be created by an alien when it was such in human formed, but the over the years change rock like. The Face has been compare to some of the Earth natural landfrom. It look like Snake River Plain of Idaho. I think that the face is an artifact that was formed over years ago from its natural landform and hasn't been seen into now. | 1 |
Attention fellow citizens! Like most things, cars have it's advantages and disadvanteges. Cars have developed more problems from the usage on a regular basis. Limiting car use in cities can reduce the issues related to vehice usage to a minimum.
To begin, many cities have already set limitations on automobile usage such as Vauban, Germany and the outskirts of Freiburg near the Swiss and French boarders. Freiburg has actually banned cars except for the main thouroughfare and a few streets on the edge of the community.
70 percent of people in Vauban do not have a vehicle and 57 percent sold their car to move to Vauban. As we all know cars take a toll an the atmosphere itself by adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. 50 percent of greenhouse gasses in the United states are emited through cars, but on the other hand cars are responsible for only 12 percent. It seems to be that the car-less cities tend to be declining the negative effects in the atmosphere.
Next, Paris took the no-car rule to another level by banning all cars, depending on the day, to reduce conditions in the air quality because of the emitiones from the vehicles. A thick smof loomed over the city because of the gases produced form the automobiles. Drivers with licence plates with even numbers would not use their cars for the day and odd cars would be off the next in an attempt to redice the smog. After numerous days of reduced cars the smog began clear from it's usual state.
Also, another city that's cutting down car usage is Bogota Colombia. Bogota has created a "car-free" day to reduce the harmful gases created by cars and to encourage alternative forms of transportation. Anyone driving a vehicle would be fined $25. The turnout was big with many people participating showing reat results on the atmospheric conditions above the city. Another great thing that came out of this is the enthusiasm it brought to other countries who wanted some thing like this to encourage other formes of transportation and reduce pollution.
As seen in the article, limiting the time we use cars has a great impact on the environment and people around you. So what do you say? Put down the keys and ride a bike today! | 2 |
The Electoral college has been around for a long time but, do we really need it? Is it your votes that affecting your next president. Under the electoral college it is not. The electoral college says that voters do no vote for the president but for a slate of the electors, which elect the presidents. We need to kept the voting process we have now so that way we don't arguments throughout the states. In the electoral college yoor vote is sent to someone not holding public office.
When you vote you are getting a slate of the vote and to feel that their vote does not matter, that the new president will have no regard for their interest,is he really your president. The way we vote today is not that best we can do in some ways. I think that we need to have all the voters votes count towards the president that they want. We should let the people vote for who they want and not for someone else to vote for you. The constituiton says "We the people, By the people,For the people." So we should vote for who we want to represent us. The electoral college is based of a winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates.
Another factor that is wrong with the electoral college is that bigger states like Californa get more votes than Columbia. So for example, say that Californa gets 45 electoral votes and then Columbia has the same amount of voters vote for the president they want they will only gte about 5 to 8 because of the state size. Once again restating that we need to vote for we want to and have everyone's vote coung not just the votes added up and then shrunk to electoral votes. The electoral college does have some help in some ways like in a run-off election. The electoral college help control that and produces a clear winner.
The elecoral college does some advantages too, but it still has disadvantges. The electoral college is the president wins by popular vote. The electoral college has a total of 538 electors but, sometimes the electors don't always listen to their voters and vote for who they want not who the state wants. The president has their own group of electors which have been chosen by the canidate's political party, but certain state lwas vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. The election is every four years on the first Tuesday of November, which gives you time to think who you want to be the next president and cast a vote, but with the electoral college your vote could not really count. Have knowing that your vote may not count will make you upset and rethink about voting.
In conclusion, the eletoral college has some good things that does help us but, it has bad things too that make is sadband angry. We decide who we want to run our country but, e need to think about how the voting process really works. I am only one person but, one person can make a difference. So just remeber on thing 'We the people, By the people, For the people." | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System would be a great addition to everyday school life. This computer system can help with several things from elementary school to college. This could also change the way the world works forever. The FACS can easily be an important part of our education society.
The first and most effective thing FACS would impact is student's attitudes in the classroom. If FACS was active on all of the students computers, it could detect their emotions to influence them to get back on track and focus. It could also simply just keep the concentration going about the lesson being instructed. "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" (D'Alto 6) . This can improve the interaction in class and can also improve many students grades.
If FACS was implemented into schools, students would feel more involved in the lecture, and pay attention more while being extra alert. Students will also be more knowledegable due to the fact that they are taking in information and really getting to learn about it, instead of just trying to find the answers that will satisfy on a worksheet or test. While feeling more involved, alert, and learning a lesson with full attention, this will impact grades greatly. This will help even more students proceed on into the next step of education, which is college.
FACS would benefit in grade school and would most definitely continue to help students in college. College can get difficult, but FACS could influence to keep students focused when they seem to become overwhelmed by their expressions. If students are impacted by FACS when they are younger and proceed on to college while continuing their education, there then comes a career. FACS will help in high school to get you to a college of your dreams, also best fit for your major. Then in college, it will help you focus and be actively listening and learning about your major to help you find a career that best fits you and your abilities. If everyone could have the opportunity to have the career as what best suits them, they will have an easier life and being more helpful to the people around them.
If FACS started being used in elementary school, proceeded to middle school, and so on in high school; it will teach students the habit of fully paying attention in class and being active. It will improve grades greatly. It will also help college students stay focused, even when times seem to become difficult. They will also already be influenced to stay active and fully aware of the lesson in class. If a student has well listening skills and is knowledgeable of their major, they will find the best job for theirself. If more people began to find jobs that benefitted them, and they were happy doing it, it would impact more than just students, it would impact the whole world. | 3 |
The Face on Mars is just a natural land that is forming on Mars. The Face is seen when Viking snap the pictures. Global Survey spacecraft was the one that really reveal the Face and what its really was. Global survey announced to the public that the Face was a mesa. Many also believe and say that it looks like Egyptian Pharaoh. Inaddition, people engage to the public and attract attention to Mars. So, humans made it become a pop icon and starred in a Hollyood film,appeared in books,magazines,and radio talk shows.
The Face on Mars is just a regular landforming and not created by the aliens. Even if it looks like Egyptian Pharaoh or mesa there were is no proof of life on Mars to create the face.¨When Mars Orbiter Camera team snap pictures it was ten time sharper than the original Viking photos¨. This means that when Viking snap the picture it was not as clear as this one. Then, when it is not clear you assume something by the way it shape like in this situation.¨ What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West¨( Garvin,article 12 ).
The Face looks like it was created by aliens but why does every landform on Earth looks like it is created by aliens.¨the camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. Perhaps, aliens marking were hidden by haze¨( Skeptics,article 8 ). Yes, it may has but this camera has the best pixal size and they could see everything.¨ As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixal size¨( Garvin,article11 ). There is not yet evidence on Mars to proof that aliens are in fact living on Mars. This landform on Mars is just like what we had on the past years on Earth. | 1 |
The Electoral college is a place were they elect the presidant of the united states and the congress choose if they put a vote in for that presidant and his people. The process is the selection of electors next the meeting of the electors and then where would they vote for the presidant and the vice presidant and the counting of the electoral votes by congress the elctoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to vote for the presidant. The presidants election is held every four years on a tuesday after the first monday in November.
The presidential election is held at the electoral college i think that why would you have the electoral college when you can just vote some other way insted of having this big thing just to elect the presidant and the vice presidant why can't you just have a regular meeting deciding if you are voting for that presidant and the vice presidant the electoral college to me makes no sense why would you have this big thing that makes no sense at all if you wanted to vote for the presidant then vote i dont get why you have to go through a big system just to vote i think its just easier just to vote a regular way and it takes so long and it also depeneds on what state you are in and how you have to vote in texas if you wanted to vote for a certain person you would have to vote for the slate of 34 or what the number of that person is like for example if you voted for Jhon Kerry you would have to vote for slate of 34 democratic electors it just depends on the state. what if there was a tie the election it would be thrown into the house of representatives where the state delegations vote on the presidant and the vice presidant cause only each state casts one vote a single representatives from Wyoming representing 500,000 voters. this is why i think we should not have the electoral college becuase it causes to much cauase throught all the steps you have to go through it takes so much time up and there is so many other thing we can be focusing on i think the electral college needs to be gone and over with and we need to find other ways to vote for the presidant and the vice presidant. | 1 |
I think this technology that they want to use is acceptable, Technology is our future and as we begin to have advances like this is going to be very good. I feel like this machine will save teachers a lot of time because they already have a lot to do. Another reason this is going to help us is because this computer will know when you are happy or sad because when a kid goes to use the computer it will take them to a site in which they feel most comfortable. The more people get used to this the better because then the people that made these computers will begin to make more of them because people will begin to want to buy more of them. There can also be disadvantages to this because some people will begin to not make communication with other people they will just think it's okay to talk to a computer. I still feel like this is a great piece of technology but they should adjust it so that people won't just want to be with a computer all day. This is just of one of the few steps we become closer to each improvement in our environment. This is why I feel like this machine would be good to have in classrooms. | 1 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author argues the point that studying venus is a worthy pursuit, despite dangers that it can present. Throughout the article the author supports this idea with various forms of evidence. Ultimately, the author is ineffective at supporting their cclaim because they fail to provide sufficient factual evidence supporting it, jump to conclusions without providing sufficient logical reasoning, and provide significantly more evidence for the counter to their arguemnt than the arguement itself.
The author attempts to provide some factual basis for their claim that visiting Venus has worth, despite risks. They primarily included these in paragraph 4. The main ideas they used were that "it (Venus) may well have once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (4). This fact fails to support their argument, however, since the author does not provide any justification as to how it might make exploring Venus a more desireable option, especially considering the risks. It would make far more sense to simply explore a differnet planet that ws more hospitable and could actually be studied. The phrase "once have been" is also very telling. Certainly Venus is no longer at all Earth like save for its geology, as the planet has vastly different conditions to Earth in almost every other aspect. The author also states that Venus can "sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit" (4). This fact also fails to support their conclusion that there is worth in exploring Venus, because the planet is only sometimes the closest option. At other times Mars is closer to Earth than Venus. If this is the case, then it would make far more sense to explore Mars as it is far less hostile to life than Venus is. The author again fails to provide sufficient logical evidence to validate the conclusion that Venus is worth the risk, especially because there is a safer alternative that is sometimes even closer than Venus.
In addition to failing to provide sufficient factual evidence in support of their argument, the author also jumps to conclusions before actually connecting any logical reasoning to them in order to justify said conclusions. The author concludes at the end of the fourth paragraph that "the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable." (4) . However, they failed to provide any effective reasoning as to why this is the case. It would seem that the author began with this conclusion, but failed to actually justify it. It is certainly disputable that there is value in returning to Venus, so coming to such a strong conclusion on such flimsy evidence is simply ridiculous. It is simply another example of how the author faied to effetively support their claim.
Finally, the author provides significantly more evidence for the counter to their argument, than they do for the argument itself. Throughout the article the author gives details about how incredibly inhospitable Venus is to human life. For example, they state "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit" (3), and "the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" (3). By providing this evidence the author is attempting to acknowledge the detractors to their argument and then provide a rebuttal to it. However, the author provides a much greater wealth of evidence for the idea that Venus is wholly inhospitable than they do for the idea that this difficulty is worth it. They provide only two brief facts on why exploration might be necessary, but have an example of how dangerous Venus is in nearly every paragraph. Ultimately this causes the claim that Venus exploration is worth the risk to lose validity because it creates a perception amongst the readers that the risks associated with the exploration of Venus far outweigh the benefits. It also contributes to an overall lack of focus in the article as the author constantly interjects facts about Venus' dangers.
Ultimately this author does a poor job at supporting the claim that exporing Vesus is a worthy pursuit despit the risks due to their lack of factual evidence, tendency to jump to conclusions, and the overwhelming surplus of evidence for the counter to the argument. These iniptitudes create a failure of an argument which is unable to stand up to even mild scrutiny. | 5 |
The author suppourts his idea of exploring venus. By showing
lots of compeling info information that why we should do futer exploration. Like the big strids that NASA has made and, how it can teacher us more about earth , and how we ca further expand our knolege on Venus.
The auther tells us about NASA and its great strids to do further expoloration of venus. By telling us how NASA has made like making a slilcon carbide electronics
that can last for three week in a chamber that simulats Venuse surface as stated in paragrah 7. The auother also tell us about NASA solution to Venuses bad conditions in paragahr 5 it states "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conitions on the surface of venus woulud allow scientists to float above the fray. Imaine a blimp-like vehical hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian lannd scape." The author gives us this information to show us how NASA has made a great stride to further explore venus.
The author tell us about why exploring Venus would be benifital to resurchers. In understanding more about earth because , Venus being earths twin may have looked like earth long ago with it may have had having oceans and various forms of life as stated in paragrah 4 . Also stated in paragrah 4 is that " Venus somtimes be our nearust option for a planitary visit, a crucial consideation given the long time frames of the space travel. " The author is consitantly giveing us information to why. Space travil to venus is beniftal to resurchers trying to learn more about the earth
The author tell us lots of information that we know about Venus already. But how also we can expand our information about venus with further space tarvil to the plant. He or she tells us about how venus has has many valles and land form close to earth. but in paraghf 6 say resurches cant take sampels of rock,gas or anything eles. But if we could it can "contribute to meanfully to our knolege of Venus .
I conclusion the supports the idea space travil veray well by
giving us lots of information on venus. And how we can expand on our knolege of venuse and earth and,how NASA has made great strinds to further explor the plant. | 2 |
Being a Seagoing Cowboy let Luke see all over the world and help people in need. He had the most fun on his home with the other Seagoing Cowboys. They would play Base baseball and volleyball in the empty hold of the animals been housed. They would aslo play table-tennis touranments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games. When he turned 18 he wsa his way to Greece (as a Seagoing Cowboy) and he got draft. When they found out he was a Seagoing Cowboy they said he could do his service as a Seagoing Cowboy.
It opend up the world to him. He got to see the Acropolis in Greece and he rode up in Venic, Italy were the streets are water. Helping out on his Aunt's farm helped him for the hard work as a Seagoign Cowboy but it didn't help for the danger of the sea. It made him more awar of peole in other countries that need help and that stayed with him for life and he shared that wiht his family. He always said it was more than just an adventure.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy can be fun at times but can be realy hard at some parts. It helps for life like school does. I think that more peole sould get a try to become a Seagoing Cowboy just to learn soem of the same thing Luck did or see the things he might have seen. So give it a try it can be fun! | 1 |
Reasons to Join the Seagoing Cowboys Program!
One reason to join the Seagoing Cowboys program is because, you get to help people. Helping people is a good deed so why not. The Seagoing program has many people help others. Luke says," There where 44 nations that came to help care for people that needed animals, food, and shelter."
You should also join the program because you can visit unique places. Luke said that he got to see the Acropolis in Greese which was special. Luke said, " I got to go to Europe, China, and Greese." I think that it would be fun to go to those places. It would also be like a vacation but not.
Another reason to join the Seagoing program is because you won't be alone. Luke said, " There where 44 nations helping in the Seagoing Cowboy program."
I personally think that you can make a great impact on others.
One more reason why I would join the program is because I like helping others. I aslo think it would be fun to go to different places. My final reason is because I have always wanted to be in the army and save people or places from destruction. | 2 |
What would it be like to not have cars in your city? Not having cars in your city can be a great thing, although many people dont like walking places. It can have many advantages if you walk places.
For example 70 percent of Vaubans families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move there."When I had a car i was always tense. Im much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter. Experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Many experts expect public transport serving surburbs to play a much larger role in a new sixyear federal transportation bill to be approved this year. In previous bills, 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transpport.(source 1)
Alot of the cars can cause bad pollution in the air. After days of near record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. They were going to fine the citizens a 22 euro fine if they brought there cars out because they were ordered to leave them at home. Almost 4000 drivers were fined. Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap cars emissions. Diesel fuel was blamed since France has a policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London.(source 2)
In conclution limitting car usage has alot of advanteges. One is that people dont feel as much preasure when not driving, and the onther is that cars are very bad for our environment. Limitting car usage could make our world a better place overall. | 1 |
Seagoing Cowboys Program
" I need a job. But I don't know what I want to do." Come join a program.
Thereis a
program that is called the Seagoing Cowboys program. This passage will tell you what the Seagoing Cowboy program is, and what you could do if you joined.
If you like animals, or just want a job. Come join the Seagoing Cowboy program. What we do is take care of animals that were shipped over seas. Some of those animals were cows, horses, and mules.That means that you would have to go overseas, but you would aslo get to go to the most amazing places in the world. Including Greece, Europe, China, Crete, and Italy! Not only do you get to go there, but you would get to see the Acropolis in Greece, get a tour of the castle in Crete, and take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. You would aslo go on the Atlanic Ocean and also get to expeirence cool things.
I don't know about you, but ever since I have started this program I have had so much fun! I was working at a grocery store and a bank, but now I do the best program anybody could ask for. I love it and you would to if you would like to join! | 1 |
Our world of technology has come so far. Just to think that today scientists have found a way for computers to identify human emotions. This technonly is caled Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, and researchers have done studies to see if this tech would be valuable in a classroom setting. This technology is 100% valuable to sutdents in classrooms.
Using the FACS system in a classroom could completely change the world of learning; and for the better! Lead scientist, Dr. Huang, says that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This software can tell what students are feeling and they can constructively change the lesson to make it more interesting and understandable to the student. By being able to "recognize when a student becomes confused or bored" the system could then edit the learning program to the students learning style to keep them intriuged and help them become a more active learner.
This technology is clearly useful and effectivge in a classroom setting. Using this technology may mean that a lot of classroom learning will need to be completed on computers, but lets be honest, that is what our world is coming to anyways. Technology is taking over our lives and almost everything, from shopping to communicating, is being done online. So there isn't much change going on if we move our classroom ciriculum to the internet. This will completely benifit the student and improve their learning so there is no way that this new system is not valuable to all students in classrooms. | 3 |
Many cause of limited car usage tends to have less people on the streets. Near the French and Swiss borders ; streets and driveways and home garages were not allowed for free parking. It forced people to park in places where it was usually crowded. Most people did not like the parking rules. They either rode their bikes or walked back and forth to get to their destination. Later after that, many people were very upset with the parking rules, that alot of them decided to sell their car so they could park wherever and that had opened spaces for multiple cars to transpass the roads at the same time.
Same thing in Bogota, Columbia but the problem they had, was the pollution in the air. Columbians rode on buses with other people because the believed it was safer than being in a car and getting in an accident. Paris had the same problem, except they were fined to be driving. About 4,000 drivers were fined and others cars were to be impounded for arguing about being fined.
I think the better way for the car problems, is to have all people discuss the problems and explain what is best for other people. The solution near French and Swiss border is to let people park wherever they like and Columbia to clean up their pollution so they can live through fresh and safer enviroment. | 0 |
I highly disagree with "Driverless Cars". I have many reasons for my opionion being. After you read my essay, do you agree or disagree with me?
Technology is really starting to put a big impact on our world. Its starting to take over. Soon we are going to have robots doing almost everything for us. Doing our homework, making us food, babysitting our siblings, cleaning up our messes and so on. Do you really want this? The only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. You're risking your life in a way because anything could happen. Absolutely anything could go wrong. If the technology fails, you get into a severe car accident, what are you going to do? I dont think its worth getting in an accident or even causing an accident of someone else.
I highly recommend not driving in a driverless car. Be safe, for yourself and others. Car accidents could change your life in the worst way possible. Keep yourself out of harms way. | 1 |
in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" It talks about driveless cars and how it postive and negative to the cars. I think the postives side put up a good argument but I honest have to side with the negative becasue its aruments are what seem right to me.
Well like it stated in the article that who's to blame when something bad happends that's excatly why there shouldn't be cars like that. If there is then then we wouldn't know who to blame any more because if we keep on casusing accident's and we go to court and man gets blamed for the fault of the manufacturer. Then the man who was balemed in the first place can sue or something like that for getting blamed because of the manufacturers fault. But sitll theres no one to blame that what its comes down to when we really think about it.
Even if the got safety features i think its a pretty ingnorant idea to make a drive less car becasue were not perfect either way. So if we make these cars there would be no accidents, yeah right were are no perfect so these cars can never be perfection. So when we try out these cars frist time we might be like its nice nit having to drive when drving litteraly putting your foot down and streing come on people are we that lazy that we can't even do anything for are selfs anymore even if we could take control sometimes with the driveless cars it doesn't mean all the time so yeah america's really lazy we can't even put are foot down and turn a stering wheel to drive anymore wow america thanks.
Either way these are the reason why i don't think is a good idea to have drives less cars because there's no one to blame if someone gets hurt driving or getting hit by the car and that its just really lazy of us to even think of drivng as a hassle but i guess some people do so yeah but either way drive less cars are point less. | 1 |
I present negative aspects of driverless cars becasue they can be dangerous when your driving them. We should't have driverless cars because anything could happen when your driving them. Even though they can drive under specific conditons you always have to be alert.
"They still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents." If the car can drive by its self I think it should be able to get threw roadwork by its self. Anything can happen when the driver is not paying attention to the road. The driver can accidently fall asleep or be on the phone and swerve right off the road. People are really fascinated with driverless cars but its not the better chioce when it comes to safety. The car can alert you to late and you wouldn't have a chance to take control fast enough.
However I think you should pay attention to the roads at all times."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." I don't think thats true becasue anything could happen with the car, with a human i think they have a better response on stopping the car with the brakes. "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. If anything happens to the people i think the maunfacturer
should have full responablity because, why have driverless car anyways.?
"Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." I don't think they should sell those and I hope nobody buys them. Because its useless to have a driverless car that you still have to be alert to. If its that good the car should alert it self when at risk of anything. "Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020."
Its illegal in some states to even test computer-driven cars but in my opioin I think it should be in all states.
I hope this invention of driverless cars never gets far in the rest of the states. It may cost the state a lot of money because I think half of the peoplr are truly going to get hurt. "Why would anyoe want a driverless car that still needs a driver"? | 3 |
I think that Facial Action Coding System would be a good thing to have in schools. It would help teachers figure out what would be more fun and intresting for the kids to learn without them falling asleep or day dreaming. If you had to go back to school would you rather write a paper or watch a video of something you liked or was intersted in other then something you hate doing. It would be much easier to stay focused and on task.
When i think of school i dont find it fun or something Im looking forward to going to, but if they could give us assignments that we liked and had fun doing then everything would be easier for the students and the teachers would have less stress. Alot of teachers can already tell that some students dont want to be at school and they can tell by there grades, but who wouldnt want to come to school if it was actually fun or interesting. They could use it on the computers for when they give us essays or videos to watch. If they noticed you didnt like the topic then they could change it and find something the whole class likes not just one person. They could also use it to know what subjects we need or could use help on. Yea i think its a little creepy to have something looking at you but if it can help get your grades up and could get you a better job in the future why not do it. They could know what work sheets are harder then others and see what they need to cover in class more. Alot of students dont like sitting in a class reading a book that they dont find interesting, because they get bored and tired of listening and then they slack off and it shows in there grades. It states in the artical that "If you smile when a Web ad apperars on the screen, a similar ad might fallow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different.". This could help all the boring time you have to spend watching adds or Tv comericals. If you were intrested in then then you would have an better experiance and you would be more likly to buy the item. And if you didnt like the ad then they wouldnt show it and it would be something els.
I think that they should put FACS in classrooms so that the teachers could help there students in a more personal way. Also it would be better for the students to learn about the software if they might have to use it in the fututre. If they do start using it i think there would be a major change In schools around evansville and it would help out so many people get jobs later on in life. They could also use it in many different ways in the everyday life. | 2 |
My fellow citizens we want people to limiting car usage or get raid of problems with cars for couple of reason. First reason is people rather walk instead of dealing with cars because of getting your excrise. Second reason is pollution. Last reason is making greenhouse gas. All this is solution to our problems in life. We will like to take care the people and the Earth to keep it in shape and clean.
Some people think it more relaxing to not deal with cars they instead they walk like the people in Vauban, Germany residents from there have given up their cars. In the streets of Vauban are completely ''car-free'' and street parking, driveways and home garages are forbidden in Freiburg. 70% of Vauban's families do not ow cars and 57% sold a car to move over there. at this new approach sores are paced a walk away on a main street rather than in malls along some distant highway.
Pollution is one of the most problem that we have and want people to limiting car usage. Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Mororists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave cars at home or suffer a 2 22-euro fine $31 same applyed to odd-numbered plates in diffent day of the week. Almost 4000 were fined. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blamed from France. Diesel make up 67% of vehicles in France, 53.3 % average of diesel engines in the rest of Westen Europe. We are trying to put greenhouse gas out in the world to make it less polluted in the world.
We are trying to make the wrold a better cleaner places for our future. | 2 |
Limiting car usage can be a good effect but also can cause a lot of stress. In source 2 it tells how on Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or they would get fine with a $30 dollar charge. An it happened to odd numbered plates the next day. I dont htink thats a good thing to go by because some people might have jobs hoe are they suppose to go to work? other than a city bus.
Source 3 tells me In German Suburb they do things without cars. An it say that 70 percent of Vauban's families dont own cars. An the people who do have cars 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe are responsible for it. Source 2 also talks about a even that they have that last all day. The event is to not use cars during the whole day. Lots of otheer countries thought that it was a good idea so they joined into the evnet. The day without cars is part of a improvement campaign that started in Bagota in the mid-1990s. | 1 |
Although, self driving cars would be nice to have I would rather stick to driving manually.One reason is because we dont need driverless cars. We have taxi drivers that takes us where we need to go. Another reason is I would rather do it my self is because i enjoy driving, and I would be more than happy to take
myself where I need to go. My last reason about not wanting driverless cars because think about if they malfunction or if someone hacked into your car.
If we had driverless cars, we would be taking alot of peoples jobs that they depend on. Bus drivers, taxi drivers, shofurs would all be out of work and could now be lost in life. Not having anything other work
avalible for them becsuse they didnt go to collage or they just cant find a new job.
Another reason that
I belive we dont need driveless cars is because i enjoy driving and im sure im not the only only. But driverless cars would take the freedom feeling out of driving. Being able to go where you want, how you want, and when you want to. But what if your someone who likes to driver of roads in dirt, mud or any other terrian. The car that drives its self wouldnt do that bc it may be damaged or it may read that its a possibility of that.
My last thought on driverless cars are they have the potential to be very dangerous also its pointless to have one if you still have to be aware as if you were driving. But what if your just like antother day of you letting your car drive itself starts to have defects. A couple of those are that sometimes it rapidly picks up speed and slams on the brakes. Results you end up running someone over or you get into a bad accident. You have to take the blame for the mistake your car made. That could lead to big fines or even Jail time. Or what if someone hacks into your car and takes control of your car and try to hurt you by crashing it or they take you some where your not fimilliar with. As in they driver you out of state and you get lost.
So again I am one that is against driverless cars. they could put people out of work making peoples lifes ruined. It can take the thrill some get from driving. Also alot can go wrong if the car comes with flaws.
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"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about the idea that venus is worth studying despite the dangers on the planet. venus is the seconed planet from the son making it close to earth. Acording to the author venus was often referred to as earth twins acording to the text it states "Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size". The author also states that venus has proved to be very challenging place to examine up close.
For many reason like "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxid". Even more challenging reasons is clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere and temperatures over 800 degrees fahrengeit. Are just some of the reasons that it would be hard to explor venus. The author mainly just states the reasons its hard to vistit venus and the author really doesnt state why it would be worthy to go and study venus. Except for samples of rocks and gases.
Inconclusion it wouldnt be that worthy to visit venus its just to risky and a waste of time instead we could study other planets like mars. Which we already know alot about. | 1 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tries to explain the several complications of sending a mission to Venus. They provide tons of factual evidence about the geography and climate of Venus. They give many good points, but ultimately fail at their task to convince readers that Venus exploration is worth it. Along with a failed point, this author tends to go off on side-tangents that have minimal importance to the story.
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is an article about the positives and negatives of trying to land a spacecraft on Venus. He has a decent build-up into his first point while giving more and more small facts about our second planet. Venus is likely the most similar planet to Earth, with its rocky surface, hills, and mountains, but it has much more limiting factors to deter us from traveling there. It has terrible weather in comparison to Earth, with acidic carbon dioxide filling 97% of the atmosphere and with heats of 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The authors gives plenty of information about this planet, most of it relevant to the topic at hand, and therefore succeeds in teaching you about Venus.
Even after succeeding in information given, the author fails to promote the idea that travel to Venus is worth all the cons. They write about NASA wanting to know as much as possible about one of our closest neighbors, but don't give enough reasons as to why it's worth it. With acidic atmospheres ripping through machinery, technologies don't stand a chance on the Venusian surface. With the science that we have, the most we can hope for is a jet-like expirience, flying several miles above surface so that the pressure doesn't crush us instantly. Venus is additionally prone to constant volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms deadly enough to take out machinery. Given all this information, it seems like the author is trying to deter us from missions to Venus instead of promoting it, as they planned.
The final point to take into consideration when reading this article is the authors' side-tangents. Multiple times, the author delves into a side-topic as opposed to continuing on with the topic of Venus exploration. They start off the article with two sentences that have no relation to the story, yet confuse readers. The sentences are about Venus' nickname, the "Evening Star", and how even though it is a planet, it is still called this. This is completely irrelevant to exploration, as everyone knows it is a planet, and the "Evening Star" name is never mentioned again. Later on in the passage, the author rambles on about World War II-age computers and how they functioned properly even before the digital age. Once more, this is slightly irrelevant and does not contribute to the story at all except to add another paragraph instead of focusing on the specifics of how NASA is using them to help with Venus.
Overall, this article about Venus is less than "stellar". The author attempts to prove why Venus missions are a neccesity, but doesn't quite get their point across. They provide great knowledge and information, despite being off-topic occasionally. This article is full of great facts, but the delivery is off and could have potentially been a better read if the author was on the other side of the argument, which has more proof to back it up. All in all, the author does not support their idea the best. | 5 |
Should there really be an Electoral College? Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO have all agreed on abolishing the electoral college, and so do I! Not very many people really understand what the electoral college really is.
The electoral college was established into the Constitution by our founding fathers as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in congress and election of the President by a popular vote of citizens. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Wherever you live your states allotment of electors is equal to the number of members in its Congressional delegation.
Each canidate running for president has his/her own group of electors. The electors are usually chosen by the canidates political party. But each state has different laws. It depends on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. The Presidental election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Whenever you vote for whom ever you want to be President, you are also helping choose your states electors. Whenever you vote for your canidate you are actually voting for your canidates electors.
Your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertianment" after the presidential election listing all of the canidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. Also, the certificate declares the winning of the presidential canidate in your state and it shows the electors that will represent your state at the meeting of electors in December of the election year. Your certificate is then sent to the Congress and the National Archoves as part of the official records of the presidential election.
Now, im sure there are many many people that agree with me that we should get rid of the electoral college. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the one we have now. Under the electoral college system, voters vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electoral college doesn't try to fix the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority vote, they just ignore it.
I think that it is the popularity vote that should decide who gets the most amount of votes and decides who become the next President of the United States. I think that the Electoral college is unfair to the citzens around the U.S.
I always thought that it is us, the people that got to decide who we believe should become the next president, not the canidates electors. I believe that our votes should decide who become the next President, not the electoral votes. | 1 |
The Development of the Driverless Car
Throughout the development of self-driven cars, we have seen them evolve from only being able to be developed on specialized tracks that use reverse polarities to guide the car on the track to having them prevalent in some cities where they are test driven in the world around us. Although some may say that these cars are a long way from becoming completely driverless, their use of evolving technology, their ability to use the drivers in unprecedented ways, and their evolving acceptance all contribute to the idea that they are the future of transportation for the world. They may be controlling themselves but they also control the world that will some day evolve to the heights of driverless cars.
The cars of today have evolved from using minimal sensors to having rear-view cameras and anti-lock braking sensors, which driverless cars are definitely a part of. The driverless cars of today have been produced on the fact that car-making companies have evolved to provide these high-tech gadgets, which are equipped on their cars. "Google's modified Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors..." The inclusion of all of these sensors and cameras on the modified Toyota Prius is evidence to the fact that car companies are embracing the move towards technology to better equip their cars for the future, which is moving towards the idea of driverless cars. Proximity sensors and cameras allow for the driverless car to essentially find it's footing on the road and move in the direction that it needs to in order to avoid other vehicles and to carry out it's objective. This can be used on the streets of any city in any part of the world, and shows that this could some day used as a "public-transport taxi system" which corresponds with Sergey Brin, the cofounder of Google who has dreams on the subject of the progression of driverless cars in the future.
These driverless cars also use the humans inside of the car to drive, which is a vital importance to the success of the driverless cars so that one day they may become completely driverless. "BMW announced the development of 'Traffic Jam Assistant.' The car can handle driving functions...but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." This shows that driverless cars can handle most city driving situations up to 25 miles per hour, crediting the progression of driverless cars, but also use the human inside the car to control the car when the car needs help navigating through the construction sites or crashes. Eventually as driverless cars develop, they will base the driverless cars habits through a construction site to those of a human accomplishing the same task. This helps develop the car and also gives the driver an opportunity to drive.
Furthermore, these driverless cars are still being researched today in cotext that some day they will be used as the premier mode of transportation for most people."Automakers are continuing their work on the assumtion that the problems (of technology failure and it's accordance to the law) will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." The anticipation to get these cars rolling on the road by Tesla and others shows that they believe that this will be the future of transportation and they are unrelenting in the fact that they will make driverless cars a hundred percent of the time happen some day, with Tesla already having a projected release date for the driverless car for most of time, which again shows the development of these cars.
To conclude, driverless cars have come a long way, from being mere thoughts of the imagination, to being able to drive only on a specialized test track to becoming something that already has a release date planned in 2016. Their use of developing technology with the use of sensors and cameras as well as their use of the driver as someone with the skill to drive through a contruction site or accident have also contributed to it's prominence in the automobile industry. One of the most important parts of the driverless car's road to success is it's acceptance, and that is something that it has improved on with it's release coming up and the legislation that it will and has already affected. The driverless car will someday be the top form of transportation for many people and will only grow from there. | 4 |
I agree that the facial action coding system to identify humans emotions. These are some of the reasons that i agree with the facial action coding system "a classroom computer could recognize whan a student is becoming confused or bored" this could allow the teacher to help them with out the student feeling like he/she are the only one not to understand and this could allow them to get help from the teacher. Another reason is
"if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow". the computer well give you things that you enjoy on your screen so you can be interseted to buy something. This is a reason i think that the facial action coding system is a bad ida for the computers "then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" you really want a computer knowing everything about you for an example how you are feeling today. what kind of thing you like to watch or the things you are interesed in but also this computer understands you like no one does. and this is why i think the facial action coding system is a good idea | 1 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author explains how driverless cars could be better for humans to arrive at their desinations but he also explains the negatives of the driverless car. Driverless cars is something everyone has wanted in their lifetime but it has never actually happened until now. Many car companies want to make driverless cars. Driverless cars could be more negative than postivie, because they could be more dangerous, they are useles, and gas prices may raise up very quickly.
Driverless cars could be more dangerous than safe for people to use. They sound like a better way to drive, but you still need to know how to drive in order to use this car. If the traffic is bad or there is road work, you need to drive manually. GM says they will have a drivers seat that viberates but what if the driver ends up falling asleep and the driver needs to drive but doesn't feel the vibration? The driver may end up in a car wreck and you may never know if the wreck could be serious one or just a minor one. Either way, the person got into a wreck. Many people still get in wrecks today but they won't depend on the car, it's all on them. The car may even slide while in a snow storm and if you drive on your own, you have a grater chance of preventing that.
Driverless cars can be very usless and a waste of money. Car companies will waste thousands, maybe even millions, of dollors just to make this car. Either way we will still need to learn how to drive. The car cannot drive everywhere. Like it stated in the article, we will still need to stay alert. After a while of just sitting there while the car drives on its own, it will get boring. You may even end up just driving like we do now. You will also need to drive in cartain cases since the car cannot drive through everything.
Since the driverless cars will have to use more energy, they will need more gas to run on. Gas prices have a grater chance of rising unexpectedly since the cars may need to run on a different fuel. If the cars do run on a different fuel, it could be harder to get than gas. Gas is already a bit expensive, just imagine if driverless cars do became a big thing? The fuel for driverless cars may be regualr gas that we have today or a different fuel, but either way there is a greater chance of fuel prices getting higher.
Having a driverless car is fun to think about having but not everyone will think about the negatives to it. They think they will arrive to their desination safe and sound without having to do anything since the car brought them. Not nessecarally. People will need to be alert and sometimes drive on their own. Having driverless cars could be dangerous, usless, and may make the gas prices raise. People will need to think twice about what they want in thier future. | 2 |
Dear State Senator,
In my opinion, Im in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. At first I was all for keeping the Electoral College. But after reading the reasons why we shouldn't keep it I completly agree that we should change it.
"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 racs in the "swing" states." So basically the electoral college doesn't give a fair chance to voters and that's not right. All voters in every state should get a fair chance. "It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!"
"The Electoral College is widely regarded as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense . . . it is the electors who elect the president, not the people." Which once again is not fair and isn't right. If people are taking the time to vote then they're the ones who should be picking who the president is. Not the electors. "When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors."
"The single best arguement against the electoral college is what we migh call the disaster factor. Consider that the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people." This is an example: "In 1968, a shift of just 41,971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had voted the other way. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe."
Those are a couple great reasons and examples why you should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States instead of keeping the Electoral College.
Sincerely,
Alexandria Longoria | 3 |
Should driverless cars be allowed.?They should not be allowed because you can get really hurt, More time on repair,More accidents. These reasons support why I think that driverless cars should not be allowed. Should driverless cars be allowed, No because you can get really hurt. that topic supports why i think driverless cars should not be allowed because if you cant control what is going on then how do you think that you can avoid accidents or say someone is not paying attention and they pull out in front of you and you cant just slam on the breaks you have to wait for a sensor to be tricked so that way your car will stop this will lead to more accidents and or more deaths. This reason supports why i think that driverless cars should not be allowed. Furhter, driverless cars should not be allowed becuse they will cost more to repair. I say that because say you are driving down the road and something in the engine goes out and it causes you to be on the side of the road stranded. your gonna have to pay for a tow truck. also when you go in to get the car cheecked out and the part that blew out was something that they dont have in stores so you have to get it shipped which is already taking two to three business days to get here so your gonna be with out a car until then so your gonna have to rent a car which costs a fourtion,or the part that you need is brand new so its gonna be really expensive. Then you have to pay for someone to put the part in for you because since this is a driverless car and the techonology is new your not gonna know what goes were. these reason support why i think driverless cars should not be allowed. Lastly, do you think driverless cars should be allowed?. No, because there will be more accidents. I say that because a driverless car means that the person in the driver seat can not control the car in any way. so if you get to going fast and then your mom or dad calls or textes you and you have to look down and then when you look down a car cuts you off and gets in your lane then causes you to flip your car and or die. These reason support why i think that driverless cars should not be alowed. In conclusion, do you think that driverless cars should be allowed. no, I say that because you could get reallly hurt, cost more money to repair,and more accidents these reasons support why i think that driverless cars should not be allowed. | 2 |
The Face on Mars is nothing but a natural occurance. On Mars, there are things called a buttle or mesa. Which in fact, is what this "face" really is. I know this because in the article, that was based off NASA's own research, "Unmasking the Face on Mars" it says, "What the picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa-landforms common around the American West." We have these landforms on our very own planet, so its understandable as to how we can recognize one on another planet.
On top of that, we used top quality equipment to study and research the Face on Mars. This is backed up by how in the article it says, "Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. 'We had to roll the space craft 25 degrees to center the face in the field of view,' said Gavin. 'Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution.' Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 photo."
In the article itself it even says that the face is no alien monument. "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL website, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." With all that being said, with all the proof NASA gathered, its impossible for the "Face on Mars" to be anything but a natural occurance. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
Some agree and some disagree about it. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. I am one of those people who agree with it because it avoids run-off elections and because of the big states populatons.
I agree in what the third source said: "the electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast." for example Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43% plurality of the popular votes, while winning a majority in the Electoral College (301 and 370 electoral votes, respectively)." So the way i see it is its kind of a back up plan. To ensure others that there will be something there just in case popular votes or what not doesn't work as planned or correctly.
I also agree with what is said in the third source about evening out the larger states compared to the smaller ones. For example, "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that larger states (by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the constitution..." The reason why i agree to this is because since the state is larger then others, there are more people there, so therefore when they do vote the popular vote will be larger than the smaller states. So the Electoral College equals things out.
Run-offs are avoided and big states compared to smaller ones are equals, that is why I agree with keeping the Electoral College the same. I mean it was made like it is for a reason. Why do others want to change something if there are very good and valid reasons for why its already being the way it is.
Sincerly. | 2 |
Have you ever wanted a computer that can read your emotions ? Yes right? Me too. Its good to have a computer that can read your emotions because if its teaching a lesson in a boring way it can change it and make it a little more interesting. Second, it will detect your emotion and know what you like and what you don't like. Third, it will know when your happy or sad and it will know what to put on your screen.
First, it will change the mood of the lesson if you're getting bored. This is great because now the lessons won't be so boring and you will actually do them.
You will learn faster if you like the way they teach. In the text it say
" ' 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' "
( paragraph 6, D'Alto). This states that if the student is getting confused or bored the computer can modify's the lesson and the lesson will be better.
Second, the computer will detect if you like or not like what you're watching. For example, if the video you're given isn't a good one and you really don't like it then the computer can change it and give you a better suggestion. Also, the computer will understand how some people only express with emotions. " ' The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive - for video games or surgery. ' Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, ' notes Dr. Huang. ' So computers need to understand that, too " (paragraph 6, D'Alto ). This explains how computer can undertand when you like something and also how they need to understand that most communication is used my emotios or expressions.
Third, it detects if you're happy or sad. If you're happy it will make sure to keep you like that but if you're sad it might play you something so you can cheer up and do your work. Its difficult to do your work when you're sad , when you're sad you don't even want to work. "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen,a similar add will follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different"(paragraph 6, D'Alto ). This supports my reason because it talks about how the computer knows when you're sad or happy.
In conlcusion, having a computer that can read your emotions wouldn't be bad to have in a classroom. I think they will make the classrooms a litltle bit better. First, because if the student is getting bored the computer can modify the lesson. Second, because it can detect what you do and don't like. Last, because it will detect when you're happy or sad. | 3 |
For some people having a car is a neccesity, but for others it can just be stressful. I believe it is much safer with out cars. There would be less accidents ,
less pollution and it would save people a lot of money .
In Paris they had to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the smog. If there were drivers out on the road they got fined. This didnt stop everyone, there was counts of 4,000 people being fined for driving. Just five days after the partial ban congestion went down 60 percent.
Just Imagine if five days of no driving caused congestion to go down 60 percent, how much would it go down if cars were eleminated all together.
There are some disadvantages to not having a car. Such as not being able to get where you need to go on time, biking or walking far places, getting sweaty before work or school ect.
Driving can also be very stressful, for example when businessman Carlos said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,". This statement suggest that it is stressful to drive a car.
In conclusion, I would definitally want to have a car so i could get where i needed to go on time. I would also like to reserve the car only if i really needed to use it. | 1 |
I claim that we should study Venus despite the dangers because of the authors points, NASA has solutions to the hostile conditions, researchers are working on innovations for machines, venus may well have been the most earth-like planet.
First, NASA has figured solutions to the hostile conditions on Venus. NASA have been working on a way to survive in a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent cabon dioxide that blankets venus. There is also an average tempature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit and 90 times greater atmospheric pressure than what we are used to. People ask how will they overcome these extreme conditions and they have found one solution. In paragraph 5 it says to imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the landscape. This would solve the ground conditions. It would still be hot at around 170 Degreese Fahrenheit the writer says and the air pressure would be close to that of sea level. Not the best conditions but survivable for us.
Next is that researchers are working on inovations for machines to make is easier to study venus. The blimp-like vehicle is a good but peering from 30 miles above venus isnt that useful for studying. That is why NASA is thinking about using some simplified electonics that are made of silicon carbide. NASA has tested this with a simulation of Venus's harmful conditions . This way they could last up to 3 weeks with the planets condition. In paragraph 7 the writer wrote,"
Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers." They were first thought of in the 1800's and then played a huge role in 1940's during WWII. Systems that use mechanical parts can be made to resist the conditions of Venus.
The final statement is that venus could have been earths most looked like planet. In paragraph 4 the writer states that," Astronomers have thought that long ago Venus was probably coveed largely with oceans and could have supported varios forms of life like Earth. Venus has a rocky sediment surface and has familiar features liek valleys, mountains and craters. Venus also is almost the same size as earth.
In conclusion,
NASA has solutions to the hostile conditions, researchers are working on innovations for machines, venus may well have been the most earth-like planet. Maybe we will finally get to Venus and see what the planet has to offer to us . | 3 |
The face was just made by the sand moving around. The face shouldn't be this big of a deal. Just because it looks like a face doesn't mean someone made it like that. But to others it may seem like aliens did do it. But they think what they want but aliens don't exist.
The face is not that big of a deal. The face is a way for organizations to sell their products. As it says in the fifth paragraph, "The 'face on mars' has become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!". All the face is is sand that has been moved around by sand storms and now it looks like a face nothing fun about it. All I'm saying is the face is not as great as it once seemed.
Even though the face really means nothing, some people thinkthat the face was made by life on mars. They say that they made it to show that they were there. "The face is bona fide evidence on mars". But we also know that sand storms are very common on Mars, how could it not just be one of those that did it?
The face is not as amazing as everyone was making it out to be. It is just sand that happened to make a face when it blew together. In conclusion, I feel that the face is not as big of a deal as it was made out to be. | 1 |
Hi i am Luke. I have some reasons why I think you should be a Seagoing Cowboy. When i first heard my friend ask me if i wanted to be a Seagoing Cowboy I did not know if I wanted to do it but once i found out what it was i thught it would be fun. When I got there and started doing what i was suppost to do I started enjoying it.
A reason I did is because I knew I was doing the right thing by helping with there community and just helping them with some little things also. Another reason is that when I went their I got to explore the acropolis in Greece and it was beautiful I think you would like it to. I also got a ride in a gondola in Venice,Italy. I also went to china! It was very fun and so is being a Seagoing Cowboy. I also learned alot from it like we dont have to worry if we are going to get what we want for breakfast because some people that are less fortunate dont even have Three meals a day. It was hard to take that in but it deffinetly changed my whole point of view in life. I hope that if you give being a Seagoing Cowboy a shot that it would change your point of view in life also.
You should give it a try and see if you like it. If you do not like it you do not have to do it but if you do like it i suggest you do it more often, it is helping out and it is doing the right thing. So my point is that you should give being a Seagoing Cowboy a chance because it could defenitly make a change in this world. Thank you! | 1 |
Hi I'am Luke Bomberger, and way back in 1945 (WW2) my friend ,Don Reist, asked me if I wanted to become a seagoing cowboy and join the UNRRA.( the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), the UNRRA is a group of people that resupplied things people had lost after WW2 like food and animals. You might not think it was fun but, boy are you wrong. I had a ton of fun like playing sports and site seeing, and you would too, if you became a seagoing cowboy.
We got to play games after we droped of the animals, there was a ton of room to play many of my favorite games with some of my friends I meet aboard the boat. We played baseball, vollyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, whittling ,and sometimes read. The activites helped pass time in between loads.
Since we traveld in diffrent parts of diffrent contries we could see many site seeing tourist spots. Acropolis, the excavated castle ,many diffrent oceans ,and parts of beauitful contries. We also went on a gondola ride which I thought was weird because we were most of the time on a boat.
Knowing I am helping make a diffrence in many peoples lives was probably the best part of it all. You may see being a seagoing cowboy as loading and unloading boats full of animals, but I am rebuilding contries and lives of many people. Becoming a seagoing cowboy has changed my whole life in an amazing way. Become a seagoing cowboy and understand why I say that. | 2 |
In the artical the author decribes that Facial Action Coding Systems (FACS) can help to identify human emotional expressions. Profeser Thomas works with another guy named profeser Nicu. Profeser Nicu was from the University of Ansterdam. I'm against the vaule of using computer techonology to read students emotions.
One example that the authour gives is where the process begins. The text states" the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D coumputer model of the face". The FACS has classifies six basic emotions which are: happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. These emotions are associted with the movement of the facial muscles
Another example that the author gives is web ads on your screen. The text says "if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a simalr might follow. Most student thay communicate is nonverbal. Dr. Haung put that video games and surgery on his notes.
One vaule of haveing techonlogy might help teachers know what students might be feeling even if the student doesn't want them to know. If the student is feeling sad or stressed the teacher can help with that through communication. Empathy is (feeling someone else's emotional state).
To wrap every thing up some people would like to have this techonlogy, but there are some people who don't. The people who would like it thinks it might help them find out what their kids or kid is felling and help them out; however, the people who don't think it would beause they hope the kids would come and coummunicate with them indsted of them finding out on a technlogy coumputer. | 1 |
Every four years there is an election held for the next president. Citizens across America vote for the canidate they best see fit to be president. Many may not know but there is another process other than voting to select a president. When people vote for a president, they are actually voting for a elector. That elector then votes for the next president, and this is called The Electral College System. The Electoral College System should no no longer be part of the election process, but instead have election by popular vote for the president of the United States.
When a president is elected it does not just effect the government, but also the people of America. The president that is chosen makes decisions for the people, and that is why so many people vote on who will be making those decisions. The Electoral College System greatly effects that vote of presidency. In The Indefensible Electrol Collage: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Pradford Plumer states that "Voters vote not fo the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the persident". People are not getting the chance to vote, because the electors are the ones voting for them. The people should have a turn to vote for the next president.
Many people today are all toward the Electoral College System. People think that it is a great way and very helpful when it comes to the elections. The Electorical College seems fair to some people, even if the president most voted for was not elected like back in 2000. The electors to them help find a new president with other electors in Congress. The electors even have the chance to vote for the other canidate even if the people do not vote for that canidate.
However many people may be towards the system, but others are also against it. The electors go to Congress and vote for the next president. It is even possible that the canidate most voted for by the people could not be voted for by the electors. The electos haave the finall sya, even if that means not voting for who the people are voting for. This is an issue that should no longer be, but instead have popular vote.
The Electoral College Sysytem should be removed from the presidential election, and replaced with popular vote. The Electoral College System does not help, but prevents the canidate most voted for to be ellected. Popular vote from the people should decide who the next president of the United States should be. | 2 |
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