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What if the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) can help students get better grades?
I think the new software that has been developed, can improve the grades/ learning of students.
The Facial Action Coding System has lots of great reasons to why it's valuable for students in a classroom.
I think the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable.
Why, because if the students had the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) the teachers would be able to see if the student's are focusing/paying attention to what it is that they are doing.
The teacher's would be able to tell what's wrong with the student.
The student's emotions would show on the system.
I think it's a good idea, now the teacher's can read student's emotional expressions.
If the student is not getting good grades, the teacher will be able to see what it is that the student is feeling.
When the student's are feeling confused, the teacher will know.
Some student's are shy to raise their hand or even ask for help on what they are confused on or about.
" A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored".
Reading the students emotional expressions, would be a specific result with the FACS (Facial Action Coding System).
Maybe you could tell hows your friend is feeling by looking at them.
But, the system would tell you their exact emotions.
Being able to see how you feel is a great for teachers.
So yes, I think the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valueable. | 2 |
Who wouldn't like to be a Seagoing Cowboy? You get to see other country's you've never seen before! You also get to take care of animals but at the same time you can see the huge ocean. Also people from the war binifit from it too. So why wouldn't you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy?
If you become a Seagoing cowboy you would see other countrys that you've never seen before. In these countrys there would be beautyful temples and citys with no streats but water ways to get around. There would also be delishous gormay foods. Beautyful pantings from thousands of years ago.
You could then take care of animals and also get to see the vast ocean's at the same time. Then you could feel like a real cowboy. But when your done taking care of the animals you can sit down and look at the astonishing night sky and the huge blue ocean. Playing with The animals would be so fun. There would be tasty cows beautyful horses, and stubern mules.
Also when your a Seagoing Cowboy other people would be binifit too! The common towns people, and the solders from the war. You would bring them cows for food, horses to ride, and mules to pull carts of goods. That would prevent people from starving. It would also help move reckage from the war.
So far you've seen how amazing it would be to be a Seagoing Cowboy. You could get to see country's from thousands of miles away. You could get to take care of animals but still get to relax.
Also you could help people from the war and solders. So why wouldn't you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy? | 2 |
If I was asked to go for driverless cars or against it, I would be against it. Yes I know we're at the point when technology is used for everything, but I believe that the use of technology can be harmful to us. I'll give you four reasons why I am against driverless cars. It will affect our skills about cars, how it's function. Second, teenagers or anyone won't learn how to drive. Third, it might be dangerous because of the weather. Fourth, the driving laws can be changed.
If we had driverless cars, how are we going to learn or know about them? We can't always learn from technology. There is going to be new engines and everything, but I bet we can't learn about it that quickly. It took more than 60 years to understand this cars. We cant just throw all that away.
How are we going to teach teenagers how to drive if we have driverless cars? We won't be teaching them nothing, except to just put itself to drive. I bet teenagers want to learn how to drive on their own or from their parents, without the use of technology.
The weather can cause many destructions. If your car is destroyed because of the weather, you are able to fix it with different parts. It may be expensive, but imagine the new technology | 1 |
Abolishing the Electoral College may be the best choice because the most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the elecetoral college. Also at the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters.
If a tie occurs the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. Each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representating 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represents 35 million voters. Because of many voters vote one party for president and another for Congress, The House's selection can hardly reflect the will of the people. For exapmple a tie would have occured in 1976 if a mere 5,559 voters in Ohio and 3,687 voter in Hawaii had voted the other way.
The electoral college can be unfair to voters because the winner-take-all syntem in each state, candidates fon't spend time in states the know they have no chance of winning. For example during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad.
The elctoral college can have many good things but it still is not good enough for us to keep it. If the winner-tak-all systm didn't exist candidates would spend time in states even if they know they have no chance of winning, because they will not lose anything or maybe have at least a liitle chance of winning. | 1 |
I would strongly disagree with the use of this new tecnology to read students emothions in the classroom is invaluabe. Schools adding this new technology is a waste of money and time, Many parrents and students would agree that there are many other things that schools need to foucus on and implamenting new things to such as extra curricular activeaties, and sports to keep students fit and healthy. Although This new technology could reconize when a student is becomeing confused or bored in the classroom, The creators predict that is could modify the lessen, the most easyest and affecting way to modify a lesen is to make it fun or realtable to the students or haveing a effective human instructor which would be way easer than to implament this new technology. Adding this new device in a classroom full of students would be a vary bad idea many students and parrents would feel that this is an invasion of privacy.
These are my reasons why useing this new technology in the classroom would be vary invalube as a student i feel this new idea in the class rom is vary invaluble. | 2 |
I'm wanting to keep the Electoral College because it comes in handy in our system for voting. They can help us break a tie between two competing candidates that want to become presidents of the United States. You may not think its a big deal but it is. I don't like the "winner-take-all" system, I find it unfair that the president can automatically win a vote from one state. They need to get use to the voting system instead of winning one automatically. The one thing I like about the voting system is that people can pick who would be the best candidate for our nation. For example, I find it a terrible mistake that people picked Obama and all the stuff he had promised in the pass and still haven't kept his words. In my opinion, I think Obama daughter can build a better system than him. It whatever though, it the people choice that they want Obama to be president of the United States. I just think he just a liar to our nation. Now back on to the subject, the Electoral College can be important to the system. The bad side of the Electoral college is that under its system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn elect for the president. The singel best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Us Americans should consider ourselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse. Consider that the state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. If you don't like my opinion, then make a new system that is close enough to be a consensus. | 0 |
Cars are pretty cool right, I mean I love cars the car that Im aiming for is a 1967 Chevy Impala (black of course) but I do now that cars can be very hazardess and cause harm to people and the envirnment. Scientist and car companies are trying to find different ways of soloving he poluting problem for cars like running off of sunlight or water. Recent studies suggest tht Americans are buing fewer cars, driving less and, getting fewer licenses as each rear goes by, I dont know if thats good news to the people but im a teenager I want to start driving soon, I have work to go to, movies to see, friend to hangout with,
PLACES TO TRAVEL
!!! Just saying. Anyway back to the less driving thing, witth the driving decreasing it has left researchers pondering a fundamental question: Has America passed peak driving?
The United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of tthe world's prime car cultures. It is the birthplace of the Model T; the home od Detroit; the place where Wilson Pickett immortalized " Mustang Sally"..... I don't really know any of the advantages of using a car less all I know is that for some people its a way of live, its way they get to work every day, they way get to far away places, where they sttay and sleep, first dates, first kisses, taking friends to see movies, road trips, I cant really name reasons why there bad to use but I can name reason why they are..... | 0 |
Many people have different opinions about what happens on the planet Mars. During a recent discovery many people had the idea that the face on mars was created by aliens. Scientists had a different theory. Scientists believed that the face was formed by something more believable. Aliens was not one of those.
On May 24th NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was on Mars. The spacecraft was going about it's regular mission until it noticed something interesting. The text states, "..when it spotted the shadowy likenss of a human face." The text states, "A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see." Once NASA revealed the images for the world to see, many of them claimed it was from aliens. Scientists had to quickly do their research to clear up false accusations. The text states, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing...a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Once NASA cleared it up that it wasn't an alien monument they quickly found out what the face was. The text states, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa---landforms common around the American West. NASA was able to put an end to the false accusations, and also support their conclusion with nautral landforms.
While many people do have different opinions about certain things, sometimes those opinions can chhange. By being able to provide people with evidence as to why something is the way it is can steer thier opinion in another direction. NASA had many followers who felt that the face on Mars was caused by aliens, but NASA was quick to provide them with correct imformation on the formation of the face. | 2 |
Who's tired of driving? Who's tired of buying new cars? I am. Have you ever thought about Driverless Cars? Driverless cars is a new invention just waiting to happen. There's so much good things about this new invention that can be developed. I think our cars that we have now should be more advanced. Our world is advancing as years go by, it's time for the cars to start advancing, and it starts with Driverless Cars.
Driverless Cars have a lot of technology to it, but good things come with it. They're more smarter than the cars we drive now, they're more safe than the cars we drive now. You don't even have to drive it yourself, it does most of it for you! The cars that we have cause wrecks, doesn't have a lot of technology in it. Who wants a car with updated technology? I surely do. What about spinning spensors on the roof, or a video camera? Driverless Cars has all of that. Driverless Cars has a dubbed LIDAR that uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings. The sensors can even cause the car to apply brakes on wheels and shorten the power from the engine. That's a way better response and control that you could manage yourself.
Safety has always been a big concern. Don't worry, the safety with these cars are wonderful. It has flashing lights on the windshield and other head-up displays. It also has a driver's seat that vibrates when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. If you get tired, or your just not watching the road, their actually considering fixing that problem too with cameras to watch if you remaining focused on the road. It senses things a single human couldn't sense fast enough. You'll still be in control of the car, it just helps you react faster to incidents and inform you when danger is nearby.
Who wouldn't like this new invention? I think it's perfect for our future. It's something that should be developed. I would love to be more safe in my vehicle and have a lot of technology. It's time to look past these cars that we have now and look forward to cars that will help us more and require less stress. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver. | 3 |
There is a major debate going on in the United States about whether or not driverless cars should be able to be on the roads. Driverless cars should not be allowed on the roads with human drivers.
Three reasons driverless cars should not be allowed on the roads are, they don't have a human to react to a situation, they can malfunction, and they do not have the survival instincts that people have.
Some people think driverless cars are safe because they are able to react better than humans.
However, these cars cannot react as well as people.
A driverless car relies on sensors hooked up on the car to know its surroundings whereas a human can visually see their surroundings and react to a situation.
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author states that, "The spinning sensor on the roof. Dubbed LIDAR, it uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." Cars that rely on sensors can't completely know what is around them.
Many people think that tecnology is reliable, that it will never malfunction.
However, there have been many cases where tecnology has given out on us.
Tecnology is never one hundred percent.
It will fail every once in a while.
The author of the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" states, "If the tecnology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-driver or manufacture?" Tecnology can fail even at the worst moments.
Do you really trust something that could fail in an emergency?
Many people also believe that a car will avoid collisions.
However, a car doesn't have the survival insticts that a human has.
A human will avoid anything that puts their life in danger.
In the article "Driverless Cars are comming" the author says that, "None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer accelerate, and break themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." Cars can not navigate conditions tht require human instict which the cars themselves do not have.
Driverless cars should not be let out on to the roads.
If they are put on the roads people may have trouble.
The cars could cause trouble for human drivers.
The driverless cars can not drive like humans.
The cars may cause more danger than good for human drivers. | 2 |
The Seagoing Cowboys started shortly after World War Two ended in Europe. Most of the countries were ruined. To help the countries, forty-four nations joined to make UNRRA[the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration].
The Seagoing Cowboys had to take care of the animals, such as horses, calfs, and mules, that were shipped overseas. Luke joined the Seagoing Cowboys with his friend Don. They arrived in New Orleans on August 14,1945. The Pacific war had just ended when they got there.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program because you get to see some beautiful cites, and help people. If you like animals, you should become a Seagoing Cowboy beause you spend all of your time with animals. If you want to serve in the military, you can be a Seagoing Cowboy, because Luke turned eighteen before they went to Greece and his draft board told him that he could just keep on being a Seagoing Cowboy for his service. If you like animals too, that would be a win win!
If you have a lot of animals, being a Seagoing Cowboy would be like being at home, but at the same time being on vacation. I will say one thing, if you are allergic to any animals that you might have to take care of, don't join. If you are allergic to the food or the ingredients in the food, don't feed the animals that need to eat that food. If you can't be around it, just ask if you can have a different animal to take care of so that you can still help without having an allergic reaction. If you are a person with no pet allergies, this would be a perfect job for you.
When you are on the boat, it won' t be all work and no fun. Luke found some time to have fun, so I'm pretty sure that you can have some fun too. Luke said that the cowboys played some sports like baseball, volleyball, and table tennis. They could read if they wanted to just sit down, relax, and read a good book. They played some other games just to keep them busy.
I would have to say that being a Seagoing Cowboy would be really fun. I would be able to go places and see thing that I have never seen before. I would get to help out, and I like to help. I think that they should have something like this all around the world. | 2 |
In many different countries, driving and the use of motorized vehicles have decreased in the past few years. We have come to learn the cars cause pollution of the atmosphere and the creation and release of greenhouse gases. These deadly gases have led to global warming and the decrease in our atmosphere. We've learned that if we stop using cars and find other, more environmetally friendly ways of transporation, that our contribution to the pollution will decrease ten-fold.
Greenhouse gases consist of CO2 and other chemicals that come from fumes from cars and other forms of exhaust. They are mainly from cars and motorized vehicles. These harmful gases eat away at our atmosphere. We cannot replenish our atmosphere so we have to try and preserve what we have leftover. Therefore, if we cut back on the use of these vehicles, we won't destroy our atmosphere as much as what we have done in the past.
Along with greenhouse gases, smog is also another problem. Smog is a mixture of the fog and moisture in the air combined with exhaust from cars, smoke from cigarettes, and other toxic fumes. We have to have smog checks on our cars at least once a year to see if our vehicles are protected against the chemicals. Smog can be prevented somewhat by halting the use of vehicles. Also, if we don't use cars, not only will we have less smog, but we won't have to pay for the annual smog checks. We'll be helping our environment and helping our wallets.
Don't you hate it when you're stuck in a traffic jam when you're trying to be somewhere on time? Of course, cars are faster than walking everywhere but if there are people in front of you not being able to move because of the people in front of them and so on and so on, then walking would cut the time of sitting in a car and waiting 10 minutes to move 5 feet in half. Most people hate waiting. Also, if we walk, not only will the pollution decrease, the obesity of our country will to! Think about that the next time you start to munch on a bacon cheeseburger.
In the United States, people have begun to lose interest in driving. According to Source 4, less and less people are driving, buying cars, and recieving their licenses. That means that come the next century, our carbon footprint will be half made up for. More people want to walk to lose weight and be able to hang out with friends and colleagues. If we don't stop using alot of fuel, we'll have more money for things that are more important. Motorized vehicles are making us and our economy suffer. Maybe, if we cut back on car use, we'd have more money to bring back our electives and music programs in our countries school systems.
So, overall, if we cut back on vehicles, our lives will be so much better. We wouldn't have to be so paranoid over gas prices. Our air that we breath would be cleaner and our money would be saved. We'd also have less worries about finding a cure for weight-related illnesses. Our country would be perfect without cars. | 2 |
Do you know how smart a computer is, or how efficient it is compared to the human brain? You cant even compare the two, its just not an even fight. Now when you put it into perspective, human error has made car crashes one of the leading cause of death today. So I'm in firm belief that "driverless cars" is not only safer, more effiecient but would be the future to cars.
First not only has a computer controlled car never taken a life, but it has never crashed. Now the word "never" is a bold word since not everything is certain, but the calculation and sensors of a computer controlled car has made the "driveless car"
never crash since its debut in 2009 as said in paragraph 2 "Google had cars that could drive indepnedently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million of miles without a crash,.." How fast do you think is your reaction time? And do you do well against pressure? Well if you are driving, countless situation like these would soon come your way. Now if you were a computer, your reaction time is a blur and you have no pressure to worry about. As stated in paragraph 5 " .. those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out -of-control skids or
rollovers." In those situation, people would just brace themselves and pray for low medial bills after the accident. Now if the driverless car drove, these things can be avoided endlessly.
Second, driverless cars are more efficient. Theres just no other way to put it. As stated in paragraph 1 "...would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." You ask where is the logic to that? Well, humans tend to speed up and slam their brakes constantly while driving. But with a driverless car, all they would need is calculation. Imagine a world where there are just full of driverless cars. If they are all controlled by computer and have the same calculations, most traffic jams would be resolved. . Not only would there be no hassle but it would be safer, and much more convienient for everyone.
Last, it had stated in paragraph 8 the following: "The psychological aspects of automatin are are really a challenge," "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." What that means is if and only if this driverless car is perfected, and it would need support, not only would you be able to watch your favorite show on the way to work, but it would revolutionize the way we spend our time. Since due to constant driving, and traffic, we spend so much time on the wheel. If we take that out, we would have countless hours
of free time!
In conclusion, I think driverless cars are having a bad name since it is not fully "driverless." But there is no doubt is it SO much safer. As the cofounder of on the most influential company "Google" Sergey Brin stated in paragraph 1 "He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world"
So if the driverless car would get more support and have more funds in it's developement, it would be safer, more efficient and is the the future to cars.Now if we didnt have to drive anymore and the driverless car was pefected, what would you spend your time on? | 3 |
There are many car free cities. Germany suburb life goes on without cars, Automobiles are the linchoin of suburbs. They to to say that it is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas, passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of green house gas. In Paris driving has been ban to clear the air of the global society, motorists were orderd to leave there cars at home or suffered a 31$ fine. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and people had their cars inpound for their reaction to the fine.
Cars have been banned with only buses, taxis permitteed for the day. the goal was to promote alterenative transportation and reduce smog. Not even the rain has stopped people from participating, "its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said Carlos Arturo Plaza. a day without cars is an improvement campaign that begaN in Bogota in the late mid-1990s.
In the United States, recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The question was asked; has America passed peak driving? the United States, with its broad expanses and suburban ideals, had long been one of the world's prime cultures. But Americas love affair with its vehicles seeems to be cooling. When adjusted for popullation growth, the number of miles driven in the united states peaked in 2005 dropped steadily. Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployment weren't going to work anyway.
There are many car free cities. mostly because of green house gasses or many other cuases. Such as stress' and air pollution cars have been banned to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. There are been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser and better for walking. | 0 |
venus is one of the brightest points of the light in the night sky making it simple for an amaterur stargazer to spot. venus is a planet that you can float on and its the second planet from are sun it has proved a very challenging place to examinr more closely. People call venus the earth twin because venus is th closest planet to the earth in terms of density and size. venus, and mars, our planetary neighbor they both orbits the sun at diffrent speeds. these diffrences in speeds in othere to venus will be around the corner in space terms people have sent plenty of spacecrafts to land on the cloud draped world. venus would be a nice planet to study because i feel like is has alot of interesting things to know about like whats in it i would study a planet like venus and the size of venus is simular to the earth so it would be nice to know a place close to the sun. The part about being in venus it is 97 percent carbin dixode its more. challenging then are clouds and it live closer to the sum the. the earths does. Venus has the hottest temperature of any planet in the sloar system its hotter than mercury amd mercury is closer to the sum them venus is beyond hight temparture venus have powerful earthquakes it has alot of lighting streaks its seeking to the land. NASA wants to send people to venus to experiance venus. Venus is a very challenging place to go in visit Venus because the human ceriosity. | 0 |
Gravin states that it reminds her\him of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. I think that by reading this passage and knowing a litte bit about it before it is just a natural landform not created by aliens. Aliens are not even real. People just think they are real.
I think it is a natural landform because not even humans could make something that looks just like a persons head that good. It might be from the Earths winds pushing the sand over and making it look like it a face. It also could be the gravitation pull of the Earth. I think that you should believe that is not aliens because if it was aliens dont you thinl they would be doing more than just that? That means if it reall the aliens who made this they must have a lot of thinking and knowledge about stuff like that. That also means that when earth moves the face moves with the Earth. Does this have anything to do with the man in the moon?
People probably think that it is made by aliens because people don't go to Mars. People that go to Mars have to be very brave and other things too. the camera has taken pictures because it has to have proof that it really does look like a face. I think again that it is just a landform that has been made over the pass years by the gratational pull and Earths winds. | 1 |
Most people would say that driveless cars are a pretty good idea. But I don't believe it is. Most people would get in accidents more often.
The reason why I say dirveless cars are not the smartest idea is because if you have driveless cars everywhere there would be a higher chance of getting into an acccident than just you driving the car. This would likely happen because what happens if the system malfunctions on you and you are just there driving not knowing that the system isn't working, and then before you know BANG you hit another car.
Now, some people are saying "well in the article it says that you need to be aware of you enviroment" which in other words you need to know what is going on outside of your car. But, lets be real most people now and days don't really look at the road. They are texting or doing something while not looking on the road. So, what I am trying to say is driveless cars are not woth the wait nor the money. Most people in this world will probably be doing the same exact thing when you are the one drive the car.
So, some of us can be clear to most of you guys. That driverless cars are not woth it and that most if not all of us will be doing the samething as before and nothing will change. | 1 |
The author suggests that visiting venus is worth it despite the dangers for mutilple reasons. Venus is one the closest planets so it would be the easiest to travel to. geographicaly venus it is very simular to earth. Venus has also supposedly had life on it just like planet Earth.
Venus is very close to Earth's size and sometimes the same distance to is paragraph 2 the author states "sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times Venus" because of this we have sent many space probes to the suface of Venus, But never more than a few hours at a time. It is a hard planet to study no matter how close it is.
Venus has a lot of geographical simularities to Earth. Valleys, mountains, craters all like the ones we see here at Earth. all these simularities suggest that at some point Venus also had giant oceans and most likely had some form of biological life.
To this day NASA has been working to explore this planet. Using the technology that we have to improve our chances in finding something on Venus. in paragraph 6 it states that " NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the suface
of venus would allow to float above the fray." which is essentially a big blimp that floats above the Venusian clouds. the author suggest that studying this planet is a worthy pursuit despite all of the danger, and it has. we've learned a lot about its atmosphere, the geographic simularities between Venus and Earth, and we have developed better technology trying to explore its surface. so in spite of the dangers we have gotten a lot of infomation out of venus. | 2 |
If your tired of your job and looking for a adventure you can come join the
"seagoing cowboys" you can help us bath animals, send goods to people who need yor help the most.
We have so much fun on the ship we feed horses,we bath animals, and clean the stalls. But after that we have so much time to play you can play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, whitting and the games help pass alot of time, since it takes along time to cross the ocean. The ship is just like a cruise but you have to help do some choirs. I had fun on the ship and I think you can to. Being a seagoing cowboy it opened the world to me. I was very grateful for this opportunity. It made aware of people of other countries and their needs.
Thats not you can do or see being a seagoing cowboy you can go to other places like greece. in greece which i thought was reallt speacial was seeing the Acropolis. I also went to venice Italy, a city with streets of water I hope you choose to become a seagoing cowboy and help out the people in need. | 1 |
Driverless cars, a thing of myth or an invention of the future? According to the article scientists have been workin on the driverless car project since the 1950's.
In the 1950's General Motors created a concept car that could run on a spcial track. the track was embeded with electrical cable that sent radio signals to a reciever on the car. This was proven to be safe and reliable, however the cost would be astronomical to put the cabels needed in all the roads.
In the 1980's automakers used speed sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes. within 10 years, those sensors have become so advanced that they could detect and respond to dangerous out of control skids or rollovers.
In 2013 BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant". The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors made sure the driver kept their hands on the wheel incase of an emergency.
Automakers are continuing their work on the assumption that the problems that they are currently facing will be solved. Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 pervent of the time. Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can be driven by themselves by 2020.
Saftey is a big concern with the driverless vehicles,most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. Law makers know that saftey is best achieved with alert drivers. Currently traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times, because of these laws most states consider it illegal to even test the driverless cars. In California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia they allow some testing of driverless cars. It is projected over time that as scientists provide more data showing that driverless cars are safe and reliable more states will revise their driving laws.
With my current position on driverless cars I dont see the point. What is the point in being able to not drive? If your tired the car can take over for you, but if your alseep and the car has a malfunction not only your safty but other peoples safty around you as well.
In close driverless cars have a long way to come before they are considered to be truely driverless. I think we can expect to see a huge leap in knowladge on this subject in the next five to ten years. As scientists spend more and more time on this project who knows what they will acomplish. Only time will tell if driverless cars are truely an invention of the future or a busted myth. | 3 |
The Electoral College has been well working for many year and think that we shouldn`t change it because it been an well know process for elections for the pasted years of our country`s history.
The Electoral College is a process, consider a place. Our founding fathers established it in the our country`s Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by voting in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The process of the Electoral College consists of the selection of the electors. They vote for th President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state`s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation, one for each member in the House of Representives plus two for your Senators. Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia(DC) is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. Every candidate running for President in your state has his or her own electors group.
The electors generally are chosen by the candidate`s political party, but the states laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, you help help choose your state`s electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate`s electors. Than after the presidential election, your governor prepared a " Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascetainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will resprent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century, the system allows for much worse. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people.
That is why we should keep the Electoral College, because it to is party of what make our country`s history. | 0 |
Dear Senator, I am writing to you to speak about the Electoral College versus the popular vote in choosing the president of the united states. I am in favor with the electoral college for many reasons. I am with the electoral college because of certainty of outcome, swing states, and big states.
First, With an electoral college vote there is gonna be arguments but it isn't as likely to happen as the popular votes. Electoral votes exceed popular votes. It is possible to tie because 538 is an even number but it is however very unlikely to happen.
Secondly, Swing states usally vote more cause they pay more attention to the campaign. They are likely to be the most thoughtful voters. Swing states like to listen tothe competing candidates. Swing states also known as ''toss-up'' states are problably the most honest but thoughtful voter because of how much attention they give to the campaigns.
Lastly, The electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. A large state gets more attention from presidential candidates in a campaign then a small state does.
Even though popular voting helps I believe that we should keep the electoral college voting versus popular voting because of these 3 things that i specified above.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 1 |
What is the face on Mars? The face of Mars is called a mesa which is a type of landform.
Many people believe that this landform wasn't a creation of Mars or mother nature, but others may beileve other wise. This creation has many facts to back up its existence such as a spacecraft watching it at all time, no life has been found, and how could they have created it. So in all alians could'nt have build such a formation only Mars her self could have.
Spacecrafts have help us with so many thing when it come to the topic of outerspace. These technological pieces of art help us find spots to land, help use to see whats the aera is like and so on. But one thing the space craft has proven is that aliens doent exist on mars. The Viking
1 was taking photos at all times of the surface of Mars, so how could have thes so called 'aliens' make it. This question is simple because they couldn't. And based on the information there is no one on Mars so how could it have been.
Mars is a planet not suitable to sustain life on his. Mars does not have suitable breathing air so the likely hood of life beeing there is slim. Most people think aliens have created this hugh structer, but even if there was life on mars how could they have created this structer. Building a structure of this size would take a long period of time that the spacecraft would have eventualy picked up. And by not haveing the right equepment the 'aliens' couldnt have done it.
Building a big structure like this would take time, but would also take a lot of heavy lifting. This landformation is to big to becreated by hand or by hands. The only real logical way that this structure could have been created is by technology, and the only technology even close to Mars is the spacecraft the Viking 1. So it would be impossible for any thing to build soemthing of that size in that amout of time with little resources.
There is a possibility that there could have been something else that created this structure. But we cant look over the fact that there was been no finding of life on Mars. This structures is called a mesa and earth as countless of them so to see one on Mars couldnt be that much of a shocker. And the face appears because of indents in the rock that are slowly going away. So in all its very unlikely that aliens created this landform.
Aliens couldnt have build such a creation only Mars her self could have. This is proven on the information about the spacecraft, how theres no life on Mars, and the creation of it all disprove the fact that aliens could have build this landform. So now hopefully you know who didnt create these wonderus landform of Mars. | 3 |
Venus is worthy of continual human study. The author makes this statement very clear. Despite the clear dangers of human exploration on Venus, scientists feel there is much to learn about this possibly once inhabited world. "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life" (4). Venus contains many features unilike the Earth, but scientists claim "it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system" (4). Studying Venus would be an extreme opportunity for the scientists around the world to develop new technology and gain knowledge about "our sister planet" (4).
With Venus's "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide" (3) it is an extremely inhospitable planet. The planet has an insane surface temperature of 800 degrees, making it impossible for humans to land a space craft and gather data. Since this surface temperature is hot enough to liquefy metals scientists have had to adapt their thinking of how to innovate a creating that could withstand this heat. NASA has imagined a "blimp-like vehicle [that could hover] 30 or so miles above" (5) Venus. Scientists at NASA have been brainstorming innovative approaches to making Venus exploration possible, like a silicon carbide, mentioined in paragraph 7, that has been tested in a chamber similar to the conditions on Venus's surface. They have also been comparing technology from decades ago called "mechanical computors" (7). The brillant technology used today is fast, but has become more delicate, whereas back in the 1940's "these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all" (7), making them perfect for Venus exploration beucase of their higher resistance to pressure and heat. An energy sorce on that planet is already provided as "solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Eath levels" (5). These challenges of the dream of one day taking man to travel to Venus is keeping human curiosity working to create the inventions needed.
In order to learn about Venus the space workers need samples from the planet. With the idea of a hover craft to simply fly around Venus 30 miles above the surface we cannot gather samples of rock or terrrain and "most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective" (6). This means there would be no reason to travel the to dangerous Venus if they could not bring any knowledge back to Earth. The more scientists understand that to bring valuable knowledge back to Earth, they need to overcome the callenges and risks of this mission "to contribute meaningfully to our knowlege of Venus" (6).
The author of this article does well in presenting the knowledge needed to claim the value of a dangerous mission to Venus. Of all the evidence proving the meaningfullness of information about this planet, that used to be not unlike Earth, human curiosity and the yearn for exploration of the unknown is more compelling. It gives scienists at NASA a ryhme and reason to create machines that can withstand hundreds of degrees of heat and obstacles to overcome to bring home samples of a planet "dense and [sized]" (2) like Earth. "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely" (1). Exploreres and innovators must find a way to get up close and personal with a planet that has been out of reach of our spaceships for three decades. The author ties this entire article together by claiming, "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" (8). The adventures humans go on should be determined by the great minds working to invent machines to over come the seemingly impossible. A mission to Venus for humans to study is beneficial to scientist who will stretch the laws of nature to invent new technology that could be used in the future for more than this mission to Venus and people around the world will be able to know valuable information about "our sister planet" (4) Venus. | 4 |
Limiting car usage is both safer and reduces the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. If more people decide to walk and bike the amount of smog in the area will decrease tremendously. Also by not using your car as much you can save money on gas to put towards other things.
By limiting car use it will greatly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the air. In Paris the congestion went down 60 percent after the partial driving ban. Passenger cars are account for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent is some places in the United States. Just by walking to work every other day or carpooling you can greatly reduce the amount of emission put out from your vehicle.
If there are less cars then the parking lots will be made smaller which allows more room for stores. Instead of having to drive five or ten miles to the nearest store it would be placed just a walk away. In Bogota, Columbia where they have the car-free day more parks and sports centershave popped up. There are new restaurants and shopping districts within walking distance to where people there live. It has als had 118 miles of new bicycle paths.
Not using your car as often will save a ton of money. Think about how much you spend on gas. You could cut it in half by walking to work every other day or by carpooling with others. Even by just taking the bus you can help out because there is less traffic. There would be a decrease in the number of accidentsand you could get around quicker
If you were to limit your car usage you could help protect the environment and save money in the process. With less vehicles on the road it is a lot safer and there is much less traffic if people participate. If we limit driving then we can prevent global warming. | 2 |
In this article it says can you imagine a time in the future no one buys cars. Bucause no one needs them anymore. The car foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far mote flexibility the na bus. Many people believes such cars would fundamentally change the world. Some cars have drive more than a milion miles without a crash, but so far.
In this world, many people like cars they want to live with it. Because cars can change the world to be better world. But other way cars can destroy the air
bluetion. I think if people use bike it will be better thing to do in this world. There's some good thing about biker its make us stronger like growing muscle in your body. And is like work out and the most good thing about bike is not use gas so we can't lose money to buy a gas. That little bit i know about this.
The article says the most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers. Today traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. In this world some states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars. And from me lets star to use bike so we can change this to clean. I think people should use bike, because bike can make some space for something... | 1 |
Twenty five years ago somthing happend they were in space and they found the face on mars. I am going to give you some ressons why aliens did not make the face on mars here is why. When pepole say that the face on mars was created by aliens they are wrong. The face on mars was a pictures that the vikings took from 1976. When vikings were snapping pictures of possible landing sites for its sister ship viking two. So we already know that there were pepole on mars before so they might of built the face on mars. Mission controllers had to be preparede to look agian. Then gavin said ''its not going to be a easy to target cydonia''. Althoght that few sientiste belived the face on marswas an alien artifact pictures became a priority for Nasa.
Some people might thing that aliens made the face on mars he it is why aliens did not make the face on mars. What pepole do not know abot the face on mars is that there was a picture actually shows is the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the american west it also canbe reminded most of the snake river plain of idaho. When the viking took the picture it was 1.56 meters and when the vikings were not around no more Nasa took the picture again and it was 43 meters per pixel. Thousand of pepole gatherd to see the image first appeared on a JPL site and a natural landform. Whe they saw the picture they right away notieced that it was no alien monument after all.
These are my final ressons why. The face of mars has become very populer icon it was in hollywood film on books and magazines and also radios and grocery stores. Some people wanted to defenders of Nasabudget wish that a ancient civilzation on mars to destory the faces of mars. Few days later Nasa recived a image for all to see the caption noted a rock formation that resembles the humans head. Nasa wanted to do a surprise amoung missions controllers back at the jet propulsion lab when the face was appered on their jets propulsion lab. When Nasa got the pictures they said that about the same height as the face on mars. Whe they got a rule of tumb you could discern things in a digital image three times bigger then the pixel size. So i thing about what i told you you can know say that aliens did not create the face on mars. | 1 |
In the passage "Unmasking the Face on Mars" the Face was not created by aliens, it is just a natural landform. For one, the Face resembles land forms on Earth. Two, NASA is a professional agency, why would they not tell the truth. Three, the images themself prove that the Face is just a natural landform.
The Face resembles landforms on Earth. In the passage it says "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesalandforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, says Garvin. Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.' Some critics may argue that the landform is not like the others; however, it is similar to the land forms on Earth. Plus, there are tons of land forms on Mars, so why would this one be any different.
NASA is a professional agency, why would they lie. In the passage it says "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Marsevidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." Therefore, why would NASA keep that information from the people when it would actually benefit them. If NASA says that the Face is just a land form and only looks like a face because of the shadows, then it obviously is.
Besides, the images are proof that it is nothing more than a natural landform. After all, seeing is believing. The images progressively get better and better. Some people may argue that the when they took the picture in "April 98a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet. The camera on board MGS had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." But that cant be true since NASA eventually went out and took an even better picture in 2001, proving that the Face is nothing more than a natural landform.
In conclusion, in the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" the Face was just a natural landform, it was not created by aliens. The Face resembled land forms on Earth. NASA is a government agency and would not lie about it, since it would overall benefit them. Last but not least, the images are enough proof that it is nothing more than a land form. The images progressively get better, which in return, proves that the Face is nothing more than a land form that is common on Mars. | 4 |
You walk in to class one day and find out that your teacher or whom ever actually knows how you feel . Would it be strange, ackward or understandable? This latest innovation called Facial Action Coding System from Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe is a software that can recognize human emotion. Human emotion is communicated non-verbally which can be interpreted by muscualr units.
Your sitting in a lecture confused but decide not to say anything but do not realize that your teacher knows how you feel because of this software. This software may help with a lot in a classroom from depression to confusion and even excitment .
Prof . Huang predicts " A classroom computer could recognize when a sudent is becoming confused or bored" ( D'Alto, 6). This software may be the best innovation for schools now that many counselors can only get so little of information from students.
As many will argue that this software may not be getting the right information but it has been tested and put to work by Phsychologist , such as Dr. Paul Eckman. "He has been able to classify six basic emotions-- Hapiness, suprise,anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" (D,Alto, 3). This just comes to state that this software is able to process human emotion by facial muscles and therefore it comes to tell your emotion by how you portray.
This just comes to conclusion that maybe this software can actually help schools improve on helping students in any circumstance. As teachers, there jobs are to make sure students are not confused but better yet understand the concept that was teached. I believe this software may do a lot and should be tested in schools. | 2 |
limiting car usage could be a good thing for some people. only if they like to walk and do fun things with their lives. It is a good advantage because it saves people lots of money .They could have bigger and better things because they wouldnt have to pay a car note, or pay for gas every week. Having a life without a car can sometimes be a bit scary exspecially if you need to do ,or be somewhere in the middle of the night . you may be ill and need a doctor immedialty you wouldnt be able to walk . But lets look on the positive side we do have ambulances and things of that sort so we really dont have that much to worry about. the most important part of this is that we have to be safe. and do things the right way . I think NO cars is a good things saves me more money for shopping and the finer things in life. i also wouldnt have to beg my parents to take me anywhere because i would be my own transportation. | 1 |
Have you ever heard of venus? Well if you haven't ill you all i know about it. Venus used to be able to live on. Then it became overrun by thunder and earthquakes that now is pretty much you can't live on anymore. Venus is secound planet from our sun.
Once you were able to live on Venus but now its dangerous to even get near it. It was probaly once beauitful and now its destroyed. "Long ago, Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported varioius forms of life, just like earth."(4) Humans could of maybe lived there. It could of supported humans and other forms of life. Now to this day it isn't in living conditions.
In conclusion, Venus was a great planet and was able to be lived on until the earthquakes started happening. Venus and Earth were once twins until Venus was destroyed. This shows that there are probaly many others planets that were like Venus out there. There are many dangers of going to Venus because of the pressure being different. You could die by being crushed because the pressure is different there. | 1 |
Luke likes doing his job he thinks it is fun to do.
He can help people get into the job, because there are many things you can do in that job very fun things.
You can sail to all kinds of cool places, have fun playing and feeding the horses and other animals, you can also go swimming in the ocean for a while [but be careful not to get the salt water in your mouth], you can also sail all the great seas with your friends or your family.
There are other things you can do to.
You can help sail the boat.
You can also go fishing for fun that can feed you too.
You can make deals with people at the place you sailed to.
Some of them may have things you never heard of.
You can meet really nice people.
You can have the time of your life at places.
Maybe you like the place you sleep at when you at a countrie and you want to go there again.
You can maybe Tame animals at places that could be cool or not so cool for you.
You can find things you have never found it can be a great experience for you.
There are many things just do the job and you wil see.
It could not be good or it can Inchant you.
You can also make tons of money for you and your family.
Those are many things you can do when you work at this job.
All you have to do is sign up you most likely have the job. | 1 |
There are many reasons I think you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys" program. But I am going to tell you about some of my thoughts. I was just a small town boy when my friend brought up this proposal. I couldn't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity. You get to go to Europe by cattle boat. You get to take care of people and animals. Who doesn't love animals? You get to bring them food.
These animals and humans have been through too much. It is the least we can do. During the trip I became old enough to go to the military, but the recruits saw what I was doing and they told me to stick to it. I was serving my country in my own way.
I also got to take multiple trips, so if you are really into it you get multiple chances to help others. I think I took around 9 trips. But it isn't all work and no fun I actually got to see Europe, China, the Acropolis in Greece, go on gondola rides in Venice,Italy, explore an excavated castle in Crete, and I was astonished by the Panama Canal on my way to China. I wouldn't have seen any of those places if I hadn't taken the risk and become a "Seagoing Cowboy." But don't get the wrong impression it was hard work, definitley. But it was worth it seeing people and animals treated the way they should be.
I also had some cowboys I got to pass time with. We would play baseball and volleyball games where the animals had been housed. We had table-tennis tournaments, we would do fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other various games.
But being a cowboy taught me many lessons. How to not be greedy because there are those who are less fortunate then us. It taught me to take a risk, work as a team, succeed as a team. I gained awareness about the people from different countries and different races. I almost lost my life on one of those trips but I would have lost my life doing something I truly loved. So that is why I think you should become a "Seagoing Cowboy." So are you in for the long haul? | 3 |
Is the landform on Mars created by aliens or just a natural landform. In the article '' Unmasking the Face on Mars'', it talks about this landform on Mars. Some conspiracy theorists say that the landform was created by aliens. NASA says that they wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars. In my opinion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform because it is not seen as much often, it is proven not to be created by aliens, and the landforms are common around Mars.
First, the landform can not be seen as often. In paragraph 9, it says that mission control scanned the planet and they rarely pass over it. Mission control also took pictures of it. They took pictures to have a better look at the landform. In April 8, 2001 Mission control used Mars Global Surveyor to take more photos on maximum resolution because it can hardly by seen. So that is why the landform can be seen less than usual.
Secondly, the landform is proven not to be created by aliens. In paragraph 6 and 7, it says that on the scientists' research they found that the landform is not created by aliens. It is not created by aliens because the landforms are common in that area. Also that when they tried to find the answer, they used photos they took with maxium resolution on it. So that is how the landform is proven not to be created by aliens.
Thirdly, the landforms are common on Mars. In paragraph 12, It says that the picture of the landform is common. It also said that the landform is like the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. In the text is says,''that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa is the same height as the face on Mars. So that is why the landforms on Mars are common, not created by aliens.
In conclusion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. There are many reasons or details that says that it is a landform. Some reasons or details are that the landform is common on Mars and that it proven not to be created by aliens. The reasons for this is the formation of rocks. So that is my opinion on why the face is just a natural landform. | 2 |
This article is about Venus how they exploring this challenge. The author been studying about Venus a years or so. Venus is a dangerous planet but people might be exploring right now how they want to know about Venus. They been expericing a lot of things in Venus. It is a second planet of the solar system. People been challenging to do this because they want to see how they learned and how things are look like. The atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even though, the challenge that are the clouds highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atomosphere. There are other things they are talking about how much temperature does the Venus have and they are like also the weather that can present addtional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and fequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. This article tells a lot of things about Venus and you'll learn new more things about Venus. | 0 |
A furture with driverless cars is certainly possible and also very near to us.It would be a great advancement to our society, increase the saftey and effiencey of transportaion in our world; also, it would save gas and move our world forward as a whole. I support the inquasition of the addition and creation of these driverless cars into and onto our streets and lives.
One good aspect about these driverless cars, is the ablitly to increase the saftey of the drivers and the passengers in the cars. These autonomous cars bring with them many sensors that would held keep us safe from the dangers of the roads and other cars around us. Their are antilock brakes, rotating sensors, radar sensors, and also the LIDAR, and all these high technology systems are all used to keep us safe. They are made to keep total aware of the cars surroundings, which most human drivers cannot do. It eleminates the human error from our rodes and keeps us all alittle more safer.
The addition of these new cars would allow people to use their time more effivently. With the driverless cars, the people inside would be able to focus on other activities instead. Also people in the taxi business would be able to go out and find other jobs, hopefully better ones. They would be far more flexible according to time than a bus or other forms of transportation. These cars could and would majorly create a more efficient life style for us as people.
Another good and actually important detail about these cars, is that they would actually help save gas as well. Gas has become an increasingly talked about and discused topic in today's society. The cons of using so much as we do now a days, is a mojor topic. But the idea of the driverless cars would actually save help us us less gas. They would use half of the gas of today's taxi, and imagine the savings we could have in our cars themsleves if they were driverless. Those times when we took the wrong turn or missed our exit would no longer happen. The cars and their gps and numorous sensors would be able to make the fastest and most direct trips toward our destination. The ablilty to save gas is one of many bounuses of these high tech cars.
The advances we make toward the construction and usage of these driverless cars, truly are the future of our world today. They would drastically and fundamentally change the would as we know it. We as a civilazation would become much more safe and effecient, also save much of the gas we use today. All these factors would make the world a better place, allowing us to move forward and achieve many more world changing advancements. | 3 |
The Future of technology is always increasing the standard phone that you carry around today has more speed and processing power than the apollo 11 spaceship computer. With these new technological capabities the progression toward a new era of transportation seems inevitable and it is entirely possible that are advances will progress much faster than the legal regulations themselves. There are many reasons why autonomous cars will present a challange both from a technology standpoint, and a legal point of view, however I would maintain that this is just the simple nature of enlightenment or advancement and that if it is indeed possible then we should allow it to move forward. Right now the technology exists which would allow driverless cars to be on the road and probably work just fine 90% of the time; if the goverment or legal system set in motion for corporations to allow these vehicles to go to market once the demand icreases so will the technology itself. The one thing that is almost definitly clear is that based on the assumption that almost all the technology to acheive this feat is already in place the question is not so much if we will acheive it, its when? Or more specificly how quickly can law makers decide on a reasonable way to regulate and allow the technology to move forward. After all the advantages to such an indevior would be incredible especially if it were implemented on a national scale. For an example over time it could get to the point that autonomous cars could reach a level of sophisticatian would allow the computer systems to communicate with other cars allowing them to perdict and avoid collisions all together. There would also be no need for setting speed limits on roads which would divert public resources to a much more useful endevor. As mentioned in the article there may not even be any need for many people to even own cars this would probably be the case in many cities where a new market system would be in place where people could simply lease cars out for the day and the car could return itself back to the shop. There would also be little or no liability to the user of the car because of the software would have complete control over the system 99% of the time. However this does raise some intersting problems especially for the manufacturer and the legal system after all if an accident does occure who is liable for it? There are also some interesting ethical and philosophical questions that could be raised. For example if a driverless car is placed in a situation where an accident is unavoidable and its given a choice between either having a collision with party A, or B which one should it choose? Or if the only way to save a group of 5 or 10 people is to make a manuver which will almost certainly kill the driver should the car make that manuver if on the other hand not doing so would almost certainly guarantee the drivers safety but would possibly kill 5 people in the process. So yes there are still some questions that we may not yet have a good answer for however I would maintain that the benifits of this new enterprise far outway any cost. | 3 |
Dear Senator,
I don't think that we should keep the Electoral College because I truly believe that as the people of our country, we should have the freedom to vote for whom we think best fits the role of our president. I'll tell you why.
I have read this passage about three times in a row and I've gotten a better understanding of how the Electoral College works. I can understand an opinion that thinks the Electoral College is great and I'm sure it's a little less complicated and such but it's not quite fair to certain people in small states, etc. There are people who don't even see a point in voting now because they know that their vote will most likely not matter. As stated in
Source 3: In Defense of the Eletoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, paragraph 23,
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It can be argued that the Electoral College method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a canidate who has no hope of carrying their state--Democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California. Knowing thier 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..
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I strongly disagree with people in our country feeling this way. We are together as a country. Everyone's votes should matter. We are all here as one. People will have less and less interest in voting and we will go nowhere. I believe that the people should fully understand the process and not only that. Understand who is about to become president. In the country that we the people live in. Know this persons values, are they worthy? Know the lengths that they will go for our people. People should not feel that because they're in a small state, their vote doesn't matter. It should not be this way. I do believe that voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election but don't you think that everyone should be involved and that everyone should be informed or even have an opinion on what is about to happen? I feel that there are some people who are not fully understanding the system. As said in
Source 2: The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses are wrong, paragraph 10,
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Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry.
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Do the people even know who these electors are? Who picks them anyways? I understand that it depends on the state but do they know that? I also read that voters can not always control whom their electors vote for. Also that sometimes, voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. This is what I mean by people not fully understanding.
This is just my opinion followed by some evidence and explanation. Maybe you could see from my point of view and anyone who has a similar one.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 2 |
The advantage of limiting car usage is that we get to save the world because less cars are used. As less the better because gas its bad for earth. 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport. As Mr Goldberg said "How much you drive is as important as wether you have a hybrid." In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway.
After days of nearrecord pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine (In the united states that is $31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined. 27 people got their veichles impounded because of the reason they reacted to the fine.
In Bogota, Colombia millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day. Leaving the streets of this capital city mistirious devoid of traffic jams. That was the three years in a row that cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day without cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. The people that ignored that faced a $25 fine.
President Obama's ambitious goals to crub the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled. A fortuitous assist from an incipient shift in American behavior, recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Researchers are wondering if people have been peak driving. Rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn. A lot of sociologists believe that the percent of cars owned per personper household will go down. | 1 |
Driverless cars sound amazing right ? In the 21st century you have many different people trying to create some type of new technology to make people's everyday lives to be much easier. How safe is the driverless car going to be ? Is the car going to help you stay safe at all times? People have gotten really close to making car to where it doesn't need a drive to drive it.
Driverless cars may sound cool but are they really useful? In the text it states that " They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents"(7). The car can only do so much without a human having to come in and take over. The car has certain features that it can do all by itself but it is always going to need a human to do most of the task. I do not feel like the cars should be made to drive themselves. If an accident were to happen there would be no one to put the blame on because you have a car that can drive itself but then you have a driver in the driver seat. In the text it specifically states " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault---the driver or manufacturer?(9).Since there is no one to put the blame on the person is just going to be injured and is not going to know how they are going to make it if no one is responslibe for the accident.
In conclusion the driverless cars should not be made because they aren't really useful. In the text it says " Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?"(8). If the car can't drive itself there is no point of the car being made. If its called a "Driverless" car then why does it need a driver when accidents are near or while they are driving through work zones? The cars would just honestly waste everyone's time because they are not what they say they are. In the text it also states " This means the human driver must be alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs"(7). The car will never be able to drive with out a drive in the car to help get it out of certain situations like a traffic jam , accident or etc. | 3 |
In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile." the author describes how this new techology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify humans emotion. This technology is valuable in a classroom to read emotional expressions because, It wolud make the lesson we do on the computer more intresting, it could help us know how people are felling in that exact time and, it could give us more of an explanation on older pictures so we can understand the picture a little bit better.
First of all, the Facial Action coding system would be valuable in a classroom today because, it would make the lesson we do on the computer more intresting. What this means is that insead of a teacher just giving out a lesson that half the class wont even like, the Facial Action Coding system would elinonate that because it get our emotions and give each indiviual person a lesson that fits them the best."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."
Seconltly, the Facial Action Coding System would be valuable in a classrom today because, it could help peolpe know how people are felling in the exact time or the picture kind of like we were there in the moment. Ok, if someone took a picture and put it on facebook or something you wouldnt know how there felling you would just know what they wanted you to feel. Just because someone is smiling that doesnt mean they are happy, it just means they are smiling, but with the Facial Action Coding System we would know how the person is actualy felling
Thirldy, the Facial Action Coding System wpuld be valuable in a classrom today because, it could give us more of an explanation on older pictures so we can understand the picture a little bit better. So just like the "Mona Lisa" the Facial Action Coding System helped us understand how she was felling a the time of the picture.
To sum this all up, The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in a classroom to read emotional expressions because, It wolud make the lesson we do on the computer more intresting, it could help us know how people are felling in that exact time and, it could give us more of an explanation on older pictures so we can understand the picture a little bit better. | 3 |
The face is a natural landform because as the years go by you can tell the landform just cracks and deforms the face. In 1976 the picture shows a landform that actually look slike a face but as the years go on the facial affects dissapear.
This landform is being know as the " Face on Mars." Many people at NASA dissagree that this landform is a face. The text states," What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." This tells me that some scientists believe that the landform is just a mesa or butte. Each side of arguement had their facts and opinions.
This article had two sides of agreements. One side believe that the landfom was a face and another believe it was not a face. The side that didn't believe it was a face states facts about a mese or butte which are landforms common around the American West. The ones that did believe it was a face showed other pictures from different times that showed similiar landforms. | 0 |
The electoral colledge is very important. We used it for a long time and still are. The way is smart and is fair. The electoral colledge is very importnant. We should keep the electoral colledge. The states electoral votes are given by population. But its also not fair. Because if you win seven states and then the other candidate wins californa you may not have 55 elctoral votes, but you have 7 states. They should change it to 8 being the minimum electoral votes per state. If you win the three big states you already have 122 electoral votes not including the ones you may win. Some things should change about the electoral colledge. But more things should stay the same. After all that the voting would be a new thing.
The popular vote makes no sense the electoral colledge is the way to go. The electoral colledge is succesful and has worked greatly. Alot of citizens despite it but it works. Weve almost perfected the goverment system. We all agree to soemthing in it. The only problem we have is citizens not getting the president they want. We do not have a dictatorship and we all vote based on are mindest we have laws that we disagree to. The electoral colledge is the thing to do. It would be a bad choice to change it. | 1 |
This technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because what if you wan't to joke around with a friend you don't know if they're sad. If they're sad then you can make them laugh. It would be great if classrooms had this technology because in paragraph 6 sentence 5 it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored", it could show the teachers how to help the students learn the subject without making them bored or confused. In paragraph 6 sentence 6 it says "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor", what it's trying to say is that it could make the lesson more interesting than what a human normally would do.
My first reason to why classrooms should have the technology to read students emotions is because the technology can tell you how the student is feeling. The technology has six basic emotions and they are happiness, surprise anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. In paragraph 4 sentence 3 it says "The software can even identify mixed emotions."
My second reason is that the technology even told us the emotions of Mona Lisa. You're probably asking "how if Mona Lisa is just a painting?" well that's what I said. In paragraph 4 sentence 3 it says "using video imagery, the emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa". In paragraph 8 sentence 3 it says "to an expert, faces don't lie; these muscles clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful. | 2 |
Leonardo De Vincis famous painting is the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is known all over the world today. There has been many of debates about weather she is smiling or if she has any eyebrows. It took Leo to paint the hands 4 years alone.
Today Thomas Huang has now made an invention. Huang has came up with a technology called Facial Action Coding System which is where computers can caculate up the real emotions of a student or person. Studies show that this technology system can read all your emotions you're feeling. It can tell if you're sad,happy,angry and lots more of emotions. Huang states in the text that they tell your emotions by the muscles on your face.
Huang also goes on saying that he can pin point out emotins on kids in school. In my defence I dont this this would work accuratley. Not only do i think it would work. Many of teacher would not want to get out that device in the middle of class just to see your kids emotions. Many of kids fake smile or act like they are happy when really they are not. Studies show that they are identified by the muscles but you could easlily get told to smile which changed your muscles which changed the game.
Many of student come to school depressed or upset. Many of teacher do not know if they are really happy or not. This technology I feel would not be valuable because maybe the student do not want people to know there emotions. Emotions should be kept private and with this technology it would be open to everyone in a classroom.
Overall I feel like this would not benifit anything. I also feel like this would not be valuable to students in classrooms. Therefore This technology may help on paints. One example is the Mona Lisa but not on humans because this could lead to not there real emotions. | 2 |
The use of technology that is able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom would be very valuable. There would be a number of benefits if there was such technology availiable. This technology would not only benefit the students in more ways than one.
If schools had technology that could read the faces of students and modify the lessons, it would increase the students chances of success. In the article, Dr. Huang claims, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." If the lesson was altered to improve the facial expression of the student, there is a huge chance that the student will become more engaged in the lesson, resulting in success. When a student is bored in a lesson, it is more than likely the student will not pay as much attention to it as well as they would if they were truly interested. Confusion may cause frustration which would lead to a more difficult learning process.
A student who is actually interested in a certain lesson has more of a chance to become excited about the lesson, making the learning experience more enjoyable and easier to learn. In the article, Dr. Huang says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." This being said, most students will more than likely not verbaly express when they dislike a certain lesson. Most would show their unhappiness through facial expressions. Because a teacher may not be able to fully read a students facial expression, it would be more effective if computers were availiable to read the expressions and alter the lesson for the student.
Technology that is able to read the facial expressions of a student would benefit the student and the teachers. The student would be more engaged in the lesson, and the teacher would have a better understanding of what grabs the attention of his or her students compared to what drives his or her students away. The new technolgy would make a students more confident their skills, leading to a better, more successful educational system. | 3 |
Driverless cars are the next piece of technology that will advance our society. Everyday scientists and engineers create new ideas and tech that improve our everyday lives. Many companies have took on the task to create this new driverless car with no flaws and many tests are done every day so that there is no problem in this life changing vechicle. A driverless care is a privelage to have to and use and until they are fully functional without any accident they will not be released to the public.
I think that a driverless car is a great and innovative idea that will be soon be possible. Car companies have already created cars that have different technology that improve the safety of the passengers inside the vehicle. Many things like radar, safety cameras, and motion sensors have been put into these newer made vehicles. And this technology is very advanced and efficent to the millions of cars on the road each day. The creation of a driverless car is an intense experiment that will take many years to perfect. And these cars will have many useful items that will increase the value of the car. A car will then have many new devices like antilock brakes, driver assistance, radar, and Dubbed LIDAR. These advancments will increase the safety of the driver and that is a great thing to have in a vehicle. Driverless cars are a great thing but only when they are fully functional and operating with no flaws. These cars will change the game in how we get around everyday to work, school, or where ever a person needs to go.
Google has been testing a driverles vehicle since 2009, and they have already driven half a million milles without a crash. Even though they are not fully driverless because a driver is alerted to take over when pulling in and out of drivewars or dealing with complicated traffic issues, these cars can still do alot on their own. And in 2013 MBW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant" where the car can handle driving function at speeds at 25 mph and special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. A BMW project manager driver stated "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way". And these manufacturers wants to do that by bringing in car entertainment and information systems that use head up displays. Which is a great idea in a driverless car.
Driverless cars are a great idea and very benefical to our world. They will improve the way we travel and transport things. A car was created so that we could get to one place to another a lot quicker and a driverless car is made so that a driver can get into a car without paying a ton of money and just get a ride to wherever they need to go. And although these cars have driven half a million miles on their own they obviously will still need to be tested for a couple more years until they will be released to the public. This creation of a driverless car will be a huge impact to our nations history and will be a great accomplishment. | 3 |
In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars. They were taking photos of Mars to see where Viking 2, the sister ship of Viking 1 could land. As they were taking pictures around Mars they were shocked to see a face on one of the pictures. Scientists didn't take to much consideration aout the face. Thye thought it was just another Martian mesa.
A few days later they released the picture of the face to the world. Since they released the photo it has become a pop icon. It was showed in Hollywood films, books, magazines, and in radio talks. Some people think it the Face is bona flide evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists. The people thought they were hiding the fact that life may be on Mars.
On April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera took some photos that were ten times sharper then the ones in 1976. As Michael Malin was taking photos, the world was anxious to see what would be the outcome of the photos. When the photos came out on a website it showed a landform. There was really no alien monument after all.
The Face of Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998. It was a cloudy time of year on the Red planet. Not everyone was satisfied that it was just a landform. Some people say that the alien markings were hidden by all the haze. NASA decided to look aagain at Cydonia in 2001.
On April 8, 2001, a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor went to take another look at the landform. During that little exibition, Malin's team captured an extraordianry photo using the camera's maximun resolution. Each pixel in 2001 spans 1.5 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo.
They compared the three photos and came to conclusion that the picture shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, common landforms around the American West. Garvin said it reminds him most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa, about the same height as the Face on Mars. Some people are dissapointed that it wasn't a alien artifact, but people still have there hopes that it possibly could be one. | 1 |
As a scientist I had to discusss the overall topic about extraterrestrials and the creation of the face on Mars giving the mosts reasonable and lucid -something clearly shown- ideas. There is many reasons why this "face" was not made by aliens. As a scientist I had to explain some evidence that would show what this "face" is classified as. Also I had to show the main ideaology on these speculations or conspiracies that "know" what NASA is doing. My main job as scientist is to observe, study, and explain many mysteries but I had to use clearly expressed qualifications for the face to be created by aliens.
For my first reasoning on this topic I had to discuss this person how this landform is classified as mesa or butte which occurs normally in many environments. Like Garvin said in paragraph 12 in Unmasking the Face of Mars, "It reminds me most of Midlle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho..." showing how this type of landform isn't really rare or unique to find. Could this be something created by aliens, too? Well of course not because a mesa can be locationalized in many parts of the hemisphere of Earth around the globe!
After showing the person what this is exactly, I needed to explain how these landforms are ACTUALLY formed. In paragraph 12 of Unmasking the Face on Mars like Garvin said, that the mesa called Middle Buttle in the Snake River on Earth is actually a lava dome that take the form of an insolated mesa that is about the same height as the Face on Mars. Proving that these mesa landforms are not as unique as anyone could think as vividly as possible and are actually formed naturally on Earth. This is acutally scientifically proven by research done over the years on many mesa landforms in Earth.
Another type of reasoning this "face" is not made by aliens is proven by photographs tooked by probes above Mars's atmosphere showing clear images of this landform in which gives another reason that this landform is not even a face. First of all this "face" was taken by Voyager 1 on 1976 making this photo not revelant for the accusations made by this person. Best of all, the Voyager 1 had a poor quality camera with 43 meters per pixel making the image pixelated and not advance enough for high definition quality compared to the 2001 image tooken by MGS which had 1.56 meter per pixel giving it better quality and rendering of the landform. Also, the more revelant and sufficient evidence contrast to the unrevelant photo for the idea of the "face," shows that the "face" is a normal mesa instead of the physical view of a "face" on the surface of Mars's rusted iron soil shown by Voyager 1.
Though my reasonings are supported with evidence and proof, the person may accuse me saying that NASA is hiding alien civilization from the public peers and have the alien technology used for goverment power as said so by many conspiracy theorists. Well I'm not going to lie, defenders of the NASA budget actually WISH there was an ancient civiliztion on Mars. This proves that NASA would show the public, due to the fact that it will help fund NASA with more public support and would make NASA use that money funded for more research and expeditions.
So in conclusion, there are many proven reason why the "face" on mars is not made by aliens. Since the mesa landform is not unique and there are plenty here on Earth, since there are also many types of evidence and research done on how these lanforms are made, and since there are also details shown more easily through the revelant photos from MGS showing the "face" to be just your average mesa. Also that after all this time, defenders of the NASA budget actually hope for ancient civilization on Mars. | 4 |
In the article of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it is suggested that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of thinking the dangers it presents with it. It is also been refers to as the Earth's twin due to density, size, and even distance. Even with Venus being called the "Evening Star", the dangers is still out there. Still, NASA is working other different kinds of achievements on studying and learning about Venus.
"Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to oland on its surface." This explains almost everything that could happen in Venus. No one particulary knows what even is on Venus, only for a fact that it is one of the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system. "Therefor scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." This explains how almost scary it is to ACTUALLY learn and study about Venus. A LOT of things can happen during the mission to Venus.
We can still make an mission to Venus but that is going to take out A LOT of us. More safetiness and equipment is required especially if you're going to a planet that has the hottest temperature of any planet in the solar system. It is interesting to see how scientists are going to work on the mission to Venus, and especially their safetiness towards it. We can still work, discover, and learn new things about Venus. It is definitely going to be a wild ride to Venus. | 2 |
Have you ever been a seegoing cowboy. In this essay i will give you the part and cowboy of being a seegoing i will also have evidence from the text to prove my answer. Ill also tell you about the seegoing and wat they do when you are apart the seegoing cowboy.
Now there are great things being in the seegoing cowboys like you to get to see different places as it is started in the text beside helping people. I had the side benifit of seeeing Europe and china. But seeing the Greece was specile. Another piece of evidence from the text stares. "So was taking a Gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." But there are also some bad thing a seegoing cowboy.
Luke also toured an excavated castle on the way to china. If you are apart of the seegoing cowboy you can meet new people and look at new things in the world. "Luke heart race as he shot feet first toward and opening on the side of the ship. Luke was happy to beon board, especially when he return trips after the animals had been unloaded. He was happy to be alive, but he coudn't work for a couple of days because of his cracked ribs.
In conclusion,this essay was about what you can do if you would like to join the seegoing cowboys. Next, it was about what they do and who you will meet. Then, tells what Luke does when he was apart of the seegoing cowboys and what he did for a living. | 1 |
Dear State Senator,
In my experience, I strongly believe that you should get rid of the electoral college to a popular vote. If you do that, the votes would become fair to voters, and more voters would actually pay attention to the campaine. On the other hand, i do see why you would want to keep the Electoral college, but let me explain to you two of the many reasons why you should get rid of it.
First, people do argue that the electoral college does pay attention to some of the regiment in voters. In Plumer's article he says," - thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency, over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election" To me, the voters who do like the electoral college pretty much just want to see that they can trust them just for the popular votes to succeed. But honestly, I think they still shouldn't be the ones to choose. Even if they may help the popular votes a little, they aren't fair in a lot of ways. Way more voters are against them than with.
So let me explain one of my reasons, I believe you should get rid of the electoral college is because it isn't fair to voters. A lot of the time voters don't trust that the electoral college pays attenetion to the votes sent out. Acorrding to Plumer's article, 'The Indefensible Electoral College:' he states, " In the same vein, "faithless" electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please." When voters hear that, chaos starts. They want to have say for who the next President will be not just the electoral college's say. There have been some real incidents where the electoral college has voted based on what they believe and not other voters. For example, in Hawaii in 1960, The vice president, Richard Nixon, validated his opponents votes. Voters worry and get angry when there trust is broken. They want to be the ones to vote because of course they trust themselves. If you do get rid of the electoral college, voters would be more satisified and feel that their vote would be fair.
Lastly, the second reason why I believe that getting rid of the electoral college is that voters would pay more attention and actually put thought in who they vote. If they think that their vote won't matter they won't care who wins. They would most likely jot down a random candidate and send it in. In the article, ' In Defnse of the Electoral College:', Posner states, " 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 to be picked by a popular vote..." With that said, there is support that states people would have beter interest in voting if they had popular vote and no more electoral college. I believe people would actually spend more of their time on debating who should deserve to be President.
To conclude my reasons, please take them in consideration. Voters would be treated much fairly and pay more attention to voting than they do now. I believe you should get rid of the electoral college so there will be less arguing.
Sincere, PROPER_NAME | 4 |
Limiting car usage can be an advantage for every city. While there have been efforts in the past who decades to make cities denser and better for walking, planners are now taking the concept to the suburbs. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six year federal transportation bill to be approved this year. All of our development since World War ll has been centered on the car and that will have to change. As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move here.
Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of global city, Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline. Dieseles make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe, according to Reuters. Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city, uneven, pitten sidewalks, rush hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic, and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up.
President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitous assist from incipient shift in America behavior. Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The sociology professor at Drexel University and director of its Mobilities Research and Policy Center said that differents things are converging which suggest that we are witnessing a long term cultural shift. Demographic shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate. There has been a large drop in the porcentage of 16 to 39 year olds getting a license, while older people are likely to retain their licenses as they age.
In conclution it has beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment since transportation is the second largeest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants. It also has negative implications for the car industry but America's love affair with its vehicles seems to be cooling, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter, according to an analysis. | 1 |
Driverless cars are currently being developed continuously.
Automakers are continuing their work and testing problems ahead that will soon be solved in driverless cars.
Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020.
As technology advances, the standard of living for humans begin to change.
Full driverless cars should not be invented.
None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless.
There is a certain point that automakers should stop working at driverless cars. "While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver." The driver will not watch the road in a driverless car due to the attention span of a typical human. "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" The driver, indeed, will get bored waiting for their turn to drive which would lead to more distractions when it's his or her turn to drive. The driver will not watch the road in a driverless car due to the attention span of a typical human.
Driverless cars being created will lead to more distractions to the human eye.
Let alone without driverless cars, humans constantly get distracted while driving.
The invention of driverless cars would allow humans to be more active on their cell phones and such while driving.
Driverless cars will distract humans from their environment.
If a driverless car causes an accident: will he or she be aware of the situation before someone gets hurt or will the attention of the human be elsewhere?
Driverless cars may be a blessing for lazy humans, though, a car can not be perfected to where it is one-hundred percent impossible to get into an accident.
Different laws would have to be created in order to allow driverless cars into roads.
Are driverless cars worth a big change within our transportation system of laws or could we drive how we normally drive ourselves with no change?
There is nothing wrong with our transportation system in todays society.
Driverless cars are not safe.
Improvements are being made, although, changes within our transportation system are not necessary.
A lot will have to change for driverless cars to be used on a daily basis such as laws.
Driverless cars will allow us to get distracted even easier than we do today!
Who do we blame after we actually get into an accident while "operating" a driverless car - the driver of the manufacturer? | 2 |
Driverless cars, although dangerous in a multitude of ways, have uses that far excede any dangers. It is said that in order to progress in life you must first take steps back. Although these driverless cars are a step forward in technology, they can be seen as a being a step backward because of the dangers that persist. In reality, these dangers are just a learning curve to arguably one of the most revolutionary inventions in the last decade, driverless cars. These cars are very fesable because they are sought after, the technology is available, and they are getting safer with time.
These driveress cars are some of the most sought after technology that has entered this world. The human has drempt of the flying car for generations, and finaly the idea is fesable. The text referances Google cofounder Sergey Brin, and how he "envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system," (Paragraph 1). Although this is just the dream of one man, millions more people believe that driverless cars are the key to the future. These millions of other people have drempt for driverless cars, and many times their fathers did also. Knowing this, many people will want to get their hands on this new technology that is a driverless car. Making the development of these cars very positive becasue the population will want and has wanted driverless cars for decades. Driverless cars have been a thing of fiction for so many people for so long, but now these cars are a reality.
Not only are they sought after by millions, but the technology for these driverless cars is available and has been available. Driverless cars were always thought to be a thing of the past, but the reality is that they are a thing of the present and have been for many years. The writing points out that, " Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009." (Paragraph 2). While many people view driverless cars as a thing of the future, Google has formed them to be a thing of the now. This technology, that has been sought after for generations, is now readaly available. It was even said that Tesla has released plans to come out with a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time in 2016. (Paragraph 10). Knowing that these cars are being released this year is over the top of many peoples head, and shows that the development of these cars is indeed helpful. Knowing that the technology is already out in the world shows that the development of these cars grow every single day. This growth will positivly effect the automotive industry, and keep the people making these cars coming out with new and safe versions of these driverless cars.
The one thing that people can control about these cars is their safety. This safety is both for the environment, and most importantly for the drivers of these cars. Indeed, these cars are as safe as they ever will be. We are reminded of the safety of these cars when paragraph eight reminds us that, "In this way, the in-car system is actually a saftey feature, and saftey is a big concern," Not only is the in-car heads-up display a safty feature as it talks about, but reminds us that saftey is the biggest concern that the companies have. This paragraph even mentions how some of the "fun" features are for the saftey of the driver, mainly to keep them awake and alert at the wheel even if they are not the drivers. Knowing that saftey is one of the bigest concerns that the companies have for these cars sould be settling because consumers know that the automated cars that they buy would be in top conditions and have a multitude of features that keep both themselves and the passangers safe. One of the many features mentioned was the voice or even a vibrating chair to signal when the car needs a human to control the driving because the road needs the expertise of a human driver. Because these cars are safe, their development is very positive.
The development of these driverless cars should be continued because they are sought after by many people, the technology is available and is being worked on, and these cars are safe and getting safer. By developing these tests, the companies are creating a technology that, to millions of people, is still only a dream. The complications that these cars may have is a minute detail in the ever evolving spectrum that is the saftey of these cars for the people inside an out. Driverless cars are no longer a thing of the future but make up our present in every way imaginable. | 4 |
Driverless cars aren't really driverless and may even cause more problems on the road. One negative aspect is that eventually the ability to drive a car would wither away and die. For example, if you took a one year old baby and cooked for and fed him until he was eighteen, would he be able to cook? Even if he watched you cook, he can never cook how you cook because he was never taught the skill. It wasn't needed. So just like that, manual driving can be eradicated for generations to come. Eventually, would anyone know how to drive?
Driverless cars are a thing of the future, but are they really better for us? Not necessarily. Although, there are just as many good things as there are bad. If a driver is exhausted and wanted to relax after a long day at work, then the driverless car can drive him home and into his bed. But maybe driving the car was the only thing keeping him awake and alert. There are solutions to this problem, the article states, "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." But does this eradicate any threats or problems of driving driveless cars? But they aren't all bad. There are just as many positive characteristics then there are negative. But I believe that many issues will arise in the future.
Of course, they aren't completely driverless, but I strongly believe that driverless cars are more trouble than they are worth. Well that's a lie, because they're actually worth a lot. This introduces my next topic, inflation, of sorts. Even if all of the good overcomes the bad, the money value would increase exponentially. You think cars are expensive now? With all of the new technology and saftey features the car is now 5 times more than its original price. Not to mention if something needs to be replaced, how long will it take to make the part? What are the repercussions of "fixed" car parts? How expensive is one car part going to cost? Maybe even more than the car itself.
Furthermore, if the driverless car does get into a wreck, who is at fault? The article also states that new laws will be enabled due to liability coverage. If the technology failed, or just malfunctioned, would it be the manufactor's fault, or the drivers? Moreover, this opens up multiple scam oppertunities. Car companies have been known to scam people for their wealth, this is cutting edge "scam material." Car companies can rig a car to make it seem like it's perfect, and make it malfunction later to blame the driver. This can cause the problems between multiple car companies and their consumers.
These are some of the more minor issues. Mechanical products are not perfect, they have equally as many flaws as humans do. This can result in the loss of lives, the initial poverty increase, and even the simple result of losing the ability to manually drive a car. These are minor problems to car companies, but to one individual, it can cause many, many problems. But there are good things about these smart cars as well.
Retrogress back to paragraph two when I stated, "There are just as many postive characteristics as there are negative." I reiterate, there are more bad things than good, but there are some very good aspects. Such as, being able to drive safely and do other stuff that wasn't appropriate while driving such as watching your kid, doing some paperwork, and even able to send a text message without endangering others around them. These are only some aspects, what about the ability to make traffic run exponentially fast and safe. That is a positive aspect for all. But previous problems have arisen and they are the "hallmark" for inefficient driverless cars.
Nonetheless, I believe that driverless cars are not as reliable as many might think. I also believe that the thought of leisure while driving somewhere is a spontaneous oppertunity. These aspects may change life as we know it. Add them all up and it's clear to see that these "smart cars" aren't so smart after all. | 5 |
This "face marking" on Mars is just a natural landform. Scientist discovered Mars many years ago and they did not see no signs of life on this planet or this face was not see on this planet. How can a "face" just natural appear of Mars when no one is on there?
Why would NASA hide a big discovery of something like this to the people. If NASA found out or new there were any signs of life on Mars, I would expect there to be a newcast of that or somehting else in that matter.
Some Scientist believe that it is alien made structure, but other scientist believe it is just a land formation. It is just a land formation because, shadows are making up its nose, eyes, and mouth. Others believe it is a butte or a mesa, which are land formations around the American West. The image of the "face" looks just like a hill or rounded very small mountaion top. The "face" even has changed over the years. Many things change by erosion or the weather,so i believe it is just a mesa that has changed over the years. The markings were not hidden by some kind of an "alien haze" it was simply the weather. Planets other than earth have diferent kind of weathers also. There is something in the United States that is simulaur to the "face", it is a small lava doom and it is the same height as the "face".
Scientist believed that there is somekind of an alien face on Mars, but there isnt it is just a mesa or a butte. Which is a small landmass. If there was an ancient civilization or still life on Mars, we would be able to see it, unless they are just great at hinding. Even if there were civilzations on Mars wouldn't we be able to see more artifacts? The land mass has also changed in the pass years, probably by ersion or wether. There is also shadows that are reflectind over the land mass, to show its distinct characterristics, like the nose, mouth, and eyes. | 2 |
Cars have been an important part of transportation in society for many years. However, in some communities that is changing. Many young people are not getting their licenses and some are giving up their cars. The streets of Vauban, Germany, are mainly "car-free" and the suburb only has two places to park cars, at the expense of $40,000. Limiting car usage results in many advantages.
One of those advantages is helping the environment. The article "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer explains Paris, France, put a driving ban into effect because of smog rivaling that of Beijing, China. The ban was based on license plate number, only allowing certain numbers to drive on specific days. Eventually the ban was lifited because the smog had cleared enough. Limiting the number of people that used their cars resulted in cleaner air, which is healthier for everyone. If limits were put into effect into other places, that could reduce air pollution, helping the environment. Americans are also buying fewer cars and driving less than previous years. The article "The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal says, "If the pattern persists - and many sociologists believe it will - it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the envrionment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants". That is another example of environmental benefits from limiting car use. By utilizing other forms of transportation, the impact a person has on the environment is greatly reduced.
Another advantage that comes from limiting car use is lower stress and better mental health. In the suburb of Vauban, Germany, fifty-seven percent of families sold their cars to move there and seventy percent do not own cars. In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Heidrun Walter says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". By not owning a car, a person has less stress and can relax when traveling. There is probably less focus needed when traveling without a car because there is no worry about other drivers. Bogota, Colombia has started the Day Without Cars, the goal being to promote alternate transportation. Violaters recieve fines of twenty-five dollars. In the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky, Carlos Arturo Plaza says, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". People could enjoy the outdoors, without the constant noise and pollution from traffic in the city. That could lower their stress and increase their happiness.
Limiting car use has many advantages, some of which are helping the environment and lowering stress. Some suburbs, specifically Vauban, Germany, are mostly "car-free". A trend of buying fewer cars and driving less is also growing in America, which is beneficial to the environment. Plus, the stress of driving a car is taken away when their use is limited. | 3 |
Advanatges of limiting car usage would be very useful. There are multiple ways in which doing so could benefit us citizens. There are things like pollution, and how cars are a part of the greenhouse effect. Reducing theres certain things could help poeple alot.
We have the reduction of pollution for example. There is so much pollution in this world and in the air. In Paris, they enforced a driving band to clean the air of a global city. What they did was they fined drivers in order to keep them off the streets. Their plan had worked. The smog pollution had cleared good enough that they rescind the ban forodd-numbered plates on Tuesday.
Passenger cars are responsible for 12 of greenhouse gas, and thats only in Europe. If you look at that as a world percentage, its a lot. The article says that it is a huge impediment to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions form tailpipes. Doing so would be a huge advantage to limit the car usage. | 1 |
If it was possible for people to get driven around, majority of the people will ask how. With advanced technoloy and the development of driverless cars people would only need to drive if they wanted to. Driverless cars are being tested to drive safely with the help of all kinds of sensors. Driverless cars can help prevent a lot of accidents and dangers on ther road.
Most accident happen because adults and young adults are constanly texting and driving or they are checking things on social media. Most of the time when people hear a sound notifying them of nonification they are quick to respond to it. With help of driverless cars you will be able to do that and won't have to worry about watching the roads much.
Since the cars will be driverless automobile companies are testing out diferent types of sensor and how they are going to work for the car. Toyota Pruis is using sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera attached close to the rearview mirror,four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an intertial motion sensor. Even though sensors are already used for car, they are being developed better so they can do more specific things. Companies are testing the driverless cars with the new advance sensors to help improve our road systems.
Although the driverless cars are going through diferent tesing to avoid dangers on the road, companies realized that people will have to be ready to take over at any time. Most of these cases would happen if there was a car accident and the car would need help to safely get around the accident or when pulling in and out of drive ways. Eventually people will think about getting a driverless car.
Driverless cars sounds great and all but people will still have to pay attention at times. Car companies are trying to advance the driverless so much that when driven the car is not to much to hande. With the alerts from the the different sensors people when know when things are about to get bad. The sensors will also warn people when they are too close or if they are going to hit something. Soon everybody would be safe and happy in their driveress cars. | 2 |
Dear Florida senator,
I think that we should keep the Electoral College vote system, because it is pretty much the same thing as election by popular vote. When you vote for your canidatate, you're voting for his electors. Then those electors vote for their presidential nominee. Not often do the electors betray their canidate, so odds are the popular vote will win.
Also, the Electoral College system avoids run-off elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes, the Electoral college produces a clear winner.
Another reason to keep the Electoral College vote is because if we had to vote by popular vote, it wouldn't be fair to some of the states. Canidates tend to visit the big states that have an impact on their election. That means that the states with a lower population don't get to see what the canidates have to offer.
Next reason is because some of the presidential canidates could be favored by some of the regions. For example, obama was elected as first African American president, and a lot of African Americans were excited, and voted for him. Some of the people didn't even care what he had to offer. The Electoral College reduces the chance of that happening because the regions vote doesn't have a big impact on the election.
Lastly, we should keep this voting system because when the citizens vote for a presidential canidate, they vote for the electors. They choose electors that are going to vote for the party's nominee. So basically, if one of the canidates wins the popular vote, and the electors go to vote, the one with the more popular votes is going to win most likely. It rarley ever happens that the elector for one nominee votes for the other.
I believe we should keep Electoral College vote because it is much like election by popular vote. It is also more fair between big and small populations of states, and presidential canidates can not be favored by regions they come from. The Electoral College system is a good way to vote.
Sincerely PROPER_NAME, American citizen. | 2 |
Driving is an art that us humans have mastered well over the years, now its time for a new innovation.Driverless cars are the new way of the future for transportation.
Driverless cars do not panic in risky situations like a car pile up.Us humans make mistakes, like texting while driving or drink while driving, there are many accidents a year because of human error.Once driverless cars are perfected they are going to be the safest way to transport yourself.
Many manafacturers are working to perfect driverless cars. Like Tesla has projected a 90 percent driverless vehicle even Nissan,Audi,and Mercedes-Benz have plan to drive themselves by 2020."the road to the truly autonomous car stratches on ahead of us" as it says in the passage.We will get to our goal soon.
Although it might result in conflict with the manafacturer and the consumer, it will defenatlly save millions of lives by picking the route of least resistance and stay in the correct lane for travel.Driverless cars are the best way transport ourselves safely
In conlusion, driverless car are going to be the new innovation of the future once perfect.I incourage everyone to take a stand and help support the manafacturers to build and dysign driverless cars. | 2 |
Does your school have spy technology? Do you want to feel like you're James bond? Well, were not that far off. Scientist are currently engineering a new software that can detect your mood and emotion. Although this is not a facial recognition device that opens a vault door to your secret spy lab, this new technology can be very useful in many differnt situations. The makers of this great softwear intend to introduce it to a school setting and it is causing a major contorversy. This technology should be introduced into schools for many reasons, it could help keep students focused, and could help sense if the student is troubled and needs consoleing.
The creators of this software believe that their technology can help students and keep them focused on the task at hand. One of the scientist, Dr. Huang predicts " 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 new software can do what so many teachers cant, it can understand the student. This opens up a whole new way of learning, It gives us a guarentee of sucess. These students will now work at their own pace and individually get help in what they are stuggling in.
Many students are going through troubled times and find themselves in difficult stituations. High School suicide rates are at an all time high and more and more school shootings occur. This new software could help prevent these tragidies from happening. The majority of school shootings and suicides are because the student is being bullied or feels helpless and alone. Dr. Huang states," Most human communication is non verbal, including emotional communication". This makes it very difficult to know if someone is going through a tough time and needs help. This new technology is giving us a key to understand how the students feel and know if these students need some sort of help before it is too late.
This software is nessasary and is exremely valuble to a school. It can help teachers greatly and help the students themselves. This program helps students achive their full potential and stop tragidies from happening. The Facial Action Coding System can overall help these students live happier, safer and healthier lives. | 3 |
The technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable because there it can show when someone is getting bored in a class. There are plenty of reasons for why to use this technology. One reason could be that it will detect when a student is bored or is becoming confused. Another reason that it should be used is that it would help inprove the lesson or what is being taught. Also most human communication is non verbal, so then the computers need to understand that.
One example on why the technology should used is how it will be able to detect when someone feels a certain way in a class or a lesson. The text states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"(D'Alto). This would help students and teachers because from the students prespective the teacher would know how he/she felt. A way that this would help teachers would be that it would give the teachers some feedback so that maybe if their student is bored to make their lesson a little energetic. Then the students and the teachers may have more understanding of eachother.
Another reason that would make this technology valuable would be that it would help improve a lesson for the students when needed. The text states, "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor"(D'Alto). This is refering to the last point. So if a student is bored, the computer would recognize the problem and change the lesson for the student so they could be more enthusiastic about the lesson. For example if a student is borred about learning about geography, and the student is bored then the computer could change up their lesson by watching a movie that follows what the person is learning about.
Also another reason for using the technology in a classroom about how a lot of human communication is not even talking to someone it is more body language than anything. The text says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication"(D'Alto). This means that not everything is about just talking to someone but there is also a lot that goes on with their body, facial expressios, the list goes on. For example a person can a have a converstion with someone and not even mean what they are saying, and the computers would be able to tell using their facial expressions and body language.
Whether a person think that this new technology is completely useless or not, this could help for students to learn more, and have interest in learning. This could help students by actually learning and doing better in school, because they would be able to fully understand each concept. For example if a student is confused with something and the teacher doesn't notice it the computer will, and it will change the lesson so that the student can get a grasp of the subject. maybe this new technology shouldn't be introduced into a classroom, but it would be of much help. | 3 |
The Author supposrts the idea of Venus being worthy of exploring dispite the challanges by stating in Paragraph 8 "Striving to meet the challanges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likey lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors". This leads me to belive that if us as humans dont proceed to learn more about this planet we are not going to gain any knowladge and we will never know about the new dicovories we could have made. The Author also continues on about how Venus was belived to be filled with oceans and supported various forms of life and is reffered to as the Earths "twin". So this leads me to think that there is more out there than dangerous carbon dioxide blankets, clouds of corrosive acid and above boiling point tempatures. There possibley couldve been life.
This makes me agree with the Author's statemet even dispite the dangers Venus has. With it being so close to Earth and once possibly having living life forms on it. It makes me belive that we should be leanring more about it and building machines to study the materials of this planet. Us Humans make discoveries everyday and we build extrordinary things that you would only see in movies. I definitly think that one day we could build a machine to substand the harsh tempatures and dangerous chemicals Venus has. WIth listening to the Author points i belive that this could open new doors for us and maybe even one day visit the planet. In Paragraph 6 the author states that " Many reaserchers are working on innovations that woud allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaninfuly to our knowladge of Venus"
This shows me that NASA and other astrologers have already began to try making machines to one day travel to Venus.
Soon one day we will have discoverd the planet of Venus and have learned many new things. This could possibly lead to new discoveries about tecnology and maybe even one day about human life. But we have to use our natural human instict of wanting to know more to find these amazing things. Thats why I agree with the authors statment that we should continue studying Venus despite the dangers it presents. | 3 |
In this article the author is telling us that facts about Venus how it's called the "Evening star" because it's the "brightest points of the light in the sky night" and it is a good place to examine, because of how close it is to the sun and earth, of its tempature, its heat, pressure, and how no spacecraft have landed there. But it's really dangerous in Venus.
It's dangerous in because, a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent cardon dioxide blankets venus, their is also clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere, on the plants surface temperatures avaerage over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then whats in our earth.
And If they were to explore venus NASA would need scientist to survive the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus. They would need to make blimp-car like vehicles they need to hover for miles and miles becuase it's is 170 degrees fahrenheit which means they would burn real bad. and the lights need to be real good because they need to penetrate the dense of the atmosphere.
I think they shouldn't explore Venus because it's a suicide mission it's too hot a lot of co2 and temperatures reach over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. | 2 |
I disagree with the idea of driverless cars. They may seem like a good idea to some people but i say it is just more of a hazard. People now a days text and drive all the time and do not pay attention to yield signs or even the speed limit. Being in a car that you do not have to drive will give people the bad habit of not paying any attention to the road or things around them. With a car driving on its own they wont think it is neccessary. I say it is not a good idea at all to start such a bad habit.
Although people may think it is a good idea to have driverless cars on the roads, I disagree. They say that the car can steer itself and ecelerate and slow down but what about all of the other things. There are multiple different things a car must do on the road that technology can not take over. Such as getting onto a highway or passing another car. How would a car know how to move left the back over right or if a car was coming from another direction. Technology may be upgrading but i think that it is not smart enough yet to control a car and get a passenger safely to their destination.
Lastly, driving a car is a huge task and priveledge. Their are many different rules in driving such as no texting while driving and you must wear a seatbelt at all times. A driverless car is way too dangerous for teeneagers or even adults for that matter. I feel that being in a car that somehow drives itself will make people think that they have no responsibility anymore and they will think its okay to text and drive or not pay attention to their surroundings. Driverless cars were a good idea but i do not thing they would be safe for our generation. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is considered Earths sister planet but has many more dangers such as highly elavated temperataure's, corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, and greatly elavated
atmospheric pressure. We have sent unmanned spacecrafts for previous missions but failed in a few hours due to Venus's rough surface conditons. NASA is working on new technology to hopefully give us the ability to study Venus further.
Venus is the only planet (that we know of) that has the same density and size as earth. It is aslo the closest planet to earth depening on the orbit. Venus's atmosphere is made up of 97% carbon dioxide blankets but also obtains highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The average temperature can reach 800
degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. These enviroments conditions would crush a submarine and liquefy most metals. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet. The planet also has erupting volcanoes,earthquakes, and lighting strikes which we all experience on earth. Such conditions are why we know so little about venus due to all the failed attempts.
NASA is currently working on a plan to send humans to venus. Their idea is to float above Venus and observe from there. You would still feel the hot temps of 170 degrees but the air pressure would be what we feel on Earth at sea level. NASA is also working on another route to exsploring Venus. They are using simplified electronics made of siliocon carbide which have been tested in a chamber that simulates Venus's conditions. They will use mechanical computers that use gears and levers. Electronic computers work good but are way too delicate for Venus.
Even though we have failed most attempts to reach Venus we are still working to reach it. We are fuled by curiosty and inovatiion. As the author said in the 8th paragraph, "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". That's basically telling us to find a way dont let the cons and risk stand in the way. I feel that the author didn't really support his claim that good. He stated evidence about Venus listed in paragraph 3 and 4. I feel as if he dont support his claim as good as he should have. He's basiclly telling us how it is on Venus but does'nt tell us why it's worthy enough to continue research and development. I restated his evidence of Venus's conditions and NASA's research and development in paragraphs 2 and 3 but i feel as if the author isn't supporting his claim at all. The author mentioned in paragraph 8 that "Venus has Value" but does'nt tell us why it has value and where the value in Venus is.
The author says Venus has value but he didn't support his claim that good. He was off topic in pargraphs 2,3,and 4 in my oppinion. But considering his oppinion i do believe Venus has value because of the possibility of it being able to hold life and how it compares to Earth. | 3 |
Automobiles are to blame for a large amount of pollution on this planet. Passenger cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to fifty percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Greenhouse gas is slowly chipping away at Earths ozone layer and if the ozone layer went away human life itself will soon start to go away. So it will probably be smart to limit car usage in every continent and major inustrialized areas so we can help stop the the destruction of the ozone. Or at the very least slow it down so generations to come have a stable environment to live in rather than wearing some sort of gas mask or philter over their face to breathe, like Beijing, Chinas population has to. The countries who are taking advantage of limiting car usage are being smart because it would be an advantage to help stop the slow but inevitable destruction of our Earth.
Several different areas around the world are occasionally taking place in a ban against car usage that last a few days or so depending on the country and the state at which it is in. An example of this event is in Paris, they had reached a near-record of polluting smog that could have rivaled the smog of Beijing, China. On a Monday motorists with even numbered license plate were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a fine. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. The smog had cleared enough that Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on tuesday. Even though typically Paris has more smog than other European capitals, that week it had been a little more polluted than normal. Since they took the action of enforcing a ban it helped them control the pollution and they found out the advantage of limiting car usage.
Another example of a country using this advantage over pollution is Bogota, Columbia. Millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses to work during a car-free day. The goal was to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog any violaters were faced with a fine. The day without cars was part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1900s. So far it has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths, the most in any Latin American city. Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; old worn out sidewalks have been replaced with smooth sidewalks; and many new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up. The no car day is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. All this occured since the city of Bogota, Columbia took advantage of limiting car usage and wanting to take action against the growing pollution epidemic.
Auto mobiles are still to blame for the large amount of pollution on this planent, but if more countries were to limit car usage then the rising pollution infection that has plagued our planet would slowly cease to endanger our world. Many countries have already started to take advantage of limiting car usage and decreasing the pollutuion level in their home environment like in Bogota, Columbia. The car free day that Bogota has started, is set to spread to other countries so they too can take advantage of limiting car usage and saving the planet. Therefore the countries who are taking action against pollution are being examples to the other countries in the hope of rubbing off their intentions and spreading this idea of limiting automobiles and lowering the pollution levels to save the planet. | 2 |
Imagine on Earth the high for tuesday was 800 degrees. That is what venus is everyday. Venus is considered to be Earths sister. You can also call it the evening star. The real question though is is it worth it to go to venus?
The author in the article belives that it is worth it and we should go to Venus. What intrest the autor most is what could be on venus or what we could find. Venus could have vary may held Earth like creatures. It also could have been mostly oceans and has features like rocky sediment.
The reason we can not visit venus is it has a 97% atmosphere. Also the surface is almost 800 degrees fahrenheit. With that high temperature on its surface it can liquify basically anything. NASA has conducted a few missions to Venus but all have been unmanned for the reasons listed above.
NASA has been trying to come up with a solution for years so we can travel to Venus. What they have come up with is a blimp like aircraft that hovers over Venus. It is hovering over Venus by abouy 30 miles. A problem with that is it is still 170 degrees fehrenheit. Another problem is the atmosphere is 97% so the use of cameras and video are out of the picture. Another prototype they created was a machine made out of old computers which are silicon carbide. The prototype was put through a simulator and lasted 3 weeks.
In conclusion yes it would be risky to go to Venus but it is worth it. Could learn about what Venus' past life was like and was there really Earth like creatures. We could learn some similarities and differences between Venus and Earth. The main challenge we have to get past is 97% atmosphere and 800 degrees fehrenheit. NASA has created many prototypes that could lead us to Venus. I would say it is well worth it to go Venus and figure out what its past life was like. | 2 |
Luke is trying to convince other people to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program . He wanted other people to join him in the Seagoing Cowboys program because their was many fun activitys to do . The cowboys were playing baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. More fun games their were table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time. Luke thinks more people should join these fun activitys because they help kill time, fun to play,and is something you can do with more then one person. LUke thought being a Seagoing Cowboy was alot better then going on the adventures he went on and saving animails. He wants more people to injoy the experince of being a Seagoing Cowboy just like he did . Luke thinks it opened a new world for him,it made him more aware of other peoples needs in other contries,and the awaredness stayed with him,leading his family to host a number of international students and extange visitors for many years. So Lukes main porpose of trying to get other people to try the
Seagoing Cowboy is so they can experince it like him like he had a fun time playing their games and it changed his piont of view towerds people in other contries and their needs . | 1 |
Dear Florida Senator,
Our country, the United States of America, elects our presidents by something that is called the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a selection of 538 electors who vote to elect the president. The popular Presidential vote ties into the Electoral College by when a person votes for a presidential candidate, that person also votes for their chosen panel of electors from that state. Many citizens of the United States believe that this electing process is unfair and takes away the freedom to elect our President, but the Electoral College is fitting for our country because the candidates can campaign in all regions and that there will not be as big as a dispute in the Electoral College election than a popular election.
To begin with, the United States should keep the Electoral College for the presidential election because the candidates campaign in all the regions. "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal." (Source 3, stanza 19). If the United States only had a popular vote election, the candidates would only campaign to the big states(higher population), and not the the smaller states(lower population). Then the smaller states and regions we feel like they are not involved or matter in the election. "The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president." (Source 3, stanza 19). Also, a presidential candidate does not want to stay in a region where he will know he will win. The presidential candidate wants to be desired and win the elections in as much regions as possible, so more of his campaign electors go to the Electoral College. "This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president." (Source 3, stanza 19).
Secondly, the United States should keep the Electoral College for the presidential election because there will not be as big as a dispute in an Electoral College election than in a popular election. "A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible-it happened in 2000- but it's less likely than a dispute over the popular vote." (Source 3, stanza 18). And most of the time in an Electoral College vote, the popular vote candidate wins! "...it is entirely possibel that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote. Yet that has happened very rarely." (Source 3, stanza 16). Also, in a popular election, anyone can vote. That means citizens who don't know many things about the candidates or the politics can choose the future president for the United States. In the Electoral College vote, popular voters vote for a candidate's electors, who are knowledgeable about their candidates and politics, and who are carefully selected by the candidate's party. "Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party" (Source 1, stanza 5).
In conclusion, the United States should definitely keep the Electoral College for electing the president because it is fair to all the regions and there will not be as big as a dispute in the Electoral College vote than the popular vote. In the popular vote, if a person's desired candidate did not win, they could lash out, maybe violently, at other people in their community who voted for an opposing candidate. Also, the Electoral College vote is fair for the smaller states, for in the Electoral College, they get a number of electors based on their state's population. This is better than in a popular vote, where the whole state of California could vote for one candidate and the state of Rhode Island could vote for an opposing candidate. The California candidate would have more votes than the Rhode Island candidate, for Rhode Island is considerably smaller than California. Over all, the Electoral College election is the best way for the United States to elect their president. It's the way it always has been, therefore it should stay that way.
Sincerely,
A Concerned Student | 4 |
The author supports the idea by explaining how it might be risky but worth to what explore and find on venus. through out the most of the story the author keep reclaiming the risk of it all to get there, but has reason why its still worth the visit.
In paragraph 4 the author states " that its one of our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration "
then on moving on to paragraph 5 where the author also staes " it would be hard to get there and stay but will be survivable to humans." and finale in paragraph 8 the author finale states " striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value,not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will liklely lead us into many equally intimdating endevors."
this paragraphs show that he is on board with visitng venus, but also states the risks of getting there. | 1 |
Twenty five years ago there was something that had appeared on a Red Planet called Cydonia. An enormous head about two miles from end to end. As the pictures show people think it looks like a face.
Scientists believe that it was just another Martian mesa, these are very common on the planet. But, there was unusual shadows that made it appear to look like an Egyptian Paraoh.
Some people think that the face evidence of life on Mars. Few scientists believe that the face was an alien artifact. The Mars Global Surveyor flew over the planet for the first time, the camera was better than before and had more clearer images of the face. Revealing a natural landform, there was no alien monument after all. Skeptics said that alien marking were hidden by a haze. This landform was most definetly not an alien monument, even though it looks like one. They compare the "face" on the planet to a Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. the Middle Butte is a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated Mesa about the same height as the "face" on mars. | 1 |
My position on driverless cars is that I am a against the development of these cars. My three reasons why I don't agree with this is because they don't do all the driving, not all drivers will be paying attiontion, and people won't need to get a lissions or need there permit and it will break the cartural of driving.
The car dosn't drive all by itself you will to take over if there is work zones or if there is accidents. Since it dosn't drive on work zones or by acciedents how would you knowif there is one? What if you sleeping? If your going on a high way and your sleeping on a long road trip and there is an accendent ahead of you or there is work zones you wouldn't possable know and you will be ending up in a accedent.
This leads to my second reason that not all drivers will be paying attintion on the road since the car will be driving by it self they won't no need to be looking at the road. They will be busy on there phone or be sleeping. This will cause alot of increase of accidents if diviers don't payattintion while the car is driving. Also it will increase alot of accidents in teens since they will be on there phone and wouln't care whats going on.
My last reson is that people won't need a permit or a lissions anymore.This could be dangrous. Since the car is going to be doing all the work there isn't a point of passing the permit test if your not taking the wheel, or the lisson test of driving the car because your not going to be driving its the car. This will affect us because we never know the people out there and can't trust them all.
This is why I dissagree in the driverless cars. This will affect us and cause more accidents and people won't be paying atintion.This is why I dont think agree with this. | 2 |
It was a opportunity of a lifetime for Luke. He had the choices of becoming a Seagoing Cowboy or stay at his two jobs. He chose the one that would help countries. The reason he chose this is because, animals needed to be shiped over seas, countries needed to be rebuild, and he would get to travel all over the world.
Lukes claims are that he got to see things he never saw before. He was able to nine sea trips around the world.
Luke had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. Luke had alot of things to see on his trip, he got to see Acropolis in Greece, Venice, Italy, and the Panama Canal. Luke also had a chance to take a ride a gondola in Venice and Italy.
This was a great opportunity for Luke to help people all around the world. By
doing all these thing 44 nations joined together to help each other. It made him feel aware of people of other countries needs. | 1 |
The face on Mars was not created by aliens because my three points are that the wind just made it form like that, if aliens did create they wouldn't let it get destroyed and they would keep it perfect, and so far there has been no form of life found on Mars so there nothing else could have vreated the face on Mars.
First off, there is wind on most of the planets from storms and other things like that. Wind has created many other things on Earth it has destroyed some rocks and some other things. If wind can do that on Earth I think it can also do it on Mars. The land on Mars is just creating new landforms from the wind.
Secondly, if the face is slowly being deformed the aliens would try to reform it would look like when NASA first found it. If the aliens were living on Mars they would try to keep it perfect and make it look like a human. The aliens probably wouldn't even know what a human looks like unless they have been to eath or something, so how would tjey know what a person would look like.
finally, my last point is that so far there has been no forms of life found on mars so how could aliens for the face on Mars. There have been drones like the Viking drones, that have been orbiting mars forever and they havent even found one living source on mars. If there has been a living souce, NASA would have already found it from the drones. If NASA found the life on Mars they would have already told everyoone and be on the news.
Even though, it is unlikely that the wind could have created a face that looks just like a humans face on a landform. NASA has been wishing that there was an ancient civilization on mars though. Nasa has been still lookin to see if there has been life or water or any source of living for a while though.
In conclusion, thats why there could have been no possible way the an alien has created that landform of the face on Mars, it was just the wind that created the landform. | 1 |
driverless cars would in my view be a dangerous invention, why I feel this way is as a sudent driver I would feel more safe having a being with a consence and a soul rather then be at the mercy of technology
that could go wrong at any given time just as your iphone can give up on you in the same sence a car with no driver can do the same.
Wherefore if driverless cars come into use, and an acident may occure then who would be at fault the driver or the manufactor?
In this since lets say their is a driver behind the wheel with this technology and theirs a problem the car and as the car begins to malfunction the driver tries to get control of the vehicle but its to late the car
crashes killing the driver or an inoccent bystander who's fault is it the technology or the person, at first people might say the machine but if the person had a chance to control the car but did not then who takes the blame.
Those are thoughts that would go through my mind if i were for this invention and to people who beileve in this technology it would be smart to take into consideration would you rather be in control of your life or a machine. | 1 |
Limiting car use can be helpful any many different ways. Ranging any where from helping the enviroment to making people less stressed. There has been many experiments to prove this such as car reduced communities, paris putting a partial driving ban on citizen for a week, bogota columbias annual car free day, and the studies in the united states showing that thier is less cars being bought now adays. So I believe that we should all started limiting our car uses not fully but deffinatly by some because theres has been nothing proven bad about the limiting of car use. If we all stopped using our cars so much or had certain days of the year where we weren't aloud to use our cars in the reduction of smog greatly.
As shown in Vaunban, Germany where streets are completly "car-free" citizen have proven to be "happier" according to Heidrun Walter. Not only is it about making the citizens of this community happier but also about making the enviroment a better place by reducing emmision. Which can make the global community happier as a whole. The emmisions from the incresing number of private cars owned by the middle class is choking cities worldwide, and cities like Vaunban are the answer.
Paris' ban on driving and Bogota's car-free day are also great solutions to the global greeenhouse gas crisis. In both places Paris and Bogota there was a fine in place for those who did not abide by the rules on these days. I think a fine is fair for those who disobey these rules because it isnt asking much to not drive your car for just one day. Plus in these experiments it has shown a good opportunity to take away stress which could be helpful in anyones life. It has also proven to be great for the economy bike paths being and even new restaraunts and shopping malls have popped up since the start of these car free days in Columbia.
So from these articles I have yet to see a con be Produced from car free day and car free communities. Therefore I think every country should be held accountable to make its citizens participate in a day where driving is banned because this could helped decrease the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted tramendously. Which would in turn help the global community as a whole. | 2 |
In the passage, " Unmasking the face on Mars" the face on Mars was not created by aliens, it is just a natural landform.One reason the face on Mars is just a landfor m is, in the text it states, " What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West". This quote from the text means that the picture was not of a face, but of a landform common around American West. A second reason the face on Mars is just a landform is the picture tooken in 1976 was very clear
than the photo tooken in 2001.In the text it states, " Each pixel in the 2001 images spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 photo. This means that the 2001 photo gave people the wrong idea about the face of Mars. One last reason the face on Mars is just a landform is, In the passage it states, " As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size" This means that the photo they took after the 2001 picture was clear and people could see what the face of Mars really was. In conclusion, The face of Mars is just a landform and the unclear pictures made it look as if it was a face on Mars. | 1 |
Aliens and natural lanforms are both explanations to describe the Face on Mars. Some people believe that the Face was made by marsians or "aliens", but then there are also some that believe it is a natural landform. But I have information to prove that it's just a natural lanform.
Twenty five years ago, NASA had took a photo of what looked like a human face. A couple of days later NASA released the photo the the public and people started to describe it as "Face on Mars". On April 5, 1998, Micheal Malin and his MOC took a photo that was 10 times sharper than the oringinal. That showed to prove that it is anatural landform.
Some may beleive that the Face on Mars was created by alien, but there is proof that shows it is just a natural landmark. There is probably still scientist out there researching to find better proof. But it all comes down to what do you believe? | 1 |
The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The meaning of Electoral College is stated in Source 1: What is Electoral College and in paragraph 2. The Electoral College process consists of the selection of electors, the meeting of electors where they vote for president and vice president, and the countiing of the electoral votes by congress. It consist of 538 electors. a majority of 270 eletoral votes is required to elect the president. The electoral College is very important because it helps us decide who the new president of the United States is going to be, but alot of people thimk that it is unfair and should be abolished.
To begin with, Electoral College is unfair because voters do not vote for the president they vote for a slate of electors, who turn in elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. The elector are picked by the state. Sometimes the voters cannot pick who the electors vote for. "The electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational." It is hard to say but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the Electoral College.
But, in defense of the Electoral College, there are a few reasons to keep our disliked method of choosing the president. One reasons is the Elecotoral College requires a prestidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. Also to avoid the problem of elections in which no canidate receives a majority of the vote cast. Lastly the winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the canidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states.
Inconclusion, the Electoral College can be a good way to vote, but also it can be a bad way to vote. | 2 |
Driverless cars have always seemed like a likely thing for my generations lifetime. In fact, we thought we would be using flying cars by the time we were older. However, it is difficult to decide if driverless cars are a good thing or not. As far as the tests they have run go, the driverless cars seem safer than cars with drivers, and if the cars are fully automated they can reduse factors such as emotions, fatigue, and stress. However, technology can fail, which could lead to the cars being dangerous. I think, though, that driverless cars are a good idea because they can eliminate factors that can lead to humans crashing and they will make transportation easier for the standard person.
The first good thing about driverless cars is that they are not affected by many factors that can affect human drivers. The computers that run the automated cars will not get fatigued, while many people fall asleep at the wheel and can kill others or themselves. Also, these cars will not be affected by emotions such as anger at other drivers, which can lead to aggressive driving and mistakes on the road. Plus, the cars will be able to see almost as much as their human counterparts as long as their radars, such as the LIDAR, are powerful and accurate enough to send an accurate reading back to the computerized vehicle. This will hopefully mean that the driverless cars will crash less because of factors such as emotions and fatigue.
Another reason why driverless cars are a product to look forward ot in the future is that they will be able to form a "taxi system" of driverless cars. This would make transportation more practical and easy for many people. The driverless cars would be more practical for some people because, if they can completely drive themselves, the passengers would not need a liscence or insurance like they would if they were driving the car themselves. However, the car would perform the same duties as a car they might own, unlike other forms of public-transportation. For example, busses cannot pick you up or drop you off at your home, so if the bus stop is not near to your house, it is not reasonable to ride the bus to work or other places. However, the taxi service would be able to pick you up no matter where you were. This would also be helpful if you were stranded somewhere and you needed help.
A final reason why driverless cars are an exciting innovation is that they are much safer than the standard car with a human driver. Google's driverless cars "have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." This is an incredibly high mileage for never having a crash, and it shows that these cars are going to be incredibly safe when they are released to the public. Even thought the cars are still just being tested, they have never had a crash. Granted, the cars are not completely driverless, but the safety of the public is still the most important thing in the minds of many car manufacturing companies. These cars will prevent many people from being killed or injured in car accidents.
All in all, driverless cars are going to be something that will be incredibly helpful in the future. They help to reduce the factors that affect drivers, they will be more a very practical form of transportation, and they seem to be, in general, safer than other vehicles. The advances that have been made in the automobile industry in the last 100 years are truly worthy of our praise. We have come from incredibly basic cars to cars that can drive themselves, for at least some of the time. However, when you look at all the progress that we have made, it forces you to think about what we will come up with next. Maybe, flying cars are not that far away from being a reality. | 4 |
What do you think is more fun going to defernt contries or spending time with aniamals or if niether of those is fun enough how about playing difernt games in your free time when your a Seagoing Cowboy you do all of those.The Seagoing Coyboys program is really fun. If you like to try things new then this is for you. You get to meat new people, also you get to see new things. If you love animals, such as horses,young cows, and mules you get to take care of them too. The thing is though you take all of these over sea. You will have so much fun and you will never be bored from working or injoying time with other people.
If you are a small-town boy or girl like I was its way better then working at banks or what ever you do for a living , this is way better. I loved helping people but if that wasnt enough then I also got to See Europe and China. Try new foods, see new art and meet new poeple. Also taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. If you wouldent enjoy that then we got toured an excavated castle in crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China. That was one of my favorite times and I had so much fun. Not only do we do all that we had enough free time to play games such as, baseball and volleyball, table-tennis, fencing,boxing,reding, and whittling to pass the time that we had. Like I said you always have something to do and plenty of people to enjoy it with.
But it wasent all ways fun and games it opened the world for me. It made me aware of how lucky were are. Seeing all those other states or contries have what we dont. How much we take for grante. Next time i will be the person telling you to come with me to Europe on a cattle boat. Dont miss you time to go. I am very greatful for this opportunity and when its your turn dont miss out. | 2 |
Ah, the electoral college. Don't you just
LOVE
how irrelevent, unfair, and confusing it is? In fact, it is so without flaw, that in 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, but he lost the presidency (Source 2). Some people say that the electoral college is an anachronism, but some people disagree. Those people are wrong. The electoral college was irritating in the 1960's, and it's irritating now. You should side with Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and the Chamber of Commerce (Source 2), and abolish the electoral college.
First, and most importantly, the electoral college is unfair to voters . Most states in the electoral college is based on a "winner take all" system; if the candidate gets the majority of votes in that state, that candidate gets the electors (Source 1). This means most candidates focus in on the states they know that they have a chance of winning, and focus on going after "swing states" (Source 2). If a candidate was to get the majority in Texas, Florida, and California, the three biggest swing states, the candidate would have 122 electoral votes, almost half of the 270 votes necessary to win (Sources 1 and 3). Voters for the electoral college say that people in the swing states are going to pay closer attention to the campaign and become more thoughtful voters (Source 3), but should 10% of the nation decide who runs your country?!
The second virus causing the electoral college to convulse and bite its tongue in half is what happens in the event of a tie. If this is to occurr, then state delegates in the House of Represenatatives decide the President (Source 2). Each state only casts one vote, so the representative from Rhode Island would have just as much to say as the 55 representatives from the state of California (Source 1 and 2). Not only that, but a majority of people vote one party for president and another for Congress (Source 3). There are 538 possible votes in the electoral college (Source 1), so it isn't impossible for a tie to happen. In 1976, if 5,559 voters from Ohio and 3,687 voters in Hawaii had switched candidates, there would have been a tie (Source 2).
And finally, the last thing that makes the electoral college as relevant as a new wheel for your horse and buggy is that, it's mind-bogglingly confusing. The electoral college is run by humans, so we must account for human error. The electors are just people chosen by the candidate who don't hold a seat in government (Sources 1 and 2). In 1960, a group of racists in Louisiana almost replaced Democratic electors with ones who would oppose John F. Kennedy, and he would have lost the election (Source 2). In Hawaii, also in 1960, two slates of electors were sent (Source 3). Faithless electors have refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for anyone else (Source 2).
In conclusion, the electoral college is literally pointless. It's unfair and confusing. If America had decided on a majority rules electoral system, and not this pile of trash, we would still have all the same presidents we did before. Well, except Al Gore. | 4 |
When you first hear of this new software you may not see a need for such technology to exist. However, once you take a look into what this exciting software is capable of, you might actually grow into the idea. I believe that this software could just end up being a helpful resource used in everyday life.
If executed in the correct manners, I believe that this software could be an incredible resource that serves many different purposes. Not too long ago, technology became an everyday tool in schools around the globe. If new software such as this was implemented into devices we used at school, as a student I believe that I would benefit from it greatly. The author used the example predicted by Dr. Thomas Huang of a student who is getting bored or confused. The device could potentially produce a pop-up providing help or motivation and encouragement.
This software could be put introduced to many ways of life. For example, self-checkout stations and bank ATM's. If you appear to need help you will provided with assistance. It could potentially be a major improvement for costomer service. Software like this would definitely take getting used to, but would be worth it in the end if we are optimistic enough.
Another possibility would be for this software to be used while using serach engines. If you appear to not be satisfied, you will be directed to a page of new results. Perhaps if you show interested in certain results but not others, you could get a page of new result compiled of just the results you seemed interested in. Similar to the example of web ads appearing on your screen given to us by the author.
I believe that this software could end up being a very important feature in technology. This technology may not be very extensive yet. However, it definitely has potential. It could be implemented into many regions of everyday life. I think that the possibilities are endless. | 2 |
There was a man who's life was about to change.
That mans name was Luke Bomberger.
Luke bomberger had a friend who helped him out, sugesting seagoing cowboys to him. That is when it all begin for Luke bomberger.
Lukes friend asked him to go to Europe on a cattle boat.
Luke said he could not turn down that opportunity.
It could start Lukes whole currire just to go to Europe.
It did start Lukes currire.
It started him becomeing a seagoing cowboy.
Luke bomberger and his friend road down on the cattle-boat.
"The cattle-boat trip was unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy," he says.
Luke toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
It took a little while to cross the Atlantic Ocean from eastern cost of United States and a month to get to China.
Luke was busey because of the aniamls during the cossing.
The animals had to be fed two or three times a day.
Luke bomberger found something just by a friend asking him to come with.
Do not let a huge opportunity go down the dran just because you don't want to.
So what are you going to do when somebody gives you a opportunity. | 1 |
Venus is an extremely inhabitable environment for people. Although Venus is alike Earth in many ways, it has plenty of risk factors as well. In this text, the author makes it clear that there are bountiful amounts of information on Venus that humans could collect, but it is far too dangerous. He shows that we could find so much worthy evidence and history on this planet but it is simply too extreme. He makes note that even though it can reach 800 degrees, astronauts should still pursue the idea.
In the text the author states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This shows that getting into Venus could potentially help NASA dig deeper into other planets. A whole world of information is neighboring our planet every day.
The author also states "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way" (The Challenge of Exploring Venus). This shows we could still escape the harsh climate to get needed information.
Venus is an incredible planet, and with time humans will be able to explore it. This text shows strong proof that traveling there is worthy. With the technology we have today, the day NASA decides to go to Venus is just around the corner. | 2 |
I think the technology will work just fine in a class room. The reason i say that is becuase if someone feeling sad or down you can use the 3-D computer technology.`This technology really will help alot with clssrooms. This technology maybe make the world a better place. If you can tell how somebody is feeling with asking them you will know how to come off to that person.
The 3-D technology is so great. They read face experssions, modify test. They just know when you like something or you dont .The 3-D technology will be a huge step for the classrooms. It will help more and it really will take load off the teachers becuase if the students doesn't know will computer will teach them.
In the text it say's that if you make a bad face to a ad on the browser the ad will not be like the other one you didn't like. And if you simle at an ad the next one will be more simlar to the one you like. Its a good thing for your phone or PC to able to read your face experssion and can tell when you like something or when you don't. Another thing is if you work to hard or you don't understand, the 3-D can modify the test or work in other words it modify the work to the best way you can understand.
I think they should the use the 3-D technology step. Only becuase i like the way it works. It helps with work, tell others how feeling, and helping the work that might need help with. The technology will make alot of useage in the school feild thatnthey are to prusite it in. | 2 |
Student Emotion Reading Argument
Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, and Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam study better ways to find out human emotions faster. These two Professeor's have created a computer that makes a 3D model of your face and it calculates your emotion by the way your facial muscles are being used. Many people are asking "could this kind of technology be valuable in schools for students".
The use of this technology should not be allowed in schools class rooms. Thats not the teachers buisness wheather an student is feel happy, surprised, fearful, angry, or sad. If the student wants someone to know how they are feeling they can go to the teacher and tell them. They could even go to the gidance counselor, or the priciple. Basically I am saying that i student show be able to expresss their feelings if they want to without everyone knowing.
Then this kinda has an up side to if this kind aof technology was in schools. Teachers could help student more if they are angry, or sad. Therefor I kinda see why the question is "should this kind of technology be in classrooms?".
In conclusion i feel that this kind of technology should not be in classrooms. If it is in classrooms for the school to use it on a child they should have parent parmission. Also notify the parent that they are gonna use it before doing so. | 1 |
Human emotion recognition software should be used in the classroom. First it could appeal differently to each students larning style, or be modified to teach him/her how the student wants. Lastly, it could see if a student is getting bored with the lesson or if he/she likes the lesson. This could help children learn alot better in a learning enviroment tailored just for them.
First, it could appeal differently to each student. This means that if it notices a kid frowning when showed a hard problem or a large group of text, it could change what it is doing but keeps the concept of what it is teaching. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or confused, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective instructor." This shows that the program could be used for the betterment of teaching for different people, not all people learn the same way, so why should it all be taught the same way. The computer could fix that by modifying the way it teaches.
Lastly, it could see if a student is getting bored with the lesson or if he/she likes the lesson. If a student, me especially, dosen't like a lesson or thinks it is boring, he/she wont learn. A computer that reads faces to get the emotions of students would keep the lesson being taught livley and more fun to keep students entertained. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming bored or confused, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective instructor." I used the same quote twice once in the second paragraph and now, in this paragraph becauses it strongly supports both of my claims. If a computer where to "modify the lesson, like an effective instructor" students would always be engaged in learning because the lesson would always change to what is needed to keep students entertained.
Human emotion recognition software should be used in the classroom. If used in a classroom, it would greatly keep students engaged in learning. personally, I would love having something like this in the classroom to keep me interested in the lesson. Wraped up, having this tool would greatly improve the entirety of the school learning enviroment. | 2 |
Driverless cars can definitely be a positive invention, but it could also be a very negative thing for many reasons. My position on driverless cars is that I am against it. In the article, it clearly states several times that if the road conditions were complicated, then the driver would have to take over. The article also says that the driver would often get bored because they're waiting for their turn to take over the wheel. Lastly, the article states that if the car were to have a mishap, the crash would be the driver's fault. The driverless car would not be the one at fault in a complicated situation.
Firstly, in the article, it clearly states that if the road conditions were complicated, then the driver would have to take over.
One of the reasons that I would be against driverless cars is because I would not want to have to take over if the road conditions are odd. The term 'driverless car' is supposed to mean that it would be completely possible for the car to drive without a person in the car. If they are trying to make these cars smart and driverless, then they should make the cars smart enough that there is no need for a driver in the car.
Secondly, the article also says that the driver would often get bored because they're waiting for their turn to take over the wheel. This is just a personal opinion, but I would prefer to be driving myself because of the aspect of boredom. I do not enjoy being bored, so if I'm bored, I might fal asleep. We don't want sleeping drivers on the road, so this would not be a good idea. The car is supposed to notify the driver when the road conditions are complicated, but that feature won't do any good if the driver is not alert. This means that the whole purpose would be defeated, and there would be more collisions in the road.
Lastly, the article states that if the car were to have a mishap, the crash would be the driver's fault. The driverless car would not be the one at fault in a complicated situation. This means that even if I wasn't the one at fault, I would still be the one to blame because I was in the driverless car. I am against driverless cars because if the car has a mishap, then it's my fault, and I don't want to take the blame for it. If my car gets into a crash, I want it to actually be my fault and not the driverless car's fault.
The article says that the driver would be taking most of the blame for most of the situations, so in the end, would it even be a 'driverless' car? I do not believe that the driver should have to take the fall for something that they didn't do. This means that I am against self-driving cars, and I would prefer if they were off of the roads. | 3 |
I think that more people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, becuase you see lots of distant places traveling, you help people and animals, and recover food supplies.
Going along with seeing lots of places, you get to go on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, you get to see the Acropolis in Greece, and China and Europe. With going on these tours, you get to give someone a job, by going on the gondola ride.
On the boats that you travel on, you take care of animals on the way to your destination, but when you get there, you care for people and animals alike. You do more with the animals than the people, but I like to care for the cattle and animals more. I care about them, but there are many more people to care for them.
When recovering food supplies, you have to know what they eat. Some need meat, some need fruits, some need vegetables, and some need everything, but that was ok.
But in the end, I did what I wanted, and that was see lots of places, help people and animals, and recovering food supplies. Thank You for reading. | 1 |
In "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author decribes a new technology which can be used to accuratly detect a person's emotion even with a plain face.
This facial coding system is valueable but i feel it has not place being in a classroom because humans can already read emotion, its unneccessary, better alternatives to its use.
The use of this face coding technology would not be helpful in a classroom setting beccause humans can already read emotions. In paragraph 5 the author notes that humans can read facial as well or even better than machines. So this means a teacher would have no problem reading a student's face in order to make sure their not lost. It wouldnt be intelligent to use a machine to read human emotions when anyone can do the same.
The use of facial coding systems in the classroom wouldnt be needed as their most likely uneccessary. The cost of one of these sytems would not be cheap, both students and teachers would be better off communicating. So whenever s student is confused they may ask a question or the teacher could ask the class if they understand. As in paragraph 4 the author states that facial expressions are universal, meaning there should be no confusion in understanding the students' feelings toward the work.
Classrooms may not be in need of the facial coding systems but other professions could use its help. Having established how redundant and uneccessary this sytem would be in a classroom system doesnt mean humans make them useless. Animators or special effect designers would greatly benefit from this technology as their audiance appreciates the amount of detail and emotion that can be put into a character that may not even be human.They would also be able to more easily acheive the desired emotion by how accurate the system is by using 44 muscles in the face.
Facial Action Coding System's technology is a very good technological advancement able to accuralty read a pseron's emotions. Although this a great new technology it doesnt belong in a classroom because the majority of people have no problems reading other's emotions, and if there is any confussion communication can clear things up better rather than just a face scan. It can be used more effectivly in an animation or special effects proffession in order to get a desired expression with great precision. | 3 |
Luke Bumberger didn't have an clue that he will ride waves. Before he started riding waves he work a partime job at the grocery store and bank , his friend Don invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat he wouldnt say no because he knew it was a lifetime opportunity. In 1945 WORLD WAR TWO was over in Europe and many towns and countries was left in ruins. To help those countries recover their food supplies, animals 44 natoions joined together to form UNRRA the United Nations relief Rehabilitation Administration hired the seagoing cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows,and mules that were shipped overseas. Luke always wanted to ride waves because it opended up the world for him he said im grateful for the opportunitys, before luke and his family host a number of international students and exchange visitors for lots of years he said I found time to have fun on board the cowboys played table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. But after Luke realized after being a Seagoing Cowboy he wanted everyone else to ride waves ,and explore and have fun while doing it so that's why him and his parents wanted to host students to be succeful and succed in life and to do what they dreamed. | 0 |
People all over the world are saying goodbye to their cars and saying hello to different, old-fashioned ways of transportation. This new trend involves walking, bike riding, and other types of public transportation. Certain cities, like Vauban and Paris, have started to set limitations on car usage. These limitations include days where cars with specific license plates' are not allowed to drive that day or even complete days where no driving is allowed, failure to follow these rules results in a fine. Most citizens of these towns have been following these rules and have found to be quite rewarding. These advantages include stress relief and a happier attitude, less greenhouse emission into the atomosphere, and a overall better environment. Limiting car usage is more beneficial than it is negative.
One of the most beneficial parts of not using a car often would be the loss of stress and a increase in a happy attitude. Most people who have participated in the limitation of car use have had positive feed back. One woman in Vauban, Germany, where most citizens are giving up their cars, said "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor." (Rosenthal, 3). Another man in Bogota, Colombia participating in their car-free day said "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress...' said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife." (Selsky, 24). All around people who have joined this trend have started to become happier and less stressed as the start to leave their cars behind.
Another advantage of limiting car usage would be less greenhouse emission into the atomosphere. Cars play a huge part in greenhouse emission into the atomosphere, so limiting the usage would have such a positive result. According the the article
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive ares in the United States." (Rosenthal, 5). Knowing that, cutting out cars would minimize the greenhouse gas emission a huge percent in certain regions, like the United States. The article
The End of Car Culture discusses how the amount of people who own cars keeps getting progressively lower each year, which will help with greenhouse emission. After discussing statistics of the amount of people who own cars in America, the article goese on to say, "If this pattern persists - and many sociologoists believe it will - it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest sourse of America's emissions..." (Rosenthal, 34). With limiting the amount of car usage the atmosphere will be exposed to a lot less greenhouse emission.
One huge advantage of limiting the usage of cars would be a overall better environment. Many cities are so polluted and have air filled with smog, like Beijing and Paris. Some of this smog comes from cars. Paris is doing something to stop their smog from becoming any worse, they are banning driving. "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." (Duffer, 11). A similar situation is happening in Bogota, Columbia. Bogota started a car-free day to help with their situation. "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Violators faced $25 fines." (Selsky, 21). These new limitations on car usage are going to help save the environment.
Overall, the limitations that are being put on car usage have many advantages. The lack of car usage in certain areas is helping to create a better environment, give out less greenhouse emission, and give people a happy attitude. Putting limitations on car usage has benefited many areas and continues to benefit them now. Most of these places are continuing to progress and put more limitations on cars as they head into a nicer, brighter future. | 3 |
For me a car is very important , because if you have a car you can move to other places that you want . But not only that , if you have an emergency you can go rapidly,or in time . But this is not a facility in all countries and exist much problems with that , for example in Germany the street parking ,driveways and home garages , this are generally forbidden ,new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss. but in Vauban's streets are completly car free , this is so good , but with a limit ,like except the main thoroughfare , where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs.
In conclucion:"As a result , 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars , and 57percent sold a car to move here". And this is in source 1.
In source 2, in some countries exist prblems with traffic in the strees. One example is Paris ," 4,000 drivers were fined , according to Reuters ,27peoplehad their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. But the traffic go down 60 percent in the capital of France , after 5 days of intensifying smog . But of course some countries have more that others , for example Paris typically has more smog than others europrean capitals , "Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter ,per cubir meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London , Reuters found .
In Bogota, Colombia one day is celebreted as Car free day , but in once year occur somthing different , millions of colombians hiked , biked , skated or took buses to work during this day , leaving the streets without traffic jams .
Paks and sports center also have bloomed throughout the city , uneven pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad , smooth sidewalks , and others , restrictions have dramatically cut traffic . In conclucion the day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid 1990s . | 0 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The reason is, Venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Even though Venus is despite the danger it presents studying can helps in thr future. The study might not help now but when something happned on Earth, it surely will helps and will be worth it. Even if it doesn't help, studying and knowing good. Paragraph 5 says "Not easy conditions, survivable for humans."
On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degress Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. The conditions of Venus are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. However, peering at Venus from a ship or orbitting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atomsphere.
In Paragraph 8, it states, "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also human curiousity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should expanded to meet the very deges of imagination and innovation." | 1 |
From the article called " The challenge of exploring venus "
the author is talking about the planet Venus and how it has smiliar features like planet earth. It is talking about how it Venus was maybe covered with water, and it had maybe contained living things. Another thing is Venus can meet some things that planet Earth has as well, and it's the cloest planet from all the other ones that humans can actully live on. But the author also inculdes how it might be hard to study and get humans on Venus since it has more Carbon in the atmosphere, and also it's more hotter in the plant it self and not able to support anything that lands on it.
When the author talks about the things that Earth and Venus has in common, like for an example the author talks about how Venus maybe had water. In the text it says, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Then the author goes on and talks about the things it has on the plant, like in the text it says " Today, Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The planet has a surface of rocky ediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters."
Then they talk about how they can still explore the planet, is by staying above the atmosphere, even though it might still be cripsy they'll learn more things about the planet it self. In the text it says, " 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 forms of photography and videography ineffective. Most importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance."
So therefore scientists are trying to figure out ways we can find things and see if it is able to contain life on planet Venus it self. Also to see if maybe their is water somewhere hidden on the planet still and maybe find life on there. | 0 |
Is this a break in on personal space? That was my first concern when learning about this technology to be used in a classroom setting. I think that there is a good side to this technology, but also a creepy side to this. I do not personally believe that it is a good system to be used in classrooms for a couple reasons, and this is why.
I believe that not everyone wants to have a computer in their classroom reading and analyzing their face. I think that not everyone wants to truly show their emotions and have a computer put them out for other people to see. Some students struggle with alot of things in life and they have the right to keep that to themselves if they want. If someone is going through some struggles, having a computer read their emotions and then portray them to somone else will just make the other person want to help. Sometimes more attention is not what people need, they might just need some time or space. This also leads to it being a break in on personal space. I think it is creepy to have a computer looking into your emotions on a regular day in class. I definitly believe that my fellow peers would also find it a creepy technology and would also not want it. I also belive that it is a waste of money due to the high cost it would probably require. This technology seems prett expensive due to how advanced it is and I believe that the money could be spent on other usefull things. I do think it is important to make learning more indiviualized, so kids are not just bored in class and do not actually learn. I believe that this should be done with better teachers who care about the students future, not just there to make their payroll. I do see a good side to this, but in a law enforcement appliation. They could use it whenever interogating someone to see if they are lying or keeping other parts of the story out.
Overall I truly do think that this is a cool technology, but I think that it is also somewhat a waste of time and there are bigger things to worry bout in the world. I do not believe that this is usefull in a classroom. Also all systems have their flaws and they did not say how accurate it is. This could be used to something good but I just do not see the application in a classroom. | 3 |
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