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Luke encourages people to join the seagoing cowboys program because he thinks since when he were in the program it was amazing I know this because in paragraph 5 it says the cattle-boat trips were unbeliveible opportunity for a small town boy.
Also it says But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special so was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I think he thinks that the places they go are really special because each one of the Countries has different things about that country. Maybe one country might be more poor than the other but he is impress how they are manaing to keep their selves together and not fall apart.
Another reason I think Luke trys to convince people to join this program is so they can learn and change the way they used to be. The program can teach them alot I know this because in paragraph 7 it says Helping out on his aunt katie's farm as a boy had prepared luke for hard work, but not for dangers at the sea. Thats teaching him how to survive on his own he's getting taught and he is changing during this program so thats what he thinks this pro gram can do for other kids wanting to do this program.
Luke trys to tell you all the things you can be instead of the things you think you have to be. Before Luke was in this program he worked at a grocery store and as a banker I know this because in paragraph 1 it says Luke Bomberger had no idea that hi life could change soon after his high school graduation. he was working part time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat so that why I think he trys to encourage people to join the program. | 2 |
Despite the dangers that Venus holds, scientists are still pursuing futher exploration onto the surface. Many spacecrafts have traveled to Venus but none have lasted more than a few hours in the tretorous climate. Temperatures on the planet's surface average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide surrounds Venus. Aside from the high heat and pressure, Venusian geology and weather add additional issues. Earthquakes and erupting volcanoes impede the surface, and frequent lightning strike the probes seeking to land. Even though Venus is inexplicably dangerous, the unanswered questions, the close proximity and relativity to Earth keep scientists pursuing Venus and its dangers.
Venus may be close to Earth, but climate and weather impedes traveling to the planet. Since it is hard to get to Venus, it is hard to answer the many questions that both the community and scientists ask themselves. Unanswered questions, make Venus worthy of further exploration. Presently Venus is inhospitable, but the realization that it once supported oceans and various forms of life keep scientists interested. The only forms that are similar to Earth, are the moutains, valleys, and craters that form there.
Some would think that being in such close proximity to Venus, it would be easy to explore, whether it be from a telescope or fresh pictures taken from a rover, but that is not the case. The powerful weather and other impediments, keep the spacecrasfts from landing on the surface for more than a few hours. Also, Venus has the hottest surace temperature of any other planet in the Milky Way solar system, even though Mercury is closer to the sun.
Scientists have found out that in the past, Venus supported land masses, oceans, life forms, and other things relating to Earth, but the question still stands, how did it become the harsh planet scientists explore today? The structures that still stand such as moutains, serve as a purpose to further explore Venus. It proves that once Venus was just like Earth and Earth could one day become like Venus is now.
Further exploration of Venus could help scientists learn more about what happened to Venus and why it became a heated wasteland. Venus used to be just likde Earth before what happened? Over time, Venus' climate became significantly hotter and the life forms and most of the surface structure dissapeared.
Though Venus is extremely dangerous, the questioning scientists, the past relativity and close proximity to Earth, keep exploration to Venus still possible | 3 |
I belive we should have driverless cars for many reasons. One reason is becuase like it said in the article " the he cars he foresses would use half the fuel of today's taxi" so we would using way less fuel so that would be saving people money.
Also people wouldn't have to buy cars anymore so people would be saving even more money then since we won't be buiyng cars anymore we won't have to worry about paying to get them fixed when they break down.
With less peo[le driving thier would be less wrecks becuase people wouldn't be doing stupid things like speeding and not paying attention. You also wouldn't have to worry about going to fast or going to slow. Many compine are working on making driverless card but they aren't totaly driverless. They have made cars that can back out for you and BMW has made a car that can drive it's self but also sometimes need human help for certain situation.
One of the main problems with getting driverless care is that its against the law to test them in some states. They would also have to get a law passed decinding wether the company or the person in the car is for blame if the car wrecks. i belive that we will have driverless cars one day. | 1 |
I think we should use that technology to see students emotions. we would be abel to see how they really feel in that just one picture. we could see how they felt towards someone. when they lying too, becuase some students dont like to show or describe how they feel. not just on students we should use it on we should use it on friends and family too. we need to know how to help people if they upstet to cheer them up, or if there happy we need to know what made them happy.
some students/people dont like to express their emotions becuase they think it lame. especially men becuase they dont want to seem weak. everyone should know how they feel that day or how the felt becuase we might be able to help them. it can also see mixed emtions for example in the artical it said " the software can even identify mixed emtions". it saying we can see if they are feeling happy and mad or sad or mad together. it can identify what feelings are going in together.
it also very cool how just a computer can tell you the percentages of how somebody feels. like it awesome becuase you can maybe find out how somebody feels when they see you. it can let them know " oh he/she gets happy when they see me" and it might make them happy too. the crazy part of this invention he bulit is thta it parts they use for videogames. it can tell if your really feeling that way or just faking it. it can detect alot of emotions you might be hiding. | 1 |
When it comes to voting citizens from all over the country wonder if the Electoral College , "winner-take-all" system is the best way to choose our president. The obvious answer is yes. The Electoral College system was stablished by the founding fathers years ago and its been working perfectly fine untill present date.
Electing our president through electoral votes takes care of minor problems such as favorism of regions .Each state is giving electoral votes based on their population , no region such as south, north, east, ect.. has enough electoral votes to choose a president.(source 3 paragraph 19) " So a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win" A president with a favorite region may make the rest of the country feel like their votes doesn't count and the new president will show no attention to their interests and their problems. Electing our presidents via Electoral College is the best way to make our country feel like our president is everyones president .
Most americans may prefer a direct election over the kind we have now. (source 2: paragraph 9) "... according to a poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore-thanks to the quirks of the electoral college-won the popular vote but lost the presidency" Americans think that by choosing our leader by popular vote their votes will be represented more . Americans are also scared of a tie between candidates since the electoral vote numer is a even number ( 538 in total ) but they only need 270 to win the elections. They shouldnt be worried about this a tie could happen but is mostlikely never going to happen. The biggest complain about the winner take all system is that it is unfair to voters since cindidates campaign in big states or states with a lot of electoral votes , they dont spend time on states they know they have no chance of winning . ( source 2: paragraph 13) "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." but this isn't completely true , the winner take all method motivates candidates to focus their efforts on the " toss-up " states. Voters in these states really listen to the competeting candidates knowing they are responsible for deciding the election . "But of course no voter's vote swings a national election .." "Voters in presidentia elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election " (source 3: paragraph 23) One persons vote is not going to decide the election so no matter what point of view yu look at it from , electoral vote is the best way to choose our leader . | 3 |
I believe that we should change the system to "election by popular vote". If we were to change the way we elect our president im sure citizens would be more pleased with the over all outcome. People vote on who they think is best fit to represent them and give them the best over all outcome. When using the "electoral college" you are not voting for the president but you are voting for a state of electors. It would be easier to simply allow presidents to get the popular vote in order to make the election more fair all around. The "electoral college" is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system. It is time to change our voting methods because the "electoral college" system is outdated, irrational, and unfair to citizens.
When people place their vote they belive they are putting in a vote for the president they choose, not for a slate of electors. The "electoral college" is a very non-democratic way of selecting your president. In a way the government is deceiving their citizens by the way our voting method is set up. When people vote they feel a sense of independence because they are allowed to choose who they would like to represent them in congress. But instead once they place their vote it goes to electors rather than a simple vote towards the one they selected. If you were to change the way people's votes were counted it would be easier and faster to elect a president and get him into office to fix world-wide problems.
In all three articles at least one section has made it clear on their opinion to abolish the electoral college. Figures such as Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and even the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have agreed on abolishing the electoral college. When voting for president you are voting for a slate of electors, but do we even know who these supposed electors are! Are votes are being manipulated and we are not even aware of who is doing it. If we can not vote for are president without going through electors we should be able to vote for the electors who are voting for are president. It is only fair that we have some say in everything that is going on. When votes are being placed we should be informed of all that is going on.
If you were to vote for your favorite tv show but your vote had to go through twenty different people all with different opinions you would be frustrated. Now imagine that scenario but with something extremely more significant than a televison show, the president. You are trusting possibly the next four years of your life with strangers in which you have never heard of before. It would only be fair if we could simply change the system to popular vote rather than electoral college.
If you switch to popular vote more people would be more likely to vote because they could have more confidence about their vote. They would feel free to make their own decision and trust it would not be tampered with by a stranger. People deserve a fair vote and with the popular vote that is what you are giving them. Because every living being deserves equality. Changing the system would not only be helpful for citizens but helpful for the congress. Instead of having random members of congress choose the president they can work on serious issues around the world. They can stop worrying about foolishness and do their jobs.
In conclusion changing the way people vote is easier for everybody. It saves time for electors and it gives people a chance to see who they are really voting for. Presidents would have to go to each state and appeal to them in order to get a vote. I belive that is what we need. They would be required to actually work for a position in office rather than speaking on whjat they are going to do and paying someone else to elect them. We should have faith in our president and know who we are voting for before we cast our vote. This system seems more fair and more modern to the twenty first century. This is a system most Americans would agree with. So to end my argument I simply say think before you act and truly try to do whats right. | 3 |
Has anyone ever actually seen an alien? I believe we have no reason to believe this supposed 'face' was created by them. The 'face' is just a natural landform because I can't even pick out the face, aliens are most likely not even real, and it looks like a natural build-up of sand or dirt.
I can't even see the face in 'the Face on Mars.' To me it looks like any normal pile of hardened dirt or sand. From what I can tell, this 'face' isn't even a face. It's more like when you see a crack in the sidewalk, and pick out a cool design, making it seem like something it's not, with your imagination.
Aliens probably don't even exist. No one has ever seen one, so why should we believe aliens created it at all? Even if it did just happen to be aliens, they probably weren't intelligent enough to create a 'face.'
The pile looks like a natural build up of sand or dirt. Stuff like that happens all the time with hardened dirt or sand, whether by accident or by choice. It doesn't make any sense at all, personally those are my thoughts.
Just because aliens haven't been found yet, doesn't mean they don't exist. While this is true, we also have NO evidence that aliens ARE real, therefore, this means there is a chance they still don't exist at all, which just as much chance that they do.
The face on Mars is probably just something that formed by accident, because there really is no point to it all, which brings us to the question, even if it was aliens, and it is a face, what reason would they have to do this? That isn't something that can be explained which is why it's just a natural landform... I can't even see the face in it, aliens probably don't exist, and it looks like a natural build-up of hardened sand and/or dirt. | 1 |
The face on Mars cannot be created by aliens if the NASA cameras did not see any people/aliens. On that fact if NASA did see any aliens on Mars they would have kept it top secret and wold have not showed the images to the world. Not saying its true but if NASA had shown an alien on Mars the world would freak out and we wold destroy each other.
Now tell me if you seen an alien on Mars what would you do?
All I am saying is in 1976 if aliens did make that face then why are we still here? Why haven't the aliens came yet ? Because if aliens were to make that face on Mars then that means they seen NASA's cameras circling their planet so they would've found a way to get them down. But I think it's a big pain in the butt to the people that think thier is alien life on a planet in our Solier System.
I also want to no part in this discussing because if you don't want to belive me that is on you to look crazy if front of the world so do what you think is best about it I have to get to back to work. | 1 |
Even though the Electoral College is known as a disaster factor, it has its benefits. The Electoral College is a process that consists of the selection of the electors. Each candidate running in your state has his or her own group of electors that are voted for. When you vote on election day, which is held every four years on Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemeber, you vote for the candidate's electors. Many politicians wanted to abolish the Electoral College because of its lack of democratic pedigree, but the college doesn't allow voters of other regions to feel disenfranchised, it avoids run-off elections, and thinks that the most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.
The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have a trans-regional appeal. It would not be fair for a candidate to campaign heavily in a state that they know they are going to win. This does not gain them any electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows will win. This causes voters that are from the opposite region to feel as if their votes did not count, that their new president would not care about their interests or values. The president would not really be their president because of the fact that they were ignored.
Voters that are more likely to pay attention to the campaign by listening to each opposing sides that compete against one another should decide the election. If voters that voted didn't care and picked the weaker candidate, then everyone would pay the price. The knowledgable voters listen to the competing candidates and will receive the most information and attention from the candidates. This leads to a candidate worthy enough to become president, which will choose the country's decisions for the next four years.
Run-off elections, where elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast is avoided. There is pressure for run-off elections when no candidate wins a majority of the votes cast, which complicates the presidential election process, but is reduced by the Electoral College to announce a clear winner. The run-off election once happened to Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992.
Many argue the fact that the Electoral College method may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope for carrying their state. People knowing their vote will have no effect, will have less intentions of paying attention to the election then they would have if the president picked the popular vote. Voter's in presidential elections are people who want to express a political reference and want the best for their country's future rather than people who think one vote may decide the election and disregard the point of voting. | 3 |
Acording to the artical, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because the software can actually recognize about every emotion. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate.
In paragraph 2, the question asks "How can a computer recognize the subtle facial movement we humans use to express how we feel?" Paragraph 3 then goes on to explain the answer to that question. They said that the process begins when the computer contructs a 3-D computer model of the face. All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists such as Dr. Eckman. This doctor classified 6 different basic emotions.
According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but may also even help producd them. From my perspective, The use of this technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is very indead valuable. | 1 |
The majority of people use some sort of gas transportation such as a bus or a car. It is a good idea to limit the usage of gas tranportation to help save our enviroment, to help our own health and to save money. Cars are very popular now-a-day but are also bad for everyone and for the world we all live in. Limiting car use will be better for all of us.
Car usage is extremly bad for our enviroment. According to the first article in paragraph five a total of about 62 percent of gas emission in our enviroment iin Europe and the United States are because of cars. That is alot, and to think that limiting the usage of cars or eliminating it will help better the enviroment and world we live in. As stated in the fourth article in paragraph 29 that every year our enviroment betters due to less people buying cars and getiing licenses.
Health is a big issue everyone faces. The more cars our used the more contaminated the oxygen we breath gets. We can not afort to let the air we breath get contaminated. In the second article throughout the whole reading Robert Duffer the author says that in paris smog is everywere. That fog absorbs all the gas that the cars release. Think about it, that poluted fog is n the air and you can not help breathing it. Once you breath that fog you are putting your health at risk.
Every car i money you have to waste out of your pocket. You waste money when you buy the car, when it breaks down, and even everytime the car is low on gas. If you put that all together you are wasting lost of money when you could be saving it and using on other things. In article one in paragraph two in the last sentence the author put how much money is wasted to be able to have a car which is about $40,000. Having a car means getting fines if you do something wrong or improperly as showed in paragraphs 11 and 21.
In conclusion, cars are not good for the enviroment, our health, or for our money. Use cars less or do not use them at all. Everyone needs to end car use. Make a change, it is all up to you. | 3 |
Working on cattle boats are great, I believe that everybody should work on them And there are many good reasons why you should work on cattle boats And here are just some reasons.
One reason why working on a cattle boat would be you can help save farm animals. I'm not saying that farm animals would go completely extinct, but The population could go way down because of the war going on right know. Many countries were left to ruins so the animals would not have any food, shelter or even maby water.
Onother reason is that you Get to travel all around the world and get to see many different things. One time on my way to china I got to tour a excavated castle in Crete, and also marveled at the Panama Canal.
Also on the way back from trips when the animals were unloaded, we all found our times to have fun. We would play Baseball, volleyball games and many more exciting things that interested us on the way back wile we were not doing anything.
That is why I belive everybody should become a cattle worker, and my reasons why you should become one. | 2 |
This new technology shows that no matter what, until humans are gone they will keep evolvng.
However, with this certain technology, I do not agree with the concept, while it may be practical in certain ways, at the same time some can feel, as many others probably would as well, that it could feel like it would be an invasion of privacy.
The reasons for this are as follows, when people are trying to hide how they feel it is for a reason and in a classroom, the computer would constantly be changing and running even harder to get nothing done or even hurt the learning, because no matter how much they like the subject, some students would still get bored or not engaged.
The first reason for thinking that this could be considered an invasion of privacy is that when people are trying to hide their emotions they are hiding them for a reason.
They might not have a good reason for hiding their emotions from you, but it is still their reason and their emotions, and whether or not you agree with how they're feeling and why, you have to respect their feelings.
While in certain aspects it could be useful to have this in a classroom setting, as a whole, it would not do much good.
Where the computer could change the lesson to help you be more engaged, it could also hurt in the actual learning of the subject.
Some people work in a way that, while they may seem like they are not engaged in the subject and therefore not learning anything from the subject, they are still learning just as well as if they were actively engaged in the subject.
In a perfect world, students could be engaged and still learn at the same time, while some students can, lots of students can't learn as well if they are engaged to an extent in the lesson, they may feel engaged and seem engaged, but at the same time they may forget everything that they learn within the next day.
This new technolgy could be beneficial, but at the same time it could be considered a breach of privacy and it could hurt and not do anything to change the learning of the subject by the student.
For these reasons I believe that this software should be used, but only for certain reasons, and not generally in schools. | 3 |
The face on Mars is just a natural landform and not created by aliens. In paragraph one it says nasa Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet snapping photos of possible landing sistes for its sister ship Viking 2 when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face.In paragraph three it says it had a mouth;nose;eyes;and a resembles of a human head.
Second: Aliens did not create the face. When the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time they was snapping pictures they said there was no aliens monument after all. How would aliens make a humand face on mars. Thats crazy because aliens do not exsist.
Inconclusion: the face was ca landform because as you can tell by the pictures it was a landform.It shows the face it showes how the face is getting coved up as the years pass by then it just show how the face is gone. Thats how i know the face was just a landform. | 1 |
People should start to join the group I am in. You can go see many new places and things all while traveling the world on a mission to help others. We are called Seagoing Cowboys. You should want to be a Seagoing Cowbow, it isvery benificial to all that are involved in this wonderful process.
When you are a Seagoing Cowboy you will get the time to explore the current area that you are located in. In the program you will have free time and be able to do other things when away,such as sight seeing. At times when you are with the group you will be helping the people of that land who are in need of our service, regain their streingth as a bation and build thier natrual resources. These kind of things will be animals, food, shelter, and clothes.We will travel with all the resorces we plan to donate to the peoples including the animals.
I myself have even thought, is it worth
getting sea sick this many times, I miss my family, maybe I should just go home. But I did not cave in to those thoughts, and I'm still here withthe porgram. You will have todo the same and persue with the action. I had to do it for myself to accomplish something. I had to stay for my family so I could still be their hero, and that means nearly everthing to me. Most importently though you have to stay for the people, to help them means the world for their sake. You have to focus on the positive.
So please take this amazind and outstanding oportunity and sighn up. I promis you won't be dissapointed at the chance of a life time. To help people and make this world a better place. To spend time with hundreds of animals. Also to see and do things you would normaly never have done or expirinenced before. So please take this oportunety at something amazing, and if you cant do it for your self do it fo the people. Please. | 2 |
In the article"Driverless Cars Are Coming," autonomous cars are being developed by car companies across the world. Most companies believe that these self-driving cars will be a good influence on the world, however I disagree. I am aganist the development of these cars because of the copius amount of money it will use and the unessecary addition of new driving laws.
In the 1950's, a company created a car that could run on a special track whose usage developed as the years went on. Researchers have found that, "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be pratical." Smarter roads required too much money to develop and lead to the creation of smart cars. Smart cars have a lot of beneficiary components, but are not completly self-driving. This idea of self-driven cars is too complex to create; even the "smartest" cars with the latest and high technology cannot be fully self-driven. The money used for these unrealistic cars can be used for other important things in the buisness world and in the real world. Better cars that require driving should be developed or the money should go to the governement to fund other things. Overall, the large sums of money being drawn to create self-driven cars is a negative development.
If self-driven cars are created, many new lawsuits will be filed regarding the new cars. The biggest question that will stand will be, "if the techonology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" Autonomous cars will bound to have accidents and if the car is driving, lawyers will not know who to blame and take charges. if a person was not driving the car and it crashed but was stil inside, would that person be charged? Unnecessary actions that the government does not have time for will have to be taken- new laws regarding the creation of self-driving cars will be made so that parties will not be at fault. Laws containg the legality of accidents and the questionable safety of the car. The "human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when situation requires" which goes aganist a self-driven car, the car has to be the one to be ready to drive and do what humans would do when driving. This raises questions on whether people can truly be safe inside a self-driven car.
In conclusion, the development of self-driving cars is a negative addition for the world because of the copius amounts of money needed and the addition of new driving laws. | 3 |
this new computer system if it does come out for school it might be help for some of the kids. so when they are getting confused about a mth problem then dont have to raise there hand becuase some kids i know dont like to raise there hand when they are confused about the math problem, so if this comes out it will be able to help the student explame or show them differently so they can understand what is going on. this could also work if the students is at home doing homework and need help well it can help maybe showing them how to do it or taking them to a webister or video showing them what id happening because they cant assk the teacher for when they are home unless they email thee teacher which they might not email them right away. so this could be a good thing to try one some school across the country testing out how this works with students and see how the students react to this computers system. | 1 |
I am with the developement of computer-driven cars. I am with it because it uses half the fuel we use today,more safe for the drivers and passengers, and more fun for you while driving.
I am with the cumputer-driven cars because it uses half the fuel we use now for cars. This is good because then it would be less pollution and we wont have to worry about running out of fuel so quick. In the text it says "The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's
taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." Thats good because we'll have less fuel needed.
Also why im with the development of computer-driven cars is because, its more safe for drivers and passengers. That is also good becasue then it will be less wrecks that will happen and more lives we have not dying over a car wreck.The text says "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without crash." Thats good because they will be driving more and not have to worry about crashing and that will keep the people safe.
Lastly why i am with the development of computer-driven cars is because it'll be more fun.This is because you can text and do other things while the car is driving its self. The it says the car will alert you when the car needs human skills. So until then you could be texting, on the phone, and doing other things without worried about getting into a wreck. Also its more fun is because now you can talk more to your friends and do oyher things instead of keeping your eyes on the road the whole time not doing nothing.
The reasons why im with the computer-driven cars is because, it uses less fuel, its more safe, and its more fun. I think that the computer-driven cars will be a great success and alot of fun for everyone. | 2 |
Venus is the planet closest to Earth. Also the second planet from our sun. Venus have a lot of dangous thing. Theis different things Venus and Earth don't have the same.
Venus is like Earth "Twin," but not that much. There are some different they both have. Like in paragragh three, it says ''Venus has the hottests surface temperature of any planet in our solar system., even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Also the temperature average is over 800 defrees Fahnrenheit. In Venus there is diferent weather then us, there's powerful earthquakes and frequent lightning. Venus has some personal despite risks.
Another thing they both have some features that are analogous to those on earth. Like in paragragh four says, the planet has a "surface of rocky sediment." Also both are included familiar features like bot have valleys, mountains,and craters.
There's are many other diferent things both planet dont have. But Earth is beyond no danger. | 0 |
Many people have joined the Seagoing Cowboys lately. Mostly because of the feeling you get when you get to help someone out. World war II has left many Eurepean citys in shambles and with-out the needed suplies. I am here today to list the good and bad facts about this job.
First of all my time at the job was amazing, fun, and not all work. On your trip there you watch horses, mules, and/or cows. That only consist of cleaning pens, feeding, watering, grooming, and exersizing. On your way back you get to see many epic sights and amazing views. You also can relax and play games like table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and other games to help pass the time.
Now a bad thing to show you, so you can see its now all fun and games. Once I was night-gaurd and it was raining I slipped and fell feet first down a hole I landed with only a metal rail to stop me from plunging deep into the great unknown.
That feeling of acomplishment is the best feeling ever. Imagine this. When you get there you see hunger people surviving with the clothes on their back and food from the rubble of houses. They smile and you see many kids watch from still standing houses and you smile back as they help to unload the cattle.
Little things do help. There are many little things you can do to help out with this. Things as simple as recycling or not wasting food, its hard to eprectiate what you have untill you see others that have lost it all. I have I've seen people who have been happy and far then lost it all because of war.
I've made eight trips so far and am incuraging you to come helpout with this uphill battle. I hope that I've shown you how important it is to help others, because I have found out that it only takes a simple deed and your on the right track. I hope you will join the Seagoing Cowboys soon. | 3 |
Should we keep our method of choosing the president? If so there's 3 reasons for why we should: we would have certainty of an outcome, states will have equal voting rights, and we would avoid run-off elections. Those are just a few good reasons for why we should keep our method for choosing a president the same.
The certainty of an outcome will always be there in the Electoral College. Even when a canidate receives more votes than other candidates while not receiving a clear majority of votes. There could always be a dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote but that wouldn't mean that there couldn't be an outcome. Even though there's a very rare chance of there being a tie in the outcome since theres 538 votes there would still be an outcome.
Even though the bigger states should have more voting rights than the smaller states it's equal for a couple reasons. They all get Electoral votes, but the large states get more attention then the smaler states because they have more electoral votes then the smaler states do. It also restores the political balance upon states.
We could also avoid run-off elections by keeping the same method. If you win the majority in Electoral votes then there's pressure for run-off elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes cast. That's why we have our nation to vote for the president, because they effect the matter alot just by putting in one vote.
Those are just a few reasons for why we should keep the same method for choosing the president it's by the outcome and the votes. The reason for why we let our nation choose is because we like for them to be involved with who controls them in every wich way. That's just a few reasons for why we choose the president the method for the method that we use. | 2 |
Could just a computer solve classroom confusion? New technology has been created to be able to read facial expressions. Some experts think this will help to better understand individual student's feelings about the school topic. Or will it actually just distract the student?
Students are often faced with many distractions in the school enviroment. One of which being friends. Friends who don't necessarily care about school can sometimes rub off on students who do care about school. Which can ultimately affect how well they do in school. Friends can also distract another student by talking while the instructor is going over new material. This can cause some students to miss important information and not know how to properly perfom the lesson. Well wouldn't a computer sitting in front of you reading your facial expressions and adjusting the lesson accordingly be distracting? It would be just as bad as your best friend sitting in front of you telling you how you feel about the subject. Not only that it would also be constantly changing up the way the lesson is explained, and ultimately causing a state of confusion for the student.
Another downside would be the cost of this new technology. It would cost an extremely large amount of money to provide an entire school with these facial recognition computers. Not to mention, the fact that if the power goes out then how will the computers be able to operate. Or if the internet connection would fail it wouldn't be able to send you the information on how you are feeling on the subject. An internet connection for all of these computers will not be cheap either.
A final downside would be the uneasing feeling that you are always being watched. Which may cause some students to feel nervous about how they have to do well. Which may turn in to a backfire and cause them to perform poorly.
Now don't get me wrong, to a point it would be helpful for the kids who are shy and won't speak up in class, yet if they just spoke up and told the teacher that they dont understand the topic then the teacher could adjust the lesson. It would also make it a lot easier for a more individual approach to each kid so they could learn it the way that's best for them, but whoever said school was going to be easy. You need to learn the material the way it needs to be done and do your best to succeed in that topic. It may also cause students to not cheat knowing that they are being watched, but wouldn't you feel a little uneasy knowing that your every move is being watched?
In conclusion, facial coding computers should not be used to read student's emotions. As it can cause many distractions; from the uneasy feeling that your being watched to having a computer sitting in front of you for most of your school day. It is a distraction and it is not going to ultimately help students. | 3 |
As a child, I dreamed of the future. There has been many movies that were different ideas of what the future of our world could be like. A common idea is the idea of futuristic cars. Cars are a very common way of traveling. They're convienient, and easy to operate. Unfortunately, driving cars does cause a lot of deaths and injuries because there are many accidents that occur. The new idea that is developing is driverless cars, meaning that people do not have to control the car at all times. Many states will not allow driverless cars to be tested, but I think that they could be very beneficial and can do more good than harm to us in the future. Driverless cars should continue to be developed because it will make traveling more convienient, it will save money, and reduce the amount of car accidents.
Driverless cars will make traveling a lot easier and more convienient. When driving to a place that's far away, a lot of times a person has to stop somewhere overnight so they can rest. If they had a driverless car, they can sleep while the car gets them where they need to go. It will cut down the amount of time it takes to get places, which is very helpful. Also, when a person travels on an unfamiliar road it is very easy to make a wrong turn or just go a wrong way. Sometimes, turning around isn't an option for a while which can make it a very stressful and annoying thing. A driverless car would not make those mistakes. The GPS system in them will let them know exactly where to go.
Saving money is something that a lot of people try to do, and driverless cars can help with that. When traveling, you have to stop and stay at a hotel. Hotels can be very expensive, but if someone is too tired to keep driving, they have to stop and stay at one. With a driverless car, a person does not have to stop and stay at a hotel. While you sleep, the car keeps driving. So instead of wasting a huge amount of money on hotel rooms, you can save it for more important things.
So many people die every year because of car accidents. A big reason why is because people do not pay attention to the road while driving, which is very dangerous. Driverless cars can reduce the amount of car accidents. The car drives itself, and if you do not have to be paying attention to the road all the time, a person could text and do other things while they are in the car. Since the car has sensors and all kinds of different functions, it can brake, accelerate, turn, etc by itself. If everyone's car did all of these things, then the amount of accidents will be reduced because cars will be paying attention to the road at all times. It wil not be distracted by a phone or another person; therefore, there should be far less accidents that occur.
How could someone possibly be opposed to driverless cars? They could benefit people in so many ways. Although the development of them would be a long and tedious process, it'd be completely worth it. Driverless cars could even save lives. Continuing the development of them could change our world in such a positive way. I think they shoud continue developing driverless cars because it will make traveling more convienient, save people money, and reduce the amount of car accidents. | 3 |
The Challenges of Exploring Venus is highley dangerous to land and to live on. Its sometimes called the "Evening Star". Its the brightest points of light in the night sky. in our solar system Venus is the second planet from our sun. Humans have sent numerous meaning lots of aircrafts to land on Venus. Since there not been a successful space air craft that survived the landing for than a few hours. issues explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Venus's reputation as a challenging plant for humans to study. The planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Venus is a hard planet to explore on giving the fact that its 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The Solar power would be plentiful and radiation would not exceed on Earth levels. Temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Most importantly researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Many of our researchers are working on making innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Other studies show that NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted up to at least three weeks in such conditions. By comparison systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure and heat and in all other forces.
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" would take more than a few years for our researchers to figurer a way to collect the data from the planet. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Venus has value not because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself. But also because of human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doughts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 0 |
I am against the deselopement of driverless cars. Its great learning how to drive. Especially when some one you love is teaching you. It creates great times and memories for the both of you. I am against the developement of driverless cars because they can malfunction and become cause harm and because its good for people to learn things on their own.
Driverless cars can malfunction and become dangerous for the passengers in the car. They may seem great at first, but then what will happen if it breaks down or something spontanious happens that the car is not programmed to recognize? The world is very unpredictable. It would be good to have a human and alert pair of eyes on the road.
Its good for people to learn to drive on their own. Just like the text says, " ...so far, Google cars aren't truely driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadblock or accidents." Humans, or passengers, need to know how to do those things until that is programmed. Also learning to drive is a great way to bond with family members or a trusted lisenced adult. It creates memories. I know this from experience. When I turned 15 my mother wanted to teach me to drive. Our relationship was on the rocks around that time but her teaching me to drive only made us smile, laugh, and reminisse on me alonost killing us. Once i learned to drive I felt like i had accomplished something worth while. I felt I had purpose on the road. Thhats a great feeling.
Some may argue that driverless cars are a good thing and that they may be safer. That is true in some cases but not all. I believe driverless cars would be perfect for events and a large amount of passengers. For example, prom, a driverless limo would be perfect. There may be drinking involved that may be the safest way back for the promgoers, but what if theres a road block and all of the passengers are drunk? Then what?
I am against the deveopement of driverless cars because at times it can be very dangerous also its great learning to drive. Personally I love driving. Many other people do too. Also many other people are too young to drive and cant wait to learn. If technology does everything that child that dreams of getting behind the wheel of their dream car just has to watch as a passenger. | 2 |
While it is incredible that Prof. Thomas Huang has developed this mechanism to read anyone's emotions, it should not be implemented in the classroom. As humans, we have the basic right to freedom of speech which allows us to speak our opinions, but it also allows us to keep some things to ourself, and that includes our emotions.
Some peole are better at reading emotions and body language than others, and nobody can do anything about that. But sometimes students conceal emotions from teachers for reasons, and sometimes kids just want to figure out how to perform tasks on their own. If a student is taking an online course and appears confused, it's best to let them decide whether or not they need to be taught more about the subject or it they are jsut struggling with a certain aspect of it. Also, if a student's face is 45% concentrated and 55% confused, they may not want the computer to bombard them with a lesson and break their concentration, which would end up frustrating the student. In paragraph 6, the author says, "Imagine a computer that knows when you’re happy or sad." While it could be beneficial for a computer to know what emotions the students in the lesson are feeling, what would it do if the student was overwhelmed by emotions that weren't related to the lesson at hand? Woult the computer be able to decipher what emotions were related to the lesson and which were just carried over from their home life or other things?
In paragaph 6, the author says, "Imagine a computer that knows when you’re happy or sad. For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different." there are already many people who are against the idea of personalized ads, and think they are an invasion of privacy. Imagine a computer almost reading your mind to get ads best for you, I personally can't remember the last time I smiled at an advertisement, even if it was for something I wanted. I've always seen ads as an interuption of the task at hand, and the last thing I want is for an ad to break my concentration with something that I want while I am doing something productive.
In paragraph 7, the author explains that while this technology is out there, it will likely not be available anytime in the near future, "Your home PC can’t handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa’s smile." Even though this technology will likely not be implemented into classrooms for a while, it is still worth discussing whether it ever should. | 3 |
Have you ever wanted to explore the world? Have you ever wanted to get a fun job? Well, if you do then I believe being a seagoing cowboy would be great for you. There are so many reasons to join. So I will tell you them.
One big reason to join is that you get to explore the world. This is a job where you take animals across was to different countries. I myself visited many countries and loved it. You get to see such beatiful sights while getting paid.
Another reason is its fun. As I mentioned before you go to such wonderful places. Plus, when the ship returns from one destination the shipmate have fun completions the while time, and when you are at whatever place you are you can visit anywhere and have fun anywhere. All while being payed.
One of my favorite reasons is that you help people. Being a Seagoing Cowboy means that you help people. You give to countries in need. Not only do you help them, you also help yourself. I never realized the need of other countries before a became a Seagoing Cowboy. I just love to give other countries animals that are in need.
I hope I convinced you to become a cowboy of the sea. I think you should become one, just because it is so wonderful. I bed thee farewell with hopes that you become a Seagoing Cowboy. | 2 |
The author descided to take a trip to Venus and explore it but he said that he had to face some problems why on Venus because the lack of oxygen and other human resourceses that humans need to stay heathly and alive.
My first reason for why the author said that Venus is hard trying to explore. The supporting detail i had is that earth has enough carbon dioxide so we can live but then if we go to Venus. Venus only has 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus. So then if we were to try to live there it would be tough due to the lack of carbon dioxide.
My second reason my why the author says the dangers it presents. The second detail is that in article is says " that an environment would crush even submarines. So it would be pretty bad there due to the effects we get form the water.
My third reason why the author says that Venus is dangours. In the article it says its get way to hot there for a human can stand the heat. In the article it says" On the planets surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the temperatures average over 800 degress fahrenheit and the atmosperic pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience.
So that is why i think the author wrote what he wanted is becasue he wanted to show people that Venus is dangerous so people can also see what are the deifferences that earth and venus have. | 2 |
I can just imagine how the near future ahead may look. From time to time I ask my great grandmother questions about the life she had growing up and im always amazed by the comaparison to the life that I live. I have grown up with technology at my fingertips, techonology from the alarm that wakes me up to the music I listen to on my ipod when I go to sleep. Growing up I don't remember getting lost and having to ever ask for direcions when traveling out of state with my family. We simply used our GPS system. I like watching movies on the car when we go places, and I life the rear camara on the car that helps us drive safely. These new techonologies have made our lives much easier and thanks to those bright minds that have created and innovated the techonlogy we have.
As time goes by, we as a society must make progress, and its clear that we have. Along with progress comes some disagreements and possible dangers thanks to time and acceptace from our society we have made great improvements from, lets say the time my great grandma was just a young girl. From these I can say that when the question of driveless cars comes up I am all for it. I believe that having to get inside a smart car that "could drive themselves", is not a bad thing or idea at all.
"In the 1980's auto makers used speed secors in the creation of anti lock brakes. Within 10 years, those sencors became more advanced. Since 2009 Google has had cars that could drive themselves under under specific conditions." The improvents cars have made have been done for own advantage and yes, one could arugue the dangers of having a driveless car, since a driveless car is not the same as just having better brakes or a Google car that still has a human in control of it but it's evident that since the past there have been innovations made to cars and our everyday lives that has only led to greater things through out the decades.
These new cars have challeges to overcome and these challeges are the reason some oppose the idea and in some states it is even illegal to even test computer driven cars. Some question their safety and liability in the case of an accident but like anything new it has to start from somewhere in order to improve. To this day auto makers are continuing their work on the assuption that problems ahead will be solved and as a member of the future I look foward to those soutions and the positive changes it may bring and I want to be able share progress stories one day of how far we have come. | 2 |
I think that the technolgy to read students' emotional expressions would be very valuable in a class room , because like the first sentence in the passage said "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling , even when they are trying to hide their emotions." You never know how anybody is feeling, especially if they are good at holding their face expressions.
The technology really shows which muscles move and the emotions that follows on from that facial expression. And it shows that if you have it in your classroom , at times you can look and see how your students are feeling during class. The passage says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored."
I think it would be a nice thing to be able to use the technology for that because you always wanna know how somebody is feeling, you can make their day by doing something little. And people that are like hard body never want to show how they are feeling. They don't want to bring attention to their selves. | 1 |
Why should you join the Seagoing Program? There are many reasons you should. I had an amazing experience being a Seagoing cowboy myself. I think that you would also have an amazing experience. I got the chance to have this experience and it was honestly life changing. You might not want to do it because of being on the ship, but you can still have fun while on the ship. While on board you have a good time to enjoy playing games and doing your hobbies, here are some, table tennis,fencing,boxing,reading, and whittling.
When you're on the ship your demeanor will change right when you see the marvelouse sights. I had the experience of touring the excavated castle in Crete, seeing Europe and China, and marveling at the Panama Canal while on my way to China. As you arrive at where you are going, something to give you reassurance is knowing that you are doing something good. You are helping people rebuild and recover what they had lost. I had the I'm-on-top-of-the-world feeling as soon as I knew I was helping them get back what they had lost, and I think you will too. This chance is big for you.
''Boom!'' You think in your mind as you look back at the distruction from the war and bombs. That melancholy feeling you get as you see all that has went on will change as you think of why you are there, and what you are doing. I know that you should join this program because it is a once-in-a-life-time chance. You will have fun as I did in my exuberant experience in this program. I have given examples to why I think you should. Just join the program and you will like it, I can promise you that. | 2 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The author gives many details about how many of the dangers Venus presents are unavoidable.
She also includes several details about how the dangers are life threatening to Earth dwellers.
Despite this, the author effectively supports her idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
In paragraph three, the author presents the problem that Venus is too hot and has too much pressure for humans to be able to survive.
In paragraph five, she uses an example of a scientific organization's plan to counteract the heat and pressure.
She explains how NASA's plan to sends humans to study Venus in a "blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so milles the roiling Venusian surface" will counteract the heat and will relieve some of the pressure.
In doing so, she was able to provide a solution to two of the problems Venus presents to its explorers.
In paragraph 6, the author acknowledges the fact that "...peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground counditions."
In the next paragraph, the author shows that NASA has been testing technology that will be able to withstand the harsh conditions of Venus while being able to make calculations.
The author, once again, was able to present a problem and solve it, showing her readers that her original claim is supported.
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" was able to support her idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
She was able to think of challenges that space explorers may face.
Then, she was able to counteract those problems with solutions.
She effectively made her case and supported it with details. | 2 |
DEAR
state senator i am writing this letter to argue in favor of keeping the electoral college and changing to election by polulor vote for the president of the united states. I beleve that we should keep it because peolpe and citizens have the right to vote for who they think would be a good leader for ower counrty.
I think that we should keep it like this because if we dont have enugh peolple to vote there may be a 100% that there will be a tie. Like in 1976 there was a tie if a mere 5,559 voters in ohio and 3,687 voters in hawaii had voted the other way there wouldnt have been a tie. I do know that under the electoral college system, voters vote for the president ,but for a slate of electors ,who in turn elect the president. I also know that the peolpe who pick the electors in the firs place depend on the state.
In conclution , i would like to make this argue because i think that we should be the ones that get the chance to vote for some one that i think we enough trust in please i hope that you understand the reason to why i am arguing in favor of keeping the electoral college and changing to election by populor vote for the president of the united states . thank you very much for receving my letter have a good day sincearly:
PROPER_NAME | 0 |
So, I was walking down the street the other day, in my NASA uniform, when a conspiracy theorist stops me to ask me a few questions about the Face on Mars. "Sir, I am with the Conspiracy Theorist League, or the CTL. I just wanted to ask you a few questions about the supposed Face on Mars. My coworkers and I think that the Face is a remnant of an alien civilization. We would like to hear your opinion on the subject." "Well," I began begrudgingly, because these guys had no idea what the Face really is. "The face is really just a mesa whose shadows made it look like a face at first glance." I said. "Really?" The CTL representative says. "How fascinating. The real question, though, is what proof do you have that you are not lying to us." "Well, for one thing, NASA wouldn't benefit from the keeping the discovery of aliens away from the population. Two, our images have shown us that the face is really just a hill, nothing more, nothing less. Also, the Face is in an area that is full of mesas just like it, so it would be absurd to think that the Face is anything but a mesa." "Alright then, thank you for your time." The CTL representative says as he walks away. | 1 |
The four passages provided explain that less and less people are buying cars and obtaining licences because of the multiple advantages it provides such as reduced polution, reduced stress, and reduced trafic.
All, four passages mention that an up side of limiting car usage would reduce pollution around the world. In paragraph five it mentions that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe... and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the united states." By reducing the amount of cars driven in these areas we could reduce the amount of polution. Due to large amounts of smog created by polution in France, banning was put on drivers with even license plates for one day. This is shown in paragraph 19, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to recind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." This shows how much can change in just one car-free day.
Not driving cars can also reduce stress. The families in Vauban, Germany experience less stress when not driving and instead walk or ride a bike. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two stated in paragraph three, "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.'" Even though this is just one oppinion, it is safe to say that the other residents in the community are feeling the same way. In Bogota, Columbia a car-free day has been that has been held annually for three years has a businessman named Carlos Arturo Plaza saying in paragraph 24 "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution.'" Not driving cars obviously is a way of lowering stress.
Finnaly, not driving can reduce traffic in heavly populated areas. In paragraph 14 it shows how not driving can reduce traffic, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog." In just five days traffic was down 60 percent! Imagine what a few car-free weeks or months could do. Again back to Bogota, Columbia, paragraph 20 states "...Millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took busses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This shows that car-free days can even be done in large cities.
In the end, even though life without cars would be difficult there are many more pros than cons to living without cars. The pros being less polution, less stress, and less traffic. | 3 |
I dont believe that the authors Justifications for visiting venus are great enough for us to risk losing human lives. As stated in the passage temperatures average around 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than that of earth's. This would mean absolute death for for any type of exploration around of venuses surface if something wrong were to happen.
One way to manage survival on the planet was to use a blimp type vehicle to stay away from most of the venuses dangers. Even if it did manage to work very little insight of how the terrain of venus is like would be aquired do to light not being able to penetrate the dense atmosphere. So it is possible to survive but who knows that this theory would go seamlessly. What if a series of unfortunate events were to happen and innocent men were slaughtered because of venuses harsh envirenmont.
Why should innocent men be killed just because of scientist wanting to satisfy they're curiosity.
The final part of the passage states that our travels on earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edge of imagination and innovation. This means that they would do irrational things just to accomplish they're desires. I believe that this is dangerous and could have terrible results for our future. Why are we studying other planets when we have our own issues to deal with. It seems as though the government funds NASA to set out and accomplish things like this that doesn't benfit our lives or the future of this country. Lets say Everything goes perfectly and they study venuses until they're hearts content. Now the government has wasted an enormous amount of money on something idiotic that does not benefit society at all but hey at least now we can say we have been to Venus and thats it. Their is so much more ways they could put that money into good use but instead they want to find more about something floating in space. In conclusion my evaluation of the Author is that he stated how we could achieve having life on venus but poor reasons as to why it would benefit us. | 3 |
The challenge of Exploring Venus... sounds intreseting righ? Heres my summary of the passege. This passae was written by an author who is unknown but he/she gave facts on the "Evening Star" also know as Planet Venus.
Through out the passage the author tells us that Venus is the closet planet to resemble Earth refuring to both planets density and size. But the climate on Venus is quit different then Earths, for instance the average tempeature is over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on Earth. But National Aeronautics and space Adminstration (NASA) is working on how we humans can live on Venus if Earth was horibly damaged. I think that we should always contenue to expand our knowlege, expecilla our science. traveling to Venus would give us protection and a place to live if Earth was unhabital.
So in concloution I think that we should always contenue to expand our knowlege, expecilla our science. traveling to Venus could give us protection and a place to live if Earth was unhabital. | 1 |
You should participate in Seagoing Cowboys because you could help countries in need. After World War two, 44 nations came together to form the UNRRA(the United Ntions Reliaf and Rehabliitation Administration). They needed people to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. Thats when the Seagoing Cowboys began. Also, thats when Luke and Don signed up. Here is why they did.
Luke and Don signed up because it was an opportunity of a lifetime. It maybe a liftime opportuntiy for you. You could see cool things just how Don and Luke saw Acropolis in Greece , Europe and China, and taking a gondala ride in Venice, Italy. It opened a world to Luke. It also made him aware of people in need. You would love the oppportunits that it would give, just like it did to Luke. You could meet families thats just like yours but they need help and Seagoing Cowboys would be able to help them.
Taking care of animals and seeing great countries is a good reason to go be Seagoing Cowboy. You could go on great adventures and see things you never imangined seeing. You should be a Seagoing Cowboy to help people in need and take care of animals. The world is so big and a lot of people need help. Sign up to be a Seagoing Cow boy. | 1 |
Over the years the amount of cars that have been manufactured have increased immensly. Cars help us get to place quicker by making less effort to get there. We no longer need to walk to go to the park or the mall which can take a long time. Although cars are very useful and fun to drive, it also has its risk like anything else on Earth. Which is why i think limiting car usage would be a great idea.
Most cars use gasoline or diesel as there fuel to get them going. This causes problems because the fuel that is burned pollutes the atmosphere and creates smog. Paris had this problem before. In the article "Paris bans driving due to smog", Robert Duffer says that Paris had "days of near-record pollution" and they attempted to reduce it by applying a 22-euro fine ($31). As a result congestion in Paris was down 60 percent and the smog, as stated in the article, "cleared enough for the French party to rescind the ban of odd-numbered plates" Getting rid of the smog and having less air pollution would help not only the environment but i can also help us breathe oxygen easier. Limiting car usage can help us decrease pollution and increase breathable oxygen.
Limiting car usage can benfit us in many ways. It can reduce air pollution which not only helps us breathe better but it also helps the environment. It can also relieve stress. Everyone that drives a car knows how stressful it can be sometimes. Any traffic jam can turn a regular day to a stressful day. Hearing someone honking their horn, yelling "Come on! Move already!" and adding some unnecesary profanity can be very irritating. In the article "Car-free day is spinning into big hit in Bogota" Andrew Selsky says that for the third straight year the city of Bogota have a car-free day called Day Without Cars. "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog" states the article. A lot of people actually participated in this event even thought it rained that day. The Mayor of Bogota Antanas Mockus said that even though it is raining it "hasn't stopped people from participating". It was a great idea to have a day like this to relax and not be stuck in traffic which is one reason why one businessman was happy. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said Carlos Arturo Plaza. It's a great event that should spread to the world. It will be very helpful to us and the environment.
In conclusion, limiting car usage is very beneficial. It can relieve stress and reduce air pollution. It can also reduce car accidents which can decrease the number of deaths that occur in a car accident. If you're on a budget, limiting the the amount of time you use your car can help you save gas money. It can also help you excercise a little. Since you aren't using a car you have to use a different form of transportation like walking or riding a bike. These are just a few advantages that limiting car usage have. Limit your car usage, it can help you and the environment. | 3 |
I think driverless cars are going to be good for the future because then older people wont have to drive the car will dirve by it's self. The only time that people will have to take control over the car is when your in danger of backing up into something. Im going to tell you why I have postive aspects on driverless cars.
I think driverless cars are postive, because then there will be less wrecks in the future, more elderly people will be able to ride in a car without actually driving. I think instead of older people having to get rides from friends and family to church it will help because we will have driverless cars. I also disagree with it n someways to because how is it a prove fact that the car can actually drive on its own, maybe it could wreck.
In conclusion, driverless cars are good in someways they can get you somewhere that you need to go. They can help you if you need to navigate through work zones and around accidents, But there also negative because what if you get in a wreck and its not your fault its the cars fault. | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System is a major benefit to the psychology community. This program could be as, if not more beneficial to public schooling systems worldwide. Using this program in public school systems would help all teachers, especially psychology teachers, and school counselers alike while also helping to prevent potential tragedies. Based off the information presented in the article, this program is a useful learning tool benefiting both students and teachers be more productive. Using technology to bolister class productivity is a no brainer on whether or not this program should be inserted into public school systems.
Teachers are constantly put in a position where they have to guess whether students are understanding their lesson or not. Everyone learns in different ways and it can be trying on a teacher to know wether or not they reached the whole class or not. In the article, Making Mona Lise Smile, it is said that Dr. Huang believes "A classroom computer could recognize when when a student is becoming confused or bored." He then continues to say how this program could help a teacher modify his or her lesson to meet the needs of as many students as possible. This makes the program very helpful to teachers striving to keep students both engaged and learning. A student may be engaged by a teachers presentation, yet not understand what the material being presented means. It could also tell if the teaching stategy is working for select students but not reaching out to many other students. If the prgram was used to see what teaching method keeps students productive and reaches the largest portion of the class, the teacher could adjust their teaching strategy accordingly to meet the needs of the student. Using this program could make class more insightful and more entertaning, which is a win for both students and teachers alike.
This program would be very useful in specific classes that require face to face interaction to help teach students. One such class this particular program would be useful in would be a psychology class. If young psychologists could learn from this device when people are faking a smile or if a person is sad it would be very beneficial to their future careers. The article states the program can identify a fake smile by the rasing of the zygomatic major, which begins at the cheekbones, to tell if a celebrity or politician is faking their attitude. Using the program to study what is real and what is fake could help psychologists treat patients correctly. Learning how to do this at a younger age in school would be a tremendous help rather than learning on the job by opinion.
It is impossible to predict when tragedy could strike, but it is possible to limit its frequency. In the year 2018 there have been a reported eighteen school shootings thus far in the first two months. Many of these were performed by misunderstood students who needed help but didn't recieve the help they needed or people were blind to it. If this program was implimented into school systems it might be able to catch depression and treat it before it got out of hand. The author states the program can detect both sadness and anger in an individual. If students are required to use the program before and after school everyday in order to gather data on how a student is feeling, the school could see if a student is frequently depressed. It's normal for a student to be sad or angry on occasion, but if a student has been recorded as sad or angry for muliple weeks this program could get them the help and couseling they need. The article states just forcing a smile can make people happier and that the program can detect fake smiles. Even if a depressed student is faking a smile to try to avoid detection these features could tell who is faking smiles and thus making the individual a little bit happier in the process by trying to smile. School shootings are a terrible tragedy, but if this program could help stop these horrific occasions it should be used in school systems.
Based off information presented in the article along with my key arguments this program should be installed in every public schooling institution in America. Any device that can benifit a students learning experience while making teachers lives easier should be available to schools systems for educational use. This device can prepare future psychologists to be better at their proffesion while also helping students get the help they need. A device that not only helps students learn and prepare for the future, but also could potentionally save lives should be necccesary in public school systems across the United States. | 4 |
Is it crazy that now there is a Facial Action Coding System that can identify human emotion in the world? Having a human emotion detected technology system is a bold positive choice in a classroom. A strong device that can read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because, teachers can get feed back on their students about certain assignments, peers can understand one another easier, and overall a better environment as a school. One device easily has three reasons why it would be a great investment for students and teachers.
Reason one, The Facial Action Coding System is positive for a classroom because, teachers can get feed back about certain assignments based off students emotions that the system detects. In the text Dr. Huang predicts that "A classroom could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, (par 6)".
This been said, the evidence above is reactions you can get out of students and in the long run prevent. Not only does the system help the teachers by detecting these emotions, FACS will aslo benefit the students because the assignment or classroom function will most likely change due to the results.
Reason two, The Facial Action Coding System comes to benefit within peers themselves. The author states that " Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness (par 3)". Getting assignments changed because boredom is a good thing; but, would it be a plus that peers know what one another also think in the classroom too? Muscular action units can easily change the way students look at one another in the classroom.
Reason three, The Facial Action Coding System can cause an overall significantly better open environment of many classrooms and even the whole school.
Also, Dr. Huang has noted that "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication (par 6)". The notes above by Dr. Huang proove that not many people such as students to student or student to teacher share what they are thinking or feeling verbally. Would it be so bad for students and teachers to connect overall in the school and each and every classroom?
To gradually sum everything up, The Facial Action Coding System is an immensse benefit to students and teachers in the classroom. Technology that can read emotional expressions of students is valuable because, teachers can build feed back on their students about what is going on in the class, peers can understand one another easier through six basic emotions, and overall a better environment as a school can be promised. Mkaing faces and finding a device that can detect emotion can not only chnage things but open doors for science.
In conclusion, as the text states "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them (par 9)." This evidence above is the exact reason why FACS would be a outstanding investment for classrooms all over. | 3 |
Have you ever wondered what a planet outside of Earth looks like? There are many planets in the outer space, but we can't see and examine details about those planets if we don't have people go out there and do it. Although, it is hard to try and study a planet when the atmosphere and evironment won't let you. The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depite the dangers.
The author supported this idea that studying Venus was worth the dangers the planet presented. Venus is an dangerous planet to examine. The temperature, and atmosphere is dangerous and more extreme than what we encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface than any other planet in space. Venus is the only planet that is like Earth in some ways. Humans have sent several spacecrafts to land on Venus, and none of them have survived. Although; it is dangerous on this planet scientists continue to make more plans to examine Venus. The text says: " Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a through mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks" (The challenge of exploring venus). The author sucessfully explains the details that they found out from research, and that no matter the risks they still continued to study.
In conclusion, the author backs up the idea that studying Venus is worth it no matter the dangers. The text explains how dangerous Venus is, what scientists planned to do, and how the dangers didn't stop them from human curosity. The author gave plenty of evidence and reasoning for his position. | 2 |
I think that studying Venus is really worth a try due to the opportunities that we might be able to study its surface.
Even though we do not have the ability to send machines or humans, we would be able to see what things are on its surface
The author shows that it's a worth pursuit in paragraph 7 when he talks about machines like mechanical computers which might be able to make it there.
He says, "systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces."
Another example the author gives in paragraph 5 is that humans can go see Venus with its atmosphere with a technology to keep them safe.
The solution would "allow scientists to float above the fray" which is not a bad idea to keep them from getting hit by flames of radiation.
Traveling to Venus would be good because we humans could see how far we can go and we could expand our technology to a whole new level to study other planets too.
It would expand our goal to many horizons to study its many surfaces and this idea to see what's inside of the most dangerous planets in the universe. | 1 |
One of the reasons is that there could be very sick poeple you go by and it might make you sick and sad to see that poeple are sick. Or it could be dead bodies floating in the ocean which might smell bad and make you sick to your stomach. Also feading farm life That will make you STINKY and smell bad. Also where does the "waste" goanyway do they throw it off the edge of the ship? or leave it there?
I would not want to live there for two weeks it would be smelly nasty gross and disgusting.
The ride would be long also I would be very homesick i would miss my family my friends and pets. Also what happens if you crash you you float out to see or get rescued or drown or live on to tell the tale? What would happen to the animals? would THEY drown or THEY float away or They survive or you could get eaten by sharks!
Or get impaled by a storms debrie or get very very SICK! or even worse someone kills you. Now I wouldnt want to be on THAT boat.
For my second to final papagraph I would 1 Not want to get sick. 2 I would not wanna get killed. 3 I would not want to get impaled by debrie. 5 I would not want to get eaten alive. 6 I would not want to see sick or dead poeple on my trip 7 I would not want to crash and get stranded 8 I would not like o drown 9 I would miss my family friends and pets. 10 I would not like to eat rotten or smelly food or drinks.
What would happen if you have to eat the animals then no more food for the poeple who need it and it would be cruel and you cant drink plain ocean water it needs to be distilled and run out of water faster. And if you fall over board you could get left behind or get saved and live to tell the tale or get thrown overboard or get eaten by animals or if the animals die then they get thrown over board and it would be wierd and gross seing animals being pulled along by the current.
So in conclusion I would not want to join the "Sea Cowboys"
or any thing envolving the sea i get very seasick easily around oceananic trips around large oceans/or large lakes. I also have had abd experiences with lakes and even channels. So i know that i would not want to go out on a two week trip on a boat...over a ocean.....where i could die. | 0 |
Have you ever wondered how schools can help students who struggle or don't understand the material they cover? Well, the development of the Facial Action Coding System could very easily help with that problem. The Facial Action Coding System could be used in school computers to help recognise when a particular student is struggling, or when the entire class doesn't understand. With its facial detection, it can detect every human emotion, happy or sad, suprised or mad. Not only could the Facial Action Coding System help teachers to know when students aren't following, but it can help computers become more personalized to the student, making it easier to learn. Due to its capability to read faces, the Facial Action Coding System is practical in schools because it can help let teachers know when students are struggling or confused, and it can make a computer more personalized, making the learning process easier.
One reason that the Facial Action Coding System should be used in schools is because of its use in informing teachers when a student really knows what they're doing, or when a student doesn't understand. This could allow teachers to know when they sould review their material. Not all students are verbal about understanding the material, so putting the FACS in school computers could help let teachers know who is good and who is lagging behind. In paragraph 6 of the article, it says, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This shows that the creator of FACS had uses in school in mind when he invented it. Another reason that FACS should be used in school is its ability to make learning more personal. In the article it says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." A computer knowing your emotions would make it more personal to you. It could know how you feel about some things, and how fast or slow it should go to make learning more personal. With greater use of computers in schools, personalizing computers could only make them easier to use.
In conclusion, due to its capability to read faces, the Facial Action Coding System is practical in schools because it can help let teachers know when students are struggling or confused, and it can make a computer more personalized, making the learning process easier.
Putting the Facial Action Coding System into computers in schools could benefit students and teachers. It could let a teacher know when to slow down or speed up a lesson. The FACS could also make computers more personal to the user by telling them when someone is enjoying a lesson, or bored of a lesson. That is why the Facial Action Coding System should be used in schools. | 3 |
I disagree with the belief that the face on mars was created by aliens. I disagree because A team called the MOC proved to us that the face is just a natural landform by taking a picture ten times clearer than the original one. I understand that some might say it was a very cloudy day when they took the pictures, but the team took pictures a couple of years later and proved the same thing ,again.
The face on mars is just a natural landform. I believe it is just a natural landform because, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time in 1998. The team MOC took a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Although, some people still say it was cloudy and perhaps the alien markings were hidden by haze. It is still possible that they had gotten some very clear photos. On Apirl 8, 2001, on a cloudless day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveror went in for a second look. They used a camera with absolute maximum resolution . For example, " Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."
In conclusion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. The pictures show landforms common around American west. The team have proved over and over again that the face on mars was not created by aliens. The cameras over the years have improved and the photographs became clearer. | 2 |
The use of this techonolgy so called Facial Action Coding,is not valuable at all. As technology may be advancing that doesn't mean it can't fail us. Reading a persons facial expression will not determine their mood. Like the author said, " The facial expressions for each emoton are unversial." It could also have to do with their body language. Weither the person is slouching or always hiding their hands, also how their voice level is. Sure it could be easier by going at a painting, but in your point of view it's a whole different story.
Body language can determine many different things in someone. It could be weither you have a back problem, trying to grab your back because of the pain. Slouching could be not because you are tired, but maybe a syptom of depression. Since the computer is only recognizing your emotion(s). I personally do not think a computer could read or tell you that.
Voice level could be one of many signs of emotion. If one is scared or frightend, your voice can let out a shriek. One can be happy and still have either that low or a more louder voice. Computers can't figure this out and we are trying to depend on some code that was invented. In the text it says, "muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes." How can a muscle determine your emotion. One could be confuesd or trying to see more clearly because of the vision.
Your point of view is better than a computers understanding. Seeing a person face to face can maybe change something. They could be happy and here you come with that sad face. Then the seeing the persons emotion makes you suddenly feel better. A computer can't see what just happend between you and the person.
Computers are smart but not that smart. | 2 |
The claim that the author supports the idea that studing Venus is worth pursuit despite the dangers because they maybe the issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decade. The dangers and pursuit are higly high risks for people and NASA.It is dangers because Venus is the secound planet from our sun and the atmosphere in Venus is almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets. Even more challenging is that the clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. On the plant surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. The despite to go Venus is that they are hoping to look for something their because the plant has surface rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains,and craters. Somethings that we some how have they call Venus Earths sister. That why I think it so despite that NASA wants to see what else Venus got that the plants sister does not have.
An explanation of the article that supports my claims are when the author says this "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. Also when they said "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."Venus is also dangers for people because it has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system,even though Mercury is closer to our sun."Beyond high pressure and heat,Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes,and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface."
My conclusion to the authors writting is that they will not end up sending people to Venus because its to risky. They will end up sending newer technoligi up their so that they could see what the sister of Earth got. Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth -like planet in our solar system. Venus is most likely the most compared planet to Earth. Is to dangers for people because its the secound planet hottest then the Sun. | 0 |
This story talks about your facial emotions like Dr. Huang observed. He observed that the artisit such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enought to convey specific emotions. It helps them because if you're feeling sad you might go to the art muesum and see a picture that has a happy family and they can put a smile on your face. Another thing is that there is a muscle called Orbicularis Oculi Parrs Palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes if you didn't know about that. But also, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce. Also, in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the Zygomatic major and a different muscle called The Risorius. But to an expert, faces don't lie, these muscles clues are somtimes used tto spot a "smiling" politician or celbrity isn't being truthful. For example if you're feeling sad and your friend tells a funny joke you can fake a smile your friends won't even relize your faking a smile. Also a renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, he had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowing (what a great way to practice) as a way of creating these emotions on stage and i think that's a really great way to practice because if they go up on stage and don't know how to do a really great emotion their drama teacher might get angry. In conclusion i think have a drama teacher teaching you how to do an emotion right and having computers to tell if your happy or sad or angry is a good thing to have in the world. | 1 |
Nearly everyone in the United States has a car, if they're of age. Many people would probably argue that they need cars. How else would you get somewhere? Well, there are plenty of alternatives to driving, and other ways to just cut back. Limiting car usage has become rather popular recently. Even though there are some disadvantages from limiting car usage, there are so many more advantages that are extremely beneficial.
Pollution has always been a big problem almost everywhere in the world, and cars have a huge influence on it. Pollution can affect people's health and damages the environment. In Paris they put up a partial driving ban to clear up horrible smog. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the captial of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." (Source 2). It only took one day of a driving ban to clear up the smog. Imagine how much less pollution there would be if people limited driving for multiple days, even maybe weeks, or months? It's not like you have to permanently give up driving, just limit it when you can.
Limiting car usage can also help reduce stress levels and make you happier. It might sound crazy at first because, well how would you get places? Wouldn't that cause more stress? Vauban, a city in Germany, is a city that "forbids" parking, driveways, and houses with garages. They strategically put stores and buildings within an idealistic walking distance. "'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" (Source 1). If a working mother can do it, so can you. When you're always inside and juggling your kids and their needs, you'll most likely be tense and always feel busy. When you have no other option, besides paying over fourty grand for a space in a parking garage, than to walk somewhere, you'll get to be outside and experience socialization and the fresh air. In my opinion that sounds way better than being confined to a little car when you have to go somewhere.
Obviously there are uncountable benefits that come from limiting car usage. I don't know about you, but honestly I would prefer limited car usage. Until someone takes action to start making it easier to access places we would normally need our car to get to, limiting car usage is not going to be easy. | 3 |
It's not a secret that we as humans use cars to get places. The mall, the grocery store, school, work. All these places may be too far to walk to, or just too much of a hassle to not use a car to get to. This is why vehicles have long been a main export and very commonly seen sight in the world. But what are they costing us? To name a few, vehicles are costing us clean air, time, and money that we are not going to get back easily, unless we change our bad habits. That's why limiting car usage is so beneficial to us as a population, not only for ourselves but for future generations as well. Putting a cap on driving will help us with the large amount of emmissions that is put out every day, it will reduce jams and increase safety, and it will be less expensive. Cars are a dirty form of transportation that need to be controlled better.
Along the lines of dirty, cars give off a gross amount of emmissions into the atmosphere. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. . .and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." Cars, because they are used so much and so densely in the world, give off the highest amount of carbon emissions, second only to power plants. This is detrimental to our atomosphere and puts a serious weight on the air around us. Smog has started to get to escalate the extremes. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." as stated by Robert Duffer in an article detailing the heavy smog that rivaled even Beijing, China, often known as one of the most polluted cities globally. The five-day restriction on driving was implemented to, basically, give the air a rest after the intenseness of the trapped smog in the city reached 147 micrograms pf particulate matter per cubic meter, comparered with Brussels' 114 and London's 79.7. If we were to enforce this rule of reduced drivinhg everywhere, the amount of deducted pollution would be astronomical. It would be healthier for both the environment and for us humans.
Also being safer for humans would be the lower amount and intensity of traffic jams that would come with a restrictive hold on cars. With only exceptions for plug-in cars, hybrids, cars carrying three or more people, and public transportation, traffic jams would be nearly nonexistent. Examples have already been seen in places where restrictions have been implemented. "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France," stated by Duffer of the ban on cars for the five-day pollutuion scare. Another big example is written my Andrew Selsky, and he states, "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or too buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of [Bogota, Colombia] eerily devoid of traffic jams." Densely populated cities and highways are extremey dangerous, both for cars that may get into accidents and for the pedestrians that may be present. With a reduction of cars, the danger of being hit is lowered greatly. It also saves time, due to jams and high volumes of traffic bogging of streets gone. Walking and biking would be safer, and for the few who drive smartly, such as with a hybrid, the traffic would be all but gone as well. Health expenses and potential hospital bills would be avoided, and ease of getting where you need to go would be stress-free and simple.
On the important topic of less expenses, this leads into the final claim. Along with the restrictions of cars use comes less expenses, something we all want. Elisabeth Rosenthal writes, ". . .the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995. Part of the explaination certainly lies in the recession, because cash-strapped Americans could not afford new cars, and the unemployed weren't going to work anyway. But by many measures the decrease in driving preceded the downturn and apprears to be persisting now that the recovery is underway." This shows that the lessened use of cars has lead to an increase in money, and people are continuing to go through with this idea. Money is important to us, it is our lifeline in this cash-oriented world. Without it, we live poorly, in all senses of the word.
To end off, driving is not something absolutely needed in our world. It strips us of smog-free environments, time, safety, and money. Putting a cap on driving will help us with the large amount of emmissions that is put out every day, it will reduce jams and increase safety, and it will be less expensive in our daily lives. To reduce driving is to increse our standard of living. | 4 |
I think we should have technology to read students emotional expressions. we could use this for classes when we are doing homework and we dont understand so the teacher could help."can we actually "calculate" emotions -like math homework. If they could use it i think it would be better.
If we use this technology we could see if someone was hiding there emotions. If we used it we could help peoplethat need help. we could see if they are scared or confused or even angry. I would want to know if someone was mad so i wouldn't say something to them and make hem upset.
we could use this in paintings we could see what emotions they have. In this article they said Mona Lisa is 83% happy 9% disgusted 6% fearful 2% angry. I think it would help artist to make sure they look a surton emotion. I think we should have technology to read students emotional expressions because we could use this to do homework and teachers understand if we get the homework. | 2 |
The idea of the computer monitering your facial expressions is not the best thing. There could be people who do not want their facial expressions to be read. Some people may want to keep their emotions to themselves. It can go both ways if there is someone who is feeling sad then the computer can tell and your teacher can get to see what the best option is to cheer you up.
People can be very hard to read so the idea of the computer being able to tell how you are feeling is really neat because that way humans do not have to do so. People can be able to tell if you are feeling happy,sad,mad and even confused or sick.
In the passage the author states that people have trouble telling emotions apart. In the article it said "Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions".
The article specifically stated that people are unsure of what to look for when to see how someone is feeling. I think it would be a good idea to make computers see hoe you feel, but some people might not want their facial expressions to be read by a computer. That is like someone taking a look at you when you are in the shower nobody wants it to happen but if it does they do not feel that great.
There is many different ways you can look at this claim. An individual who is feeling sad will get noticed and problably be sent to talk to someone. When it comes to talking to people i know i do not like to do so. some of the things that would go into this would be not as easy as they imagine it would be. Some people might not like to talk about their feelings. I know i sure as heck do not like to talk about my feelings.
Then again there might be a whole lot of people that would like this to happen to computers. It could be valuable because if a teacher is teaching she or he might be too busy to notice how someone is feeling. normally a teacher can tell what type of day someone is having by the way they walk into the classroom. Nobody wants to feel sad but if they are a person might be able to make them happy by cheering them up.
I do not know if someone would want this to happen or not. The right aproach would be is to have a survey to see how many people would find this useful. People could do a lot of good by having this in schools to tell what type of day a student is having. Everybody should have an opertunity to talk to someone and make another person feel good if they are not having a good day. | 3 |
People are lining up, waiting for hours on end to vote for a new president of the United States. That president won every single person's vote, but did not become presient. He did not become president because the ellectoral college voted for the other person. That is unfair because no matter what the citizens say, they are not even completly sure that the president they voted for was going to win. For example, in the year 2000, a little bit after Al Gore, they won the popular vote, but they did not win the presidency because they did not win the electoral vote, according to Source 2. Citizens of the United States should be allowed to a direct vote because in 2000, 60 percent of voters voted that they prefer a direct election, and because the voters are not voting for the president, they are voting for a slate of electors.
To begin, according to source 2, "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for John Kerry, you would vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. On the off-chance that those electors won statewide election, they would go to Congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes." This quote from Source 2 is explaining what your vote couts for when you go to elect for a president. Those electors are anyoen who doesn not own a public office. Who elects the electors is the state.
In addition, this year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency and yet, the electoral college still has its defenders, states in source 2.
All in all, the electoral college is unfair to voters, because the winner takes it all system does not work in every state. | 1 |
" An enormous head nealy two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras fro a regioan of the Red Planet called Cydonia." Although scientists might think the face-like civilization was created by aliens, but that is not the case. The Face is just a natural landform because landforms like this are common around Cydonia , and also because NASA unveiled an image stating that it was a rock formation giving the illusion of a face.
First off, mesas and other rock formations are commonly found around Cydonia. The text states " Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. " , meaning it most like is a Martian mesa of some sort. This also means that NASA still has other mesas and other landforms to explore on Mars.
Secondly, pictures were taken of the foreign area and the text states, " huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows givng the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. " , which means it resembles a face but most likely indicates a natural landform.
In conclusion, the Face is just a natural landform because they are common in this area and also because th pictures resembled a rock formation that only had the illusion of a face. Therefore , the Face is a natural landform. | 2 |
Mars has many landforms, but there is a particular one that is peculiar. The landfrom is known as The Face. The Face was spotted by a space surveyor in 1976 and has been a mystery to the world ever since. Some people say that this landform was made by alien life on Mars, but with facts from NASA and other sources you could see that those people are wrong.
The Face has had many theories made up about how it was made and if it is even real. One of these theories is about how or who created it. This theory is about how NASA is hiding the fact that the face was made by some type of alien lifeform, which logically makes no sense at all. Finding life on another planet would bring in a gargantuan amount of money for NASA so it would seem completely illminded to hide something like this from the people. NASA can only wish they knew about an alien lifeform.
With this new discovery people and scientists demanded for more proof on how it was made. Throughout the knowing of this landform three pictures were taken of it. The first of pictures was in 1976 when they first found it and camera quality was not very good. With not a clear image, and the need for answers, NASA sought out for another picture and got one during a cloudy winter day in 1988. This picture did come out clearer than the other but still was not perfect for scientist and people to be one-hundred percent sure how it was made. So the wait began to get another picture. Finally in two-thousand-one NASA used a new, high-resolution, three-dimensional camera to take an outstanding clear photo of what they concluded to be a mesa, common in the American West, just with the physical pheatures of a human face.
In conclusion this outstanding land form on Mars had the world stuck asking this question, "Is there alien life on mars?" The Face was a mystery to science for almost thirty years only to be proven to be just another landform on Mars. To conclude, this landform is nothing more than a naturally occuring lava dome. | 2 |
Gerald was one of the scientists that led the investigation on the Face. He had been to college already, so he has been very experienced with these types of scenarios. He used NASA's Viking 1, and saw an object that appeared to be a face. He got a closer look later in his career, and it was not an actual face. This was later taken by surprise by the general public, and they still thought that it had to be a real sign of life on Mars. Because of this research, I believe that the face is just a natural landform. Three reasons why I believe this is true are that NASA's research has proven this, photographs taken by NASA have shown that this is true, and comparisons to landforms on Earth have shown the public that this is the truth.
My first reason for stating my opinion would be that NASA's research has proven that the Face is a landform. An example of this from the text would be that NASA has published many photos of the Face to show the public that it was just a landform. To further explain this, if you look close enough at the pictures in this passage, then you can see it is a landform. It may look like a face from a far distance, but evidence given by NASA has shown that this is not the case.
My second reason for this is the fact that NASA has taken many photographs of this landform to prove it is true. Here is a quote from the text that shows this: "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." Later in this paragraph, it states that the picture has proven that there was not an alien monument. Secondly, as people stated, it was a cloudy day in Mars, so they were not satisfied with the picture. So, "On April 8, 2001-a cloudless summer day in Cydonia-Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough for a second look. Later in the paragraph, Garvin, an expert that works with NASA, says this: "Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution." Even though it wasn't cloudy, the team of NASA got the same result: it is just a landform.
My last reason would be that comparisons to landforms on Earth have proven that this is true. Garvin says in paragraph twelve that "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." What this is saying is that there have been similar landforms on Earth that are on Mars. Scientists can use this data to compare different pieces of landforms on different planets. Using this, they can figure out what the Face actually is, and other mysteries that they come up against.
Some people may have used to say that the picture was too blurry to make out what the Face actually was. However, NASA has taken many clear photos of the Face, and they have proven several times that it is not an alien artifact, and that it is only a landform on the surface of the planet.
So, what do you think now? Do you still believe that the Face is an ancient artifact? Well, you should not anymore after reading this; the evidence given here in this essay clearly shows that the Face is just a landform. Scientists like Gerald and Garvin have shown this a repeated amount of times. So, in conclusion, I believe that the Face is just a natural landform, and not proof of life on Mars. | 4 |
Venus, the hottest planet of the Solar System, can be cool but risky and dangerous for everyone. People want to be on this gaseous planet, but spacecrafts only live for an hour or so. It also couldn't hold fertile terrain and productivity of life due to the geothermal heat of Venus. Can the acheivement be fulfilled by studying the planet Venus? The author of
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" points out that travelling to Venus would be a worthy pursuit despite of the dangerous conditions that is present. It is very achieveable because of recent experiments from scientists to investigate the conditions of Venus and to collect evidence from their investigations.
The ability of landing in Venus can be acheived by the studies that scientists try to experiment. Scientists have worked with this problem recently to innovate the possibilities of going to Venus and to make it work with ease. In paragraph 5 of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it clearly states," Just as our jet airplanes
travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendlyground conditions by staying up and out of the way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would be still be toasty at around at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This quote from the excerpt is telling that it would be hard to be in the Venus conditions but it is very survivable for people to see the massive terrains of Venus. That task is an endeavour but would still be achieved in the future.
The endeavour of being on the landmasses of Venus can be still achieved, not only by studying the investigations but also in collecting evidence. The people who work in NASA have been collecting data to see if people can survive on specific planets. One major example from the excerpt "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" on paragraph 7 claims," Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This textual information can solve the
accomplishment of going to Venus by testing different gears and parts that determines the out come of being on Venus.
Challenges can be made in days, weeks, months, and/or years. But it depends on the people the most. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" tells the readers that accomplishing an impossible endeavour will be rewarding in the future. The passage tell readers that accomplishing the task can be worthwhile by learning from the endeavour, how to solve this situation, and what needs to be done in the future. This text can inspire kids to adults to learn that this task can be acheived in anyway or form. If this text helps the imagination of people to new roads of discovery, their chance can lead them on a great and adventurous path. | 3 |
The ability to be able to read students emotions can be helpful and cool but it can also be redundant. The ability of being able to see what emotions of others is something that occurs in us almost natually, but being able to tell exactly how someone feels about something can help people such as psychologists or teachers extreamly. Being able to see what students think about a lesson or about a video they are watching in school can be quite helpful.
If a teacher or some type of educater is able to recieve information about how someone feels, it could help the teacher see if the student actually enjoys the lesson or is at least interested by it. The ability of being able to tell how a student is thinking could change the way of how figuring out emotional information about the student and help the teachers improve on their work and teachings. But this technology could be creepy for some users. The ability to know if a person likes an add off of a website also means that their face is being displayed for someone or something to see it. A lot of people won't like that idea or not like the ability of doing so to be right or normal.
The ability of being able to see how people are thinking with technology may help in some situations. But the human mind is already programed to tell these certain characteristics about other people, so the use of using technology to help could be quite redundant. Teachers are able to tell of a student isn't enjoying a lesson if the student is either sleeping, yawning, or looking bored. The use of technology to show human emotions can help in some ways for people, but it's not worth using technology for. | 1 |
I believe the Face on Mars is actually a natural landform. Even though the face does resemble something created by aliens, I still think that it is natural. I will show you why I believe that this is just a landform, and not a face created by aliens.
I believe the Face is a natural landform because scientists believe that the face resembles landforms around the American West. One scientist said that it reminds him of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Also, the scientist added that its a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face.
Scientists can be wrong sometimes though. However, scientists work on their research really hard, so I believe that they know what are doing and seeing. For example, scientists say that you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size, so we can see what the face is, a natural butte or mesa.
In the article, it states that on April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and snapped a photo ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. The image revealed that the face was just a landform, and no alien monument at all. The monument does look like aliens made it, but this fact just shows that the Face is fake and is actually is indeed a mesa.
This tells you why I believe that the Face is fake and is actually a basic landform. Even though the Face does look like aliens made it, it is more likely that it is a natural land form. These facts prove that the Face is not alien made. | 2 |
I think that they should use this technology to read teenagers faces because if they do it would make school more interesting and actually make us want to go to school. I also think that it would be a great idea to do so because if it see's that you are feeling down, it can inform the techer and the techer can see if something is wrong of if they are having trouble. For example, when I am at school i get frustrated and mad becuase some of the work is not easy. If we had the facial expression monitor, it would let the teacher know that i am struggling and that I need some help. Also, if someone doesn't know how to ask for help and gets nervous, it can inform the techer. There are many possibilities and outcomes of this.
In the passage, it says that Mona Lisa was 83 percent happy. When I first saw that I thought "WOW! technology is really advancing but at the same time I thought no one really knows what Mona Lisa was really feeling.
In conclusion, I think that this might work in many ways and might not. Many people are going to dislike and like this invention but to find out if it really works, they should put in in schools and work places to prove everyone who thought it wasn't going to work wrong. | 1 |
Imagine a world without any cars, people riding their bicycles and gaining more contact with the world, being able to excrises everyday, having less stress in life, and so on. There is so many advantages with limiting that amount of cars usage like being able to save money due to all the things that go along with having a car that you wouldn't have to pay anymore. There is also the fact that you will able to reduce your stress levels. The reduction of pollution from that cars will also be a advantage from limit ed usage of cars. There are so many ways to get yourself from point A to point B, why would you choose a negative one.
Money is tight in today's economy, so why won't you choose to save it and still be able to get to your destination. In Vauban, Gemany, Resident are expected to pay 40,000 dollars in order to park a car.
In Paris, you would have to pay a 22-euro, or 31 dollars fine depending what day it is inorder | 1 |
"The Face on Mars"
What is the face on the Mars? People believe that the face like structure on the moon is an alien artifact. Others beileve it is a natural landform. Here what i think it is.
I believe the face on Mars is an natural landform. Just how the earth has natural landforms like mountain and valleys ect. This landform could be just like the ones here on earth, just in a different shape and size. Just as he said in the passage "it reminds me the most of Middle Butte in the snake River of Idaho"
which is a natural landform on earth
Mars has been around for many thousands of years. Through those year there could have be a possible chance that the face was made by the coditions on Mars.It could have also been the angle at whivh they shot the picture, there could have been a shadow.aaa | 1 |
Many people in todays society tend to travel by car, but there is advantages to limiting car usage. Limiting car usage can stop pollution, and puts people in general in a more active environment. So, there are many other ways of transportation.
In the article, 'Car-Free Cities' it talks a lot about the advantanges of not driving a car. For example, according to the passage "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 occaional distant motor." This being said, you can conclude that more people are being more active. Furthermore, the passage says "Passenger cars are respondible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car intensive areas in the United States." This meaning that some places in the United states gases are half of the areas pollution.
There are many more advantages to limiting car usages, and if other people do it so will the world. For example, according to the passage "Vauban, home to 5,500 residents within a rectangle square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life." Moreover, in the passage it also says "But its basic precepts are being adopted around the world in attempts to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking." Furthermore, "In this new approach, store are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distance highway." This meaning the world has a solution to solve the usage of cars. By making suburbs you will be walking distance away from your destination. This also saves so much money, if you were to drive you would have to waste gas. It is also more of a benefit for one who walks, rides their bike, or runs by giving them the benefit of exercise.
By limiting the usage of cars, bike trails, parks, and sports centers have been a big hit. For example, according to the passage, "The day without cars is part of an improvement campaign that began in Bogota in the mid-1990s." Moreover, "It has seen the construction of 118 miles of bicylce paths." This being said, the need to make such a long bike path means that more people are joining in on the limiting usage of cars, which is a benefit for us humans, and the fresh air that we breathe. People are also becoming more active, for example according to the passage "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaces by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic;" Since the parks and sports centers have been blooming people are being more active. New side walks are being replaced so people can actually walk on them, the cut of traffic means less people are driving. In big cities, it just might be faster to get to your destination by riding a bike.
In conclusion, there are so many advantages to limiting car usage. It helps by lowering the percent of pollution, on top of that it also helps save money. By walking or riding your bike to your destination can benefit you in many ways. It also helps by making the world a better place. People seem to be happier when they see other being active, so the next time one thinks to drive a walking distance, rethink your decision. | 3 |
The Seagoing Cowboys program is great because you get to travel to unique places. As part of this program, I got to go to China, Greease, Europe, Italy and Crete. We also found out how to have fun abored the ship by having Vollyball tornamints, played Basketball, Boxing, reading, and other stuff also. The Seagoing Cowboys helps out with the rubish from World War II.
The program can be dangerous, but you help people and you get to help thoese in need and get to go to new places. People who have been with the Seagoing Cowboys said it was a great opportunity.
Luke Bomberger was part of the program. It opended up a world to him. "I'm greatful for this oppertunity," He says "It made me more awere of people of other countiries and their needs." That awereness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of internasinal students and exchange visiters for years. Thoese are some great thing that happened on the Seagoing Cowboys, its a great oppertunity and I hope you take that oppertunity. | 1 |
The use of face technology is not important to the people. The face on a painting is important but no one cares what the expression is on the face. students in a classroom are not aleays happy or mad they are mostly bord in classrooms sitting there. The claim of the article is that using face technology is a good thing or not.
So people might think it is a good thing and there are others that think it is not a good thing to use that. Why would anyone want to know if a thing or person is happy or not. He made a painting of a person that is one of everything in the painting. There would be people that want to know if a painting is happy or mad or sad. It is just a painting on a wall that you look at not think if it is happy. | 0 |
The Electoral College is a process that the founding fathers founded. It is a compromise between the election of the president by a vote in congress and a polular vote of qualified citizens for the president, as stated in line 1.
The Electoral Cellege consists of 538 electors. To be elected president, 270 electoral votes is required. Each candidate running for president has their own group of electors. After the president is elected, your governor lists all the candidates and the names of their representive electors that ran for office.
The Certificate of Ascertainment declares the winning candidate from your state and shows which electors will be representing him or her at the December of the election year. All this information is sent to the Congress and National archieves as a part of official records.
Many times, people voting for a candidate get confused on who they are voting for, and often get confused. This is do the the electors being chosen by anyone. when selecting them, there are no set rules.
Many people do not agree with the Electoral college vote, as it says on line 11. The smaller states think they should have just as many votes as the bigger states, but that defeats the whole purpose of the Electoral Votes.
As it says on line 19, Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have Trans-Regional appeal. In other words, no region can single handedly put a president in office. There would need to be two thirds vote to win.
Our founding fathers feared democracy, and the is why they came up with this process. If we used democracy, only 51% of voters would be needed. But with Electoral Votes, it keeps little states from having too much power and say.
People think that their vote does not matter, because they are voting for the state, not the country. Many people think like this, and choose not to vote, but really every vote matters. People also tend to not vote because tey do not agree with the Electoral College, but why not try to make a difference and put the man you want in office in control? | 1 |
he says its worthy because us man kind really dont know much about venus. venus is things to provent use from studing the plants more. us humans well always want to explor new places like we have for thounds of years. space is just a whole new area we still dont know everything about and the plantes in them. man kind has sent numerous spacecraft to venus, but its never last more then an hour or two on the gound level. auther says its worthy because venus is our twin plantes that is more relatible to earth then any other planet on our solor system. but the temperature on the surface gets to 800 degress witch is to hot for humans to survive on to study. but our researches are not giving up on the mission to venus. researches already thought of hovering over the surface about 30 plus feet witch would be 180 degres for us. witch is good for use to gather more research on how venus is kinda like earth. we alredy know nebus got a roucky surface with moutains, vallys and hills on it has the same weather cycle but more intence then ours are. we are just at the begening on our travels and discoveries no danger things are going to stop us humans from research that is all worthy | 1 |
In the article "driverless cars are coming," the author presents both posotive and negative aspects of driverless cars. I think that their should be driverless cars in the future. The idea of driverless cars are great, and can help save many lives.
Right now without driverless cars their are becoming way to many accidents. More and more people are getting tickets by speeding and or texting while driving. With driverless cars, their will be a lot less accidents when texting. Also since the car is driving for you, it will go the right speed limit. Driverless cars still need some work, but in a couple years it will be fixed. Each generation is becoming smarter and smarter. So if we have started to make the hard part of the driverless car, imagine what we will be able to do in a couple years! Driverless cars can also help with traffic. Driverless cars will discover the fastest way possible to get to the drivers location. The driver will not have to worry about as much. The car takes car of that for them!
Driverless cars can help people from getting injured and making people less stressed. It is a great way for people to get less tickets. It will help the flow of traffic and find the shortest wat possible to get to their location. With newer technology these next couple years, we will be able to make the driverless car safe and fun where everybody will love them. | 2 |
Venus is a mystery planet but is also very similar to earth. Why havent we explored it yet? Venus should be explored because it is fairly close to us sometimes in the year. Venus also shares a lot of characteristics with earth. If humans were able to explore Venus then we would possibly be able to make a new planet livable to humans and also give us much more knowledge about space and planets.
Sometimes Venus is closer to Earth than Mars. In paragragh 2 it states that,
"Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest in distance too." We are starting to learn about mars and if Venus is close to earth when mars is far then we should have no excuse not to explore Venus.
Since Venus is so close to Earth then we could possibly make a new livable planet and also have a whole new line of information for scientists to study and explore with. | 1 |
Have you ever had the oppritunity of a lifetime?
Luke found his oppritunity of a lifetime; the UNRRA was Luke's oppritunity and experience of a lifetime.
The UNRRA helped Luke out tremeandosly; UNRRA helped Luke understand the situations people were in; the program helped Luke recognize and make him more aware of people's needs and problems that they are having to live with. This program opened up the world for Luke, and Luke used his experience in is lifetime after he was done being a Seagoing Cowboy; Luke housed many international students and exchange visitors for many years.
Luke has helped many lives; Through this experience Luke has made himself a better person, too.
One of the most memerable parts about this experience was the sights Luke was allowed to see; Luke loved the destinations he was allowed to view, for the price he paid to help other people.
Lucas was allowed to view
Venice, Italy by taking a gondalo ride; China; Europe;and the Panama Canal on his way to China.
If you are in the wrong demeanor or you are melancholy all of the time, join the UNRRA program. This program will help you out tremendously; it helped Luke out a great amount.
Even if you aren't the most gregarious person... this program could help you become more of a people person.
The program will give you an I-feel-like-I-know-everyone feeling.
This experience could help you be a better,more exuberant person.
UNRRA is an amazing way to meet new friends; those new friends could end up being your best friend for the rest of your life.
Don Reist was probably Luke's best friend for the rest of Luke's life; Don was the one who engadged Luke's intrest into the UNRRA program.
If it wasn't for Don ever inviting Luke on the trip, Luke might not of ever transfromed into a greater, helpful person.
Luke wouldv'e never transferred the knowledge he learned over to his family; Luke wouldn't of been elligable to house students or visitors; those people would never have gotten the chance to have their own experience of a lifetime.
You could be like Luke and help many people have their own amazing experience; you could be like Luke and set a new record for the most trips.
It's all up to you whether you want to help change a person or animals life.
The UNRRA is an excellent program;the program could help change you and your families life, or it could help you change a person and a families life.
The decision is all up to you; the decision is to help make the world a better place or to just not take your part in helping families and other people.
Everythig is up to you and your decision to join the UNRRA. | 2 |
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a planet while fighting through the dangers the planet brings? What about a planet that at ground level, has far more extreme conditions than humans can handle? This is what exploring our planetary neighbor Venus would be like. Even though the author claims it would be worthy to make the dangerous trip to Venus, he does a poor job of supporting his claim.
The author uses a credible source, NASA, but the author fails to back up why the pursuit is worthy. The information from NASA talks about possible solutions to the harsh conditions of Venus, but not about why the trip should be made, despite all the harsh factors. The text states, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." The author has valid reasoning for solutions, but this information does not mention why it would benefit us to risk lives just to make the adventure.
The author also includes an abundance of information about how dangerous and risky Venus is, and yes it is important to know these facts, but in the beginning of the article, the author seems to scare the audience into not traveling to Venus. Paragraph 3 states, "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquify many metals." The author goes into detail about just how deadly Venus would be to humans, instead, if he was trying to prove that it is a worthy point, the author should've been lighter about these facts and not gone into such scary, vivid detail; the author also could've added a counterargument in this paragraph instead of waiting until later in the essay to start showing what he was actually trying to prove.
The author could've included more evidence to support his view, but he did provide one piece of sufficient evidence. Paragraph 4 reads, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This piece shows that some scientists want to explore Venus for its ancient possible ability to explore life, but the author needed to support his claim with other information, other than strictly in this paragraph.
Ultimately, the author did have evidence in his article, but there needed to be more in order to make his claim well-supported and also more credible. Exploring Venus may be a good idea, but the author's claim wasn't clear enough throughout the essay to be able understand his point. The only time the author's claim was clear was in the conclusion when he stated reasons why Venus should be explored. All in all, the author did a poor job of supporting his idea of the worthiness of traveling to Venus, despite all the dangers it brings with it. | 4 |
In today's world driving a car is a daily thing. People drive cars everyday either to get to work or run arrnes and do many other things. Cars should be put to limited usage becuase cars are a leading factor in air pollution. Also limited car usage is helpful because it can help you stay healthy and in shape.
Cars should be put to limited usage because cars are a leading factor in air pollution.
Like it says in source 1 "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe . . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intense areas in the United States." Cars release gases into the air which cause pollution. The pollution is bad for the enviroment and for civilians health. Like this one time in Paris the pollution form cars got so bad it created a smog over the city. After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced driving ban to clear the area of the global city. Citezens of Paris were fined if they were seen driving during the ban, only some cars were abke to be driving on specific days. Just after a few days of this ban the smog cleared enough for a vehicles were able allowed to drive. To reduce this we must do what a few cities around the world do. Some small cities around the world are reducing car usage by creating more accesible public transportation methods, with less parking space. Also the stores are placed on a walk way, on a main street rather than in malls which are far away.
Also, cars should be put to limited usage because it can help you stay healthy and in shape. If you dont use cars you be forced to walk or to ride a bike. Doing this will be physical activity and help you stay in shape. You wont have to sit in a car and just press a pedal to move. That will get you lazy and fat. If you ride a bike instead or walk you are moving and naking your body work, keeping yourself from being fat and staying healthy.
In conclusion, car usage should be limited becuase cars are a leading factor in air pollution and also limited car usage is helpful because it can help you stay healthy and in shape. | 2 |
The author suggest that studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the danger it presents because of many reasons. Venus is often referred to Earth's "twin". "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in term of density and size" as its listed in the article in paragraph 2. Venus has a nickname, its usually called the "Evening Star", it the brightest point of light in the night sky so thats why it has a nickname the "Evening Star" In the solar system that we have right now, Venus is the second planet from our sun. 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus.
Dispite the dangers it presents the author still suggest that we should study Venus. There's some negatives and positives about studying Venus. For example, some negatives are that Venus has a "surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valley's, mountains, and craters", as listed in the article in paragraph 4. Scientist think of them as challenges, as said in paragraph 6. Venus would be a challenge for scientist, it say's on paragraph 2, " since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." menaing this could be a problem they are trying to find out on how to handle.
Other necgative things that would accour is that the ttemperatures would be toasty. It would be like around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Not easy conditions, but at a stage where humans can survive. As listed on paragraph 5, it say's " Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." On paragraph 3, it say's " On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our planet." They are far more extreme than Earth's. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even tho Murcury is closer to the sun. 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.
Positive things that scientist have discovered that they can do is that Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. As well that the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Scientist have found a way to hover from a spaceship safely far above the planet. It can only "provide limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard form of photography and videography ineffective", as said in paragraph 6. "Researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enought to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus", as listed in paragraph 6.
NASA is working on different ways to approach Venus. They are working on a old technology thing called "Mechanical Computers". They are devices that were first envisioned in the 1800s, and played a important role in the 1940s during the World War II. I Personally think that NASA would work on approaching Venus. Like it said in the article, "No spaceship has landed in Venus in decades", so Imagine a spaceship landing in Venus again. What NASA is doing is good, that they are finding different ways to approach, as well as things that will help it get their, like for example, the old mechanical computers that was used during World War II. NASA sould countine to do research so that a spaceship may return to Venus. | 3 |
In the story a big part is wanting to explore Venus because it's important to see what is outside of the world. The author of this story said that our human nature would most likely take us to Venus to see what's out their for us. There is vaule in going to Venus because we can discover new things and it will help us gain insight in on the planet. Venus is the closest planet to earth.
A good and big reason we should go to Venus is that we would want to go out and see what other planets have in store for us. Venus is a good place to start because it's the closest that is to Earth. We have already tried to go to Venus but man could not indure the mission for example if we take tablets or phones it will be like if we pour acid on to them . We sent out spacecrafts that have been unmanned already so just imagin in a coulpe of years what we could do to go to Venus.
I think human nature will take us to Venus. Us as humans are willing to go beyond to find out things no matter how dangerous or even if we have doubts. It has big vaule if we go we get to find out if their is human life,diffrent structures. We need to meet the challenges that are presented to us by Venus. We already might have some of the tools for example one of the computers that helped us during World War 2 could help us now because these computers don't need to be electronics they are gears and levers and they are better because they can endure in the physical conditions.
Scientists have been discussing and they have stated that Venus is one of the most like Earth solar system. They think a long time ago Venus was covered in oceans and could even have formed life. That's even better readons on why we should travel to Venus.
This is why we should travel to Venus all of things we could discover like life structures. Even humans are planning to get ready to for the travel. I think if we give it a couple of years we should be their and maybe even discovered new life. | 2 |
How do you feel about the idea of Driverless Cars? They say that driverless cars when be helpful and much more safe. They can even form a public taxi system.
The cars use half of the fuel of today's taxis. It's told that the cars have drivin more than half a million miles without even crashing. The author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars by your position on driverless cars.
Reading this article i'm not sure if i'm against it of not. Things that
ran through my head when they asked," Can you imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars because no one needs them anymore". Well the thing that I thought about were like Why? I dont really see the purpose of these cars at all. I mean yes, it would be nice from people bussiness people that have to drive thousands of miles each day. For the people just living and normal life like driving to the store or to a friends house, I dont see why they would need them. Is it really as safe as they say it is? Now as I think about the driverless cars more and more, I think i'm going to say that I am against the driverless cars.
I would understand why people would be for the driverless cars. They won't have to drive their kids everywhere, They won't need to worry about drinking and driving, and they won't have to worry about falling asleep while driving. Yes, those are all good resons but they should know already not to do that stuff. I think it's just a way for people to become more and more lazier each day. What if they stop working one day and someone gets hurt , and all that is left is those driverless cars and no body wants them anymore but there is no more normal cars. Then what are we gonna do. | 1 |
Childhood is often painted as a happy, idyllic time in our lives, but in reality, it's a precarious era of high emotions and crucial development. One of the best places to demonstrate the vast range of emotions a child or adolescent experiences is the classroom. Triumph, frustration, bitterness, and indifference are all commonplace feelings at school, and analyzing and understanding these are crucial to creating a better system of raising and educating children. That is why the Facial Action Coding System would be a fascinating, tremendously beneficial experiment that would revolutionize psychology.
The Facial Action Coding System is a new software, designed by Prof. Thomas Huang of the University of Illinois, that constructs a 3-D computer model of the face and analyzes the movement of the muscles to indicate emotion: for instance, when you smile and raise your eyebrows, you might be 50% happy, 30% surprised, 12% sad, 5% afraid, and so on. There are six basic emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, and surprise.
If we are capable of calculating human emotions through facial muscles, then we ought to use that power and knowledge to better ourselves. Let us attempt to understand our children, in order to judge and improve the education system.
For instance, a child might be surprised or angry when they do not understand a concept. Through the Facial Action Coding System, the teacher could more accurately guess which of her students grasp a concept and which do not. Additionally, reading emotions would aid educators in finding the best method of teaching for children of types, enabling more to become successful. This would lead a massive decrease in standardized testing and other measures of measuring how far along a pupil is in their studies. The Facial Action Coding System would not only enlighten teachers, but would save the government and schools precious time and money.
Furthermore, school life almost always overlaps into private life. Two students who are dating or are friends will continue their relationships outside of the classroom. Conversely, troubles and victories at home frequently bleed into their school work. If a child is having a rough home life or experiencing personal loss, they might not be as focused on the quality of their schoolwork, or, in extreme caes, act out. Teachers cannot be the sole support system for students, but they do have a responsibility to ensure a child's physical and emotional welfare, whether it means settling petty disputes or recommending therapy. Imagine the multiple lives that could be improved if the signs of unhappiness could be detected and addressed. On a darker note, the Facial Action Coding System would be most expedient in diagnosing depression, mental illness, and the tell-tale feelings that too many youths suffer from before thoughts or attempts of suicide.
Finally, utilizing such a powerful tool in the classroom would revolutionize child psychology. New branches of study could be devoted just to scrutinzing the way a face shows feeling. Experts could see how certain elements and events in life affect a child. A greater empathy would form, shortening the widening gap between generations, especially in this epoch filled with technology and new ideas, and allowing humanity to unite. A more focused, diverse view on society can be discovered through a child's eyes; we can improve our society, piece by piece. And all this can start with the Facial Action Coding System.
There are those who feel that subjecting children to these trials is an invasion of their privacy and imical to their natural development. It is true that a child should not be exposed to an excessive amount of software, and it is a valid complaint that invading their mind can be harmful. However, with responsible adults, the Facial Action Coding System can pick up on the children's discomfort and address their issues, from whatever cause, with more honesty and empathy. The Facial Action Coding System is a victory for psychology, and when used right and in moderation, it will benefit all parties.
The Facial Action Coding System will revise psychology. It detects the six basic emotions conveyed in the muscles of a human face, paving the way for an increase in enlightenment in our society's perception of childhood and coming-of-age. The Facial Action Coding System will assist teachers in determining their students' progress, help them grapple with their unfamiliar, often frightening emotions, and create a fresh look at child psychology. Despite the expense and the risk that scientifically calculating a child's feelings will hurt them, it is at least worth a try to see what a student can feel in a classroom and start making improvements in education and understanding humanity from there. | 5 |
luke bomberger wants to be a seagoing cowboy who rides the waves becuase he is used to riding the waves because he crossed the atlantic ocean 16 times and the pacific twice to help people affected by WW 2. he rode on a cattle boat to europe to be a sesgoing cowboy. his friend don reist is going and he knows that luke can surf. and don invited him and luke is working to jobs as a bank accountant and a grouchery store. so he has to decide wether he should go or he should stay at his zenith.
luke decides to go and it was 1945 in WW2 was all over europe many countries were left in ruins.
to help these countries all 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA hired seagoing cowboys such as luke luke and don signed up.
in august 1945 the two boys luke and don recived threir orders the report to new orleans. the ywo boys are doing this so they coud be a sea going cowboy.
the two boys arived august 14. the day the pacific war ended they got their seamans papers and boarded the ss charles w. rooster and they headed for greece.
the cattle boat trips were an unbeleiveable opportunity for a small town boy luke also toured china greece venice and a excavated castle. luke was at the atlantic ocean for two weeks and it took him a month t get to china. | 0 |
Have you ever thought of the advantages of limiting your car usage? Do you even know what driving does to the enviroment? Limiting the amount of times you use your vehicle will reduce the pollution in the world.
To begin with, In 'Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog' by Robert Duffer, it is stated on lines 14-16 that "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog" explaining that without cars, the amount of "congestion" in other words pollution will decrease rapidly. The popular use of cars and motorcycles have forced France to ban driving to clear the smog in their city. Pollution in this city has obviously grown over the years, by reducing the use of these machines has helped the enviroment.
In Addition, 'Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota' by Andrew Selsky records that there is a day banning vehicle use as well know as the Day Without Cars in Bogota, Colombia, with an exception of buses and taxis. Selsky wrote "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog." With this city of 7 million, the rate of pollution will decrease throughout the years, even with one out of 365 days of not driving.
Lastly, 'Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal, It is explained that the "Residents of [Vauban,Germany] this upsca;e community are suburban pioneers...they have given up their cars." Rosenthal notes that many families are happier without vehicles.
In Conclusion, limiting the usage of cars and vehicles will decrease the amount of air pollution in the world. These 3 sources all gave examples of scenarios without cars and motorcycles, how people have made things work and how pollution has reduced since then. | 2 |
In the article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the narrator tells us why NASA is struggling so much to explore the planet of Venus, what's so hard about it, and what their plan is.
The author believes that studying Venus is a "worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents." The author supports his idea very well by proving many good points and using factual evidence.
The author supports his idea by proving good points and using evidence. You can tell he is sincere about this and would like for the scientists to try and further explore Venus and its commodoties. For example, in paragraph 8, he talks about how our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts. This is a very reasonable statement, and proves that he actually has a reason to want Venus to be explored. Also in paragraph 8, the author says, "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." This quote supports the authors idea because he is giving an ethical reason about why he wants scientists to create the technology to be able to put humans on Venus. He is explaining to the readers why he wants this to take place, and by giving his opinion, it automatically supports him and his idea.
The author does many things to help support his idea throughout this article. He is very opinionated about why he wants there to be people on Venus. The author support his idea very well by proving many good points and using factual evidence. | 2 |
The "Face on Mars" is a natural landform. It is not created by some aliens. If it is created by aliens, why is it the shape of human, instead of their leader, and why is it not detail enough? So I say that this "Face on Mars" is not created by aliens, but a natural landform.
Some of the scientists in NASA believed that the Face was created by the aliens, so went there and took the same picture again. The image shows that it is a natural land form and there was no alien monument. But not everyone was satisfied, because the picture was taken during a cloudy time. Then we went to Mars to look for the same thing again, and it came out good. The picture was clear and detailed. The 2001 picture show it is familiar to human shape but it is the shadow that makes it look more like a human mask.
There is a common landform on Earth that is similar to the face of human face. Though the human face landform is on Mars, that does not mean that aliens created it. We went to space for two more time to prove that it is not aliens' creation. The "Face on Mars" is a natural landform. | 1 |
In my opinion I don't think it is neccesary to use that type of technology in the class room because you can tell when someone isn't paying attention or if they're really bored just by their body language. You can tell a lot just by a persons body language or how they are acting.
In paragraph 5 it states that,"you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by look on her face". You can also tell how a person is feeling by their body language. If their head is down you might think they feel sick,tired, or they might not want to talk to anyone. It is east to tell when someone it feeling happy because when they are happy they stand up straight,have a smile on their face. A person's attitude can tell a lot about someone. For example if you can their name and the answer "what!" it can mean they are annoyed by someone or something. Another example can be when you're talking to someone and they answer you with no emotion on their face,and they slumped down in a chair can mean they are either tired and don't have any engery to do anything and maybe want some time to themselves.
My other reason why I disagree is that FACS might cost the school a lot of money. Instead of buying this technology why not buy more books or take field trips. Why buy something that might be used once rather than save the money and use it for soemthing good. Like buying better computer for the school or buying materials for the classes. If a student isn't paying attention instead of modifying the lesson like it states in paragraph 6. Why wont the teacher help the student after school instead of changing the lesson. It would help the student understand more and help him. | 2 |
I think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program because it's a fun and exciting program.
The text states,"The cattle-boat trips were and unbelievable opportunity for a benefiy of seeing Europe and China."
The text also states,"But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special, he says.
So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water."
Another reason to join the program is you get to learn a lot of interesting stuff.
The text states,"Luke served as a night watchman.
His job was to check on all the animals every hour."
The text also states,"But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger.
It opened up the world to him.
One final reason to join the program is because if you like dangerous stuff the program is dangerous.
The text states,"Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared Luke for hard work, but not for the dangers at sea.
His job was to check on all the animals every hour.
One rainy night, after making his hourly report to the captain, he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside.
Luke's heart raced as he shot feet first toward an opening on the side of the ship.
A small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide, keeping him from flying overboard into the dark Atlantic.
He was happy to be alive.
But he couldn't work for a couple of days because of craked ribs."
Those reasons are why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
"The Electoral College is a process, not a place". It was established as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote elected by the citizens. But people such as Bradford plumer are staring to think even the "best-laid defenses of the system are wrong". While others believe we should keep our "despised method of choosing the President" said - Richard A. Posner. but in all reality the Congress should keep the Electoral College as a way of electing the presidents and its candidates, even though it could use some updating.
The Electoral College should be kept as the way of voting for the President and his/hers candidates. "Despite the lack of democratic predigree, its all pratical reasons, not liberal or conservative reasons." says Posner. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible, but its not likely than a dispute over the popular vote. Basically its a certainty of an outcome, Now understanding the fact that the electoral college voters vote not for the president, but for the state of electors, and over 60 perecent of the voters would prefer a direct election. Only because the people believe the electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational to the voters. People can see what the ones against the electoral college are upset about, its true, it is the electors who elect the president, not the citizens who vote. But each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominees, and that trust hardley ever betrayed.
Ones against have said "the large states get more attention from presidental candidates in a campaign rather than a small state". They also have said "the winner of the take it all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, seventeen states didnt see the candidates at all, including South Carolina and Rhode Island.. they didnt even get a single ad". But the electoral college restores some of the weight in the political balance that the large states lose in population.
Plumer strongly believes to abolish the electoral college. This year he already expects a close election in which the popular vote winner could lose the the presidency yet again, but the electoral college still has its defenders.. In his arguement he would call the electoral college a "disaster factor". The only disater factor on the electoral college is that its not a modern sense.. When you vote for a presidental candidate your actually voting for a slate of electors. The Electoral College needs to be updated in the method of selecting a president.
In a nutshell, the Electoral College should be the way to vote for the president and the candidates. It could be argued that the elctoral college is unfair and not updated, which is true, the electoral college needs to be updated. But the electoral college was made by founding fathers as a compromise, and it should stay that way. | 3 |
The new technology called Facial Action Coding System should should be used in a classroom to read the emotional expressions of the students. Why? you make ask. I belive it will actually rise the students smartness and test scores. Also it would be the best for years to come! It will hepl the students more smart becasue in classroom there are kids that are to scared/embrassed to rise their hand and ask questions. So if the teacher see a student is confused and sees that kid is to sacred to rise their hand then he would rexplain what he was teaching. Then if the technology shows he or she isnt confused then he would move on. This will be so great years to come because kids wouldn´t be left behind and wouldn´t feel that they have to drop out. If they will see their selfs being something big in the futer. Then we will have more doctors and mostly likely to find new medinces for illness like cancer. We will get sincetes to help us live in this earth longer and maybe hopefully keep the earth clean. They would be smart enugh to find new ways to keep the earth clean. Not even just to help the eart but help kids prevent from doing things that will harm themselfs and others. For an exmaple if the teacher sees somoene is so mad they can try to help and talk and that could help a school shooting because sometimes all we need to someone to talk to. So in conclusen i belive the new technology called Facial Action Coding System should be in the classroom because it will help the earth and thw world but mot imporantly us humans. | 1 |
What make the future "The Future," is it the movies we watch," Back to the Future," or the just the a layer of imagination waiting to brust into what we know as creativity. the future is here and it is apparent that we are move farther in it.
Many thing are create for the future such as; computer,
television, phone, network, headphone, etc. When you think about the future you are interpreting that we have cool eletronic and thing of that sort. Well my dear friend it is so, that we may have that in the near future. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author state the positive and negative aspect about the future of cars, well "Driverless Cars." These aspect are that driverless care are made to involve the Driver as well and driverless cars assisted the driver in navigating as well as protecting the driver. Driverless car should be created for us as we move towrad the future.
Drverless cars should be created by the fact that driverless car protect the driver and and keep the driver involve. If we continue to advance driverless cars that proved my protection right now driverless cars are aim toward involving the driver as well. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author states how they have sensor and hardware that allow the driver to have a safer driving experience, this positive input help convey the online that driverless cars should be develop through the effort they puting in to create a safe excperience for anyone in the driverless car. this also allow the driver to get place easy and quickly with less accident then a regular car. They are not elimating driver in general, in fact, as driverless cars are being create producer of this fine good are aiming to not only safely protect the driver but to make sure thst the driver in ingage within driving the driverless car. Company like Google, BMW ,and GM are develop the driverless car to alert the driver when it need to take the wheel or navigate rough condition. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it states hopw company like Google and BMW are use alert method like flashinf light or announces when the driver need to take control of the car. By promate Good protection and keeping the driver aware, the Driverless car is a good invetnion to farther develop. These are not the only two reason why driverless cars should been created but they are the most important. wouold you rather have a computer that driver every cars safely to a destination or a speed demon who would hit you and continue driving while you sit on the side of the road wonder how am i going to make it
to my destination. jus think about how much safe you will been | 2 |
I'd have to say the new technology ''Facial action coding system'' that has been created in Illionois is acceptable. It beyond helpful in my perspective it could really help out young children whom don't understand what the teacher is saying. '' A classroom computer could recgonize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then modify the lesson like an effective human instructor''. This quote states how it the new technology is being used. Especially children who dont understand english. Without saying anything verbally to the computer, and it could help some students outs! It would be extra heplful if it had that ability to translate. The reason why I am saying this because there are some whom don't want to speak and are simply quite and usually just give a face in which the compter can caculate you. And the fact that we humans preform the same expression'' as said in paragraph 5. Inconclusion this would probably help out the students who dont speak for them selves. And increase the ability for young children to be stress free and more understanding in what subject they are currently learning and hopefully be sucessful. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author attempts to convince the reader that studying Venus is worth all the dangerous problems one would face trying to study the beautiful planet.
The author starts off his argument by stating how "challenging" it is to examine Venus at a close proximidy, and procides to state all the factors of studying Venus and explain why it is so dangerous to explore this planet. The author first states facts about Venus that would affect a mission to the surface. These comments are mostly about it's atmosphere, stating that the thick atmophere is "almost 97% carbon dioxide" and contains high amounts of sulfuric acid, which as a result, causes the temperature to average at "over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." And to top that off, the atmospheric pressure is "90 times greater then planet Earth's," suggesting that a submarine that was made to endure Earth's deepest parts of the ocean would be crushed on planet Venus. Later on, the author explains why we should even try to learn more about this supposedly miss understood planet. The author claims that astronomers are "fascinated" by Venus because they believe that it could have been the planet most like Earth in the solar system at one point in the past; possessing "large oceans" and being able to "support various forms of life," and that even now Venus still has traits that could hint to the idea that it used to be a lot like Earth, such as having a "rocky sediment" surface, along with valleys, mountains, and craters. Although the author could have gone more into depth in this subject; inferring that astronomers should study Venus' surface because humanity wants to know why this change may have happened, and if we could avoid Earth following the same path, his argument as to why we should study Venus' surface is highly valid and valued as a strong reason despite the dangers.
Overall, the author of the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," has a strong, thought out reason why humanity should explore Venus close up in the years to come. | 3 |
In The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. It could help us with future problumes of popultion and or if are planet dies.
The sister planet venus should be looked at more closely to see if we can inhabait this planet orif it was inhabited by other species. NASA says, "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"(3). Because of the heat it could be the reson why the unmaned spacecrafts don't survive for more then a few hours.
The technology of today might be advenced but more sensetive to venuses conditions. "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II"(7). Older technology can be more improved but not changed by that much. Making spacecrafts from this technology and metals could help peraces into the atmospher and give us a view of what the ground might look like.
By pursuiting to explore this challenge could help us understand if there was ever a bigger spand of life then us. Despite the dangers it presents we could know more and understand what caused it's fall. The resurech of this planet that we know could be enoght to go thorgh a plan to find what is under the 97 percent of carbon dioxide that cover venus. | 1 |
It is a lot of peoples dream to have cars that do not require the passenger to operate the vehicle, but at the same time the vehicle operate exactly how it should if not better than if a human were driving. In my opinion, it is a bad idea for this to happen. If there is a problem, and there is an accident, who is to blame? Would the person in the car? Or the manufacturer? Also America, and eventualy the world, is losing an experience that is almost everywhere, and has been for a long time now. Humanity will come one more step closer to being dependant on the technology around them. Driverless cars are a bad idea.
I have spent a portion of my life learning about how the car were made. We learned about it in history class; how and when the very first car was made and how the car has evolved over time. If we upgrade the car to where it doesnt require human interaction to drive it, then slowly humanity will forget the nessesity of driving. We will be dependent on our technology to "work" for us. We will become lazy as a people. As the cars get smarter, we get dumber.
Car accidents happen all the time, some more severly than others. If there is an accident and a driverless car was the cause, who is the blame? Is it the manufacturer? Is it the driver? Who would be at fault?! The driver wasnt driving, he was just in the car, he had no control. So if something happened to the machinery does it mean that the manufacturer is at stake? Are all self driving cars unsafe for all those who use them? To me this is a very scary situation, a situation where humans no longer have any control.
There are lots of benefits to self driving cars, true, but the negative side of this is far worse than the postive. We cant become lazy. We cant be dependent of something that may not always be therefor us. We cant put ourselves in that situation. If there are accidents then who is at fault? Could you get blamed for something you didnt do? Something you would stop if you could, but didnt know how? A driverless car is something i do not need. | 2 |
The Electoral College
Dear Senator of the state,
I am a former citizen of the state writing to you about my regards of changing the electoral college system. The electoral college should have it's own individual vote to the president. It is unfair that the vote of the people goes towards electors who then decides whom to elect the president. Also, what happened the power of the people? The citizens of the state who vote for an elector does not have the control of who they elect which president that is elected.
I suggest that the votes of the people are sent to the electoral college, then the electors vote upon the two presidents. After that, the votes between the two presidents are seperate, while the one vote goes for the president of their chosen and the other vote goes towards the other president of their chosen. This process would make everything fair and the majority of the vote doesn't just counts as state.
Sincerely, consirened Citizen | 0 |
I think they should keep the Electoral college because what's the need of changing it if it was the same way back in the day. I could be wrong but i also think many things shouldn't change like trying something different whether it's new or not. many things shouldn't change just because it feels right or it may help with your problems because 9 times out of 10 it may go all wrong when you try it but all worked out in your head perfectly. The electoral college consists of the electors where they vote for president and vice president and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. the electoral college consists of 538 electors but a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. And in my own personal opinion i think there's absoulutely nothing wrong with the electoral college i think it gives good advice and helps motivates you. the winner take all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign. I sometimes think many people are aganist electoral college because the way it seperates the votes and only half will be required to go to the election and be seen. And others may have their opinions on this but it's ok to have your own opinion also different opinions don't hurt nobody it's just that different people believe in different things. | 1 |
In this day and age, car ownership is extremely common among people of all demographics, despite its negative effects on the environment. Cars burn fuels incompletely, releasing harmful byproducts into the atmosphere that can cause thick smog to occur, among other things. Many people have realized the damage caused and have abstained from using personal motor vehicles, or have at least decreased in their use. However, many people still do not know all the advantages that come from living a car-free lifestyle. Living without a car may seem daunting at first due to its reputation as the most popular mode of transportation since its inception. When these preconcieved notions are brushed aside, the benefits can shine through. Limiting car usage is not only cost-effective, but it also dramatically decreases greenhouse gas emissions, lowers obesity, and allows people to conserve the non-renewable resources that cars depend on. Cleaner cities lead to less illness and a better quality of life for its citizens.
Limiting car usage can be very cost-effective, especially in a place like Vauban, Germany. In this particular town, it costs $40,000 just to park, not including the costs of the actual car, gas, tolls, and repairs that come with being a car owner. It is much more inexpensive to simply walk, bike, or utilize public transportation. People may have to give up a small amount of convienience, but they will surely enjoy the spike in their finances once they become accustomed to life without a car.
Without cars, an opening becomes apparent for cheap transportation. Walking, biking, and skating can replace the need for cars. These methods require people to put in effort to get to their destination. This effort burns calories for energy and allows the user to commute and exercise at the same time, allowing people to lead healthier, more active lifestyles. With the current obesity epidemic occurring in the United States, human-powered transportation is a viable option that is worth considering for the sake of America's heath. If cars are banned, cities will build more and more bike paths to accomodate the needs of the people just as it has happened in Bogota, Columbia. Reducing obesity would mean reclaiming the millions of dollars lost each year to healthcare costs on obesity related illnesses, such as heart disease. Cutting out cars could be the healthiest choice people ever make.
Greenhouse gases trap heat near Earth's atmosphere and contribute to climate change and biodiversity loss. Car emissions are a large part of the total emissions released, but that has the potential to change. Building cities closer together promotes walking in leiu of driving and reduces the amount of cars on te road, spewing their toxic byproducts. Slowing down climate change should be the most important reason why cities everywhere should take the initiative and eliminate cars.
Any small inconvience caused by not owning a personal vehicle is quickly outweighed by all the benefits the world can reap through getting rid of cars, once and for all. The problems they have inflicted on the world can finally be neutralized. | 4 |
Studying venus is a worthy persuit despite its dangers. The author has a few reasons of why he thinks this. Some of them are to find out what it is made up of. Another one is to try and find out why there is no life on mars. Also even though he thinks they should explore it he talks about the dangers and how really dangerous it is. There are a lot of risks to exploring venus but it would be worth it.
One thing that the authro does well to support his idea is he gives a lot of compelling resons of why he thiks venus is worth exploring. One of the reasons why he things its worth exploring is because they can find out what venus is made up of by taking rock samples. I think this is a good reason becuase it explains how the author wants to explore venus despite its dangers. Another reason why he thinks it should be explored despite its dangers is becuase they can figure out why there is no life on venus. I also think this is a good reason becuase it proves why venus should be explored even though it is dangerous according to the author.
In conclusion the author has a good point of why venus should be explored despite the dangers. One of his reasons is to find out why there is no life on venus. Another reason is to find out what venus is made up of. I think these are good supporting reasons because they prove why venus should be explored even though it has dangers. | 1 |
Using the technology to read students' emotional expressions will benefit the students learning experience and they will like the new way of learning. The student will be more ingaged into the actives because the techology changed it to their liking. In the article it states that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify thr lesson". If the computer modifies the lesson and makes the student more ingaged the student wouldn't become bored or uninterested and they will pay more attention. If the technoloy modifies the lesson where the student couldn't become confused and make it more understandable the student wouldn't get upset or want to give up on the lesson. A human instructor can't change the whole lesson because one student is confused or bored but if the technology was placed in schools it'll benefit the students one on one help where it can change the lesson to the students liking or unstanding. The techology will change the way students learn and benfit them in their edcational career. | 2 |
In the future they're going to present a driverless car, which in my opinion is unsafe because of computers have gone down before and can have problems. Having someone else drive the car in unsafe you have no control of it if you get in accident, it is very unsafe for teens and adults to drive a driverless car.
The good things about theie car is in the article that says, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." Also it says, that they still aler the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or aciddents. So that is safe that they alarm before they shut down and you take over.Also it says in the text is that Google modified the toyota prius using sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotationg sensor on the roof, a video camera near the rearview mirror, four radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and intertial motion senser.
The negative effects is that the car can cost a lot because in the paragraph 6 it says, a Radar was a device on a hiltop that cost two hundred million dollars, nobody wouold be able to afford it and they wouldn't get a lot of business. this car is suppose to be driverless but it says in the text that, the drivers keeps his/her hands on the wheels at all time, also it says when navigating through work zones and around accidents the humans have to take over so the drivers must stay alert at all times. what happens if the driver can't hear the alert then the person would get in a crash.People are illegalizing because the don't want to test computer driven cars at all.
My sayin g on this driverless car is very dangerous and shouldn't be on the road because something could go wrong and the person will get injuried. Driverless cars should be banned from the U.S. and Canada. | 2 |
Aliens creating human faces on mars? That's just carzy. The face on mars is just a natural landform, and here's why. There is picture proof and now, there is better technology so we can see things way beter now than we did before.
First, the picture proof. Pictures were taken, very clearly and sharp showing it's just a natural landform. The picture that was tooken actually was more than ten years later, so of course there was better cameras getting it in clear picture it's pretty obvious what it actually is. Even years after that another picture was tooken and showed it with even better quality, prooving that is no alien creation.
Next reason is, we live now in a better world with better technology and we can do new things. So a picture was taken on a cloudless day of the face. This time we zoomed in and each pixel inside the
picture spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo. Why this is important is now we can take a picture and get a closer look and not make it much blury, back then zooming in was not so good making it closer but really blury. So maybe if you zoomed in back then it would be blurry and look probably more like and alien artifact, but now zooming in actually works better and more efficiently making it easy to see it's a natural landform.
Finally, we come to conlusion. Even though you can argue and say "The picture was taken on a cloudy day and the alien marks are coverd by haze." We can come back and say "The pother picture was taken in summer on a cloudless day". And there were no alien symbols to be found. Basically the face is a natural landform, and there are the facts to back it up. | 2 |
The main topic of this story is that the Electoral College are not making votes fair for other people. So i will tell them what is really going on with the U.S.
To begin with, I personally think the Electoral College should change because over the years after people voted it seemed they wanted to change it, so they decide to cause a riot around there city, maybe the U.S. Some people do not like how the Electoral Law is set for our U.S. My opinion is that some of the people running for presidents usually get helped, not only by us, but by other members of the Electoral Collage. As you see the evidence is how you turn on the T.V at night and see what is going on with the vote and election. For example Afganiscan, they are destroying there country becuase of how much they dislike our president, because of a unfair vote.
Think about it would any of this happen if the Electoral College made things fair with making people at least vote twice? As you see how other people are getting deeply hurt of what you are doing. Now am not asking you to abuse this opinion just to make people happy, but the main topic of what i am writing you is to think and observe around you. According to everyone else opinion, i am not only speaking for me now, but people are thinking to redo the election. People all country would like to vote for the same president of the U.S i know there are some states that have a president but like im saying, they want to change that.
People can see that its up to us to choose who is president, but its not the members of the Electoral College job to add more credit to the person losing or winning. People are dieciding to make plans because they do not get things there way. Just like the riot in paris with the terriots, there had to be a reseason for it. Think about it why would terriots want to kill people? Not only for fun but because of the presidential voting. Every bad thing on the U.S is mainly about voting. Just like people holding up signs on the street to change there election.
As you can see the Electoral College is really selfish. They tend to pay more attensiion to themselves but not others. They do it for the money and the fact to usually get other people upset. The presidents that the Electoral Collage want to win they win. Its a fact that most presidents win to easy. They win with a plethora of help, not only with the U.S but with the members of the Electoral Collage.
In Conlusion, the electoral colage has to think about other people. They ned to focus more on the atmoshpere then sitting in one small room thinking about themselves. | 0 |
Cars are used used in everyday life but they may be used too much because of all the damage they do to the environment and the citizens must be informed on it. Cars are used to help get around easier unless if towns are developed so that people can walk or ride a bike everywhere. Cars cause pollution which causes smog and it can really hurt peoples health and the environment. A life without cars can make plenty of people happy due to the fact that people get injured or die in cars every day.
To start off most towns do not build buildings close together because people have cars which takes up more time to get there and money for gas. If buildings were made closer together everyone could get to the stores quickly and back home in time for special events. If buildings were made closer gasoline would be less of a problem due to the prices being high. In a town called Vauban in Germany seventy percent of all families do not own an automobile."All of our development since World War two has been centered on the car,and that will have to change" said David Goldberg.
Cars are known to cause pollution and some places have a partial ban on cars. Paris is well known for the Eiffel Tower and also its pollution problem so Paris allowed people with even and odd number license plates to only drive on certain days or else they will be fined. When cars cause pollution it makes smog and smog can kill crops and animals if it gets out of control. Currently heavily populated areas such as Newyork has a big pollution problem causing grey skies.
A life without cars is a happy one according to some people. A place in Colombia calles Bogota made an event called "Car-free day" which is a day where everyone goes the entire day without driving "It's a good opportunity to take away streaa abd lower air pollution"."These people are generating a revolutionary change and it is crossing boarders"."The rain hasn't stopped anyone from participating".
The reasons people should cut down on car usage is to lower pollution in the air. It just makes people happier without vehicles. Towns could be made with closer buildings to prevent using too much gas. Smog can really make an environment unhealthy by killing some of the plants that are there. | 3 |
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