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Technology and enhancement in vehicles have come a long way. Each year companies come out with new cars and new features that gives people the desire to but them. Driverless cars have been in discussion for many years and have been worked on for those many years. Corrperations, such as GM, have developed a system that vibrates the driver seat when the vehicle is in danger of hitting another vihicle while backing up. Other ideas, such as the windshield having flashing lights, have also been discussed. But this is just the beginning of driverless cars. Driverless cars should not yet be implied in today's society due to lack of technology developement.
Driverless cars cannot be released into the world because of lack in testing the cars to see if they function correctly. Many states have made laws that provent companies from testing these cars due to safety laws. Another point to look at is how much the driver would actually pay attention if they have a driverless car. If one is behind the wheel of a driverless car, they would not want to operate, but rather do something of importance to themself. If the driverless car is put out there, the driver would not want to have to take over, which they would have to at some points of the journey. Most laws are made to provide safety for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. If the technology and functions behind the driverless car fail and cause injury, whose to say is at fault? The driver or the technology could both be at fault for causing injury. Of course driverless cars would be convenient and better for gas usage, but our technology is not developed enough to pursue driverless cars.
Although driverless cars have been in discussion and worked on for many years, we are not yet ready as a society to begin the idea of letting them on roads. Because of lack in technology developement, safety, lack of testing, and the careless drivers who would be behind the wheel, our society is not ready for this function to be on the road. Yes, the car itself has benifits, but the negatives out weight the positives. | 2 |
presidents are elected every four years. Some presidents make changes some presidents don't, society strongly believes any president elected should make good changes. Any citizen from any state want's the president elected to make a difference, thats clearly one of the presidens duites. Presidents sometimes do not compensate for the mistakes they make that they're not supposed to make. Citizens votes should be the votes counted for electing presidents and not couted for electing electors.
To begin with, most presidnets elected most of the time make no difference and citizens are not content. Presidents have many duties to complete and of them is to make changes and make the world a better place for all citizens. in the article "In defense of the electoral college: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" by Richard A. Posner he states "when you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors" what the author clearly states is that society is not voting for a presidential candidate but for a slate of electors. This is why most of the time society is not content with the president chosen and bad changes are made. Citizens are the ones who live in this country so they should be the one's who's votes are counted for electing presidents so that they do not suffer the next four years.
To continue, some presidential candidates intentions to society are harmful and do not help them in anyway possible. Presidents intentions while on their four years of being presidents are supposed to help society and make their life easier and not worse. In the article "The Indefensible Electoral Collage: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer he states "can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Somtimes." this quote shows that not only is society not voting for the presidential candidate they are in favor of but they cant even control who their electors vote for sometimes. Citizens in anyway possible can not vote for the presidential candidate they are in favor of so that means society will not be content for four years and changes will be made that will make their lifes harder and some priveliges will be taken away if the presidents intentions are not helpful. Society will be living in hell in other words.
furthermore, | 2 |
would you have a drigerless care ? what if its not safe or something mouthfunctions on the car. google and a whole lot of car companys are thinking to make these driverless cars. But they really should not make these cars because in the generation we live in these cars are either going to cause many deaths due to the people that dont care about life. what if the car gets in the wrong hands that can mean multiple deaths. On top of the deaths these cars are going to be very expensive.
the county is already going through money problems as we speak so think if they bring these cars out. were going to go into a drought as a country people will want the cars so now there doing anything legal or illegal to get them. the cars also are not safe in paragraph 9 its telling me that if i buy one of these cars i could crash or anything can happen. Because google hasnt even put everything in place for safety of the car or driver. The state doesnt have laws for the car or cant even tell if we are at fault for crashing the car thats also in paragraph 9.
there are pluses
to this car though dont get me wrong. it may not be safe or proven to even drive by itself completly yet but the work that they are doing on it to upgrade it sounds nice. if we can have these cars up and running fully without any problems i might just look into it. for now i think they should work on getting more sensors in and on the car so it can be proven to drive with no driver helping park or go through busy streets.
my complete thoughts on this car is it looks and sounds nice. i would have one in 2020 if i get the chance to eperince it. but they have to fix how safe the car is because it sounds cool it can watch you to always make sure your not a careless driver and you can be in the car with your friends without having to drive or get tired. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
I feel like we should keep the Electoral College because, "A disput over the outcome of a electoral college vote is possible but, it is less likely than a dispute over the popular vote". This means that that people would argue over the electoral college vote and who they voted for but but people most likely would not argue over the popular vote. They have done this before in 2012's election prosses with Obama and Romney. The second reason is that everyone will have to put ads up because not just one region of votes will make them president they are going to need to advertise everywhere.
The third reason is that "the winner-take-all method of awarding Electoral votes induces the canidates". This means to me that the method helps the canidates so they can win easily. The fourth and final reason is that the big staes get more votes because they have more people in there country so the automatically get more attention from the president. It is also easier for them to get what they want meaning they can reallly like choose any president they want and its a high percenatge that they will get that president.
Those are only some of the reasons that i think we should keep the Electoral College. To me I feel it would be easier to just do this other than count all the votes frome every single voter. Besides what other brillant plan can you come up with that is easier than this? | 2 |
I claim this technology because when it scans somebody face it can tell us the percentage of out facial expressions. For an example Mona Lisa demonstrates that is really surprising to bring a simlie to your face while the computer shows you based on much percentage of happiness you have right now. Another example is that the facial technology had a lot of different movements that can track your facial face movements. Because it all about the muscles in your facial face. They even indicate the difference between a genuine simlie and a force one. You can imagine a computer that knows when your happy or sad or angry or even fear. For example, if you simlie when a web ad is on your screen a very similar ad will pop up again. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. Based on how you act.
Having this new technology would be a better fit with the people because when is feeling down and the other person don't know on how they feel they always use the facial technology to show the percentages of how down they really are. But for some people they don't need that because we can tell others people facial expressions by just looking at them clearly, which it true. We already know that if someone is feeling happy,sad,angry,or fear. | 1 |
No Driverless Cars!
Driverless cars could considerably mess up the way everday life works, and how anything is done. It would be extremely pricey, not everyone could afford it. It would get rid of jobs, and make certain places like gas stations completely useless. If everyone was on the same road, and they had to follow a certain path, traffic would be an extreme issue. We need to take a step back and look at things.
Not having a driver in your car would change everything. However, if everyone needs to own there own driverless car, than it would be way to exspencive. People with not enough money would be completely screwed over. There would be no way for them to get anywhere because thier current car is not capable of being driverless. Then instead of using cars like they have done for years, they would need to pay for a taxi, that they shouldn't be needing. If they got rid of all cars in general, the only way for it to work would be free public transport from the driverless cars. This would cause problems for people wanting to go back and forth, and eventually traffic would be a huge problem. You could also make "smart roads" and not smart cars. This would be extremely exspencive to do. Almost illogical. "But they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply to expensive to be practical."
Then, it would also get rid of jobs. If every car was driverless gas stations would be completely out of buisness. There goes a lot of companys and jobs available. Police officers would also lack on things to do, as a lot of officers jobs are to maintain the roads and make sure nothing bad happens, like speeding, reckless driving, etc. "None of the cars made yet are completely driverless." The technology we currently have isn't safe enough yet.
Traffic, a huge problem. WIth all the cars driving at the same speed it would be easier to go places. However, with everyone going the same speed and you say having to turn right, could mess up the cars way of doing things. If there is traffic you would have to take the wheel, which would be a nuissance. And if you did not take the wheel and drive in time, you would crash. If everything still requires a driver then the drivers themselves overtime would forget/not need to know how to drive and lose the ability. It has a traffic jam assistant but "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but speacial touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." How could kids get to school? This is another thing they have seemed to skip over.
Cars should not be driverless, it would cause to many problems. Humans need to remain in control. Having a driverless car would mean to much for daily commute, jobs, money, etc. Cars can get smarter, and they can prevent accidents, but going completely driverless is insane! | 3 |
There is different opions about technology used in class, some people may be agree and some people may be disagree. Sometime we dont understand how easy can be life if we lmprove our technology, in this case there is a program that reads emotional expressions, if we allow this technology into classrooms it can help use to figure out many problems, for example, when someone is sad, or it's really worry about something,or even when we distracted. Most of the times we stay quietbecause we scare of what other people will say, but sometimes it would be good to let others know so they can help us and prevent from bad things to occur.
It would be good to use this type of techonlogy in a classrrom because the teacher will notice when his class is gettting bored and is learning less, so the teacher can improve something to do better and make his student to pay attention and learn more. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." Most of the times when a student is bored in class is because he does not like his class, and whyhe does not like his class? probably he dont understand well, and the student needs help, so if the teacher would have this technology they will know what is happening, and they can try to fix this problem, either making his class more interesting,explain more, staying more time, or working after school. The point of of this is to make students to focus and be able to learn well. After the students learn they will doing better in school, better grades, and later on they can have better future.
This new technology can help us in many ways because it can helps us to know if there is something wrong happening that maybe it needs to be changed, if we choose to use it we would increase our opportunies to do good. kids would have better education, and the better our education is the better our nation will be. | 2 |
I think it would be a good idea to give it a shot,
because there are many careless drivers or we are spending way to much money on fuel.
they even said i would only use half the fual than a regular car.
it alos sounds a lot safer and car could automacticlly know if you will hit something or someone.
i think upgrding the cars now to a safer and less expensive deal i think we should take that offer.
the moter is alot more stable as well or aplying the breaks on individual wheels and reduce power
from the engine and alowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone.
Alone with all of that it can even navigate with the traffic zones and aviode accidents and can steer accelerate, and break themselves.
The biggest concers with drivers and when they text and drive so they are saying the driverless car can avoid car accidents. | 0 |
Luke wanted to be a Seagoing Cowboy. A cattle boat came up and gave him the opportunity to be in the Seagoing Cowboy program. Luke's friend inited him to go on the cattle boat because his friend knew he wanted to be on one. Luke's life changed right after graduation.
Luke did not know his life would change soon. It was 1945, World War ll was over in Europe, and many counties were left in the ruins. UNRRA hired " Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that wereshipped over seas. It says that Luke and Don signed up.
He crossed the Antlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War ll. Luke also found time on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded.
Luke said " It made more aware of people of other countries and their needs." Then awareness stayed with him. The cowboys played beseball and volleyball games on board when Luke was on. There was plenty of games they played on board.
Helping at his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared him is what the paragrph said so what it is saying is when he was little then he went to his aunt Katie's farm and played around and it helped him with his future with animals. | 0 |
The author supports this idea by explaining the planet Venus and why Venus is a challenging planet to explore but a worthy pursuit. In the article it 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.'' Based on this sentence from the article I know that the author believes that studying Venus will better humans understanding of the planet and give them knowledge of its surface. According to the article the author believes that there is no limit to meeting challenges no matter the dangers and doubts. I know this because in the text it says ''Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.''
The author says that NASA is working on other approaches for studying Venus which means they are willing to take the challenge along with the dangers that come with studying Venus. Because of this I know the author thinks studying Venus will better the future. In the text it says ''Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow or machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. This means that scientists and researchers are pursuing the idea of maybe one day being able to explore Venus. Based on thst sentence from the text I know that the author believes that the challenge of exploring Venus has value.
To summarize the author believes that not only will studying Venus better our future but also that human curiosity will lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. The author is pursuing the idea of maybe one day being able to explore Venus. I know this because in the text it says ''Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.'' This means the author and scientists are willing to take the risk and dangers of exploring Venus. Because of this I know the author believes that we should strive for the best no matter the dangers, doubt or risks and that there is no limit. | 2 |
Some new computer softwar that recognize emotions. The software is the latest innovation from prof. New techology experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. But each expression is compared against a neutral face. But the computers can identify human emotions like happy, fearful, angry and sad.
The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. To faces more expressive the can tell how the person feel sad, angey and happy. Also the video the people can play with friend in school or in online. When student are bored they can play video game and make their happy. The hospital use technology for video surgy. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. so computer need to understand that, too.
imagine a computer that knows when you happpy or sad. Technology can make thing better but some technology can make thing worse. | 0 |
Cars have been around for over hundred years. They caused some good and bad things. People use cars daily to go places. Now days people have not been using their cars that much. Some advantages, from some texts, of limiting car usage is there will be less car emissions, and less traffic.
To begin with there will be less car emissions. Ever since the first car rolled off the assembly line they have been polluting the air. As seen here "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter" (Duffer). From all the cars and trucks that Paris has, they have the most emissions in their air. Another example will be "Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France" (Duffer). From experance working on cars the diesel engine give off the most pollution out of all the vehicles on the roads today. Since the air in France was getting to bad they had to "Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at hme or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)" (Duffer). The smog got so bad in the air that France had to take a good amount of drivers off the roads to reduce their emissions so the smog will be reduced. As a result from parking those drivers "Almost 4,000 drivers were fined" (Duffer). Today, cars are assories and people need their cars to go to work and cannot blame those people for doing what they had to do. One last example is "If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment" (Rosenthal). Since people are using cars less the pollution in the air will decrease. The emissions had gotten to bad and its hurting our Earth.
Lastly is there will be less traffic on the streets. Lately people have not been getting their drivers license."A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009" (Rosenthal). The newer generation does not have the disire to drive and to work on cars like the generation before them. Another example is "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent were sold" (Rosenthal). 70 percent is a high number of people and that is a lot of people that are not on the roads. Since those people are in Germany this is what happen in France "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France" (Duffer). That is a huge decrease in traffic there will be no problems getting anywhere on time. Another key example is "People park their cars in large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home" (Rosenthal). Since people do not have the money to pay for a parking spot they have to get rid of their cars and that will definatly clear up the roads. One last example is "Vauban's streets are completey 'car-free'- except the main drag to down town" (Rosenthal). Vauban's street are compleatly empty now hows that for no traffic.
In closing, cars have been around for a while now. They caused some problems and no problems. People use cars to go places daily. Now days people have not been using their cars that much. Some advantages, from some texts, of limiting car usage is there will be less car emissions, and less traffic. | 3 |
Striving to meet challenges in life comes along with taking risks. Finding out answers to all your question can be impactful and have great value behind it. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is about humans trying to study the insights of planet Venus because of it being the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Due to the hostile conditions is why it has been a cahllenge. Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", is a mission that is scientifically productive. Planet Venus had some features related to Earth today. Scienctist are currently trying to figure out a solution for humans to study Venus due to the uneasy survivable conditions. "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus" (Paragraph 6). Using the past knowledge of technology its parts are more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. This is possible solutions that have been tested and many more ideas to come along. Why not take the risk?
In conclusion, "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. Nothing is impossible is you put your mind set us to test. Scientists want to figure out the why and how its the nearest planetary visit. Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present due to the similarities. In life we want to figure out the answers to the unexpected. Sometimes an advanture can be a terrifying worthwhile ride to take. So if studying Venus means getting on to that ride, so why not do it? At the end it would be a success so scientists wouldnt be so pressed. Possibly everyone else around the world would understand the curiousity of studying Venus because it has so much value ready to be exposed. | 2 |
I think driveless cars would decrease the percent of accidents we have a year. Driveless cars would make driving easier and keep a lot more drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe.Driveless cars have different
functions built in; a driver can benfit from the functions added to the car.The driveless car makes the driver aware of heir surrroundings and obstacles.It also grabs the driver attention if needed.
The driveless car has all types of different functions; the driveless car can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, it also has special touch sensors to make sure the driver keeps a hold of the wheel. These designs are cool, but they are all designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills.The human must remain alert and be ready to take over at anytime necessary. The car also has the ability to alert or quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver ; making the roads safer to drive on.
In conclusion I think the driveless car is benitfical for all who has an license. With that being said the driveless car should be legal in all 50 states, and should not be just allowed limtied use. If we do make the driveless car legal, then we would have to changes to the laws for cars; but change is something that happens on a daily basis. Us as humans must keep evolving and creating new tech to better our lives. I believe the drivieless car would better the lives of all people who drive . | 2 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" doesn't support the idea of studying Venus well as it lacks with detail, and they don't go in depth with the pros of exploring this inhabitated plant and how it would benifit us in doing so.
In the article we are introduced to Venus and given a glimpse of our background history with them. The author also includes infromation of the planet's atmosphere and how it's a challenging factor for us when attempting to reach its suface, the huge difference that seperates us from them. When given information of past travels, we are informed that "Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, 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," (TCEV). With this alone there is already doubt engendered in the reader's mind because of how long it has been since we last attempted to reach such grounds and how even then spacecrafts weren't durable when they did make it. "Each previous mission was unmanned" due to the circumstances they were met with yet when further reading is made we are told that NASA wants to send humans to Venus. This only adds to the concerns of the reader in manifesting alien-like areas.
Then we are explained of possible ways NASA is already planning to approach Venus and how they are already working, or at least contemplaiting, ways to last longer in Earth's 'Twin Sister'. We are given a jot down of how things are being tested and what it is they are trying to overcome in order to create something durable that will hold longer than a few hours. The only reason we are given for this is that "Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system," (TCEV). The author doesn't even clarify how this is impactful to our society today. What is there to gain from a planet that "may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system?" In that sentence alone there is still some uneasiness since it's not sure or confirmed that Venus was once like Earth.
Therefore, this is why the author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" doesn't support the idea of studying Venus very clearly. The lack of pros and benifits to our planet adding to the pot of cons and uncertainty that was instead made from reading this article. Surely they did a splendid job in guiding us through possible ways that'll help in exploring the harsh environments and listing final encounters we have had before, but no information was straightforward when it came as to why we should invest time in going to Venus when such dangerous challenges are in front of us. | 4 |
The Fatial Acting Coding System would actually make a valuable impact not just for the students sake, but also for the teachers as well. Since the teacher would be able to to view the students expressions the students would be more interested in attending school and would have better knowledge of what they are learning. These days students are bored in schools so I think if the teachers could actually know what the students are thinking they woud be able to make school more interesting for them.
By using the Fatial Acting Coding System it could actually make the students more interested in what the teachers are trying to teach them. I feel like if classrooms actually used this kind of technology it would transform the students to actually want them to come to school and be more intersted in learning. The only way that students tend to learn is threw technology and I believe that if this technology is shown to the students then they would be more interesting in school. There is new technology being released every single day and I think that if the students actually got hands on experience with this technology then they would actualy like to attend school because this new technology is their future. Not only could the system make school more interesting but it can also help the student obtain knowledge the right way instead of the wrong way.
If the teachers actually got to use the FACS I would feel that the teacher could actually substitute their way of teaching for another way that the students would actually obtain the knowledge. Most of the time students have no clue on what the teacher is trying to teach them because they don''t just like teachers talking the whole period and the teachers just don''t get that, but by using the Fatial Coding System the teachers could actually know what they students are feeling and teach a different way. If the teacher teaches a different way than the students will obtain the knowledge a better and possibly faster way than before. For example if the teacher always talked the whole time and the teacher knew the students were not getting any knowledge from that then the teacher could take a different aproach. The author stated that when the classroom could recognize the students emotions
and they got confused or bored then the computer would modify the lesson so the student would better understand the information.
In conclusion I think that by using this type of technology it would enhance the students to obtain knowledge that they may need for the future. Overall I think that this system can make school more interesting as well as that the students will be able to get more inforation than ever before. I was always told that knowledge is key and I believe that his system is the key therfore this system is knowledge. | 3 |
Hello, my name is Hannah. I am a scientist at NASA who has been studying the "face" on Mars over the years. Today my close friend Mason had asked me about any imformation I've found out recently. I said,"Well, it just appears to be a natural formation rather than something that was created." He argued and argued over how the aliens built it,and how its just been hidden all these years.
In a shorter explaination I told Mason that the shadows show how they do on Earth on natural formations. He didn't quite get it so I showed him a messa and how they shadow. He still thought the marsians made the formation of the face.
The next day, he talked to me about the same thing. Only this time I knew that I could prove to him that the "face" was only natural. I pulled up the pictures taken over the years and let Mason examine them very carefully. The picture taken in 2001 shows that there is nothing else around the face. If there was anyhting on the ground such as an airplane or a shack, you have been able to tell what it was. But there was nothing. Mason still didn't agree that the form on Mars was a natural landform.
It was now the third day he has argued over the face on Mars. But this day, Mason didnt argue with me. He asked to see the pictures again, along with pictures of a messa and a butte, which are natural landforms here on Earth. Mason looked for hours and hours and hours. He finally spoke up,"Maybe you guys here at NASA are right.. It seems to be completely natural.." I replied,"I told you old pal. Next time you should look into something more before you argue about it."
The next morning Mason came to work with me. The other scientists and I all came agreed that the face on Mars was completely natural. Not only did NASA finally figure out how to "unmask the face" and call it a natural landform, but they also provided a lot of information that way people understood it better. To this day the "face" is known to be a natural landform! | 2 |
This face is not a creation of aliens. It is a natural landform. You can tell this is a natural landform because in the story it says that the caption noted a "huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." That is saying that it only looks like a face because of the shadows.
It says that "as a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." So that means that if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" This is saying that if it was a creation of aliens you would be able to tell. In conclusion the Face is not a creation of aliens it is a natural landform. There was no evidence showing that an alien of some kind created this Face. It was clearly the shadows making it look like a Face. | 1 |
Why you should go to programs
I think people should participate in Luk's progam because in the text it says, "Luke also found time to have fun and the fun they had was baseball and volleyball". Luke has a lot of things to do because it says, He was working two part jobs in a grocery store and a bank his friend Don Reist invited him to go ona Europe on a cattle boat. So you can tell they go on alot of adventures all the time because in the text it says, "It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of the United States annd a month to get to China". Luke and Don are always prepared to go to places because it says, "Katie's farm a boy came to Luke to prepare him for the for hrd work not the dangers at sea and his job was to watch the animals every hour". Luke got to see new things because in the text it says, "It opened the world to him i'm grateful for the opportunity he says, It made me more aware of people of other countries".
Luke had to watch alot of animals because in the text it says, "UNRRA hired seagoing cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas". The captain he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside Luke's heart bursted like 300mph. As he vrrrrooommmeeeddd a opening on the side of the ship a long strip of metal stopped his slide from falling into a dark Atlantic. On his ship they have so much fun activities I know this because in the text it says, "That they have table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing reading and whittling". Luke said that the day in pacific war ended they got there seaman's paper's and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster headed for greece.
And this is why I think you should go to the program I hope you like it
THE END | 1 |
A world with out cars is a strange idea. Considering compaines like Ford or General Motors have been making them for a long time and still run strong it is a very strange idea. Would the advantages we so strange though? Some advantages are less pollution, more space, less stress, more money for the indvidual and more. If you think about all of these it really adds up to a better and healthier planet.
A town in Germany called Vauban, has restricted the use of cars. It is a car free town according to the article
In German Suburb, Life goes on without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal. People don't have garages attached to there houses and there really isn't any parking other then the one parking garage they have that costs almost as much as a house to keep a car there. Really it would just be a pain to have a car there. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," said Heidrun Walter. She finds herself less stressed without a car and happier.
If there were less cars it would mean there would be vastly less pollution. The burning of gasoline creates green house gasses and slowly destroys this beautiful planet of ours. Cities like beijing in China or Paris in France create a lot of these Green house gasses according to
Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer. Paris created so much they had to ban drivng and if someone did they had to pay fines for it. Thankfully though it has come down less and less each year in Paris since 2005.
If we didn't have cars we would have space for so much more. Imagine what we could do with all the space parking lots and garages take up. We could be so much more efficent about using it. Also think of how much gasoline costs per gallon. If you think about how much we spend on gas in our lifetime we could have spent that on so many other things. You could buy a 100 of those flat screen Tv's you've always wanted to watch the big game on. Cars have become a nusance and slowly more and more people are seeing that.
Not everyone is a very good driver either. Thinking of all the times you have road raged because somebody wasn't being a safe and smart driver and almost got you hurt. With no cars there is no chance of that ever happening. There would be no car accidents because there would be no cars. You wouldn't have to be stressed and worried when you go somewhere unlike you are with a car.
These are just some of the advantages of not having cars. Cities and towns have seen what life is like without them and they are starting to lean more that direction. People are happier and safer. The world is healthier and less polluted. Cars are becoming a thing of the past and maybe someday they won't even be relative. | 2 |
Do you know what a Seagoing Cowboy is, After world war two was over many countries were left in ruin, so the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration UNRRA sent the ruined countries cows,horses and mules. The Seagoing Cowboys job was to take care of the animals that were shipped overseas. Luke Bomberger was a seagoing Cowboy who made eighteen trips as a seagoing Cowboy. I think that Luke Bomberg would want others to join the seagoing cowboys because, It could make you more aware of other countries, it is also fun and you get to experience other cultures.
I think that Luke Bomberg would want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys because you get the oppertunity to go to other countries and experience them. In the text it says "Besides helping I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China." the text says that because of the Seagoing Cowboy job he had he was able to experience other cultures and countries.
Another reason I think that Luk Bomberg would want you to join the Seagoing Cowboys is because it makes you more aware of other countries. In the text it says " It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." If Luke Bomberg had not become a Seagoing Cowboy he would not have realized the needs of other countries and their people.
I also think that Luke Bomberg would want you to become a Seagoing Cowboy is because it can be fun. in the text it says " The cowboys played baseball and volley ball in the empty holds where animals had been." Once the animals were taken off of the boat the cowboys were able to play games and have fun.
What would you do, would you become a Seagoing Cowboy? Think of all the benefits like the sightseeing, the fun and the growth of your awareness of all the other people in the world. | 2 |
The author supports his idea well because, he brought up the claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present, because Venus is not only a planet but also a twin to earth, which means that we humans can live on there, if there was to be a evolutionary or global breakout on the earth and meteors were to destroy earth and extinct everything the second time, we would have somewhere to go, so it is worth a chance for our survival and not only our survival, maybe theres an overpopulation in all the countries, instead of killing kids or to put them to cryo sleep or stop adults from having more kids they could go to venus. The author already said in paragraph 5 it says that " The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has one particularly compelling idea for sending humans to study venus."
They dont need to force people to go, but to ask for volunteers, and they don't need to have intelligent to go to venus or even be experience they just need to be able to bring samples like the rocks, the dirt, the water, the plants. So that they could bring it back and we could experiment on them, is the water edible, is the rock acidic or poisinous, can the dirt be used for agricultural things. It says in paragragh 6 " more importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas or anything else, from a distance", so they would need humans to go and examine this things, so it is a worthy pursuit despite the danger, because we should think about what it brings to the table not what it takes away. | 2 |
Why should you join the Seagoing Cowboys program? There are many different reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Some of the reasons you should join I am about to tell you.
The first you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is so you could help people over seas and in other countries. A boy named Luke Bomberger got to do all of the things that you could be able to do, by joining the Seagoing Cowboys program.
The next reason you should join the program, is that you could get to see many unique places all over the world. A lot of people do not get to see some of the things that you could be able to see during the Seagoing Cowboys program. After the animals are unloaded and you have some free time, you could so site seeing and do all of it for free! Luke Bomberger got to do this while visiting many different countries for free. Now that is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Another reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is that you could travel all over the world for free! That is a once in a lifetime opportunity. You don't get to travel to places for free very often. Luke Bomberger had the chance to go to many different countries and see many different things in those countries.
The fourth reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program; is that when you are in the different countries and you have freetime over in those places, is that you can meet people and learn their about cutures. Luke got to go see and meet new people during his free time while people were still unloading the animals, and probably learned new things about those peoples cultures too.
One of the other reason that you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program is that you can learn a lot of survival skills on the ships that you are on. If you ever are a capatin of a ship in the Seagoing Cowboys program or in any program, is that you will already know how to control a ship, keep your ship members in order, and know what to do when you are on that ship. Luke Bomberger got to learn a few things on how to contol a ship and what to do when a storm hits and you sail right through the storm.
The sixth reason that you should join the program is that you could meet new people on the ship and get to know them. A lot of people do not have friends or just want to be more social. A way you could do that is by joining the program. After all of the animals are unloaded and you are heading back to your home to pick up more animals, you could play games with some of your ship members. Luke Bomberger got to meet new people and probably made some new friends while on some of those trips, even though he already had a friend that was going with him on the ships and things.
The last reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is that you can spend a lot of time with animals. After you are finished with the program, and you need to find a job, you could open a new farm and already know how to take care of most of your animals. When Luke was on the ship he already knew how to take care of the animals but he probable go to learn new things on how to take care of them.
Those are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You get to help people, see unique places, you could travel all ofver the world, you get to learn about peoples cultures, you can learn a alot of survival skills, you can meet new people on the ship and make friends, and you get to learn a lot about animals and how to take care of them. Those are some of the many reasons you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 3 |
Cars can change the universe
Fellow citizens there should be a limit on car usage . If there's limits with our car usage then we would have a better community, there would be less pollution,less drugs passing through other citizens cars. If there isn't a limit on car usage us citizens would be the ones suffering from chemicals getting into our lungs from all the pollution our own cars let out, two we would be affecting our community because everyone wouldn't walk anywhere they'd just spend money on gas going to somewhere or visting there friends and family . Better to save the earth, then to damage the earth.
First, why not just have limits on car usage saves our community just by a little step like that. We wouldnt have to worry about just walking down the street and a drunk driver just coming out of no where and hitting us. In source 1, by Elisabeth Rosenthal in interview a mother of two and she said, "When I had a car I was always tense." why be tense when you can be stress-free just by not using your cars all the time and having limits on them. If we actually do help our community by having limits on our car usage then we could make cities denser,and healthier community to walk around in.
Second, pollution sucks, these chemicals we're observing are eventually going to hurt us in the long run we are either going to die of the gas our cars are releasing or we're either going to get really sick from it. Who wants to get sick because a stupid decision of driving a car? most definetly not me. These limits are for the best for us citizens . Like source 3, by Andrew Selsky States ,"It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air ."of course its better to just take a nice walk than to just be lazy and drive a car. Bike rides with friends sound better than a car ride, in a car people usually blast the music and don't communicate with one another, but while you bike ride you can communicate with one another and actually have fun racing eachother on these bike rides healthier than a car ride.
Last, with the limits of car usage smoggling can be prevented because it won't be easy for people from other countries trying to pass by in cars with drugs because the state would have certain transportations they can only use which they might not want to use because it's so public. Source 2 states, last week, Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter(pm) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London,his only means someone from another country brought it to Paris and its ended up at London who knows how.
It's better of just having car usage limits to prevent drug passing, also to help our community, and have a healthier earth without pulluting the eart. | 3 |
Limiting car usage could make americans daily life alot better. Americans have always relied on a automobile for there means of transpertatio n but if we limited our automobile use our lfe's would get alot better. Other countries are doing it and there getting positive outcomes. So should we follow other countires in there no car days or car ban?
In Vauban, Germany the community is completely car free. its a experimental district that does not allow the ownership of a car, 70 percent of familes in Vaubans do not own cars 57 percent sold a care to move to Vauban. Heidrum Walter said "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"by elimanting the use of cars this community is less stressful of traffic and has reduced emmisions.
If us as Americans used bikes or walked or took the buses to our destination, pollution and smog would decrease. In Paris a partial driving ban was enforced to clear the air of the global city. Paris has more smog then any other European capitals. After 2 days of the car ban the sog cleared up. Imagine if we did that here in the united states polution would go down drasticaly.
And if we stoped driving cars for a few days every week there would be lesser car accidents every year. people would have to walk to there destination or ride a bike and people would get exercise from the walking or riding the bike. We would spend less money on gasoline or desiel.
Americans car use is already have starting to decrease since 2005, If the pattern persists it will have benefial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment. So many good thigs come from using cars less and if we start following the trend our lifes and communities will soon improve. | 2 |
As stated in the article, the Electoral College process consists of the selction of the electors, the meeting of the electors, where they vote for PPresident and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress. The Electoral college consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. A state's entitled number of electors is equal to the number of members in its Congressional Delegation. There is one for each member in the House of Representatives, and two for every Senator. There are many reasons why the voting process should be changed to popular vote instead of the Electoral College. The two biggest reasons are as follows: Unfair elections and the freedom of the people.
As stated in the third source, the Electoral College is often considered an anachonism and is unliked across the nation. The reasons for which vary greatly from certainty of outcome to big states to swing states. Certainty of outcome means that one of the Presidential Candidates has to be cosen to become President. There are no recounts in Electoral College, whoever they like the most becomes President, and that ins't fair to the people. Bigger states tend to have more members in the electoral college. This can greatly influence an election if a big state like Texas favors one candidate over the other. Swing states are the states that recieve more atention than other states due to bias, greatly influencing votes. In my opinion, this is something that needs to be changed.
Citizens of the United States of America are the ones who are supposed to decide who should be the President of the United States of America. It isn't right to select a few people from each state to decide who the President will be. That power lies with the people, and nobody should be able to take that away. The votes of millions and millions of people are out-weighed by the votes of a few hundred men and women. This is unjust and unfair in every way. If all the people in the United States wanted somebody as President, but the Electoral College disagreed, the Electoral College would win. Why should the Electoral College have more power than all of the people of the United States; they shouldn't. The power to decide who is President of the United States of America should always lie with the good citizens that live here.
I hope that the voting process will change. I hope that it will finally become fair. That it will become what the people want it to be. It should be what the people want it to be. We the people of the United States have the power to change this, and we should work to change it. The voting process should no longer be the Electoral College but should be dicided by the people and only the people. The voting process needs to be fair and needs to be what the people want it to be. | 3 |
In The Challenge of Exploring Venus the author was suggesting that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers we would have to pass through. The author wrote about the dangers of Venus and how different it is if we could find a way to life there. The author talks about how we could benefit from the information from Venus, that Venus is the closest to Earth in density and size and how we are might eventually need another planet if Earth runs out of recources or an event happens that would result in the Earth dying and we need somewhere to go.
The infromation that we could get form Venus could be never ending, the information that we could get could change everybodys life on Earth or potentially on Venus. We could use the "insight to be gained on the planet" to improve our ways of life on Earth and change them for the better. The travels that we take "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" in order to improve our society and how we live on Earth and change it for the better we need to have the information to understand how we should change for a new and simular Earth.
We all know that the Earth can't last forever, the Earth lasting forever would be impossible. Even though living on Venus would be hard and uncomfortable the strength of the "human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally imntimidating endeavors" If Earth's recources last longner that most people are expecting there is bound to be wars that would break the Earth down eventually. The Earth needs a backup that is close enough to the Earth that we could still survive the durastic change in atmosphere.
Venus is our worlds closest match the difference in the sizes of the worlds uncanny. It would shock some people how the sizes are closer than any other planet in the solarsystem. Venus is also "Often reffered to as Earth's 'twin', Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Scientists have been working on a new kind of blimp that can go as high as our jet planes that would just be "hovering over Venus" and "would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way" This way of living would be hot and cruel to people no used to the pressure of having to live in such a small evironemt but sometimes life isn't good.
The scientists that are trying to help our population as a planet are doing the job that nobody wants to do. They are making change and people who cant open their eyes dont see what the scientists think need to happen for survival. The author talks about how we could benefit from the information from Venus, that Venus is the closest to Earth in density and size and how we are might eventually need another planet if Earth runs out of recources or an event happens that would result in the Earth dying and we need somewhere to go. | 3 |
Should driveless cars be around? Yes altough they bring negative effects they also bring positive effects. For example they will use half the fuel todays cars use, which will help out the environment. Another thing is that they wont completely be driveless so that we can take over when we feel necesary or the cars feel necesary.
There are alot of accidents thanks to texting while driving with the driveless cars there would be way less because, the car has a safety feature which wont permit the driver to drive if he or she is texting. What if the driver is distracted?, well there will be cameras to watch if the driver is focused on the road or not. The car will also notify the driver when it needs human skills such as, driving threw work zones or around accidents.
Finally the GM has developed a drivers seat that vibrates when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. Google's car announces when the driver should be prepare to take over. Althoug countries like Canada and Florida has made driveless cars illegal, yet manufactures say that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe. What do you think are driveless cars making the world a better place with its safety features or should we make driveless cars illegal? | 2 |
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to know exactly what your friend is feeling 24/7? Well, now you can be somewhat omnscient and know exactly what their emotions are. Isn't that neat?
I believe that the use of FACS, Facial Action Coding System, woud be very helpful and advantageous in the classroom setting. For instance, if you were teaching a complex Calculus lesson, wouldn't you want to know if your students were comprehending your lesson? Dr. Huang of the University of Illinois predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming cofused or bored. Then, it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
This newly developed technology can also be applied outside of the classroom. Some examples of the numerous applications are internet advertisements and video games. The article also states that FACS could make computer-generated faces more lifelike, like in video games and video surgery.
Of course, this technology has its disadvantages. For instance, some people would argue that this technology is, in fact, an invasion of privacy because no one should know what you're feeling every single hour of the day.
Also, this technology is a new innovation, and the article states that your home PC wouldn't be able to process the complex algorithms FACS uses. If a home PC can't handle, how do we know a computer at school can?
All in all, I strongly believe the use of FACS in a school setting would be highly beneficial. Even with its disadvantages, FACS will be usefule in school institutions.
If it makes math easier to learn, why wouldn't we use it? | 2 |
Humans can detect what people are feeling why can't computers? The use of FACS (Facial Action Coding System) in the classroom would be beneficial because "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This could be a serious asset in the classroom and it helps the student learn effectively.
The problem in today's world is students get lost and give up when they get bored and confused. They start to slack off. With this kind of technology it could help the student to stay on task and have fun while doing it. The type of technology that Dr. Huang developed could change the way students learn. This technology is personalized to the person using it. "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional comminication. So computers need to understand that too." This quote perfectly shows how our technology is advancing and that the upcoming students would benefit from having these types of computers.
In conclusion, I would say that technology that could detect human emotions would be useful to students. Useful to everyone really. The FACS could take learning and computers to a whole new universe. | 1 |
Do you want to become a hero someday? Ever wonder if people need help in diffrent countries? If so,you should probably join the "UNRRA" (the United States Relief and Rehabilitation Administration),people who hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses,young cows,and mules that were shipped over seas.
I think people should join the program becuase it takes you places all over the world and it takes you to places you probably never been or known of before. I know this becuase in the passage it states that both boys Luke,and Don had traveled all over the world. It states that they traveled to Europe and crossed the Pacific Ocean twice.
Another reason,is that goes and helps people recover from the ruins of World War II.I know this becuase in the passage it states that Don and Luke traveled to help people recover from the ruins of World War II in Europe,to help them with food supplies,animals,and much more.
If I was eligitable to go,I would go becuase i like to help people. To put a smile on their faces. I hope you join. | 1 |
Driverless cars don't sound real but they can be created manufaturers have made cars with their own charger included or charging stations. Us humans never thought that we could get this far and we finally did to some people it isn't real. To me as a person reading this it doesnt seem real doesnt seem as if it would happen and that we couldnt do it if we really thing on this it could be a bad thing cause what if someone was careless. Of their car and was to cause an accident and possibly kill another person thats not a good thought but we have to add thewhat if it is a big possibility that it can happen yeah it would delete. A lot of drinking and driving and lots of people drinking under the influence and killing people but if they make the cars and peple can still open the car doors and drive themselves. You still have crazy driver and drunk driver and people under the influence that are on the roads with innocent people driving with their families. Their are a large amount of dangerous people in the world just having cars to go do things for you wouldnt stop hunger and any other problems that the world has. My opinion to these cars that they are planning to create I think it would be a waist of money cause we dont thing about the. Bad weather that we get and how the weather can cause crashes so still I believe no they should not be produced. | 1 |
Hey, have you ever wanted to go sight seeing?
well you can now if you make the best choice by participating in The Seagoing Cowboys program it will take you to very wonderful and unique places. It allowed me experience adventures that I've have enjoyed and I hope you will to. Once you join the program
When I first graduted high school I worked two part time jobs. I worked at a bank and a grocery store. Then my friend Don reist asked me if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat. I couldn't say no this was an opportunity of a lifetime.
The time was 1945 world war II was over. It left a lot of countries in it worst time. I decided to help these people. First we recovered their food supplies, animals, and anything else they needed. Then 44 nations joined together and made the UNRRA aka The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation. THey hired "Seagoing Cowboys" of the animals that were shipped over seas Don and I signed up
So in closing if you sign up you can go see the world and help people at the same time. Who wouldn't want to do that? If you ever wanted to help people or see the world it can be very very easy. It will be the best thing that ever happend to you | 1 |
I beileve driverless cars could be a good thing, but need to be throughly tested, even over tested. This isn't some new smart phone, or game system, this is something that can kill someone, even a whole family if the proper precautions are not put in place. As the article says bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays is an excellent way to keep fellow drivers safe of the road, and the sensors on the top of the vehicle looks to be a great tool for safety as well.
With any technology campany, its always about who has the smarter devices, and who can get them out the fastest. I get it, its all apart of marketing, I know. But this is something that shouldn't be sprinted into, this is an advanced, futuristic idea that should not be rushed to the public, but added on, enhanced, and decorated that on theories, but real systems keeping real people safe.
I also can't help to wonder, can these cars go on more narrow, country, or even alley roads? Living in a small town the only normal roads are those that lead of of town and threw it, but all its branches of smaller, and country roads severely out-number the others. Will it mostly go to city people, who have the proper roads, or will it go the small-town people who would have to keep their hands on the steering wheel most of the time?
Another questioned I'd want to ask is with such a relaxing driving experience, what procedures does the car follow when a driver fall asleep? Does it shock him/her, or play loud music, simply say, "wake up", or nothing at all? The article mentioned that the smart car GM has come up with, vibrates the seat when about to be backed into an object, could something like that be put into play?
I think the idea and prototypes that are being made about smart cars are a good thing, a smart thing if you will. But I still have my doubts, questions, and worries. But if smart cars can advance to the point without those worries, we could be looking at an entirely new era. | 3 |
With the advancement of technology, cars are now being altered to fit human wants.
Driverless cars are advancing in recent years.
According to the text, car companies and manufacturers such as Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are all in plan of the development of these cars to be sold by the year 2020.
These cars may appear as eye-candy at first glance, however they can cause danger to the people in certain conditions in many ways.
Driverless cars seem spectacular, however people are unaware that it is not "driveless" as the manufacturers say.
These cars have the ability to complete the basic necessities of driving, such as steering, accelerating, and braking, but there is a problem with this.
The text explains how the new cars are not able to be driven in certain conditions such as navigating through work zones and around accidents.
Because of this, the human driver must stay alert throughout the entire drive when the car is in need of an extra hand.
This is a problem beacuse humans could get bored of waiting or get distracted which is problematic if the car is not fast enough to warn the human.
In short, actually having humans agree to the comitment of being ready to take over the task of driving in a driverless car seems to be unrealistic.
With all this being said, someone might ponder on how the car could be slow to warn the human.
Creating a driverless car means a person has to put all their trust into a large piece of technology.
This could cause many problems, for example, the text explains how the cars are equipt with many cameras and sensors.
This is problematic because if the car's technology has a defect in it in some way, the human in the car will most likely get in an accident without doing anything.
According to the text, many places such as California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have made it illegal to test computer-driven cars there. Finally, in the case of an accident actually occuring, the problem people would face is if the car manufacturer or the human would be the one to blame.
In the end, driverless cars are not safe and could lead to many problems.
Driverless cars are approaching into the world fast.
This new technology should not be trusted due to the speed of its development.
Humans could face many problems with these cars now entering today's society.
To conclude, driverless cars appear to be an extravegant idea however, when acutually thought out, many issues could occur leaving problems in the end. | 2 |
Places around that world are starting to make there cities and other places a better place. Some cities like Vauban are making their town a car free zone. Others are just making it one day that cars cant be seen on the roads just taxis and other companies can.
Based on the information in source one some are saying that they are living a better life without cars in the town. Heidrun said that now that he dosen't have a car he is happier then before. In Europe cars are only responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas unlike the united states 50 percent of pollution is in some parts. Vauban's basic life style is being adopted around the world in making suburbs a better place. Paris has said that on mondays everyone should leave their cars at home and that only companies were able to drive there cars. Also that anyone that would use there car when told not to will be fine $31. Also beijing China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. More diesel fuel is used in france then in all westeren Europe whitch is not a good thing.
In Colombia a city named Bogota had made it that one day of every year that cars would be banned from the streets and this their 3rd year doing it. People that road their cars would be fined $25. Even though it was raining that didn't stop people from walking and taking the bus or a taxi. For the first time two other cities join Bogota with no cars for the day. This city has had more bicycle paths then any other Latin American city. Parks have bloomed and sidewalkes have been fix making it better for the city and better for the people that walk and go to the park. | 1 |
Countries and cities all across the world are joining in on the "no car" trend, and it seems to be no passing fad. From Germany, to France, to Columbia, to the United States, everybody is trying to start drving less for a cleaner, happier world. Countries' governments everywhere are trying to get people off the roads and start biking, walking, or using public transportation instead. As the people in these countries have learned, there are many advantages to giving up drving cars, if even only for a few days rather than their entire lives.
The main advantage is a cleaner planet. Emissions that cars release play a large role in the world's air pollution. Carbon emissions create smog that makes the sky grey, damages our lungs, and harms the plants that give us clean air. Due to carbon emissions from cars, Paris once had as much smog as "Beijjing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world" (Source 2). If we start driving less cars it will have really beneficial implications for the environment, especially "... since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants" (Source 4). Imagine what positive effects banning cars would have on the population's and world's health.
One positive effect would be a lot less stress. Driving is a dangerous activity where you are constantly putting yourself at risk. Many people realize this and tend to be scared of driving or are constantly nervous when they drive. Rushing to drive to work on time also creates negative stress. Says German media trainer and mother, Heidrun Walter, of no longer owning a car, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Daily long commutes are also a large determining factor in someone's mood. Some people have to drive for hours a day just to get to their already stressful job and then again when they go back home. This creates for a very unhappy society. Now there are a couple of good things that come from a society that is no longer obsessed with car culture. One thing is that "the Internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends" (Source 4). This lessens the need have a car to take you to distant places. With the banning or lessening use of personal vehicles cities and towns are being rebuilt. "In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway" (Source 1). This has encouraged healthier and cheaper modes of transportation such as walking, skating, bicycling, and public transportation such as buses.
Fewer cars and this rebuilding of cities saves you money and commute time. Just think about all those rising gas prices. You don't need to pay tolls when you walk, or get fined when you run too fast. Prices for parking spots and passing tolls are going up anyway. It's an easier and cheaper alternative to just walk or bike somewhere. Public transportation like buses and subways cost a lot less too. Studies have found that fewer people are buying cars and getting their licenses; it's for a reason.
Lastly, not only are leaders across the globe joining in on the idea of life without cars, but so are car-selling companies. "Companies like Ford and Mercedes are already rebranding themeselves "mobility" companies with a broader product range beyond the personal vehicle" (Source 4). Even Bill Ford, executive chariman of the Ford Motor Company proposed a business plan in which "personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable." Ford suggested becoming partners with the telecommunications industry to create cities in which "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety" (Source 4).
So next time you think about buying a new car or driving to work all buy yourself, try to rethink your actions and imagine the effect it will have on not only you, but everyone around you. Maybe you can bike to work if it's not that far, take the bus instead, carpool with some coworkers. The planet and future generations will thank you if you just limit your car usage, even a little bit at a time. | 4 |
You may be thinking that the face NASA discovered was created by aliens. However , it wasnt here's why...
"On a cloudless summer in Cyondia -- Mars Gobal Surveyor drew a close enough for a second look." Malin's team captured a extraordinary photo of the face on Mars by using a great camera with a maxium resolution.
In fact, a camera that has a extraoridnary resolution you can distern in a digital image 3 times bugger than a pixel size. Using these kinds of cameras you can see what the object is right away.
NASA includes in the passage that the face on mars actually shows a "Maritan equivalent of a butte or mesa". They state that the face on Mars looks like American West landforms.
When NASA unvelied the photo on thier websites they said thast is was resemble a human head that was formed by shadows giving the illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth.
Aliens never created that face on Mars it was just a natural landform like on earth. People shouldn't believe in people who are not professionals in science, however
NASA has experience and the brains to figure out scientific problems and figures. | 1 |
Explaining venus
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Venus has so much the reader can learn about like how cool it is, the dangerous part about Venus, and some facts that most people did not know about.
One thing they can learn about is how cool it is. In the text it states "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetry neighbor, aorbit the sun different speeds." In that evidence it explains that it is not the same but it is still cool for kids to learn about and read about. for some kids if they read it they can tell other people about it because most of the readers wouldnt have know about this.
One more evidence is how hard it is to study Venus. In this paragraph it shows "Peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light can not penatrate the dense atmosphere , rendering standard forms of photograpy and videography ineffective". In this text it tells you why it is hard for them to go up there. "more importantly, researchers can not take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance". They had trouble getting proof of what was on venus, because they couldnt send anything up there.
This essay shows why Venus would be great to study and why it is so hard for people to go up there. | 1 |
Have you wonder how cars can damage our atmosphere? Cars are dangerous because it can produce smog that can kill greenhouse gas. That can cause problems in the world. We can stop it by riding bikes than riding cars. Banned driving can also help the environment it can stop producing smog that damage the greenhouse gas. Reducing diesel fuel was another reason that can destroy the atmosphere. All of these factors can damage the world unless we do somthing about it.
Riding bikes can reduce smog in the world because instead on gasoline it runs on you. You can ride any where you want without polluting the air around you. Riding bikes depend on you because it does not need gasoline. Also it cost cheaper than a car it stop when you stop. Paris due to driving it was cover in smog the solution was to ban it. Which began hybrids and other types of transportation that does not relied on gasoline. You can also help the atmosphere by riding bicycle every day than drving also can you and your famiily some money than cars that produce hamful smog that can damage the atmosphere. Thanks to bikes more smaller shops were open then a big mall in the middle of the highway.
Banned driving can help atmosphere by stopping smog to be produce while driving. In Bogota they have ban driving for almost there years and the condition is much improving every year. The outcome was that large, gray clouds rain on Bogorta because of ban driving. Ban driving can lead good opportunity to take away stress and reduce air pollution. After banning driving people began to find other transportaion by buliding more roads for walking or biking
Reduce using diseal fuel contribute to dangerous smog covering the world. Diesel fuel was blame when the "France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gasoline"(Source 2) More than 67% are diesels cars that led to intense smog in France. Reduce disel using can reduce smog, France reduce congestion by 60% after there intense smog. Cold night and warm days cause warm air to be trap in the world. The solution was to drive hybrid cars and free transportation wiithout using disel fuel.
All these factors are still happing today and to stop is to ride bikes or drive hybrids, if not ban driving, also reduce the use of disel fuel can contribute of improve the Earth. It can take a long time before our world is cover in smog than it can be ever replaced. Also thanks to hand held electronics made it easy to commicate than driving to them. | 1 |
The Innovation
Driveless cars are a big deal in our modern ,new and innovating society. We try to grow and improve every single and ask ourselves how we can change. Many companies such as Google, Audi and Nissan have an idea that could possibly change the world. Driveless cars are what we all have been waiting for ages. Though many people agree with the idea that driveless cars are the next big thing others simply disagree. There are many pros and cons with the innovation of this project.
I agree with the idea that we should try our best get some driverless cars out on the streets. We as the people on Earth should want the world to grow bigger and better, to grow brighter and smarter. Look at us today, we would not have had many of the things we now do if we had never put so much effort on it. Forexample computers, cell phones and even the process harvesting crops. A lot of ideas have bloomed from technology.
Technology plays a major role in our life, and if driverless cars are the next new idea then I fully support it. Just image how much driverless cars could impact our everyday lives. It could make public transportation so much innovative and easier. perhaps driverless cars can lower are car crash and violence rates on our roads. Driverless cars could also help out many people who are hurt or in desperate need of help in certain situations. Driverless cars could be healthier for our enviornment, but who will ever know if do not put time into this project.
Although having driverless cars are great many do not agree. They believe that it is something dangerous and something that nobody should mess with. They believe that it is out of this world and we should not put any money into this project. I agree that this project can fail but atleast we can say that we tried it, right?
We as human beings learn from our mistakes and as of now there are companies like Google who are already making a change. They have dedicated hundreds of hours into cars who today have driven themselves with a passenger more than half a milliion miles without a single crash.
The have asked themselves that same question and now we have electric cars, cars with sensors and cameras, cars with gps. We have alerts systems in our cars now which keeps us safer. A couple of years ago we had none of these things.
Driverless cars are in the near future. People have dedicated so much time and knowledge to improve are generations to come. There is always something new to improve so lets let it be cars for now, 2020 you are just around the corner. | 3 |
Using the Facial Action Coding System is not necessary whatsoever. This will just be taking up space in already crowded schools, and having schools waste money on a emotion coding system.
These Facial Action Coding Systems will be even more of a distraction. Phones are already enough of a distraction this will be even worse. Kids will just make face expressions to find out what emotion a certain face tells. "Empathy (feeling somone else's emotional state..." Most kids like to just have their space and not be bothered. This is also spending money on things that are not mandantory so money will just be wasted. At the end of the day like who is really interested in what a face expression tells about you?
This computer can be a problem too some kids. Other kids knowing about their emotions they can be bullied and mistreated for how they feel. Every "positive" always has a negative. This can bring hatred upon someone a kid who is always sad and has hatred can be bullied and make the kid even more depressed. "Imagine being able to detect exactly how other people are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions." This Facial Coding system can ruin some kids this is not for everyone, your emotions are not for everyone.
Why is determining what your facial expression says about you instead of learning? Why are we not focused on teaching out kids great education and personal finance? We are so caught up in technology our kids are getting distracted and in trouble over it. The Facial Action Coding System doesn't belong in schools and shouldn't be allowed too. | 1 |
Although there are advantages to having a smart car, the cars should no longer be developed. They should not be developed because the cars may assist but no car is completely driverless; The cars have several sensors but, still need full alertness of the driver just as a normal car would. The smart cars, by law, are not considered safe. In most states its illegal just to test smart cars.
Some may question wether the cars should be maufactured if they are not driverless. The smart cars require the driver to be fully alert so that they can take over in places where the car cannot drive it's self. Technology is something that help people do things more efficently, however, the smart car is not any more efficent than a regular car.
In most sates it is illegal just to test the cars, this is because the cars have not been proved reliably safe. If the cars are proved safe the law would then have to be changed to cover liability. In the case of an accident, who is at fult the car or the driver? This question could easily raise debate on wether the cars should be further developed because of the confusion and problems it could cause.
In some areas the cars can be tested. There have been no crashes in all of the testing but does this make up for all of the faults of the cars? Some may argue that the cars are benificial. If this is the case, how benifical are they? The fact that the cars are not consdidered "safe", that the cars are not driverless and that they are illegal all outweigh the potenital of the smart cars.
The cars should no longer be developed. The cars are not safe. Since they require as much attention as a regular car, they are not an enhancement to the tecchnology we already have. The idea of a smart car seems benificial however, this perfect car cannot be achived in reality. | 3 |
The author suggest that venus is a worthy study to study because of the goods and bad things that happens on that planet. In the paragraph it gives us examples for the good side of Venus that its earth's twin, its the second closes planet from the sun and that Mars,Earth and Venus are neighbor when it come to outter space .Next it tell us interesting facts about venus to because in the passage its tell us thing like" A thick atomosphere of almost 97% percent carbon dioxide blank Venus''. Then it tells us that even though Mars,Earth and Venus all move at different speeds around the sun. Now the Bads things it says about venus is that in the paragraph "Venus clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Then that the average temperature on earth is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit too hot land ships an that the "Atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we exerience on our own planet" it quotes. So that how I know about the goods and bads on why Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers on it. | 1 |
Is the Facial Action Coding System worth it? will it help fix societies happiness. I agree the FACS is worth using it because it will help fix alot of peoples problems, It will help people from getting thier feelings hurt, and it will help lots of children in schools and parents.
FACS will help fix alot of peoples problems. The system is used to recognize peoples emotions throughout there everyday life. Knowing that in are world today many people are dangerous and have things that are going on in there life that know one else knows about. The Facial Action Coding System can help detect that because in the text it states that the system "has classified six basic emotions happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles". This can let us know how that person is feeling.
This system can help other people from getting there feelings hurt. Because you can tell how a person or your friend is feeling that day based on there emotions and how they act. Without this system you may not be able to figure out what type of energy that person is bringing. for example if you were to make a joke towards your friend they might take it personal because they are feeling angry and they take there anger out on you. So you both end up begin mad at eachother and now you're relationship with your friend is ruined.
The FACS will help children in schools and the parents. Because humans they perform the same calculations in there everyday life. The FACS system can help show a parent or teacher that a child needs help because they might look confused and this system can detect that. Because for instense on a test a student might be confused and worried and the teacher might not know that without the FACS. This can help prevent alot of students and parents from failing school and failing as a parent.
Therefore i believe that the Facial Action Coding System is worth it. It is a great tool that can help with many things and many people in this world. This sytem will be a big impact on the world and change alot of things for the better. | 3 |
Even though Venus is the "sister planet" of Earth and is closer than Mars, it has a extreme environment. Dispite the environment, studying Venus may help us develop better space travel and planet colonizalion in the future to help our human speices as a whole to evolve and adpat to much harsher encironments than we are used to. Venus may help us learn about how the universe, our solar system, and galaxy were made.
Venus might have alloys and metals that don't exist on Earth. Venus might be the first step to colonization of our solar system. It will improve our space craft knowlegde so we can be ready for the unpredictable environments on other planets. Who knows we may colonize Venus then Mars. If we do colonize Venus, the human population will be able to expand without over-populating Earth. With our knowledge of Venus traveling to other planets will be easier, because of the exploration to Venus the hull, or outer plating, of the craft would be able to withstand extreme temperatures, harsh weather conditions and extreme pressure.
Even though Venus is harsh, I believe that we would be able to over come this challenge and be ready to take on the next one head first with a better understanding of what to expect.
If we are able to get rovers, space crafts, and/or people on Venus, it may help us learn about our solar system and if aliens did one live in this solar system before we did and if so what happened to them and where did they go. Venus is still a mystery to us. Who knows what lives down on that alien, unknown, surface. Venus might be a key to unlocking the secrects of our solar system.
In conclusion, Venus is a worthy pursuit despite its environmental dangers that it holds under and in its atmosphere. It may be the first step to the human race as a whole to live on other planets and explore the galaxy we call home. | 2 |
In America people use automobiles for evryday life. Look at it this way, if there werent any cars anymore we would be walking all the time. Which would leed to bad joint pain and expensive doctor bills. Plus think of how crowded the side walks would be. Your kids would get lost or even stolen right out from under your nose now do you really want that. Automobiles have been around forever why ruin what people worked so hard to gain. A lot of people would lose their job if we got rid of them. You think the unemployment rait is bad now get rid of cars and watch it increase.
If we had to walk everywhere, that pain that just went away in your ankles and feet would suddenly come back again. And what if your in a hurry to get to work how are you going to get there in time if your only going at a walking speed. The crowd would slow you down emensly, even at school the crowd can slow a person down by a lot. when the teacher lets us out early I dont have to fight the crowd as much and can get to my parent much faster to go home.
Think about the children, if you were walking one day to the store and look back to see that your five year old is suddenly missing, what would you do. You would look and see nothing but people in the crowd, you would have no clue to who has your child. But if your in your car and you look back he/she will be right there safe and sound waiting to get home to watch there favorite show, not in the hands of a stranger wondering who is this person and will I ever see my mommy again.
We Americans work hard for what we get in life, and if you get layed off from your job what gose through your head. Well I dont personnly have a job but you do, and so do hundreds of people at Ford Motor Company, and General Motors two very famous automobile manufacturers. If we dont drive cars and buy cars guess what happens they lose money and if a huge manufactuer loses money then its time to start lowering wages and laying people off. So do you really want that.
So think before you do things like take away our car rights. The prompt says to find good things about not having cars but I just cant because the bad is more bad than the good is good. Personnly if I had a child I wouldnt want him/her being stolen by a stranger. Or being me being layed off because people dont wnat to harm the earth's atmosphere. | 2 |
This new technology
to read students emotional expressions is should serve an important role in the schools, because humans can detect emotions in faces, like in paragraph five says, "we humans perform this same impressive calculation every day." But humans dont pay attention but if there was a software that focuses strictly on facial expressions this would be a revolutionary product.
Teen suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the world! Having this new technology will save many kids also many families from grievences. Suicide ties in with depression, and people who are depressed often smile, and say "nothing" when you ask them whats wrong and likely to not tell you how they feel. But if this technology was around in schools it would save hundreds of thousands of lives every day with one advanced product. This can detect a students low amount of happiness and high percentage of sadness, like for example in paragraph 1 is how the software would work. "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry."
This will also improve learning in the schools, if the classrooms had this technology there. Most students may not understand something but since there is a classroom full of people nobody speaks up to ask the question. This software will deminish all of that. it will detect that students dont understand and the teacher will recognize that and modify their lesson so the student will not leave the class unknowing of subject. As in paragraph 6 explaines,"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson."
Therefore I am for this advanced technology to read students emotional expressions. This can save many lives, and better schools tremendously all across the world. | 2 |
The argument that the face is a natural landfrom is true because there is evedince in the passage backing up my fact.
First he took three pictures one in 1976,1998 and 2001 in 1976 they didnt have good camera he just showed the outline of the butte or mesa landform. In 1998 it was in the winter for the planet was so it change the outlook on the butte. 2001 was the best by far it was during the summer and it was the most recent one taken
Second in 1976 the camera was even close as it is now.
In 1998 the camera made a big step and made the image have the best resolution having a stuning 1.56 meter compared to the 43 meters in 1976 they only problem it was in winter and it was really hazy. So in 2001 they took another image it was not even close to ether of the photos in 1976 or 1998
It made it look like it was a face but thank to better cameras we can see that it is not a face it was just a butte. | 1 |
I believe that we should get rid of Electoral College because it seems like that it causes more problems then it does with popular vote. So i think that we should use elections to popular vote over electoral voting. For example, the disaster affect which the state legislatures took responsibilty for picking electors, and those electors could always defy the will of the people. Even though that the electoral college has some pros it has more cons.
There are a couple things wrong with the Electoral college. In the electoral college system you dont vote for your president you vote a state of electors who in turn elect the president. If your vote won then the state that you live in would get that amount of electoral votes. For example, if you live in florida and your slate of electors won then your president would get 29 electoral votes. But in there has been a few instances where this system has not worked becasue of how close the votes were to each other. If there was a tie then it would be sent to the house of representatives where the state delegations vote on the president. This is one of the reasons why I dont like the electoral college because its one big long process when actually it could only take a couple days if we used popular vote instead of electoral college.
At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take all system in each state canidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. It is not fair to alot of people in our country that they have to be put into this long process of determining who our president is going to be when they could just vote and then they'll be done if they use the popular vote system. If we get rid of the electoral college then the popular vote system will be a more quick and efficent way of voting for our president. Also, there will be less tension in our country and less aruguments going on.
It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments aganist direct elections are spurious at best. Even though there might some reasons why you believe that we should still have the electoral college there are more dangers and risks if we keep the electoral collge. But if we get rid of the electoral college and put in our popular vote system then choosing our president will a lot easier and it will take away controversy in our counrty. | 3 |
As an American citizen, I am aware that cars are a big form of transportation. For me that is my way of getting everywhere. But I never really thought about the consequences of driving a car or even that there may be advantages to not driving one. Other countries have realized that their are advantages and are working on promoting citizens to use other types of transportation. Through out the world many countries are pushing for "car-free" areas and eventually "car-free" countries. Many of these countries are trying different strategies to accomplish this goal. Some examples would be Paris, where they only permit certain cars to drive each day depending on their license plate number, as found in source 2, parts of Germany are creating "car-free" communities and if you want to have a car you must pay 40,000 dollars in order to park in a parking garage in the front of the community, according to source 1, even Cities in Colombia promote what they call a Day Without Cars, as said in source 3. Even though here in the United States we haven't enforced any laws against driving, some citizens are choosing to not to drive. These countries are creating these new lifestyles in order to prevent air pollution, take away the stress of driving on the roads, and to bring the communities closer together.
As many people may already know, cars release greenhouse gasses that are harmful to our enviroment. As said in source 1, "Passenger cars are responsible for up to 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions into the enviroment." Parts of Germany are working to solve this issue by creating "car-free" communities. Some of these communities house up to 5500 residents. This change is getting a positive reaction, with more people moving into these commmunities than predicted. This is a movement called "smart planning" which is a trend that is growing and sreading into many parts of Europe, some parts of the United States and elsewhere.
Paris however is trying a different strategy that doesnt require people moving into completely new areas. They are now enforcing laws permitting certain cars to drive on their designated days. For example, on Mondays drivers who's cars have even-numbered license plates must leave their cars at home and find a different form of transportation for that day or else they will be fined 22-euros($31). So far 4,000 drivers have been fined. Paris's goal is also to cut down the emission of harmful gasses into the enviroment but mainly trying to reduce smog. Since deisel fuel is a large contributor and the majority of the vehicles in Paris run on diesel fuel they are cutting down the number days you are allowed to drive.
Colombia is also using Paris' strategy, but their "car-free" days are limited to once every year. Colombia has been using this stategy for 3 years and each year getting a better turnout of people participating. Violators who choose to drive on this day known as the Day Without Cars day, are fined $25. Their goal is to promote alternative transportation, interaction between citizens, limit individuals stress levels, and reduce smog. Heidrun Walter, a citizen in Colombia quoted, "When I drive my car I'm always tense. I'm much happier when I'm not behind the wheel." Haidrun is just one of many citizens who have expressed their interest in this new method.
After looking at the consequences of driving a car, and seeing the multiple advantages of not having one has changed my perspective on things. I know the feeling of being stressed when driving and I've always thought, if I could I would choose a different form of transportation. After seeing other countries promoting their citizens to choose alternative forms of transportation, I now hope the United States will enforce something similar. Not only do you help the enviroment but it is safer for yourself and everyone around you. Living a lifestyle with no air pollution, stress, or traffic jams will be safer and more efficient. Hopefully every other citizens perspective on this will change, if it hasn't already. I'm lookinf forward to seeing you walking next to me on the sidewalk. | 3 |
Driverless cars could be a great accomplishment. If driverless cars are made, they would improve safety on the roads
Driverless cars can improve safety on the roads. Paragraph 5 says that In the 1980's speed sensors were put on the wheels for antilock brakes, which became more advanced within ten years and made
to detect and respond when there is out of control skids or rollovers. The sensors can apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power to the engine, which cuases the car to have more control over the situation than any human driver could handle alone. BMW has made a car with touch sensors in the steering wheel making sure the driver is alert and keeps their hands on the wheel. GM has made seats that vibrate when the car is in danger of backing in to an object. Some manufacturers are planning on using cameras in the vehicle to watch the driver to make sure they are paying attention to the road.
All these reasons ensure that the driverless car will be safe and and that people will benifit from the driverless car. | 1 |
Luke's claim was that when his friend Don invited him to a trip to Europe on a cattle boat and Luke knew right away he had to say yes because it was a once
in a lifetime opportunity. Also that he got to travel and exploer many diffrent
places! Another one of Lukes claim was that he was greatful for the opportunity he got to have by being a seagoing cowboy.
A few reasons to join the club it that you get to go places you probobly never been before. Also that you get to travel all over the world and explore diffrent places and see many diffrent things from many diffrent paces, just like Luke!
It may have taken him two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to china but, it may have been worth it because Luke got to see many diffrent things and explore unique stuff! Luke would normally be caring for the animals and so it kept him busy for a long time.The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games so, if you like those games you might want to join them! Being a seagoing cowboy was much more fun than an adventure, it opened the world to Luke. Luke said he was greatful for the opportunity.
" I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China. " That is what Luke said because he enjoyed being a seagoing cowboy and going on all the adventures that Luke got to do! Maybe one day if you become a seagoing cowboy you will be able to adventure all the things Luke got to do. There may
be some rough time like what Luke had when he couldn't work for a few days, for an example,
when he was a watchman and it was a rainy night Luke sliped
and fell and he had a few broken ribs but he was saved by a small strip of metal
along the edge so it stopped Luke from sliding. Luke aws happy to be alive
though! Luckly for Luke he recovered in a few days. Luke was happy to be a cowboy and you might too!
So now maybe you can consider about being a saegoign cowboy. | 1 |
Ever since humans have discovered space and the existence of other planets, the belief that we are not alone in the universe has been a back-and-forth question over the years. It has inspired many works and become a huge part of pop culture. While this can be fun to think about, sometimes people who can't accept the truth take it too far. The Face on Mars is just a natural landfrom because technology wasn't that good in 1976, people (especially conspiracy theorists) take can take things like this too far, and the formation is just like others on Mars and even on Earth.
The original photo of the Face on Mars was taken way back in 1976 by NASA's Viking 1. The spacecraft was only trying to find landing spots for another NASA ship, Viking 2, when the picture was snapped. Technology has evolved vastly over the past few decades, but 1976 was right at the start of this kind of space exploration technology, with the moon landing only happening 7 years prior to this event. When the latest photo of the face was snapped in 2001, its resolution was 10 times sharper than the Viking 1's photo. It showed every crack and bump on the surface of the "face", while the Viking's only showed patches of white while most of it was covered in shadow. Even a Mars Global surveyor photo from 1998 (which was taken with better technology than the Viking 1's) revealed a mesa formation. The photos taken after the original in 1976 definitely show anything but a face, which shows that the Face on Mars was only seen because of developing technology at the time.
Everytime there is a statement made by an organized group like NASA, or a government of any kind, people like to try to disprove these statements and say that they are fake. These people are called conspiracy theorists. They usually jump to conclusions on statements like this all the time with little or no evdidence. Back in the 1960s and '70s, the space race had started, causing many people to believe that we are not alone in this universe of ours. Anytime there was a trace of alien life out there, radios would broadcast about it, new channels would cover it, and sometimes even movies were made about these, just like in the case of the Face on Mars. Since these are people's main sources for news, they believed the claims instantly. When NASA revealed a picture of a supposed 'face on mars', the population went crazy. This was solid proof of ancient alien life on another planet, the conspiratists believed, but alas, the only reason this face appeared was due to technology with not enough resolution to snap a high quality picture of the formation. Conspiratists claimed that alien life on Mars would be something that NASA would "want to hide", but in response to this, defenders of the NASA budget said that "they wished there was an ancient civilization on Mars". If the face was actually alien, NASA never would have come out and told the public of its existence, or at least would've said that it was alien in its reveal. Instead that caption read; "A huge rock formation.. which resembles a human head..." This shows that NASA directly knew that the formation was natural and most definitely not alien.
The Face on Mars was quite the phenomenon, which started out the belief that there was alien life out in space and also on the planets near to Earth. When scientists first saw the formation from the Viking 1, they were suprised to see a face on the screen, but that was only at first. Scientists quickly realized that the face was nothing more than a Martian Mesa. These mesas are very common around Cydonia (the region of Mars in which the photo was taken). These formations are also on other parts of Mars and even here on Earth. Jim Garvin, a cheif scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program stated, "It reminds me most of the Middle Buttle in the Snake River of Idaho." This shows that a formation like a mesa is super easy to indentify, and one on Mars could just as easily be identified with good enough technology, as proven by the Mars Global Survey spacecraft and the Mars global surveyor from 1998, which was even taken through clouds on the red planet. It makes sense for the formation to be a mesa, especially since the fact that there were no other facelike structures like this found on Mars since.
The Face on Mars is a natural landform because the technolgy that took the photo wasn't that great compared to years after, conspiracy theorists can really blow things like this in the worng direction, and the formation of the face resembles structures like that on Mars and Earth. With our knowledge and exploration of space growing every day, it is just a matter of time until we discover alien life somewhere. The problem is, people can get so caught up in these kind of things and overexagerate them to beyond reasoning. Technology has advanced so much in the past few years, so much that we can see every crack and divit on the surface of a planet, so the question is, when will we actually discover a real "Face on Mars"? | 5 |
Driverless cars are the transportation system of the future. Their benefits greatly outweigh those of the current system. Driverless cars are easily possible to develop, much safer than regular cars, and have benefits for both people and the environment.
Driverless cars are already in development, and many manufacturers have already designed and created the technology which makes them possible. Driverless cars require sensors which allow them to mimic human reaction to whatever situation might arise while on the road. Sensor technology has been in development and in use since the 1980s, with the introduction of antilock brakes. Using this technology, Google modified a Toyota Prius with several sensors which allows the car to access a 3-D model of its environment. The proper technology to introduce driverless cars is clearly already available to manufacturers. In fact, in 2013, BMW announced the "Traffic Jam Assistant," which allows the car to steer, accelerate, and brake itself. The world is already well on its way to the creation of a truly driverless car.
Some might object to the safety of driverless cars, but in reality, driverless cars introduce more safety to the road environment. An operating system or machine cannot become tired, frustrated, emotional, angry, or distracted in any way; its judgement is mechanical, and there are no variables of human unpredictability. Most if not all vehicular accidents are caused by some sort of human error in judgement, and driverless cars eliminate this possibility, which is conducive to a much safer driving environment. A possible cosumer concern might be that with the current model of semi-driverless cars, which still require some human effort, people may get tired or distracted waiting for their turn to drive. However, manufacturers are developing an answer to this concern which introduces more safety than a regular driving environment would have. Some manufacturers are introducing in-car displays which turn off instantly when driver assistance is required, which is not possible with a regular cellphone or messaging device. This eliminates any in-car distraction during the driving task, With human error eliminated, driverless cars are much safer than regular ones.
Finally, the driverless car introduces benefits to both people and the environment. Driverless cars can allow people to safely engage in other activities besides driving, allowing them to achieve and accomplish more. Driving can be tiring, and driverless cars eliminate driving as a task for people to complete. Many factors can impair driving ability and prevent one from driving, but with driverless cars, mobility is always possible, and transportation is always accessible. A Google cofounder estimates that driverless cars can eventually eliminate the need for personal cars at all, by introducing a public transportation system of entirely driverless vehicles, and that these vehicles can use half the fuel of current taxis. This can have huge benefits for the environment.
Driverless cars are a much better alternative to the transportation systems of today. They can and are being devleoped, carry benefits to the environment and to people, and are much safer than regular cars. | 4 |
In the passage, The Challenge of Exploring Venus, there is a passage explaining what Venus looks while they send machines to discovers the planet. The author tries to explain to us what kind of challenges they have found while exploring Venus. The point of view that the author see is that Venus is a worthly pursuit despiting the dangers on it. Each passage has its own main part about Venus, however, it will tallk about the challenge that are face in Venus
In this parts of the article the author has the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despiting the dangers and he explains his reasoning with the context that is left behind this article. The passage tells us about why its worthy to pursuit it, in passage 8 it 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." The meaning of this part of the passage is telling us how people just think about how or what it is like to explore Venus. NASA has been trying to make inventions to help them go to Venus an have a closer look." NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus."
Althouth people want to go and explore Venus, there are some challenges that Venus provides for people. The dangers in this article tells us in passage 1 " While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." its hard for us to explore something from far away but during the attemptes we still can get close to Venus. In the passage it says, "A lot of spacecraft haven't survived the landing in a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." These are some reason why we can not reach Venus as worthly it is, it is challenging to explore.
The author does not care what kind of dangers there is because he thinks Venus is a planet that is worth to study. As he tries to get a closer look at. NASA has been also trying to help make machines and new inventions that are safe for people to go up and for themselves. Although the challenges that they have read, seen, or have heard kept stopping them from figuring out how to get closer to Venus. However, they did not give up because they kept looking for other ways to explore Venus. | 2 |
Venus is a beautiful but horrible places to live. It getts very hot and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than ours. Metal can not last for a long period of time down there, we could not stay on the ground. The dangers of sendig human life down there is not great.
On our twin planet it can get up to 800 degresse fahrenheit. That is about 9 times higher than our normal temp on Earth. We could ot survive that heat. The atmospheric pressure on the planet is 90 times greater than our planet. We could not be on Venus with out special gear, like a space suit. This planet can liquify metal basicly instantly. The weather on the planet is horrible. There are constiant earthquakes and erupting valcaones and very bad storms.
The way the heat is on Venus we could not be there for long. It melts metals, out probes that were sent there can not survive, how are we. The conditons are not ideal for human life. Even though about 30 MILES above the ground we could survive in a ´hot air ballon´ The air pressure would be about ours on Earth that far away from the gound on Venus. Nasa wants to explore and send human testing groups there for experiments, we should not. If strong metals cound not survive we can not survive.
sending our people down there is not great at all. risking human ife for science happpends but if we can stop it we should. Venus looks lovely but the conditions are not great at all. There is radiation everywhere. sittingifront of tvs, computer, microwaves we can get radiation. In the hot air ballon 30 miles away for Venuses ground has about as much radiatio as our whole earth has. These not so easy conditions can harm anyone over time.
Venus is not the place feo human life. we need to find diffrerent planet for us. the conditions are not right for us, they are too dangerous. If we have no choice to go there and test it out we cold but we should fight agianst going ther if we have to. People could not survive in a ´hot air balloon´ forever. | 1 |
Making Mona Lisa Smile
In The article "Making The Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto how the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions that this new technology is valuable.
The Mona lisa demonstration really intended to bring a smile to your face this while just imagine how a computer knows when you're happy or sad thats crazy. For example, if you smile as soon as a web ad appears on the screen another ad will follow. Lets say that you frown the next ad will be different from the one you smiled on. Another thing a classroom computer can know when students are becoming to be confused or bored.
How the start of the porcess is when the computer contracts a 3-D computer model of the face all of the 44 major muscles on the model must have move like human muscles. Eckamn has classified six emotions for example anger, surprise, fear, sadness and happiness. Movement for more than one muscle is called a unit.
In fact us human perfrom this impressive called calculation we use it everyday. For example, you could tell how your friend is feeling by looking at his or her face. most us would have trouble describing each others facial trit that makes us happy or worried. Yet Dr. Huang observes artist like Leonardo Da Vinci he studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles to have enough convey specific type of emoitions.
However the new technology is valuable by telling you how what are your human emotions. For example a classroom computer can show when a student is bored or getting confused. Also it can classified six different motions. Therefore this New technology is valuable for the students in classrooms. | 1 |
We shouldnt have driveless cars because if we do you know people arent gonna pay attention there gonna be on there phones and be like oh my car is driving its self so i dont really have to pay attention. and then some people who have gotten their liscense provoked can probably just hop in one of those cars and probably put everyone in danger. people shouldnt have to always depend on technology and other machines to always do something for them . the way driving is now is fine. the people say it will make it safer but how will it really they will have to spend billions of dollars probably on money that they probably dont have to create a whole new driving system for people and if it doesnt work the all that money will go to waste.
If people strat growing up in a generation where you dont ahev to drive and the car will drive for you what are they learning. NOTHING! becaus ethere just learnmng how to be aware with the car not how to actually drive. Yes technology is advancing but that doesnt mean that all the Technology is the safest. Cars something that you have to learn how to drive not just something that learns how to drive its self. kids shouldnt have to be glued to technology 24/7 unless you in school please books in school be so heavy i swear to god imma have back troubles when i get older we just need i pads in our school but no our schools poor af.
Anyways back to the car thing. There reasoning is okay i guess but what happens when your driving onthe highway and your car senses something and stops automatically and everyone behing you is going 60 - 70 mph and crashes into you what happens then?
Its okay to have like those little beepy sensors and the little camera in the back of your car so you can see whats behind yopu when you back out but having a driverless car just seems to risky. Another point is that there are so many other problems in this world beside trying to figure out how to advance car technology . why dont they use that money to try to help cure cancer or help people in need not trying to make money but instead give bck people trhese days only care about themselves and there stupid fancy driverless cars instead of thinking about a child who doesnt even know what a car is. People these days kep on making up more excuses to be lazy just drive your car your self .
Kids are growing up in a world where there not gonna know how to do anything by themselves there always gonna depend on technology or something to help them through life. people honestly need to stop depending on technology to do everything for them its stupid i dont need my phone with me every second of the day unlike some kids i can actually put it up and i wouldnt need a car to drive me around because im not lazy i can drive myself. so many people are lazy and its so aggitating to know that people cant even freaking get in car and drive themselves they have to make technology to have the car drive its slef | 3 |
Unmaskin the Face on Mars
Have you seen the face on Mars? Do you think it was made from aliens? well i will tell you why the theory that it was made by aliens is false. I will also tell you why it is a natural land form. Also I tell you further what the scientists have found out about the three pictures taken.
There is a theory htat the face on Mars firts photographed in 1976 was not made by aliens. First many people think that the face looks like an egyptian pharoh and was made by aliens. Although there are some people belive that aliens do egsist and that the aliens did this face there is no true evedance that aliens do eggsist and also that the aliens did this face. Another thing people are saying is that the NASA is hiding things from the public but the NASA tells evertything to the public about teir investigation so there for there is no true evedance that the NASA is hiding things about their invesigations to the public.
The face on mars is a natural land form because there is no true evedance that the aliens built htis face as a matter of fact years after there have two more pictures taken of the face on mars one in 1998 and the last one in 2001. In fact there is a scientist that even said that the face was not made by aliens the scientist's name is Jim Garvin. Jim Garvin studied the pictures of the face on Mars and said that there was no alien monument after all. There for that prove that the face on Mars was not made by aliens. There are still some people not satifed with his answer. Garvin even compared the face on mars with buttes or mesas here on earth. Garvin also said that these kinds of land forms are common areound the American West. Garvin also stated that it reminded him most of the Middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
The face on Mars caused many theory like that some peopl said that the face on Mars was made by aliens. here is what scientists have found out. Once they NASA took the first picture comotion started like the one were they say that it was made by aliens, but the scientist Jim Garvin said that if it indeed it was and egyptian-style pyramid or even small shack you be able to see what they were. There are three pictures of this face on mars every picture more enhanced than the other and indeed scientists like Jim Garvin say the the face on Mars was not made by alians and it is a natural land form like a mesa.
In conclusion there are people that say that the face on Mars was built by aliens and that it is a face if an egiptian pharoh, but scientists have answered this question and they say that it is just a natural land form like a mesa. So what do you think? Do you think that the face on Mars was made by aliens? belive what you think but acirding to evedance it was not made by aliens . What do think? | 3 |
Although driveless cars seem like a good idea are they really? To me it seems more dangerous to be in a car that is driveless. The person could end up not staying alert like they are suppose too. That could cause traffic problems when emercencys are coming through or road construction or worse a car accident. The driveless car could malfunction while driving. If it was to malfunction who do you blame? The car or the driver? I feel like what the artcile said the driver would get bored waiting for their turn to drive would be true. Safety is best when the drivers stay alert at all times. In most states this driveless car is illegal to even test. In my oppion i think why not just control the car yourself. If the car is going to warn you when it needs help i think it'd be safer to just handle the car yourself. I think another negative thing would be if you wanted to listen to music. How would that effect the car alerting the drive when the car needs help? The cars would be just like the cars we have now but you do not really need a driver. There are many postive effects of this, but thers more negative. I think the driveless care just isnt safe and is not a good idea. | 1 |
Dear state senator.
I think that the electoral collage should be changed because it makes voting unfair, more people would vote,and it would be more effective.
The electoral voting system is unfair because your vote dosnt really count if the majority of the votes goes to the opposing party. It would be more even if your vote counted directly towards the party rather than voting for your states electors. I also feel that more people would vote because with the state electors your vote wont matter if the majority of is oppiste of who you voted for.
Also, other people would vote for other parties more rather than just the democratic or republican parties because the majority of the people are just gonna vote for those parties.
If the votes were not for the state electors and for the president than George W. Bush would not have been elected and the majority of the votes went towards John kerry so that wasnt fair for him.
Also every states number of electors is different, if they are going to have electors per state I think it should be the same amount for every state because if more of the states voted for the republicans but the democrats could have had the states with the larger amount of electors and won the election. The tinier states wouldnt do much for the election if they only have three electors. Also without electors voting, there would be a less chance of there being a tie in the election. It might make counting the votes easier but voting would be more effective if it was without state electors.
Those are the reasons why I think that the way voting is should be changed and hopfully someday it will be. | 2 |
The whole idea of driverless cars is stupid in my opinion. Drivers of todays age sometimes are more interested in looking at there phone while driving instead of doing the actual driving itself. Which cause accidents and sometimes even death but people still do it which is really stupid on there part. The fact that to some people think that checking to see what somone texted them is more important than keeping their eyes on the road is just down right stupid. They should actually be paying attention to the road so that they dont hurt themselves or someone else in an accident. I
When people are driving the whole point of driving is to look at the road and be careful when driving so that you get to where you're trying to go safley. But inorder to do that you need to pay attention to the road,now if the car drives itself and the only time the car would need a human to help out would be in an accident or during severe road conditions. Then the driver wouldnt have to pay attetion, which is not the case, rather the car only would need the assistance of a human evry now and then. Even though consdiering that even though the car doesnt need you inorder to drive most of the time it will still require your assistance ocassionaly. If we developed driverless cars I fear that people will be more prone to get into more accidents then they would driving the car normally. These cars still would need a human present to be able to function but if the human in the car was required to take over the wheel and they werent paying attention to the road the they would crash. Now granted this idea would be cool to have and it would be more fuel efficent and in the long run it would help out the environment. But I just dont think its a good idea right now. mostly do to the fact that most of the accidents now are because of drivers not paying attention to the road while they're driving. The whole driverless car thing is only going to increase that lack of attention that drivers are paying to the road. All because the drivers will feel that they arent needed to do anything while theyre driving.
In conclusion I feel that driverless cars would be a terrible idea and instead of decreasing car related accidents and deaths it would increase them significantly unless drivers pay more attention while they are driving. | 3 |
Did you know on Mars there is a face? Some people think it was created by aliens. Other people think it is just a natural landform on Mars. The face on Mars was first discovered in 1976.
When they first saw it it looked like a "shadowy likeness of a human face". It was an enormous head nearly two miles away from end to end. When they first discovered it they saw it staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. I am going to be telling you why this is just a natural landform on Mars.
When scientist first saw it in 1976, they thought it was just another Martian mesa which is common around Cydonia. They knew is was some type of landform. A few days later, NASA unvieled the image for all to see. The caption was "huge rock formation which resembles a human head". The only reason they said it was aliens, was to get people's attention. That is exaclty what it did.
Eventually on April 5,1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over to Cydonia for the first time to check it out. While they were there Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture that was ten times sharper than the original photos. When the image first apperared on a JPL web site it revealed it was just a natural landform and there was no alien monument after all. Not everyone was convinced it was just a landform. Many people still thought it had something to do with aliens. But, how could aliens have done it? No one knows.
On April 8,2001 Mars Global Surveyor drew a close enough second look. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the face in the field of view,"Garvin stated. Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resolution. "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size", Garvin added. "So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" he added. They could tell there was nothing just the land its self. It could not have been aliens.
What the pictures they actually took show is a Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa landforms common in the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho", Garvin says. Garvin ended his statement with,"That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars."
Coming to a conclusion, the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Even Garvin, the Mars Global Surveyor said it himself,"What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivlent of a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American West". The Face on Mars is really, just an natural landform. | 2 |
Many people think that the face on Mars was created by aliens, however that is not true. The face on mars is just a natural landform and it has nothing to do with aliens.
When the sciencetists saw the first picture taken of it they figured it was just another martian mese, that was common around Cydonia. The image was captioned "huge rock formation which resembles a human head..." It was just a landform and had nothing to do with aliens. Just because it looked like a human head doesnt mean anything. Very few scientists even belived the face was created by aliens. Which means that most of them knew it was just a natural landform.
When the second picture was taken, all they saw was just a natural landfrom with no alien monument at all. They then took a third picture of it because most people were not satisfied with the second one. The thrid picture just shows the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa. It looks like landforms here around earth. If their are similar things on Earth that are just landforms then the face on Mars is just a landform too.
The face on Mars was not made by aliens it was just a landform. It just happened to look like a human face in the first picture that was taken. But with the better pictures, It wasnt a face after all. It was just a mesa. | 2 |
The use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. Dr. Huang predicts that it can help modify the lesson if a student is having trouble by the looks of his or her face. With the FACS, the motion-recognition software can track facial movements and identify different emotions.If the computer in the class room can identify his or her emotion to see if they like the lesson or not can help them improve in school because the computer can track that and find something better for the student or class.
A computer that can identify if a student is bored or confused can be really helpful for the student and the class. If you are shown a lesson on the computer and you show a smile, the computer can recognize that and can continue with the lesson, but if you are shown a lesson that you frown or look bored, the computer will notice and change the lesson and modify it to become something you want. Just like a human instructor.
A lot of people will disagree with the computer because people might think that its "not true" or " it may not be always right." But people may not know that it can actually make a big impact in your learning in the classroom. The computer can help you succeed by giving you the lessons you may like. It can affect your future and making you become smarted and think learning is fun because you are learning what is interested to you or helping you be interested in the subject.
People may ask how it actually works and if it is trustworthy or not. The Facial Action coding system will focus on the 44 muscels on your face that helps you make your emotions. The software tracks the facial movements and weigh the different units and can help identify the mixed emotions. Each expression that is made is compared against a neutral face to help identify what expression you are making.
In conclusion, the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It can help the student succeed and think learning is fun by getting lessons from the computer that may think is good for the student. Even thought a lot of people may disagree that it might not work, it can be worth a try, Just to see if it actually helps the student. The students can find the lessons fun now and affect there future for the great or good. | 3 |
Would you ever want to have a job that you could explore the ocean and visit many different countrys and see unique things. It would be nice to have a job like that
In the passage ''A Cowboy Who Rode The Waves''this boy named Luke bomberger, who just graduated high school had two jobs and he got offered by his friend Don Reist to join this exiting event. Luke could not say no.
In the passage Luke said that he enjoyed the job A lot. There was many things he got to do like go over seas,he rescued animals,and more. It states in paragraph 3 that he traveled with 335 horses on August,14,1945. In my opinion that is a lot of horses on one boat.
He got to travel many places like Europe,China,Greece and more. He said that it takes about two weeks to get to cross the Atlantic ocean and a month to get to China. left time to play baseball,vollyball,tabletennis,fencing,boxing reading,and more. it says in the intro in the passage that he traveled 16 times over the Atlantic Ocean and twice over the Pacific Ocean.
As you can see it would be A lot of fun to be A seagoing cowboy. You would get to adventure things just like Luke did. In my opinion that would be A lot of fun to travel over seas and save people and animals. Not only that you will also be able to explore many things like China and Europe. and you might even see very historic things. I hope you think about this job. It could be an opportunity of a lifetime. | 2 |
The cities of Vauban, Germany; Paris, France; and Bogota, Colombia all have something in common. They have all taken measures to use cars minimally for at least a small period of time. The results of car use are pollution and accidents among other large scale issues. The cities previously mentioned, however, have taken active roles in preventing these issues. It is no guess as to why the pollution is created; "...transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions..." states Elisabeth Rosenthal of the
New York Times . A seemingly simple, but effective, idea could prevent the pollution caused by cars - limiting car usage. Cars have been a major cause of stress with people who always rush to arrive at their destinations, and social interaction (in person) has significantly shot onto the negative end of the spectrum because of the invention of cars. By limiting car usage, the overly tense and smogged communities alike would benefit.
A frustrated, tense driver is not an uncommon occurrence. The term "road rage" was not spontaneously thought of. The purpose of cars is to transport someone or something from destination "A" to destination "B" in a short amount of time. This makes the very nature of cars one of urgency and with urgency comes stress. Stressed drivers have been the cause of many a car accident. All it takes is someone who is almost late for a meeting to speed too quickly for an accident to occur. Cutting down on car usage would exponentially decrease the number of car accidents, and it is likely to increase the overall happiness of a community that harbors less cars on their streets. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," states Heidrun Walter of Vauban, Germany. The community of Vauban has given up their cars. In fact, there are only two places to park there; the parking garage requires a $40,000 fee to reserve a space, and it is rare to find a private garage for a home. Vauban is an example of what is likely the beginning of more communities based on minimal car use. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," states David Goldberg, official of Transportation of America. "In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting 'car reduced' communities..." (Elisabeth Rosenthal) Communities are realizing the benefits of reduced usage.
An astounding statistic: "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." (Elisabeth Rosenthal) Pollution is the main concern for the generation of fossil fuel consumers. It is not unknown that cars cause pollution because of the diesel and gasoline that fuels the car. The pollution cars bring will not cease to multiply until cars are used less, and hybrid cars are not necessarily the answer because there has always been controversy on whether people will actually buy them with time. Cities who ban car usage see significant changes in the quality of their atmosphere and an example of this is Paris. Paris, the travel destination of both adventurers and lovers, experiences some of the worst pollution - even when compared to Beijing, China. "Congestion (car traffic) was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog... [The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world," stated Robert Duffer of the
Chicago Tribune . Paris benefited from the bans and reduced the amount of smog in the city. Paris took action on their car usage issue and it would be beneficial for other places to follow suit as pollution is an increasinly major environmental issue and health hazard.
Not only would pollution be shifting downward, but city projects would improve with the limited use of automobiles. Cars promote the improvement of highways and roads. This creates a situation in which the city funds the roads, but fails to focus on other important city structures such as sidewalks and local stores. Roads are constantly run down and massive amounts of tax money go into repairing them, but limiting car usage would prevent road damage and change the city's view on other structures. Bogota, Columbia has a "Day without Cars" to "...promote alternative transportation and reduce smog," states Andrew Selsky of
Seattle Times . With just one day reserved for not using cars, "...uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks;...; and new restaurants and upscale shopping districts have cropped up." (Andrew Selsky) Reducing car use enhances the experience of those who normally don't use cars because of improved bike paths, sidewalks, and is the foundation for a more lively city community.
Luckily, the United States seems to already be on the path to lowering numbers of cars used. "...Recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by," states Elisabeth Rosenthal from
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. America is one of the biggest mascots of the car industry; they have always been on top of advertisement and 'showing off cars' with companies such as Ford and Mercedes. The decline of car usage is beneficial in America for the environment as emissions will be lowered, but the car companies would need to find a different tactic to generate or maintain money flow. The resulting effect is that not only would limiting car usage aid the environment, decrease stress levels, and promote structural integrity of a city, but it would be the dawn of a new cultural age based on a community that has a better transportation system to "...conserve resources, lower emissions, and improve safety," as proposed by Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company. Limiting car usage will usher in a healthier age for the younger generations. | 4 |
How does the Electoral College affect the selection of the presidency and is it a positive force? Many may answer "No." or "I don't know." to these questions, only doing such because that's what they've been or what they've heard others say. While many have negative feelings, or no feelings at all, towards the Electoral College, it is a very useful force in electing the President because of its certainty, its transregionality, and it lets "the most thoughtful voters" (Posner Source 3) decide the election.
Swings states let candidates to campaign where it really matters. Being a voter in a swing state means you have to have extra close attention to the campaigns and the candidates, leaving you to be more thoughtful than voters in states that aren't swing states. And in turn voters in these states will definitely receive "the most information and attention from the candidates" (Posner Source 2). Voters from these states at the end of the campaigns will no doubt be the most informed voters in the nation, giving them the right to decide the fate of the election for the future.
A successful president must be voted for across the regions of the United States to fufill the wants and needs of its diverse people. While popular voting can be skewed naturally to one region or another due to their preferences and populations, the Electoral College ensures that one region can't win a campaign alone. If the President was to win due to popular vote and only because of regional appeal, "residents of other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised..." (Posner Source 3) and that their president will not best represent everyone's interests.
The use of the Electoral College allows for a more certain winner over popular vote, therefore avoiding election crisis. Although there was one "fiasco" in 2000, as Bradford Plumer calls it in Source 2, the chance of this happening is very small since "even a very slight pulrality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state." (Posner Source 3) For example, in 2012, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of electoral vote while he recieved only 51.3 percent of the popular vote.(Posner Source 3). A 1.3 percent from a tie is much, much more close than the 11.7 percent that that the Electoral College gives us.
While some may still believe that the Electoral College is outdated and unneccesary, the usefulness of the swing states, its transregional approval system, and its certainty over popular voting proves it to be the best method of selecting our presidents for now and for the future. | 4 |
"Different things are converging which suggest that we witnessing a long term cultural shift," said Mimi Sheller. As technology advances the world will start to get rid of things we use to use before, so that those new advancements could come and take their place, as time flies we might not need cars anymore, even though they are the most useful thing to get us from one place to another, they are also devastating for our community, and our environment. Now knowing that most people would never let go of there cars due to the amount of money people spend to buy them, that giving them up isn't going to be so easy. However giving up your car will have a major benefit to our everyday life, also there are many other alternatives that you could use instead of your car that will not only benefit you but also the people around you, such as bikes, busses, trains, and subways. Now that most companies are going green, they are developing ways to not let harmful gasses produced by vehicles that burn fossil fuels to stop damaging the earths atmosphere, so the air we breath isn't toxic and life threatening so maybe one day everyone can live in a much cleaner safer place.
In a suburb in Germany, the residents have given up their cars completely as to where street parking, driveways and home garages are a thing of the past. There are now only two known ways of parking which is having to buy a parking garage space for $40,000, and your house. It has been working very well because 70% of the towns families don't own cars, and 57% of the people sold their cars to move there. Now being in a car is where the true form of someone comes out, you don't need to even be a driver but you still will experience "Road rage," thats when someone else gets so mad that they will start saying things they dont need, or want to say, but it just comes out with anger that they dont care about what they said. Being to angry is bad for someone because it causes stress and anger issues that will later lead on to heath problems and car accidents, now if we reduce the number of drivers, or even come to a point where driving a car doesn't even exist anymore, the amount of angry people will be reduced, thus making the world a little bit nicer than it already is.
Now bringing the topic back reducing cars will reduce the amount of accidents followed by them. Think about everyone you know, now picture those you love who have died by a car accident, Now whether they died by texting, drinking or someone else hit them | 2 |
Do you think the world would be a better place if we had driverless cars? I dont think it would, it would cause more problems. Driverless cars can cause many problems if an accident were to happen, you still have to keep your eyes on the road, and there would be new laws to the road.
First off I am against the driverless cars because the first company to make one would get suid many times. If an accident were to occur while the car is in auto pilot the company is the first to blame. Anything can happen such as the car not working properly for being in a bad conditon or someone else on the road could hit you and the car cant react or expects you too in such little time. In the story it says " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer." Exactly this means the company is automatically at fault.
Also no one wants a car that can drive on it own only at certain times. If i am driving a car i would like to not have to worry about anything ever. I should be able to trust my car to take me to my destination. From the story it says "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." NO one wants to wait their turn to drive it defeats the entire purpose of the idea of a driverless car.
we have many laws that requires the human to be in control at all times. If someone has a driverless car and doesnt have his hand on the wheel then why shouldnt someone else do the same. In paragraph 9 it says "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the ony safe car has a human driver in control at all times." So basically you are breaking a law.
I am against driverless cars because they are not street legal and can cause many problems. If one was to break the law he can easily blame it on his driverless car and that isnt fair to any other human without one. Driverless cars can cause many problems if an accident were to happen, you still have to keep your eyes on the road, and there would be new laws to the road. | 2 |
Driveles cars are on the rise and should be allowed everywhere, but only after all the problems are solved. These cars are what soccer moms and very successfull bussiness men been praying for. The self steer aspect of the car helps moms tend to their crazy children who wont stay seated, without the consequence of a crash or worse. Bussiness men can hold conference calls and maybe even do some paperwork during their drive. When the car comes across a difficult terrain it asks you to take over, this may be a problem in the future. These cars will evolve and so will the people who drive them. Humans may be so use to not touching the wheel, that when the car needs their assistance they wont know what to do. Driveless car would be a magnificent addition to the evolution of technology but in my mind I think the driveless vehicle should be a mode that the cars can go on not just the whole car being independent. Put it in this perspective....fifty to hundred years from now the driveless cars are the most distributed brand of transportation and isn't looking to depleat. A particular person is on the highway and is on their way to work. They fall asleep because ithe road looks clear anf they figure they car won't need their assistance, but little do tehy know its a enormous crash a mile ahead. The car is asking for their assistance but their not waking up. What would the car do? Stop right in the middle of the highway or continue to drive. | 2 |
On the driveless car I think that they should full test them out before they make more. Like to see what's safe or what's not & they should have rules for the cars like don't go to sleep while in driveless mode cause that mode may turn off it self. Someone should have likea training car place for driveless cars so when they actually get on the road they'll know what to do. Like if they had got tired or something the person teaching them would tell them or show the what will happen. Driveless cars should be more worked on because we don't know if they fully are safe. Enginers should have a full experince if the driveless car stops working or something is wrong with it so they know that the driver & the driveless car are safe and fully sucure. Google makes cars that drives on it's own but needs help parking it so it ain't all the way driveles. The brakes on the driveless car should be checked every month cause if It's not it can have crashed into something and camera's should be checked and other things that are important to car should be checked and made sure it's working the way it should be . | 1 |
Limiting car usage nowadays is very well for the enviroment. Not using cars so much lowers polution, and is a great way for humans to start interacting with one-another again.
The "Car-Free cities" started in the suburbs of Germany. Almost everyone completely gave up their cars. P2 L1-2 states that stret parking and drivewats and home garages are generally forbidden. If you are not completely car-free you pay $40,000 to buy space to park you car(s) along with a home.
Statistics say that 70 percent of families d not own cars anymore, and 57 percent actually sold their cars to move to Germany. Heidrun Wlter stated "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way".
In Paris, due to near-record pollution, they enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city.
On certain days motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a $31 fine. the other days same rules apply to odd-numbered license plate owners.
The more cities that start doing a ban on driving cars' or use more enviroment healthy cars are helping reduce pollution and other toxins in the air. p43 states that the Ford company is already making changes to their cars/trucks to make them more enviromentally safe.
The rate of Kids and aduts between the ages of 16-39 getting their licenes and permits have dropped drastically within the past few years. With communication the computers and telephones, teens and alduts feel connected by talking on these devices and don't feel the need as much to drive to go see a friend and find it easier to stay intouch.
In Bogota, Colombia millians of people hike, bike, skate or took buses to work durin a car-free day. It was the third year that cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Wihout Cars in the city. The turnout was large, despite the occasional rain they ecieved, that didnt stop the colombians for doing what they did. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said Carlos Arturo Plaza. Two other Colobian cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the Day Without Cars event. The citites are generation a revolutionary change in the world.
Parks and sports centers have bloomed throught the city, sidewalks have been repaired and rush-hour has been cut.
The United states' has realized a drastic change in driving. Fewer people are getting their licenses. as of 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in 1995 (P32 L9-12). | 1 |
There is so much technology in the world we live in today. Our society revolves around technology and depends on it to survive. Without cars how would we be able to travel places or simply go grocery shopping. It would be potentially impossible to do the simplest of things. Transportation is key to the society we live in. Cars are very fundamental, but are driverless cars really that necessary. It might be very fascinating to drive but are they all that safe?
Driverless Cars still require the driver to do some of the driving if the circumstance requires them to. Such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" Meanwhile the drivers are waiting they could easily fall asleep or get distracted and not pay attention to their surroundings. They would rely on the car so much that if it came to their turn to drive, they would not be prepared to take over the wheel.
"Lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." Because of the development of the driverless cars; the driver will not be in control at all times, only sometimes. The car will be doing most of the driving. The drivers only job will have to be to stay alert and watch out for his/her surroundings. This is likely to cause more accidents because the driver may not be paying attention to the road at all times. Since he/she is not the one driving.
"If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This is where the arguments will began. If someone driving a driverless car gets into an accident who will be the one that is really to blame? If this type of technology gets approved they will also have to make new driving laws towards driverless cars.
"We grow closer to the destination everyday." Even though driverless cars are the future for our society. It is also important to remember the importance of safety. We must care for one another and not let new technology overwhelm us. Ourselves, as the priority, must come first. The safety of everyone is at stake with this new development of driverless cars. | 2 |
In the article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile", I learned thet computers can now feel what emotions that you are feeling. This is a really cool thing cause now we can see and know when someone is actually happy or not. We could have so much more uses for this then trying to guess what emotions someone is feeling.
I think that this type of technology is actually very useful, my reasons for that come from the article when the author tells about how using a special camera can detect when someone is becoming bored when doing homeowrk or doing someother type of school work on the computer. If you can tell when comeone is confused or bored then you could really get some help or get a better, more fun filled math questions. Than would make students more productive and want to actually learn rather then when you are bored and doing ISTEP, they can make the test more exciting.
But there could also be some down fall to it. When a computer is watching your while your on it then that could be really weird feeling for some people. Also when a computer is seeing your facial expression all the time you could just be talking to someone and the computer would think your not getting what ever your doing so then it would have a tutor come up when you dont even need one.
So in my conclusion I think that these emotion reading computer cameras could not be so good but in other cases could be really handy or even in some events save you from getting a bad grade on a test. But in all I do believe that if these were to come into our schools I would just hope one thing, and that is to be graduated befor that time comes. | 2 |
The face on Mars is just a natural landform. The text states that NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft took pictures of the face which was then shown to the public. The pictures revealed a rock formation. The text also states that years later, Malin and his MOC team took higher quality pictures of the face. The pictures revealed the same thing as the Viking 1 spacecraft.
The shadows naturally being formed by the rocks is the only thing that gives the land formation the illusion of a face. The text states that the public was shown a picture that was taken on a camera's absolute maximum resolution on a cloudless summer day. The picture revealed a natural landform that was equivalent to a butte or mesa. As for the conspiracy theories of NASA, they would not hide the situation of there being life forms on Mars. The text states, "Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars."
NASA has high resoluton pictures of the face on Mars. The pictures clearly show that there is nothing but a natural rock formation. As for the conspiracy theories, NASA states to the public that they wish there were life forms on Mars. In conclusion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. | 2 |
I think the technology shouldn't be valuable to read the emotional of students in the classroom. their should be a different approch if we want to know the kids emotional status is.
Teachers should sit down one on one with thier students to see if something is wrong or is bothering them. There shoud be no need to have technology to see what is wrong with thier students. I can see if the technology could see are true emotion deep down inside. If it honestly can't then i see no reason to even have technology to read are "emotions."
I don't think its a bad idead at i think its very cool and neat how it works but i just dont think it would be all that if it wouldn't actually ready are real emotion at all. so thier is no need to even have the technology that they have now.
I think its alsome what this new technology is doing know but I don't think it work out to have this is any classroom or to help anybody. There is more help know for people to help them know how they are feeling or even to get there life togeather. | 1 |
Voting, one of the most American things I can thing of. This is a democracy, and we have the right to vote for our leader, but not really. There is a thing called the Electoral College, and the electors that you vote for actually vote for the president. Although this does not seem fair, it is a great system. Almost every time your state votes for an Elector, he picks the President that your state wants. So it really is a great deal.
My opponents belive that the president should be voted by popular vote, but i disagree. Richard Posner, writer for slate magizine writes that this method is non-democatic, and should be overruled(source 3, paragraph 15). Although you are not actuially voting for president, you are voting for who votes for president. This method equals out the playing field for states. Insted of all the power going to states like California or Texas. Presidents have to fight for every state. Posner also writes, sometimes the person with the popular vote will not win the election, like in 2000(source 3, paragraph 16). Although this was a huge disaster, it was the first time something like this has happened since 1888. Also, 4 years later George Bush won the election again, but for real.
Some may say that America is not filled with the smartest, or brightest people. So you belive that we should hold the fate of who will be president in the hands of an adult who cant spell his own name. Someone ike that has as much power as a guy who has watched every debate, and has done research. So by voting for a democrate elector, your state will vote for a democratic president, if your state votes in a republican elector, then your state will vote for a republican president. It is as simple as that.
The Electoral college provides a point system for every state. the biggest are California with 55, and Texas with 38. The smallest are the Dakotas, and they each are worth 3 points. The point system is based on population, and how many representitives you have. One of the best parts of this is that every state get attencion. Without this system, the candidates would only go to campien at the highest populated states. Then this would cause the smaller states to think that their votes don't matter, and then one day we are going to have a bad guy as our leader.
In conclusion, I belive the Electoral College is a great system, and I hope it lives on. Although it is not really Democratic, it still is a better system than what my oppents belive we should do. This gives us a certantity of oucome, a president that everyone supports, swing states, big states, and helps to avoid run-off elections. So Senator, if you back the Ellectoral College, maybe we will vote you as our next President. | 3 |
In "Challenge of the Exploring Venus" there are many dangers that it presents from weather to the conditions we will face if we ever live on our Earth's twin Venus. Venus is the second planet from the sun making it extremely hot and dry the temperatures average iver 800 degress fahrenheit the amount of the highest degress can melt some of our metals making them become liquids .
The weather in Venus can be extreme from their thick atmosphere with at least 97 percent of carbon dioxide making the clouds extremely a corrosive making its rain into acid. Venuses pressure is greater than Earths pressure about 90 times more powerful the enviroment is extremely powerful where humans have never accountered this type of enviroments.
Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planets our solar system its pressure of heat can cause erupting valcanoes and powerful eathquakes and frequent lightnings triikes to probes seeking to land on its entire surface.
Earths space administration known as NASA has sended humans to study all over to Venus and air craft but usally they do not suceed in landing at all because Venus has different speeds if NASA do land on to the hostile and extreme condtitioned surface of Venus it would allow scientists to float above the frays making the air pressure close to the level on Earth although the radiations would not exceed to Earth levels. The conditions on Venus is extreme and hostil but Humans can still survive the bad conditions that Venus has. | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System, or better known as FACS, is a new technological advancement that can detect how a person is feeling. It holds promising applications for a variety of different things.
Prof. Thomas Huang collaborated with Prof. Nicu Sebe to innovate this technology. The Facial Action Coding System is a very complex.
It recognizes the muscles in the face and compares them to a neutral face; this is how the system can tell if you are feeling happy or sad. Eckman, the creator of FACS, organized six different emotions for the system to recognize. These feelings are, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. The computer constructs a 3-D model of the face and identifies muscles such as, the orbicularis oris, which tightens your lips to show anger. This action is very similar to what we as humans do every day, except this is much more accurate.
I am for this technology becuase I think that it could help our students fully understand the material better. Every student learns differently, and that can make lessons more challenging for some more than others. The Facial Action Coding System could potentially modify the lesson to make it easier. I also think that this type of technology is important for students that have trouble focusing. The system could potentially make the lesson more exciting; this would possibly help the student focus better. It could also help the world of animation. Dr. Huang predicts that it could make computer-animated faces more expressive; this would be helpful for video surgery. FACS can do so much more for the technological world, making it useful in many different aspects. | 2 |
The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" talks about how humans could explore the planet Venus also it talks about how humans could have a chance to live there. In the text it says, "Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth - like planet in our solar system." This means humans could possibly have a chance to live on Venus since at some point it had the same features as Earth has right now. Features that Venus had alike Earth are, valleys, mountains, and craters.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth terms as like in density, size and distance. In the article says, " Venus sometimes called "Evening star" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky." This means we can possibly seea point of Venus's light at night. This means that Venus is so close to Earth that we can see a point of light at night from Venus. Mars and Venus are our planetary neighbors in the solar system.
Venus is so alike Earth, but the differences are in speed. This means thats sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus. This wouldn't help us live in Venus like how Nasa predicts. Humans haven't sent a spaceship to Venus in three decades, because it haven't survived the landing for more than a few hours. This means humans would die trying to land in Venus.
The temperatures in Venus are super high for a human to be able to live with. In the text it says, " Venus has the hottes surface temperature of any planet in our solar system." This shows that the conditions of weather are un - risistable for humans. The article talks about how Venus has the average temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit. This means that with the pressure and heat many storm disasters happens such as erupting volcanoes and prowerful earthquakes.
In conclusion the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" gives information on how humans have explored the planet Venus. Earth is close to Venus this helps Nasa to send spaceships to explore it easier. The spaceships Nasa has sent to Venus in the past years don't survive for long. Nasa has gathered information from times they explored Venus. They discovered that Venus have features alike Earth. For example Earth and Venus have mountains, valleys and craters. This means Venus can be our possible nearest option for a planetary visit in the future even though the temperatures in Venus are higher than Earth's. | 2 |
New cars are invented almost everyday, some are larger than others and some are smaller than others. Many of them produce pollution that is not healthy for anyone, and by anyone meaning humans, plants and animals. In life there are disadvantages and advantages for everything but limiting car usage has more advantages. If people limit the car usage there would be less pollution and people will be less stressed.
To begin, too much pollution can be very bad for the world. If people start limiting their car usage then the air we breathe will be much fresher and cleaner. Also more plants will grow and more of everything will survive.
Furthermore, people all around the world will be less stressed. While driving a car people have to deal with everyone getting infront them and skipping lines or dealing with traffic, well if they start limiting car usage then that problem will me resolved. There would be less cars in the streets and everything would flow more. The lines to go pick up their children at school will reduce. Everything would go smoother and more fluently.
To conclude, it is obviously more comfortable driving a car than a bike or a motorcycle, but people have to understand that limiting it would make things a lot better. Less people would be stressed because they will not have to deal with others cutting in lines, and another very important detail, less accidents will occur due to that less cars will be around then the usual. | 1 |
Emotional Expressions
Professor Thomas Huang has created a revoluntionary computer that can read a person's or a picture of a person's emotions. For example the computer has decoded the expressions of Mona Lisa. She is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Computers that can see if you're bored or happy can really affect what you see on the internet, especially with students learning. On the other hand, teachers and students will want their privacy while they are using the internet and using technology like these computers might cause a problem. Using technology to read the emotional expressions of student in a classroom is valuable because it can keep them on track with things that can interest them by looking at their emotions and show if how the way the are learning is positive or not.
Paying attention in class while watching documentaries and videos can be challenging for most students. Watching documentaries about the things they learn in class can be very repetitive and boring. Technology created by Thomas Huang can help students be on track by suggesting education related videos or documentaries. The computer will read a student's emotional expression and will see if they are bored or happy. If the student is bored, the computer can suggest a similar thing, but suggest a more interesting way of learning it. All this technology can really help a student by making them more focused on what they are learning at the time.
In school, teachers ask students for feedback on what they teach. Students, most of the times, give honest feedback, but on some occasions they give out false information. Using the technology created by Thomas Huang can help teachers see if they need to make things more interesting or keep it the same by their facial expressions. As time goes on, teachers will be able to make their lessons or homeworks be more engaging and more fun for the students participating. This technology can help teachers get specific feedback and fix their lessons depending on that feedback.
Privacy is valued in many places around the world. Schools like to keep things private on the way students learn and the way they process things. Students and teachers have different ways of learning and teaching. Computers that can read your emotions, facial expressions, and see what you're doing might not be liked by
students or teachers who want their privacy. The students might not want people to know what level of learning they are on and teachers might not want people to see the way they teach because they could get criticized. This technology might be appreciated by some people, but can be disliked by other people too.
Using technology created by Thomas Huang to read emotional expressions can be valuable to classrooms because it can show if they are interested about what they are learning at the moment and see if they are learning it in the way they prefer to learn. Students can be easily distracted or bored. Being able to see if they are statisfied can help the computers suggest things that would make them be more interested in. Teachers can also see if the way they teach is having a positive influence on them with their facial expressions. Although having computers that can read your facial expression is interesting, privacy has to be included in the conversation of putting these computers in classrooms. Using this kind of technology can be beneficial to the future of kids and classrooms all around the world. | 3 |
Luke's point of view convincing people to participate in the seagoin. In the passage it states that you can make nine trips morethan the other seagoing cowboy. In the passage it also states that they had benfits of seeing Europe and China. This kind of proves how Luke's trying to convince.
Another reason that luke trying to convince you. In the passge it states that Luke torned an excavated castle in crete and marveled at the panama canal on his way to china. Another detail from the passage is that Katie farm as a boy had prepare Luke for hard work but not for the dangers at sea. This also can of proves how Luke trying to convince.
Luke's point of view is first person beacuse he talks about how he got into seagoing cowboys .In the passsage it states that he had bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Next ,It states that a small strip of metal along the edge stopped his slide ,keep | 0 |
I think that driverless cars are a good idea in theory, but in practice they seem impracticle, costly, and unsafe. Smart cars require quite alot of preperation for something that is so underwelming. Same thing goes for investing money into cars that are incredibly slow and dumb when compared to us. Lastly, smart cars aren't guranteed to not crash or accidently run off a bridge because it couldn't see that the bridge had been demolished later that day.
Smart cars may be smart, but that doesn't make them better. Smart cars have to guess and assume what will happen based on what they were told by their programming. Smart cars rely a whole lot on electronics, so they could be in theory hacked or misinformed sending it into the wall of the house to it's left because it was told that everything was considered road and not impassable terrain. "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheal, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirrow, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor."
Even though driverless cars are possible doesn't make it cheap. It's possible to build a skyscraper out of gold, but it would probably require more then all the money on earth to afford it. Even if you could build this golden skysraper, what would happen after that? Gold is a rather soft material so it would most likely weather away as time wore on and would eventually collapse, even if it wasn't destroyed what would you do with a golden skyscraper that you couldn't do with a normal one? "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't something you could buy at a Radio Shack"
Finally we get to the main issue with self driven cars, are they safe. Nothing is less safe then a machine that can act on its own, it doesn't require any input from the driver to accelerate or make a turn. Even with all the safety restraints in the world, these cars would still manage to injure or kill people. Artificial Intelligence isn't the same thing as a machine that can act on its own, AI actually thinks about what will happen if they do this or that, machines just do what their told. "Presently, traffic laws are written wih the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." | 3 |
As we all know that the Electoral College was founded by our founding fathers for this great country. Changing the electoral college to popular vote is an amazing idea because well the people will have a more say so then just voting for an elector. In the three aricles I was given I happen to come a crooss to many reason why the elctoal college should be banned or removed.
First of all, the Electoral College came to be because the founding fathers needed a compomise to set their differences aside to find out a way to elect the president and now that technology and human development has changed and every thing is changing why cant we change the way we elect our president. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. To win the presidential election you have to get 270 electoral vote. The article "T
he Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are wrong
" it says that " the electoral colege is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take-all sustem in each state, candidate don't spend time in states they know the have no chance of winning. this qoute means to say that the candidates dont take the time to go to place they dont think they're going to win over but thats the problem just because the other candidate has tht state one the people in the state could probably gradually go for the other candidate values or moral. " Its official: The electoral college is unfair and outdated and irrational". this quote means that we as American Citizen we need to improve our voting system ou with the old and in with the new.
second of all, their are many reason why th electoral college should change o popular voting. Well one reason why that they should change it is because "under the electoral system, voters vote not for he president but, for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." this quote means that instead of voting for the president your actually voting for the people who are going to vote for them. When people go voting I would think that they would want to actually vote for Barack Obama but instead your actually not. That system needs to be banned if thats suppose to be a good way to vote well then it needs to be changed because if he U.S. is for the people and by the people well then the "people" should have a more wider range of who gets to be the president of the United States then just someone else voting for them.
To conclude the system for the electoral college should be changed and it needs to be changed. The elctoral college is a unfair and not the right way to do things and as a U.S. citizen changing it wiil make it easier for me to have a say so in who gets elected for the president o the United States. | 2 |
Many people think that the "Face" is caused by aliens or it's just a natural landform. Which one of these could it be the answer to this mysterys "Face"? Now in days most people think that everything in space that might haved popped out is made by aliens but that is not always the answer. I personally think that it's not caused by aliens but there's always going to be people out there still thinking it was created by aliens.
In 1976 Viking 1 was cirleing around Mars when it took a picture in the region of Mars in Cydonia. It wasn't something that we would expect. It was very surprising, it looked like a face in the photo taken. A few days later NASA released some of the picture they took. Since than the "Face" became very popular it even has been in some Hollywood films.
I think that the "Face" is caused by the natural landform. Have you ever wonder why Mars is like Earth's twin or sisters well because they are alike. Earth has had natural landform just that in Mars it looks different but it doesn't mean nothing it's still a natural landform. Now I do understand why some people might say that it looks like it has been created by aliens cause it does look like a real face. The nose, eyes and mouth litterly looks like a real face of a person but just cause of that it doesn't mean it was made by aliens.
Now here is my true evidence that will convice people that the "Face" wasn't created by aliens. In 1976 was the first photo Viking 1 took. In 1998 another photo was taken later on in 2001 another photo was taken. If you see the pictures it is so obese that the "Face" on Mars is a natural landforming. In the pictures the "Face" looks like if it was changed over the years. | 2 |
Imagine not needing to own a car or having to ask family or friends to give you a ride. Imagine not having to get a taxi or an uber and having to worry about if the driver is a dangerous person. Instead you can ride in a car without a person driving the car. Soon there will be driverless cars driving people everywhere.
Driverless cars is a great idea because it is safe so far. Google's driverless cars have had no accidents. They have been driving since 2009. Even though they are not completly driverless yet. Soon they will be completly driverless in the future.
So far driverless cars can steer, break, accelerate,and drive themselves. The only problem is that you would have to be able to take over the wheel,if the driverless car is not able to do something it can not do. If driverless cars were to be available now, you would only be able to ride if you can drive a car and able to take over the wheel at anytime. It is safe because the car will alert you if you would have to take over.
Many automakers are working on solving problems that the driverless cars have. There will also be a law on what happens if there is an accident.
Driverless cars are a great idea because it is safe so far , reliable, will be completly safe in the future, has not had any accidents, and more. | 1 |
In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars", there is information showing that the Face is a natural landform, and was not created by aliens. I have to agree, and say that the Face is a natural landform. Reasons to back up my thought would include, that the Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped quite a few pictures showing that it wasn't a real face, they have never seen anything like this before, and more scientists believed it was a rock formation rather than an alien.
The Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped quite a few pictures to get closer looks on the formation, to see if it could be a real face or not. In paragraph 7 it stated, "...Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." Malin and his team took sharper pictures to prove to other people that they were right about it being a natural landform. Scientists also haven't seen anything like this before. In paragraph 9 it mentioned, "We just dont pass over the Face very often." If it really was an alien you would see more things like this because there wouldn't be just one alien, there would way more, causing there to be more faces. More scientists also believed that the Face was a natural landform, while only a few believed it could have been an alien feature. Within paragraph 8 it stated, "But not everyone was satisfied... Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden by haze." By the article saying this, they showed that some people disagreed with the other scientists, and actually thought it was some sort of alien marking.
Although, most of the scientists say that this is a natural landform, there will always be someone who wants to disagree with them. No matter how many people would say that something is right, there will always be that one person who has to be different then everyone else. In the article, there are more facts saying that the rock is a natural landform, even though that leading it to be bias. There would be a better argument, if you had one story saying it was natural, and one story saying it's because of an alien. | 2 |
I think that the use of this technology in a classroom environment would be a great thing. Some students have a disconnect to certain teaching styles while other students thrive with the same teaching style their teacher is using. All students would get an approach stylized to them if this system was used because the computer could read the facial expressions of two seperate children and either edit the information they are seeing to be more likable by one student but for the other student their could be no change at all if they show no signs of boredom or disinterest.
In paragraph six the author of "Making Mona Lisa Smile" backs this up when he says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becomin confused or bored, then ith could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." It would be like having an effective human instructor for each child by planning the lessons around each child individually and showing, telling, or reading them the information in helpful and creative ways that effect each child.
Each child learns in different way and no two childrens learning patterns are the same. If each child had a separate lesson plan each day, trained towards their specific way of learning then we would not see as many children failing classes or dropping out of school due to poor classroom environments. If this technology was added into classrooms across the world each student in each classroom would get their own stylized approach to learning that will help them the most rather than sitting in lecture halls tuning out the lecture or presentation because they are thinking about going outside and throwing around a baseball or a frisbee, with this technology that same student could get a presentation that relates the information to throwing a frisbbe or baseball and would then become more focused because they are being taught the information in an effective and meaningful way to them. | 2 |
I'm agaisn't the Driverless Cars Are Coming because I feel that it is not safe at all.You don't know what the driveless car is really accapable of, other then what they tell you. Driveless cars won't be able to tell when an accident is occuring? How could our technology is that devloped or advanced? It's not. It would take over a billion of years to be very advanced enough to be on the road.
I don't even think sensors would even help for this car to be safe. What if they sensors are not picking up something important than your suck? Maybe even in the middle of a train track because they senes to stop right away. Not all technology is good technology. I don't believe that sensors are advancing to where it makes it safer to drive or handle driving tasks of their own. If a car was to charge the driveless car, would it pick up those senes that it's about to be hit? No, because I don't believe its ready for things like that.
Yes, I do think that the driveless car was a good idea, but i don't think it was good to try and let it control a lot of things, such as the antilock breaks. I feel the breaks are going to only stop when it senses something is wrong, not when something is actually wrong. Steering by its own? NO! What it you hit a pot whole and the car starts to move in a different direction on its own and you have no control what so ever. How would it even know which way to steer or turn? It wouldn't be a safer feature, i think it would be an unsafe feature.
I disagree with the driveless car. I feel it is not safe and advanced for our people. New laws would have to be made due to this driveless car and I don't believe people would be to happy with the new rules having to follow.
It should also be illegal here to even test such a dangeruos computerised car. If someone where to get hurt, i would blame they manufactuer or making for the false addvertasing they were do, when they told me they driveless would be safe. I don't approve of this car.No car that has its own mind should be on the road. | 2 |
Imagine if you went to Mars, and you saw a face shaped like a Egyptian Pharaoh? You saw the same shape in Cydonia, and you thought it was the same monument? You thought it was a real human face? What if I came to the end of it, saying it's just a natural landform. NASA reveiled the picture, it sure grabbed the publics attention, What if all that was just a lie to get money off of people that found that picture interesting. They could have edited who knows.
On April 5, 1998, when a team flew over to Cydonia, for the first time a few men named Michael Malin and his team snapped a few pictures. It was sharper than the original Viking photos. When the picture was reveiled, it was just a natural landform. After all that their was not a monument with an alien on it (Unmasking the Face on Mars 1, 2, 3, 7).
The "face" you see in the picture is just a plain landform. The group went back again, it was not easy to target Cydonia again. When they finally found it, they took the pictues where you could see closer than you thought to see if there were pyramids, airplanes, or small shacks. They came upon the picture there were butte or mesa, and natutal landforms. That reminded them, that was a dome of lava, that looks like a form of a mesa that's deforming and looks the same height as the Face on Mars. This comes to the end that it's just a natural landform. ( Unmasking the Face on Mars 8,9,10,11,12). | 1 |
I know cars are the center of our lifes, it's how we get from place to place. So when I tell you that limiting car usage could actually be better for us you would probably tell me i'm crazy. Studies show that people are less stressed without cars, there is less greenhouse gases in the atmoshere, and lower smog.
We probably would not think that limiting our car usage and walking more would make us less stressed. It's true a city in Germany has gone car free. They did a survey on everybody in town and they all say that it has reduced there stress. You are always stressed while you are driving, worried you are going to crash into someone, worried someone will crash into you. Everyone would be happier if we just got rid of cars.
Another benefit about limiting car usage is that there is less greenhouse gases going into the atmoshere. Scientists did a study if we did not use cars the temperature would be three to four degrease cooler in the summer. So just think when the temperature is in the 90's you are going to want that four degrease difference. Cars are responsible for 50 percent of greenhouse gases here in the united states. The greenhouse gases slowly eat away at the ozone layer making it thinner and thinner, that's what is making the temperature hotter and hotter.
These are all reasons why it would benefit to get rid of cars. It wouldnt kill you to walk a few blocks to work. by doing that you would be putting less stress on you and limiting the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. | 2 |
Driverless cars are a good idea. Not only do they save on fuel but they are also able to respond to danger alot faster than a human being can. It also makes driving on the roads safer and there will be fewer accidents. Driverless cars are something that should be developed.
In today's world there are many car accidents that happen because of human mistakes. Some car accidents are cause by people who are busy on their cellphones or completely drunk. There are many things that can distract a human being from driving. With driverless cars, people won't have to worry about car accidents so much. The car which is the driver doesn't drink or text. The car doesn't get distracted at all. It focuses on what it is supposed to do which means that the people inside the car can do what they like without having to worry about causing an accident.
Driverless cars are safer and can follow the laws that there are for driving so people don't have to worry about getting a speeding ticket or going to jail because they broke the law.
Driverless cars is something that should be created. It is safer and doesn't get distracted like human beings do. It also responds to danger quicker than a human. These cars will follow the laws and speed limits and use less fuel. There would be less accidents and less people having to pay for the accident. Driverless cars are already being devloped and I believe that they should continue to be developed. | 2 |
Computers can help shape the world. With the help of computers, we can tell the emotions of mona lisa. Imagine all the things the world can do with that technology. Children can be helped if there emotions can tell if there bored so, lesson plans can be more exciting to them.
Helping children understand lesson plans is hard and have them not be bored of it is harder. Being able to scan there face and tell if there bored or not is crucial. The ablity to change there learnig style by just resding there emotion is amazing. So many kids will pass school like it was nothing. The dropout numbers will soon be little to none due to a computer reading there emotion. School wouldn't be a boring place to kids anymore but, a fun place to learn interesting subjects.
Reading a kids emotions is benificial in the schooling enviorment. There are so many benifits to it. Thinking its not is absoulutly crazy. The reading will help them in school to better educate them and see what learning style best fits them. The child is not giving up anything only simply learning what ways they learn the best.
The reading of kids emotions will be the best thing to the world. Kids will be less likly to dropout. They would learn in a better way. They wouldn't think school is a boring dumb place anymore and woulnd actually love to come to learn. Thats why reading kids emotions will help the education of kids in the future. | 2 |
arguing wheater use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuble? Yes because the article say. " For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Using this tecnology is valuable because anatomy to allowed them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions. to how it's going to work on the compter. It's valuable because it can tell how Mona Lisa demontrates is really intended to bring a smile.
The muscled called?
Orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crows-feet around your eyes. That means how the face muscles. It work and whats it called to get ride of these thing's. Before hand, it make the false smile, the mouth streched sideways using the zygosmtic major and a diffrent muscle .
Having a seemd of expression?
according to the reading in paragraph 7 while looking in the mirror rise your lips at. The corners of your mouth is decribing you reaction to your face. Then squint your eyes slightly to produced wrinkling, Holding that, raise the outer parts of your cheeks of your cheeck up, torward you eyes.
Conclusion states that people have beautful everything around them! Not to mention, while looking in the mirrow process can make you a good pro at expressing your emtions. secdonly, muscles it's an expert, faces don't lie. These muscles clues are somtimes used to spot when smiling. Politiian or celebritu isn't being truthful. | 0 |
Dear senator of Florida. I am here today to tell you what I think about the Electoral College. I think the the Electoral College is a very irrational way to elect our presidents of the untied states of America. It might have been effective when it was first created, but now it dosent seem like it can work out anymore. Let me tell you why.
Well for starters, under the Electoral College system, voters vote not for the president, but vote for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. This was stated by Bradford plumer in his article : The indefensible Electoral college: why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. This is not fair to the citizens. They should be alowed to vote for whatever president they want, instead of letting a bunch of electors "pledged" to the candidates vote for them.
Plumer also writes : "Can voters control whom their elctors vote for? Not always." What does this mean? It means that the times when they can"t control them, they could be using the citizens vote to vote for other Candidates other than the ones they are supposed to be pledged to. It's not fair that sometimes citizens can't control who their elctors vote for. This shows that this great "system" is starting to fall Apart. If it was such a great system, why cant citizens always have control over who their elctors vote for?
Plumer deides to write: "Do voters sometimes get cofused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." This is why the Electoral College needs to be abolished. The electors put on a facade and allow the voters to become confused. This allows them to easily fall into the trap. Its like trying to show a blind man a picture. You must give details about it in order to create a picture for him to follow. This is what is going on with the voters. The electors sometimes gove them false information to follow, allowing them to vote for the wrong candidate.
In an article written by Richard A. Posner called: In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing our President, He states That the advocates are correct in aurguinng that the Electoral College is not democratic in a modern sense. Even an article that is supposed to support keeping the Electoral College says that it is not democratic. The irony of this is rather amusing. This clearly proves that the Electoral Collge is not democratic at all. How can we live in a democracy if we do not have a democratic voting system to live by? This is not a feasible system for a coutry thats supposed to be a democracy.
In Posner's article, he incorparates a Picture of the United States of America, which each state containing a number on it. The number represents the number of electoral votes given to each state. Why is it that larger states like Texas recieve 38 electoral votes while smaller states like vermont recieve 3? Lets be realistic for a minute. What can a state do with 3 electoral votes compared to one with almost 40? It dosen't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it's not much.
In Plumers article, he talks about the time a state sent two slates of electors to congress. It happened in Hawaii in 1960. Luckily, Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Senate, validated only his opponent's electors, but he made sure to do so "without establlishing a precendent.". He finishes that section by asking: what if it happened again? This was not just a small little mistake that happened. That was a big problem that could have changed everything. The Electoral College Has to many flaws to keep running and this was one of them.
Before jumping to conclusions, you must ask yourself, is it really benaficial? wouldnt you like to be one hundred percent confident that your vote is give to the candidate that you chose? Not only sometimes? We the people are supposed to be able to vote ourselves, not some other imbicles that dont even get our votes right half of the time. America was meant to become a democracy, and if we keep the colleg, it will always keep us from becoming it. I agree that the Electoral College was one of the best Sytems created. Unfourtunatley, not everything was meant to work out in the long run. Jobs, careers, school, buisnesses, relationships, and the Electoral College. It has made vital mistakes that has caused us not to be able to have much faith in it anymore. It was good in the begining, but now its time for it to come to an end. | 4 |
I think that not having cars is a good thing for these small suburban cities cause theyre only like a mile or two so its really not that far.
From what i've heard in this passage and from the sources is that its a big stress reliever and it is to help out the earth there will be less traffic jams,less pollution and more interacting with people cause face it people dont interact socailly anymore and if they do its most likely over the internet.
Another reason i think we should cut down on car use or at least car pull in vans is cause it will leave less emissions in the air and it'll hopefully help the ozone layer repair itself to its natural state
And in conclussion im all for it cause I think that it'll help people get out and get fit and there will be less crashes there be less stress from driving(roadrage/roadragers). | 1 |
Yes, the Electoral College Works because in source one it tells the reader the steps you have to take in order to be able to work. For example in paragraph five it states how each candidate running for president has his or her own group of electors. It also states that the electors generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but some state laws vary on how electors are selected and for what there responsibilities are.
It is a hard process to go through in order to be a candidate and get voted to be president because people have the right to choose who they want and why they want the person to be president. Some reasons why people want the person to be president are because of the things there going to do like make the country better or improve the government while they are in charge for four years. Reasons why they might not want to choose the person as a president could be because of many reasons. Source two states how some voters do not vote for the president but vote for the slate of the electors who in turn have to elect the president.
Source three mainly talks about the five reasons to keep our methods of choosing the president. A good example is how in the catogory certainty of outcome it states that president Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the elctoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes casted for him and Mitt Romney. Most voters that end up in swing states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign as it states in paragraph twenty. But, big states lose virtue by population. For example Obama who won the vote only got twenty nine electoral votes out of the state of Florida. In Wyoming he only got three electoral votes so this means that larger states get payed more attention than the smaller states do.
In conclusion the Electoral College does work but, it all depends the how many people vote in each state and how many the electors decide to vote. | 1 |
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