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Electoral college is a process that makes it look like you're helping the electors choose a President but in reality under the electoral college system voters vote not for the President, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the presisdent. The electoral college is also unfair to voter because of the winner take all system. A tie in an electoral college could leed to the elction being thrown to the house of representives.
Electrol college is just un fair to voters because the winner take all system candidates dont spend time in states that they know they can't convince to vote for them, so they only focus on the states that are very tight race so they get more votes from them. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get a single campaign ad(Bradford Plumer)... .The Electrol College system is unfair and irrational which should be stop a or chaged to a better system where the citizens can properliy vote for thier leader and a have a new mind set on how to work the system
In the Electrol College system voters dont vote for the president, but for a slate of electors who then elect the President. so they cant realy elect president but they can elect people to vote them. For instace if you lived in texas and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, they would vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pleged to karry(Brad Pumer). So when your "Vote for President " you are actualiy voting for an electorr that represnts the president they want to vote for One large flaw in the electorl college system is when candidates have a tie, then the election would be but in the house of Representatives where the state delegation voteson the President.
But Electoral College are not all bad. Electoral College consist of 538 electors, a majority of 270 electoral vote is required to elect the president(The Office of the Federal Register).. This is good because that is most of the electoral votes, so it shows that more people actually wanted that candidate. Their are also 3 electors per state which is could help when it comes to making a choice because they are 3 so their can't be a tie. But in the case of the Elctoral College system the bad outways the good.
In my oppinion i think that their should be a change in the system to make it fair and let people actually vote for there leader and not for someone else to make the choise for them. Also their should be a way to make electors vote for what the people want. The Electoral College system should just be redone and made less basis. | 2 |
Dear Florida Senator,
I feel as if we, as Florida citizens should be able to change election by popular votes rather than Electoral College. I understand that The Electoral College is a process that consists of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President and so forth; but you don't understand how it is affecting the citizens. We are the people that vote! I am against the Electoral College process because it overrides popular vote, voters aren't really voting for president, and the process is unfair to voters.
To begin, I am against the Electoral College process because it overrides popular vote. For example, in 2000 when Al Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, he lost the presidency. The popular votes is what really counts because its the actual citizens voting not the electors. In contrast, The Electoral College is a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the canidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. The Electoral College process is forgetting that the popular votes is what really matters.
Futhermore, I am against the Electoral College because voters aren't really voting for the president. For instance, if you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for John Kerry you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. The process isn't even trustworthy because the presidential candidates can elect themselves. Under the elecoral college process voters aren't voting for president but for the slate for electors.
Finally, I am against the Electoral College because its unfair to voters. For example, during the 2000 campaign, 17 states didn't see the canidates at all. Canidates don't spend time in states they know they know the have no chance of winning. This is unfair because voters should know who they are voting for. Voters in presidential elections are people who want to express a political preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.
In conclusion, The Electoral College should not be used because it overrides popular votes and voters aren't really voting for the president. Also because Electoral College is unfair to voters. Like Bob Dole said, "Abolish the electoral college!" | 3 |
Dear Senator,
Presidential elections are closer than they seem, and your people have a complaint you need to hear. It involves the right to vote directly for a leader, and the ignoring of the vast majority. People have spoken in favor of omitting the Electoral College and sticking to what the people themselves deem acceptable for a president; not what one person decides for millions.
It does not make sense for the voters of America not to vote directly for who they want to lead, represent, and protect their counrty. Especially if the people cannot even choose who the electors are! That is ignoring the 23rd Amendment all together.
But do not get me wrong, I understand that some people are more comfortable with the Electoral College and they prefer to leave it in the hands of somebody politically intelligent and aware, but that usually means that those people need education and knowlege about the state of their country, and nned to be aware of how important their right to vote directly is. The Electoral College can go so wrong so fast and we need to go by what the majority millions say rather than the minorities with little to no knowlege. Us as Americans need to be educated when it comes to who is running in order for us to be able to say yes or no for ourselves- not depend on an unknown entity who might not even listen to what the people are saying.
So many great people who were voted most popular and accepted amongst the people have actually lost presidency over the fact that the College had the upper hand. This is unfair to those in America who took the time to directly vote and who took the time to learn and watch debates that the opponent won due to the fact that thousands upon thousands did not speak for themselves and left it to somebody else blindly.
In conclusion, Senator, I am asking you to think: is there ever really a happy turn out from ignoring the vast majority or doesn't that lead to an eventual uprising? Letting one speak for all is an unitelligent thought, we are a country where the people have power, have a voice, and are aware. Losing that is losing what makes us free. We all need the vote, we all need the voice, and we all have the right to choose exactly what we want for the future of this country.
Thank you for your time, and thank you for listening.
With Upmost Respect,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
We should explore venus and three ressons why are that people can not survive the landing, and the air is 97% carbon dioxide, and lastly the enviorment is really hot too hot that people can not be able to live on.
And one resson that we sould start to explore venus is that people can not survive the landing to venus and a quot from the text is "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." and that proves we need to start exploring venus because it shows us our mistakes in our space craft. Just think of how we will be able to improve our studys in space exploration. And we can upgrade our spaceships to spacecrafts maybe.
And anouther reson on why we need to keep exploring mars is how there is 97% of carbon dioxide in the ai. and one pice of evidence from the text is "A thick atmoshere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. " And that is anouther reson to keep studdying mars, because we can learn how is was created and how it got there and also how long people live there before they die so many posibilatys that we can have about gasmask and air chambers.
And lastly the final reson on why we shouldn't end the venus exploration is that the heat the planet has. and one piece of evidnce that the text gives us about on hot venus is, is " on the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fhrenheit" and that shows us that we can learn on how to live on hot planets without buring into a crips also it shows us how far we can go with our air coolers to try to lower the heat.
And that is all the ressons why we should not stop exploring venus. | 2 |
In a way it can be useful. Not always for the most part it can be used for looking over old style paintings to see what the person in the picture or how the person is feeling, Showing us the emotion if the characters eyes,smile,ect. Other than that I dont think it would be very useful to us. mostly just for looking for different kinds of emotion in a persons looks
To support these claims it tells you in this short passage showing and telling us what they were doing anda normal home computer cannot use or do these kinds of things, But only a very special strong kind of computer can do this, Telling us only people with very strong computers can really do this kind of thing and also telling us it wilbe very hard for normal kinds of people to do this even if they wanted to invest this kind of money for a very strong computer only to tell the kinds of emotion someone in a painting or a picture in general. This is the evidence I have to support my first paragraph in conclusion from what I gathered from this passage it may be more useful later on if it can do even more such as helping solving crimes or something along the lines of "helpful". | 1 |
Limiting car usage is not bad at all! It benifts everyone in a specific way.
As stated in the article 'Car-Free Cities' Source 1: Heidrum Walter, a media trainer and mother two quotes "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much more happier this way" Heidrum being a mother two you can only imagine the car trips she would have to make. Going place to place can cause a lot of stress to some people and it makes it harder for them to drive. For example, someone could be stressed to the max with all the traffic and driving around that it could create accidents along the way. No one should ever feel stressed while driving. Driving should be a privellege and good one.
In Paris they have banned driving due to smog. Diesel fuel was balmed since France has tax ploicy that favors diesel over gasoline. Diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe. Paris has more smog than other European capitals. Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussels and 79.7 in London. Certain things like this can help save the environment without the usage of vehicles.
With no car usage it prevents teens from getting into accidents and or drunk driving. The safer way to go is to walk or stay with a friend somewhere safe than being on the road. Many accidents could be prevented but it wont if limiting the car usage is not available. Death rates will decrease and many people will be safer this way. A study last year found that drving by young people decreased by 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. Without transportation many young people could make other main priorities. For example, they could organize their summer jobs and social life around where they can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends.
Up above I have given my reasons why we should all limit car usage. It would relieve stress from on the road, saves the environment and takes the smog away, and young people would be more socialize and up for doing more than what they already do like jobs. | 3 |
Phones are A big problem every where you may go. Many companys or people such as school. May have a " no telaphone" sign up just to let you know phones are not allowed. Some people may not even pay any mind to it and still get on there phone and many think wh is it a BIG problem. But are they lil computers? Do theg mess up your mood.
Right now in 2018 , we ave have so much technology that a comouter could tell us what mood we are in. But making that come ture would be GREAT.Knowing that a computes know if you are down and see a ad pop up or you get bored and it somehing for you to work on maybe kids would love to come to school just for that. Like if we needed help it would modify something for us to work on.
Would you think students would stay of there phones if thoese computers was active in school for us to use, Maybe ? Maybe not . why because some kids just does not like school at all . So they woudnt even care about the Ads popping up.
I think that the mood technology would work becuse it also helps with being sad and you may never know something could be going on at home and it effects how they are learning. Teahers may be busy so you really coulded tell them so before you start you work. There always something to help you cheer up. | 1 |
The story "Challenge of exloring Venus" is like when we went to moon, and now we are shooting for the stars in this universe for an example "Venus". "The 3 facts are The "Evening star" Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky." The other fact is that Venus is the closest like planet earth, that is why it is called Earth's "twin". The last fact is that Venus has 97 percent carbon dioxide on the planet.
"Venus, is sometimes called the "Evening Star" is one of the brightest points of light in the sky". "However, Venus the nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a plant". The author is trying to tell us that Venus is a plant that has alot of people have been mislead on how Venus is a star or a planet, and how Venus is so close to the sun. Like Venus is the second plant from the sun." While Venus does might be easy to get there to some people, the author does talk about how it will still be very hard no matter what. like how the author talks about how an "amateur stargazer can spot Venus on most days." Humans are not wanting to see it in the sky by to really look at it but the auther explains that "it has been proven a very challenging place to examine more closely these days.
Venus, often referred to as the Earth's "twin," because "Venus is the clostest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distace too." The auther explains that "Earth, Venus, and Mars are our planetary neighbors." and "how humans s have sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud-draped world." Venus also have some cons also because, "no spacecraft survived the landing for more then a few hours." The auther explains that it could be deadly for humans to try to land on the planet Venus, and how "it has been taking humans more then three decades" to study and land on Venus. The other many reason way there are "Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challening planet for humans to study, despite proxmity to us, as the author explain to us in the story.
The study of Venus has been look at by NASA for many years, "They have been thinking about sending humans to study Venus" The auther explain's the plain that "NASA many have possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus that would allow scientists to float above the fray." The reason why it is so hard to get to venus or get on the suface is because, "most of the time jet planes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms". Flying to venus, over Venus, or flying on venus surface humans would have to deal with the "unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." The aother thing that the auther talks about,
that it is "thirty-pluns miles above the surface, that the tempatures would still be nice and toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth. This explain that Venus is close to earth, but it is not fully like earth the way we like it today.
The story of the "Challenge of exloring Venus" is like when we went to moon, and now we are shooting for the stars in this universe "The 3 facts are The "Evening star" Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky." The seconed fact is that Venus is the closest like planet to earth, that is why it is called Earth's "twin". The last fact is that Venus has 97 percent carbon dioxide on the planet. The auther explains that no matter what Earth and Venus are very close in some forms and in other forms not even close but in the end they are still both planets. Like what the author said, "Our travel on Earth and beyound should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." | 2 |
The message coming from these four passages is that with the amount of driving it's causing what some say "smog". The "smog" is caused by the amount of cars, all the exhaust is bad for the air. In the first passage, second paragraph it states that some people gave up there cars. There's not a lot of driving and there's only two places to park, a large parking garage at the end of the development and if someone buys a space for $40,000 which comes with a home.
In the second passage "Paris bans driving due to smog" they enforce a small ban on driving to clear the air of the city. During the couple of day that this occured 4,000 people were fined for $31 for not leaving there cars at home, along with the 27 people who had their car impounded for their reaction to the fine. After five days of no cars, the smog in the air had decreased. After about a week the smog had cleared enough for them to clear the ban.
In the third passage "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" it says they went three years with only taking buses or taxis for the Day Without Cars in a city of 7 million. If people drove cars they were fined just like the people were in Paris, only in Bogota it was a $25 fine. Some people in the city of Bogota state "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". New places have been built, old things were made new in this city, it seems to be a better place there.
In the last passage "The End of Car Culture" It talks about the driving and the cars in the US. Studies show that Americans are buying fewer and fewer cars, less driving, and less people are getting their licenses as the years pass by. Since 2005 the number of miles has been dropping year after year. many sociologists believe that if this type of pattern continues it will have benefits for the carbon emissions and for the enviorment around us.
As you see there are many differnt things going on around the globe that have to do with the amount of driving and how it's not entirely good for Earth. In some cities the amount of smog has decreased, some cities have become better with new buildings and things that were rebuilt. In one of the cities people enjoy the "Car-free days" it relieves stress in people and helps clean the air of their enviorment. There are many different ways that limiting car usage is an advantage to us. Less stress, cleaner air, and a better enviorment. | 1 |
I personally am all for the driverless cars idea. Through time, everything has evolved and is still eveolving to newer and better ideas of the original. For example, we started with little shacks, now we have skyscrapers, we rode horses now we have cars, we had mail, now we have email or texting, the point I am trying to make is everything needs to evolve for us to improve anything. Technology is a big part of our lives today and we rely on it for most of anything and everything.
Every year we have thousands maybe millions of deaths and injuries resulting from car crashes, the fact of the matter is, people are irresponsible and reckless. We have drunk driving, texting and driving, and simply just not paying attention that causes all these wrecks and I believe that driverless cars could solve all these problems and save a lot of lives.
Driverless cars could also solve other problems such as gas prices. In the story it mentions that driverless cars use half the amount of gas as taxis do and they are way more efficient. People could have a lot more money spending half the amount of money they usually do on gas. Do you know how much money people spend on gas? A lot. So these are the reasons that I am all for driverless cars, it's the next big thing, why would we say no to that? | 2 |
Dear my state senator,
I would like to keep the Electoral College. I think it would be better for the people. Voters in presidential elction are people who want to express a politcal preference rather than people who think that a single vote may decide an election.
The Electoral Collge, ancachronism, a non-demoocratic method of selecting a president that should be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner. The Electoral College method is not democatic in a modern sense. It is the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential candiate your actully vting for a slate of electors. Our fouding fathers established it.
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A magority of 270 elctors votes are reqiured. 3 Electors and treated like a state of purpose. Running for president has their own group of elcetors. Help choose the states electors when you vote for canidate. Governer prepares a Certificate of Ascertanaiment.
Thanks for your understanding. | 0 |
The face on Mars was not created by aliens it is just natural landform. If you think that the face was created by aliens I'm sure have reasons but I bet I can make you change your mind on the face on Mars. There are multiple reasons why the face on Mars is a landform.
One reason why the face on Mars was not created by aliens is because Garvin said that the face reminds him of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Another reason why the face on mars was not created aliens is because when a picture of the face first appeared on a JPL web site said revealing a natural landform. It also said there was no alien monument after all.
Also another reason why the face on mars was not created by aliens would be that there was no alien markings. NASA even checked again for alien markings to make sure that thre were none hidden behind haze and they still did not find any alien markings. The last reason why the face on Mars was not created by aliens is because NASA took great clear pictures three times bigger then pixel size and found no sign of alien markings.
I hope I have changed you mind about thinking that aliens made the face on Mars. These reasons that I wrote about are all reasons why the face on Mars was not created by aliens. This is why the face on Mars is a natural landform. | 1 |
I disagree with the topic about driverless cars.
It will be too much money. There is a possibility of it malfunctioning. The drivers still have to be cautious. Plus some of the states doesnt want this to even be in there state. Driverless cars are dumb and doesn't any make sense. If this does happen to our country, there could be some danger to it.
The topic about driverless cars will probably be too much money. Look at electric cars, They're a lot of money but doesnt use gas. The driverless car you will still have to get gas. It might take a certain gas which could be expensive. If a certain part quits working on the car, It could be really expensive and you're going to be losing a lot money that way. This is why the United States should just stick with the same old cars that are cheaper than driverless cars.
Another reason why there shouldn't be driverless cars is it could malfunction. They've been working on this since 2009 and it can barely drive by itself up to the speed of 25 MPH. Imagine just driving down the road and the car just stops. It could be a bad situation. You could also be just sitting there and it starts going really fast and you can't control it. This driverless car could be really dangerous if it had a malfunction.
When having a driverless car, the human being thats in the car has to be cautious when driving. The driverless car needs help in traffic situations, parking your car, and driving through a constrution zone and even around accidents. Whats the point of having a driverless car if you have to do all the hard parts. Why dont we just have assistance with stopping when a car or and item is behind the car, or even when were not paying attention when there is something in front of us. Honestly we just need to keep the maual cars and have some assistance attached because then we wont have as much problems and we will be a lot safer. Thats why we shouldn't get driverless cars because we still have to be cautious.
Having a driverless car is dumb and pointless. As I stated, The car could be very expensive leaving our country in debt. Also if it malfunctions, It wont just be our safety that is in danger, we will also lose money trying to fix the car. If we have to be cautious by watching the road, whats the point of even having a driverless car. This talk about driverless cars should stop. They put the driver in danger and they put pedestrians in danger also. Driverless cars should never happenen and i hope they don't. | 3 |
In my opinion, I'm against these type of cars. Yes, there are a lot of positives about them, but that doesn't mean they are completely safe and will help humanity.
I can foresee these cars becoming a huge issue. One of those issues I can see happening is that these cars, yeah, they seem safe. Are they really safe though? It seems to me like these cars would get in accidents very easy and could severly hurt someone. Lets say you aren't paying attention to the road, imagine if someone swerves in front of you and its so fast your car doesn't pick up on it. You could end up in a sever accident and possible pass away from lack of paying attention.
Another issue I have with these cars being produced is that it would take away from tradition. Whats even the point of going through driver's ed when you can have an automatic car that does everything for you? It's a right of passage to get your first car and learn how to drive it. It gives you a sense of accomplishment. I wouldn't feel very proud of myself if my car just drove itself.
These are my biggest two problems with these cars being made, and I have more. These cars aren't going to help society they would end up simply destroying it. | 1 |
Do you know what the Seagoing Cowboys program does? It helps people from around the world. There are homes that have been ruined by the wars.
If you participate you will get to see amazing places all around the world! You also will be fild with kindness after helping people in need! If you like taking care of farm animals this would be a good place for you. You be taking care of an animal or a you be helping other people.
If you don't go the will be people dieing. If you don't go they my not have enuf people. The people will die cause of you. If you don't go you will not see amzing places in the world. It would be better to go so that people won't be dieing cause of you not participating.
After all the fun you had exploring you will back hame. You will also feel amazing from what you did. You could share it with your family and maybe they can come next time. | 1 |
In humans it is hard to detect how someone is feeling, especially when they are doing their best to hide it. What if there was a way to know how your friend or student was feeling emotionally. Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to help detect these emotions and could definitely help in the classroom. Having a computer recognize facial movements could greatly increase the way teachers are teaching their students.
The FACS was created by Dr. Paul Eckman who classified six basic emotions for a computer designed to contruct "a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." These basic emotions are happiness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise, and sadness. These are all found by the characteristic movements of the facial muscles. For example, when raising your eyebrows it sends a signal that you are surprised. When you are angry your lips tighten. This could all very well be detected while in the classroom.
In the classroom teachers normally don't know how a student is feeling. Using FACS could help improve with knowing their emotions. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This could help change the students lessons for the better.
FACS is valuable in the classroom to read the emotional expressions of the students. "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements - in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa." This computer can do more than just calculate the basic six emotions, it can even identify mixed emotions. Most kids in the clasroom I'm sure have mixed emotions. It could be about an upcoming test that they are scared to take but are also partially happy to have it over with. With FACS they could know exactly how the student is feeling. According to the article, "Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." This helps show what has changed and what the person is feeling.
The FACS could improve ways for humans and computers to communicate in the classroom. They can detect how the student is feeling on a test, the math homeowork given, or the lesson being taught in class that day. This system can help detect the six basic emotions and mixed emotions. The emotions calculated can act as a human instructor and modify lessons. Knowing that "most human communication is nonverbal" would definitely come to use in a classroom of students with different emotions. This is why the FACS is valuable and should be used in a classroom. | 3 |
A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System allows computers to read human emotions has recently been invented. It works by recreating the human muscular motions in the face that are characteristic of certain emotions. Although this technology that allows computers to read emotions may seem irrelevent, ultimately the technology could potentially improve the way that students learn, and help students with social problems that they may have in school.
To begin, the Facial Action Coding technology can be used to tell whether or not a student is understanding a topic. According to Dr. Huang, a professor of the Beckaman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored..." (6). This would allow the instructor to alter the way that they teach the topic to better convey the message. This can also be used when a student needs some kind of stimulation to be able to focus in class. The author Nick D'Alto also states that the "software can also identify mixed emotions" (4). This would allow the teachers to see the students who are stressed and confused and those who are happy and excited. When a student is confused or stressed, the teacher can provide additional practice or tutoring in that subject. The information that a teacher can recieve from the software in very valuable. Humans can read emotions to a certain extent, but some people are good at hiding how they really feel and this can be detrimental to their education. Dr. Huang states " most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" (6). By enabling teachers to use the technology, they can offer assistance to a student who may not ask for it otherwise.
In addition, students can bennefit from this technology in the social environment. According to Dr. Huang "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" (4). This means that if a student were getting bullied but they were hiding it, the teachers could find out the information quickly and help the student figure out what is going on. When a student is identified as being sad or depressed, the computer coud show funny pictures to help the student feel better. In fact, "according to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them" (9). This means that by smiling, the students will actually make themselves feel better.
Overall, the use of Facial Action Coding technology is very benneficial. Whether it be from a strictly educational standpoint, or from the social envirionment side, the results are in favor of improving the school experience of students. | 4 |
For many years countries like the United States, France, and Germany idolized the cars that they managed to manufacture. This so-called "love affair" between people and their cars, though, has started to diminish, and it may be for the better. In the past, the people who owned the prettiest, loudest, and coolest cars considered themselves to be at the top of an automobile social structure, but now, new generations are starting to move away from buying cars. They've resorting to walking, bicycling, or taking a form of public transport. Sure, owning cars may make you "better" than everyone else, but at what cost?
Carbon dioxide emissions are at an all-time high, meaning that cars are harming the world more than helping it.
Yes, cars will be continue to be seen as cool, and owning cars will continue to be seen as cool, but nevertheless, with green house gases emitted from the tailpipes of cars ripping holes in the Earth's atmosphere, cars seem to be more of an impediment to the cause than an improvement.
Countries in Western Europe such as Paris and Germany have recognized that the exponential amounts of smog produced by cars are becoming dangerous. Legislators everywhere are taking cautious steps towards eliminating the gases that have a choke hold their cities. An official of the Transportation for America, David Goldberg says "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," (Par. 7, Rosenthal). Cities in Paris and Germany are adopting a similar idea- developing cities than have a ban cars.
Vauban, Germany is one of these cities, dicouraging their 5,500 residents to give up their cars, charging them $40,000 to be able to park in one of the two garages in the city. As a result of these rules, 70% of the families that live in Vauban don't own a car, and 57% sold a car in order to live there (Par. 3, Rosenthal). The citizens are reported to be happier and less tense without a car, claiming that cars were the cause of their stress.
Communites like Vauban are set up in a way that makes life easy for the car-less citizens. In this approach, stores and offices are placed within walking distance from the houses, rather than in malls along some distant highway (Par. 6, Rosenthal). This has effectively reduced the amount of emissions of green-house gases drastically in Germany, and other countries around the world are starting to adopt Vauban's basic precepts in an attempt to make cities more compact (Par. 6, Rosenthal).
Paris, France is one of these cities that is revolutionizing its transportation. Paris has more smog than any other European counry, with 147 micrograms of particulate matter in the air, compared to 79.7 micrograms in London (Par. 17, Duffer). The smog rivaling that of Beijing, China, attempts were made by the government to reduce this smog, fining motorists for two days if they were found using their cars. France, having tax policies that favored the use of diesel over regular gas, blamed diesel fuel for it's record pollution levels.
Bogota, Colombia ran into a similar problem with it's high numbers of carbon dioxide emissions. The country has developed an atmosphere improvement campaign in the 1990's, constructing hiking and bicycle paths to encourage people to go "car-free". For the Day Without Cars, alternative transportation like taxis, buses, and bicycles are promoted, and violators that use their cars on this day are fined $25. Despite the constant rain, participants still turned out, claiming that "It's a good oppurtunity to take away the stress and lower air pollution," (Par. 24, Selsky).
Other cities in Colombia have joined the event such as Cali and Valledupar. The mayor of Asunción, Paraguay, hearing about the revolutionary event says "These people are genertaing a revolutionary change, anf this is crossing borders," (Par 26, Selsky). Since the Day Without Cars' institution, parks and sports centers have prospered, sidewalks and roads have been repaved, and traffic congestion has been dramatically reduced (Par. 28, Selsky). The appeal of car culture is decreasing, and it has effected countries all over the world.
An "incipient shift" in American's behavior over the last few years sugests that the American people are driving less, buying fewer cars, and getting fewer licenses every year (Par. 29, Rosenthal). The number of miles driven by Americans peaked in 2005, and has been diminishing steadily after that. Due to the recession, the majority of Americans couldn't afford to buy new cars, meaning that less people were driving.
Mimi Sheller, a sociology professer states that, "Different things are converging which suggests that we are witnessing a long-term cultural shift," (Par. 35, Rosenthal). What she says is true; carpooling, van and public transportation services, and bike-sharing programs are the most populat they've ever been. Shifts in the population of drivers may accelerate the current trend, and the "cash-strapped" Americans that can't afford a car may never actually have to buy one.
The teenage and young adult population has been affected by this cultural shift aswell, with many teenagers not bothering to get a liscence. They figure out other ways to get around, and revolve their schedules arounf where they can walk or which friend they can ride with. Driving by young people is at an all-time low, dropping by 23% between 2001 and 2009 (Par. 41, Rosenthal). Many young people are adopting the ideas that owning, or even driving vehicles is impractical, or even undesirable. This mind-set, in turn, is reducing green house gas emissions unintentionally.
Over the years car and culture trends have changed multiple times, and this trend occurring now is probably the best one yet. Reducing carbon dioxide and green house gas emissions is very important, and this current philosophy and outlook on cars is aiding the elimination of those harmful gases. "Pedestrain, bicycle, private cars, commecial and public traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." (Par. 43, Rosenthal). Overall, this idea is helping the Eath, unlike the many ideas before it. Limiting car use has had a positive effect on the world, and has been advantageous in many countries in helping them revitialize their cities. | 2 |
Imagine studying a planet that is the closest to Earth in terms of desnsity and size. According to the article, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could possibly have supported various forms of life. NASA has thought about sending humans to study Venus. NASA has worked on other approaches to study Venus but the silicon carbide that was tested for Venus's conditions did not last long. Knowing more about Venus would be a great opportunity for Astronomers and everyone else.
Earth, Venus, and Mars are planetary neighbors, but they orbit the sun at different speeds. This means that sometimes we are closer to Mars or Venus. According to Paragraph 2, since Venus has been right around the corner at some times, there has numerous spacecrafts sent to land on this cloud-draped world. All the missions were unmanned when the spacecrafts were sent to study Venus. There has been many reason as to why Venus is a challenging planet for humans to study.
Even though NASA has thought of sending humans for a more up close and personal study. They would not be ready as to the spacecrafts cannot last very long in the conditions of Venus. NASA's solution to this was a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the Venusian landscape.This would allow them to truly study Venus up close and personal and learn more about the planet. The vehicle would need to be approximately thirty-plus miles above the surface and causing this is the temperature at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
NASA having worked on different approaches to study Venus has been a real challenge. The silicon carbide that they tested on lasted for three weeks in the conditions of Venus. According to Paragraph 7, the device first envisioned was an old technology called mechanical computers in the 1800s. Modern computers expose to acid or heat capable of melting them could be an enormous disadvantage to NASA. This being the situation, NASA tends on using the old technology because it is more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces which will be more of use.
In conclusion, Venus being a challenge to be thoroughly studied may be accomplished at some point with technology helping. Out of the other planets in our solar system, Venus was most likely to have supported life forms. Even though NASA's plan to send humans to study Venus is not yet possible, but it maybe in the later future. NASA had many ideas and ways to approach Venus. Now that they know the old technology called mechanical computers are more resistant, could highly help them out by a little or a lot. | 3 |
The automobile has been around for decades but it's only now that we can see the devastating effects car emissions have on the ozone layer. With the obvious change in the environment, people are starting to use cars less. If people would limit their car usuage there would be less polution and happier people.
Car pollution is probably the number one disadvantage to car usage. In 2014, Paris had to ban people from using their cars because the smog was too bad. "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial drving ban to clear the air of the global city." Limiting car usuage in Paris would be very benficial for their people and enviornment.
In sources one and three though they had the right idea about the advantages of limiting car usuage. In Germany, one suburb is car free and residents reported to be happier than when they did have cars. In Bogota, there was a large turn out of people to particpate in their car free day. A business man says " It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution".
The automoblie maybe out the door anyway. In source four, "driving by young people decreased twenty-three percent between 2001 and 2009." Less and less people are getting their licenses and more people are starting to take the public transportation and carpool. This is really significant because itt's the young people that are gonna live with decisionn that are mad today.
Car limting advantages out weigh the disadvantages. More care free cities and days and more people riding bikes and taking public transportation and carpooling can lead to many great advantages. Some of the advantages would be less air pollution and happier people. | 2 |
You should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. You can change your life. You will get a chance to travel all across the country. They will give you a chance to do things you would've never thought of going before. Here are some reasons to to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
You will travel all across the country. In the pasage it states that, when Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. Luke couldnt resist. It was a opportunity of his life time. Once they left Europe they recived their orders to report to New Orleans. They boerded the SS Charles W. Wooster, that was headed for Greece.
They will give you a chance to do things you would've never thought of going before. In the passage it states, Luke had made 9 trips. When they saw the Acropolis in Greece that was speical to them. They also took a gondola ride in Veince, Italy, A city with streets of water. Luke was excited to get a chance to ride in a cattle boat. Luke states in the passage, "the cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small town boy, besides helping people, he had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.
You will get a chance to change your life. In the passage it states that, luke graduated high school and was working two part-time jobs ina grocery store and a bank. Now instead of working two-part time jobs Luke is now on a cattle boat traveling to China, Greece and Europe. From helping out his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared him for hard work for what ever hed did. Being a Seagoing Cowbow was much more than an advantage for luke Bomberger.
For all these reasons this is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will change your life by travling the world. They will travel all across the country. You'll get an adventure and learn new things. You will do things you would've never thought of doing before on your daily bases. This is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
The develop of the driverless cars is not a good idea. In the article "Driverless cars are coming," there is more negative outcomes about this idea. Driving for some people may be boring and very hard to stay awake when driving. It's better to control your own car then to get into an accident because your car didn't drive right or something bad happened. I think this idea of driverless cars is not good for our future.
There may be some positive things about a driverless car. Like it can drive for a long time and you don't have to control it. In the text," The car can handle driving functions at speeds of 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold on the wheel." Meaning the car will drive for a long time only if the driver has his hand on the wheel. But what if they don't they might end up in a crash or something worst. Another thing is that it tells you when you need to control it again. In the text it says," GM had developed driver's seats that vibrate attention whenever a problem occurs." That's good even though there can be bad things about that. Especially if the driver is not paying attention.
In the other hand, the idea of driverless cars has more negative parts about it. For example the drivers need to be attective just incase they need to drive the car. In the text it says," This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." Which means the driver must always have their attention on the road if they are not driving. Another thing is that as a driver you must drive when you near accident sight or a traffic area. in the text," they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues."The cars may control themselves but when there is a accident or traffic the owner must drive it which isn't really nice.If an accident happens the owner can be accused. In the text," If the technology fails and someone is injuried, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer." That is not good at all because it may not be the owner's fault but he still gonna get accused of the accident.
Having a driverless is not a really good idea at all. The car may control itself but there's still times when a driver needs to control it. Some people are to busy yelling at their kids, changing their kids diapers, getting ready for work, and texting on their phone. They are not going to have time to control the car just because it can't drive through areas where they is accidents. They bought the car because it drives by itself, not to drive when it was in a bad area. In the text it says," This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." People may not have the time or be ready to driver leading them to a accident or worst.
The idea of having driverless cars is not a good idea. It may have some good things about the car but there is more negative things to the idea of a driveless car. Not everyone has the time to drive the car when it needs to be controlled. Having driveless cars is not good it may cause more accidents or other problems. | 3 |
Caution Driverless Car
Imagine driving in your car and you come to a four way stop, you have the right of way so you preceed cautiously through the intersection and bang someone hits you. After taking a few seconds to gather yourself you get out the car to exchange information and you find out they were not driving the car, it was a driverless car, who's fault is it if they werent driving the car ?
A driverless car is an accident waiting to happen. We have the ability to prevent these accidents by simply driving ourselves. So many things can go wrong with the car, the sensors can malfunction and cause someone to crash. New things have the possiblity to create new problems. Driverless cars could be easily sabotaged, the parts on the car can be stolen, and many more.
So what would happen if the driverless car were to crash ? The person in the car wouldnt know if they are liable for the damages. We simply do not have enough rules or regulations to create a financially stable and safe enviorment for these driverless cars and the others around it.
Driverless cars have the poetential to be our future but still pose a hazard to the people around them. The cars are still dangerous and still have many problems to fix. | 2 |
The author supports that despite the dangers of the planet, Venus has been the most
Earth-like planey in our solar system. In the text it states, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system"(4). This tells the reader that although Venus has dangers it presents, the planet has some Earth like features.
These features may include a surface of rocky sediment and valleys, mountains, and craters. In the text it states,"The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys,mountains, and crafters"(4). This helps the reader understand the Earth-like features Venus has.
Although the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable Nasa has one compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus. NASA suggest floating above the fray of Venus. In the text it states, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particulary compelling idea for sending humans to study Venus . NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray"(5). this let's the reader know how NASA is working on sending humans to study Venus. | 1 |
Being assingned president of the united states is a very big deal, especially to the millions of people that live in this god blessed country.
herThe united states of america has had different presidents ever since the beginning of this country. These presidents are not in it for the money, but they are holding the title
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president"
because these people want what is right for this country. But, how do we pick who gets to be president? It all comes down to the electoral college. Citizens of the united states are allowed to vote at the age of 18, these votes are said to mean so much, but that isnt always the case. It really all comes down to the number of electoral votes. Why make all these citizens vote, when the outcome might not even follow along with these votes.
There are two types of votes. The electoral college votes, and the popular votes which is the number of citizens who voted for one certain canidate. How ever there has been times where the popular vote did not win the election. In 2000, canidate Gore had more of the popular votes then Bush did, but Bush had the most electoral votes. Shouldn't the citizens of this country be the ones who get to determine who the President is? I mean the President has a big duty and the citizens rely on His/Hers duty as president to keep things going right. The President can make huge decisions that affect these citizens which can make things horribly wrong or amazingly right.
Yes, I know the people in the electoral college are super smart geniuses that know what they are doing, but? This is the country i live in, this is the country i was raised in, this is the country i love and am so blessed to be. I deserve to be able to pick the president i want, or at least have my vote be the reason the president i was rooting for wins. Us fellow citizens of the united states only want whats best for us. We may not be as smart as the people in the electoral college, but that sure wont stop us from knowing who we like and who we think is better for our country. We deserve as much right to have our own president as much as anyone in the elecotral college does.
This God blessed country is home to millions, it might not be perfect, but it is the greatest country in the world. The people who get the amazing benefit of living here deserve to be able to elect the President they want. These people want what they believe is best. | 1 |
Throughout this article, the author is very thorough in explaining what the risks of traveling to Venus are and why they believe it would be beneficial to explore the planet regardless of these cautions. In paragraph one, the author introduces Venus and how it has been a challenging planet to examine. In paragraph two, the author introduces the idea that Venus is much more similar to Earth than we may have originally thought. The author states that while Venus is close to Earth, the atmosphere of the planet makes it too much of a risk to actually travel to and land on. While unmanned spacecrafts have gone to Venus and successfully landed, none of them survived more than a few hours on the planet. The author uses this statement to show one of the many risks of traveling to Venus. In paragraph three the author delves deeper into Venus's atmosphere and why it would be harsh for humans. They explain this idea well by stating facts about the heat, atmospheric pressure, and other environmental factors that make Venus harsher than Earth. In paragraph four, they pose the question, "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" Within the paragraph, they answer this question by discussing the historical interest scientists have in Venus. They also emphasize the point previously made in paragraph two, that the close distance of Venus to Earth is a large benefit. As an extension of the environment of Venus- discussed in paragraph three- they add more information about the planet's environment. In paragraph five, the author begins to discuss NASA's plans for safer travel to Venus. They explain what NASA is doing in terms of research and projects, what future plans are, and how they can make humans prepared to withstand Venus's harsh conditions. In paragraph six, the author counters what was stated in the previous paragraph by explaining why NASA's plans would not allow for a complete investigation of the planet. The author claims that the risks of traveling to Venus should perhaps be thought of as challenges. By looking at this in a new light, or from a different perspective, the author supports their original claim that Venus is worth pursuing depsite risks. In paragraph seven, they return to explaining what NASA is currently working on and other approaches they are developing to study the planet. The author goes into detail about technology they are using and how this can be beneficial to creating a safe way for humans to finally land on Venus. The author then concludes the article by returning to their original claim that Venus is beneficial to travel to and explore by claiming it has historical value. This article is well written and supports its claims very well, as proven with each paragraph. The author's claim is well supported by the evidence they present and the facts they state over the course of the article. | 2 |
The Electoral College was a compromise made by our founding fathers. It was made as a compromise between the election of a president through a vote from Congress and election through popular vote. The downside to this way of election is that the voters are not voting for one of the candidates but for their state electors, who then vote for the president. The votes from each of the states electors then count as votes for the candidate. This way of election for a president is unfair and confusing and should be changed.
First off, the Electoral College is unfair in the way that a vote from an individual does not really count because the only votes that really count are the ones from the Electoral College. It is also unfair that the voters cannot always choose who they want thier electors to be. There are also voters who have no hope just because of the state they live in, such as Democrars in Texas or Republicans in California. Since they know that thier vote doesnt matter in a state whose majority of the population goes fot the opposing party. Thsi is one reason why individual votes are more reasonable and fair.
Secondly, the Electoral College is very confusing for a voter who doesnt know how it works. | 1 |
In the story The Challenge Of Exploring Venus the authour talks about starts and where they all come from and how the earths twin is closets in the planetray neighbor he also talks about the solar system and ow its the secong planet from the sun and earths twin is the closet planted to the earth distance also he talks alot about hoe thivk the earth is and how everything is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets.. the sister of the planet is so inhospitable that the scientits started discussing more visits to the surfacde and astronomers where also fascinated by venus because it may well once have een the most earth like planet in our system in paragraph 5 the authour talks about how the air pressure in the sea level and he talk mainy about how the earths survivable for us humans also he includes things about nasa and how everthing is working for the study of venus such as electronics which is made from silicon carbide which has been tested in paragraph 8 hes talking about the striving challenge presented by venus and how it have value but notg only bbecause of human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally in conclusion this story was about diffrent plantes and how eveything is set up also hoe everything be taveling in the earths eveviorments a ns solar systems. | 0 |
Ever since the introduction of cars, there has been an excess of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are good, but too much isnt as it pollutes the air and makes it hard to breathe that air. Riding a bike to work, or taking a bus, or even walking, instead of using a car helps the environment a lot. Some cities have already seen what extreme air polluton from cars can do. For example, Paris has gotten smog because of so much so much air pollution, smog is extremely hard and very dangerous to breathe. In short, an advantage of limiting car usage is that it is extremely beneficial for the environment as it stops some air pollution.
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Paris bans driving due to smog , Robert Duffer goes on about how Paris is covered with smog due to all the car usage(more so diesel fuel than gasoline). After just one day of the ban, the smog cleared up. This proves how beneficial for the environment limiting car usage is. As time goes on and awareness goes up, people realize how bad for the environment cars are, so as a response, participation in events like Day Without Cars is going up. The difference in the these events make is huge, especially in highly polluted areas like Bogota, Columbia | 1 |
I think that the development of these driverless cars is a good thing. Somebody has already started making these cars, and have actually tested them. Although "driveless" cars will still need a driver, drivers will be doing something when the car doesn't need them, they won't get bored. New driving laws will make driverless cars safer for the driver, passengers, and pedestrians.
In the article, it says that Google has had these cars driven independently since 2009.
These cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash. In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph. It will have special touch sensors making sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel for any issues. Mercedes Benz, Audi, and Nissan all plan to have driverless cars by 2020. I think it's safe to say that eventually all car brands will have driverless cars in a couple of years.
Drivers of a driverless car won't just be waiting for their turn to drive, they'll be able to do many things. Accoding to the article, manufacturers hope to bring in-car entertainment. Manufactorers also want to bring in information systems that use heads-up displays. these displays will be able to be turned off when the driver needs to take over. These in-car systems are actually a safety feature, and safety is important.
In most states it is illegal to test computer-driven cars. States like California, Nevada, and Florida have allowed limited use of semi-autonomous cars.
According to the article, manufactorers believe that more states will follow as soon as driverless cars are proven to be reliable safe. When driverless cars are proven to be safe, laws will be made to keep the driver, passengers, and pedestrians safer.
In conclusion, I think that driverless cars will be the new way to drive in a couple of years. Laws will be made to keep everyone safe, and drivers of these cars won't have to sit and wait to drive.
I think that these driverless cars will make things safer, possibly less reckless driving, and less car accidents. We must keep improving our technology in order to find better ways to stay safe, and I think these driverless cars is a great way to start. | 2 |
Driverless cars have the potential to revolutionize the future of driving greatly. As stated in the article, driverless cars have the ability to form a public-transport taxi system without the need of a taxi driver. Driverless cars have the possibility to be quite helpful and used by many. They can be a quick way to get around, or a way to be taken somewhere without the worry of having to give ones undivided attention.
Even though the idea of driverless cars can be very exciting, it is not a project that should be rushed. The article mentions that Google has had cars that can drive independently as far back as 2009. The development of technology offers a massive range of possibilities as far as driverless cars goes. Testing of new ideas and performance of driverless cars should indeed remain in question. How soon they should be considered usuable to to public is debateable. It is not wrong to assume that problems ahead will be solved when given time. But it is important to not forget such problems will exsist. Patience is crucial when working with such a revolutionizing project, and all time needed should be well given.
While there are many upsides to the idea of a driverless car, there are many downsides to factor in aswell. Several accidents could occur while on the road, caused by either the smart car, or another driver. The thought of a self driving, self protecting car is extraordinary. But the ability to take control if necessary should indeed still remain. Theres no telling what could happen and when, so it is always import to stay alert while on the road to insure the saftey of yourself and others.
Driverless cars are a great idea and something that should be considered by car manufacturers. Driverless cars have the ability to change the future of driving forever, but not without the saftey of those using them, and the time needed to perfect them in mind. | 2 |
I feel that the author of the story "Making Mona Lisa Smile" identifiy that Facial Coding Systems enables computers to identify humans emotions becuase i feel that technology do read the students emotions and i think it is vauable because you would never know what is going on with a student if you dont know what there emotion is .
The only reason why i feel that way because i feel that if if they didnt know the emotions they wouldnt know if we are nad or sad like in the text it says " when your looking a mirrior you raise your lips at the corners of your mouth " which makes you seem mad , So i feel that if technology didnt know what our mood was then theres no point of it .
Other reasons why i think the Facial Coding System should know our emotions because when they ask a question i feel that you should show emotion in the question they ask like things like why you feel that way , when you felt that way , & when will you change your feeling about the way you feel .
In the text it says that humans perform a impressive calculatiion everyday i see that because when you say or do something the author feels that way because you wouldnt know when you read something you have emotion and that can change the way you feel about everything . | 1 |
The electotral college doesnt work in my opinion. It has too many flaws such as you are voting for a state. Thanks to the electoral college the 2000 election was a disaster. The electoral college system is unfair in a way because if your from some where with a lot of points your going to win that state. And if you win lots of small states it doesnt matter because someone can win two big states and beat you. Obviously candidates arent going to spend a lot of time in a state they know they have no shot of winning.
In 2000 17 states didnt get to see any candidates, because the candidates didnt consider them big states.
On the off chance that those electors won the statewide election, they would go to congress and Kerry would get 34 electoral votes. Who are the electors in the first place? It dopends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the states partys central comitee, sometimes the presidential candidates themselves. Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes.
The electotral college doesnt work in my opinion. It has too many flaws such as you are voting for a state. Thanks to the electoral college the 2000 election was a disaster. The electoral college system is unfair in a way because if your from some where with a lot of points your going to win that state. And if you win lots of small states it doesnt matter because someone can win two big states and beat you. Obviously candidates arent going to spend a lot of time in a state they know they have no shot of winning. | 1 |
You may think its a waste of your life being a Seagoing Coyboy but let's just think about it. Think of all the places you could go and see for just a little bit of work! Some may say "Oh well
Luke wasted his life being a Seagoing Cowboy." well they're wrong. Luke got to see so many amazing things on his way home alothough taking care of cattle and almost fallingnover i might have considered it to. What luke did was amazing helping countries get pieced together again after the war by taking cattle from one place to another. Luke said "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable for a small town boy." i bet they were!
You might be saying why would i waste years of my life for this? Well I say they're not wasted! Going on trips for free doing some minor work is better than staying at home eating potato chips with some doctor pepper watching who knows what like the Oprah show or somthing. I would go on the trips for the thrill of it plus i've never been out of North America so that would be fun. Oh what is that your saying? You dont like leaving your home? Well get a house boat for the cattle then you can ride withc the cattle and have modern day comforts. What now? House boats are to expensive? Then tie ballons to your house like Carl did in Up. I know I know helium and ballons are expensive. What is that? You hate traveling? Well if so why are you even reading this im trying to argue why its good to be a cattle-boater. So i came up with the perfect sollution! Buy a horse,a cow,a goat, and a boat and. BAM! You have a cattle-boat. What now? You get sea-sick well take a bag because this is a good job and im sure it pays good, because you know on a boat with stinky animals. All you'd have to do is clean thier pens give them food and water and i'm sure bathe them. See? Simple job. Besides like Luke had an opurtunity of a life time getting to see so many places. What now? Oh you dont like the ocean well then...
Buy a pool and let your imagination play out. It's not that hard right? Why would you argue about a job when you can: A. See the world, B. Do little work, and C.Help others. Thats like helpping an orphan child who has no-one to adopt them. So get off your couch finnish the doctor pepper and potato chips and get to work on Sea-cattleing! | 2 |
"Therefore scientist seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges"(paragraph 6) . This supports the authors claim that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because in this quote it supports the idea that instead of thinking of this mission as a risk, think of it as a challenge. A risk is when something bad can happen as a result of failing where as a challenge is a reward you will get if the operation is a success.
Why would some people consider getting a closer look at Venus a challenge and not a risk? "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything huimans encounter on Earth" (paragraph 3). This supports the idea that going to Venus does have some dangers. On Earth we have never expierienced 800 degree weather. To top it off, the atomosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide. This would make it extremly difficult for us to even breath on Venus. "Modern computers are enormous;y powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme nphysical conditions. Just imagine exposing a cell phone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces." This supports the idea that in order for them to get to Venus they must produce a device that will be able to make it through the mission withought burning up. They also have to think about how the human who on the mission are going to stay cool in the scorching conditions of Venus. This supports the idea that going to Venus for a closer look may perhaps be a risk.
Why may some people see going to Venus as a challenge? "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" (paragraph 8). This supports the idea that going to Venus is a challenge because not only will they gain insight of the planet, but it will lead them into even more intimidating endeavors do to our curiosity as humans. "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by the dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"(paragraph 8). This quote supports the idea that our travels should not be limited because of dangers and doubts but they should actually expand so that we can live up to our innovation and imagination.
How could this challenge and/or risk be a worthy pursuit despite the dangers? "Often reffered to as Earth's "twin", Venus is the closest planet to Erath in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." This supports the idea that not only is Venus a close planet to us in density and size, but is is close to us in distance too. Therefore, If we can't make it to Venus and it's one of the closest planets to us, how are we supposed to explore other places in the solar system in the near future? It is also important so that we could gain insight of the planet and see what Earth and Venus really have in common.
In conclusion, a risk is when something bad can happen as a result of failing. A challenge is when you will recieve a reward if the operation is a success. Either way the author claims that it is a worthy pursuit to closley examine Mars. Not only will it give us gainful insight of the planet, but as humans, all of us are very curious. | 3 |
The use of this technology, reading facial action or emotion of exspressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This technology is valuable especially valuable to the students, do to the fact it can help improve classes, your everyday way of liiving and finally help with the health of school teens or just humankind in general.
This technology is valuable especially to students since it can better your everyday classes. Since this technology is capable of reading your every emotion it would be able to sense when you might be totally struggling in a class or it would also be able to let you know what your best subjects are. Since this technology is based off of a computerlized system it would be able to be installed in all classes. With technology like this in the classroom it would help students with career goals, or just set them up for the future ahead of time. Sometimes it can really be challenging for a student to know or not if they will do well in a class or not. But that problem would be solved when the emotion reader is used. With the help of that technology it could help a whole school system.
This technology would be a great help to school system by letting teachers know when a students having a bit of a rough day, when shown to counselors, they would be best for the future of a student or parent. This technology is something that would be wanted by any and everyone.
But finally the technology used to read facial emotions, is valuable to the students because it helps determine career pathways or future plans, helps layout a visible coarse set determined by a counselor and student and lastly is the best new and advanced way to prevent teen health. | 2 |
I think that people should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Think about all the great things that will come out of joining the Seagoing Cowboys, it is more than just an adventure.
One reason you should join the Seagoing Cowboys is because you get to see different places along the way.
During one trip I had the benefit of being able to see Europe and China.
Also being able to see the Acropolis in Greece made it more special.
When you join this program you will see it as a opportunity, for me it was an unbelivable opportunity for a small-town boy like me.
Another reason to join this program is there is also sometimes where you get to have fun on board.
We would mostly have fun on our return trips after we had unloaded the animals. We would play baseball, volleyball and other stuff like fencing, boxing, and reading.
This program is not just taking care of animals you get time to entertain yourself and do somethings you want to do.
The last reason you should join this program is you might not just see it as an adventure but it gives you the opportunity to help others.
This adventure was more than adventure to me it opened my mind to the world around me.
This will make you aware of the people of other countries and their needs, this trip made me.
When you help these people it will make you feel special.
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys Program, It is an amazing experience. Think about you get to see new things, you get time for lot of fun on board, and you the special feeling of helping someone. I hope you will take time to think about joining the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
I argue in favor of changing the Electoral College, to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Everyone should be allowed to vote ,on the person they want them to run the Presidency. Instead of only having 34 Democratic as the a state's voters. That way the President gets the votes that he or she desevers. They should jsut let anyone choose who the want ,having the states with diffferent opinons.
In my opinon,I think that all states representatives should have the same amount of people in the house of representatives. I don't find it fair that some states have 500,000 voters and others 35 million voters. In that case just let one state vote on who should be the next president. Let everyone vote on who they want, on whom they feel like it's the right person. Not everyopne thinks the same , not everyone believes in the same things as everyone else. Butwith the Electoral College they are not ,let the people vote on what they want in most states, for an example Texas. In Texas they only have 34 voters taht will vote on the person they were sent to vote on. Sometimes the voter would get confused and vote on the opisite person or they would just vote on who they wanted to vote on in the fisrt place. | 1 |
A Face on Mars, or just a common mesa? Many skeptics belive that the mesa on Mars, located at 41 degrees north martian latitude, is proof of ancient alien civilazation. In 1976, when NASA's Viking 1 crossed over a landform that showed "shadowy likeness" of a human face. When NASA revealed the picture to the public, thinking it would be a good way to draw attention to Mars, caused an uproar.
A few years later, Micheal Malin and his team took a picture 10x sharper than that of the Viking 1 spacecraft. When the photo first appeared online, it showed nothing but a common mesa that can be found in the American west. Again skepics were not satisfied, the picture was taken on a cloudy day over Mars. So they began to ask questions like; What if the alein markings were hidden by haze?
So again, on a perfectly clear day, another photo was taken April 8th, 2001. They used the camera's "absolute maximum resolution." Yet again, showing nothing but a common landform. Well what if NASA is hiding evidence of ancient alein life on Mars? Why would NASA hide groundbreaking news like this? "Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was anceint civilazation on Mars."
So why would NASA hide news like this, that would help advance space exploration? What else could it be, all evidence points to nothing except a common mesa. | 1 |
Do you think the Face on Mars is real? The Face on Mars is not real because it's a natural form. If there was something that made this, they would leave tracks. But there's nothing.
The Face on Mars is not real because it's a natural form. Scientist says it's a "mesa." Which is common in Mars in Cydonia. It also said that NASA said "a huge rock formation which forms a head, eyes, nose, and a mouth." So everything is made out of bunch of rocks. Michel Malin and his Orbiter snapped the picture ten time bigger than the original picture in 1998. So then it revealed a " natural landform." Theres nothing special about. It's was just land. Later on, Malin's team did a second picture but bigger in 2001. Gavin said there were other objects like shack, airplanes, pyramids, etc. They were all made natural. Also, in Earth, there are many landfroms that looks like things. Like Middle Butte in the Snake River. And it is almost the same size as the Face on Mars.
Just because it's on Mars doesn't mean it made by aliens. It's made out of natural. Sometimes strange objects appear around the Earth. Thats because it's normal to the us and enviroment. It's just a natural form. Its just the lack of conspiracy theorist. | 2 |
The Seagoing Coyboys were having some of the best times of their life! Luke is a Seagoing Cowboy. Doing this job is so much fun! Being a Seagoing Cowboy is exciting because of the unique places, helping other people in need, and it keeps you very busy during the trip.
The first reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is because of the unique places you go. The possible places are Greece, Crete, Panama, and Italy. You could see the acropolis in Greece. Taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy would be magnificent too! You could see the famous Panama Canal or an excavated castle in Crete. Thre are so many different opportunities! You could sign up for this program right now!
A second reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is because you could help other people in need. Luke didn't even know of all the people of other countries. That awareness stayed with him for a long time. His family has hosted a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. Luke helped the countries in ruins that were left after World War II. He helped take care of the animals such as horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
A third reason you should be a Seagoing Cowboy is because it keeps you extremely busy. You will be as busy as a bee! As I said, you take care of the animals they take overseas. The animals have to be fed, given water, and have their stalls cleaned. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled from the lower holds of the ship. Luke was also a night watchman once. He had to check on the animals every hour. He had to make an hourly report as well. You don't work the entire time either. You have time to play games and do sports as well.
Some people may say you should not be a Seagoing Cowboy. They may say it takes too much time or it does not do you good. I would counter this statement because this job teaches people responsibilty of taking care of animals. Being overseas does take a while, but it does teach people patience. There is also time to sightsee and play games. These reasons show being a Seagoing Cowboy is not a waste of time.
After reading this article, I learned a bunch about Seagoing Cowboys. I still don't think this job is a waste of time. This job will teach you many things. Afterwards, people will be as happy as a puppy wagging its tail! All of these reasons lead me to believe that more people should join this program. | 3 |
I do think it is possible to research venus even tho its deady in its ways. I am going to be stating on where in the paragraph and why i beleive it will support my answer.
The author states in paragraph 5 that they can stay 30 or so miles above the planet in a blimp-like vehicle but, they would still be toasty at 170 degrees fehrenhiet and they can have a jet to go above the storms. The pressure is about as strong as earths sea level at the level where the jet could be. With this information i read, I beleive it is possible to research venus with, maybe, no casualties. Venus is earths sister so its very similar to what earth has so it could have the needs to support life if, we know on what infromation it can give is good infromation.
From what i read and from what i know i can inform that it is worth trying to explore venus. Sure it has problems that might never be passed but, its worth a shot to increase and thrive our human race. The planet had some of the things we need like water, life, a hospitalized place, and yet it has things we dont need like high killing temperatures, almost no sunlight, no breathable air. Venus is worth exploring because it might gave a chance to help us thrive or even have the things we need to thrive like mars. | 1 |
In society techolgy is almost every thing to people. People around the world hundred, thousands worth of technology, lots of people spend more money on technology than they clothes. So to me I think having technology makes people happy. Having technology to see if it makes them happy is kinda of point less to me. There is nothing the Facial Action Coding could do for people in the world if you ask me.
Putting up Ads that is based off your emotion is not a smart idea to me. So if im angry im most likely will have a negative vibe and if you put something up that is close to be negative its not going to make me happy. If I am in a good mood more than likely I would not want to see no Ad. Then there expression is compared against a neutral face, some people just look naturally mad. If some one regular face looks mad then how would it read ther face then, that person could be happy.
I think the Facial Action Coding System is a waste of time. | 1 |
Many people in the world today think that cars and driving everywhere is a necessity; however, many people feel that owning a car is "impractical (and) undesirabe." (paragraph 43) There are many advantages to having cars, but there are also many more advantages to not using cars wherever people go. Some advatages include conserving resources, making people have a little more money in their pocket and it also improves safety in many suburban cities.
In the world today, a major problem that still exsists is greenhouse gases. Cars emit a lot of gas that isn't good for the enviroment. In the first source, it says that people living in cities "is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes... passanger cars are responsible for 12 percent...in Europe...and up to 50 percent... in the United States."(paragraph 5) Exports mean to say that it is better for people to live in cities so they don't have to drive everywhere. This means that the more people that live in cities, the less gas goes into the air. In Paris, the city issued a ban for driving to try and reduce the smog. The second source says that "congestion was down to 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog." (paragraph 14) Only after five days of the no driving ban, more than half of the smog was gone in Paris. It also says that the amount of smog was almost as polluted at the city of Beijing, China, which is the most polluted city in the world. Bogota also did the same thing. They have an event called "A Day Without Cars." Participant Carlos Arturo Plaza says it is a good way "to take away stress and lower air pollution."(paragraph 24) They also got other cities, and even other countries, to follow suit and join the event. America faces the same problem as Paris; too many greenhouse gases are being put into the atmosphere. President Obama has a goal that he wasnts to achieve and that is to try and make the enviroment healthy. The last article says that driving less "will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants."(paragraph 34) This implies that the amount of gases let into the air will be reduced. If peolpe didn't drive as much from place to place, the world would be a happier, healthier place.
Apart from the fact that cars give of gas, not driving everwhere also means people save more money. In Vauban, Germany, nobody has any cars, they walk or bike to wherever they need to go. "Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park-large garages at the egde of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home."(paragraph 2) People would be more inclined to not getting a car rather than spend an extra 40 grand on top of getting a house for a parking space. Also, in Paris, a fine was issued for people who drove their cars during the car ban. The second article says "even-number license plastes were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine.."(paragraph 11) If people didn't drive their cars around when they weren't supposed to, they would still have the 22 euros they lost. The same type of fine was issued in Bogota, Columbia. If people drove their cars on "A Day Without Cars", then they would have to face a $25 fine. However, in the United States, "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by."(paragraph 29) Without having to pay for a car or gas money, Americans are saving way more money they had been when they first got a car. Wit people not having to worry about payments or gas prices, they have more money in their wallet.
Not only does not driving save money and reduce gas, it also improves cities and people's lives. Heidrun Walter, a German media trainer, says that "when (she) had a car, (she) was always tense. (She's) much happier this way." (paragraph 3) She likes not having to drive everywhere, it makes her feel more calm and less tense. It's not only changing peoples lives, but it's changing the cities. Cities are attempting "to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with eless space for parking."(paragraph 6) Cities are changing their apperance in order to intice people into driving less and walking or biking more. They intend to make the stores closer together rather than having to drive across the highway to get to the next store. Also in Bogota, there has been a "cunstruction of 118 miles of bicycle paths" and "parks and sports centers...have bloomed throughout the city."(paragraphs 27&28) With more people walking, the city wants to make the outside apperance different and more appealing than what it looked like before people just used cars. Not driving is not only good for personal well being, but for the a city's well being.
There are many advantages to driving cars, such as saving time and getting to places faster but, not driving cars is way better in the long run because of a better enviroment, saving money and better cities and personal health. | 4 |
Theres so many positive and negative when we imagine the idea of driverless cars. I believe that driverless cars are very dangerous and can cause many conflicts. First, I know that even with the law of don't text and drive, people still do those things. Secondly , if we allow driverless cars I know that people who are tired from work are going to fall asleep knowign the car is in control, but at the end when theres trouble, they will still be asleep. Lastly, I believe that people will start sueing companies and people will not feel confortable of being stalked while driving.
First of all, there are many reckless drivers around us anyhow. How can we be sure that we are safe when driving?
In the passage " something not avaible to the drivers trying to text with a cell phone." I can not imagine but we do know for a fact that texting and driving is very dangerious but there are also people who are out there doing it. These situations can lead to mass accidents. If you are given the chance that your car does not need you and you do get bored off of the heads up display, what would you really do? Since our society is all about iphones and samsung , I do not think that its safe to be in a car with your cell phones on. I sense that teenagers are especially going to disobey the law because they just tend to think its going to be okay, which in reality its not. We should be very concerned of everyone driving safetly.
Seondly, I believe that exuausted and drunk people are going to take this advantage of having driverless cars. What if you car needs your help, and youre asleep and that you're too drunk to get self concious? This will lead to more troubles because than people that are drunk will still drive and think that their car has it all in control."They can steer ,accelerate, and brake themself, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills" The driverless can be very dangerious if in case in need of a human skill if someone is really tired and drunk.
Lastly, I believe that your rights are being taken away when you're beign stalked on while driving. I wouldnt want to be stalked on when i'm driving or anything. it violates someones privacy when youre watching them because some people od have to do certain things when they are parked for example like having to use an emergency or changing clothes. "While the driver watches the road , the car watches the driver" Do you really think that drivers are going to watch the road when they dont have to? I also believe that peopel will start sueing companies because who is at fault if theres an injury or accident?"if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is al fault- the driver or the manufacturer? I think that people who are being responsible and driving with great cautions will be upset and it would not be fair to them if they are under control of their own car and than there is someone els thats not drving but lettign their car being controled by a computer than they get in an accidents. I do knwo that there are accidents from many reasons, but I believe that driverless cars can cause a lot of problems.
In conclusions, I do not agree the fact that driverless cars should be allowed. It has many safety issues for the community and it will cause a lot of problems. It will violate someones privacy,someone can take advantage of driverless cars when they are drunk or tired, and lastly peopel will be upset. I think it depends on the indivuals who are driving. People should start caring more for others when driving because someones life can be at risk if they driver recklessly.
Driverless cars will lead into many big problems as well as to many life lost if youre not prepared when your car needs you. | 3 |
Dear State Senator,
Many people today have very strong oppinions on why or why not we should keep the Electoral College. I am writing to you today to tell you some of the reasons why the Electoral College should not be used anymore.
The Electoral College, like most things, has room for error. However this is the type of error that you want to try as hard as possible to avoid. Any error here could lead to the false election of a President and Vice President. Now maybe the falsely elected President and Vice President have some wonderful ideas on how to help our country as a whole, but in carrying out their wonderful sounding plans, may have to hurt or cut back other resources to do so which could hurt us. This is just one example of how the Electoral College can go wrong.
The Electoral College has been used for many years and has become an anachronism. We consider ourselves a democracy yet we use a non-democratic method of selecting a president. With the Electoral College comes the certanty of outcome. The winning candidate's share of his/her Electoral College usually exceeds the share of the popular vote. The Electoral College requires the president to be a candidate with a trans-regional appeal. Any candidate with regional appeal is very unlikely to be succeful as president. The residents of the other regions will most likely feel disenfranchised and that this candidate is not really their president. The swing states tend to pay closer attention to the campaigns and to really listen to what the competeing candidates have to say. The residents in the swing states tend to be the most thoughtful voters. In the Electoral College, they try to restore a political balance between the large and the small states. With the Electoral College you avoid the problem of an election where no candidate recieves a majority vote which would complicate the presedential election process.
All of these reasons are great and everything but there is always going to be a flaw in the system. Some believe that is is the people who vote in the presidents, however, all we are doing is electing the slate of electors who are are the real people who elect the president. In the Electoral College there is a disaster factor. The electors chosen could always defy the will of the people. These electors can be anyone who does not hold public office. Voters cannot always control who their electors vote for and some voters get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate.
The most worrying part though is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. If a tie were to happen, the election would be thrown off to the House of Representatives, where the state delegations would vote on the president. Due to the fact that each state casts only one vote, one single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have just as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who are representing 35 million voters. The House's selection can hardly be expected to refelct the will of the peple in the states. The elections can be only a few swing voters away from a catastrophe.
The Electoral College is unfair to the voters in its most basic level. Due to the winner-take-all system that is in place in each state, the candidates don't spend as much time if any at all in the states they know they have no chance of winning, and spend most of if not all of their time on the tight races in the 'swing' states.
Like everything it would take some timw to get used to the changes and I understand that. I also understand that election by popular vote has its flaws as well. It is time to change from an outdates, irrational, and unfair method. Thank you for your time and consideration about this. I hope you consider changing from the Electoral College to election by popular vote.
_____________________ | 3 |
The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" suggests the opinion that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Throughout the article, the author brings up many of those dangers but also many ways to prevent them and all the upsides to visiting the planet. The author supports the idea very well throuhout the article.
The author begins the article by stating all of the dangers of actually having a human visit or land on Venus. The article mentions that no spacecraft has survived more than a few hours because of such harsh conditions. Those harsh conditions begin with the temperature. On Earth it is rare to get much higher than 110 degrees Fahrenheit, but on Venus, the average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahreheit. Venus is closer than Earth to the sun, with an atmosphere made up of about 97 percent carbon dioxide and with clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The author also mentions to worsen the conditions, it is common to have erupting volcanoes, major earth quakes, and big lightning strikes across the planet. To put these conditions into perspective, the author mentions that even Earth's deepest submarines would be crushed when placed on Venus.
After the author mentions all the horrible dangers of studying and visiting Venus, all the good that would come from the trip is brought up. For example, the author mentions that the planet is the most like Earth and it would be incredibly helpful to NASA and the whole world to research Venus and actually send someone to visit the planet. The author also mentions that at certain times, Venus is the closest to Earth which would make for a shorter travel time than visiting another planet. The author also highlights that Venus very well could hvae supported forms of life many years ago.
Lastly, to prove the opinion of the article, the author brings up counter arguments to all of the current dangers many people have about sending someone to Venus. The temperature issue is solved along with the air pressure issue when the author suggests the idea that NASA has to possibly send a blimp-like spacecraft to float around Venus, just 30 miles up and off the surface. The author states that this would reduce te temperature to around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, which is actually phisically possible to live with, and a similar air pressure to the Earth's. Although this blimp idea will provide limited insight, a human could actually survive this trip.
In conclusion, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The article supports this by first giving a list of dangers, then giving reasons to go through with the idea, and lastly presenting a way to fix previous issues. The author knows what he is talking about, addresses each issue strongly and confidently, and supports his idea very successfully. | 3 |
Unmasking The Face
A lot of people lately have been suspicous of my company NASA. While I don't agree with them, I do see their side. The general public has all reasons to be suspicious torwards the "Face of Mars!" Sounds like something from "The Twilight Zone." Well, Mars, though so barren, might has well be considered the earth's twin sister... or brother. The two planet's sufaces have shown some interesting simularities, like water remnants and climates. Not to mention volcanoes. This is where we find the reason behind the face of Mars!
On our planet earth, we have land structures called "Mesas." These elevated lands are found in the "American West", where the surrounding deserts (used to be oceans in theory), are now filled with canyons, rock flats, salt flats, mesas, and other forms only found there. Mars might as well have a northwest region where one could find earthlike simularities. This may as well be the reason behind the face. Also, one should note that the shadows may be rocks making a shadow from the sunlight. Another logical explanation to look at France. Shaped like a boot, it is just a land form that naturally occured, looking like something we know.
My company would also like to state that this really "isn't" a cover-up. In true fact, the discovery of other life or remnants of one such time would be positive to us, and to our projects. So, say what you want. Believe in what you think, but we at NASA belive this isn't alien. Just another simularity between Mars and Earth. | 2 |
Dear State Senator
I think the Electoral College should stay, because even if its "indefensible", "Corupt", "Despised" the Electoral College has its outcomes; Big States, Run-Offs and Presidential desputes. Its a process, Are own founding fathers who where enlightment thinkers, who thought more then what was written on the script. They thought outside the box, they wanted to know the "why" and how it will affect and how to bring this nation to its highest. Placing it in the constitution, knowing this method will do justice on future on elections. Its one of the best laid method in the world and removing it will just misbalance everything.
In the United States, each states has a majority and manority. Where people consist the most is by the coast, west and east. Its in are human nature, its been around for ages that humans live more on coastal or river areas. Any area where it consist of water,Harbor and trading routes. They recieve the most of products around the world, and maintain abondens of humans. So the bigger states are California, Florida, NY, Virgina, Texas and etc. The electoral votes restores the balance. In campaigns propaganda is used alot. Comercials, ads, anything they can publish themsleves to show and persaude the people in allections. Largers states gets more attention from preseidential candidates then smaller states. Smaller states in the middle of the U.S consist of small polpulations so with electoral votes the weight using the population (census) lose by the virtue of mal-Appointment of the senate. Its all about propaganda that presidential campaigners use to get the big states attention cuase that where the points are at.
Electoral College avoids problem with run-offs in which no candidate recieves a majority vote cast, which is the popular vote. Presidential desputes accur when a campiegner manepulates the people with spitting out promises in Propaganda ads, winning the popular vote. But with electoral college, you have a second chance to look closely on whats happening. With electoral college and electing a president you need a system. If the majority of the states and senate are republican and the president is a democrate the two partys arnt gonna agree on anything. Desputes will accure and in 4 years the country will accomplish nothing. With electoral college theres a balance of votes, each states gets there political party they voted on and it evens out when the day comes. Voting is important cuase your choosing whos gonna lead your country for the next four years and electoral college opens up many doors that will help you analysis better in whats accuring and your setting up your country system.
The electoral college may have its problem buts a system that will carry out the nation longer without many torubles then without it. Are founding fathers knew what they where doing, they thought big the U.S and look where the U.S is now. One of the strongest nation in the world, thanks to the system they created and left us.
Sincerly Viewer | 3 |
Have you ever wonder what would be in the Acropolis? Well if you sign up for the Seagoing Cowboy Program, you can! Us cowboys travel all over the world to see amazing structures and sights of wonder. My favorite is riding the Panama Canal to China.
One can achive information that they did not know. We have seen and experience many sights of wonders, such as riding a gondola in Venice, Italy, we have toured a excavated city in Crete, and marveled the Panama Canal to China. These sights were amazing to see and experience. One should sign up so that they can do adventures that they may not be able to do in their area.
There are some down sides though. It takes a while to get to these resort, but it is worth it. It took us about 2 weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach China. On our ship we have many objectives to keep ourselves busy; including: feeding our animals, night guarding, and cleaning stalls. One day when we returned the animals, we played volleyball and baseball in the empty stalls.
I would recommend joining the Seagoing Cowboys, because of these reasons: to visit resorts and do adventures that one may not be able to do. The Seagoing Cowboys Program has been going on for sometime now, and I myself, want to keep it going. Sign up today! | 2 |
Many places around the world are limiting the usage of cars. If more places created regulations like these, it may drastically change the environment, for the better.
Vauban, a suburb in Germany, made conditions in the neighborhood almost impossible to own a car. While it may seem like an annoyance, many of the residents are happier this way. According to Heidrun Walter, a resident of Vauban, "When I had a car I was always tense, I'm much happier this way." While many people may see having to give up or not use their can an annoyance, if they get used to it they might find that not using their cars may be a good thing.
Instead of having to hear car engines and honking horns, they can take a relaxing walk or even a bike ride somewhere.
Limiting car usage would also be very helpful in cleaning up the environment. In "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars" the author states, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe...and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas in the United States." Limiting the amount people can drive their cars could reduce a hefty amount of pollution in our air. In France, they limitied the amount of people who were allowed to drive for two days. Paris has more pollution in their air then most European cities, but putting regulations on who could drive significantly reduced the amount of smog in just a few days, according to Robert Duffer.
Putting regulations on car usage can also make the area you live in a much nicer place. In Colombia, a few cities have an annual "Day Without Cars", where citizens are fined for using their cars. As a result, things like restaurants and malls have been being built. They are repairing more sidewalks and building new bicycle paths. Parks are being used more often. The communities would be much nicer places with out the frequent use of cars.
Limiting the use of cars is a very good thing. It helps the environment, and it helps make the world a nicer place. | 3 |
This essay was about exploring Venus. this essay was interesting because it talks about space and one of our important planets. although Venus is sometimes called the ''Evening Star'' is can have dangers as well. The author was talking about how Venus is the second planet from the sun which means it can be very hot. I think this planet would be fun too research.
There can be dangers going to venus. He stated in the past aa previous mission didnot survive the landing for more than a couple of hours. ''Not a single spaceship has touched down on venus for more than three decades''. I think that it is ok to do research on venus. But I believe that it is way too dangerous to go too beause people who went to venus never returned home.
This author gave lots of helpful details on how to study venus. Some of his details included electronics made of silicon carbide simulating the chaos of venus surface and have lasted three weeks in such conditions. You can also read books or watch movies about Venus. He also said NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus. I think some of these studies are neat.
Despite the dangers this author thinks it's very cool to study venus even though there are dangers. He gives lots of his opinions on what is going to happen. He talks about how NASA has the idea of sending humans to go study venus. Which I personally don't think that is a good idea. If they can figure out the right equipment then I could agree with that.
Overall the author did a great job explaning about NASA and venus. Venus is a very ''hot" planet and would be very interesting to study. I liked how he talked about this topic. I think next he should talk about another planet. This is how I feel about this topic. | 2 |
ON THE WATERS
Have you ever thought about taking a ride in a cattle boat to europe? Well now you can have a chance to. This ride is to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped over seas. This is a great oppurtunity to go and help. In
a different way called the Seagoing Cowboys.
The people that go on this cattle boat are there to help countries that were left in ruins of World War II.This is a gruop to form the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rebelion Administration). This group of people has 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA. This is how great it would be if you were to join this group. 44 nations is a lot and it shows you that the Seagoing Cowboys is a great group to help. You dont just go to help you can explore the places you pass through. Or you can go sight seeing and maybe see some animals, places, fivers, or maybe plants you've never seen before. That why we want you to join bacause it's a great group to join and it can get better starting with you.
The UNRRA doesn't just help animals and allow you to go sight seeing. You may not no or realize, but you are helping a lot of people, because this is the main idea of the UNNRA. We would love for you to go and come with us it would be a great expierence for you and a great expeirence for other to know you. So what's your idea of the group how do you feel, would you like to come? | 2 |
Dear Mr. Senator,
My name is Jacob and I would like to discuss with you some of the problems with the way the presidential election works. I believe the system using the Electoral College is unfair and can have its negative outcomes. In my opinion, the President should be chosen through the popular vote. There have been several times to date where presidents have one the popular vote but still lost the election due to the Electoral college. Often the President will have won by both Electoral votes and the popular votes but that isnt always the case. The electoral which has 538 electors are people as well. What is to stop them from voting who they want and not what the popular vote says in that state? They are people that are put in a position of power to choose who the next president will be. The obvious choice would be for them to pick who they want as president. Voters may also get confused about how the system works. They may thinkn that their vote doesnt count, that only the electors votes count. I believe that using a system where the popular vote is what chooses the election. This can solve several problems such as confusion and biased electors. If people felt that their vote counted, they might even want to get more involved.
Sincerely,
Jacob | 2 |
There are some advantages of limiting cars, The pollution is horrible and very bad for the enviorment, No traffic jams or car accidents, Not Spending a lot of money. Read on to find out more why limiting car usage isnt that bad at all.
Paris enforced a partial driving bam to clear the air of the global city after a couple days of near record pollution. Cold nights and hot days effected the warm layer of air that trapped pollution. Diesel Vehicles were blamed for the polluition here. 67% of vehicles in France are Diesel. It brought in Congestion and Very bad Smog.
Colombia had a "Car-free Day" in which alot of Colombians walked, hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work. There were raley any traffic jams. Imagine everybody showing up to work on time and not being stuck in a traffic jam. Colombia is trying to make an alternative way of transporting and to reduce smog. So they Fined $25. Then cities around Colombia jumped on Board.
By Limiting car usage we can limit the amount of money we spend on the vehicles. Like buying fuel for the vehicle, Buying the vehicle, money to fix the vehicle if it breaks. If we could limit car uasge we could save our fossil fuels we could save our money. We are slowly running out of diesel fuel. Some say we should be out of diesel fuel by 2030.
Now You Know some of the advantages of limiting car usage. Adding more pollution is for the enviorment, No Traffic Jams or Car acciedents. Not Spending alot of money. Those are just 3 out of hundreds of advantages of limiting car Usage. Some people have even given up cars now. They go to walking, biking, skating. It even helps yo car pool. Avoids traffick. Less Smog and Pollution and more fossil fuels to save. | 2 |
Would exploring a higly dangerous planet from above storms be worth it? What would humanity gain from exploring a planet like Venus. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" did not do a good suporting his ideas, for the author gives information usless to their idea and they give contradictory evidence.
The writer contradicts his idea in by giving contradicting information. In paragraph 6 the author stats "However, Peering art Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions..." By stating this the author contradicts his point of there being much to learn on Venus, as scientists could not find much about the serface of Venus. Also this imformation shows how implausable discoveries would be. Providing this information; the author hurt their previous points.
The author also provides usless indepth information on previous expeditions. The author states in paragraph 2 "Each previous misson was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This imformation is usless in proving that Venus is a worthy pursuit, as it make the mission seem imposible. Providing evidence to make the mission seem implausable does not convince readers.
The author of "The Challenges of Exploring Venus" did not do a good job supporting his ideas, the author gives information usless to their idea and they give contradictory evidence. Again what would humanity gain from exploring Venus. Also would one risk exploring a highly dangerous planet for a chance at information. | 2 |
The author is trying to show us why we should try to shrive for having a human on Venus for the first time, but he did not do it correctly. The author does not support his idea on why we should keep researching Venus and take a human to Venus.
The author uses facts that does not fit his opinion on why we should try to put a man on Venus. He actually uses more reason why we should not put a man on Venus. The author uses the other side of the arguements evidence that he is against as evidence which he should not do. " 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" (paragraph 2). This shows how the author was saying reasons why we should not try to get a man on venus.
The author may have had a few evidence for his side of the arguement, but he used more of the other side which will make people think the other way than what the author really wants you to think. The author could not support his arguement all the way because he tried to use the evidence on the other side of the arguement. | 1 |
Dear State Senator,
I am in favor of keeping the electoral college election. This method has worked well for us so far, and there would be no point in changing it now.
the electoral college is fair. A presidential candidates must have trans-regional appeal to be elected."No region (South, Northeast,ect.)has enough electorial votes to elect a president."(Richard A. Posner) If a presidential candidate with only regional appeal was elected, he would unlikely be successful president. The people would feel like their votes didn't count, like they didnt have a voice in this nation anymore. Would our nation fall apart?
With electorial college we aviod the situation in which no candidate receives a majority of votes(run-off election). Run-off elections is reduced by the electorial college. There is no pressure in our nation for a run-off election. The electorial college invariably produces a clear winner, so that there is no confusion.
Our founding fathers saw the future. they knew that this process, of electing a president, would carry are nation through the decades. It is in my best interest that we keep the electorial college.
sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
The idea of driverless cars have been around for a very long time. They have been seen in movies and heard about in books and now they are real fuctioning aspects of daily lives. Driverless cars are not necessary for everyday people but they are safe and make life a little easier which is the purpose of technology. Researches such as google are beginning to explore the ideas of driverless cars and this is a good thing because they would offer a certain sense of safety and comfort for many users.
Many people would argue that these cars are unsafe on the road and would cause hazardous situation. In all actuality driverless cars are safe to be in and around. Many driverless cars offer safety features such as GM creating driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into and object. The concept of the driverless car is not completely driverless yet because all of these type of cars
force their driver to stay alert at any scene by notifying them when the road ahead requires human driving skills. Developers are also considering using cameras in driverless cars to watch drivers to make sure they are staying focused on the road. The idea of a driverless may seem scary and dangerous but manufacturers are making sure to put as many safety features as possible to keep the roads safe for everyone.
Driverless cars a cool concept that everyone will want to know about. These cars have many sensors that allow them to remain driverless on the road. While still acknowledging safety, driverless cars give drivers security on the road by allowing drivers to remain focused but more relaxed. That is why researchers should continue exploring the idea of driverless cars and how they would positively effect the world. | 2 |
I think there would be many advantages when i come to limiting car usage. People would get more exercise when they walk espacially if they are overweight. People wouldn't have to much money on gas that often. when we drive we let out chemicals into the air that causes people to get sick.
Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage. according to robert duffer, ''after days of near-record pollution, paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. this means, that by breathing in those fumes people can get vary ill or cause them to have a lung problem. also, it would cause a hazard if something were on fire. For example,''vauban, home to 5,000 residents within a rectangular square mile, may be the most advanced experiment in low-car suburban life''. clearly, they have less space for parking. obviously people may start using public transportation. Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage.
additionally,Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage. for instance, ''In previous bills, 80 percent of approprations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport''. this means, that people started taking the highway instead of the freeway. this also means, that they also took public transportation. futhermore, ''on mondays motorists with even- numbered license plate were ordered to leave their cars at hom or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31)''.overall, if people brought their viechals the would have to suffer the consequences. clearly, they would have to pay out of their pockets if they bring their cars or motorcycle. Moreover,Citizens should take advantage of limiting car usage.
In summation,people should decrease on driving. People may get sick from the the cars fumes. many people may have to pay a fine if they bring their cars to a certain place if they dont leave them home .many people will probably start taking the city bus as transportation. | 2 |
While you may believe that this is the work of an advanced and unknown species, then you're wrong. But, let us look at the details and evidence we have to make a final determination. Let us use the information provided by Nasa to clarify this arguement.
There is no evidence of life on Mars. There isn't even water or oxygen. Without water or oxygen, the planet cannot sustain such life. Futhermore, natural land formations on earth do exist like this. In Paragraph 12, Garvin says, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." He goes futhermore, clarifying information about the phenomenon, saing, "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa. It's around the same height as the Face on Mars"
Garvin goes on with the rule of thumb, stating, "You can discern things in a digtial image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." So even 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!" The 2001 photo taken of the face shows that it really spans 1.56 meters, not 43 meters. This also clarifies that aliens didn't create this object, because it's measurements are closet to that of natural formations found on Earth.
Looking at the Evidence provided, we can discern, friend, that this isn't the work of aliens. The research provided by NASA has no record on file of any extra-terrestrial lifeforms. Also, the research indicates that this is natural because the formation's measurements are closer in proximity to Earth landforms. Also, conspiracy theorist lack validity and credibility, as well as research or evidence. In Conclusion, provided by this, we can determine, that this is just a natural formation. | 2 |
Hve you ever been in an argument before? Well I am goingto try and persuade you that the face are a natural land form.
First I will talk about the way I know that the face are not created by aliens or something. So lets get to it
So now in the paragraph I am going to provide you with facts and details from the rticle of why I think it is a natural land form. First If this really is a face made by aliens or something where is the rest of the body? Also We as on earth NASA says that they have never seen or recorded a real life alien.
If aliens did make this it would be in the news because come on how many aircrafts are sent into space a day most likly about one ever day. And we also have a satilite up in space and I bet you Countries like Russia, Canada, and probaly even the British have one up in space.
And if something like that happened I would hope one of those satilites would see that happing.
And for all you and me now is that are moon has craters in it. Right? So craters happen ever day so could something like this happen I would think so.
And NASA also said that they did there reserach by pictures taken by the space shuttles and very accurte drawing of the "Face" not done by conserise theroys.
In conclusion Those were some of my best argument reason of why I think the face is a natural land form not a face that was made by aleins. So thos eare my reasonings. So what do you think it is? | 1 |
Reading someone's emotions from this new technology could be valuable. Like in school enivroments. It could show how a student is feeling at one particular time. It can even get rid of certain ads that you don't like and show more that you do. This can also be a terrible thing. If someone didn't tell you how they felt or didn't want you to know how they felt this would be violating their privacy. This does have some ups, but there definitely are some down sides.
Dr. Huang states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." So this could help some students with learning and underestanding assignments, but what if there isn't much more you can do to change it. You can never really know what's going on in someone's life twenty four seven, not unless you talk to them. This technology should be limited to how and what they use it for. If they use this technology in a wrong way and someone could take major offense to it and could feel their rights as a person has been violated with people going in their privacy to figure out their feelings.
Second, this could not only just violate their privacy, but if said person have certain conditions and feel like people are probing in their life where they shouldn't be this can cause harm to said person. There are people who rather keep to themselves on a daily basis to better help them cope rather than people using technology to scan them and read their emotions.
In conclusion, sure this technology could be good for certain aspects of every day things technology does not know all that a person goes through on a daily basis. Not all people are the same. This technology can be good, but it has some down sides, which in some cases can be major. I believe scientists should put more thought into this and if they do decide to use this that they should be careful for what they are using in for. | 2 |
The Electoral College is a really good process that I think they should keep. This Electoral college was found by the founding fathers and it is used so that the citizens could vote and the congress. The citizens get to have the right to vote on who they want to be presidant. After everyone voted the votes are counted up in each state and it shows which states voted for different people. The congress have a meeting of the electors and get to all vote. All votes for the congress are counted out seperatly then citizens. This is a the start of why I think Electoral College is fair and equal all around.
In order for the Electoral College to elect a presidant they need 270 votes out of 538 Electors. Each state or country has electors in them. The candidates running for presidant have their own electors. Every 4 years a presidential election is held at the same time on tuesday after the first monday of novemeber. When voting for the candidates you are basically voting for the candidates electors. After voting in the election the governor makes a "Certificate of Ascertainment," which is the list of the candidates who ran for presidant. Also, it shows who the winning candidate is in each state. Lastly the certificate is sent to the states congress to keep for records.
There are mainly 5 reasons in why the Electoral College should stay. First is the Certainty of Outcome which shows that there cant be a dispute because it is based on popular vote. The next reason is Everyone is Presidant, this means that the presidential candidate has trans-regional appeal. Another reason is Swing Sates which is the winner take all method. They are usually whatching campaigns and really listen to the other candidates, thoses poeple are usually thoughtfull voters. The next great reason is Big States, this shows if you win a big state then you win more electoral votes and each big state has more electoral votes. The last reason is Avoid Run Off Elections, this avoids the problem of no candidates recieves a majority of the votes in the east.
Their are alot of great reasonings about electoral college but there are some bad reasonings to. Voters dont vote for the presidant when they vote, they vote for the elcectors and the electors vote for the presidant. This can mean that even if you voted for the specific presidant your vote shows you voted for the 30 or so congress people voting for presidant. What if there was a tie in the electoral vote then the election would be for the House of Representitves where they vote for presidant. The 55 representitive votes are equal to 35 million voters. This shows that the electoral college can be bad for the voters.
After reading the article and going over it I believe that the Electoral College is a great idea. There are many great things about but then there are things that you dislike about it. Not everything can be perfect but the Electoral College is trying to get that way. The presidant is still getting voted every 4 years and hopefully it stays like that for a very long time. Those were all my reasons on why I thought the Electoral College is the right way to go. | 2 |
When the first photograph of the "Face on Mars" appeared in 1976, researchers and the general public lost their minds. The 'face' was a blurry and shadowy photo from the Viking 1 mission. The photo resembled a human face with eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Dispite all of the scientific and theorietical chaos it created, researchers at the National Areonautics and Space Administration (NASA) discovered that the 'face' was just a matian mesa.
Many people, even today, believe that this natural landform is actually an alien monument. This fallacy lead to many studies, researches, and experiments to find out what the face was. One explaination should cool the heated debated is that NASA is a professional institution built to study this very topic. It is also comprised of educated experts that work to learn and discover more for the rest of the population to learn correctly. However, this is not enough for many people to prove only the plausible.
In "Unmasking the Face on Mars," the first portion of the article shows 3 compared photographs. These photographs are all of the 'face,' just in 3 different years. The first photo was taken in 1976, the next was in 1998, and the last one was taken in 2001. Each photo perfectly shows a new piece of the 'face' that was not well understood. The first photo shows what does clearly look like a face in the shadows, but as the photos become more recent, the face receads and becomes what looks like a river, or lava system flowig down the sides. These photographs were taken by separate space missions by none other than NASA. These photos are what fueled the conspiracy theorists theories but only because of the lack of information that they had at the time.
In the article, in paragraph 7, it states that on April 5, 1998, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) had taken the sharpest photo of the time. This photo stood to prove what the NASA researchers were trying to say. The photograph itself proved that there were not alien markings on the 'face' and that it was only a natural landmark. This photo showed that the elements that made up the 'face,' were just "the Martian Equivalent of a butte or mesa." (12) It showed small elevated spots on the surface that, from afar and in the shadows, a human-like face appeared around all of it.
However, for some headstrong citizens, this still was not enough to prove what the photo really showed. This lead to the 2001 MGS mission to capture yet another, improved photo of the surface of Mars. The team that which took the photo prided themselves on taking the "extraordinary photo with the camera's absolute maximum resolution." (10) In paragraph 10 of the article, it explains that in 2001, the resolution of the photo (1.56 meters per pixel) was beyond fantastic compared to the resolution of the 1976 photo (43 meters per pixel). This comparison is enough to show that in 2001, the landmark could be seen very clearly with the human eye and could be clearly made out as just a landform. The photo was clearly just a bit o' rock jutting out of the surface of Mars.
The 1976 controversy over the "Face on Mars" was truely a very heated debate. Starting in 1976 when a blurry image of a face on Mars made it's way through the minds of the Americans, the "Face on Mars" was concieved to be an alien relic of some sort. Years later, a new photograph produced by NASA in 1998 began to settle long held debates over the face. It proved to many researchers that this startling human like face was only a natural landmark with a coincedental shape and shadow. This did not, however, settle all of the disputes amongst the ammeture conspiracy theorists. To further prove the point, NASA pushed it's limits in 2001 and took an amazingly sharp photo of the land mark. The photo was pure proof to the nation that the fantisized face was only a small mesa on the surface of Mars. Even today some theorists still try to hold their ground in their thoughts, but it will always be known to science as just a martian mesa that caused some commotion. | 3 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that stuying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
Venus sometimes is called "The Evening Star", is one of the biggest points in light in the night sky,making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot.This nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet.Venus is the second planet from our sun.Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe ventage point of earth,it has proved a very challenging to examine more closely.
Venus is the closest planet on Earth in terms of density and size.Earth,Venus and Mars,orbit the sun at different speeds.This cause that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other to Venus.Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner.Also notable,Venus has the hottest surface temprerature of any planet in our solar system.Beyond high pressure and heat,present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes,and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on it's surface.Nomerous factors contribute to venu's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study,despite its proximity to us.A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets Venus.
Astornomers are fasinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.Long ago,venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life,just like Earth.Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes features such valleys,mountains,and craters.NASA's possible solution to the hosyile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.NASA is working on other aproaches to studying Venus. For example,some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venu's surface.
Researches cannot take samples of rock,gas, or anything else,from a distance.Therefore,scientist seeking to conduct a trorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite risks.many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute to venus.NASA is working on other aproaches to studying Venus.The challenge presented by the venus has value,not only because of the insight to be gained on the
planet itself,but also because human curiositu will likely lead us into many equally intidating endeavors.Our travels in Eartg should not be limited by dangers and doubts. | 3 |
Dear, Senator
The
Electoral college has been around for centuries and as time changes, things start to evolve and grow along with the time period.
Some things are meant to be changed according to the lifestyle of our people now. Hundreds of years back, the electoral college might have worked for the citizens living during that time. However, this is a new century and many people agree with the fact that the electoral college is out dated and we need to change to the election by popular vote. Firstly, because the people are putting their vote into the hands of a person whom they might not even consider the votes of their state's people . Also, the electoral college causes many issues duing the voting period.
To start off, The electoral college is a huge risk that the state's people must take each year.
You never know whether or not your electors will suddenly change their mind and vote for a candidate that you personally didn't want. In the article "The indefensible electoral college: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" Bradford Plumer states "Can voters control whom their electors vote for? Not always. Do voters sometimes get cofused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." (Plumer Paragraph 10) What the author is explaining is that during the presidential election, once you vote on your selection for the next president and you give your vote to the state electors you never know if they might change their mind or get scared and choose the incorrect candidate. For example, you choose on Barack Obama for president and you give your vote to the state electors and when it's time to vote... they decide to switch and choose
HILARY CLINTON!
Many of the citizens who voted for Barack Obama are now outraged by the thought of their state electors doing such a thing.
If we had elections by popular vote we would be able to choose whom we specifically want for our President and there wouldn't be so much tension between people.
Furthermore, the article "The indefensible electoral college: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system ae wrong" Bradford explains "Back in 1960, Segregationists in the Louisinna legislaure nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors whoo would oppose John F. Kennedy." This quote from the article is saying that the electors could easily manipulate you and change their votes in order to get what they want, forgetting about all the other votes of the people back home waiting for the news that their selection has won the presidency.
The elecoral college completely demolishes the purpose of the people's vote.
Additionally, electoral colleges should be abolished because not everyone feels as strongly about it as they did hundreds of years ago when the process first came about. What had started out as a good idea has slowly turned into a unpredictable disaster. From time to time,
People would be let down when they find out that the candidate they had chosen didn't win the election, Why? because their state electors decided that it was okay for them to simply go against everyone else and be selfish by choosing their own candidate for presidency.
Bradford proves this by explaining "...'faithless' electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please..." (Plumer Paragraph 11) On multiple occasions voters have done exactly that, choosing someone completely different than whom they were supposed to. Many members of the party get angry with such childish behavior because it's selfish, uncalled for, and just disrespectful to go about ignoring the one major duty they had to cast a vote for their selected candidate. The article "In defense of the electoral college: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" Richard A. Posner exclaims "The electoral college is widely regarded as a anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be [overruled] by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner." (Posner Paragraph 15) What the author is explaining is that the electoral college is an old custom and it's time that it was changed to something new like the election by popular vote.
Time has changed, an so has the political veiws. The election by popular vote is a better opportunity because the state's people get to vote on exactly who they want without any major risks to deal with later on. Also, the election by popular vote is a simple and easier way of electing president.
On the other hand, there are very few reasons that are pointing towards the electoral college being a good idea. For example,
The electoral college has a even number of votes which make it easier to have a more predictable outcome of who might win the election. Although, not everyone might get the candidate that they had hoped for originally. The electoral college also comes along with the "Winner-take-all" method in which the awarding electoral votes induces the candidates running for the presidency.
However, this is only based on the candidate that has the most popular votes.
There are various reasons to consider the electoral college but many of them are followed by an overload of reasons
NOT
to keep the electoral college in use.
Lastly, the election by popular vote should be used instead of the electoral college. The electoral college comes along with many complications and difficulties unlike the election by popular vote it has a simple and easier way of choosing who you want in the next presidency. Many people feel that you should change over to the election by popular vote to benefit all of the state's people so that they can have a more acurrate estimation of who they might have as their new president.
According to Bradford, the electoral college is "...Unfair, outdated, and irrational." (Plumer paragraph 14) It's about time we got rid of it and changed the way we elected our new president. | 5 |
The venus is on of the begist that have been fined in the uper of earh and is very deeber than we thought in all humen live. there is a lot of people that try to go to it to finad something intrasting for the earth to showe how is it outside for the enother people that even care about how we rully we filt about it. the proplem is not about the nuiter is about us how we trad our world and what we even blive with. we should be thankful everyday for what we have get from allah, he crriet us to be bliven at hem and dont warshib no one asted him he is the one that carrit it every thanig that we rally use everyday. he make us thanik before any thing we do for a good thanigs or bed thanigs. there are some people that dont want any thing from this world they do good thaings to make tham one of the momanin and those momanin are the one that wershep allah the greadst in all ever in this world even out this world that we bleive in and every one should blieve in him .all this is from allah and his prophat mohammad o god pray on him. our prohat he invied us to blieve in allah no god astid him and blieve in his prophat, and he say that we should pray to allay five times a day and if we can and have the money to go to makkah , and give the poor people money if we have money and he said do ramadan and fasit in this month. this how we respact every body and every one how respect us. | 0 |
There are many advantages to limiting car usage. The majority of the advantages are towns that are closer together and car accidents will be much more widespread and unlikely. Only in some cases will people use cars, and in those cases it is only for doing long distance transport, such as driving across the country. The most important and final advantage is that it would reduce emmissions from all cities if it is done in the major cities of the United States, and everywhere else.
The first example of the advantages that I will use is the closer together cities. We know that Germany has already made an emmission free city, and you have to pay a lot of money to be able to park, or even drive. The city has closer together work places, restaurants, and stores, so it is easier for people to make a quick run to the grocery store on their walk home, rather than having to travel for 30 minutes to get to the grocery store, spend an hour there trying to get your food, and then traveling home for another 30 minutes. Overall, the closer cities with high prices to use a car will be better for our planet, and reduce emmissions from many countries on the planet.
The second advantage that reducing car usage has, is that it would widely reduce the amount of accidents people have every year with cars. Bike accidents would happen more, but they would be less likely to hurt someone severely, or even take a life. This means that more lives would be saved with the use of less cars.
The final advantage is reducing emmissions. If we keep moving along the pace that we were moving along when we were at our high point, Earth could end up looking like Venus much sooner than we thought. Although it may not be in our lifetime, we don't want to mess up the future for our children or grandchildren. If we do reduce emmissions, and keep Earth as the "little blue dot" in our galaxy, then we are doing something great for the human race, and we should keep doing this as we move along in everything we do.
To sum everything up, if we start creating closer together cities, emmissions from all vehicles will be reduced, and many less accidents will happen in which someone will be killed. Reducing emmissions will save our human race in more drastic ways than we can imagine, and it would most likely help us keep our planet the way we started with it. Green, blue, and white. | 2 |
If you are someone who likes to go exploring and work a little then here is the job for you. The reason you should join this program is because on your extra time you can go sight seeing and look at what you will be passing on the jorney from place to place. The task you are asked to do is simple and you can do a variety of things on your way back home.
If you join this program then you could travel half way around the world, see different things, be in the millitary, help people, and work all at the same time. When you join this program you can see things like ruins and famos statues. Luke joined and look what he seen. He seen Europe, China, an excavated castle, and the Panama Canal. You don't see those things on an average day. If you join you can see all these things and have a life time expereince.
When you are on this voage all you have to do is feed the animals and water them two or three times a day. The bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship, so you might need some mucles. You also have to clean the stalls daily, which I know is a nasty job but someone has to do it. You also get the benefit of hellping families in need.
On the way back home you can also have fun by playing games with your friends in the empty stalls. It might not be the most sanatairy place but what else is there to do. Luke says that he and his friends play: Table-tennis, fencing, boxing,voley ball, base ball, and reading. This helped pass the time of the long jorney back home. This program could be fun even if you are in a ship and in animal stalls.
This why I think that joining this program would be good. You get to go sighting seeing, work, and have fun at the same time. Who would want to miss this opportunity of a life time like this one. | 2 |
People are getting smarter and technology is getting more advanced. One of those technology is the driverless cars. The development of this is a bright idea. This will change the world in a positive way. The vehicles will come in handy and will be useful for multiple situations. It would decrease the amount of accidents there are by a huge amount. The driver can make the choice, whether they want to drive or for the vehicle to do the job.
These automobiles will have tons of sensors. Before the year 2000, it was hard to turn these ideas into reality. The author said, "the sensors weren't there, the computers weren't there, and the mapping wasn't there." But, it is now the year 2016 and the world has developed and changed. Making these cars wouldn't be too hard of a work.
Driverless cars would mean less accidents. One of the top cause of accidents occur while people text while driving. If they do develop these cars, this wouldn't happen anymore because the automobile would do the job for them. So, they'll be able to send messages and do whatever, whenever. This plan includes a lot of safety for people in the car and out of the car.
Also, drivers have more than just one choice. Even though the car itself can do the steering, accelerating, and braking for the human, the human can just turn on the in-car system and drive. This system exists to entertain the drivers. There are people out there who just drive for the fun of it, so why not include this option along? This can be turned on and off instantly according to what the driver wants.
In conclusion, if people want to increase the population of the world, they would to agree to this plan. Driverless cars would make the earth a safer place for every human being. The car is in control of itself. There are many sensors to warn for cautions and dangers. Automakers want to make these cars that only exist in movies to come true for a good reason. Also, it's not like people will never drive again. There are choices. The driverless cars would make a great amount of difference. It would have a huge impact to our society. | 2 |
The future is coming at an alarming rate.
Driverless cars are not just ideas anymore.
They are being manufactured and tested at this very moment.
Driverless cars can be seen as both good and bad, but I do not think they are good for society just yet.
For cars to be driverless, they would have to be able to respond quickly to anything, at anytime.
They would also need to possess a faster reaction time than humans.
If all of these features were put into a car, then it is no longer a car; it is a robotic machine, capable of making decisions that could mean life or death of the passengers and nearby pedestrians.
However, as of now, cars are still not entirely driverless.
We do not yet have the technology to manufacture cars that have the human qualities that are necessary in driving, such as natural reflexes to avoid obstacles blocking the path.
The world we live in today is not the same world we lived in yesterday, or the world we will live in tomorrow.
The technology we currenetly have is progressing at an alarming speed.
Today it's smart cars, tomorrow it's smart houses, and the next day it's smart people.
Technology is a good thing, but humans are so fixated on making everything bigger and better that they forget how good it is now.
What will come of the human population if we solely rely on techonolgy and not each other?
If driverless cars become the sole transportation for short distances over land, then humans will not find a need to work on their hand- eye coordination and reflexes.
If that were to happen, then people will start to lose those motor functions.
With the speedy progression of technology, humans are slowly beginning to devolve.
With the production of smart phones and other tablets, humans have shorter attention spans than their ancestors.
I, personally, am against driverless cars because they will help further society into a pit of technology that no one will be able to escape.
With these smarter cars, we are leaving our lives in the hands of technology, and it won't stop there.
The future is coming with all new toys and gadgets to make our lives "simpler" and "easier", but who wants the boring life of everything being handed to them? | 2 |
Our, planet Earth has created landforms in weird shapes and sizes. Could Mars have been capable to sculpture the "Face on Mars?" I definitley think so. The "Face on Mars," was not created by aliens. Here are my reasons why.
My first reason is that the face might just be an illusion. According to the article, the "Face on Mars," is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter. This is a cloudy time of year. The sun could be making the unusual shadows giving you the illusion. Also the height of the so called "nose," could be making shadows that form the "eyes," tricking theorist, thinking it looks like a face.
My second reason is that there was no form of life seen near this landform. Building the Face could have taken years and years. NASA would probably have witnessed an alien or aliens during the process of construction. No tools or artifacts were left behind. As said in the passage, " No alien monument at all."
My last and final reason is that the Face is just another martian equivalent of a bette or mesa. They are very common around the America West. This could have been the case for Mars.
Jim Garvin from the passage says that the Face reminds him of Middle Butte that is the same height as the face.
You might think there is no way Mars could have created the face so percise and accurately. Its is possible that a meterorite could have hit Mar's surface and coincidentally made it look like a face. Earth does have landforms that are odd as well which can go the same for Mars.
Those were my reaons why the Face is just another natural landform. As you can see that "Face on Mars,"
was not built by aliens. Conspiracy theorist are in a misunderstanding. Aliens may not have been capable to create a human face. Just rethink all the real life facts and dont jump to any conclusions. | 2 |
The reson you should join this organization is because it has so many opportunitys that open up for you and your family. For example you would get to meet new people everyday you would get to see new things all the time.
Especially if you don't like working long hours at work because if you are Seagoing Cowboy you only have to work a couple hours a day.
You should especially join if you like to see ancient artifacts such as an old castle is Crete and even the Panama Canal.
The down sides of being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you will have to travel far from home and stay away from your family for long periods of time and you wouldn't get to see them much.
Those are some resons that you should join the organization because like I said it would be such an opportunity for you and your family. Make sure you join if you would like to see cool things, meet unique people, and just have fun, but if you don't like staying away from home you shouldn't join because you will have to stay for long periods of time.
There are also some reasons that you would not want to join. Just remember all of these things could change your life for ever. | 1 |
Do beleive in life on Mars? Many people do, they beleive that there is evidence to back up their theory. Such as the photograph, that was originally taken in 1976, of a rock that supposedly looks like a face. Though scientists know that the "face" is only a natural landform on Mars such as a rock.
The rock was photographed three times, in a place on Mars called Cydonia, the photgraphings were in , 1976, 1998, and 2001. Each time that picutre was taken it became more clear revealing that the "face" is simply a rock with many shadows. The shadows make the rock look like a face giving and illusion of a nose, eyes, and a mouth.
The photo was released to the public in 1976. This lead many people to believe that there really was life on mars. Many conspiracy theories formed. People believed now more than ever that life exsisted on Mars. Scientists knew this was false, it was merely a mesa, or rock.
Another photo was taken above Cydonia in 1998. This photo was taken by Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) unlike that of the 1976 photo which was taken by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft. This photo was ten times sharper than the original one. The picture provided even more evidence that "face"
was nothing more than a natural landform.
Though not eveyone was satisfied because the photo had been taken during a cloudy time on Mars. People believed that alein markings were hidden behind the cloudy haziness of the planet. Therefore in the summer of 2001 the MGS snapped another photo of the "face". The camera could capture pyramids, small shacks, or airplanes because the image could capture objects 3 times bigger than the pixel size.
The image revelad no such evidence that life once occured on Mars.
Many people might still be skeptical of the "face", but there is not enough evidnece to back up life on Mars. The "face" is just another conspiracy of life. Scientists know that the "face" is only a rock, or other natural landfrom on mars. | 2 |
This new software, the Facial Action Coding System can tell if you're trying to hide your emotions. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The computers will know if you're hiding your true feelings which is pretty cool. It's amazing when you move your muscles it would know what your emotion is. People hide they're feelings because it's either they don't have no one to talk to. So when the computers know your true feelings there could be some people helping you. For an example, when you're confused in a class when the teacher is teaching the computer would know that. Some people are afraid to go up to a teacher and ask for help. That's why it's a great idea to use some technology. When the computer knows that your confused the teacher would know and he/she will come up to you and help you. Having this system would make things better. It would be easier to figure out who's confused or not. Plus the teachers wouldn't have the blame if a student doesn't understand what's going on. I feel like the other students in the classroom would think having this system would be great. This new sofare actually works. They tried it on Mona Lisa and she was about 83% happy, but also 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. In the Making Mona Lisa Smile article it states, "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do." I think it's a great idea to have this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. The students will get more help and they will understand better. They wouldn't have to be afraid anymore to go up and ask for help because the computer system would let them know. | 2 |
There has been a major awareness of the effects that cars have on us as a means of transportation. People question whether or not abandoning cars as our primary use of transportation is worth the health of the environment. The simple answer to that is obvious, there would be no awareness, no statistics, no movements to prevent the use of cars, if there weren't any issue with them. Eliminating cars as our primary source of transportation is almost impossible, meaning that the solution to this fossil fuel emission problem must be an alternative source of energy. As technology has advanced, so has the mindset the majority of the modern society's population towards the issues of cars. Has the mindset of the population surpassed the advancement of technology, or have we been ignoring the fact that these fossil fuels emissions have been detrimental to our environment.
The one major thing that has caught everyone's attention is that the health of our environment being negatively impacted by the use of cars everyday. This is because this is the problem that should catch everyone's attention. People have this false notion that we wont see any environmental changes in our lifetime, so this means we dont have to worry about this now. The problems that we predicted would occur have been occuring over the past few years. A prime example of this would be in Paris. Paris had been experiencing some weather problems. There was an abundance of smog that was filling the air, and diesel fuel was blamed. Paris enforced a partial driving ban as a solution to the smog problem. By eliminating cars as a use of tranpotation, some questions may occur. How will external delivery companies be able to deliver. By not being able to deliver, these companies will lose revenue, due to the fact that Paris has a partial ban on driving. Since this is most likely temporary, and a "partial" ban, this problem may be eliminated from the cons list of implementing this regulation. But a correlation occured. After the partial ban of driving, the smog dissapeared. This shows that by eliminating cars as a use of transportation this would have a significant effect on our harmed environment.
Another falacy that the majority of the population has is that the only problem facing the use of cars as the modern society's primary source of transportation is that cars harm the environment. Even though this is the problem that we all need to face now, there are other tedious things that come with the adoption of cars. Bogota, Columbia, has had extreme congestion, has created a movement that has been so successful it has spread to other countries. This movement involves the population abandoning their cars for one day and using any other possible means of transportation. This movement encourages the elimination of cars, physical fitness, and the elimination of traffic jams. The population of Bogota is so dedicated to this movement, that they have participated n this movement through bad weather conditions. This movement treats itself like a fundamental holiday to have every year. "It' s a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."- Carlos Arturo Plaza (participant of the movement).
As you can see the process of eliminating cars as our primary source of transportation is a very difficult thing to accomplish. Bogota, Columbia's movement to abandon cars for one day is the closest the modern society has gotten to this. For this reason, there should be an alternate source of energy cars should run off of. By the environmental issues facing the use of cars, there have been many other problems that have sprouted because of the awareness that the modern society's citizen has now. Through the support of cars as the primary source of the modern population's transportation, there has been an abundance of users of cars. Since there was an overproductions of cars, seeing how this is the primary source of transpotation, statistics have occured showing the true dangers of the effects that the overuse of cars has on our environment. By implemeting an alternate source of energy that is not harmful to the environment, this would fix the majority of the problems. Instead we have been focusing on self-driving cars instead of cars that will be able to sustsain our environment before it's too late. A potential solution is energy efficiency, but the number one solution is awareness. Encouraging awareness is the one thing that can produce more potential solutions. | 3 |
These are the resons why you should join the program and be a
Seagoing cowboy. You get to see a lot of new things you never seen before!
You should join the program, because you get to discover lots of
new places. For example, I seen Europe and I seen China. I know this because in the story it states," I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China."
Next,You should
join this program, because you get to see new things. For instance i could of seen The Acropolis in Greece. Also, I toured an excavated casle in Crete at the Panama Canal. I know this because in the story it says," But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. "So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." Luke also toured a excavated casle in Crete and marvelled at the Panama Canal on his way to china."
You also should join this program, because you have lots of fun. For example you can play games on the ship. I know this because in the text it states," Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played basevball and vollyball games in the emty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass the time."
Finally, you should join this program, because it opens up the world to you
and it makes you wanna help each other. I know this because in the text it says," But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adveture for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. "I'm grateful for the opportunity," he says. "It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs." And that awareness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years."
Thats why you should join this program, you get to discover new places and new things. You get to have fun and play games. Also, it opens the world to you. | 3 |
I personally think that there should be an electoral college vote. Not only does it keep the popularity vote out of check, but it also holds a good amount of personality behind the fact that it carries over 100 years of tradition, divide that by 4 years per term of president, thats over 10 presidents that have won their electoral college votes. If they used the popularity vote? We would go insane. If the people realize what they are talking about, we could go billions of dollars out of our debt hole were in..
Our spending habits these presidents we have had over the past years have lead us into doing? Im surprised were all still alive honestly. Different candidates have different ways of planning their lives in office, their daily commutes, their daily functions, what laws they are going to put into place next, the next time that they will make a public apperence, those kind of things. But when theyre talking about taking electoral college out of play because its "outdated" personally I would say throw them a box of loony toon cereal.
I dont believe in throwing out something our founding fathers came up with. Expecially now that we have so many of our constetutional rights going out of play and being laid to rest for the many years that they helped serve us justice and made us actually realize our country went to war to fight for our freedom, thats basically taking away our freedom to have who we think is best in office. Everybody talks about both candidates. The popularity war also wouldnt work because they talk about both of them equally as another citzen would. | 1 |
Venus is the second planet from out sun and Earth comes after Venus. The name Venus has another name and it is called the "Evening Star". However, the Evening Star is a misleading the reason for that it is because it is a planet. The reason why it's misleading is because its one of the brightest points of light in night sky. How are Earth and Venus alike to the other planets, what was Venus and how was it like, and why it is dangerous and why should we study it more.
First, Earth is known as the twin to Venus. The reason is because Venus is the closest planet to the sun and and its closer to planet Earth. Another reason why Earth is called its twin is because they both have the same density, size, and because its the closest in the distance too. After Earth comes Mars so it goes the Sun, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Those three planets orbit the sun at different speeds and what that means is that Earth is more closer to Mars than we are to Venus.
Long ago Venus was maybe covered tons of water such as our oceans and maybe supported animal life there. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. The clouds are the most challenging because of they are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atomsphere. The temperature on the planet surface is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The pressure of the planet is 90 times greater than what Earth experiences. The conditions on this planet is way more extreme than what the humans have.
The reason why its dangerous is because it the surface is way to hot because Venus is closest to the sun. The reason why its dangerous is because there is high pressure and heat that can cause erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquake, and on going lighting strikes. The reason why we should study it more is because Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Just imagine the thirty-plus miles above the surface like an airplane, the temperatures would be toasty at about 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The air pressure would be closer to the sea level on Earth. The solar power would be more than enough, including the radiation wouldn't exceed to Earth levels.
Venus is planet not a different type of star, and it is the second planet. The Earth and Venus are simliar to each other. Venus is a very hot planet because its closer to the sun and the conditions on that planet are too extreme. It's a dangerous planet because of the erupting volcanoes, very powerful earthquake, and also lighting strikes coming down to the surface constantly. This how Venus was like, how its simliar to earth, and how it's dangerous but they should keep on exploring it. | 2 |
Despite driverless cars not being able to be absolutely driverless the vehicles still are able to do actions that human beings would not be able to do. Such as use less gas while driving, and still haul more people. Driverless cars will, in the long run, cut out the workers who drive for a living, like taxi drivers or semi drivers. Those workers may be able to still work for the company, but work on the car instead of in it. In the end driverless cars use half the fuel as a human would while driving a vehicle and use less money for the cost of gas. The conclusioin that companies would have to also think about is that employers do not have to pay their employees, who previously had to drive, as much because the drivers would not be driving anymore.
While the driverless vehicles are using les gas, that is an added bonus for the economy because the United States would have to buy less oil form the Middle East causing the U.S to have more money to pay back the trillion dollars of debt that is currently owed. Also the less fuel being put out of vehicles will help the ecosystem and the O-Zone by helping restore it and keeping Global Warming less of a threat to the world. The vehicles will be "more flexible than a bus," meaning that the automobiles will hold more people, use less gas, and get places quicker and safer. The automotives will still be able to have a human driver, but only when needed. Such as in necessary times as a traffic jam, or if there is road work ahead.
The driverless cars are not just as safe or more safe than a car being driven by a person. The driverless cars have "driven more than half a million miles without a collision." Today so many teen drivers get into collisions with other drivers because of distractive devices. Where the are driverless carsare without a person and just a piece of technology, the technology will not have the temptation of picking up a cell phone or radio device. Also many popular car brands are making their own type of driverless cars such as General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan who all plan of having the vehicles be sold out tothe general public.
Many American people watch television about futureistic devices and lifestyles including driverless cars. Car manufactures saw what the people wanted and decided to help make that dream become reality. Although the title says "driverless cars", it is not entirely true. The vehicles will still have a human opporator, but the human will not be one hundred percent involved in the driving. In the end the cars will be little to not dependent on the human att all just when there is unwanted road adviseries ahead.
Some new laws will have to come with the production of the new driverless cars but all good things must have a few boundries. Some new laws may include who will be at fault if someone gets injured if the vehicle collides with another car or pedestrian. Although right now it is unclear who will be held responsible if there is an injury or death caused from the automobile, many discussions are being thought out by the car companies. The big question of liability right now is who will be heald responsible the manufacturer or the driver? Depending on the given situation that question will remain unsolved until it can be tested out and argued on both sides.
Although some people may not believe in the idea of a driverless car, it has many more positives than negatives. The car will use less gas, helping the ecostystem and the economy. Use less money on gas, saving people many dollars on taxes and helping the U.S out of debt. Hold more people, helping people get places quicker and safer if someone is to drive. Lastly the cars have less threats of getting destracted as a normal human would. Therefore driverless cars can only help the average person by saving money, being safer, and using time more affectively. | 4 |
This article is about a messa/butte on the planet of Mars, that looks exactly like the face of an Egyptian Pharoh. It contains positives and negatives to both sides. People who believe that there are actually people living on the planet, and those who say it is just a landform.
First, the people who say that there is really a civilization, were probably sitting in the sun to long. They also may not believe in the Bible. It says that God came once to die for all mankind. If that's not true than wouldn't he have to go to every single planet to die for those people too? It really just doesn't add up! Second, the people that say that it is really only a natural landform are probably more acurate. While the Face does on fact look like someone built it doesn't mean that there are people living there. The Bible does mention aliens, but not of that sort. It refers to them as people who have denied God and gone their own ways. Third, the article states that the Face has "become a pop icon". How can this really be true? They don't know if it is a planet that has martians living on it or not! People are saying that NASA is hiding what they know about it and that defenders of NASA's budget, wish that there was an ancient civilization living on Mars.
In conclusion, I believe that earth is the only place where life can exist. We would die if we lived on Mars! God made the universe special, but made earth the most special. As a Christian, I believe that God has created me and everyone else on earth for His glory. There are just to many questions we could ask. For example, If there is life on Mars, of any kind, why haven't they contacted us? Are there people not intelligent enough to think of a way to reach us? Wouldn't they send their ships out after ours when they saw ours? If you look at it really close you can see that it doesn't add up at all. | 2 |
Its valuable to use a technolgy that can read the emotional expressions of a student. I find it important to know how someone really feels and what they may be going through. For an example, many people hide what they truly feel, because of what others think. I have a great friend that really does not express themselves when we go out and hang, she always seems to be bored. The reality is that she has fun and likes the things I like, She may seem like she is bored, but you can tell when she is enjoying herself, she makes a small smile and looks over to the other side when she does not want me to see that she is having fun.
Having Leonardo da Vinci's painting of Mona Lisa is a great way to tell others an expression of all six basic emotions. The way Leonardo used his painting to get every single muscle to go with its roll in each six basic emotional expression of Mona Lisa.
We all have six basic emotions, which are: happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and saddness. It is a surprise knowing when we humans are surprised an expression is shown in our faces, in the third paragraph the author says " your frontails pars lateralis muscle raises your eyebrow" when you're surprise. The most common facial expression is happy. In paragraph 7 it talks about how the instructions above were a happy face instuction, it also includes how their is a difference between a real and a false smile. Us humans have real emotional expressions. Our true expression never lie how we truly feel, as said in paragraph 8 " faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politican or celebrity isn't being truthful."
In todays world many people express themselves and many people don't. In the reality many people hide what feel and make a lying expression, with noticeable information on the lying expression. In instance in paragraph 7, with the instuctions of making a smile, Having a false smile is different than a real smile. For example, in paragraph 8 the author talks about the muscle in the smile, " muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make a crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." This tells how a false expression can be noticable and yet use to make a lie.
A technology that can read an expression of a student would be great, so that a teacher may know how a student is feeling and can help or observe. As known many famous people lie about how they feel and we as humans are no different than a celebrity. We all have emotion expressions that we express and falsely express to fool someone. Helping the ones who are sad and angry, fear and disgusted to succed and the ones who feel happy to succed as well.
Having the technology that can read emotion expressions in a classroom of student is valuable. Since most students don't want to express their feeling phiscally. These are my reasons why having a technology to read the emotional expression of students in a classroom is valuable. | 2 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is a good thing to pursit. He thinks its a good idea because there so much to explore .The author also states that there or some dangers while studying about. Venus is also referred to as earths twin as its almost the same size and density as earth. Mars is also one of earths neighbor as is Venus too.
The planets orbit the sun at differnt speeds. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. On the planets surface temperatures averages over 800 degrees farhrenheit. The atmospherric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experince on our own planet. The conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth.
Such a environment would crush even a submarine. Did you know earth has a sister planet that is inhosoitable. Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been earth. Astronmers are givin long frames of time in space. Venus can be our nearest option.
The National Aeronautices and space administartion has one particurly compelling idea. They send humans in space. There are rocks and gas on venus. venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.
Reserchers cannot take rocks or gas or anything else from a distance. Nasa is working on other approchers. some simplifed electronics are made of silicon carbide. | 1 |
Many people in the world today are quite desperate to see change in their life. They are seeking a better life, something new and fun, and to do it for cheap. Walking or riding bike is the cleanest way to do all these things at once. The more people that are not using cars, the more accidents will be prevented. And there is no limit to how many people you can walk with. There's no cost to walk, you just do it. It's something the whole family can do together and enjoy the journey somewhere rather than being on their devices. In addition, fuel is not emmiting from your body into the atmosphere rupturing the Ozone creating all this Global Warming. Creating a world where transportation vehicles are obsolete will nt only benefit the people of this world, but the planet itself, and for the future generations.
Accidents would be almost non-exsistent if we were to gert rid of motherized vehicles. In the article, "in German suburb, life goes on without cars" the author talks about how there are already cities in the world that have not banned cars, but choose not to use them. The people in those areas are close to no accidents at all. If there are no cars in the road then how can there be a car accident? The way the Germans started to remove cars from the road is by removing parkig lots. There are only two anywhere in that suburb and they are so inconvient.
Any doctor in the world no matter how young, or where they live will tell their patients that exercise is the only way to stay healthy, energized, and feeling young throughout their life. Without cars getting from one place to another will require another means fr transportation. Now either wait for the bus and be late or wake up a little earlier and walk or ride your bike. It's cheap and effective not only for you but the enviorment.
Fuel creates a gas that later rips open holes in the Ozone layer. Creating Global Warming which then in turn leads to higher taxes to allow for more money to be used in research to save it. Or you can take action now and save up for a bike rather than a car. It takes less management and doesnt take fuel. Just good old man power. It's tradgic in "Paris bans driving due to smog", "Delivery companies complained of lost revenue." this world is what we are leaving our children and their children to live in. Make sure you leave it better than when you came.
In the four articles they all talk about the negative in driving rather than the positive. The reason is because there are more negatives to the industrialiaztion of a car rather than just going back to the way our ancestors used to be. Even our young as our vary own parents are amazed at how much damage this generation is doing to themselves and everything around them. It is the result of inventions like the automobile. Vehicles are efficient in some way, but you might prefer to take a bit more time here and there to allow that you can be there when your children have children. | 3 |
In "The challenge of exploring Venus" the author supports his claim of "studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despikte the dangers it presents", By stating Venus is often reffered to as earth's twin because Venus has almost the same density and size as earth does, and that Venus was once covered in water and may have had life on it like earth does now and scientists are very intrigued by it. Although, in "The challenge of exploring venus" the author gives a bunch of reasons as to why no one travels to venus. Such as , the 800 degree farenheit weather, the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere, and the thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. The author states later in the article that although there our many dangers and risks ny going to Venus , "Our travels on earth and beyond should not be limikted by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
Men are like ants. We are always in a rush and always desperate to arrive on time. The easiest way to arrive on time in any place, is by car. Cars, however, tend to do a lot more bad then they do good. Cars release large amounts of pollution and can raise smog and noise levels in areas where there is a lot of driving. Smog and pollution isn't very good for anybody, so some areas have taken preventative steps to keep Earth healthy and to keep people healthy as well. The shocking part is, the cars get cut out.
In some areas, like the experimental Vauban in Germany, cars are not allowed at all. No honking is heard when the sun rises, and streets are oddly empty. Shops are lined up withen walking distance, and few buses run to allow for people to travel a little bit quicker. In fact, 70% of Vauban's population do not own cars, and many sold their cars for a chance to live in Vauban. The streets are safer, and people seem to be a lot less tense about things, 'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' said Heidrun, an occupant of Vauban. Vauban has proved that removing the car entirely can help to calm people, and even redesign the way cities and homes work; to provide safer, cleaner areas for man to live in.
Cars can need to be removed for more negative reason as well. Paris, France, had sever issues with the amount of smog in the city. Smog can be incredibly dangerous, making large chances of acid rain and possible issues with breathing. France has had one of the largest amounts of smog when compared to many other cities, usually only beat by Beijing, which in one of the most polluted areas. France knew, however, that the city could not possibly handle having every car taken away in a night, so they attempted to cut a half off for each day. For a week, fines were placed on cars with license plates that ended in either an even or odd number, the taxes applied more specifically to which license plates would be tagged, odd on one day, even the next. The large fines did not persuade everyone, however, and 4,000 driviers were still fined. The week of cutting down cars, however, proved to work very well and cut down on the amount of smog quickly and carefully so that everyone would have a safer and cleaner Paris.
In Bogota, Columbia, the removal of cars is celebrated as if it were a holiday. Each year on one day everyone will refrain from driving to skateboard, bike, walk, hike, or any number of modes of transportation; to prevent the usage of cars. The city does this not only as a fun way to promote an eco-friendly Bogota, but to cut down on it's own smog issues. Like any capital of any country, there's a lot of movement, and with movement comes cars, and with cars: smog. Their event has even inpired many other cities and countries to do the same thing, continuously aiding in the fight against global warning.
Even America, the gas-guzzling, NASCAR approving, road-rage warriors of the world, try to cut down on car usage. The issue has even reached the President. America has found that slowly but surely that men and women are slowly moving away from the car as a mode of transportation. Since 2005, car usage has dropped tremoendously in favour of public transportation like trams and buses. | 3 |
Masking The Face on Mars
Is the "Face On Mars" real? Was the pictures mistaken to come out as something else? The photo from 1976 was a big deal because,of what they seen.
I think the photo is just a plain platform they has been formed into something it was not. Something that has changed a lot of people's minds.
I have heard a lot of stories about the "Unmasking Face on Mars" and they are quite interesting. I was with this scientists who said he saw the forming shape of an alien Martian and has believed it well. He said that , " I saw a huge rock type of formation that was forming into a human head". "The rock might have looked like a forming figure,but it was just a natural land that appeared to look like a alien type figure. NASA has taking picuters of the figure that look like alien artifacts. They were just regular wierd shaped objects .
In 2001, the pictures that was taking on the planet showed nothing. Later on in reseach,we discovered that the research on the Martian figures sought out to be fake. I described everything we found on the photos that was taking. "I have seen those photos and they are not true. The basic studies say they were a consparicy and were hidden because they were not sought to be real shot photos of the forming figures. " If you look closely at the phots took in 2001 one you shall she the photo shows nothing but land and a ight platform of the planet" I said to show a better undersatding of ehat the photo shows.
" I have done research on this for years and only seen photos of the moving figures of a Martian moving on Cydonia." " We have seen photos or illusions of eyes, nose, and mouth in the resonable photos I have seen." " This photo shows how the ancient civilization of these forming aliens are real." These forms are basic facts and sought to be true.
Those photos show and just make the picutre seem like it is forming real life aliens, but that is just how the photo was shot. Continuosly, NASA has changed the way they shot the photos. The photo that was taking before was not taking carefully. The others that was taking was by a more advanced shot. Then it was stated to be no alien monument at all. It was just a natural platform of the planet.
This was just a basic statement to show how the alien photos shot by Viking was just not like it was in 2001. Were the phots true? Did the Face On Mars really affect the live of what lives outside of us? Well we know that it really was a natural platform. | 3 |
The article "making mona lisa smile", they use Facing Action Coding System. People may say that we should use this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because we could tell if the students wanted to hurt themselves. We could also tell if something is bad going on in their lives. People may say that we should not have this technology to read the emotional expressions of students because they might not like the tchnology.
teachers may say that we should use this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because we could tell if the student wanted to hurt themselves. The teachers or parents could tell if their students were safe with eachother in a room. It states in paragraph 6 line 6-7 "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused and bored."
parents may say that we should use this technology to read the emotional expressions of their kids so then they can tell what is going on in their minds, so then they can talk and help their kids what is happening.
people may say that we shouldnt have this technology because they would be affraid it would hurt their children if something terrible happened while the procedure was happening.
The article "making mona lisa smile", they use Facing Action Coding System. People may say that we should use this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom because we could tell if the students wanted to hurt themselves. We could also tell if something is bad going on in their lives. People may say that we should not have this technology to read the emotional expressions of students because they might not like the tchnology. These are why and why not we shoud use our technology on people or students at their school or jobs. | 1 |
When there is a decision on if I were to choose driverless cars or not, I am in the middle. I feel this advancement could greatly improve some safty hazards occuring now a days. Even though it may help in some situations, it still leads alot of room for disaster itself.
I feel as though was the driverless car could help is all the drunk drivers. With this advancement drunk drivers wouldn't be as much of a worry. They could get in the car and arrive to their destination as safetly as they would sober. If people were to take these cars we wouldn't have to worry about red lights and the car flying by running the red light about to hit you, or losing as much control. As long as the person in charge of the car can put in the right destination, I don't see why this would be such a problem. I feel the advancment would also lower the rate of texting and driving. Now if someone were to answer the phone or something they don't worry about losing control of what they are doing. The car would keep you on a safe path. The car would know about its surroundings with the spinning sensor they are talkin about. Would be able to keep everyone safe- people inside and outside the car.
Even though this may be very helpful, there are so many things that could go wrong. In the article they mentioned that the person would still need to pay attention, so they could take over at anytime. This could be very dangerous. What if the car notifies you that you need to take control, but there isn't enough time? Then what do you do? The person "driving" could also get very sleepy while they just sit there. If the person were to fall asleep and the car is needing them to take control, then they are going to wreck. People not having something to do can be boring and a hazard. You need them 100% focused, but it'll be like school. If they don't have enough entertainment or focus, they will be lost and not know what's going on. Another problem is that the car is all technology. At any minute your car could stop working or have a malfunction just like a smart phone. The car could need you to drive, but the notifier isn't working so you got in an accident. With this you could fight with the manufactutrer saying it's their fault and they think it's yours. This could cause serious arguements amongst people.
I believe there are great advancements that could come from this, but also some major issues. Nothing about this could 100% be safe but could be alittle safer than things right now. Either way this goes weither they make the cars or not, they should know they cacn fix the car all they want, but they can't fix the person "controling" it. | 2 |
Dear, Mr. President
I need to get something off my chest, we need to change the way we the people vote. An Electoral college isn't the right way to do it anymore. We need to change to the peoples popular vote. Because this is a country for the people, we aren't voting for the president, and because electoral vote just isnt't fair.
Mr. President the first reason why we should change the popular vote is because this country is supposed to be for the people and in an electoral vote it's not. In the electoral vote its about the government and who they want as president and alot of people DO NOT like that. People of the United States of America should be able to vote and pick who they as a president of there country. It should be our right as Americans to be able to pick our own president not a bunch of old smart people in suits in Congress. I under stand that there is 538 as it says in the article What Is the Electoral College? by the Office of the Federal Register, but their is more than 300 million Americans. So techinically we aren't even voting for you.
Which brings me to my next reason, we aren't even voting for the president. When there is an Electoral college we are voting for the slate of electors in congress that will vote for the president as it says in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the systems are wrong" by Bradford Plumer. So like I said before a bunch of old men and old women are they taking our votes away from us. For example, in 2000 Al Gore would've won the election but because the electoral vote beat him. He had the popular vote of the people but says the congress chose other wise he lost the election. According to the same article as it says above. Over 60% of people rather people's popular vote other the electoral vote.
Last but definetely not least, the electoral college just isn't fair at all. Maybe it's fair for the government befoore they can basically just pick the president that they want, but it's supposed to be a country for the people. It says it in the Constitution
We The People not
We The Government . Also the winner takes all system, the candidates don't pay attention to the smaller states they just look and the big states like California, Florida, or New York. So technically they are cheating the electoral college because they don't pay attention to all the elected slates of those small states. According to the article " The Indefesible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the sytem are wrong" by Braford Plumer.
In Conclusion, Mr. President if you care about what the people want you would abolish the Electoral college. Because this is a country for the people, we aren't even voting for the president, and because it's just not fair. It needs to be changed to the popular vote. I've been waiting to get that off my chest for a while.
Yours Truly,
PROPER_NAME
P.s: I hope you read this and take off the electoral college. | 3 |
People have been adcancing everywhere, and mostly in technology. We're now able to produce self driven cars. In just a few years we're going to be able to distrubute them world wide. This will help cause less accidents, less polution, but it will cost a lot.
With self driven cars we will have a great decline in car accidents. Moat cars accdients are caused beause people are distracted by something or someone wasn't paying attention around them. The self driven cars have motion sensors, GPS reciever, and a video camerea to make sure that it drives smoothly and without any accidents. The author says "the most important bit of technology in this system is the spinning sensor on the roof.", and this gives the car a 3-D model of its surrounding. So with a couple years of more advancements to the systems of the car there won't be any way that it can crash.
The author states that "the cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis" which would help with the polution we have today. Millions of cars are being used today releasing gases into the atmosphere hurting it. If we could cut the amount of gas used down by half it would slow down global warming, and that's what this driveless car is offering. More flexible than a bus and half the gas a taxi uses is what the driveless car is bringing, and that's what we need. This would help the enviroment a lot with less polution being poured out of automobiles.
But one problem that comes with this amazing car is the amountof money it will cost to make one. Cars are already expensive and if we add all these systems to it, it wil make it cost even more. Money is already a problem right now with many people in debt from student loans and house payments being sky high. But if people in the government think about it they'll be saving more money because they won't being having to buying as much gas and won't have to pay as much for accidents caused by cars. So having to pay more for cars isn't as big as it seems.
Money is an issue but half the gas and less accidents outweighs making it a good idea to produce these types of cars. we will recieve more good things from these than bad ones. Less polution that will slow down global warming and lower the cost that the government is paying for gas, less accidents so people won't be paying as much for insurance, and it will make more jobs for people because we are going to have a high demand for them. So we should start making these cars as soon as possible to help ourselves and others. | 3 |
People use cars everyday, but limiting car usage can be very beneficial. There are many advantages when limiting car usage. Limiting car usage can clear smog, reduce traffic, and it make people less stressed. Many people use cars, but that number has decreased over the last few years. There are many other ways to get to a place rather than using cars. We are now open to many options of transportation. Cars can be used, but there should be limits.
Limiting car usage can clear pollution, particularly smog. For example,"Automobiles are the linchpin of suburbs, where middle-class families from Chicago to Shanghai tend to make their homes. And that, experts say, is a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions rom tailpipes"(Rosenthal). Cars are an impediment to the efforts of trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With the limiting of car usage, those greenhouse gas emissions can surely decrease a lot. It will make the air healthier for people to live, and for future generations. Smog and greenhouse gas emissions can reduce greatly if cars have limited usage.
Not using cars can make people happy,less stressed out, and relieved of tension. People don't have to worry about their cars, and paying for gas and other things when they don't use their cars. For instance,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way"(Rosenthal). A woman is saying he is happier when he doesn't use his car. Another example is "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution"(Selsky). Both of those claims are very true. It does take away stress for him, while it reduces pollution. That's a win-win. With less stress and tension, people will be happier in their lives and there might be less problems in society. Limiting car usage can have really great impacts on people's happiness.
Reducing the usage of cars can also reduce traffic, making it easier for other people that use cars. In France,"Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital"(Duffer). 60 percent is a big amount of traffic. I'm pretty sure that that would satisfy alot of people. No traffic means less accidents, and less people worried about being late to school or work. Only a crazy person would actually want to be in traffic. There would also be less noise of cars, and more peaceful sounds . Limiting the usage of cars can guarantee the satisfaction of people that normally go through traffic, and those who don't like it.
There are many reasons to limit the usage of cars because there are so many advantages. People will be less stressed and more happy, there will be less traffic, and the air will be less polluted with smog and greenhouse gas emissions. The possibilites are endless. It is very simple; less cars, more benefits. People need to realize that having cars may have some benefits when trying to get somewhere, but it makes more sense not to because there are so many advantages. Limited car usage can benefit people in many ways. | 4 |
I think this techonology that reads the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because it could help others understand someones feeling.
These expressions are coming from the muscles in your body especially your face if you are using a lot of expression. "Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crows's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This shows me ways you an figure out someones face expressions if they are serious or not. And it helps you out if they need any help. You could also tell by their muscles if you want to believe them or are they lieing just to get people to like them.
This technology could also be helpful because it could tell in school if you actually get it or you don't. "If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." The same techonology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-- for video games or video surgery." This makes more sense why this techonolgy also could be helpful. This helps students more help and effort on their school works by using this techonology to notify a teacher because a lot of students doesn't want the whole class to know that they don't understand something.
This expression technology could help us understand our family or friends around us. "Humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by thr look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually secribing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions." This shows me that this techonolgy can help you around your family or friends because they might be feeling a negative way and you should uderstand that by suing this techonology so you can understand more and make them feel better; same as if they are feeling positive you might need to continue having that positive vibe and you know that by using this techonology.
I agree with this technology because it shows someones feelings by telling through their muscles. You can tell if they need help or they aren't feeling good you can tell through a technology and you could help them out. This technology is a lot helpful in schools because it makes teachers understand more if students get it or not and they could help them out. | 3 |
Imagine being in a car, going to work, school, or out to eat, and not having to drive. Well many car manufacturing companies plan on releasing driverless cars in the future. While these cars are not completely driverless like they suggest, they rely on the driver only in certain situations. With these cars soon to be on the market, there are many benefits these have over regular, self-driven cars such as saved money, less reliance on the driver, and in-car entertainment systems.
A big part with any new technology, is the cost. With all these new sensors and gadgets placed on the cars, it is surely going to cost a good amount of money. However, in the long run, less accidents will be caused as these cars will know when to break and when to turn which can help save the money someone would need to repair their car.
These new cars will rely less on the driver altogether which will limit the amount of accidents as most of the accidents are due to human faults, not the car. With this new technology, the driver can sit back and let their car do most of the work, and then grab the wheel when alerted such as in a work zone or around other accidents. While the driver is waiting for their turn to drive they cannot simply just sit there and wait or they would get borded, so what would they do?
These smart cars are going to have in-car entertainment systems to keep the driver amused. When the driver needs to take over, these systems are simply turned off until it is the car's turn to drive again, something not available in phones while drivers are texting. So the driver could be watching there favorite movie or playing a game, when it is time for them to grab the wheel, it will temporarily shut off, and when they are done, they can continue watching or playing. So in a way these in-car systems are actually a safety feature in these new cars.
Some people will say that these new cars simply will not be possible due to the law. Most laws are written with the assumption that a car is being driven by a human and many states have it illegal to test computer-driven cars. However, if the states that do not have a ban on these cars test them, and they work, then other states will lift the ban and laws will be made to go along with the new cars.
New technology is produced everyday, and one day humans may not have to drive. If this is the case the benefits of this would include saved money, less reliance on a human, and in-car entertainment systems. So do not be surprised to go out on the road tomorrow and find people watching a movie and driving a car, as this new technology, is right around the corner. | 3 |
Technology has become so advanced that we are able to get places without touching the wheel. Or that is what people envision of when they think of driverless cars. In reality, the driverless car still needs a driver. Driverless cars shouldn't be implemented on the streets until we are certain that they are safe. Switching the a driverless vehicle could also cause you to forget how to drive since the driverless car will do it all for you. Taking a driver's license test and education would prove to be futile as well since you're not going to be driving. Driverless cars aren't actually driverless and car manufacturing companies are falsely calling their cars something they aren't. Driverless cars shouldn't be used in the near time future.
The driverless car seems too good to be true, and it is. Dr. Wener Huber, a BMW project manager driver stated, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" The car still needs a driver and signals them in a way that will get their attention, whether it's flashing lights or a vibrating seat. Getting behind the wheel of a driverless car can put your life in danger because technology isn't always reliable. Until driverless cars are perfected with no flaws and safe, then they will be of use. If the car would get into a collision with another car, whose fault is it? The car wasn't doing what it was supposed to do and the person in the driver's seat couldn't do anything about it. The company who made the vehicle would be to blame because they released a car that wasn't safe to use for public transportation.
At the age of sixteen is when teens usually get their driver's licenses. There would be no point in the younger generation obtaining a license because they won't be driving. Hypothetically speaking, a ten year old could be behind the wheel of a driverless car, granted that the driver doesn't have to touch the wheel, and drive. Cars should be manned by humans that have the power to respond to certain situations that a computer might not be programmed for.
Car manufacturers are falsely branding the idea of a driverless car. They are making it seem like the car does it all and that you can sit back and relax. The truth is the exact opposite of what they say. The driver of a driverless vehicle still needs to remain focused on the road and must be ready to take over the car at any given moment. Our technology today is advanced, but not to the point where a computer can operate a car by itself.
In a couple of years, many improvements can be made to the driverless car. By 2020 car brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are planning to have cars that can drive themselves. Not now, but in the future driverless cars would be beneficial and make a big impact on the world. No more dreading long car rides. It will also be safer because drunk drivers would be driven home without any problems.
Driverless cars aren't ready to be released into the world. They need to be developed so that everyone's concerns are satisfied. It shouldn't be called a driverless car if a driver is still needed. Questions about who can drive it and how old you have to be need to be answered. Driverless cars are still a long way until they are ready to be used in public. Driverless cars shouldn't be used in the near future. | 3 |
You people should really enter the seagoing cowboys. you travel almost every where in the world. You could help other countries get food. And finally you can have a lot of fun while you are doing all of these things.
Where do you want to go in the world? Well if your a Seagoing Cowboy you can go almost any place in the world you can go to Gremany and all these other great places if you join the Seagoing Cowboys.
When you are over seas it maybe hard to understnd them but it feels good to help them. you might save there life giving them one animal or two woulnt that feel good to you. but,This trip could really open your eyes like it did for me.
You can have a lot of fun while all of this is happening aboard when all the animals are all gone. You can play baseball,volleyball,tabletennisand boxing tournements. and you get free food. you can have alot of fun aboard the ship.
Those are the reasons You travel everywhere in the world that you want to go. Help other countries Get food for other countries. You can have alot of fun on all these trips when you are a board. | 1 |
Many times we as humans study things that have been studied hundreds of times. Amost like we think the we might be able to prove the findings wrong or something. Why don't we study things that no has ever studied before? Why don't we try to strive for more. The only reason why Pluto is not a planet no longer is cause we know there is more planets beyond.
Venus is one of the things that we really have never studied. Even though the odds are greatly against humans with a extremely hot 800 degree surface, and much more we should try to create a space craft that could reach and survive the elements. Spend time in the lab, andtry to find a new material that could with stand the elements.
We had flew to the moon hundreds of times, and circled the sun many times to. Expand the possiblities, and raise the bar on what the human raise can do. Challlenge ourselves, and expand dreams and knowledge. Make another planet possible if we ever do need to leave planet Earth! | 1 |
This picture on the right shows more and more detail as the years go by. It starts to get more and more focused when the cameras improve. This is one of the reasons why it can't be aliens.
As you see, throught the years, the world has devolped better technology. We've made better cameras and have found out a way to make things even more clear. In 1976, the picture appears blurry. It doesnt look focused on it at all. So what I am trying to say is, that this could not have been clear at first and that they didn't know what they were seeing at first. It could have been there the whole time.
The texts states what the picture actually shows. It says, "what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-- landforms common around the American West." This is a landform. Garivn states that it reminds him most of Middle Butte in the Snake RIver Plain of Idaho. People have seen this types of landforms on Earth too, and there is no aliens on Earth. they have said it's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa.
In the text, it says that scientists figured it was just another Martin mesa. They even said it was common around that area, Cydonia. The only thing that was different was, that it had shadows around it. That is completly normal for shadows to appear.
According to the research I have learned, I believe that this was not made by aliens. I believe, that this is a landform. There is no scienitifict proof that an alien had decided to make this. There is no actual evidence. | 2 |
In the text "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about what Venus is like and the dangers of learning about it. The author uses many statements and examples on why it's important to learn about Venus even though it is dangerous, many quotes in this text by the author support the feeling he has on why Venus should be explored.
The author strongly believes that Venus should be learned about and explored because it is the closest thing to earth and it could really help us in the future if we learn more about Venus,"Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size". Although the author knows how dangerous it can be researching Venus,"Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours", he still thinks it needs to be researched though. The author says, "scientists seeking to conudct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks", this shows that the author believes that despite all of the dangers and risks of peoples lifes, exploring Venus still needs to be done, is very important to us, and looking from it a far isn't going to get all of the informating we need. The author also 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". This quote by the author explains how strongly he thinks exploring Venus should be done up close, no matter what the dangers or obstacles are. He strongly believes that exploring Venus is very important to our future lives and if we let fear get in the way of learing about it then we have failed, because he thinks no fear should get in the way of learning.
The author of this text really supports the idea of facing some challenges and dangers to get some informating on the planet Venus. The author shows how strongly he feels about his opinion throughout this text. He gives multiple reasons on how dangerous it is and how important it is in learning about Venus, but he strongly thinks we shouldn't let our fears of something keep us from learning something so important to us and our future. | 2 |
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