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de2e3cc | The solar system has always been a mistory to many people. The unknown can be kind of scary for someone unfamiliar with space. But that is not the case now, scientists have been questioning the planet venus our neighbor in space. Trying to figure out the insides of this planet has proven to be quite difficult.
Always seeking to know as much as we can, humans have proven that statement many time. This discovery might just up at the top with some of the best things ever found. Venus a inhospitable planet, making scientists question it. A atmosphere almost made of %100 percent carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid clouds. The planets surface averaging around 800 degrees Fahrenheit and an atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than earths. These conditions are said to be able to crush submarines and liquefy many types of metals. You think this would stop scientists from trying to exsplor this planet, wrong.
They believe that Venus once was like earth. Covered in oceans and supported various life forms. With many failed attempts scientists believe that they will be able to get a unmanned spacecraft down to the surface before it is destroyed by the conditions of the planet. With light not being able to break throught the atmosphere there is no way to take pictures of videos, making it even harder to see. NASA has an idea that instead of going to the surface of the planet they float above it. With a 30 mile long blimp that is maned and would safely sit above the planet and be able to study parts of the planet. "Not easy conditions but survivable for humans". Still not being able to get samples for planet they have managed to think of something that might be able to survive the conditions of the planet for 3 weeks. Made of silicon carbide, these electronics have been tested in a chamber simulating venus "chaos".
Another project they have been working on is an old World War II device, a mechanical computer. Using only gears and levers and do not require eletronics, "these have been made to be "more resistant to pressure, hear, and other forces".
Scientists believe that this planet has value, mostly human curiosity. This planet has been thought to inhabit life long age and have oceans covering the surface. While the risk might be high, what we might find on this planet might be life changing for the human race. | 3 |
de30ae1 | I support the developement of driverless/autonomous cars. Cars have been driven by human drivers so far and accidents are frequent and often violent. If we had autonomous cars, we could almost completely eliminate human error altogether. Autonomous cars would also be more efficient.
Driverless cars would replace they human driver, who can be sometimes angered by other drivers, distracted by passengers, or get easily lost in new places, with a more logic minded computer. An autonomous car would be safer than a human driven car because a computer program cannot be distracted by its passengers or get angry at someone's poor driving because a computer doesn't think emotionally, but rather logically, making the computer driver safer. Google has been test driving partial-autonomous cars in certain conditions for 7 years and has so far had no crashes.
Autonomous cars would not only be a safer alternative to human driving, but a more fuel eficient, and therefore, greener alternative. According to Google cofounder Sergey Brin, autonomous cars would be twice as fuel efficient as today's taxis and buses. With more fuel efficient cars, pollution due to carbon dioxide emmisions will drastically decrease. Fuel efficient cars also help the American economy because if cars are using half as much gasoline, then we only have to import half as much oil, which will save us money as a country.
Autonomous vehicles would save lives and money. With a computer at the wheel, cars could find the most efficient and safe route to almost any destination. Greenhouse gas emmisions would be reduced, therefore making our planet a better place to be. | 3 |
de3c518 | This is such a life changing expirience it is the opportunity of a life time and if you dont do it then that really stinks for you. you can see plenty of famous artifacts all around Europe that you can visit.Then if you just love ships and boats then you should go beacause there is alot of that where I go. Also if you love horses then you should do what i do you can get to feed them all day and you get to pet them too. The best part is helping the needs of others if you dont want to do that then, I think that something is wrong with you. If you like vollyball then you should come on with me becauce we have plenty of time to play it. If you dont go you are missing out on a lifetime amount of fun and plenty of stuff way better than sitting down watching tv. | 1 |
de54c1e | Step right up join join the Seagoing Cowboys program. You will have a blast. you will see the ocean and see the fish and animals in it. you will meet others. make new friends.
HI my name is Luke Bomberger and in have sailed over the Atlantic Ocean 16 times. Thats alot of times now is that alot of times to sail over the atlantic ocean or is it just me. I was helping people affected by world war 2. They were really hurt by it. Every body was crying over the dead bodys of their lost loved ones.
We tryed to help but they refused for us to help them. They said they wanted to be left alone. I do not under stand why they are so sad. Yes their freinds and family is injured and in serious condition or deceased. But i would want someone to aid me if one of my family members was in critical condition. If i was like that i would want some help to. Because we all have heavy duty first aid kits for the injured.
So we helped the ones who wanted aided. And took the ones who needed serious medical help. Others came to we all went back. And then we came back and i met George. he wanted to come back with me. at first i said no stay at yor home. as soon as we were leaving i felt really bad for george so i came back for him. He came back and he lived at my house for a while and then we built him a house so we could be neighbors. we had pool partys and had so much fun and we lived happyly ever after. | 2 |
de5e023 | In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D' Alto, he talks about the use of technology to read the emotional expressions. This technology classifies six basic emotions such as, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Although I don not believe this will be valuable on the emotional expressions of students in a classroom.
This technology could be helpful for some, but I don't believe it will work or be valuable for others. For exapmle a student can look down due to lack of interest in a subject and the device would predect the student was sad when they may not be sad they are just not interested. And considering the technology only has six emotial expressions, it limits the outcome of how the student is feeling. For example the student could be feeling hungry but that is not one of the emotions the technology has listed.
Although this technology would be valuable figuring out someone's basic emotions, they are too many emotional expressions that this technology does not have. Therefore, I do not believe that the use of this technology would be valuable in a classroom. | 2 |
de5f4a9 | Dear,
Rick Scott
We dont need another voting crisis over the small states, the representitives voting how they want to vote to suit their needs. Our voting system needs to be perfected, so we dont have any more tie elections of complications. The Electoral College system is very easy to get unballenced and played arround with to get the outcome that they so desire. As a country we should abolish the Electoral College system and vote baised of off popular vote.
When the whole country votes for the president, in reality we are really voting for a groop of electors to do this job for us. In artical 2" Under the electoral college system,voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president." This is saying that the people really dont directly vote for the president and in that time anything can happen to the voting data. Another clame to help that piont is artical 2 "conciter that state legislaturs are technically responcible for picking electors, and those electors could always defy the will of the people." The excerpt from article 2 is saying again that anything can happen to the data and it can be easily tampered with. In article 3 " its the electors who elect the president, not the people. When you vote for a presidential canidate you are acually voting for a stats of electors." Again this still says that we are not dirrectly voting and the people want that.
The "winner takes all" voting method is not really effective because if a little less than half of claforna votes democrat and a little more than half vote republican, should all 55 votes go to the republican canidate or should that percent go to the canidate? In article 1 "Most states have a "winner-take all" system that awards all electors to the wining presidential canidate." This system is qutie unjustice and not equal to the rest of the states expesilly for the "swing" states.
This system of electorial college is not the most balenced of the systems that our nation can come up with. In article 2 " The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe." This so called "amazing" system has manny defaults and those defaults will cause huge problems tor the rest of the nation. In article 3 " A tie in the nation wide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes -538- is an even number." So ties in the national voting for the president can have a tie and is not that efficent in the way that we find who wins.
There are some bright sides to this style of voting. In article 1" The founding fathers established it in the Constution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election." A compromise is good for our country and it was created a long time ago - might be older than dirt. Also in article 1" The electors are generally chosen by the canidates politicle party." So atleast the people in whom the people are trusting to put their votes in is by someone that the head of the politicle party trusts.
To conclude the electoral colege system needs to be retired and the country needs to vote off of popular voting. The people need to represent them selves and not by some random person who could mess with the voting data to get who they want to win the election. Each state has to give up all of its votes to one side of the 2 parties. When their is a tie on who should be Americas next president, tell me how is the government going to handle a mass catastrophe? | 4 |
de607a9 | "No one cares about the environment." said no one ever. The environment we live in, wether its a crowded city like NewYork, or Paris, or even a regular suburban community, is a wonderful place. There is one issue though that has spread among communities, and that is the high amount of car usage. Having a car and being able to track to great distances in a short amount of time is great, but look at what cars do to the environment. Also when it comes to buying a car, you're basically throwing your bank account out the window. And dont get me started with the worries of having your children play in the streets.
Now, lets discuss the crazy amount of money you have to throw away on a car. You either throw away a fortune on a good car, that runs good, and then end up taking years to pay it off, or you buy a cheap, beat up car, that is always in need of repair. Either way it is a lose, lose situation. Why buy these isanely priced cars when you can buy a nice bike that moves perfectly. At around five hundred dollars, to a thousand dollars a bike is easily the way to go. A bonus to buying a nice bike instead of a car, is that while you ride your bike, you'll get into shape in no time at all. Now if you need to track a great distance that riding a bike can not get you to fast enough, buses or mobile transport have bike racks on them so you can ride a bus to the nearest position to where you need to be then simply ride your bike for the remainder of the distance.
The main issue here with cars for most people, is that there is a large amount of pollution that comes with driving a car. In Paris the pollution from cars were so bad that Paris had to put a temporary ban on driving to help clear out all of the smog that was in the sky. Also, in America car pollution is the second largest source of pollution emissions. There is no other way to say it, cars make up a lot of the earths pollution, and when the time comes that people start to die down on using cars the world will be a much healthier place to be in.
Now you can not tell me that there is not at least one parent who will read this next statement and not agree more. Less cars, safer streets. Every mom, dad, brother, sister, or any kind of other relative have worried about their family playing in the streets. There are millions of accidents every year in the world that result in people getting hit by cars and killed, or seriously injured. With less cars on the streets the world will be a much safer place for kids, and even adults, as there is drunk drivers you have to look out for, or reckless drivers who dont even have a license.
All together limiting car usage will have multiple benefits to the world, and even your own community. One being you dont have to pay for a car when they start going out of style, another being the worlds pollution will lower at a huge rate, and last that the roads we live, and breathe on will be a much safer place. Limit your car usage and make the word a better place on step at a time. | 4 |
de61739 | Facial Action Coding System is a computer that tells how you are feeling. It would be a good idea to put this in a classroom. I think it would help the teacher find out what makes the student confused or bored. The techer could then change their lessen to better help the students. I think that this would be valuable in a classroom.
The FACS is a unique computer sofware that can tell peoples fellings. It it so good it can tell that the Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. On my own I would have never gesed that the Mona Lisa was fearful or angry. But with the new computer sofewar teachers can know how the students reacht to lessens. The teacher can then realise that the lessen is too cinfusing for then at the moment and then they can find an easyer way to tech it to them. The FACS is so good it can even tell faked emotions. So if a teacher ask them if they undersand and they just say yes to get the teahcer to move on then the FACS can catch that fake emotion and tell the techer that they are still realy confused. It can also be helpful for a teacher to now that the students aer bored because then the teacher can change up her lessen to help the students get more engeged.
The FACS shows us how studding faces can be a good thing. It can also help outside of school. If you are hiring someone you could use the FACS to see if during their job they are happy or angry or anything. It could help you determine who would be the best apicant. The FACS Is a very helpful thing.
The FACS also has some bad things about it. Some bad things about it are that not every computer can do this. Also that for this to be put into schools might make people uncomfortable. It also will cost a lot
of money to put it in a school. For a computer to be able to do this would take years just to manufacture it and sell them. After all of the good and bad things it is a good idea to try and put them in a classroom.
The FACS will help change the way of learning. It will change it for the better. The teachers can use this to help make their lessens more understandable to the kids. The FACS will change the way people learn and teach. It would be a good idea to experiment this in the classroom. | 3 |
de65f82 | I need a car! why wont you get me a car? all of my friends have cars but me, why won't you get me a car! I scream at my mother almost everyday, trying to inform her of buying me a car, but she always change the subject by saying,"look at this population, look at all these people briving, we dont need one more trying to distroy are cities". I always ues to think in my head what is this lady talkng about, I only asked for a car. But as I start to look into life i start to understand that the most importanat things are sometimes the things that effect us the most, like for exmaple a car...
To begin with, in source 1, it states that passnger cars are responible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in europe... and up to 50 percent in some car- intensive areas in the Untied State. It also states in source 4 that, Amercia passed peak driving. Now if us Americans could limit driving everday and pick up are bicycles now and then, I belive problems like tracffic jams, and car accidents would be less. I also belive that the air we breath would be much more better for us. In source 3, it says that millions of colombians hiked, skated or took buses to work and doing this lefted the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. Mr. Goldberg, said in source 1 that, "how much you drive is as important as wheather you have a hybird, I put this in my essay because I feel as if, Mr. goldberg is saying that cars are like a burrden and that sometimes putting then bown wont hurt. Like for example one time my mother asked me to go out with her and i said yes, and as we are leaving the house i see that she lefted her car keys so I, took them for her and when we was out side i told her how are we supose to get in the car if you dont have your key? and she said " we are walking" I had a smile on my faces to know that my mother was trying to make a biffrents. | 3 |
de6630e | Have you ever wonder if the is life on auther plant and if alien or real .In the photos or the face of mars peole think aliens mad it but they didnt three reason that did it not made by aliens are
rale martian mesa nasa the photos
martian mesa one fact is that these martian mesa can all so can be found on eath and the can be the same size this show the face can be a martian mesa
likes earths sceod is that martian mesa can be any where in mar there are other ones on mars to this show the its just a martain mesa face that be just a conwece dcenthird is like look like the one on eath in the snake river plain of idaho this show that mesa can be anywhere to wrap up this just is a land mind on mars
my scode reason is nasa one fact is if this was aliens nasa whould of told us like in the artice it said "nasa budget wish there was an ancient civilization on mars" this shows that there is no aliens there sceod fact is nasa is spending to much money so if there where aliens there would of told us like they told us about the face on mars this show that nasa got nothing to had third fact is that nasa aready look in it for
us and tld ever thing there know this show that nasa is right about the face and to wrap up there nothing there
my third reason is the photos nasa took for a example the frist one just look like a bumb in mars this show that it not even a big deal secod is the photo of 2001 it show there really is in face it third the last photo its show us a face but as one see it there other martian mesa there this show that the face was not made by aliens ot wrap up the face in the photos show us that its not even a face
in conlution the face on mars is just a martian mesa and there is no life on mars and nasa is right but what the photos show us that it looks like a face but its not becaues if it was there would be other and just show aliens life on it so this show that the is not aliens lif on mars and the face is just a martian mesa becaue if you look this is no lif so i ask again do u wonder if ther life on mars are think aliens are on there the answer should be no there not | 2 |
de69117 | Life without a car in the vaubans family did not seem like a big deal. Mainly seventy percent of them did not own a car at all,some of them just got rid of their cars to move to the vauban's street. They sound like they much happier without a car because having a car for them is too tense.
however some of the childrens did own at least bicycle. Somehow middle-class famillies from other places to shangai tend to make their homes. Experts find that people who have a car are responsable for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissons in europe. In the united state up to fifty percent in some car-intensive areas. They separated surban life from car use to smart planning.
Efforts have been made in the last two decades to make cities denser,they are now thinking about the suburbs. the vauban experienced the most advanced experiment in low-car surburban life. They're trying to make suburbs more compact and more reliable to public transportation. After that new approach, they have placed a walk away on main street like the highways rather than the malls. Surburbs play a huge role in a new six year federal transportation. Most of appropriations had by law went to highways and only twenty percent to other places.
When pollution started strict rules were made. Many people were to leave they car home or pay a twenty euro fine .On monday even-numbered licences plate had to leave they car and the odd-numbers on the following days. In total 4,000 drivers were fined ,cars was getting impounded for reaction to the fine. People still think its was better then the car fre. Rivaled beijing and china are the most polluted cities in the world because they much more populated.
According to obama ambitious goals researchers think that people should buy fewer cars getting less licences as we're moving on each year. People would soon realize that obama real goal was to end the culture of car "the end of car culture". | 1 |
de78366 | The development of a human contolled car is not the reason for the cars not being far more advanced, but the safety of the drivers and passengers. The cars would make everyday life more simple and less stressful, but the cars would have to be more and more carfully programed and very well tested, to ensure they don't cause harm to the driver and its self. If everybody drove in an driverless car there would be less recks and seafer conditions; but it would be very expensive.
The materials and costs would sky rocket, gas companies and bio-fuel makers would be very unhappy becasue they would lose there jobs. The roads would also be very risky to work with. traffic jams and heavy pedestrian activity would have to be very important; The sensors would have to be top of the line and have a very sensitive trigger for response.
In recent years the cars have been more and more technologically advanced. Radar and mapping have become much more adapt and are being updated much more frequently.
There are many conserns people may have, but the cars have come a very long way and are becoming even more capable each day. They may not be the best idea right now but in the next decade or so will be obsolute . | 2 |
de87a1c | Using this technology to reads students expressions in the classroom is not valuable. I don't thinks its valuable becuase a student could be feeling mad or sad and by the teacher knowing that could ask the student what is wrong. Although there is nothing wrong with asking that the student themselves may want to be left alone. It also a I feel like violates a sense of privacy. I don't think students will want a camera staring at them in the classroom. It seems like the technology uses cameras and that makes some parents uncomfortable with the idea of it. The technology seems to be a thing used for scientific purposes not classroom usage for teachers. The article say the software could detect when a student is bored. Teachers could avoid this by trying to keep the lesson exciting and interesting. A teacher should be able to read a students facial expressions without the help of a computer program. Although yes it could help a teacher more it seems a lot less practical. I say this because the teacher could need to open up a computer or something along those lines. Upon opening up the program the teacher would have to check each and every students emotions based upon their facial expressions. Another thing wrong I see wrong with this is, what if a student does not really feel down or mad and the software miscalculates it. Some people have a resting that just looks mad. They may not be mad but they seem like they are. In conclusion I do not think this software will be usable in classroom setting for my points listed above. The idea of it sounds good but the excution is not the best. | 2 |
de88ce9 | This all started 21 years ago. Here is how the face on Mars was discovered. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling Mars, taking pictures for possible landing sites for it's sister Viking 2 and it spotted a shadown of a likely human face. It was a great big head shaped face 2 miles apart from end to end. That is how this all started.
How could aliens make such a thing? There is no way. Some scientist believe that the face was an alien artifact, the photographing from Cydonia became a priorty for NASA when MGS showed up at the Red Planet in Sepmber. The face was not created by some things we like to call aliens that we don't even know if they exist or not, kind of like mermiads or unicorns.
There is to much evidence of how this face could of formed on it's own. It was so bi it would take aliens so long to even make this thing we say that looks like a face. Some people belive that the face is "bona fide", which means that that face is evidence that there was life on Mars at one point. Nobody has that big of a face for it to be an actual human face. I believe it is just a natual landform that just happened to look a lot like a human face. The face is exactly located 41 degrees North martian latitude where it was winter in April '98, a very cloudy time on the Red Planet. This investigation the scientist haas said has been very hard work to figure out exaclty what it is. I still belive with all the evidence we have it has to just be God's creation and it just apeared to look like a face, no aliens or anything like that because if you want to tell me that aliens did it you better be showing me that aliens even exist first. | 2 |
de897ca | The Electoral College is a system of electing our president created by our founding fathers when they were writing the Constitution. Lately though, people have opposed the Electoral College due to the election when Al Gore beat George Bush in the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote(and a seat as President.)
Based on many sources, I do not support the Electoral College because of the lack of a direct link from the public to the election of the president and the unfairness of it towards voters.
I do not support the Electoral College because of a lack of a direct link from the public to the election of the president. Instead of the public voting for the president, they are voting for a group of electors who, in turn, elect the president. The problem with that is that the group of electors can be anyone not holding the public office. But just in case of dishonest electors, states hold state conventions to pick the electors. But even after this, voters still can not control who their state's electors vote for. Sometimes, electors get confused about who someone voted for and put them down for a candidate different from whom they originally voted for. Now we could avoid all this trouble if we just did away with Electoral College and had a direct vote for president, and have the election "by the people and for the people" instead of "by the people and for the electors."
I do not support the Electoral College because of the unfairness of it towards the voters. Due to the winner take all system in each state, candidates for president don't focus on winning every state. Instead, they focus on only winning the "swing" states, or, states whose political party support is constantly changing. In the presidential election of 2000, the presidential candidates didn't see 17 states(including, but not limited to, Rhode Island and South Carolina) and 25 of the largest media markets' voters didn't see a single presidential campaign ad. This is another good reason to get rid of the Electoral College.
Based on this evidence, I believe the Elelectoral College should be done away with because of a lack of a direct link to the election of the president and the unfairness of it towards voters. | 3 |
de8ad8a | Dear, State Senator
I am in favor of changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. What is the point of voting if the Electoral College decides who wins? Using popular vote means the citizens would actually decide on who would win. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president. Who picks the electors in the first place? The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy. (So that a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to Kennedy.) At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take all system in each state.
Sincerely,
The Voters | 2 |
de8f65b | Driveless cars are a rising project that may actually be revolutionary. To begin, driverless cars that are just in beta now, are not totally driverless, but are specifically independent and keep the driver alert. The idea is that driverless cars will improve the safety of the driver than the regular self-driving cars can. With the more so manual cars, the driver has only themselves and maybe anyone in the vehicle with them to be sure to keep a look out and be as safe as possible. With the driverless car, the car is manufactured to sense any dangers and alert the driver to be prepared when should need to.
I believe that driverless cars can be a helping technology for the world. A large fraction of the worlds death come from car accidents. If this project will help reduce that fraction then yes, I am all for the car. Humans can be easily distracted from simple actions like, turning on music, checking their phones, grabbing something from the back or rear seat, or just checking their mirrors. These driverless cars will help sense danger and alert the driver to be prepared for anything that may be coming. Safety is actually a big concern when driving, and I believe that this project may help all drivers come back home in healthy shape.
As a driver myself, driving while being alert and trying not to be distracted can be a huge problem. With the driverless car taking over in small situations like driving in traffic, I can take a break and practice being able to remain aware or prepared to take control for anything only a human can control. The vibrate function could easily be a simple solution from getting in a small accident when back ending a car. If a driver can be easily distracted from simple things, than the alerts on the driverless car can be easily seen by the driver themselves. Especially with drivers that can be distracted on the phone, the in-system safety feature will be a great touch for people who need a heads up when coming into any dangers.
Actually, this type of car would be perfect for the more elderly, who from age, are sure to decrease in hearing, seeing, etc.. With the driverless car, it will be a much safer place for elderly, and those driving along side or coming into these drivers. Human driving cars, can really stop the eldery from being fully aware of the conditions around them, and make everyone vulnerable to such driving. With the driverless car, it would be much easier for the elderly to take control of what they need to, which will benefit everyone on the road.
Yes, I agree that driverless cars should be a high-rising hope to the future of driving. If everyone is driving a driverless car than it'll be much safer, with less deaths a year. I mean for now, human drivers are the safest things being there isn't any advanced technology on the roads, signs, lights, etc, that a driverless car cannot sense. Only the human can work out the words on signs and color of the lights, until everything is upgraded so its compatible with the sensory car, its not the best, or safest. In the near future, I am on the side of driverless cars and hope that everyone agress when presented with the fact that this may be the safest possible idea for man. | 4 |
de93f41 | Poisionsus car rides. Thier are many advantages to limited car use, polution, money and community. People should think about the affects of car emissions and help a new trend.
To begin with, cars have a big impact on polution and limmiting car usage would reduse gas emissions. It may not seem that much but shown in source one cars alone is responisble for 12% of polution in europe and 50% in the uninted states. Also its obviouse that private car ownership is increasing because people see it as freedopm and thats a problem. Goverment is trying to densinin citys and areas so cars wont be such a nessesity. life without cars would be just fine a perfect example are the suberbs area of germany where practicaly no one has a car and they love it.
In addition, Money. Cars come with a lot of expencies and now they come with more. well lets see a couple tens of thousands of dollars for the car, insurance , gas thats causeing the problem and fes for people who dont want to make a change. In source two people where asked to limit driving and people who didnt where fined 31 dollars. people are so depend most people where in out rage and got thier car impounded. life is to reliant on cars for day to day activity and smaller citys are soffocating in smog.
Also, limmited car use could help communitys bond. With public transportantion closer ad local shopping areas instead of drving along a highway just to get to a mall. with a little help from public transportion i think it would impact a nations heath with unregognized excercise. simple walks for dady to day things and less polution is an over all benifit in conclusion, people should think about the affects of car emissions and help a new trend. The wortld is reliant on cars and don know the affect of them and polution is getting to major problem and we should limit our car use. | 3 |
de9464a | You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. If you join you get to help ship animals acroos seas to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. You can visit famous places and you get to help others. You also get to see the Alantic and Pacific Oceans. those are some reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
Here are some advanteges of joining. You get to help familes and visit places like Europe and China. You can also visit the Acroplis in Greece, take a gondula ride in Vernice, Italy, see a castle in Crete, and see the Panamal Cannal. Luke saw all of these things. The artical says " Besides helping people,[Luke] got the side benifit of seeing Europe and China."
It also involves hard work to move the animals. You have to feed and water them two to three times a day. Sometime you have to be the nightwatch and check on the animals every hour. The article says "
Caring for the animals kept Luke busy... Bale of hay... had to be pulled up from lower holds of the ship."
And when you are heading back home you can play games where the animals use to be. So the trip home is very relaxing. The article says " The cowboys played baseball and volleyball..."
Those are some reasons to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. It is helpful, hard, and fun. And here is another one " It opened up the world for [Luke]. Trust me it is very rewarding. I hope i'll see you soon on a boat to Europe. | 3 |
de9b166 | The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" is presumably very true. Today making things run by itself seems to pull humans in by the collar and maintain their attention. Driverless cars are inevitable due to all of the technology we have surrounding us. In the future driverless cars will be a regular thing, and it is making life easier. An easier life is what everyone wants, and a driverless car fits right into that aspect.
In paragraph 2 it states that Google has had driverless cars since 2009, that could drive under certain conditions. However, the car still lets the driver know when to take control of the vechicle and it's a great way to make sure that people are alert, while on the road, because unpredictable traffic conditions can happen at any time. Before, driverless cars were an idea, many believed that smarter roads could do the job, but it would have been very expensive to upgrade all of the roads to accomadate these cars, that had radio
signals in them. Driverless cars, would be an asset to people, as long as the technology aspect of it right.
In paragraph 3 it states that in the late 1950's, at General Motors there was a car made that drove on special track, instead of making the entire car driverless the signals in the car coinsided with the track. At Berkeley a similar concept was produced; this time the car read binary code, which is a system that uses 0's and 1's to represent different characters. With the very expensive idea of upgrading roads, engineers and manufacturers had to go in a different direction. That direction was changing the car, by making it smarter. As time has passed, just like a cellphone cars have gotten better and better. Google's Toyota Prius has alot of different software and technology in the car and on the outside. Some of that technology on the Toyota Prius can be located in paragraph 4.
With the plethora of technology everything seems as if it is reaqdy to go. However, with a driverless car there is the issue of safety. Such, as what if the software malfunctions or stops working all together. Sensors have been used since, the 1980's and because of that we now have antilock brakes. Just to be sure, we need more than that to make sure that we are completely safe, if we were to get behind the wheel. There are self-driving cars already out today, just not avaible to be sold yet. With all of the technology in these driverless cars they are still not completely driverless. The Google car announces when human assistance will be needed. Also, in paragraph 7 it states that BMW, in 2013, announced that they have developed 'Traffic Jam Assistance' which lets the car handle driving at up to 25 mph(miles per hour), and the drivers hands must remain on the wheel. GM, General Motors, has developed vibrating driver's seats that are there to alert, when the vehicle is about to back into something. Since, there will always need to be human assistance for now. There arrises another problem. Will the driver be able to take over if the want to and how much control does the actual driver has. However, since, nothing has been release we shall not know. But, a smart car seems safer than most cars, with all of the accident-preventing technology that comes with it. Since, smart cars are fairly new, new laws need to be out in place. These laws need to determine whom is at fault for an accident, and set regulations so there is no panic when these cars finally are driving on the road. It is legal in 3 states and 1 district, found in paragraph 9, to use these driverless cars. However, it is very realistic that more states will follow suit; after, they see how fantastic these smart cars are.
Driverless cars could be very helpful to the elderly, people with disabilities that make it harder for them to drive, and even teen drivers who are a little afraid to take full control of the wheel. Also, with all of the technology that is being created on a daily basis, driverless will happen, no matter what. As humans we should make the best of it because they are coming whether we like it or not. Getting to the true driverless, is not a bumpy as it seems and the destination is close, with car manufacturers planning to have this type of vehicle out on the road very soon. So, driverless cars are already a thing of the present, and will only get better in the near future. | 4 |
dea2449 | The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is probably the best story ever! The facial Action Coding System is a really great thing to do when you're at school or work. I think that it's cool that just scanning someones face can help you know what their real emotions are.
The thing I like most about the article is that it says "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." I love how Dr. Huang could tell what Mona Lisa's emotions were by looking through a screen called Facial Action Coding System.
In paragraph three, it tells you that the process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face. It scans the 44 major muscles in the model like human muscles.
He founded out that there are 6 facial expressions a person can have like, happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sadness. I love how it can tell if your are making a fake smile or real smile by looking at your mouth. Usually if you're actually happy, your cheeks and eyebrows raise up and if you weren't smiling real then your lips wouldn't go up they would just move sideways and it wouldn't go up. | 1 |
dea361a | Do you remember being so bored in class? Wishing that anything would be more entertaining than just sitting here, listening to a teacher drone on? Well now that may actually be able to happen. A new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), has come up and has the ability to detect emotion through subtle expressions of your face. Something like this could be a huge asset for a classroom, and getting students to engage with their own learning.
The FACS system can help a classroom in a variety of ways. A quote from the article states "By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions" (D'Alto). This shows how the software can recognize different emotions at the same time. By weighing which emotion is effecting you the most, the software can then modify your lesson.
Another way for FACS to assist a classroom environment is the ability to modify a lesson based on your facial gestures. The article states "A classroom computer could recognize when as student is becoming confused or bored... then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'alto). This quote explains how the software can recognize when a student is confused or bored, and best determine how to modify the lesson in order to more benfit the student.
Another reason, specifically for an Anatomy type class, is the software's ability to make facial gestures, based on surgery. A quote states "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery" (D'alto). This quote shows how students who are performing surgery, or are observing, can perfect their strategy to allow for the least amount of pain from their patient.
These are but a few of the many benefits that can come along with FACS. Not to mention the improvements that could be made to it, should it go worldwide. However the first step should be implemented into the classrooms. | 3 |
deaf9d5 | I think the limiting for car usage is not right because if people want to drive they should be able to. Walking, and riding bicycles aren't fun you get tired really easy and have to stop but when you are in a car you don't get tired and you don't have to stop you just keep driving.
Driving a car is easier because when you are late for work or getting somewhere you can get there faster. If you are walking or riding a bike your not going to get there on time a car is faster and quicker to get to places without any trouble. Gas could be high but it is worth it because a lady with three kids could be rushing trying not to be late for work and trying to get her kids ready for school so instead of walking them to school or riding bikes she could just drive them to school and not be late for work. Driving a car is so much easier and quicker.
Traffic with cars is bad but when you need to get places you can drive a car instead of taking the bus that has to stop ten different places. Cars are being banned in Columbia and you can only ride buses or taxis. Taxis can get you where you need to just as fast as your own car can but a bus couldn't because there is always people in front of you that have to get off in different places. They made two seated bikes just for this man and his wife to get around because they didn't want them driving there cars.
Teenagers get there license at a young age now and they start driving. They drive to school and to practices and everywhere else but it could be dangerous because some teenagers just like to goof and round and try to act all bad and then end up hurting them self and somebody else and it would be their fault. Some teens just decide not to get them because it is safe just to ride with their parents instead of them driving and having the chance to get in a wreck and hurt their self and then there car be ruined and won't be able to get a new one. Most teens love to drive because it's fun and they like getting out on there own. Teens like to go out and hang with there friends or go get something to eat. Other people are more worried about there job and social life then trying to get a car so they can drive all the time.
In conclusion, a limiting on car usage should be that they shouldn't have a limiting on car usage because most people are late for stuff when they don't drive there car. Walking and driving a car is way different a car is way faster then walking and trying to get to places on time. That is my opinion on limiting to car usage. | 2 |
deb4eb3 | I disagree with the belief that the face on mars was created by aliens. I disagree because A team called the MOC proved to us that the face is just a natural landform by taking a picture ten times clearer than the original one. I understand that some might say it was a very cloudy day when they took the pictures, but the team took pictures a couple of years later and proved the same thing ,again.
The face on mars is just a natural landform. I believe it is just a natural landform because, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time in 1998. The team MOC took a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Although, some people still say it was cloudy and perhaps the alien markings were hidden by haze. It is still possible that they had gotten some very clear photos. On Apirl 8, 2001, on a cloudless day in Cydonia Mars Global Surveror went in for a second look. They used a camera with absolute maximum resolution . For example, " Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo."
In conclusion, the face on Mars is just a natural landform. The pictures show landforms common around American west. The team have proved over and over again that the face on mars was not created by aliens. The cameras over the years have improved and the photographs became clearer. | 3 |
deb6eb4 | There are a few advantage of limiting car usage taled about in the passage. Some say that not having a car is mcuh better. Heidrun Walter says, "when had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way"
This movement also helps to reduce greenhouse gas from tailpipes. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas in Europe, and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States. Many experts expect public transport serving suburbs to play a much larger role in a new six-year federal transportation bill to be approved this year says Mr. Goldberg.
80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent to other transport. Also you can save lots of money not having a car.
It cost $40,000 to buy space for the car.
Some Vauban's families sold their car just to move there. Stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in mails along some distant highway. | 2 |
debbe70 | Cars good or bad. Some citys and some subrbs say yes. In France or in Vauban a suburban area in germany. such as in Paris frances the somg became to thike so for a few days they made moterd vehicles illegile and with doing that the somg cleard up pulotion went down and paris beasy streets wear feild with the silent sounds of bikes, scate boards and scaters. In Vauban a suburban area in Germany the streets are feild with kids and bikes and scaters of plenty in this suburban area moter vehicles of all kinds are illegle and the only place to park are in socure parking grages on out scurst of the suburbes. And in bogota Colombia there is car free day which is a program to get people to get out and injoy the freash air and it hopfully going to spreed to other country. So will cars become a thing of the past or will they just go green lets see what the future brings ous. | 1 |
decd887 | "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelieveable opportunity for a small-town boy," he says. "Besides helping people, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,"
Luke had a great time going to take the cattle across water. Luke had the opprotunity to see China, Europe, taking a gondola ride, and even toured an excavated castle in Crete, then marveled at the Panama Canal. Luke was lucky to be able to get that job. People interested in joining that program shuld go out there and try to get it. There are seven good reasons people should join that area of job vacinity. One good reason is it will be fun because you could get to see some things you have always wanted to see and you could go places you have never been before.
The second reason you should join is its for an extremely good cause because it helps animals get where they need to go. Another reason people should join is because you could inspire people to do good for the world like start someting new. The fourth reason people should join is they could get an adventure out of it like luke and traveling to Crete to see an excavated castle. The fifth reason people could join is that. The sixth reason is it could start a chain of good things people do for each other. The final reason people should join is it could make people aware about other countries needs and their people.
People should join because it can help the earth them and everyone else. Luke didnt join because he knew he would get more money he joined because "He couldn't say no. He knew it was an opprotunity of a lifetime."
"Im grateful for the opprotunity," he says. "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs." Luke had a great opprotunity and he took it that made him get a better start in life thats another reason people should attempt to get the job when its offered. The job may or may not help them in life but it might help somebody else who knows maybe it will start a chain of good deeds.
In conclusion this could help people get a good start on life and get a start in their country. People should join becaus eanimals need their help- to get across water. Th eting their doing is for a really good cause they are trying to help animals so they basically arent put in confined
spaces. People would do that job because they would want to help animals, the enviornment, and even people and their countries. This gives people the chance to get to work better and get out of working at a grocery store.
Everyone should get out there and join. It
helps everythin and everyone. | 2 |
ded1371 | The road to the truly autonomous car
Wouldnt you want a car that can drive by itself? Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009. Their cars had driven more than half a miliion miles without a crash.
In 2013, BMW announced the devolopment of "Traffic Jam Assistant." the car can handle driving functions at speeds up tp 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills ,such as navigating through work zones and around accidents. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situations requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the drivers attention whenever a problem occurs.
GM has devoloped driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. Other options under considerartions are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads-up displays. Manufacturers are also considering using cameras to watch that drivers are remaining focused on the road. While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver.
Tesla has a projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. In 2020 the cars that would be able to drive by themself are Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan. Wouldnt you like a car that could drive by itself? | 1 |
dedd8ba | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents by explaining the similarities between the Earth and how we can overcome our differences as well.
The author believes it is worthy of a shot because of the ways to avoid major problems, such as flying at a high altitude to evade the extreme pressure of the atmosphere and dangerous sulfuric acid clouds. The text states, "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." This piece of evidence shows how clever the author is willing to get to investigate Venus and just how possible this may actually be. The text also states, "...not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equallty intimidating endeavors." This evidence goes to show that not he is not interested in exploring the planet to purely learn about the planet itself, but it is also human curiosity that pushes us as a race to adventure and discorver things that are of the unknown.
In conclusion the author strongly supports the idea of pursuiting the exploration of Venus despite the dangers it presents. Although as the author stated, it is better to think of these "dangers" as challenges, as we can overcome them and reach our goal. We have the potential and technology to get there, we just need to put our heads together and do it. | 3 |
dee4c3c | Yes, i think that using this technology could be very useful for almost all grade levels in schools.
I get bored, zone out, and even just stop caring about a lesson in school, simply because i am just bored.
If this new software does what it said it can do and will do in the article then this is a huge technelogical advancment for our education and learning.
All kids learn in different ways and have different ways that they see things.
If the new software can personolize the learning of every student then schools wouldnt have problems with kids because they want to learn, grades and test scores would go up, and less trouble would be happening in a school.
If Dr. Huang and his colleagues can develop this emotion software and emotion science even more then the world could have a bright future ahead.
A lot of smarter generations are coming through.
But it would have to be mastered first because everyone has a different face and everyone reacts differently.
So i feel like it would be quite a task to get every single emotion down to see how a particular person is feeling. | 2 |
dee5040 | First to me this technology is not valuable. Why you may ask well its because technology is trying to take away what humans are use for. An example is that when we first go to school a teacher greets us why, would a student/parents want to be greeted by a eletronic.
Next is you can't really trust electronics because they can malfuction or even catch some sort of virus meaning that it can go haywire and mess everything up. Also another example is that this technology called Facial Action Coding System will have the right to record/ take photo of you. To me I don't think parents will not allow this technology to record or snap pictures of there kids. In this article it states'' Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at devloping better way for humans and computers to communicate. For me I don't want to be able to communicate with my electronic unless I'm on the phone with someone. Like right now they just launch out the new Iphone X where you can unlock it with your face if it was me I will not buy it because so many things can go wrong. In conclusion this technology is not needed we don't want it and I probably won't be the only one to think this. | 3 |
dee5325 | Through the past century, mechanization on a global scale has indubitably innovated the world in efficency and economic progress. In particular, however, the key invention of the car has solely shown the benefits of such techonological progress. For a few innovators, the mere invention of cars did not seem convincing enough, hence the creation of driverless automobiles has been in design to furtherly increase efficiency and safety. Although the benefits of adopting driverless cars in society seem convincing in progressing society, ultimately, the implementation of driverless cars will only entail disaster.
A strong factor contributing to the cons of driverless cars is the undeniable usage of human skills throughout the road even with using driverless cars. Although the term "driverless car" may seem like a straight-forward terminology, it is in reality not. Currently, there is no such development of a car that completely remains independent of the car passenger. On paragraph 7 it notes, "None of the cars developed so far are completey driverless." Morever, due to the fact that driverless cars cannot function completely by themselves, this requires that human passengers still have to be attentive at all times.
As continued on paragraph 7 it states, " They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." In summation, this means the human driver must continue to remain alert and be ready to take over the wheel if the driverless car cannot deal with a specific situation. Despite that driverless cars can permform tasks independently, it is only to a limited extent. Therefore, this still requires the full attention and driving skill set of the car driver. If this still requires the full attention and driving skills of the car driver, the invention of the carless driver, in reality, has no useful benefits. The driver therefore, still has risks of getting into car accidents because they still need to rely on their driving abilities, rendering the invention of driverless cars ineffective.
The most important factor of all in contributing against the promotion of driverless cars however, is the idea of fault. On paragraph 9, a controversial question is brought up, asking "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" If a driverless car were to get into an accident and if someone were to be injured as a result, who's fault would it ultimately be? This serious and controversial argument as a result, creates a prodigious amount of conflict, particularly between drivers and manufacturers. Because driverless cars are most of the time, indepent of the car drivers, an accident caused by this invention will guaranteed cause a difficulty in finding who is truly at fault. On one hand, it could have been the driver himself for not paying attention to the road and altering the mechanics of the driverless car. However on the other hand, it could have been a completely honest mistake, where the driverless car itself commited an automated mistake that did not associate with the actions of the car driver.
Driverless cars in conclusion, make it difficult to assert the blame on whos truly at fault in a driverless car accident, therefore making it extremely more difficult in handling and resolving this situation.
Without driverless cars, there will only be one to blame and therefore, more problems will be resolved.
Lastly, the existence of traffic laws and working zones on the roads is prominent in abasing the efficency of driverless cars. On paragraph 9 it says, "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." In other terms, common aspects of the road, such as traffic laws and working zones, are designed so that only human drivers can handle those situations, thus making driverless cars useless. In these terms, this means that alert drivers will perform much more reliably than an automated car because the road and traffic laws are set up so that the only safe car is a car where a human driver is in control at all times. Because driverless cars are incapable of handling such pivotal features of the modern road system, they must still rely on their human drivers, contradicting their own title of "driverless" cars. In conclusion, because the driving laws of the road are mainly designed so that safety will be best achieved with alert human drivers, the implementation of driverless cars in modern society is utterly useless.
Due to the manifestations of human action-based driving laws, continued necessity for human driving skills, and no exact blame for fault in a driverless car accident, the addition of driverless cars into society will only bring increased harm and debatable increased efficiency.
The addition of fully driverless cars is currently only fantasy, and should remain this way eternally. | 5 |
dee76ef | Cars may be a good source of travel, but, unknown to some, are dangerous to Earth and it's inhabitants. Limiting car usage to bicycles, walking, or any other option is a good idea. The reasons for this being that it makes traffic safer and, more importantly, reduces pollution.
To begin with, limiting use on cars makes traffic less of a hassle. For example, in the text, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," the author of this source reports that the effects of not using cars is, "-leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." (Source 3 Selsky) Notice how, even in a big city, the effects of not using cars are extremely noticeable. If that car-free day makes it to EVERYWHERE in the planet, no more traffic-related nonsense will occur. Furthermore, in the passage, "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," a citizen by the name of Heidrun Walter states "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way.'" (Source 1 Rosenthal) Even she finds that the lack of a car makes life easier for her. This statement, though some would prefer not to admit that they were tense drivers, is true, as being behind the wheel in a large amount of traffic could be stressful. It is agreeable that the effects of not using cars shows how much better life would be if they were removed permanently.
In addition to reducing traffic, limiting the use of cars could decrease the amount of pollution. To illustrate, in the excerpt, "Paris bans driving due to smog," Robert Duffer reports that, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." (Source 2 Duffer) It is shocking that the amount of driving in that city caused so much pollution that they needed to enforce a law banning driving, a TEMPORARY law. It is baffling how Paris didn't keep that law intact. To add insult to injury, according to "The End of Car Culture," Obama plans to curve the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, seein how "-transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants." (Source 4 Rosenthal) Wow, driving causes such a large amount of emissions to the point that it is near the amount of power plant emissions. It seems rather unbelievable, and some would wish that the article wasn't true, but the use of cars is practically killing humanity. The point is that car usage is damaging Earth and preventing use would reduce the damage.
To wrap things up, reducing car usage would make traffic less of a risk and decrease pollution. Perhaps it will make the planet a better place, or fail in the end and continue to hurt the land some would call "home". Just remember this, when you continue to use whatever car you use, remember the dangers it may bring. | 4 |
dee7e18 | The argument of keeping The Electoral College is a big argument because the federal goverment is trying to take the electoral college out . I think that they should keep the electoral college because they are many electors that vote for president and they alsio vote for canidates, so theres no reason they should take out the electoral college. One reason they should take down the electoral college is to same money because some of the goverments money goes to that college that they dont pay for. for all these reasons i thinki they shoudnt take down the college, because where would the votes from the electors go.
When they heard that the wanted to take down the college all of the electors were kind of furious because the electoral college is where they go to vote for presidents and vote for canidates. Another reason is that the electoral college is taking too much money for the goverments votes , i Conclusion for these reason the goverment want to take down the electoral college for the electors. | 1 |
def7afe | I am very one sided with the way I feel about driverless cars. I feel that driverless cars are dangerous and hazardous. The cars could be more prone to crashes then when a person is at the wheel. "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." This states that the cars are safe for only a period of time. An all computerized car is just asking for the worse when it gets older.
Driverless cars aren't even really driverless, so what's the point? "But so far, Google cars aren't truely driverless." The idea of a driverless car may put a person to ease, to where they aren't paying attention to the road ahead. The at ease person may become stressed when the car signals to take over. They might not even be ready to take over the wheel. This is a risky thing when coming to complicated traffic issues.
These driverless cars also seem to be very expensive, something not the everyday person could afford. The car has even been know to be to costly without the price of the car itself. The article talks about the use of smart roads for the smart cars. "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." The car itself needs a lot of mechanics, such as Dubbed LIDAR, to make sure the vehicle can mimic the skill of a human at the wheel.
The article talks a lot about the future of these driverless cars. But I do not think there will be such a future. With the concern of a person's life at risk, the driverless cars will intimidate many. The cost issue will also be an intimating factor. With manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan, many will not be able to afford it. Overall, the bad outweighs the good for this project. The driverless car is simply just not worth it. | 3 |
def86fc | Can we calculate our emotions like math? Even we don't use this kind of techonology we can tell other people emotions by looking at their face. If we known all about what other people think about us, it didn't good for all of us.
If we are happy, surprice, angry, disgust, fear and sad other people can seen by looking at our face. But some people can control their felling so sometime it hard to know their expression. Sometime it is good to know how people think about us but sometime not knowing what other pwople thik about us better. Some people can't tell other people emotion by looking at their face. Most human communication doesn't have emotion. They talked to each other because they think they have to.
Some people can know that the difference between a real smile and the forced smile. In real smile your muscles that begin at your cheek bones lift the coners of your mouth. In forced simle your muscles that begin at your cheek bones stretched sideways. If you are surprice you raises your eyebrows and if you are angry you tightens your lips.
School should not use this technology to the students because this technology is good but bad at the same time. Students didn't come to school happy everday. Sometime students come to school sometime they are not enought sleep so they don't want to study or they get angry easily. Some students have some teachers they didn't like so if the teachers know that their communication can't be good. Even if we don't use this technology most teachers can understand our expression by looking at our face. | 2 |
def966f | I think driverless cars could be both a good and bad thing. A good thing would be that there wouldn't be alot of gas being used, and there wouldn't be a lot of cars. A bad thing, just like the article says, people would get bored not being able to drive. Another bad thing, is that the car is basically all computer, it could have a glitch or bug and someone could get hurt. Not all computers are good, some can malfuntion and not work right, leading to an injury.
I agree with the article in paragraph 9, the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times. I know not 100 percent of the time that's true,like when some people drive drunk or high, but most of the time it's safer with a human and not a computer. Humans are in control of where they go and what they do. Why let a computer do that for you?
By 2020, there will be alot more opinions about this whole driverless car thing. Right now I feel that the world is okay the way it is. I also see the good this in this car too. Less fuel being used, meaning more earth to enjoy. All the smoke from cars now is bad, in 2020 I hope there will be less smoke. Some people need to get out and see the world, and with this driverless car, people can travel anywhere they want and see what ever they want. They can actually sit and look out the window again, like they did when they were kids.
I can imagine a time in the future when no one buys cars becuase no one needs them anymore. That time will be soon in the future. I see people right now working on this car, making it safe for us to use. I am not ready for that time yet. I want to drive my own car for a while before I have to get in one of these driverless cars. I want to have fun in my life, like driving, instead of having a computer do it for me.
A computer car can be good for some people. They wouldn't need to drive all the time. It could actullay be a good thing. | 3 |
defa1cc | dear state senator, i belive we should trash the electoral college and do popular votes. this way it is simiple and easyer to control. people may think they are voting for president when there not (even know they shouod be).we are really voting for electors. i dont see where it is right that thoses electors have to fight for are vote. we should be able to put in are balliets and that be it, not worry weather the electors had a good agument and won the fight. the electors dont always vote for who that state wants. when some people go to vote the are confused on the electores and vote the wrong candidate. the electors dont alawys vote for who we want sometimes they put that voite aside and vote for whom ever they wish. in all realaity we dont need them all they do is cause a mess in the prosses. so i belive that we shuld stop the electoral college and do direct voit insted. | 2 |
defe6bd | About 25 years ago, NASA's Viking 1 and Viking 2 spotted what seeemed to be a giant face that resembled an Egypt Pharoah. Could this be an alien artifact? Haha,..nope just a natural landform.
Only a few scientist thought that the face was an artifact, but as soon as NASA heard this the made it a priority to go back and photograph Cydonia once again. Jim Garvin says "We felt this was important to taxpayers. We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it." (Paragraph 6) This mean if it was an alien artifact NASA would have made money and benifited from finding this.
However, when Michael Malin went back and photgraphed this again it revealed only a natural landform.(Paragraph 7) Later when others went back again to photograph it they were fortunet enough to get close enough to get a clear picture. (Paragraph 10)
The picture acutally only shows the Martian equivalent of butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West.(Paragraph 12) Too bad for all those scientist who thought this was an alien artifact. We still have to wait a while before we can prove that there have, are, or will ever be aliens on mars! | 3 |
df04de6 | The author of this article says that it is a worthy pursuit to explore Venus. And they are right. Venus is much like Earth with its density and size so why not explore it.
The author explains that Venuis might have been just like Earth years ago and scientists have thought about going back to explore. The text said,"Why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface? Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largley with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." What this is saying is that scientist could make new discoveries that could change everything and that scientists should absolutly go back to this planet.
The author also said that this exploration can be dangerous. The conditions on this planet are hostile. The planet is very hot and the atmosphere pressure is much greater than on Earth. The text said," A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percetn carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." What this is trying to say is that this is extremely dangerous for humans. But this still doesn't make it impossible for people to explore. NASA has a possible solution to battle the conditions of this planet. They might create a hovering vehicle that would stay above the ground. The text says," NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Vesusian landscape." What this is saying is that there is a chance people can go find new discoveries on Venus.
In conclusion it is possible but dangerous to explore this planet because we have technology to help us through the hostile conditons of this planet. | 4 |
df0746c | There are many benefits and downsides to go to venus.
Just like the tittle say of this article. " The challenge of exporling venus. It is not going to be easy trying to study life on venus and actually trying to live there. For example in the text it states that " No spacecraft surived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this isue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades. Which means that no one has been on venus in a very long time. More evidence of how we can't live on venus is. ow there are clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venu's atmosphere. If you don't know what corrosive sulfuric acid is or what it does let me tell you, you do not want that. If that touches your skin it will literally melt your skin off and it will burn like nothing before.
Despite all of the negative things on venus;there are some benfeits that humans can get from being on venus. For example, in the text it says that. " Venus was probably coverd largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth. Also, the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar eatures such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Another piece of evidence from the text says that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
Some more textual facts from the article says that
" Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. The text says " Amagine a blip- like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. Just as or het airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. Now that would be amazing for our scientist to do. Another thing that would be a benfit from being on venus would be solar power. We would pretty much never run out of sunlight and we could run off of solar pannels for a long time.
In Conclusion, all of the dangerous conditions on venus, there are some good things to come out of it.
You should never just be biased and look on one side, you should always look on the other side as well and see if there can be any benefit or any good that could come out of it. And becuase we are looking on the other side despite of the bad stuff maybe one day we could possibly live on venus. | 3 |
df0a3ec | Dear Senator,
I wrote this letter to tell you we should keep the electoral college process. I know you must get hundredths of letters everyday about this,but it is a very important topic to discuss. We did it this way every since the founding fathers created it. Most people wouldnt understand that,but this is a process on witch are nation grow up on learning. Its kind of amazing that we still remeber this way,and still continue to use it. This is just one of the reasons that have yet to come.
Also,wouldnt it be diffucult to just change the system out of thin air,think about it. You also have to think about the people who disagree with changing the system. People can stop voting if they dont like the system. If nobody votes,then are country cant move fourth into the future,and if that happens the USA mint have a civil war. From a diffrent stand point it mint not be a bad thing to get a new system. This is just another reason why we shouldnt change the system of voting.
The system we have now works,so what will be the point of changing something if it is not broken. The system we have now makes sure not one man has more power than the next man or woman. Think about the improving we have done to the current system,before blacks even couldnt vote into they improved the system. Back then their were alot of errors and stuff wrong with the process into they started improving. Now,why would you want to throw all that hard work away. This is just another why another why we shouldnt get rid of the current voting system.
We even made amedements to help enchance the system,without these amedments the power will be uneven. For instance if they didnt make a amedement to stop slavery then,blacks wouldnt even be able to vote. How bout they didnt make a amendment to give girls the right to vote then the power will still be shifted. You also cant forget how many people fought to make the power equal. If the power is shifted in the tighest a civil war can break out,and ruin what we worked so hard to protect. This was the last reason why we shouldnt chang the system.
All in all my letter was about how we shouldnt change the current system we have now. If we do all that hard work will go to waste. We spent so many years perfecting the system. Many people have fought to keep power in check bewteen people. If we made a new system it mint be worse then the system we have. That is why we shouldnt change the system.
sincerly,
PROPER_NAME | 3 |
df12ef4 | Driverless Cars Are Coming
Manufacturers are making new cars that will be able to run without a human constantly operating the machine. As of now, Google, BMW, and other such companies have been making efforts toward this new era of technology, however
"Driverless Cars" would be more of a danger and problem to our society than good. It would cause confusion with where to place fault in accidents or legal situations, computer run cars would malfunction just like any other computer run technology such as the "iphone", or "MacBook", Drivers would abuse their privelege and fall asleep "at the wheel", and this would encourage drunk drivers to drive, possibly skyrocketing drunken accidents and alcoholosim.
In paragraph 9 under the section entitled, "Wating on the Law", the passage clearly states "If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" This is not only concerning but also a very dangerous thought. When we as humans give the liberty and saftey of our lives over to computers that are programmed to do tasks and that do not feel any human emotions, and then one of them kills someone in an accident, who is to blame? The computer, malfunctioned, but the manufacturer and "driver" didn't directly do anything. This type of machine still needs constant attention and alertness of the human within. Maybe even more so than when driving a normal car because the "Driverless Cars," will alert you at random to take over quickly when human skills are needed. People may not be prepared to do so, and in that case, things could take a turn for the worst. The beauty of "Driverless Cars" would cause some people to abuse their privelege and maybe even drink or sleep with the knowledge that the car will drive for you. After all, whats the actual chance that the car will ask them to do something? People will think this and slack off on their responsibilities, causing a very dangerous situation.
Technology is increasing and our future holds many things ahead of us. New cars are being made to drive for us but are we ready to take such a huge leap into this process? A leap that puts our lives in the hands of non-human, compassion-lacking, machines? "Driverless Cars" would cause more harm and more problems to our society than good. | 3 |
df14366 | People arent using cars as much because it is not worth their time. It is easier for them to just jump on a bus or walk or bike to their destination. Places that dont use cars are having a better life because people are not as stressed and there isnt nearly as much pollution. "When i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way". other countries are getting in on the "car reduced" comunities.
In Paris they ban driving because of all the smog in the city. they would fine people who did drive on those days and depending on how people reacted their cars would be impounded. people were just using public transportation and by the next few days the smog was gone.
In bogota, colombia they have had a "car free" day for the past three years where people walk to work or school or take public trasportation. "its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". and for the first time two other colombian cities, cali and valledupar, joined the event. many people have gone car free for a long time instead of just a day. they just use bikes or public transportation because it is easier and less stressful.
In the united states people have been driving less adn getting fewer licenses as the years progress. the number of miles driven per person in 2013 was the same as it was in 1995. the renewal of center cities has made the suburbs less appealing and has drawn empty nesters back in. likewise the rise in cellphones and car-pooling apps has facilitated more flexible commuting arrangements, including the evolution of shared van services for getting to work. in new york there is a bike sharing program that is really taking off. and the tolls on bridges and tunnels are making people drive less and less. there has also been a large drop in percentage of sixteen to thirtynine year olds getting licenses. | 2 |
df1b408 | Most citizens do not realize that even though it may be easier and does not require a large amount of energy to operate, cars pollute the air that we breathe and it becomes tainted. Citizens may have their own personal reasons why they ride bicycles, walk or take the bus. If everyone takes part in not driving a car, the society would dramatically improve. For one the amount of tracffic would decrease. The text states "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France after five days of intensifying smog...". In other words this is saying that the fog was so intense that people driving were not able to operate their vehicles. Since no one was driving or on the road, traffic went down 60 percent due to the amount of smog. In addition to the amount of traffic being lowered, certain car lots would have an significant increase in business. Article two states "exceptions were made for plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers". In other words car dealer ships their profits and their makings would sky rocket due to the increase of people purchasing this particular type of vehicles in an attempt to make the Earth greener.
Adding on to the fact that not only will car dealer ships that sell these types and models of cars profit increase drastically, the citizens will either have electric vehicles or they will have the type of vehicles that can occupy more than three passengers per trip or outing. So then the amount of exhaust coming from cars and going into the air will be reduced. Electric cars do not produce exhaust and if more people drove cars that can seat more than three people, then exhaust will still be going into the air but the amount would be less than it usually is. Not only will reducing car usuage prevent air pollution, it brings people together and helps them relax. Article three states "it's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." In other words this is saying that banning cars allowed the citizens to just relieve stress. | 3 |
df1d356 | Facial coding is cool, but it is not valuable in a school setting. Why would one ever need this at their school. Students do not go school to get their emotions checked, they go to learn about history stuff or about anything else. Also we do not know if this computer will truly work on a human because they only talk about attemping it on a painting not a live physical humans. Also how can one produce something so complex that a PC can not even keep up with it. To one it might might be cool, but in reality it is not that interesting for school use.
Why use a computer? Using a computer to find people's emotion is uneccessary because Alto mentions the brain does this calculation everyday with even more acurracy and it will help build comunication skills and put oneself on a deeper level of thought. There is a person that this boy likes or has a crush on and he wants to talk to her, but he doesn't know what to say. Later he notices that she is obviously down about something, and he walks over to her and says "Hey, are you alright you look kinda down?" This is the skills we need to work on we need to not rely on computersand learn to read emotions.
While people agree and disagree with this idea the opposition has some good points. If there is kid that has been mentally abused or is depressed. Having this imagery can really help get students to open up and talk about it, so they can prevent what is happening. Another thing it can do is help depict the mood of a painting like previously stated in this article by D'Alto. Also it could help teachers more on understanding their students so they can buils a more positive and stable relationship. By knowing what people are feeling it could effect the mental state of the mind and body and not cause stress.
Overall the effect to this product would be not having the ability to actually depict how one is feeling without using the coding system which could make human intereaction almost artificial. Later on down the road this could be useful, but as it is today it's not the greatest idea for a school atomosphere, especially with the distraction of social media and technology in general. | 3 |
df1e4f2 | When you look at these pictures what do you see? It may be a face to some people and to others it might be just a natural landform. We'll never really know the truth unless somebody goes there or since its been a while it may not even be there anymore. If you went there would you come back with false or true evidnece to help support what you think it is.
On May 24,2001 the text say, "Twenty five years ago something funny happened around Mars. NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be starring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia." This shows that if this two mile long "human face" was real this must of had to of been a giant living on Mars. The text also says "Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." This shows that this helps us know that it could of just of been a Martian mesa since its common around Cydonia.
In the image of 1998 I can see where they see the face, but then look at the picture from 2001 it just looks like a large landform. Yes it could of decayed but then by the time 1998 come it should have already been decayed and you would of thought that from image from 1976. If the mesa was a human face then it wouldn't really have all those cracks like the image from 2001 has. The text says " A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see." What kind of rucous do you think this would of caused?
The text says " A few days later NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." This shows that they might of added the resembles a human face, because they can't really put if it was unless somebody actually went to Mars. Many people would have had there different opinions on if it were really a human face without the 'Resembles a human head" part or not.
The authors who wrote the story about the resembles a human head thought it would be a good way to have the public engage in attention toward Mars. It did! the text says "The Face on Mars has since become a pop icon. It has starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows." This shows that the Face on Mars is so popular even though it couldn't be a real human head. | 3 |
df2161b | The author has been studying Venus to find out if humans can live there and there are some reason that humans cant live there.
The author says that Venus has many feature like earth and that it may be possible for humans to live there. Even though they have seen what could happen like the bad part of living there, they are still trying to find a way to make humans live there. Venus is like Earths "twin" because it is the closest planet to the earth unlike the other planets. Also, Venus atmosphere of carbon dioxide is 97 percent.
Venus may be worth studying for but despite the danger that it may have to any human could be bad and even though the author says that they are going to have to make humans a part of there studyies so they can find a way to live there. In the text it says that "numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite the proximity to us" saying that they will have to study humans no matter what.
Therefore, Venus may be wirth to study it but is it really worth putting humans a part of your study just to be right. There are may factors that Venus has that are very dangerous to us. | 2 |
df22b27 | Driverless cars are very efficient and should be allowed. I think driverless cars should be allowed because of less accidents, more safety and better driving. That is why driverless cars should be developed.
The first reason to as why driverless cars should be developed is to prevent less accidents. In the article the text talks about how sensors became more advanced since the 1980s. Evidence from the article states "Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger out-of-control skids or rollovers." If humans responded as fast as a computer could then we would not need to develop driverless cars, but we need them to prevent crashes, skids and rollovers.
Now, my second reason is to be more safe. If we develop more driverless cars with computer engineered scanners, radars and sensors there would be no hit and runs, vehicular manslaughter or roadkill. Humans cannot stop as fast as computers do, therefor with the driverless car people would stop running red lights, speeding through neighborhoods hitting children playing and the elderly can cross safe and sound. A computer would also stop you from bumping into stuff , in paragraph 7 the text claims "GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object." That is my second reason why it is more safe to have driverless cars.
The last reason why to prove driverless cars need to be developed is better driving. The driverless car would be a good asset to have drive on a highway or expressway, the sensors and computer interact to prevent accidents on the highway. "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automative radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and a inertial motion sensor." The whole bang for your buck systematic vehicle will prevent traffic jams, less accidents equal less construction work and less deaths will accur, a intriuging reason to why we need driverless cars developed.
Those are just three reasons why the driverless car is needed but im pretty sure there is more. At the end of the day it is all about safety, proper manufacturing and liability. If the car has those three things why not promote its development? | 4 |
df238bb | The "Face of Mars" may look like a face but it really is not, it is natural landfrom. When NASA unveiled the image to the public of the Face, they put a note saying "huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." Most people belive that it an ancient civilization on Mars, because of what they see in movies, books, magazines, and even rado talk shows.
People think the face is "bona fide" evidence of life on Mars. Those people say that NASA would rather hide evidence of life on Mars, say conspiracy theorists. Few scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographong Cydonia became a priority for NASA eighteen years after the mission ened.
Jim Garvin said that they felt that it was important to the taxpayers, so they photographed the Face as soon as they could get a shot of it. In 1998 Mars Global Sureyor flew over Cydonia for the first time and snapped a picture ten times sharper that the original.
The 2001 picture shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landfroms common around the American West. Jim Garvin says that it reminds him of most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, but it really a lava dome that takes the from of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. | 2 |
df23b1d | People do not need cars that can drive themselves. If people were to 'drive' a
car that has the capability to drive by itself.If that same car got in an accident then taht
would mean that the driver is releaing more in the car.
That would also mean that the dirver is not paying attention to the most important thing when driving; the road. Driving laws focus on people safety when people around them are 'driving' and give justice to those who need it; but how can people do that when other would not know who to blame-- the driver or the manucfacturer of that car.
Traffic law was something long ago and it was invented, for human purposes. Majority of people are always careless when driving. Those drivers think that driving is a game and those people don't release their mistake until they have to pay the price. For the actions of those people and for the security and safety of other law where made, specifically driving laws. " Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe......As a result, in most states it is illgal even to test computer-driven cars" The author of the article even implies about cars not driving themselves being a concern and even a threat to others. When people make laws they do not do it just for fun. Most states that value their citizens make laws as harsh as they may be to keep people safe. Something everyone mostly people who are parents want for their kids. Parents may not be very happy to see many or even a few drivers distrated because they have a car that drives itself. thay would mostly see it as a threat for their family safety.
Laws change all the time, but just because they change does not mean it always for the best cause or that verything will turn out as people were hoping they would. "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover........-the driver or the manufacturer?"
In this detail the author is implying that if they could change the laws as many time as peoplecould.
The question people should be asking is that will that change anything in the way people would rely on the car. Will the laws decrease the numbers of careless drivers and the amount of accidents cause by those careless drivers. Driving laws would be much harder to control with all of those thing in hand. For example if a person that had a car that could 'drive by itself', which cause the driver to not pay attention to the road. Then the car would start malfunction and cause a huge accident in which cause a life of another. Who would be at fault and the careless driver or the mechanic of the car that malfunction.
Many Television show and movies have invision the future with car that can drive and do other amaxing stuff. Those are pretty cool stuff to do. "television and movies have long fascinated with cars that could drive themselves." Now that something to wish for, right? Whrong if you are fascinated with car that could drive themselves that okay, but have theyv stop and look the negative side of this. "Automakers are .......car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time." Would sane peron really rely on that 90 percent when there is a 10 percent chance that something could go wrong. If a person values their life when it comes to a surgery which could save their life. Woudn't it be reasonable that person would think twice about putting risk to themselves and even there family. When that a 90 percent chance of not living.
In conclusion people should have fun with things that enginners bring. Though just because it is fun and many peopldo it and look at the consequences that could cause does not mean anyone should rely on it. Remeber that when a person see's a positive that perosn who ever it may be MUST look at the negatives and see if it really worth everything. Is 90 percent really capable of car driving itself. Are traffic laws really going to stop all people and would changing the laws really protect others that are careful and value their lifes? That would be up to the audience. | 4 |
df2725e | Computer Calculated Emotion
Do you really feel the way you think? On an average school day are your emotions connected with your face? How would you feel if a computer could see how you feel? If a computer knew what I was thinking and how I feeel, I would be amazed.
Does learning on the computer at school fruastrate you due to not having one on one help. If all school computers had Facial Action Coding System that problem wouldn't exist. The Facial Action Coding System is the new emotion-recongnition software. This software uses video imagery to track facial movements in a real face or even in the painted face of the Mona Lisa. Having a computer sence how you feel will help better educate students. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, so computers need to understand that too.
Having the Facial Action Coding System in computers would not only help out
students but also kids out of school. The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery. This will allow kids to enjoy the fun activities on computers.
I am totally for the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions. This will help students in many aspects. Students will learn better based on how they learn, computers will be able to communicate with students better and kids will enhoy the fun activities on the computers. The Facial Action Coding System will improve the schooling for children. This program should be in a students classroom or even on their personal school computers. | 3 |
df2acd5 | Hi, I'm Luke Bomberger. I am so happy that I joined the Seagoing Cowboys becasue joining their progam, made my life had change completly, in the good way though. Don't loose me here becasue I'm about to tell you some of my favorite adventures, and the lessons I have learned to really see how the world works. I hope by the end of the argument you will be so convinced and enthusiastic about joing the Seagoing Cowboys program as much as I was!
The most amazing place that I have ever visited was probably Greece. I found Greece to be the best because there were so may fantastic ruins and buildings that the Ancient Greece built thousands of years before my time. The Acropolis was a very beautiful sight to see because you could tell that the builders had done a great job of building it, so that it would last a long time. I could proboby write all day about Greece, but I want to share some of the other wonderful sights I got to experience along the journey.
The gondola in Venice,Italy was acculay pretty fun to ride. Seeing the Italian buildings accualy was neat site to visit. You could relaxing on the gondola trying to learn Italian. Venice had kind people, so if you think that you would be mistreated because you're a foreigner, you're wrong. In europe the people are kind and generous to everyone. Going t differnt places might be a klittle nearve wreaking, but after about two trips you'll get used to it, and that's what you'll want to do. The Seagoing Cowboys not only lets you travel, but also learn different languages, meet new people, experience differnt jobs, and so much more. I'm not going to spoil all the fun of being a Seagoing Cowboy beause I want you to fell exitement when you hopefully want to become one. I did miss my family, but the job and traveling kept me very busy and aware of what life was like.
The best part of all was giving a little homeless boy in China some clothes and food. That boy was the sweetest child I've ever seen in my whole life. seeing him with a big smile gave me a better future. tha smile and journey with the Seagoing Cowboys was amazing. I hope you will pariceipate with the Seagoing Cowboys because it will change your life. Joing them was the best deciosn of my life. Thank you for reading my argument please make the right decision by joining,a dn make a difference in our world. I hope you will get to experience what I did. | 3 |
df2b290 | Well in the Seagoing Cowboys program i think people and plus they get to travel on a boat. Reason why i would join it is because when they get to travel around and they can see things like animals and so that i can play with the animals. If u were a small time boy just like Luke Bomberger you could have a unbelievable trip. The trips were amazing also but the one that standed out to me was the cattle-boat trips. It took two whole week to cross the Atlantic Sea. Luke Bomberger had a job as a watchmen once and it didnt go to well he. He was supposed to check on the animals every hour he was going to cheack on theam when he flew and he broke his ribs. But most importantly of all it opened up the world to Luke Bomberger he said he is grateful for this opportunity. It made him be more aware of people. He hosted a number of international students and exchanged visitors for many of years to tell him about his job. | 2 |
df2cd7e | The use of technology is not valuable when comes to reading emotions in classroom because even though we express ourselves so easily however those of us with ability manipulate others and or manipulate the technology it self like hacking or reprogrammming data based and operating systems of the computer which by the way is softer that completly allows the hardware and software talk to each other examples of operating systems is Microsoft's Windows 10 and Apple's Mac os X or as I call it Mac os 10 because X in roman numbers means 10 can be hacked by viruses and malware and worst of all ransomware itself and we all know for every key you bet their is always a lock and vice versa why do you think computer security specialist exist to work and counter each other for sake of technology. Also yes while emotions are mixed we may feel one emotion more than other when going through mixed emotions ok I get that truly but when you say oh this person is 83% this and 9% this how can you accuratley say that when emotions aren't calcuated by math no we humans are too complex for that that's why we have people taking care of people not robots caring for people why it's because where made to be complex. That is like saying that weather guy like oh well its gonna be 60% chance of rain and thunderstorm here in the mid east of country no no not it all all because the weather guy only gets stuff right 80%-90% of weather right shoot weather people struggle to predict indiana weather because one season supposed be harsh and deadly potentional winter right while we may have that but like one day it wants be 60 degress fariheit like no its not supposed be that warm in indiana in winter when we think winter we think snow, hail ,snow storms , chilly winds any type extreme colds but warmth no no not at all partly cloudy ok sure some sunshine with cold windchill sure but extreme odd warmth for time of winter no because these technologies that help us as people aren't always helping like there is always something wrong with technology because we made the technology and one characteristic we passed down to technology and that is inperfection in fact we intentionally made the technolgy to some degree less smarter than us so we can always have room inprove ourselves and you wouldn't want something made to be a tool be superior to you right of course you don't so why use technology to replace humans why not except some things we have and here the thing paragraph number two even says I am right because you cannot calculate emotions with math no as also talked in paragraph number 3 emotions are discovered when our muscles move certain way our body instinctively tells us to do so not fully instinctlively because our thoughts and nerves go so fast we sometimes in instant gratification stuff lose precious time to react when needed to and our nerves and speed of the nerves why we is limited by our very own fixed speed and thoughts and emotions and stuff. Also paragraph 4 says each facial expression is universal so even though we all have similar look when happy sad, angry , depresssed doesn't mean all angry and depressed people look same and we can hide or have our feelings mixed up with so much thoughts in our head that is happening. | 2 |
df2d044 | The technology of being able to find out a persons emotions is interesting but not valuable. The technology is not valuable because a human can already tell another humans emotions without having to use technology, the computer cant comfort the human if he is upset, plus this technology could lead to technology becoming smarter than humans which then they could take over the world.
Humans are wired to be able to tell the emotions of another person. Humans dont even have to see the actions of a person before they know the emotion they are expressing on thier face. The reason we already know how they feel is because we do the same faces so we can relate to the way they feel and or look. Our brain makes connections better than a computer can when it comes to emotions, since a computer does not have emotions.
A computer does not have emotions, and if it does it is programed, therfore they are fake. Even if a computer can tell the muscles used in the face it doesnt make the computer correct about the mood they are in. The author tells us that you can make your muscles in your face move.This means you may be able to fake emotions to the computer which would give inacurate results, or the results could just be inacurate all togeather
The technological advantage of computers being able to read emotions can be dangerous. Machines with "personalities" could use the emotion scanning technology to their advantage. They could do so by decieving us into doing bad things. Machines could also use the information given to copy our facial expressions. If they copy our facial expressions the robots could communicate on a wholenother level.
In conclusion the technology to read emotions through facial expressions would not be valuable to students. Since humans can already know the emotions another person is expressing, the computer detecting the emotion cant change it, and machines may be able to use it to thier advantage in the future the technology is not valuable to students in a classroom. This technology is not valuable to anyone at all and should be destroyed. | 3 |
df32c3c | The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by explaining and reasoning about Venus. Venus is a simple to see from the distant. Each previous mission was unmanned. Venus is a challenging planet and no spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. I believe that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of dangers because it's a challenging place to examine more closely, has different speeds, and the atmosphere and heat.
Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the second planet from our sun. The nickname is misleading since Venus is actually a planet. According to Paragraph 1 it says that, "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely." This quote states that Venus is danger and challenging to observe.
Venus is oftened referred to as Earth's "twin". Earth and Venus orbit different speeds. These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus because Venus is sometimes right around the corner-in space terms-humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previous missions was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. This issue explains why not a single spaceship had landed on Venus and numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study.
A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. Venus does not have any easy conditions since it's dangerous but survivable for humans. Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks.
Strivinng 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. Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Venus has many more experinces to go and finding out more about it. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be exapned to meet very edges of imagination and innovation. Venus can sometimes be worthy pursuit despite the dangers. | 3 |
df36957 | Earlier studies show that there are no alien lightforces on any planet whatsoever. Most people think that aliens hide in the shadows and they will abduct us in our sleep, no. Aliens are another term for forigners or people from other countries, but this was in 1976-2001 when almost everyone believed in aliens. The National
Areonautics Space Administration wasn't created to see if aliens are real or not, is was created to study something in space other than just Earth. Aliens do not excist so there is no possible way that they can make a face of a human from Mars, it is just a natural landform that so happens to look like a face.
The thing about people's imagination is that they'll believe anything that someone tells them. Most people are like brainwashed monkeys about to be tested on. I myself used to believe in "alien lightforces" when I was young. People in the late 1900s were very childish and had creative minds. Why would someone even doubt that the image that was taken isn't just a natural landforce, it would be almost stupid if someone would doubt.
In late June last year some man took a picture of something that looks like a UFO, I can now see how people would thing that aliens are real. However this new age of technology has been so equipped with the use of photoshop. People that can photoshop can control almost half of the worlds' minds. The fact is that since aliens aren't real, there is no possible way that they can make a human face from the Mars dirt. It has to be just a natural landform. | 3 |
df380ff | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile." the auhtor explains the development in new technology called the Facial Action Coding System that enables coputers to detect human emotions. As humans do this almost everyday attempting to figure out the mood of the people in their surroudnings.
Computer technology is now able to do the same actions but on a higher level inclduing percentage and specific musclesthat induce the face of happiness and other emotions. This technology in a classroom reading the emotional expressions of students would be very valuable becuase teachers can adjust the lesson accordingly, they can help them and try to relate the lesson to them, and they could act differently according to the person's mood.
The first reason why this technology would be useful in a classroom is so the teachers can adjust the lesson accordingly. For example, if a teacher had planned to talk about Romeo and Juliet which is a morrid tradegy inclduing death, they could switch the lesson and avoid conflict if they knew a student was sad and possibly had a death in their family or relations. If the tecaher had gone into the lesson talking about the death and such upsetting events they could have upset the student and made issues. Another example would be if the teacher saw the student was not understanding the material they could explain the lesson in a different way. One of the main reasons for schooling is to learn and this could help teachers teach their students more efficently. The teacher would know if a student was confused and they could provide them assitance.
The second reason this technology would be useful in a classroom is so that the teacher could try and relate their lesson to the studnets so they understand it better. For example, recently children are very drawn to technology. If students in an english class were reading a book and their homework was writing a summary over each chapter some wouldn't complete it becuase it's 'hard' or 'boring'. If you flip the perspective and have a class twitter page and the students would tweet each day something about what they read they would take to it better. A teacher could see that a student is very happy they do do a lesson that is along the lines of knowing what happiness is and explaining emotions. If a teacher tried to do a lesson like that while their students were sad they could most likely not explain happiness.
The third reason this technology would be useful in a classroom is so that the teacher could act differently according to the person's mood. If a teacher was planning on having a debate in class but then realized that some of their students were already angry and flustered they might change the plan. The students would go into the debate angry and it would only make them angrier resulting in the class getting out of control or hurting a student's feelings. If a student comes in and the teacher notices they are sad and upset they won't be as harsh on them. If the said student had a missing assingment that had to be turned in the teacher could wait until the next day or aproach them in a kind and understanding manner. If the teacher hassaled the student about a missing assingment when already upset it could escalate the situation to an uneeded extent.
Many people focus on their emotions and feelings, teenagers at a higher level than most. People are led to act on how they feel about the situation or in general. Emotions lead the world and without them it would be a boring and grimy place to live. In many situations multiple peoples feelings get hurt becuase they say something to a person in a bad mood and the person explodes on them. School inhabits alot of stress onto teenagers so if thier teacher knew how they felt it could help them all. This technology in a classroom reading the emotional expressions of students would be very valuable becuase the teachers can adjust the lesson accordingly, they can help and try to relate the lesson to them, and they could act differently according to a person's mood. Emotions are a large part of a tenneagers life and if schools could help reduce stress, help students comprehend, and help rather and hurt the students emotions the school systems could have a largely more postive impact. | 5 |
df3c776 | Car, bikes, walking and such are many forms of transportation. Cars are the main favorite overall. But as time continues we see that the drastic need for cars is growing smaller and smaller because we are now seeing the bigger picture; limiting car usage is a bigger plus than a negative.
In Vauban,German the surburb is going "car-free". Rosenthal speaks about how Vauban allows cars but there are only two locations where they may park these cars. If you want to park your car you must buy a space for $40,000, and a home along with your parking space. Due to these facts 70% of Vauban families do not own a car. An advantage of this limited car usage is that people like Heidrum Walter speak about how she is much happier and less tense without her car.
Vauban is in an area that is more accesible to public transportation and closer to stores. The closeness allows people easier accessablity to buses, or walking and biking places. With everything close its easier to get to point A to B. Also reduces pollution and greenhouse gases due to the fact they aren't using cars to get to there locations.
In Source 2 Duffer, speaks about how in Paris bans are being placed against the usage against cars, due to the fact Paris has a high level of smog. Paris had motorists with even-numbered license plates on Mondays leave there cars home or suffer a fine. On Tuesday motorists with odd-numbered license plates were to leave cars home or suffer a fine. The advantage of this ban is that having so many people leave there cars home on Monday allowed the smog to clear enough that the ban for Tuesday was rescind. If Paris were to do this ban for a couple of years there smog issue would be completely gone. This would be a major advantage for them, it would give them less pollution, not as many people getting sick due to the smog, and a less car dependent city.
An event was created in Bogota, Colombia called A Day Without Cars. Which was to have people go car-free for a day. Colombians used many other transportations such as biking, buses, and hiking. This event allowed smog to be reduced due to the fact Colombians could not use a car this day or be fined. Also this event helped spark other areas want to pertake in this event. This was a huge advantage having many other places join A Day Without Cars; this meant more areas helping reduce smog and helping many more areas become aware of the fact cars dont have to be the only form of transportation people use.
All in all if areas become less car dependent, there shall be less smog, pollutions and lastly people wont have to travel as far due to the fact everything will be closer. The smaller amount of cars we have, the more positive outcomes. | 4 |
df3edd3 | Every day, we all wake up and instantly start to calculate how the day will most likely go. Much of this calculation revolves around the people that surround us constantly, like our family and our friends, who have the most impact on our behaviors and moods. We take a quick look at their faces and their body language, and can make a pretty close assumption as to what that person is feeling, what thoughts they are having, and how they will feed off of other people's moods as well. It's pretty easy to decipher many of these things without a problem, but sometimes, especially when an emotion is mixed, it's a little harder to calculate. Now, technology has been formed to help us find out what others are really feeling, even if they are hiding it. In many situations, this software could be useful. Some settings, not so much.
In a public schooling atmosphere, mood is pretty much what makes or breaks how a class will go. If the students are sad or the teacher is moody, the class might be that much more of burden to deal with all the negativity. If a class is particularly boring, and the students are tired, the class might go on for ages. Plus, some material might be confusing for some students, and this will make the class much harder as well to understand and pass. As people, we tend to subconsiously figure out this kind of information as soon as possible, in order to better guess how they should behave. We do it so often, we as a people have gotten pretty good at this. So how useful would this technoogy be in this particular situation? Not very, since in a clasroom setting it is fairly easy to tell when a student is confused or bored. Now, there are other situations, some even still withing the guidelines of 'school', in which this technology would be used more often.
Online schooling is an ever-growing web of ideas and people, and is almost always a good experience to have even if they dont stick with it. However, the social aspect of school is forgotten as well as the face-to-face contact with teachers that is useful in situations like confusion, boredness, or even sickness. This technology would be especially useful for this type of setting, since it can give teachers an insight on what their students are feeling about the material that they are teaching. It can help them shape their curriculum to better fit that student's needs, and therefore give a better and long-lasting impact on that student's grades, and possibly even future. It could be an integrated part of the website or a type of software that is highly reccomended or required to download. Even aside from all of that, there are even more uses for this software outside of the school setting.
In therapy sessions, or even interrogations, this kind of technology could be even more useful. In therapy, the people that go have most likely gotten very good at concealing their emotions, and doing things like fake smiling. This kind of technology could help the therapist better understand when something like this happens, and therefore help the patient get better faster, and to a higher degree. Interrogations, often done to help gain information that the prisoner most liekly does not wish to give. This technology could better read the facial expressions in details that we normally cannot decipher ourselves, and therefore better know when a person is lying or witholding information, and also help people know when they gave all the info they know.
A public school setting is most likely not the best way to use this programming, especially since it has so many other incredibly helpful uses that would be much more beneficial to many things. Its obvious when someone is happy, excited, overly sad, or losing their temper. bot expressions like boredness, disgust, fear, and pride are hard to figure in small doses. This new technology will be used in a variety of ways, but how many of those will actually we beneficial? | 4 |
df3f185 | Dear Mr. Senator,
The Electoral College has served us for more than a century in determining our nation's new president. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress," states the article "What Is the Electoral College?" written by the Office of the Federal Register. This means that we do not vote directly vote for our new president, but instead vote for electors that vote for a candidate running for office. Though many individuals are in favor of keeping the Electoral College, if kept, it will continue to cause problems in our nation. Our presidential campaign will be much better if we change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.
To begin with, the Electoral College is the cause for many issues in our nation's presidential campaign. First of all, voters sometimes cannot even control whom their electors vote for. Ergo, one may vote for an elector of our favorite candidate's party, however, we don't know if that elector will go back on his word and vote for another cadidate. The article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the sytem allows for much worse. Consider that state legislators are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people". This means that the people never know if their electors are going to go back on their word and vote for another candidate. Aside from that, their is the worrying aspect of a tie occurring. If that were to happen, then the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives. The article The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "In 1968, a shift of just 41, 971 votes would have deadlocked the election; In 1976, a tie would have occurred if a mere 5,559 votes in Ohio and 3,687 votes in Hawaii had voted the other way". This says that if those people had just voted for the opposite person, then there would have been a tie between the two candidates. Yes, those numbers seem large, but in comparison to the number of voters that there were in those years, they're a small fraction of them. This shows how close elections are with the Electoral College.
Aside from causing issues in the United States, the Electoral College is extremely unfair to voters. The article, "What Is the Electoral College?" written by the Office of the Federal Register states, "Most states have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate". That is not fair to other voters who don't vote for the popular candidate in their state; they don't receive any electors. Additionally, most candidates only advertise and visit "swing" states. "Swing" states are the states that usually determine the outcome of the election. "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer says, "During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad". It's unjustifiable that simply because you have fewer electors in your state, you don't get to watch your candidates campaign. As previously mentioned, each state has a different number of electoral votes. It all depends on the population. For example, Texas, with a huge population has 38 electors, while Maine only has 4. The article, "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses of the system are wrong" states, "Beacuse each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters". Why do some states have more representatives than others just because of their population? It's not fair to the smaller states. It is true that the bigger states have more people in them, needing more representation, however, the smaller states have as much to say as the big ones. '
To conclude, the Electoral College has caused many disastorous factors in our presidential campaigns. It has caused the wrong president to be elected, and it doesn't give our citizens much of a voice in the election. However, changing the system to popular vote for the president will give people a louder voice in this nation and it will show them that the government cares about their opinion. As the article, "The Indefesible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid out defenses are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer states, "It's officual: The Electoral College is unfaor, outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguents against direct elections are spurious at best. It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!" | 5 |
df429af | Imagine getting into a car and having it drive off with nobody in the driver's seat. People's lives in the hands of a driverless car. Something dangerous but non the less cool to invision. But there's still many things to consider when thinking about a driverless car becoming a reality.
Driverless cars are still being developed and are in a stage that can be quite helpful. In the stage they're in now the cars can only drive in certain conditions and are mainly just assisting the driver, not taking over their job. "... This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situatuion requires." In this stage the cars are doing some of the work, but overall, it's still up to the driver to keep themself and others safe. In the stage they're in now, it almost seems safer than a full on driverless car.
Owning a driverless car or going out in one still doesn't seem one-hundred percent safe. Technology isn't full proof and has failed many people before. It's unpredictable at times. Altough the idea seems really cool it might not be the safest thing with everything considered. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" This is another great point. How would you be able to tell who was at faut in this horrible scenario?
Altough driverless cars have been evolving and worked on since around 2009, they're still very new and only legal to be tested in a few states. If driverless cars did spark and become popular, there would have to be new laws written and things to be taken into consideration. Laws take a while to be put into affect and it's not garunteed to go through, not everyone thinks driverless cars are the safest idea.
Whether people like the idea or not, driverless cars are contining to be tested and are most likely coming in the next few years. It's amazing that technoly has come this far but does it really need to be on the road? Are driverless cars a good safe idea, or a crazy unsafe one? Only time will tell. | 4 |
df45093 | The use of technology is getting advanced more and more as each day goes on. So by now we should be able to know is Mona Lisa was smiling or not. Now these days technology is informational and often true so why shouldnt we belive the results.
In the first paragraph its states she is 83 percent happy,9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angery. By looking at the painting you would probaly belive that because she is smiling, she couldve been fearful because she didnt know Leonardo da Vinci, and she couldve been angery because at the time she wouldve had to be sitting there for hours until he finished or he would have to start all over. In the passage tehy dop have good evidence if you studied anatomy you would be able to understand how all the facial expressions work. They even claim that da Vinci studieed anatomy which helped him paint her facial muscle precisely. They even teach you how to make the same face she made in the painting.
Based of the information they staed in the passage i do believe that the teachnology called Facial Action Coding System can identify human emotion. | 1 |
df46087 | Limiting Car Usage
Cars have no doubt become the leading mode of transportation all over the world. Due to the amount of exhaust that they give out, there is a negative effect with greenhouse gases.
Many places in the world have become very polluted due to the pollution that the cars give off. Did you know that Paris, the beautiful city we all know and envision in our minds was once so air polluted that they had to ban driving!? Only certain vehicles were allowed on road at times and eventually when things cleard up they let people back on the road.
Vauban, Germany. A little suburban town that has given up automoblies altogether! "Im much happier this way, when i had a car i was always tense," said Heidrun Walter, a mother of two. Bicycles have become a part of their daily lives and as a result, resteraunts, clothing stores, grocery, and other shops have all sprung up on the streets in walking disatnce making everything easliy more accesible. The town itself is very clean, since they don't use automoblies the effect of pollution is drastically different.
In Bogota, Columbia-There is a program that they do every year called "
Car-free day ." Car free is a day in which everyone in Bogota..you guessed it, doesn't drive. The people of Bogota care for their enviorment and see a need to take a day out their lives to try and improve it in the slightest. Their determination of upholding this tradition has even brought in someof the neighboring countries to partake in this car free event.
The United States is one of the leading countries in the world for car pollution. Peaking in miles driven in 2005, President Barack Obama took a stand. President Obama set high goals to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies have shown that the yearly average of miles driven is decreasing and it is believed that if this trend continues, it will benefit the rest of the country.
Cars are a majorform of pollution in the world we live in today, if we all just took some time out of our lives and rode a bike to work one day, or walked to the park, we might be able to stall the slow defeat of our planet. People desrve to live in a clean well taken careof enviorment and the first step to making that enviornment the way which we desire..is you. | 3 |
df4a236 | Driveless cars are the next step in the future, but are they the safest step? Google has been working on these cars for a long time and have had cars that work properly since 2009. With all the technology in the world today it is possible to make these cars, but like cellphones and other devices cars can make mistakes or malfunctions causing the car and person inside to be in danger. If the car were to go wrong, the makers of that car could get in a lot of trouble. Instead of driverless cars to save fuel, there should just be regular cars that are more fuel efficiant. This will keep car companies in buisness, people safer, and driverless car companies out of trouble.
If driverless cars were made, not every company could keep up with these cars. Everyone would want the newest thing and it would cause the smaller car companies to go out of buisness. Making cars that save more fuel would be easier for the smaller comanies to supply than making driverless cars. Driverless cars could also go wrong and put people in danger. If the person was seriously injured, people would see that and not want to buy the cars. This makes all the money the companies spent on cars go to waste because the driverless cars went out of style. Lets say a person was to get injured off a driverless car. That person could then sue the company because they were not the ones driving, the car was. Driverless cars are a bad idea.
Driverless cars should not be made but instead cars saving more fuel should. Cars like a Prius are getting around 50-55 miles every gallon which is amazing. If car manufactions made other models of cars getting the same or close to the mileage that a Prius gets, traveling would be a lot easier. Even though google has been working on these cars for so long, nothing is perfect. There will always be some glitch in a system that could cause the car to go wrong. Driverless cars should not be used and people should stick to regular cars that we use today. | 3 |
df4d267 | The limiting of car usage can be very useful in todays society. The emmissions of gas and diesel vehicles are at the top of the chart when it comes to pollution of the atmosphere. But not only pollution, it could cause a lot of people to become a little more healthier if we walked, ran or biked somewhere in stead of taking a five minute drive to the convient store.
In many major cities of the world, air pollutants have became a danger to the health of not only our lungs but also to the earth. The gasses that are emitted build up in our atmosphere making a thick barrier that traps other gasses inside that are intended to be set free. Paris, France had one-hundred and fourty-seven micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter.
A lot of citizens of these large cities are combating the pollution problem by putting bans on cars and car usage. But most are cutting back due to there not being a ban where they live. They choose to walk, run, bike, skate, etc... This creates a healthier way of life for these citizens as well as saving the planet. The are saving our world just one step at a time.
So as proved in these articles, there are so many postive things that can come from the restriction of automobiles. Including The preservation of Earth itself. | 3 |
df524e5 | Dear state senator,
The Electoral College has been around since the Constitution of the United States of America was composed. Is it outdated? Probaly, however just because something is old does not mean that is doesn't work anymore. Why should be get rid of the electoral college? It is still working, and it is very effiecient at what it does. We must keep the Electoral college to keep the voting for the presidency under control.
The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors, so that means you need at least 270 electoral votes to win the Presidency. However, there is a very small chance that a tie will occur. In source two the author states that if there was a tie in the electoral votes, the election of the President would turn to the House of Representatives, and the Senate would vote for the vice-president. Each delegate would get one vote, so the state of Rhode Island would have just as much say as the state of Florida.
Since the popular vote does not decide the presidency, it is very possible that the electoral vote doesn't side with the popular majority vote. However that is very rare, and only happens maybe once a century. In source three the author stated that in 2000, when Gore had more popular votes than George Bush, it was the first time since 1888 that the electoral college didn't side with the popular vote. It is very possible, but very unlikely.
There is no one region that has more electoral votes than the other, so no one region is suprieor to the rest of the regions. The candidates are required to travel to other regions, so all regions can see what the candidates campaign is, and see who the electors will be voting for.
If we did get rid of the Electoral college, there will be consequences. For example, in source three the author stated that only half of the population eligible to vote will even vote. Some people vote because they believe that they are the people who decide the presidency. The electors are people who want to express a political view point, than just vote just for the sake of voting.
Mr state senator, as you can see we must keep the Electoral college rather than switch to a popular vote for presidency. The Electoral College was created to last forever, and so far it is doing just that. If we get rid of the Electoral College, we will regret it. | 3 |
df59066 | The use of Facial Action Coding System could be a good thing to use in school. It also can be used for help better how teacher do things. At can also help a pyschologist find students with problems or mental issues. Another good use for it is could help the students in there ability to act in acting classes.
First reason why it could be a good thing for schools is that you can use the system to check if the students are bored or confused, so you can change how a teacher teaches in a different style. It also could change how the students learn. In the text I says this '' Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.'' It would be good to use to help students learn what are some of facial expression and learning what muscle cause that movement.
Another reason why it would be good to use the system is to use in acting class. A lot of school have classes such as acting, drama, and threater. How this would benfit a student is it would help then try to get the facial expression that they would need for a certain part in acting or in play it also and help produce emotions. In paragraph 9 it says this '' according to the facial feedback theory emotion, moving your facial muscles not only express emotion but it aslo may even help produce them.'' Then it goes on to say ''constantin stanislavsky, had his actors carefully reproduce smiling and frowning as a way to createing these emtions on stage''.
Finally another reason why it would be good to use the facial coding system is it would help the school psychologists if there is a student is having problems and they are hiding their problems . If would help alert the pyschologist if they are going threw depression or suicidal thoughts. it would help the pyschologist so they find a way to make them happy so they do good in school and keep track of what they are doing. In paragraph 5 it says this '' you van probably tell how a friend is felling simply by the look on her face. Of course most of us would have trouble describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried etc.''
So with conclusion these are some the reason why it would be good to use Facial Action Coding System. It would be for schools to think about these option and what it can do for students. Thank you for your taking your time to read this. | 4 |
df590e7 | The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" mentions may things about all the problems with going to Venus. Then, it is said how those problems could be fixed. These are all to support the authors claim. From examining the risk vs. reward of going to mars for exploring that was used in the text and the simple soutions that have baffled the world for 3+ decades, it's clear that the author got through with the message he was trying to convey.
What I've learned fromt the text is that traveling to Venus for a fair amount of time could be a very momentus event in history, but it will be very arduous to reach that goal. There were several dangers listed; temperature, air pressure, lightning, volcanoes, etc. "While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely". (Paragraph 1) These were also problems that were tackled by the author. He relenquishes all of the huge problems and proves that going to Venus could be worth it. | 2 |
df5d488 | Can you imagine life much less at risk? Well, unforunately there is a new way to prevent danger when it comes to driving on roads or even highways. Companies now are developing new ways in which they can make driving more safe then what it is now. For example, companies are making computer-driving cars. These cars have sensors to prevent any harm or danger when it comes to driving.
Firstly, my positon on driverless cars is that are they really safe to the new society? Only, because what if something goes wrong with the car, you are not able to control that but then again you could be blamed for something you had no control over of, the fact that these cars are driverless but your still behind the wheel. It says that the combination of all this input is necessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel. It's also proven that further improvements in sensors and compuuter hardware and even software to make driving safer are also leading cars that can handle more and more tasks on their own. Driverless cars are not fully 100% ready for the new world only because it lets us know that these cars plan to have driven themselves by 2020, this is related to Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan.
In addition, what if the technology fail on its behalf and someone gets injured, who is at fault, the manufacture or the driver? It tells us that automakers are still continuing their work on the assumption that the problems ahead will be solved and thought throughly. This is something to think about because the fact that these cars are not original, they are opperated by computers there isn't a guarntee that these cars are the safetest, because this is a big concern. If something tends to go wrong I strongly believe the driver should take over and opperate the car themselves. Malfunction can occur to the device and instantly turn off or shut down so that's when it is best for the driver to always pay attention and make sure that they are in the right safety care.
Last but not least, drivers must stay on task and focused. Manufactures are also considering using cameras to watch the that drivers are remaining focused on the roads. Did you know while the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver? Only for safety reasons through. I highly doubt these companies would want a bad reputation on the line for the driverless cars.
In conclusion, I do believe you can imagine life less at risk by the help of these cars. I think that these cars would play a big helping part in modern times as well. We still time to think out the process of these cars and how they would properly function. Only safe car has a human driver in control at all times, they seem to be proven safe. | 3 |
df662b3 | Driverless cars would be a positive advancement in our modern society because they'll be safe, cheap, and helpful for people.
These high-tech cars, once fully developed, could be much safer than current buses or taxis. Driverless cars would be completly covered in sensors, as stated in chapter 4, "Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." using Google's mostly-driverless car as an example. These sensors provide a, "constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings." which could be programmed to be much more aware than human eyes. Sensors have been around for a while, and could provide lots of safety once fully developed.
The driverless cars would also be cheaper and more earth-friendly in the long run. In chapter 1, it says, "The car he (Sergey Brin) foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..." which is a big statement. In North America gas prices are constantly fluctuating but are generally considered to be quite high. These cars, using half the gas of current taxis, will be a good deal versus current gas prices. If these cars do become the majority of transportation, some people will also stop buying their own cars, which is a huge investment. Plus, using less gas will lead to a healthier enviornment. Driverless cars will eliminate the hefty gas-usage and large money investments.
Finally, driverless cars will be helpful in their convienience for people. Many people get into car crashes because they aren't paying full attention to the road- they try to do other things while driving. In a driverless car, multitaskers would no longer have to strain focus between their own task and driving, they would be able to focus only on what they wanted to do. Anyone who couldn't pay full attention to the road- due to work needs, an ailment, anything, wouldn't have to worry about the risk of driving without their full attention. The driverless cars would be highly convienient for people.
Driverless cars, though they have a long way to go, would be a good investment for the future. They offer safety in new forms with sensors, are cheaper because of the use of less gas, and will be convienient and helpful to humans. | 4 |
df7b1fe | There is a new software that has been made to perceive the emotions of others. According to the article titled "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D' Alto, The Process begins whe the computer constructs a 3-D computer of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. This software is an innovation from Prof, Thomas Huang, of the Beckham Institute for Advanced Sciense at the University of Illiniois. Also Dr Paul Eckman, creator of FACTS (Facial Action Coding System) classified six basic emotions such as, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness.
I think this new software would make a good change in schools as they could read students' emotional expressions. Based on what I read from the article, a classroom computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored,Dr Huang predicts. This computer software then could change the lesson, like an effective human instructor. One example is thet, Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) rases your eyebrows when you are surprised.
Well, this new software that has been made to perceive the emotions of others, could be very helpful in schools as they would be able read students' emotional expressions. This will lead teachers and even parents to know how the person is feeling about school or in other aspexcts. Each student would have a different emotional expression, and teacher or other people to help the ones that are really confused or angry about somthing. | 2 |
df7d4eb | Dear Senator
I feel that electoral college should stay becuase it set's straight the manege for the peoples votes for the president. Even thow if a tie the election would be thrown to the house of represenatives were they decide on the new president. The electoral college is a process its not a place. It shows that the founding fathers established it for the compromise between elections between the president by a vote in congress. The electoral college consists of 538 electors. Plus a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president .It say's in the passage that under the 23rd Amendment of the constiton that the district of colombia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for the purposes of electoral college. On many cases 60 percent of voters would perfer a direct election. The electoral college system states that voters vote not for the president,but for a state of eletors who elect the president. I think that they should have the right to elect the president that would make this nation grow stonger not to make mistakes and lead us to problems which they can decide to choose the future of the united states. Many people have diffrent opinions as me but not all will get the same results as they wanted. The effects of the electoral college has been giving us positive values. As we live on since back of the elections day we are still here becuase of thow,s elections it made us who we are american citizions of the USA.History depends on the future rights of the president thats why the electoral college is there to help make that happen. | 1 |
df7dd88 | I think the auther supports this idea by explaining to us the things about Venus. The auther explained to us all about Venus, but Venus isn't like earth it used to be a long time ago. Venus could've had oceans and probably could've supported some life forms. Now Venus isn't so much like Earth it still has some treates like surface of rocky sediments it also has valleys, and mountians. All these things sound familiar becuase of here on earth but don't be fooled Venus is about one of the most dangers plantes to vist. Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The surface of Venus is average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater then what we have here. Us human could never survive on there the climt is just crazy there even tho Venus is second from the sun it still has the hottist surface of all plantes. Besides all of those crazy condions Venus also has erupting volcanoes and the wether there is also bad it has powerful eartherquakes, and freduent lightning strikes. The auther also said that scientists even wanted to vist the plant but how could they even survive the condition of the plant. It says that the dont want to land on it put more like hover above it becuase the extrem tempiters could easily melt everything. But even tho they won't land on it the air would still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. But our new genertion is packed with smart ideas and things that can keep us safe from extreme condions like Venus it's self. I think one day we might just be exploring new plantes and you never know might even explore new unvirses. I think our populion will keep growing and one day the earth wouldn't be able to keep all of us and everything will start runnng out faster and faster. The auther did a good job writing about Venus and it's extreme courses and how he thinks sceintist one soon be able to go and explore it. | 2 |
df83cb3 | In the article "Driveless Cars Are Coming," the author tells both the positive and negative aspects of driveless cars. If I had a choice weather or not I wanted to get the car I would say yes. This is because it brings something new to the world, it proves your with a lot of safey sensors, and it shows that some things you see in the movies can come true.
The ways this would be bringing something new to the world would be because all cars would be able to drive on autopilot 90% of the time, it would keep more people safe and all the different sensors will keep people focused on the road. This could make some laws we have today change. The young teens would have a bit more freedom to drive. This smart car could really change the world.
The biggest benefit regurding safey would be all the different sensors that come along with the new smart car. In the text it states that on the toyota prius they use sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video carmera mounted near the rearview mirror, and so on. There's many I could include but the idea is that it keeps you safe. | 2 |
df8563d | The author starts off by talking about how Venus is the closest planet to earth. Although Earth has made it a challening place to examine more closely. But since Venus is right around the corner,they have sent numerous spacecrafts. The spacecrafts failed to survive the landing for more than a few hours. In the article it says " Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging plant for humans to study despite its proximity to us" This shows how challening it is. The author goes on to say how life is on venus in the article it says " clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere". The article also says ' surface temperatures average over 800 degrees". This shows how author decribes life on Venus. The author then talks about how astronomers still want to know more about Venus. In the article it says " Astronmers are fanscinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system". This shows why atronomers are drawn to Venus. The author talks about how it is human curiosity. In the article it says " our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innvation'. This shows that even if Venus is dangerous they still want to travel and know more about this plant. | 2 |
df8ac51 | Have you ever through of somethig simple in life like studying venus. " The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because they are so many risks. Venus still has some features than the other planet on the earth and because most of people called it "Evening star."
" The Challenge of Exploring Venus," because they are worthy pursuit some condition. They are price etc. we need to buy gas,sample of rock. The scientists seeking conduct a through mission to Venus would need personal despite to risks himself it is a danger place. They are such conditions are far more extreme than anything humans on the Earth. As we know that Venus has teh hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closet to our sun.
When we talk about planet it is about Education. An environment or our surrounding would crush even submarine accustomed to diving because some of them they are so deepest parts o the Ocean and it would be quality of life. Education it based on everything we study like etc. Earthquakes,Volcanoes ,Venus, Mars,. Numerours factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study , despite its proximity. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.
Indeed the article has something which is really important. I agree with the article but they are other thing he did say about planet. As we know they are geology and weather present and additional. They frequent lighting strikes happen when it is dangers to go anywhere. | 1 |
df97546 | A computer reading your emotions? In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smila" the author talks about how Facial Action Coding System is able to read emotions and how it may help students in the classroom. This technology in a classroom will not be beneficial because it is costly, may distract students, invades privacy, and may lead to ineffective learning.
In paragraph 7 the author states "Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile". The average home PC's price ranges from about $200 USD to $500 USD. Since the average home computers can not handle these algorithms then the school must purchase higher end computers which will be very costly since every student will need one. Also every student travels throughout the school so the school must be able to purchase laptops with this advanced hardware and software so that the students will be able to use them in every class they attend.
In paragraph 6 of the article the author states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" and "then it could modify the lesson". When in a lesson at school not every student will enjoy the lesson, which will cause them to have a bored or even tiresome expression. Having this expression will cause the computer to attempt and make the lesson more intresting; but what if the student is still bored? The computer will keep trying to modify the lesson which could cause it to lead away from the original goal of the lesson so much that the student is no longer focused on the original topic.
Having a computer constantly reading your emotions will invade on your privacy. Paragraph 6 states "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored" "Then it could modify the lesson". When detecting the student is bored or confused it will have to relay this information to the teacher letting them know that due to the student's emotion that it will be modifying the lesson to accomodate them. This means that when a student may be having a bad day or may just be in a bad mood that it will recognize that and store that information so that the teacher can know. The student may not have wanted anyone to know but now this program doesn't allow that student his right to privacy.
Since this program will be modifying your lesson due to your emotions it may lead away from what the teacher was originally trying to teach. If the intended goal is to teach the student how the mitochondria works withing a cell but the student has a bored face on the program will try to modify the lesson. When the lesson is modified it will try to catch the attention of the student even if it has to continue modifying th elesson. The lesson can be modified to such an extent that the student does learn the lesson partially but not as exstensively as the teacher had originally intended.
Facial Action Coding Systems is a great asset in scientific field. The program though is not practicial within a setting such as a classroom. The program may lead to expensive purchases for the school, more distractions for the students, privacy invasion, and lessons which do not teach exactly as intended. | 5 |
df999d9 | Wouldn't you like to be able to do your make up in the car without worrying about crashing? Or perhaps bring back a loved one that passed away due to crashing or a mobile accident? With the driveless cars i think that you could. Accidents are one of the greatest problems in not only america but in whole world. You wont be able to bring back a loved one that passed away butity will be more preventable now. I think that driveless cars will be a great idea.
People die every day due to mobile accidents. For example i have an uncle that past away because he was in an accident. The whole family was destroyed, it shook our lifes up. With the driveless cars i feel like accidents will reduce by alot.
The drivelss cars will be very helpful. For example not every morning you wake up on time, if your running late you could do your make up in the car while your on way to work or wherever you need to be. Also if you need to take a call or you need to text someone, you wont have to worry about crashing and putting peoples lifes on risk because the car drives itself. Lastly, taking care of your kids, everyone has or has a baby in the car and know the struggle when they cry or get hungry, its not so pleasing but with the driveless car you would easly be able to assist them.
Safety wouldnt be a big issue. You wouldnt have to care or be worried that your children are going to get run over because with the driveless care it was sensors for it to stop when its near an oblect or the seat will start buzzing for you to to stop. The driveless car would still be steerable incase soemthing goes wrong or it doesnt stop.
Many things will be prevented with the driveless cars such as deaths and dangerous injuries. You could assist your children, do your needs, and most importantly theirnwill be more safety for everyone. Thats why i think that having driveless cares are a good idea. | 3 |
df99bf2 | There are many people that believe that the ailens bulid the structures that are on Mars, but many don't have reasons on why they think that. There are many reason why aliens bulit the structure but not very good reasons. While there is scientificly proven facts and statements that the aliens did not build the structures and that it is all natural landform.
Many people believe that the aliens bulit the structure but they are wrong, there's no alien building something so we can capture its making. Just like on the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" sentence 7 it says, "Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking Photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The first time the Viking took the pictures the camera didn't have the good resoultion that the camera had now, so it looked like a face or alien monument but really it was just some natural landscape.
Although there are credible information, there is just people who don't believe the information. They think it really was aliens building the monuments/structures. Like it says on sentence 5 "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars-- evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists." Meaning that the conspiracy theorists believe that it is NASA trying to hide the real evidence on the aliens. They think NASA is trying to trick them and they are not falling for it. But whar they don't have is credible resourses like NASA does.
Now that technology has become a lot better NASA could now use a better camera for better pictures for the natural landscape on Mars. Like it says on sentence 11 "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." says Gavin, this is saying that now that they have a camera that is 3 times better they could now see things much more clearly and better and all the natural landscape there is.
In counclusion, the structures that were seen on Mars are really just natural lanscape just like when it says on sentence 12, "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a buttle or mesa-- landforms common around the American West. It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." says Gavin, this is comparing the Middle Butte to the natural landscape on Mars because it's saying that landscapes do have things in common like how they are naturally made by, the planet it's on. | 4 |
dfa0ecd | Beep! Beep! Everyday people around the world drive to accomidate their busy schedule. With so many vechicles swarming the streets of the world there is bound to be conquences. Although it is impossible to understand how todays actions will affect the future. We can hypothesise that by reducing car usage we can preserve the world by lowering emissions and conserving rescources, create stronger communities, and keep cities beautiful.
Today nations around the world are working to create communties that offer an enjoyable life without the use of a car. For example in Vauban, Germany a suburban community has made car use generally forbidden. if fact poeple themselves are pushing for a way to avoid cars. In article one it was reported that "57 percent of Vauban's families sold a car to move to that community." One mom reposrts how she enjoys to be able to walkdown the streets listening to the sound of children playing(Article 1). In America teenagers are driving later because they don't feel the need to drive. In article four Elisabeth Rosenthal has found that her children would rather find summer jobs that they can acess without the use of car. In Bogota, Columbia the citizen have been enjoying the 118 miles of bicycle paths that have been in place since the mid-1990s. Today they continue to be enthratled with a carless city with the pop ups of new parts and sport centers. now citizens can take a stroll and visit resturants and upscale shopping districts all without the use of the car(Article 3). With the renewal of city centers the old life in suburbs has become less and less appealing.
Even more importantly reducuding drivers would help perserve the world. the idea is that by limiting the cars on the road emissions can be brought down. in responce to smog conditions Paris, France took the intitive to issue a partial driving ban. Article 2
Paris bans driving due to smog explains how Paris went about this feat "On Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fibne. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." During that week congestion was down 60 percent. they took this drastic approach becuase they were nearing the amount of smog in one ofthe most polluted city in the world, Beijing, China. According to article 4 recently in america researchers have found that the rate of car ownership is dropping. "Many sociologists believe that is this pattern persists it wil have beneficila implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of america's emissions"(Article 4).
One thing is for certian the current trends is leading to less cars and the creation odf additional methods of transportation such as Ford and Mercedes who have already started to create a "broader product range beyond the personal vechicle"(Source 4). Although Bill Ford along with other car companies would suffer from the conversion he surprisingly has been pushing for a world without cars(Article 4). In fact at the mobile world Convention in 2012"Bill Ford laid outr a business plan for a world in which personal vechicle ownership is impractical or underirable. He proposed partening with telecommunications industry to create cities in which pedestrian, bibycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation office are woven into a connected network to save time, connserve resources, lower emissionsand imporve safety(Article4).The world is certianly moving toward a world were car emissions are reduced, life is more enjoyable, and world city maintian their charm. By invovling yourself in this new type of world you are ensuring that future generations get to experience the same beuatiful world that exists today. There are big plans for this world join them. | 4 |
dfa4956 | Hey you there, would you like to be a Seagoing Cowboy? Well let me tell you a little something , becoming a Seagoing Cowboy is exciting and really helpful to those peaple in need. Can you help frowns upside down?
Some things that you might do if you join , like Luke Bomberger is,"To take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." Not much but wait till it turns into an adventure.
Something eles that you might do is , while your on board , you can see a lot of intersting thing that you never knew about. Like different countries,small towns,or little islands. Like when Luke was on his way to China,he excavated castle in Creete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China . If you deside becoming a Seagoing Cowboy, you might do all these exciting things too.
At the begging of the story,it stated,"To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more , 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA."
Which that all started the Seagoing Cowboys.
As you can see this "UNRRA" helped people with so many things and part of that group was the Seagoing Cowboys.
So once again, would you like to become a Seagoing Cowboy? Please make up your mind and if you do, I'm telling you, you are going to have a life time opportunity.
So if your not joining , your going to miss out on an adventure. Sorry. Thank you and have wonderful day. | 3 |
dfac493 | Go outside and take a deep breath, as it is right now you may feel refreshed and may even feel twinge of joy as you just took in a breath of the wonderful natural and clean air. But, as it so happens with the increase of greenhouse gases in the world, in just a few years this may not be the same situation. Instead of enjoying your breath, you may be coughing or choking on the polluted air. In the past few decades, our air pollution has gone up drastically and most of that comes from our cars. According to Source 1, written by Elisabeth Rosenthal, cars in Europe make up 12 percent of its greenhouse gases and up to 50 percent in areas in the United States! That's a whole lot! Rest assured though, there is an easy and crutial way we can begin to cut down those numbers- we must begin to limit our car usage.
Already, you may question this and begin to wonder if it is even a possible or logical request. Well, it is; in many places throughout the world, communities have begun to forget about their cars and use bikes, walking, and more public transportation options instead of their cars. It can happen, in
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , by Elisabeth Rosenthal, she informs us about an upscale community in Vauban, Germany where its residents have given up their reliance on cars. It's streets have no cars, except for the tram that runs to its downtown areas. While everyone is still allowed to own a car, and some do, they must park it at one of the only two areas to park- in large garages where an owner must buy a space for up to $40,000! You may think that it's crazy but in reality it is not. The structure of the city allows almost everything to be in close proximity to one another reducing the need for a car. Many citizens have reported to be feeling better and happier as they feel more carefree and have the stress that cars bring removed from their lives. This helps to reduce the emission produced by cars and Vauban is one of the most successful cities and have been an influence in many areas.
Now, if you are not up to the idea of completely giving up your car then, there are several alternatives that you can do to help and will still reduce and limit your car usage. In Source 3, by Andrew Selsky, Mr. Selsky brings to us a fairly new tradition that started about 3 years ago in Bogota, Colombia. Bogota is Colombia's capital and one of the most populated cities. Bogota has a city-wide day called, "Day Without Cars." It is simple enough, buses and taxis are only permitted while cars are banned. Millions of people walked, biked, skated, or found other ways of getting to work and frankly enjoyed it. Other citizens reported it as a fun day to take away stress while helping our endangered enviroment. This day that started only 3 days ago has now spread to other areas such as Cali and Valledupar, and Asuncion, Paraguay. Not only do these days help the enviroment but it also helps the citizens. All throughout Bogota, new parks and sports centers have been built, old and cracked sidewalks have been replaced with smooth ones, and new areas for income- such as restaurants and upscale shopes- have popped up around the city as well. The reason for the building and new employment of jobs is so that people will have reasons to walk around and allow for it to be more convient for others who work near by the areas. We also notice a similar idea arise in the lovely city of Paris, France. For those who don't know while Paris is known for it's impressive architecture and beautiful sights, it also has a bad reputation of being very polluted. This pollution comes from the amount of tourists it recieves as well as the different and populous amounts of motor transportation. In Source 2 by Robert Duffer, we see he examines several days in which the city of Paris bans driving due to the record amounts of pollution in the air. For those who were driving when they weren't supposed to be were fined and a few even had their car impounded for their reactions to the fine. Unfortunately, the government established in Paris realized that they had to do this after 5 full days of intensifying smog. At first, many were scared, confused, and even upset as to why this was happening but they began to see that it was neccessary. Once their levels of smog began to normalize, congestion is Paris was down about 60 percent! All in all, we need to begin limiting our usage of cars, from the examples provided it shows that in the end, it isn't such a bad thing after all. It increases, activities to do, work opportunities for people, and reduces air pollution. While, they were able to save Paris this time, next time they may not be so lucky. In the United States, according to Source 4 which is very reliable, we actually see a decrease in car usage overall. These rates have dropped for several reasons, and have about the same results and benefits. People have begun getting healthier, emission rates have decreased.
While the idea of limiting car usage may scare some people, it is proved to be extremely helpful. Limiting car usage helps reduce emissions, and increases job opportunities and everything. | 5 |
dfb34d0 | Luke bomberger had an interesting story to tell about his adventures on board the SS Charles W. Wooster. He saw many beautiful places and met many interesting people, as such he would recommend the program to somebody. In the following paraghraphs I will present luke's arguement and hopefully convince you to join "The Sea Going Cowboys.
Luke starts his story as a young boy [fresh out of high school] working at a grocery store and a bank, when his friend Don Reist invited him to work on a cattle boat with him. He accepted and went off on the cattle boat bound for europe. Luke seems to have had fun working with the 335 horses on their first trip to europe and before arriving in Greece, luke turned 18. As such he was drafted.
Luke was told just to continue working on the boat for his servince so he spent another two years working on the boat. He says that he helped alot of people in China and Europe but he also got the benifit of seeing wonderful sights and places; like the Panama Canal and Acropolis or Venice. He says that aside from his adventures he learned of how lucky he is to have things like food and a job when people in the countries he visited were much less fortunate.
Enough about all this seriousness, let's talk about the fun activities on the ship. Luke said that the men on-board played all kinds of games like Base-ball and volleyball in empty holds when the animals were gone. The men also enjoy games like boxing fencing and best of all, reading; the men also had tournaments for table tennis.
So, in short you get paid for working a third of the time, exploring foreign countries the second third of the time and playing games the last third of the time. There's no other way to describe it other than "Best job ever." | 2 |
dfbaca5 | The author of this article thinks that we as humans should explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. Venus is the second planet closest to the sun it's also the hottest planet in our solar system. Venus is also considered Earth's twin, it is the closest planet to the Earth terms of density and size.
The author starts his claim on how Venus is somewhat similair to Earth. He also says that long ago Venus was just like earth it had different forms of life and landscapes. It still holds some of the more rocky landscape. The author says how the condition on Venus is bad, but still liveable for humans and NASA should send humans to go and study Venus.
The idea of studying Venus sound really mindblowing, but with all of the grotesque conditions it's going to make it dificult to imposible for humans to go there. First of all, Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. The clouds are made of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The tempetures in venus are even worse it can get up to 800 degrees Farenheit, 90 times greater than what we experence on Earth. With that type of environment it's going to make it extremely difficult to go and study Venus.
Even with all of the difficult challenges Venus has, the author is very optimistic of how we as humans should explore Venus despite the dangers it presents. | 3 |
dfc4155 | Venus is a planet that is a sister to our planet earth and it looked like earth millions of years ago. Venus was way diffrent apart from earth because the Venus from today is hot and volcanic. Scientists are trying to study Venus so that they can learn more about the planets past and how did it turn into a super hot planet and how did its oceans dissapear. Venus is a really intersting planet that hold a lot of valuable information that scientists want to pull from the planet like how its volcanes formed and why the pressure is soo intense. Venus also has such dangerous storms and is hot at 800 degrees to the surface that made spacecraft's metals melt when they were launched from earth to Venus.
Sceintists are trying to find ways that it could be possible for Humans to to close enough to Venus. NASA is also trying to find a way to battle these harsh conditions in Venus but right now as close as they can get is above the fray in Venus but trying to look at to the ground is gonna be difficult since there are clouds blocking the view. NASA is trying to approach on new ideas so that they can land spacecraft machines to land on Venus to last up to 3 weeks while dealing with the temperature and the extreme pressure, they can collect data and send it back to NASA so they can study how the surface is made and how to find a way to battle the enviorment.
I believe that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite of the dangers because if we manage to study the entire system of Venus we can learn how to make Robots that can withstand harsh conditions and extreme pressure and we can also take more precautions when learing how to overcome these climates. Humans will become more smarter and it will also be just a matter of time before we can start sending spacecrafts to planet Neptune and also start colonizing mars. Venus can teach us a lot of things once we are able to gather information about it. The author also supports the Idea because there are ways for NASA to grow more intelligent and explore more planets. NASA is studying Venus eversince they saw it for the first time, they have been trying to study the atmosphere, the surface, whats it made of, the temperatures, and its past. | 2 |
dfcaa20 | You should become a Seagoing Cowboy like me, Luke Bomberger! There are lots of things you can do! Did you know that not only a Seagoing Cowboy gets to experience places from all over the world and have a lot of freetime on the way back, but you also get to help people that are in need.
Get to explore places you've never been to! Just take it from me, "I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China" That shows that you can see lots of places, but that isn't the best part!
You also have a lot of free time on the way back from a trip. When we unloaded all of the animals, "The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helpes pass the time." We enjoyed the rides back, but even that isn't the best part!
The best part of being a Seagoing cowboy is helping people. When I became a Seagoing Cowboy, "It was 1945, World War ll was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more, 44 nations joined together to form UNRRA. UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas."
Well, I hope that I convinced you into becoming a Seagoing Cowboy like me. It's everybody's world. Let's help save the people in it. | 3 |
dfcd14b | Driverless cars are very dangerous. I think that humans sound extremely lazy when we try so hard to push for driverless cars. We look for the easiest way out of everything. Cars already make traveling much easier than walking and now we want to not have to do anything while we travel. I think that driverless cars are dangerous and too expensive, and they should not be developed for the world to use.
Driverless cars are dangerous becasue you never know when something will go awry. Computers aren't always working and I would never want to put someone's life in the hands of something that is not reliable. For example somtimes I turn on my computer at home and it doesn't work the way it should be working. What would happen if that was in charge of your car? Although you don't have to do a lot in drivlerless cars you still must stay awake in them, and I think that people wouldn't take that seriously. That would put everyone's lives in danger that are driving around them. In the article it says that, "Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." These laws have been in place for a very long time and nothing too awful has happened, this law helps to keep people safe. I don't know anyone who would put their lives in the hands of a computer.
Another reason for driverless cars not to be developed is because they are too expensive. They would cost so much money to create and to fix and to have roads that adapt to the cars. Car companies would be spending even mroe than now to get these parts for cars that don't need to be made. The best driverless cars worked on special manufactured roads that were way too expensive to be practical. "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, soemthing that was simply too expensive to be practical." If we cannot have the best for the people that we care about why would we want these nonreliable cars at all? The smart road systems were said to work the best, yet we are resorting to the unreliable manufactured cars that would carry the people we care about the most.
Overall I think that driverless cars make everyone seem lazy and reckless. Why can we not just stick with how far we have come with vehicle technology, instead of pushing towards cars that put people lives in even more danger than before. Driverless cars should be left for the movies and not for real life. Although they would make life easier soemtimes, they are too unreliable. Keep driving a thing that humans can somewhat control. | 4 |
dfde4fc | The electoral colledge is very important. We used it for a long time and still are. The way is smart and is fair. The electoral colledge is very importnant. We should keep the electoral colledge. The states electoral votes are given by population. But its also not fair. Because if you win seven states and then the other candidate wins californa you may not have 55 elctoral votes, but you have 7 states. They should change it to 8 being the minimum electoral votes per state. If you win the three big states you already have 122 electoral votes not including the ones you may win. Some things should change about the electoral colledge. But more things should stay the same. After all that the voting would be a new thing.
The popular vote makes no sense the electoral colledge is the way to go. The electoral colledge is succesful and has worked greatly. Alot of citizens despite it but it works. Weve almost perfected the goverment system. We all agree to soemthing in it. The only problem we have is citizens not getting the president they want. We do not have a dictatorship and we all vote based on are mindest we have laws that we disagree to. The electoral colledge is the thing to do. It would be a bad choice to change it. | 2 |
dff0c49 | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," stated that meeting the challenge of exploring Venus is valuable because it will provide more knowledge of the planet, but also because humans will be curious about many dangerous things in the future. The author stated many dangers and doubts of exploring the planet, but then described solutions that may or may not work. It is contradictive that he decided to include facts and data that went against his own thoughts because he came back and listed data that went against the negative statements. The author created confusion to what he actually believes.
The author of the article described Venus as Earth's "twin." That suggests that we already know some facts about Venus such as it's density and size, which is enough to make people curious to how much about Venus we already know. He said that we know that Venus has many similar structures to Earth, such as mountains, valleys, and craters. If Venus is Earth's "twin," doesn't mean that it is extremely similar to Earth? The statement could make people curious about how close Venus really is to Earth, or it could make them wonder why we should bother risking people's safety if we already know that Venus is just like Earth. The author needed to be clearer on which way he wanted people to view that statement.
The author also brought up the dangers of visiting Venus multiple times. Then, he would proceed to follow the statement with tested and untested solutions. It was hard to tell which way he sided. According to the author, "Venusian geolegy and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes..." He later stated that NASA has a possible idea to send blimp-like vehicles to travel the surface of Venus, but that would not provide a detailed enough view of the ground. In order to get his point across to the audience, he should not have kept going agianst information.
The author went off topic throughout the article. The different information created slight confusion as to what the message he was trying to convey. The author stated that NASA is working on an approach to studying Venus that involves mechanical computers. He then said, "The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers..." It is irrelevant to the message when the mechanical computers were envisioned or the fact that it is shocking to hear that computers existed in 1940. It was hard to understand why computers were important to the article at all. The author made it difficult to focus on the message when he was stating random facts that were not important to the idea he was trying to support.
The author did not make it extremly obvious as to what he was truly trying to convey. If he would been more clear and less contradictive, then it would have been more obvious that he supports the idea that Venus is worthy of being explored. Also, it would have been easier to understand the point he was trying to put across if he would have stayed on topic throughout the article. The message of the article should be obviously supported by the author. | 6 |
dff1a03 | Should driverless cars actually exist? They are some good and bad times about driverless cars. Also some things that are the same and different about the cars and people. Should the cars the driverless cars happen? My thoughts may make you go for or against the idea.
The good things about the driverless cars is that the cars will drive them selves in a safe speed and the cars would use half as much gas than taxis use, that would good for the enviroment and for the people. The smoke and gas from the cars wont harm the atmosphere or the ozone layer, also effecting the greenhouse effect. This helps humans so they dont have to spend so much money on gas and are able to buy more important things or things they just want. Another good thing is that it'll reduces accidents and drunk driivers.
The bad things sound worser than good, maybe because they are. The driverless cars would stop accidents caused by people, such as drunk drivers, but the driver would still be drunk or sense he or she doesn't need to drive will drink more and cause problems for their health or family. Of course people get in accidents to avoid things, such as animals, people, or objescts like ice, will the driverless car know how to react? The most the car can do is stop, what good will that do if the car was on ice. People might start thinking they dont need to focus on the task at hand, so they would start texting or eating, something that would distract them and when the car needs your helps and you aren't ready what happens. People might start using thge driverless cars for a worst purpose, such as gangs, the driver can shoot without worrying about driving, crime would go up.
How would laws change, can people be younger than 16 to drive now, do you need to know how to drive, should you know what signs mean or what lines mean or do. What about texting and driving or drinking and driving, would that be allowed now sense the car drives for it self. Do the passangers have to wear a seat belt. Whose fault would be for an accident, yours or the company of the car. If you would injuired because car turned to early or late, was it the fault of the car or you, what if you hit a person because car turned and didnt see the person to know to stop and kills or injurys that person. Would people or car be the fault of things.
The driverless car may seem like an amazing or smart idea, it really isn't manying things could go wrong and isn't much benefit but gas. The driverless car seems like a lazy persons way of not driving, or a drunk to drink more, or a teen to text. The risk is high and benifits are low.The driverless car should not be thing till the person is as smart as the car. | 5 |
dff3179 | The author presents the idea of exploring Venus well. But what about walking on the surface to explore from the space craft? If we could walk on the planet without being harmed by all of the outside forces, then we coulf run more tests.
In the passage, the author states,"Each mission to Venus was unmanned because none of the spacecrafts have survived landing." These factors show that with the materials we have, we should be going for a safer planet like the moon or mars. The author also states that the planet atmosphere is 97 percent carbon dioxide with highly corrosive clouds. This shows that most metals we have can be melted by the clouds and the temperature at the surface is too much for a human to handle.
Like I said in the intro, If we had the materials to keep a human safe to walk on the planet and take samples. We would have plenty of things to test here on Earth. Venus also has the hottest surface temperature in the solar system. If we could find a way to keep the hot air out and the cool air in, we could do it.
In conclusion, scientists should not be looking into trying to land on Venus. There are too many risk factors to take and we don't have the resources. | 2 |
dff8a22 | Knowing It All -and Changing the World
Although humans often think of themselves as ominiscent, it is sadly not the case when it comes to reading emotions on human expressions. In this article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto, the author describes the abilty to detect humans' emotions through a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). By the use of this system, educational expreriences can be enhanced globaly; therefore the use of FACS to read emotional expressions of students in a classfroom is vaulable.
FACS is a reliable system that can scientificly read human emotions accurately. The software is developed by credible professors, "Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Insitute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois" and "Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam". A system created by two college professors promises the credibility of the software, for professors often are valued as a unbiased, credible source who dedicate themselves into new innovations and such. Also, the complex programming of FACS adds another layer to the reliability. For example, the software "constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles" which must behave and "move like human muscles". This anatomical system suggests the high accuracy of this system, for humans tend to read emotions soley based on the basic features of the human face such as lips and eyes while on the other hand, FACS is able to analyse the all the muscles in human face and draw a conclusion based on its calculations. Therefore, this well-developed system must be valued to read students' expressions in a classroom for its accuracy and reliability.
FACS is not only able to classify the six basic emotions but also identify mixed emotions of an individual. FACS relies on "characteristic movements of the facial muscles" to identify "happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness". This suggests the software's advanced ability to read human emotions soley based on facial expressions but also the practicality of FACS. The accuracy of this software will allow teachers to know, change, and enhance the educational system based on how the students react to certain methods of teaching. Often, teachers are not able to read students' emotions because they are focused on teaching the material. However, through the use of FACS, this software can distinguish how the students feel without disrupting the class while the teacher can focus on teaching the material. Furthermore, FACS can identify mixed emotions as well. For example, using this system, Mona Lisa by Da Vinci was found to be "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". This perplex programming suggest its ability to recognize human emotions in details, which can be used to allow a detailed analysis of the educational system and transform it in order to make the eudcational system more practical and enjoyable at the same time.
Although the evidences are evident and clear, some might bring up the concerns regarding a 'fake emotion'. However, FACS is abilty to detect fake emotions as well. For example, it can detect when "zygomaic major or risorius" is moving, and depending on the muscle, it can identify the falselyness of the human emotions. This system can spot a truthful or not untruthful faces, and base on such emotions, it can be used to alter the educational system into a better one, therefore the system must be valued.
Many doubt about the capability of the modern educational system. However, by the use of the latest technology called Facial Action Coding System, the educational system could be altered into something at a different level in terms of practicality and helpfulness all around the world. This system must be valued to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom for such reasons, and the world might be changed by this. | 5 |
dff9ecc | I think that driverless cars are a good idea because drivers will now be more alert to what they are doing. And it may keep people off of their phones while driving because they have to be alert at all times in order to take the wheel. Also i believe it is a good idea because since it is sensored it will let the driver know when it is too close or is getting to close to something causeing less wrecks.
the car will also keep drivers off of their phones. since the driver has to stay aware at all times they wont have time to be on their phones. It also is a good idea because if someone doesnt know where to go the car will know and could get them there.
Also the car breaks its self and steers its self accuratly. The car incase a driver is not fully alert of a problem the car quickly get the drivers attention so the driver is aware.
When the car is unable to get through work places or accidents the car will announce that it is ready for the driver to take over. Manufacturers are also considering putting a camera in the car to make sure that drivers are remaining focused on the road at all times.
The car is going to have a entertainment and information system that use heads-up displays so that the driver doesnt get bored while waiting for their turn to drive. the car is also capable of driving on autopilot 90 pecent of the time. And by 2020 mercedes benz and nissan plan to have cars that fully drive themselves.
So having a car that is going to keep drivers passengers and pedestrians safe is an absolutly great idea. we will have less acciudents and more people aware of their surroundings. It will also help people who cant see very well be aware of the things around them. That is why i beleive the driverless car is a good idea. | 3 |
dffaf86 | Imagine living in a world were cars do not need drivers for it to move. In this world, there are advancements in new technolgy, less accidents that occur, and people are happy. The driverless cars will potentially provide these. Cars that could drive themselves are very essential to making big advancement in society. When these cars come, they will have the ability to change the world positively.
There are many positive aspects when it comes down to these driverless cars. Firstly, they will provide huge and new advancements in technology. With that being said, there has already been a model of what these cars will have. According to paragraph four, a model car consists of "... a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera... four automative radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor." These advancement will contribut to safer driving. With technology evolving comes better safety and less aqccidents are likely to occur. For example, drunk driving has been a huge cause of deaths. Smarter cars will essentially lessen promblems like that. Also, with more developed sensors, it is palpable that accidents are not prone to happen. These cars are super efficient for people too. The text states, "The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus." This will save people time and money. The car advancement is essential.
Some people may argue that these cars bring a negative aspect. They worry that these cars' technolgies could fail and they only feel secure when the car is driven with a human driver in control at all times. They also reason that sensors are nothing new. As a result of people claiming that these cars are unsafe, it has been illegal in most states to even test theses cars. They do not feel comfortable being in a vehicle that drives itself.
These advance cars are surely safe. Others argue that the cars are unsafe and does not allow testing the car; however, how would they know whether the car is safe or not if they have never used it before? The technolgies need to be tested and improved for these cars to be self-driven. According to paragraph five, "Further improvements in sensors and computer hardware and software to make driving safer are also leading to cars that can handle more driving tasks on their own." Sensors have become more advance to detect and respond so that the cars are safer. For those who argue that they do not feel safe without a human driver in control, the cars are not completely driverless. The car actually notifies the driver when the road requires human skills ("Driverless Cars Are Coming). These cars are built trying to help make it more safe for driving.
These driverless cars are the new advancement. The advancements in technology are becoming more and more incredible. These cars are the next step in creating a better society. They are super efficient and helps provide safety for the people. These driverless cars do bring significant and positive aspects. | 4 |
dffdcdd | The Seagoing Cowboys is mostly about helping other countries. We help them take care of the horses. They give us hay, and seeds to feed the horses.
We had to feed the horses, and cleaned there stables. If you like helping people, and animals than join. You have night watches each night, and you get to check on the horse each hour. We helped other countries such as China, Greece, Crete, and Europe. You also get to ride a boat called the SS Charles W.
You would get some spare time to go sightseeing. You would get to cross the Atlantic Ocean. On the return trips you get to play games. The games are baseball, volleyball, table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, and whittling. You get to meet new people. You could make some friends from different countries.
You still have to be careful on the boat. Makes sure you don't slip. If you want to go over seas to help other countries this is the thing to do. | 2 |
dffef97 | As we all know that the Electoral College was founded by our founding fathers for this great country. Changing the electoral college to popular vote is an amazing idea because well the people will have a more say so then just voting for an elector. In the three aricles I was given I happen to come a crooss to many reason why the elctoal college should be banned or removed.
First of all, the Electoral College came to be because the founding fathers needed a compomise to set their differences aside to find out a way to elect the president and now that technology and human development has changed and every thing is changing why cant we change the way we elect our president. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. To win the presidential election you have to get 270 electoral vote. The article "T
he Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defense of the system are wrong
" it says that " the electoral colege is unfair to voters. Because of the winner take-all sustem in each state, candidate don't spend time in states they know the have no chance of winning. this qoute means to say that the candidates dont take the time to go to place they dont think they're going to win over but thats the problem just because the other candidate has tht state one the people in the state could probably gradually go for the other candidate values or moral. " Its official: The electoral college is unfair and outdated and irrational". this quote means that we as American Citizen we need to improve our voting system ou with the old and in with the new.
second of all, their are many reason why th electoral college should change o popular voting. Well one reason why that they should change it is because "under the electoral system, voters vote not for he president but, for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." this quote means that instead of voting for the president your actually voting for the people who are going to vote for them. When people go voting I would think that they would want to actually vote for Barack Obama but instead your actually not. That system needs to be banned if thats suppose to be a good way to vote well then it needs to be changed because if he U.S. is for the people and by the people well then the "people" should have a more wider range of who gets to be the president of the United States then just someone else voting for them.
To conclude the system for the electoral college should be changed and it needs to be changed. The elctoral college is a unfair and not the right way to do things and as a U.S. citizen changing it wiil make it easier for me to have a say so in who gets elected for the president o the United States. | 3 |
e001dc1 | Driverless are they going to be part of the future or should they stop trying to make them? Today I'm going to be telling you my opinion on it.
To begin, I don't like the idea of smart cars I believe they're really expensive to make and just recently a driverless smart car ran into a semi. They're not safe and no one wants to spend money on a vehicle they can't drive it's just silly and during the winter they won't know how to handle ice and snow they'd probably spin out and crash and hurt a passanger in it and who's going to get in trouble for the accident? The passenger or the manufacturer? I guarantee you it would be the passenger even though they didn't do anything wrong.
Secondly, a lot of people like/love driving and don't like being passengers. Those people definitley won't buy smart cars they like the feeling of being in control not sitting there watching a car drive them around. It even sounds weird having a car in control. In cities sure they'll work because people use taxis now but think about all the people being layed off because a new type of car took their job! I can't imagine how they would feel. My dad was layed off a few years ago and we struggled getting by and no one should have to go through that especially if they have children.
In conclusion, I believe driverless cars/smart cars are going to cause more problems then they'll fix. I am against driverless cars. Are you against them too? | 3 |
e005357 | Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents because as dangerous venus might be, Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the plante itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.
Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, it has 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets, venus has clouds of highly corrosive sulfrud acid in it's atmosphere, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. Venus has the hottest temparature of any planet in the solar system, it may have been one of the most earth like planets.
Venus has a surface of rocky sediments, valleys, mountains, and crates. To get a better look at venus, NASA's solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above the fray, a vehicle hovering over venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. However, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance, for this reason, NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus. Some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a champer simulation the chaos of Venus's surface.
In the text it says "our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." Therefore we should take a risk for Venus because we never know what we might come across. | 2 |
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