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e5ea0d5 | Just think of all of the amazing things you could see and experience being a seagoing cowboy. Everyone should become a sea going cowboy. Theese three reasons are why: Everyone would get to see/ go to amazing places, the seagoing cowboys would get to help people in need that were affected by World War ll, and you would get to help care for the animals on board the boat. This essay will explain why everyone should be a seagoing cowboy.
The first reason that everyone should be a seagoing cowboy is because you will get to see/ experience amazing things and places. In the story A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves Luke, the main character, said he went to places like Europe, China, Greece, Venice, Italy, and the Panama Canal! Who would not want to go there?
The second reason everone should become a seagoing cowboy is because the goal of the seagoing cowboys is to help people that have been affected by World War ll. Just think about how much that would mean to the people that the seagoing cowboys are helping and there family. To have lost everything, but the seagoing cowboys helped those people back to a good life.
The third reason everyone should become a sea going cowboy is because they get to take care of the animals. If they need food, someone gives them food. If they need water,someone gives them water. If they get sick or hurt somehow, then someone needs to help get them healed, etc. If the seagoing cowboys are not going to help someone or see something they are on the boat taking care of the animals.
Everyone can/ should become a seagoing cowboy. They should become a sea going cowboy because theese three reasons: they get to see and experience meny amzing places like China, Europe, Greece, Venice, Italy, and the Panama Canal, but those are just a few. They are helping people that were affected by World War ll. They also get to take care of the animals on the boat! Just imagine this life, helping people that were affected by the war, taking care of animals, playing games and experiencing amazing places. What could be better? | 3 |
e5ec49d | A good reason to join the program is that you get to see great site and sounds. In the UNRRA you can meet new prople from around the world. You get to help the citvins. You get go acroos the Atlantic Ocean and see whales. The passage says, "The cattle-bout trips were an unbelievable opportunity for a small-town boy."
You get to go around the world. When you go around the world you can see a lot more than your back yard like, the jungle,rainfrost,safarie,and great planes. You dont just one place you go every were. Every day you see someting new.
You get to be a part of a great program. You get to help millions of people. When you help others it make you feel speicle. You get to take care of animals. he has to make shure that they are feed eough.
You meet new people when you help. when you meet new people you never know. They might have a lot in common with a person. Some person could change your life. meeting new people is realy good for you. In the passage it says, "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
In conclion I think that you should join the program. | 3 |
e5efc6c | There have been many question going around about a face shaped rock that was recently found on Mars. Many think that it was aliens, but I mean those are just conspiracy theories. There's no real evidence but either way I'm here to clarify what the face is. I have gotten information form the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars".
First of all, the Face is being used for people to believe it's a misterious object. Ever since the Face was discovered it has become a pop icon. The article I found said "The "Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon. It starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, and has even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years." The article also said "Some people think the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars, evidence that NASA would rather hide, say conspiracy theorists." The only people that are saying anything about the Face and if it's made by aliens are conspiracy theorists.
Also, NASA has captured better pictures but people still believe it was aliens. An article said "And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousand of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." The article also said "What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms commom around the American West." NASA took clear picture of the landform and found out that it's just a landform.
Although, the second time NASA took the pictures it was cloudy, so they could be trying to hide something. The text said "But not everyone was satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98, a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." So NASA could be trying to hide something by taking the pictures during the time when there's that type of weather.
However, NASA wouldn't lie about this kind of discovery because it would also be very helpful for them. The text said "We felt this was important ot taxpayers," explained Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. "We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot at it." The article also said "What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" says Garvin. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height and the Face on Mars." The Face isn't made by aliens or anything of that sort. Even if people wanted to it to be something the Face is just a landform.
In conclusion, the Face is just a landform it's not an alien artifact or anything else. The only people saying it was made by aliens are conspiracy theorists. The Face is just a landform that had the perfect lighting to make it look like a face. I know conspiracy theorists think it's something else but the information and facts are clearly stated. | 4 |
e5f23c3 | There are a lot of things that develop and hold a Electoral College together. There are also a lot of down falls to the Electoral College. Every state has 1 House of Representative plus 2 of your Senators in the Electoral College. There are a total of 538 people but 270 of them is the majority vote that wins. There are a total of 5 reasons why we have to keep this method to choosing the president. The 5 ways are Certainty of outcome,Everyone's President,Swing States,Big States and Avoid Run-Off Elections.
The main reason we have a Electoral College is so they have a right way to choose a president. The main reason for this is so that we dont leave our electing in the hands of foriegn people/immiagrants. The is what the president needs to get elected in the electoral college. There are still a lot of down falls to this method of the electoral college though. One of these issues is "at the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voter". This means "winner takes all" which is they only focus on the bigger states and not the smaller ones because the bigger states have bigger population which means they have more in the electoral college. Another issue with this method is that the person thats running for president might get the popularity vote but still not win. See everyone that votes isnt really voting directly for the president, the people who really count is the electoral college. In order to win the vote you have to convice the electoral college and thats not always easy. So remember just because you won popular vote doesnt mean you won the majority of the electoral vote.
There are 5 reasons why we keep this method of electing the president. The first reason is Certainty of Outcome. This means "it's less likley than a dispute over the popular vote." Which really means the candidates share to the other people in the Electoral college there share of the popular vote and thats how they vote. The second reason is Everyone's President. This is basically shows that "the Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal." This means that no region such as south,northwest,etc. has enough electoral votes to elect a president. The third resone to keeping these methods is Swing States. This tells me that its the "winner takes all method." The fourth method why we should keep these methods is the Big States. This explains that "the Electoral College restores some of the wieght in the political balance." this means that the bigger states get a big advantage in the electoral because the people that get elected into office there is based off of population so they have an advantage. THe bigger states get more attention from the candates then the smaller states do. The final reason why we should keep this method of voting is Avoid Run-Off Elections. This means "the Electoral College aviods the problem of Elections in which no candidates recieves a majority of the votes cast". This means no pressure for candidates when they win majority of the votes cast.
There are many ways to develop and to hold the Electoral College together. There are many ways that it falls apart and has it flaws but its the best way for our econany to vote for president. If you think about it if we just did popularity vote that would be like leading our hands into a world of immigrates who know a very little. There a lot of rules for our Electoral process buyt its the best way and the only way we have to becoming a better place. Dont forget to look at the 5 reasons we keep this the way it is. | 4 |
e5f3160 | Driverless cars are not a good idea and I am not for them. Driverless cars are very expensive to begin with. Uprgrades to public roads need to be done for the Smarter Cars to be driven on. The massive upgrades to the roads will also cost too much money.
Self driven cars still do not meet all safety measures, that's why it is illegal to drive on the road with them in most states. None of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. They all require the driver to drive throught work zones and around accidents. Why shouldn't the driver just drive all the time if you have to drive through little things like work zones? Driving doesn't require much skill besides being aware of your surroundings. What else do you have to do in a car on the road? Driving should be a basic human skill for all people in the world today.
Almost all driving laws help secure the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. Keeping these laws are best achieved with alert human drivers. You never know when the computer in the car will malfuction, or when the devices will just suddenly stop working. If the technology fails, the blame goes on the manufacturers. There will most likely be a lot of court cases that the car companies will have to deal with if the cars malfuction.
The self driving cars will cost a lot less money on gas, nearly 50 percent of gas will be saved. But the money that you save on gas, doesnt make up for how much the car will cost, how much the upgraded roads will be, and the risk you are taking letting a computer drive you around wherever you want to go, even when you have to do some of the driving yourself. The cost of the gas does not make up for how much everything else will cost.
I am not for driver less cars. Most of the self driving cars will come down to two things, money and safety. It will cost to much money for everything with the cars besides gas. There still isn't enough safety being provided in the vehicles. The upgrades that need to be done, you dont know if they will be safe and you know the cost of them will be really high. I am not for driver less cars. | 4 |
e5ff050 | Help Change the World
Wouldn't you like to help countries recover from ruins World War II left? Well now you can the UNRRA is hiring "Seagoing cowboys" to care for animals that were shipped overseas. It would be nice to join and be known as someone who did something for a country, helped keep animals safe and healthy, and helped countries recover their food, animals, distruction etc.
First It must be a good feeling to be known as someone who did something for a country. Although not everyone may agree, not only will others be amazed but you, yourself could be proud of yourself. Someone once made nine trips which was the most of any Seagoing cowboy. Also you can be a hero to millions by doing one great action. Overall this can be a great lifetime opportunity for many, and you can be one of them.
Also how amazing would it be to know you helped keep animals safe and healthy. However others may not agree, many inoccent little animals pass away because no one was able to save them. But you can make that difference. Caring for the animals during crossing keeps you busy. Especially if you are a animal lover this job is just perefect for you!
Finally, helping countries recover their food, animals, distruction etc is like a miracle to them knowing someone is trying to change the world. Of course not everyone believes this is true, but put yourself in their shoes imagine you lost your house had no food and no one came to rescue. But then that one person comes and changes everything for the better. You can do it everyone can even just by doing the smallest kind of act you can make a difference. Keep that in mind it'll not just be a better world for you but all of us.
Doing something nice, even the littlest act can lead you a long way. You earn respect, respect isn't given it's earned and it's not hard to earn it if you do it the proper way. So what are you waiting for there's a world out there waiting for you to change it. And joing the Seagoing cowboys program is a fabulous start! Good luck! | 2 |
e60066e | Driverless cars do sound fun and all but is that what you really want? I dont think having these types of cars is safe because there could be a glitch in the cars system. There are many reasons as to why i dont believe having a driverless car is safe.
In the passage, paragraph four states that there would be a spinning sensor sending laser beams of a 3-D model, showing the surroundings of the car. I dont think that the spinning sensor would work due to glitching. At one time or another, evrything glitches. If the car was sent on the mode to drive by itself, it could glitch and everything would turn into a big mess. Sometimes technology doesnt work all the time. Another reason as to why i dont believe the driverless cars would work is because it would make unexperianced drivers thinks its okay to drive since they have the assistance. Also while the computer is driving the car, the person might get on their phone. When many people get on their phones, they tend to engage into the subject theyre viewing; that means tuning everyone out. So if and when the car signals for the driver to take over, they could be distracted and wreck the car, causing danger for everyone around them.
All in all, i do not believe having driverless cars is beneficial. it can cause distraction, glitch, or quit working. These are saftey hazards and shouldnt be further produced. | 3 |
e603fea | Do you think it would be easier for technology to do the work for the teachers and identifying their face expressions during lessons? Some think it would be better ways for humans and computers to communicate. This could be a big step for the future.
In my attention getter or introduction, Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming comfused or bored, then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" This shows that someone somewhere can be inventing something like this to help students in the future and can also upgrade technology into a better cause.
Facial Action Coding System also knows as FACS has been invented by Dr. Paul Eckmen, "The process begins with the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles" (D'Alto paragraph 6). This just shows the way it works and how it has to be human muscle movements, Eckman has also classified six basic emotions which are happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
Overall, the value of technology should be for a better cause and can help many people in different ways such as students by looking at their facial expressions on a teacher's lessons if they don't understand the topic. This is another way it can change to computers and humans to communitcate. | 2 |
e608ad1 | Dear State Senator,
We should be able to keep the Electoral College because it hasn't caused any harm when it comes to electing president or vice president. As stated in the article, "The Electoral College is a provess, not a place." It's a compromise between the election of the president voted by congress and the citizens."
The Electoral College is where meetings are held to establish who our Presidents and Vice presidents are. As stated in the article, "The Electoral College has 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President."
Each candidate that want to be President that's running in one's state has their own group electors, as stated in the article. "The electors are generally picked by the candidates political party, state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are."
WE should be able to keep the loft because it has a definite outcome when our president is elected. According to the article, they're five good reasons why we should keep the Electoral College. "1) certainty of outcome, 2)eveyone's President, 3)Swing states, 4)Big states, 5) avoid Run-Off Elections.
In conclusion, I believe that we should keep the Electoral College because of the positive affects i think it has when electing Presidents. | 2 |
e60eea4 | I am doing a essay about technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. I dont think technology can tell someone in emotes by scanning their face. It cant go thou are mind and say they are feeling sad. Us humans can tell if they are sad or happy because we have been thou the same things they are going thou.
If it is true I would not use because if they are using it as a govement weapon to find if some one is hinding some well needed things and they start to used this and if it gives them wrong information that person might be in some trouble. And the other way around if they have some need information and the FACS or Facial Action Coding System just lost it.
If it can do this. This thing will be ahead in technology and clear a path for us in the near furture. But I dont blieve this computer can tell people feelings. First how big is it? Is it the size of a gym or is it as small as a Iphone 4? This computer is just a big fake.
Second how much does it cost? Is it the same to build it as much as a lamborigini or as much as a pencil? Third, how long does it take to build it. And how long does it last for. 1 minites or 3 hours. How long does it scan for. | 2 |
e614122 | dear mr senator, i dont think the electoral college should be the middle man in our presidency voting system.
"60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now." you see, a candidate could win the popular vote and still lose the presidency, and that is a problem. and the electoral coolege still has its defenders? personally to me it makes no sence, its not fair for those who run and the electoral college gets paid to literally just represent a group of peoples vote. i think the electing system is flawed and i think it may be time for a change to accur in the american voting system.
"under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate elector" i just think that citizens should vote for the presedent not for their electors. the system would be so much more simple and easy this way. on the contast the electoral college has always worked for all these years but that doesnt mean its not time for a change, everything and everyone needs a change once in awhile and this is the change that the united states of america needs.
thank you for your time mr. senator, that is why i think we dont need a electoral college. | 2 |
e6149d1 | Well for the facial expression software it is a good way to look at someones faical expression. In the story there are many ways to look at someone and then they know how you feel. its all in your facial muscles they move on the way you feel. by the way the software can look at art to find out how they would feel. its a spectacular way to look at technology.
The feeling of sadness can be shown when your frowning. the muscles on your face can make a frown. The way the computer software works is by scanning the muscles on your face. so you frowning causes your muscles to move and create a frown. the way of scanning is just a little process and then your done.
Say for the expression of happiness it can be scanned. the computer will track the way you look and the muscles on your face. the smile on someones face can be detected by the scanner. The smile actually uses less muscles than the frown. the smile can be felt as a feeling and that is one way people who do drama perform.
The facial expressions are a unique thing for everyone and it is a good thing for people to feel in its correct moments. the scanner can detect them from the muscles on your face. also the way you can be also used to be shown just like the mona lisa smile. | 2 |
e61599f | Studying Venus is important for scientists and so is knowing the dangers of the planet. The author states that people should know more about Venus and the risks it will take of doing so as it is dangerous. The article states, "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." (P8). Humans will evetually be curious about many things including trying to figure out more details about our neighboring planet Venus. No matter what the dangers are people will come up with many types of solutions to face the problems or difficulties that are stopping them from going further. The author gave a great idea and much detail about what people are trying to do to explore more about Venus, and also how risky and dangerous it is to explore Venus.Therefore, the authors idea about pursuing Venus despite the dangers will eventually happen at some point in time. | 2 |
e61d232 | INTRODUCTION:
venus is a big planet, sometimes is called "evening star", is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. In our solar system, venus is the second planet from our sun.
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Venus is a secons planet with more similarity in our solar system, in terms of density an size and occasionally in distance. venus is a big planet for to go investigate. The atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets venus.
on the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greather than waht we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus, for example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surfaces and have lasted for three weeks i such conditions. Another project is use old technology called mechanical computers. Just imagine exposing a cellphone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin.
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If you think is good if the NASA want search information about Venus, and end venus is a planet with more silmilarity to the Earth, i think is good but with the genocide atmosphere is so hard if we try live on Venus. maybe just how are the atmosphere or search life in other planets but for live on venus is a big problem.
just live one day or less, or the human body change or some people born different the others. these conditions are not for a human, the human be killed in seconds.
is a big challenge live is this planet, the temperatures are not for humans the clouds are acid and we don't know if this planet has other lifes. | 2 |
e61eb19 | Dear senator,
The electoral process is extremely unfair to all the people and citizens in the united states and its totally messed up. The president is not what the citizens vote for but instead they're voting for electors who elects the president. Also there is a "winner takes it all" system that is even more messsed up. This should definitely be changed to a popular voting process because it's 100x more fair. In this process it's the people that get to vote for the president, not the electors and there is no such thing as a "winner takes it all system," which gives citizens more rights.
According to the article
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong , candidates dont spend time in states they know that have no chance of winning. During the 2000 campaign, 17 states didnt see the candidates at all. This is extremely unfair because almost have the states didnt even get to see the campaign!! The most important thing when it comes to electing a president is everyone knowing about it and everyone voting but the whole idea is controversal. Now if there was no such thing as an electoral college system then there wouldnt be a "winner takes it all" system and there wouldnt be a big mess. The citizens should be the ones electing the president because I believe that it is the citizens right to choose who they want as their president. The president is the one that is serving the Citizens and decides whats good and bad for them, not the electors. Citizens are the ones that make up a country, without them would there even be a thing as "the united states?"
I know that you may think that a electoral process is better than popular voting because the electoral college requires a presidental candidate to have a trans- regional appeal. According to the article
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President , that means that no region has enough electoral votes to elect a president. This is a good idea, but not the best idea. If we decided the president by popluar vote then this whole thing would be different, we wouldnt have to worry about electoral votes in the regions. Instead we would combine all the popular votes in all of the states to see who has the most votes.
As you can probably tell popular voting is so much better than electoral college. Electoral college is too stressful and competely unfair. While popular voting is Easy, simple, and extremely fair to everyone living in the United States. Imagine just the citizens voting for the president and counting the votes and then being done. Now imagine the citizens voting for electors and then counting the votes for that, then having the electors vote for the president and then counting for that. Which is easier and better? If I were you I say that the popular vote is better and I'd change the future elections to popular vote. | 4 |
e61f2d3 | The author states that Venus may have been like Earth at one point. Venus may have evidence on the surface about what could have happened to cause it to be inhospitable. Also at some point humans are probably going to run into other challenges like Venus. These claims are some of the reasons the author thinks Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
According to some scientists Venus may have been like Earth at one point. If it really was like Earth before there could be much to learn about it. We could find out what the atmosphere was like before it got too extreme. There may be evidence of life that was once on the planet. In paragraph two the suthor states "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size¨ This is a reason many people believe Venus could have been even more of a twin to Earth than it is now.
On the surface there could be the evidence we need to know if there was life forms on Venus. In paragraph five it is said ¨The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.¨ This statement makes it seem that Venus really was like Earth at one point and may have proof if we could land long something on Venus long enough to study the land.
In the future humans will continue to explore the solar system and will very likely run into a planet like Venus again. So if humans can learn how to study planets like Venus or land on them then they would have the knowledge needed for the next planet. If we have experince with planets with extreme conditions before finding another planet that also has extreme conditons we could get more information from the plant and at a lot faster rate.
In conclusion, the author makes multiple points that support their idea of wanting Venus to be studied. Venus possibly being like Earth at one point and giving us experince of planets like that are very important to the author. | 3 |
e626f3a | The "face" on mars is a natural landform and was not made by aliens. I know this because it's just a rock formation. The second reason is NASA would want there to be life on mars because it would benefit them. Finally because the shadows give the appearance of looking like a face.
My first reason is it's just a rock formation. In the artcle, it says global surveyor flew over Cydonia and snap photos of it. These pictures were 10 times sharper than the original. Also these showed that it was just a natural landform. It is the mar equivalent of a butte or Mesa.
Now I know what some of you are thinking, "What if NASA is hiding something. Well my next reason is NASA would benefit by finding aliens on mars. In the text it said that while defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an alien civillzation. This shows that they would embrace having found aliens because they could make money. NASA wouldn't be hiding anything because they would be missing out. In the text it even said that authors resoned it would be a good way to engage the public an attract more attention to mars.
Finally, the face only lookes like that because of shadows. The article says the face only comes from shadows. It gave the illusion of having eyes, a mouth, and a nose. People have traveled as far as we could get; with the best camera and saw that it was just a normal rock formation. In face we have many of these same mesa and butte on earth.
The face on mars is is a natural landform and was not made by aliens. This is because it's just a normal rock formation. The next reason is NASA would want there to be life on Mars because it would beneft them. Finally, The "face" is formed because of the shadows on the Mesa. For all these reasons the face on mars was not made by aliens, but is just a regular rock formation | 4 |
e628d55 | Every four years america as a whole chooses on who should be the president of the united states. The process of election is straight forward and always follows the same process every election. The american citizens vote on one of the two candidates, then those votes are counted and giving to the electors, then the electors of each state representing the population of said state (including the District of Columbia) votes one of the candidates, after all votes are tallied the winning candidate is elected president. Overall this system seems rather complicated and can be seen as an unfair process at which only to vote on who takes charge of america. The electoral college should be replaced by who receives the most popular votes from all american citizens and not the state electorals.
Electoral college is a process created during the founding of the united states as sort of a "middleground" or compromise on how the people of the country should elect the president (
source 1
). In order for a president to be elected out of the 538 electors that make up the electoral college he or she must at least receive 270 votes (
source 1
). Each president has a group of electors that process your votes in order to choose who the state votes for making it in a ways unfair. This system can come with its own set of problems that include replacement of electors, electors voting to who they feel, and at times one candidate gaining the most popular vote but losing the chance of presidency because of the lack of electorol votes form the state (
source 2
). An example of the unbalanced power is the near success of the louisiana legislature replacing the democratic electors in the 1960, segrigations with new ones that would oppose against John F. Kennedy making him lose the popular vote.
The best replacement for the electoral college is to allow the citizens of america to vote upon who should be the president of the U.S without the need for electors. The candidate that receives the most votes is the one who becomes the president of the united states. In order to process all possible millions of votes into a rational percentage and the candidate with the higher percentage would in turn become president. With this in mind the candidates would need to visit all or largely selected states in order to deliver campaign speeches to persuade the population to vote for them, because with the electoral college system candidates would focus mainly on tight races in the "swing states" practically ignoring other like in the 2000 campaign seventeen states didnt see their candidate (
source 2
). The electoral college only focuses on the large numbers and not on the smaller population that can still make a difference making the system unfair. Making them only focus on the big states because how many electoral votes it could bring compared to a smaller state which could possibly only supply three.
On the other side electoral college does have a good standing as a method of vote. Electoral college has five good reasons on why it shouldn't be replaced and they are certainty of outcom, everyone's president, swing states, Big states, and avoid run-off elections (
source 3
). Each campaign party chooses their electors which rarely end in betrayel making it possible to win the election with low popularity votes. The electoral system also gives the candidate a chance to win in a "landslide" because of the winner-take-all basis at which it follows (
source 3
). No region has enough votes to elect a president also the electoral college needs to have transregional appeal. And the main goal of the electoral college is to obviously elect a new president but as well avoid runoff elections.
The electoral college is an unfair system of voting because of how it all depends on a small group of selected representatives and not all of the american population as a whole. Even though it can be regarded as a fair middle ground it still has its flaws and doesnt reach out to society as a whole only focusing on the states that can lead to victory, casting out those who's electoral votes will not make much of a difference. In the end the voting system should mainly focus on popularity of a candidate than what the "state" feels they should vote for because of how many votes they actually received for a given candidate due to the fact that it may end up voting on which who they feel and refuse to vote for their partys candidate. The electoral system should be replaced. | 5 |
e62c876 | The author thinks that studying Venus is a great opportunity because Venus is one of our neighbor planets, and we have many things in common. One of the andvantages he mentions is that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit" because he knows that space travel takes a lot time, and we have to take the chaces we get to do it. He also explains to us that Venus is similar to earth, for example, it has familiar features like the surface, valleys, mountains and crates. Venus also has one of the hottests planet temperature in the solar system. All of this tell us that even though is a little dangerous, and sometimes there can be hostile conditions that it's worth it because we have created solutions.The author says that NASA came up with a way that humans could possible go there, and not be in harms way. The idea that they came up with was to have some kind of "blimp-like vehicle" that could hover or float above
the frey so that humans get harmed. Lastly we can see that the things that we could discover from Venus could probably benefit our planet since Venus is similar to it. | 2 |
e63006a | 25 years ago, there was an abnormal structure discovered by NASA's Viking 1 Space Shuttle as it was circling Mars to find possible landing sites for it's siter ship Viking 2 when it spotted the abnormal structure. This abnormal sturcture was called the "Face on Mars" that stretched out two miles from end to end located in Cydonia. Shortly after it was found, scientists figured it was just another Martian Mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
In 1976, the first pictures of the "Face on Mars" was taken by NASA's Viking 1, but a few days later NASA unveiled the image for the world to see and told people it was just a "huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." As of May 24, 2001, NASA revealed "the Face on Mars" is just a mesa. As the pictures were reveiled on the JPL web site "the Face on Mars" was just a natural landform and that there was no alien monument after all. On April 8, 2001, Mallin's team captured a photo using the camera's absolute maximum resoltuion, each pixel in the 2001 photograph spans 1.56 meters compared to the 43 meters per pixel in the best Viking 1 photo in 1976. "If there was an object in this photograph like planes on the ground of Eygptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!", said Garvin.
In conclusion, "the Face on Mars" is not real for it it just a natural landform on the Red Planet. "In the picture it actually shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common arounf the American West." says Garvin. Many people believed that this photo was created by aliens but we have pictures and space shuttles out there to prove "the Face on Mars" is just a landform on the Red Planet. | 2 |
e630ec3 | The reason why Luke went to Europe was because his friend Don invited him to go. When Luke graduation he had two part time jobs but when his friend Don invited he to go to Europe on a cattle bout luke was happy to go with his friend Don.
Luke was on the cattle bout from 1945 to 1947 because he had to make nine trips from the Eastern coast of the United States to china that is a mouth away from the United States. When Luke was on the cattle bout he found fun thing to do like play baseball,vollyball in the empty holds where animals been housed they even played table -tennis, fencing, boxing and reading whittling.
In Luke point of view he was happy that he got to go on the cattle bout and help people get the animals to Europe and chine but it took two year to get all the animals to Europe and chine. Luke was a seagoing cowboy when he was on th cattle bout. It was more then an adventure to Luke it opened up the world to Luke. Luk was greatful for the opportunity to go on a cattle bout. | 1 |
e6363da | We should be allowed to study Venus. To begin with Venus and Earth have somethings in common even though Venus may be a some what dangerous planet there are some things that they have in common. Something that the author said was " Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life just like Earth." In other words what the author is trying to say is that Venus maybe once had the same features just like Earth does today. But now it's all dry. There are some features that Venus has and Earth too. Venus has a rocky sediment and has valleys, mountains and crater just like Earth does. Another good reason we should study Venus is that maybe one day the Earth were in right now may dissapper and we would have to move to a different planet. Studying something would be bad we all have to try new things. Even though Venus sounds like a very dangerous planet are could be some benfits to exploring new planets. We could find new and interting things about different planets. | 2 |
e63e0bf | Dear,
State senator, i believe that we should keep the electoral college because it it not only benifits congress it aso benifits the president who is running to be our leader as well and also our electors.
The electoral college has been made from our founding fathers in the constitution it shows a meaning, a meaning not only to us but also to The United states and in the most part its total strangers who pick these people its a political party it may seem unfair that the votes we are putting in is for the electors to run but its a show of value it shows the the electors get help with votes and so does the president just like it may be in the other side of the green grass as well.
"The Electoral college avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast"(pg22). Obama gotten 61.7 percent of the electoral votes while Romney got 51.3 it seems of electors in the electorial college knew what the were doing now my gas prices isnt over 3 dollars a gallon near me "almost all of the states award electoral votes on a winner-takes -basis"(pg18) not only a predident is just not chosen it is a meeting that takes place where they go throughly to pick the vice prsident or the president.
In each state the cadinate that is running for that paticular has their own group of electors that in safe hands its a great thing to know that people that are being chosen are being reviewed by state laws as well to be exact and either way we help choose our state electors its not about the specific people its about all of us and how we contributre to the votes to our candinates in the electoral college we are not only helping the electors the electors are helping the presidnt as well and most of all we are helping United State Of America Founding Fathers. | 2 |
e63e799 | The Challenging of Exploring Venus
The venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though Mercury is closer to sun. But, long time ago, Venus was propably covered with oceans and it was also possible to survive. The life can be as simple as we are living in Earth. However, Venus still have some things which a living beings needs to survive. This planet has a rocky sediment anf includes such a familiar features like valleys, mountains, and craters.
Venus can also conclude as our second option, if we have to choose another place except Earth. But Venus's reputation is a challenging planet for humans to study. Not even a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Sometimes we are closer to the Mars and sometimes we are closer to Venus. This all is because of difference in speed. As Venus is sometimes right around the corner, humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land.
NASA has an idea to send humans to study about Venus. To explain the idea of NASA author has used few examples like blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rolling Venusian landscape. Author also uses jet airplanes as an example as our jet airplanes traveln at a higher altitude to fly over many storms. NASA explains about the temperature and solar power on Venus for survivle of humans. The temperature is around 170 degrees in Fahrenheit, but the air pressure is going to be close to the sea level of Earth. Solar power will be enough and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Conditions is not really easy but enough for the survival of humans.
It's important or it's wothy to study about Venus as this is the only planet on space except Earth where humans can survive. And it's research done by NASA explains that humans can also survive in Venus but it's not going to be as easy as we are living in Earth. Venus is often referred as Earth's twin. | 2 |
e65a261 | Do you think the Face is just a natural landform or a face proving alien life forms? Do you think it is bona fide evidence for life on Mars? I'm a scientist at NASA and the Face, a lot of people seem to think was formed by aliens or is proof of alien life forms, is actually just a natural landform. The Face is just a natural landform because it was a cloudy day on Mars when the spacecraft took the pictures, you would be able to see objects in the pictures if there were any, and the picture actually shows the Martian.
The Face is just a natural landform on the planet of Mars, not something created by alien life forms or evidence of life on Mars. For example, when the pictures were taken, it was a cloudy day on Mars. The clouds casted shadows on the landform to make it look like a face. There were no alien markings. If there were objects in the pictures you would be able to see them. You would be able to see the objects because you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size. The picture actually shows the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. They are common around the American West.
Do you still think the Face on Mars was actually created by aliens? Do you still think it is bona fide evidence of life on Mars? The Face is just a natural landform because pictures were taken on a cloudy day, where the clouds could cast shadows on the landform. You would also be able to see any objects in the pictures if there were any. There is a chance of life on Mars because there is water found on Mars. The Face is not evidence of life on Mars. | 3 |
e65aa9e | Do you thinks it is possible to tell a persons emotion with the use of technology? I do think it is possible to tell someones emotions with technology. You can also read it sometimes without technology. Scientists scan old painting from years ago named the Mona Lisa.
They said that they used technology to scan it and they got the emotions that it was having. The scientists said that the mona lisa was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. There are two more emotions which are suprise and sadness. Those are the six basic emotion scientists have calculated.
They should be able to read the emotions of students in a classroom. What if the students is sad and having a bad day you dont have to be mean to the student. This technology may also help in a health class. It can show if depressed or the bones of a student in his face region.
I think that it is possible to read someones emotions with the use of technology. They were able to read alot of emotions and tell alot of things. They should continue doing it and improve it. | 2 |
e65ae5a | I think the technology shouldn't be valuable to read the emotional of students in the classroom. their should be a different approch if we want to know the kids emotional status is.
Teachers should sit down one on one with thier students to see if something is wrong or is bothering them. There shoud be no need to have technology to see what is wrong with thier students. I can see if the technology could see are true emotion deep down inside. If it honestly can't then i see no reason to even have technology to read are "emotions."
I don't think its a bad idead at i think its very cool and neat how it works but i just dont think it would be all that if it wouldn't actually ready are real emotion at all. so thier is no need to even have the technology that they have now.
I think its alsome what this new technology is doing know but I don't think it work out to have this is any classroom or to help anybody. There is more help know for people to help them know how they are feeling or even to get there life togeather. | 2 |
e6605dc | I think that you should participate in the UNRRA because of these three reasons. It helps people around the world that need help, It is really fun and you get to go to diffrent spots in the world and see the amazing things.
If you were caught up in a big mess in World War 2, I bet you would want people to help you out. If you participate in the UNRRA with me and a lot more other people, you could help those type of people. Think of all the lives you could save and help.
It would be really fun to do this because after you do our work, we play games like table-tennis tournaments, fencing and boxing. We would also read books and do whittling. All of those things are really fun.
If you come with us and help the people in need of things, you could see awesome things like the great wall of China. You would go to France and see and hear Big Ben. All of those places would be awesome to see and if you help us, You would get to see it for real and not on a picture or something.
I hope that those three reasons will make you want to come participate with me and many other people to help the people in need. | 2 |
e661b4b | I am going to be writing about a story called A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves. the things that I am going to put in here are reasons why Luke's convincing others to participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. Other Cowboys should join in the Seagoing Cowboy program because there are a lot of horses and other animals that they could help take care of. The next thing would be because they get to go on cattle-boat trips that are unbelievable oppurtunities for a small-town boy. The third reason would be because the Cowboys get to play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. The last reason why others should join is because when Luke said that it was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger.
Now I am going to tell you details that support Luke's claims. At the beginning of the story it said that Luke had been working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank when his friend Don Reist invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat. He knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime. UNRRA ( The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas so Luke and Don signed up. In August 1945, they received their orders to report to New Orleans. They arrived August 14, Luke says that the day the Pacific war ended. They got their seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece-with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them. Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe And China. Luke says that the cattle-boat trips were unbelievable oppurtunities for a small-town boy. caring for the animals during the crossings kept Luke busy. Luke found time to have fun on board especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. It opened up the world for Luke Bomberger.
So what I wrote about in the story was about a story called A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves. The things that I put in the story were about reasons to join the program and to support Luke's claims. Like for the first one I put that they could like play baseball or volleyball on their free time. That they could get to take care of animals (lots of animals). Like in the second one I used ideas from the story for that paragraph. Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed. | 2 |
e6631d0 | Are dreiverless cars a good idea for the future? There are many pros and cons to these cars.
One down side to these cars are the price. Making the driverless cost more due to the amount of gadgets that they need to perfect it. Although, it cost less for gas because it does not use as much. Because there is not an owner of these cars, the gas prices do not benefit anybody. The only benefit is that gas is reserved for a longer period and slows the use of it tremendously.
There are many car accidents that are caused by human error and these type of cars may reduce the number of injuries or deaths for some period of time. However, technology is yet to prove that it can last forever without malfunctioning. This may cause accidents that could have been prevented.
Another down side is the time of travel. If these cars are used as taxis, then they may not take you wherever it is you need to go right away. It may make several stops before you are at your own destination.
There are other resolutions to the problems of modern day transpirtation. These are less expensive resolutions. If the reasoning for driverless cars is due to the amount of gass it uses, then that can be resolved by electric cars. If the issue is safety, then people need to be more careful. It is acceptable to add new features to a modern day car for safety purposes, but there is no need to re-make cars to be automatic.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not needed and are unessicary. The only aspect of transpirtaion that needs majorly improved is the intellegence of modern day drivers. There are more cons than there are pros for the driverless cars, therefore they should be prevented. | 3 |
e663d85 | DEAR
state senator i am writing this letter to argue in favor of keeping the electoral college and changing to election by polulor vote for the president of the united states. I beleve that we should keep it because peolpe and citizens have the right to vote for who they think would be a good leader for ower counrty.
I think that we should keep it like this because if we dont have enugh peolple to vote there may be a 100% that there will be a tie. Like in 1976 there was a tie if a mere 5,559 voters in ohio and 3,687 voters in hawaii had voted the other way there wouldnt have been a tie. I do know that under the electoral college system, voters vote for the president ,but for a slate of electors ,who in turn elect the president. I also know that the peolpe who pick the electors in the firs place depend on the state.
In conclution , i would like to make this argue because i think that we should be the ones that get the chance to vote for some one that i think we enough trust in please i hope that you understand the reason to why i am arguing in favor of keeping the electoral college and changing to election by populor vote for the president of the united states . thank you very much for receving my letter have a good day sincearly:
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
e666996 | Venus sometimes is called the "Evenning Star." Its one of the highest points of light on the sky. Venus is actually a planet and not a star. Venus is the closeest planet to earth such as its density, size, and sometimes distance too. The author states that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
One of the things that Venus is dangerous becasue of its thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets the planet. The danger of this is that the clouds are made up of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The acid can nearly kill you if there is a little bit touching you in any shape or form. Otherwise, Earth surface is on a average of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the pressure is 90 times that what we have on our planet.
In conclusion Venus is very dangerous for any kind to be on, such as animals or humans. Although the plant is pretty hot its not good to be on it. | 1 |
e666cd6 | Exploring Venus
Is Venus worth pursuiting? This question is asked by many like the authors of this story. The author told both sides of the story. He told how Venus has dangers but did say why we should go . I think the author supported his idea well.
The author did say many dangers like in paragraph 3 "over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" and "highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmoshere". He also said that venus is often referred to Earths twin and that
"Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size". In paragraph 4 it says "the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters". This means that Venus could have once had large bodys of water and could of supported life just like Earth today.
"Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit" said the author in paragraph 4 but getting there is not so easy "given the long time frames of space travel". The author gave one idea from NASA in paragraph 5 that "would allow scientis to float above the fray" and aslo said "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape". This would keep the scientists out of dangers conditions. in the sky he temperatures would be around 170 degrees but "solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth".
But "orbiting safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions" said the author because of how dense atmophere is. living far above th ground could make it hard to " smaples of rock, gas, or anything else. But "NASA is working on approaches to study Venus" says in paragrph 7. "Another project is looking back at an old technology called mechanical computers" said the author in paragrph 7. "by comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces". says the author in paragraph 7
The author told both sides of the story. He told how Venus has dangers conditinos but did say why we should go. he told way we could fix and how we could go to Venus. this why I think he supported his idea. | 4 |
e66bb5f | There are many advantages to limiting the number of cars on the roads. There are many reasons to not drive as much but there is still a lot of driving. People are taking action in decreasing the number of cars still being driven. There needs to be a smaller number of drivers. Driving isn't a life or death deal, we lived witout it for tens of thousands of years,
There are a lot of reasons to decrease driving numbers. The most important reasons in my opinion are environmental issues. There are so many gases produced my cars such as carbon monoxide that hurt our atmosphere. The air has been filled with pollutants that are devestating our whole world. Too much exposure to certain gases can be fatal. Driving is not worth polluting and hurting our atmosphere.
Many places have alredy taken action in reducing the number of cars on the road. Vuban, a German suburb, has banned the use of personal vehicles. As a result, 70 percent of families who reside in Vuban do not own a car. They simply walk or ride bikes everywhere with only a few buses to transport the citizens. Heidrun Walter says "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Paris did an experiment with not letting even-number plated cars had to find another way of transportation for one day and odd-number plated cars do the same the next day. Each violator was fined 22 euros or $31. They repeated that cycle for about a week. The amount of smog decreased drastically. Even Bogata has their "Day Without Cars." They've held the event for 3 years straight. Violators faced a $25 fine. In result of that, two other Columbian cities, Cali and Valledupar, have joined the event.
In the past couple of years there haven't been that many new drivers joining the crowd. A study has shown that there has been a 23% decrease of new drivers between 2001 and 2009. I guess that people don't have the need to drive everywhere now. The number of miles driven was peaked in 2005. Ever since then people have been driving less. We are now at the same number of miles driven as in 1995. People also haven't been buying new cars as often as they used to.
All in all, there are many advantages of driving less. There isn't as much of pollution being created. If we stay on the same track, we can stop polluting the earth with as many harsh gases and chemicals. There would be more healthy wildlife as well. I understand that transportation is a must, but find more ecologically friendly ways to do it such as car pooling or riding the bus or walking. There are many solutions, we just need to find them. | 3 |
e66d620 | Do you want to be a Seagoing Cowboy? Well,if you do then join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
The Seagoing Cowboys program consists of many reasons to join. Just one reason is so you can help people out if you join the program. For example,I helped out countries with gaining food supplies,animals,and more. We had to take care of the animals such as horses,young cows,and the mules that were all shipped by sea.
Besides helping people from around the world I had the benefit of seeing diffrent countries,such as Europe and China. But to me seeing the Acropolis in Greece was especially special. But,so was taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,the city with streets of water,but other than that I also traveled to an excavated castle in Crete and I marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. And I was grateful for seeing all of that.
There are also many things that can keep you busy. I know what really kept me busy,caring for all the animals. They all had to fed,at the most two to three times a day. Also bales of hay and huge bags of oats had to be pulled from the lower holds of the ship. And the stalls all had to be cleaned.
If you think that was hard work...don't worry! Life as a Seagoing Cowboy isn't all hard working. I still had fun doing it! I played games with my pals,we played all sorts of them. We played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where all the animals stayed,we had the time to play table-tennis tourtaments,fencing,boxing,we read,whittling,and the games all helped to pass the time.
But to me most importantly about being a Seagoing Cowboy,was to be able to let it open up the world to me. It made me more aware that people in other countries and their needs are suffering at hard times just like us. I hope that after reading this you learned alot more about being a Seagoing Cowboy than you ever did before, and I hope that after reading this you will want to be one too. | 4 |
e66f424 | Dear state senator, I strongly disagree with the Electoral College. In my opinion, it is extremely unfair to voters. Candidates don't even spend time in the states they know they have no chance of winning because of the winner-take-all system. They only focus on the tight races in the "swing" states, which isn't very fair at all.
Also, it is outdated. We need something new, something way better. Not all of the states even seen the candidates at all and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. And to me, that isn't very good at all. They all should be able to see the candidates and all the media markets should be able to see a campaign ad.
The article "The Indefensible Electoral College; Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" written by Bradford Plumer, he states that "The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality. And the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best." I agree with Bob Dole! Abolish the electoral college! It's unfair, outdated, and even irrational. In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing good about it. | 2 |
e671912 | The planet Venus is inhospitable at its current state, but is it worth it to find out the truth? Scientists tell us that Venus is averaging temperatures over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the pressure is 90 times greater than Earth's. Venus has been unexplorable due to these factors with the last mission failing in a few hours, but is it worth the risk? The idea of pursuing Venus is dangerous, but can be worth it to find more about how the geography was similar to earth, and if Venus could ever support life again.
Venus is called Earth's sister planet because it is the closest planet to Earth in density, size, and distance. Humans have tried to explore Venus many times in the past but have all failed due to the intense temperature and pressure of the planet. The planet also has a thick atmosphere of 97% carbon dioxide which makes it even more challenging to visit. Despite these factors, why do scientists want to visit this deadly planet? Scientists are very infatuated with this planet because it used to be just like earth from a geography standpoint. The planet was covered with large oceans, rocky sediment, valleys, mountains, and craters. These are more than enough reasons for scientists to explore Venus because they want to learn more about what occured for the planet to transform from the earth like place. Scientists need to learn more about Venus so they can learn more about our planet too. They are working on ways to observe the planet while being able to come back alive. NASA has developed an interesting idea to send humans to study venus. They want to study Venus by hovering above the planet just like planes fly over storms. This idea would keep humans away from the harmful things Venus has to offer, but there are some down sides to this idea. Observing Venus from above can only do so much for us. Light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, so insight into the ground life of Venus is limited. The biggest down side is the fact that researchers cannot take samples of Venus such as rock and grass back to earth to study. This idea is still better than nothing because anything we learn from this mission is something we did not know before.
The age old question that most people have on planets is "could they ever inhabit life again?" Scientists have studied planets for many years and have seen a variety of things. They have concluded that Mars will be able to inhabit life and have started a program where sign ups are available to leave Earth to help scientists conduct an experiment for life. Venus once held many characteristics similar to earth, but the most important one is that many years ago Venus could have supported a variety of life. The question is what changed? Venus has very hot temperatures and high pressures so it is difficult for scientists to get up close and take samples to study. Scientists are working on different ways to study Venus where they can get closer to take samples. NASA has used some simple electronics made of silicon carbide and simulated it in the chaotic conditions of Venus and it survived for three weeks. This is important because they can use these electronics to send them into the atmosphere of Venus and take pictures and samples from the planet until they find an alternate solution to getting humans past that thick carbon dioxide atmosphere. Scientists also thought of reverting back to mechanical computers to go into the atmosphere. This could work because things that use mechanical parts tend to do better in conditions of high pressure, heat, and other limiting factors. These things could be worth it to the people of Earth because if we determine a way to put life on Venus, the whole world would change.
The idea of Venus' geography being very similar to Earth's and the fact that it could have supported life makes it worth it to study venus despite the dangers that come with it. Venus used to have oceans. mountains, and valleys just like earth, but have no idea what happened to all of those things which make them want to study the planet even more. Life could have been supported long ago and scientists are working to discover a way around the limiting factors to figure out if it could ever be supported again. Scientists are doing everything they possibly can to study Venus and it is only a matter of time before we have the answers we seek. | 4 |
e67b702 | Ever heard of using technology to read students' emotional expressions in a classroom? Of course not, because it is not necessary. What good would come out of scanning a student's face? The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" does not give many reasons on how this technology would benefit people. This technology is also a little confusing with giving information. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is unvaluable because it serves no real purpose, would cause confusing emotional problems, and we shouldn't have to rely on it.
By human nature, we can already tell or sense how someone around us is feeling. Why would we need the technology of reading someone's face when we can do that by looking at a person? Maybe not always, but for the most part we can tell when someone is feeling down or happy. In paragraph 5 of this article it states, "...we humans perform this same impressive "calculaion" every day... you can probably tell how a friends is feeling simply by the look on her face." This supports how this technology is not exactly needed.
"She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." Which is it? Is she happy or angry? Why is she disgusted and fearful when she's mainly happy? This technology would describe several different emotions that one is feeling. Because of this, it would be confusing to really understand someone. In paragraph 4 it states, "Dr. Huang, 'even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression' (like not smiling as broadly)." This supports how people do show various emotions, so it would be confusing, whereas without the technology, people can question each other and converse.
Why rely on this technology instead of actually communicating?
We are people, and in a classroom, bonds can easily be made. Therefor, we can talk to each other in order to discuss emotions. Paragraph 6 states, "Imagine a computer that knows when you're happy or sad." Even though having this technology where "it could modify the lesson," would be helpful, it's not something we can't do ourselves by talking. Paragraph 6 also states, "...it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This shows the technology would be beneficial in a way, but it's not valuable nor necessary.
This technology to read the emotonal expressions of students in a classroom is not valuavble due to not having a good enough purpose for use, it's confusing; almost unreliable, and we can communicate without it. In a classroom, we should be able to express our emotions without the technology. We can verbally discuss topics and share. This technology would not be as valuable as a good teacher, tutor, or instructor. | 4 |
e686134 | Going to Venus sounds like an amazing things to do. In ways it is very similar to Earth. Even though both planets are similar they are vastly different. Even if we could go to Venus it doesn't seem like it would ve worth the trip. From the information we would gain, extreme conditions, and the cost of all of it, the pursuit of studying Venus doesn't seem like its worth it.
I don't believe we would learn very much from going to Venus. In paragraph 6 the author mentions that, "most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, Rendering standard forms of photography and videography inffective." So even before going we already know that we wouldn't be able to see what the surface of Venus very well. This makes studying Venus harder because most of us would want a see what they are studying. The author also says, "scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus we need to get up close and personal despite the risks." The surface of Venus has an average temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, so get up close and personal isn't very likely to be successful. Even if it was successful there is a lot of risk involved to just find out what the surface of it is made out of, but if we foind out what it was made up of what could we with knowledge.
Venus is also a very dangerous place to be because of the harsh conditions. Dangerous like the previously mentioned average temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure that is over 90 times greater than Earth's. Venus also has erupting volcanoes, strong earthquakes, and a lot of lightning. It would be hard to survive there let alone gather information about it. Even machines would have a hard time surviving this harsh conditions. The author tries to counter this by saying that we use "a blimp-like vechile hovering over 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape, but even then we would learn almost nothing because it would be hard to get samples from that height.
One thing I am sure the author left out on purpose is the cost how much would all cost. I'm no expert of space exploration, but I am sure of one thing it isn't cheap. How much would all the research and technology to even get a to Venus cost. I'm sure it would cost billions of dollars because there is a reason we stop sending rockets into space, and its because it costs too much. This project seems like it would cost a lot of tax payer money,and for the possibility of learning what Venus's surface is made of.
Even with the author's persuasive article, I still not convinced that studying Venus is worth the trouble. It would provide little information that would actually be useful for us. Venus's conditons are to extreme for us to get information about it. The trip to Venus would cost a lot of money. The author while making it seem possible and makes it seem impossible to learn about Venus. | 4 |
e688d2f | He is very smart. He found that Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. He also found out that Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. And sometimes the closest in distance to.
Venus has a thick atmosphere of amlost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets covering it. There are even more dangers in Venus like the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in it's atmosphere. The second biggest danger is that it's average temperatures is over eight hundred degress Fahrenheit. That average temperature on Venus is way to hot for anyone to survive. The biggest danger is that the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. And on Venus there is signs of additional impediments like erupting vlcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
The biggest reason way I like it is because Venus might of been the most earth-like planet in our solar system. So that why i think they should try to build a blimp-like vehicle. They are trying to make a way so that humans can go to Venus and survive. Or get a machine that's strong, able to handle the heat, take pictures, and even evidence. | 2 |
e68f64d | Limiting car usage in our daily life can be a good thing. There has been cities and countries that have already started going "Car-free" acording to articles one, two and, three. Limiting car usage in our daily life can reduce Greenhouse gas. Reducimg the time ou use to drive your car or automobile it reduces on how much money you are wasting on gasoline or diesel.
Limiting car usage is a good thing, in article two it talks about Paris banning driving due to high levels of smog. Paris had enforced a short driving ban to clear the air out of the city. If you were to drive in that time period you would have suffered a $31 dollar fine. Diesel fuel was to blame since France favors diesel more than gasoline due to a tax policy. Up to 67 percent of vehicles in France are made up of diesel. In Germany a city called Vaunban has given up the life of cars mostly. Vaunban's treets are mostly "car Free" except along the main throughfare according to article one. One of the reasons the city of Vaunban has given up on the life of cars is their are only two place to park, large garages at the edge of the development for $40,000 along with a home. For that 70 percent os families in Vaunban do not own cars. Heidrun walter, a media tranier in Vaunban, said " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." In Europe pasenger cars have been responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas while in the United States it is up to 50 percent in some areas according to article one.
Another Country that has been trying to reduce the amount of car usage is Colombia. In Bogota, Colombia they are doing a program that they are trying to spread to other countries. They have held a day each year for a "car free" da. For three years cars have been banned for the Day without cars. The only cars that are pemitted are taxis and buses on that day. Since that Bogota has inspired other cities in Colombia to go with a "Car free" day. Cali and Valledupar have joined the event. Parks and sports centers have bursting throughtout Bogota according to Article two. The sidewalks that have been uneven and cracked have been replace by new, smooth sidewalks. Another good thing is the restrictions have quickly cut traffic. Also new restaurants and shopping centers have rose up. The mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay said "These people are generating a revoultionary change, and this is crossing borders.
America has also joined on to limiting car usage. President Barack Obama has goals to reduce the greenhouse gas emmisions accordiing to source four. In paragraph 38 according to Dr. Sivak's research it says that there has been a huge drop in the amount of 16 to 39 year olds getting drivers licenses. Another study has found that in 2012 driving by young people have declined 23 percent between 2001 and 2009. A good thing for limiting car usage has lead to a executive chaiman of the ford company, Bill Ford, has put out a business plan that has them partnernign up with a telecommunications industry. By doing this he says "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety."
Limiting car usage in our daily life is a good thing. It reduces greenhous gas emmisions, lead to restaurants and shopping centers to rise up, better sidewalks, less traffic, and improved safety. Alot of countries and cities have eithered stopping using cars mostly or has reduced car usage by having one day a year without cars. | 3 |
e698739 | Dear Florida senator,
I think that we should keep the Electoral College vote system, because it is pretty much the same thing as election by popular vote. When you vote for your canidatate, you're voting for his electors. Then those electors vote for their presidential nominee. Not often do the electors betray their canidate, so odds are the popular vote will win.
Also, the Electoral College system avoids run-off elections when no canidate wins a majority of the votes, the Electoral college produces a clear winner.
Another reason to keep the Electoral College vote is because if we had to vote by popular vote, it wouldn't be fair to some of the states. Canidates tend to visit the big states that have an impact on their election. That means that the states with a lower population don't get to see what the canidates have to offer.
Next reason is because some of the presidential canidates could be favored by some of the regions. For example, obama was elected as first African American president, and a lot of African Americans were excited, and voted for him. Some of the people didn't even care what he had to offer. The Electoral College reduces the chance of that happening because the regions vote doesn't have a big impact on the election.
Lastly, we should keep this voting system because when the citizens vote for a presidential canidate, they vote for the electors. They choose electors that are going to vote for the party's nominee. So basically, if one of the canidates wins the popular vote, and the electors go to vote, the one with the more popular votes is going to win most likely. It rarley ever happens that the elector for one nominee votes for the other.
I believe we should keep Electoral College vote because it is much like election by popular vote. It is also more fair between big and small populations of states, and presidential canidates can not be favored by regions they come from. The Electoral College system is a good way to vote.
Sincerely PROPER_NAME, American citizen. | 3 |
e6a8dea | There are many positive ideas to the driverless cars of the future. Not having to drive, uses less gas and oil, and less crashes. Even though these are all good points to make about the driverless car, autonomously driving cars will not bring the driverless function untill the technology is available. If these driverless abilities malfuntion, people will get hurt with no idea if it was a driver or the computer had an issue. Alse, There will always have to be a driver alert for these cars to make the right decisions if there were to be crashes or construction sites.
The self driving vehicles of the future have many sensors and radars. This technology is not cheap in the current years. Yes, there is better technology than the year of 2000, but it will not be cheap to convert or buy a vehicle with all the sensors and laser beam radars. Companies will have to invest loads of money into this technology for it to become affordable. Maybe the company wants to spend that money but others will most likely not want to invest lots of money into driverless cars.
if the driverless car is put into production, the switching period will take many years for it to catch onto. There will be a mix of driverless cars and driver depedant cars. Like before, some companies will take longer to produce driverless cars than others. With this mix in cars that can drive themselves and cannot, there will be issues of liability with these issues. For example, if there were to be a crash with a driverless car and a regular car, who would know who was at fault? The driverless car will blame the manufacture and cause many unneeded court cases.
The cars today that have driverless like capabilities will need driver support. It is highly unlikey in the next year or so that they make a magical car that can drive itself through a constructionzone or a pileup on the freeway. There will need to be an alert driver to guide the car through these caution zones. There will need to be a huge leap in technology for that to happen and to fit this technology to everyday people's cars. This will cause the manufacture large sums of money for the production of this tech.
Driverless cars will indeed become reality. This may happen in 10 years or 50. The only thing to worry about this becomeing reality is the testing and the transition. Testing will happen on closed or maybe open streets. Also, the mix betweeen driverless cars and driver cars will bring the biggest problems in terms of liability. Untill this technology becomes readily available for consumer cars for an understandable price, there will always be a driver in the car having to steer for tricky situations and road hazzards. | 3 |
e6b50a4 | Cars have been the # 1 way to get around for decades. almost everyone has one and they make going places amazingly convieniant. There have been many advances and upgrades since the first one was created in the early 1900's. Since then cars are faster, stronger, safer, and they even made electrical cars that are better for the enviorment.
My position on driverless cars is that they are great for many reasons. They are safer, if some drunk person decides to be reckless and drive, the car will drive for him, and I know the car does require the skills of a human in some types of traffic but that is way safer than a drunk that drives the whole time. These cars will also save us alot of gas money, prevent an endless amount of accidents, and even make the planet healthier.
So for these reasons I am a full supporter and believer that driverless cars are the future of this world. They are safer, more efficiant, and alot better for us. | 1 |
e6bbf25 | In 2018 many sutdent's are having difficult's in studying, paying attention, and learning. A variety of school's do many thing's to provide and to catch the student's attention but sometimes it doesn't help. It's not the school's fault if the student's don't want to be their due to reason's because they have other options they can do. In grade's k-8th grade should use the new microsoftware that they came with becuse I believe it'll truly help them since they're new learner's. Since they're young and the teachers should motivate them and grasp their attention. But during high school student's should already know by then that it's going to be difficult but they should learn somethings by themselves. So not everything should be handed to a new generation.
Throughout the past year's there was a high percentage of high school drop outs and it's possibly because of the learning enviroment or due to other related reason's. Reading through this passage by Nick D'Alto did tons of research on creating this system to tell a persons emotion's. Although, this will help the teacher's alot to recognize what to do different in a teaching matter. To know whether to teach this way or another way to grab your student's attention so then they'll be in a better teaching enviroment. But the cost will be really expensive since they barley came out with this invention so tyring to provide that to many schools will be very hard to install. Also installing even more technology in a school since many schools have alot of ipads, macbooks, or laptops etc.. will not help
that much.
We can find out by other research another way to get student's attention. Tecaher's go through many years of college not just for the topic they're teaching but for pychology too so they understand kids and teenagers that they're going to be with. | 3 |
e6bea39 | Why should luke join this program? Luke should join the program because its a opportunity of a lifetime. Plus, he gets to spend time with his friend. Lastly he will experence new things. Its a good thing he went on with going to do the program cause it was a opportunity of a lifetime.
This program will be a opportunity of a lifetime. In the prompt it states that he couldn't say no to his friend, and that he knew it was a opportunity of a lifetime. Secondly Luke says "The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable for a small-town boy." Besides helping others he likes to taking water rides Venice, Italy. Thrirdly Luke was able to tour excavated castle in Crete and Marveled. But mostly went there to spend time with his friend.
Luke didn't go to the program he went there to see his friend. First he gets a phone call from his friend saying "Hey would you like to come over to Europe then asked about cattle boating. His friend Don Reist confnced him to come out and see him, but not only see him but to go cattle boating with him. But yet not only did Luke do the program and gets to hang out with his friends he gets to experence new thngs.
Luke was able to experence new things while on this trip, and learn some to. World war 2 was over in 1945. Luke was a watchman and he had to check on the animals every hour. Luke found time to have fun the cowboys would play volleyball, baseball, table tennis, and more.
In conclusion, I think Luke choose the right chose because he would still be doing the same thing being a cowboy and farming. Since he went cattle boating he's not the same in a good way. Also it was good to go see his friend and cattle boat with him to. These are my reasons why Luke should join. | 3 |
e6c6d0a | In the article " Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. They both have a good argument wether it is a bad idea or a good idea to have driverless cars. I agree with it is a negative idea to have driverless cars. why do i think it's a negative idea to have a driverless car? First,It's expensive. Second, it could create more ruckus. Third, something bad could happen to the car and to the person, but we wouldnt know who to blame.
One reason why i think it is a negative idea is because it is expensive. If a new human driving cars costs 20,000 thousand, think about how much a driverless car might cost. of course it will be more expensive. Also just fixing the car. If you have to fix and expensive car, just one body part might cost a thousand. Unless everbody suddenly becomes rich in the future, then not everybody would be able to afford a driverless car.
Second, it could create more ruckus. In the text it stated, GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object." What if the diver gets use to the vibration and not wake up? Wouldn't that be a bad thing? What if the car lost self control? It would do more damage then the people driving the car themselves.
Third, we wouldn't know who to blame if something happens. In the article it stated, "If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault, the driver or the manufacturer?" If they don't know whose fault it is going to be then how will we know when we buy the car? It will be a waste of money if we buy things without them giving insurance if the cars fails because of technology. We should think carefully before buying expensive things like cars.
Ultimately, having driverless cars is a negative idea. It is a negative idea because it's expensive for most people and they won't be able to afford it. It'll create more ruckus then people driving the car themselves. We wouldnt know what to do or who to blaem if technology fails. Even though there are positives thing when buying a driverless cars, I think the negative thing are more important to think about. We should think clearly before make driverless cars or buying one too. | 3 |
e6c98dc | Seagoing What?
Well if you think that the Seagoing Cowboys is bad well, let me tell you about it! See the Seagoing Cowboys program is that 1945, World War 2 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. So Luke Don signed up!
In Augest 1945, they received their orders to report to New Orleans. It took about two weeks for them to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to gt to China. Caring for the animals during the crossings kept Luke busy.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke Bomberger. It opened up the world to him.
The cattle-boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for just a small-town boy. In the Seagoing Cowboys, you can go on avdentures and visit many unique places. I know in your opinion that its a lot of work but you need work to get things and go to places that you want to go. So thats all i have to say. I hoped that you liked my essay! | 2 |
e6cb3aa | I believe that this technology is very usueful. This technologhy would be so amazing to have around, it would help students and teachers out so much. it can tell when you are bored, happy, sad, scared, worried, and can even tell when you do not like an ad. It could really help out in classrooms and other places.
For example, if you are sitting in class and you are doing something online, the computer can tell if you are bored and adjust itself so you are more into what is going on, or the teacher can come over and help you out too. It could also sense when you do not like an ad, all you have to do is smile or frown at the ad, if you smile you should get more ads like it, but if you frown it will try to find an ad you will be interested in.
Another example would be if your friends are worried about you because they cannot tell how you are feeling, then they can put you in front of a computer and the computer can tell them your mood so they can try to help you, or if you are going to see a therapist for help with a mental issue or anything, they could set you in front of a computer so they know your mood without you trying to explain yourself to them.
One final example would be if you are worried or stressing out about something, the computer could tell someone so they can take you somewhere so you can just chill and relax and forget about everything that you are stressed or worried about, then you will be able to go back to whatever you were doing and complete it.
This unique piece of technology can help out with so many things. It can tell when you are upset, scared, worried, angry, and bored. Every classroom should have one of these. It would make being able to read people so much easier. It would also keep the students interested. | 3 |
e6ce72d | If we had driverless cars for one day what would it be like? Would there be one accident or multiple accidents? What is the catch to the driverless cars? How much would a driverless car cost for just one household? I do not agree with driverless cars because there is always going to be an accident, someone is all going to mess something up.
If we had cars for one day and people would be able to run errands in the car somthing would happen. The gas would burn easily or you wold have to charge the car up every night. Our generation is so high tech that if you want to get in the car you would have to have a username and password. And it shouldn't be that difficult if it is suppose to be a driverless car.
Driverless cars are a waiste of time, a lot of people like to be in control. For example, people like to drive the speed limit and can get frustrated because the driverless car is going under the speed limit.
It would make much more sense if a person was going the speed limit then a driverless car going under the speed limit holding up traffic.
There is always going to be an "accident" and someone is always going to mess up. With a driverless car you can't blame anyone even if it is there fault, which is going to cause huge problems. A person can easily crash into a driverless car and the person in the regular car can't afford to pay for it that is going to be huge problem that is not called for.
Driverless cars are a waist of time and a waist of money. Our country doesn't need the extra debt for driverless cars that are not one hundred percent safe. You can't drive the car without a person actully being in it so what is the point? Driverless cars is a waist to everyone. | 2 |
e6cfc5d | studing venus can be very dangerous with how hot it is and how its the hottes planed even though murcury is the closest to the sun and the amountn of carbon dixide is really high. it is worth exploring because what if soething happens and we all need a place to go we cave a plane that is close enogh that we can go and it wouldnt be that hard. it could also not benefit us with the way the air pressure is if we get there and the air pressure is to high then it could kill us instently and there could be no point and going but if they figure out a way to get past the air pressure and make it safer then there are many reason to go and explore it and send a team of astronots to venus and let them set things up and do testing how the climat is and if there is a way to do the tsts that they need to to see if there is a way to live there and eventually build a whold nother home on that planet as "back up" planet. we need a back up planet that is closer than anyother planer and is we get on venus then it will be eaiser to look at other planets and explore and study them. | 2 |
e6d2d03 | The Challenge of Exploring Venus talks about Venus itself, its attributes and other signifying parts of venus. "Evening star" is a nickname given to Venus because its one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is the second planet from the Sun even though its has proved a challenging place to examine more closely.
Venus is also called the Earth's twin because its the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Its right around the corner, many spacecraft has been sent to Venus but no spacecraft survived the landing or more than a few hours. A thick atmosphere of 97 percent Carbon dioxide blankets Venus, even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The author supports the idea due to many reasons because he learning about another planet is true. For example, he said "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. They are using these old devices called "MECHANICAL COMPUTERS" made years ago in the 1800s and used in the 1940s during the World war II. The computers are the only options we have left as of now to help us get to know more about Venus, so we have to use the devices because the modern devices are too delicate for situations like this. They thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but modern computers are really powerful, flexible and quick but they are too delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure and other forces.
In conclusion, I would like to add that there might be some probability that years ago, Venus was covered largely with oceans and other various forms of life just like Earth. Venus still has some features that are similar to Earth's. 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. | 2 |
e6d3293 | So, you have read the article Unmasking the Face on Mars, am i right? Well, I have some theories of my own, and I can assure you that Cydonia on mars, is not a face or anything extra-terrestrial.
My first reason as to why Cydonia on mars isnt a face is, well have you ever looked at the moon? Ever notice that when the moon if full, you see a face? Scientists in the past have been to the moon on investigations. While they were there they have proven that the face on the moon was just a bunch of craters. It is most likely that the face on mars is just creaters, or a mesa too.
My second reason is, things in outer space pictures are going to be a lot bigger than in reality. Take the sun for an example, we see the sun ten times smaller than it really is. If the sun was just as small as we presume it is, then how would planets, that are thousands of light years away, possibly get warm?
The final picture they took on April 5,1998, actually showed the Martain equivalent of a buttle or mesa. Buttles and mesas are landforms common around the American west. "It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" says Garvin. "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa, about the same hieght as the Face on Mars." The Snake River in Idaho is basically evidence that Cydonia isnt really a face and that is was just a buttle, or mesa.
My third and final reason is, that all planets start off as a big ball of rock, meteors, and astroids that collide with each other. The possiblities of a ball of rock, a planet, having left over craters from all of the collisions, is very high. If, somewhere way far out in space, or even just one planet away, wouldn't we have had a lot more pictures, videos, and newspaper articles about aliens?
This is only three theories backed with evidence, and I'm sure that if you talk to any other of these wonderful scientists at NASA, that they can also provide more reasons with more evidence. Thus, I really hope that these reasons help you clearify that Cydonia is not a sign of Extra-Terrestrial activity. | 3 |
e6dcd5f | So in the storu it talks about going to diffrenet places in our solar system so in the story it talks about how some plants can actually hold humans in it cuase it has the same things this planet has but not all of them. So they where talking about a planet in particular venus a planet right next to us we can have a spaceship go there. they talk about some of venus things like how hot it is the planet reaches 800 degrees.
Can we go to a diffrenet planet thats what nasa is trying to figure out can we go to a diffrenet planet like in mars venus jupitor all these planets so in this story it talks about how can we go figure out what can be suitable for a human so in this story it talks about how venus can be a good place they got some data in. They talk about some features that earth has like venus has valleys in mountains in craters in paragraph 4 it talks about some of the same features it has with earth. They are looking for more ways they can reserch they are thinking about sending some rovers to look around take pictures of the place in how they can actually go around in check out the planet but the way they been doing is taking pictures from a ship in actually actually looking from close thats what they been doing they still dont want to send people there cuase they dont want to take cuations of someone dying in the planet.
so can we actually go in look around in a diffrenet planet in then call it our home well we dont know yet we first need all the information we need to actually start go to a different place but the future well tell the story. | 2 |
e6e7528 | Back in 1976 an image was captured by NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft. In that time technology wasn't as good as it is now. So the so called Face started to spread quickly. Many people thought that this was created by aliens.
Now first of all aliens haven't been proved real yet, so if aliens aren't real then how can people say aliens did it. In the first image taken in 1976 I can understand why people are creating theories. But if you look at the one taken in 2001 you can clearly see that it is a mesa. Even in 1998, when technology was advancing, you can still see that it is a mesa or just even a type of landform.
Like Garvin says "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," and I agree with him completely. I bet if we looked now with the technology we have with could see little rocks on the ground because our country is so advanced in technology. Since we don't see Cydonia alot because we don't pass very often , I don't see us seeing the Face for quite a while. | 3 |
e6e9441 | Many places all over the world are starting to become "car-free". This can have a lot of advantages. Air quality will improve, people will save money, and people will have less stress.
A major advantage of reducing the amount of people driving is that the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted from those cars will be reduced. In paragraph 5 of
Source 1:
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , it is stated that 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe come from passenger cars, with an even greater percent in large cities. If these cities were to stop using cars, the smog surrounding the cities would be able to clear within about a week. If all of the major cities in Europe would limit the use of cars, then the air would be much cleaner. In
Source 3: Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota , the article talks about how cities in Columbia have had a car-free day for three years in a row. The goal of this day is to reduce the levels of smog throughout the country. It is also to try to get other countries around the world to have a similar day. If every country were to participate, the overall air quality would be able to improve drastically.
Another advantage of becoming car-free is shown in
Source 4: The End of Car Culture , where it describes that "Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer liscenses as each year goes by." The article also says that in 2005, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked and has gradually lowered since. With less cars being bought, people are saving lots of money they would be spending on repairs, gas, tires, and other things that attribute to the price of a car. Not having to worry about whether or not their car will start when they have to go to work will be able to lower a person's stress. As less people drive from place to place, they will begin to walk or ride a bike to get where they need to go. Many people believe that excercise can also reduce stress which can make people happier and more willing to help others.
Whether it's improving air quality, saving people money, or lowering stress, becoming car-free has many advantages. As less people use cars, more good effects will begin to show. | 4 |
e6ec16d | Studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite how danergous it can be. One reason is it can be a good planet to learn things from, since it has many similiarites with planet earth. Another reason is because it has things that no other planet has such as having the hottest surface temperature. Another reason is just because it has dangerour aspects does not mean we should not learn about it or keep us from seeing it's visual things.
Venus has some similiarites with earth that other planets as well can have or is the only planet. In the text in paragraph 2 it states "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size and occasionally the closest in distance too" This text from the article states that venus has similiarties in density,size, and sometimes even distance. Along with having those same features with Earth, it also has some other alike features. In the text in paragraph 4 it states "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes faimilar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters" This text states states that Venus has other similarites with Earth that invlove physical features of Venus and Earth.
Venus can have some homogenous things with other planets but it can also have different features. One different thing it has is how hot it is compared to all the other planets. In the text in paragraph 3 it states "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. This text states and helps give any example of how different Venus can be because of it's temperature wise. In the text it also states "The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater" This text from the article helps state how much hotter Venus is compared to other planets or what we are used to.
Along with venus having good things; Venus can also have bad and dangerous things. Just because a planet has something dangerour that can cause harm does not mean we should stop learning about it or try and see it's physical features it has. In the text it states "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by the dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination anf innovation. The text from the article states that just because
Venus has some difficult aspects and dangerour ones, does not mean we should stop trying to gt learn it and all of it's different features it has. Venus can have some rare features and we will miss them if we try and be too cautious of trying to learn more about Venus just because it can be dangerous.
Studying Venus can be a good aspect and teach us new things about our planets. Knowing more about our Venus and the similiarties it has with not only other planets but Earth, can be very helpful for us in knowing more about the World. Knowing more about the World and it's planets can tell and show us how many different things there are in the world. It can also tell us about new and rare things and give us advice on learning those things. Also taking a risk in learning them knowing there can be a dagerous aspect. | 3 |
e6ec61e | Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Driverless cars would creat problems in public transportation, have too many malfunctions, and need different traffic laws. They are trying to come up with new ways to get people to buy the driverless cars by making it fun. Driving is not suppose to be fun, driving is suppose to be safe.
To begin, driverless cars are being designed to be used as a transporation system. Today all forms of public transportation are driven by people. Those people are entrusted with the safety of their passengers. Having driverless cars as a form of public transportation would be unreliable and use more gas, because more people would need rides. Google cofounder Sergey Brin imagines less people buying cars and using the driverless publc transportation. This would put pedestrians in vehicals without a trusted driver. This is one reason why driverless cars are not beneficial.
Next, the driverless cars have had so many malfunctions. So far, driverless cars can only handle speeds up to 25 miles per hour, which is not even fast enough to driver in neighborhoods. The can steer, brake, and accelerate themselves, but need human skills for navigating. This means that the human driver must be completely alert at all times. Today, there are so many distractions already behind the wheel. These distractions, such as texting, would only increase if the car was doing most of the work. And while the driverless cars have many types of sensors, there is no guaruntee that they would pay attention fast enough to stop an accident.
Finally, driverless cars will need new traffic laws. Presently, traffic laws are written in the assupmtion that human drivers and in control at all times. Having the car in control would cause problems as to who was at fault. If the driverless car to malfunction, would it still be the owners fault? New laws would have to be made to cover liability and insurance for damage. Also new laws about getting licenses. All drivers education classes would have to be different and people that already have licenses would need to learn how to operate the new driverless cars.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not the answer. There are too many things that could go wrong even if the person in the vehical was 100 percent alert. | 4 |
e6f0a4b | Would you ever want to live on an planet that only stays hot every day. That is the second planet that lives closer to the sun. Sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Then this story should grabe your intrest. Studying Venus is an worthy pursit despite the dangers.
The heat at Venus is a real life problem. "On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet(3)." For example, this can cause masive heat strokes if a human arives at Venus because our bodys would not be able to handeal it. "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun(3)." For example, you would not know how to suvive if you would to go here.
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(4)." For example, how would they know that its the most Earths like planet with out giving an interview with other people."Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel(4)." If scientists would of made space travel then more people would come back to earth sick and hungry because of the heat temperature.
How is NASA going to be an impact in this study of Venuse. "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus(7)." For example, this can be a huge impact over a lot of people lives because what if this can be a dangers planet and some of the scientists had messed up on their research then whats going to happen next. "NASA’s possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray(5)." For example, this would be back because if you are floating above Venus you would not feel the heat.
Studying Venus is an worthy pursit despite the dangers."On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet(3)." "Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun(3)." "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus(7)." | 3 |
e6f8532 | Many people in the world have always wondered if any other planet is able to sustain life, but no scientist really knows that for sure. The scientists and researchers in this article, are trying to evaluate and see if Venus has the ability to sustain life or any organism. The author of this article uses various descriptions and pieces of evidence that they know of, to try to find ways that Venus is a lot more than we think it is. The author included past attempts, the location of the planet and geographical features, and by simply adding information that most people did not know about Venus.
To begin, the author uses many examples of past experiements and attempts made by astronomers and NASA administators to convince the reader that Venus should still continue to be explored despite the past failed attempts. In the article, it states, "each previous mission was unmanned, and for a good reason, no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours," and it also says, "maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decaded...Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us." These two quotes show that the failed attempts and facts about past attempts, they still give the author hope that they will continue to keep trying to fully explore Venus, entirely. In addition to the past experiments, the author also includes things that they do know about Venus to convince that Venus is very worthy of studying. In this article, he includes, ''often referrred to as Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms density and size," while also saying, "astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well one have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." The author most likely uses this quote to show how similar Venus is to Earth, and to hint that if Venus is so similar to Earth we should definitely continue to keep studying Venus and to hopefully make a discovery. The author includes, "long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth... furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit." This quote shows that the author is comparing Venus to Earth because of the many similarities that they share.
To finallize, the author supports the idea of studying and/or traveling to Venus to learn more about it and to see what all the planet holds. He uses examples of past attempts of discovery, facts about Venus in general, and also features that this unexplored planet holds. He is very interested in what he feels could be a great discovery and an amazing experience to gain a lot of unknown information. Even though the discovery may be dangerous, the author still gives examples and evidence to show why he thinks this mysterious planet is a worthy pursuit. | 4 |
e7000ce | IF i really had a saying to this, i would ask my self the same thing "does the electoral college work"? For now all i could say that the only good thing electoral college is good for is for ,messing things all up. the college electoral compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Too me what's even wrong is that according to a gallup poll in 2000,taken shorly after AlGORE,thanks to the quirks of the electoral college,won the popular vote but lost the presidency,over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. The electoral college is really bad we dont need it no more it's time to take it down, they been lieing to us. Under the electoral college system,voters vots not for the president ,but for a slte of electors,who in turn elect the president. the fact that they even did that how can they get a popular vote for Kennedy would not have actually gone to kennedy. Faithless electors have occasionally refused to a vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please. thats why i think its time for the electoral college to go and never come back because they dont care what we (the poeple) have to say then we dont need to hear what they have to say. | 2 |
e701cf8 | I want to create an argument against these driveless cars. i believe that these cars are not safe , because i think that all the technolagy in the car can like screw up and it could cause a explosian or a circuit. It may sound really cool to have a driveless car but there is some negative stuff about these cars. For instance when you have a teen thats learning how to drive , how are they going to learn when this car does it for you.
I mean yeah the car can tell us when to stop or when to drive with caution but what if and elderly person was using this car, they wouldnt be used to the car telling you all of this and whats gonna happen? , crashes are gonna happen and people are going to die because of these cars. Also what if one day you forget to pull up your window and it starts raining, all that technical stuff is going to get wet and it may stop working or when your getting ready to drive it and it messes up and tells you diffrent things , like "turn here" when your not sopposed to .
These smart cars are not going to be good because the motor they have are to silent and your not going to be able to hear as loud as a normal motor , and that means thay when you cant hear a car coming your going to want to cross the street and your going to get ran over.
If your bind or you cant hear then your not going to know when these cars are going to be coming. What we need is car that slows us down when we are going to fast or a car that doesnt let you drive it if your drunk. Lets say your driveless car one day stops working for some reason , or like something goes wrong with the elictrical stuff, that would take alot of time and money to fix because your not just fixing any car or getting in to just any motor, these cars are going to have a lot of wires connecting everywere and its going to take a person with alot of expierience with these cars to fix , not just any machanic is going to be able to fix this car , and since theres going to be alittle bit of people that know how to fix these cars there going to want to charge alot of money to leave your car nice and running again, and if they cant find the part you need your gonna have to waite more time until they find it and that means your not gonna have a car until its ready.
Yes this car sounds fantastic because it tells you when to do this and when to look out for stuff but my oppinion is that if you want one of these cars your going to have to be REALLY careful my friend.l | 3 |
e70d68a | going on sea with animals is not what i call fun. it could be to them but not to me. I think it would be way more fun to go to a football game. im not really an animal guy im into sports .i dont think it would be a once in a life time thing i mean could do it more then 1 time.
ands if hes a cowboy i dont think he would be the best. for a cowboy. but if thats what he likes to do then great .I just could never see my self doing that. but i could see myself going to a football game with some friends. i would do it one time MAYBE
it just dont seem that fun. Night seems like a bad job like thats the job no one wants to get i would not want that job ethire one month on a bout to china i could not do thaqt way to nhard i would get sea sick like every day of me bing on that bout if i was him i would chang my sport to football or backetball and not bout and animal riding | 1 |
e710f91 | The use of technology reading facial expressions can be good and bad, so i cant disagree with this or agree with this. I say this because the good side of technology reading facial expressions is that it can help students who do school work on they computer which is stated in the story. It could help students lik me who do there classes on computuer by helping us stay into the lessons. It can help stay focused by if the computer see that we are bored or angry it could change the lesson by making it more fun. It could also help with ads that are played when your going threw the internet. It does these by showing a ad, when this ad is showed it see how u react. If you dont like the ad it will show something diffrent next time but if u like it would show something simliar. But the reason i say it is bad because it could have no use for some people who only use there computers for communication with other people. Byt at the end i can say it wouldnt be a bad idea for them to make computuers that can tell your your emotions because im a student who do classes on the computer | 2 |
e711992 | Dear Senator Nelson,
In recent years, many people have called for the change of the presidential election process. Specifically, the Electoral College. Many condider it a pointless, unfair, and archaic system that denies the people the liberty of choosing their president. However, I believe the Electoral College is a necessity in modern America. Although it is as old as the country itself, it is still relevant and usefull today.
The Electoral College ensures the outcome of an election. Without the Electoral College, the election may possibly need multiple re-runs as a result of a tie in the popular vote. According to "Does the Electoral College work?" by the Office of the Federal Register, "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president". With that few of electors, it reduces the chances of a tie occuring. Although it can happen however, it's not probable. For example, if two canidates ever had a tie among the popular vote, it could be resolved within the college because of the way the slates of electors are divied up among the states. Some critics of the college say that this systems takes the control out of the peoples hands and denies them the right of choice. However, you have to remember that the people elect a slate of electors to vote for their canidate. That means that even though the College ultimately decides the president, the people still have someone to represent their canidates.
The Electoral College is also a necessity because it forces the canidates to face issues the people care about and to appeal to the masses. According to "In Defense of the Electoral College: 5 reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president" by Richard A. Posner, "The Electoral College requires a presidential canidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So, a solid regional favorite, such as Romney was in the South, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his pluralarity in those states". This means that in order to win the popular vote and get a chance to win within the Electoral College, a canidate must appeal to the country, not just a particular set of voters who may have different views on politics than the majority of voters. Some people say that a canidate may try to appeal to a set of voters but in the end just use them in order to win the presidency. To that I say this. As a canidate, your ultimate goal is to serve two full terms as the president of the world's leading superpower right? Why would a canidate want to lie and jeprodize their chances at doing what they feel is right for the country?
In Conclusion, the Electoral college must not be done away with. It is a necessary tool to maintain fairness among the canidates and the election process. We have checks and balances among the government so one branch of government may never gain more power over the others so why not supervise the most important process in government? If you take anything at all away from this letter, please let it be this. The Electoral College is a staple in American politics. Without it, we would be denying our country the right to a fair election.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME | 5 |
e71d471 | The Seagoing Cowboys program is to take care of horses, young cows, and Mules that were shiped over seas. This is nice because you are really going on vacation becauseyou are travling all over the world. You are traviling to places like New Orleans, Greece, China, and the Atlantic ocean. Another good thing about being a Seagoing Cowboy is that you can see great veiws like the Acropolis just like Luke Bomberger
Another reason why you should be a Seagoing cowboy is because you are helping the animals a lot through a tough time. it is kind of fun because you get to see over 300 horses and all the other animals. This also can be a hard job because you have to watch animals allmost 12 hours a day. Another how it might be hard is because sometimes you might have to be the night Watch man and just watch the animals all night. You will also feed the horses 3 times a day since they eat so much.
A another good reason why you shoulod be a Seagoing Cowboy is because you can also have Fun on your job. You can play sports like Baseball, Voleyball, and table tenis tournaments. All of these sports will pass the time really fast its like your going camping. All of this stuff should really make up your mind that you should sign up to be a cowboy. Think about all this stuff and do your job you will be a terrfic cowboy better than Luke Bomberger. | 3 |
e71e75f | In 1976 Viking fly to Mars, and when they orbit/circle the mars they see a big head that look like pharoah head.
I think that the head was form by itself when the heat from Mars rise and it burn some of the rock and form the big head. I don't think it was made by alien because if they were in Mars they would burn when the sun come or when the heat rise from Mars. If it were made by alien then we would see their foot print or some symbol or marking that is unusual to Earth. The people who was there to take this photo said it was "Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American west". It said that on "April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars orbiter camera (MOC) team snapped a picture 10 time sharper then the original Viking photo". "There was no alien monument after all". So, the head was created by landform and if there were alien they would have seen them or take a photo of them but there was none so it was created by landform.
In conclusion, the head that was on Mars was actually created by landform, not by alien because if it was created by alien then they would have seen them when they orbit the Mars and also it is not alien monument it is actually the "Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American west". | 2 |
e720e1c | The author did a very great job supporting his ideas it helps me understand the risks it can cause exploring Venus.The evidence that support my claim in the article is that the author stated many reasons and facts about Venus these are what the author said.
The author stated on paragraph 3, that "Venus has a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide which blankets Venus",which in other words state that it's cover up or is protected by 97 percent of carbon dioxide.
It's also sated that its 800 degrees fahrenheit and atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experiance on our planet.
It also sated that
the condition aren't meant for human,and its also the has the
hottest surface temprature of any system which meams like has high preassure and heat,These are all stated on parangraph 3.
The author stated on paragraph 5, that "Atmosphere say venus well was have been the most earth-like planet in our solar system" i think the reason it staed taht was do to the fact that it has same features that are anologous to those on earth,its predictions shows that it can be true do to the fact that its close to earth and sun and also it has same features.
The author gave so many supporting details and it also stated on paragrah 6,that they cannot take samples pictues from far distance,inorder to get good sample pictures to support their thoughts and ideas about Venus they need to get up close,and personal despite risks,which means its risky to get close and get sample pictures to support their ideas and thoughts.
In conclusion the author did a very great job stating the facts and ideas for the reader to understand.it gave the reader strong supporting ideas and facts of what others have said about venus inorder for the reader tounderstand the article. | 3 |
e723c40 | We all take risks. Sometimes these risks are not worth it and very dangerous. For example, we all had to learn how to ride a bike for the first time. We thought we couldn't do it. We thought we'd fall but we all took a risk and went for it. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author believes that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author is taking a risk in studying Venus and studying what our sister planet has to hold. They're taking a risk in that, worse comes to worst, it could end up nowhere and all that time and energy was for nothing. I believe that the author has valuable and logical reasons for believing that Venus is a worthy pursuit no matter what dangers it presents.
One of the reasons the author thinks Venus is worth a shot to look into is that Venus once was the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. This is important because scientists can compare and contrast Venus and Earth. Scientists can take note of what Venus had that Earth doesn't. They can find out
how the formations are similar to ours on Earth. In the article, it says that Venus still has "a surface of rocky sedment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters.". Venus being so alike to Earth is huge because that means it once sustained life. Venus supporting forms of life in the past is important but what may be even more important is Venus having the potential of supporting life today.
Another reason the author shows that Venus is worth studying in the article is by saying that "the value of returning to Venus seems indisputable,". Having a plan B is definitely important. Being able to fall back on something gives relief to most people. In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author says that there is potential for Venus to become habitable again which means there is potential for a backup plan if anything were to happen to planet Earth that makes it inhabitable. This changes the game because that means there is hope if anything goes wrong in the future. Venus is worthy to look into for this reason even thought temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. I believe we can overcome that.
The last reason I think the author supports the idea of studying Venus is because of the technology we have today. The author states in the article that "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus.". The author thinks that with NASA developing electronics made out of different, more durable materials that we are getting closer and closer to discovering different parts of Venus too dangerous for humans. With a satelitte or rover made specifically to sustain the extreme conditions of Venus, we can learn so much more about Venus. The author believes that with the right materials and mindpower, we can study Venus even better without having to deal or struggle with the dangers it presents.
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents in that they believe we can learn more how Venus and Earth were so similar at one point. The author supports their claim because they think Venus has the potential to become habitable again. They also believe that we have the materials and technology to explore Venus despite its extreme conditions. | 4 |
e727a4f | I believe studing Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because, Venus is one of the brightest points of light in the sky, its reffered to as Earth's "twin", and this planet is so inhospitable that a spacecraft couldn't survive a landing for more than a few hours. In this passage it explains all of the faults of a planet so close to us. The planet Venus, has weather issues and is one of the brightest points in our solar system. Although it can seem dangerous to even want to explore this planet, it has its reasons why it should be explored.
This planet is a planet NASA has attempted to explore. Due to the conditions of Venus they have failed to learn very much. It has been 30 years since a spaceship has touched down on venus. In paragraph 3, it states, "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus." It then goes on to explain the temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. These conditions are not suitible for humans on Earth. With these issues, scienticts are still ready to know more about this planet. The author shows even though the planet has many faults, these are the things scientists need to discover and understand.
Venus is often reffered to as our planet Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest to our is density and size. In paragraph 4, the author says Venus is the most Earth like planet. They believe Venus was covered with oceans and could have supported forms of life as Earth is able to. Venus also has erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes on its surface. The weather on Venus is similar to some of the weather we get on Earth. Scientists want to see how many more similarities Venus has with Earth. Venus could also have a species more capable of their contitions.
Venus is also one of the brightest points of light in our night sky. "Evening Star," which is another nickname for Venus, makes it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus being one of the planets closest to us and one of the few planets almost anyone cansee even from home makes it easier and easier to find reasons that scientists feel the need to explore such places. My own classmate herself once told me "We need to start learning more about Venus. It could mean so much to have knowledge of our sister planet."
I believe studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because, Venus is one of th brightest points in the sky, it is reffered to as Earth's "twin," and this planet is so inhospital that a spacecraft could'nt survive a landing for more than a few hours. In the passage, the author shows evidence to support their reasons as to why Venus has value. All the reasons listed show how Venus can be of value to scientists. It is important for the scientists to understand why the weather is the way it is and how similar Venus is to Earth. We could live there or we could meet a new species. Knowing everything about Venus could benifit and change so much about science today! | 3 |
e72915b | Can this technoloy really be valuable in a classroom? I'm sure it can. This technoloy can help the teachers understand the students more. With this we can make the students understand the lecture more, helping the teachers come up with a more understanding lesson." The facial expressions for each emotion are univesal",said Dr. Huang. I put this quote , beacuse i think is says a lot about human emotion, we all have different was of showing how we feel indiviually and with this technoloy it can hep with understanding each other.
Understanding how teenager feels is hard even for parents ,so how can teachers how students feel. A lot of us teenagers sometimes lie about how we feel or if we understand your lesson plan, but with Facial action Coding System teachers can see how we feel about all of theses new things were learning. This is an effective way teachers can see if we feel sad and bored. Even with a fake smile teacers can see if your telling the truth. Yes, every student isnt the same , but I think having this technoloy thats how can understand what each studnets need to help out every student.
" A classroom computer coukd reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored", I put this here because this is a statement. This is something humans lack in, understand human emotions. FACS can really help people consulers, teachers, and nurses. Us students sometimes dont know how we feel , we dont always know how to put it words , so with technoloy it help us have a liitle more of and understanding in how to show and say how were feeling. As a student I do think this technoloy can help improve classrooms and teahcers. | 3 |
e72a879 | Dear senater i feel like we should overrule the elector college. I feel like this because it seem like the people vote dont count. The winner take all vote is super unfair. I think that who ever gets the most popular vote shoulkd be president because thats who the people want to president. Whats the point of having the people vote for president when they vote dont even count, its just the waste of their time.
The electoral college is made up of 538 and the majority vote is 270 that means that who gets the majority wins the election no matter what the popular vote saids. which is the winner takes all vote. You never know who on the electoral college they can be racist and dont vote for a black or mexican president. the eletoral college is is outed system of picking a president, and its time to pick a new system. | 2 |
e7309a3 | In the article " The Challenge of Exploring Venus." Has a very excellent claim about studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.
In paragraph 2, the author says, " Often referred to as Earths " twin." "
Out of all the planets Venus is the closet to Earth in terms of density, size, and occasionally in dinstance too. Its saying that each previous mission was unnammed, and for a good reason. They're thinking that since no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe its becoming a issue. Not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades.
The Author explains that the atmosphere is thick and almost 97 percent carbon dixoide. The average temperatures average over 800 degress. Which is something people need to know if anyone is wanting to go to Venus, because that temperature, could harm you very easily. The high pressure and heat can cause erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes on the land surface.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one particualry compelling idea for humnas studing Venus. To the hostile conditons on the surface Venus would allow scintist to float about fray. There jet air planestravel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms. Temperatures would still be toasty as of like 170 degress, But the air pessure would be close to sea level.
I think that this authur did a fantastic job explaing the Venuses worthy pursuit despite of the dangers it presents. I know now that I would not want to go to Venus to see what its like. | 3 |
e731a0d | Is technology that can read your emotional expressions usefull or valuable? How can this benifit the classroom? A computer being able to read your emotions doesnt seem pleasent, but it could benifit you. Maybe if the computer can tell if your feeling a certain emotion such as anger, it can help settle you down by bringing up something of your interest. Or in a classroom, if a student becomes bored or even consused and the computer can sense that, then the technology could pop up a instructer, to help the student concentrate.
How do you know that a compuder reading your emotons is safe? Studying of emotions have been practiced for decades, mostly starting with Mona Lisa, the painting done by famous Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo studied human anatomy to justify and express certain emotions on well known art pieces. Emotions can be very unpredictable because people have so many different reactions to certain things.
The Facial Action Coding System, an innovation from Prof.
Produced at the Beckman institute for Advanced Science in the University of Illinios. This technology was made by Dr. Haung and his colleagues. This technologgy was invented to help computers and humans connect more on a personal level, helping the computer undertsand more, and to better help the human. The technolagy can construct a 3-D model of the face in the systen and predict certain emotions by little behaviors that the person does. Such as, rasing your eyebrows when you suprised or interested, and tightening around your lips when your emotion is anger. While some people my be for this, others may feel againt that kind of connection between technology and a person. Others may feel danger with that sense of curiousity. If a computer can sense a ceratain emotion and can possibly change that emotion, you dont know if the computer would cause you to feel worse, or even isolated. There could be a glitch in the systen that could cause danger to the person. Or even a hacker could be able to go through a computer, causing a virus that can make other people look through your camera. With the pros also come the cons, through if this type of technology is used approprietly it could really benifit society. | 3 |
e7396f8 | Venus is a very dangerous and unknown place, for many reasons.
Venus has consistent weather storms and natural disasters. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes alone with thunder storms. These storms make it hard to get any probes onto this planet, denying us access to Venus.
The clouds are made of acids, and the gravity is 90x stronger than it would be on earth. This makes the planet toxic, and the crushing pressure is enough to crush even our deep sea diving submarines. These conditions make it impossible to send human life, not only these things but also the heat of this planet reaches over 800 degrees farenhiet.
The atmosphere is too thick for us to take photos or videos of the planet, it wont let the light through. Because of this, we cannot study the planet as effectively as we could any other.
One of the many reasons scientists are so attracted to this planet is because they believe it was once an earth-like planet. Venus is thought to have had water, and being capable of supporting life. It shares many features with Earth and the surface of Venus also has mountains, craters, and valleys.
Venus is also one of the closest planets to earth, and is often referred to as out sister planet. Although being as far from the sun as it is, it is hotter than that of Mercury. The consistent temperature and depressing disasters on this planet are the main reason we cannot explore it, but that doesnt mean scientists have given up. As stated, they are working on a way around these obsitacles and have used a model that can survive up to 3 weeks on this planet.
The author supports the idea of exploring this planet, and believes these reasons can be overcome. We will just have to wait. | 3 |
e73e482 | I think the development of the driveless cars are a great idea. These cars will help everyone and everything. I agree with the driverless cars and think they would be a good addition to the technology in this world. If we allow the driverless cars it would help out the ecosystem, save money, and be a lot safer for everyone.
The driverless cars allow us to drive around without using up a ton of gas. In paragraph 1, they say this car will use half of the fuel we are using now a days. that would help out the ecosystem a lot. It would cause the air to be better. The air now is pollutioned. It is very unhealthy for us. These cars would let us breath in fresh air. The enviornment and ecosystem are things that should matter to everyone. The Earth is a place in which we live on. With the way we are taking care of it now it won't be here for much longer. It's very unsafe for us.
The cars we are driving now are unsafe too. When you have people fully incontrol of the car, you never know what they are going to do next. People are unpredictable. You could easily make a mistake while you are driving and it could cause you to crash. When you crash there is a chance you will get seriously hurt. With the driveless cars, you won't get into an accident because the are always looking at the road. In paragraph 8, they explain how safe the driveless car can acually be. They can have TV's in the driveless cars but if the driver has to take conrol they will turn the TV off for the time being. When you are fully in control of a car you don't have this option. Some people will drive and text and will get into multiple accidents. This driveless car can be a lot safer for you and a lot safer for other people that are on the road.
Having driveless cars will also save us a ton of money. People spend so much money year on car insurance, gas, and even fixing up your car from a recent accident. All of that money is now yours if you get a driveless car. If will save not only people money, but the government money too. They won't have to spend so much money on cars and accidents.
Driveless cars are the future. They improve the ecosystem and environment, they keep us safe, and save us money. When you are looking into buying a car those are some of the main things you think about. Driveless cars were created for the society we have created. | 3 |
e7401c2 | The face is a natural landform, trust me. It is just a huge rock that is real, but a shadowing effect gives off an illusion of the eyes, nose, and mouth making it look like a human head has been created there purposely. Some people say that an alien could have been the one to make this human head figure, but with the new picture we got that is ten times better than the old one we have been able to prove that there was no alien monument after all.
Even after we have proved that there was no alien who created that, people are still not even satisfied. Some even said they believed that the alien markings could have been hidden by haze. With that being said, on April 8, 2001 Mars Global Surveyor came close enough for a second look at it. We once agin got another extraordinary photo of the figure using the cameras maximum resolution. in this picture if anything was there you would have been able to see it in that photo, but there was nothing there to see in that photo that an alien could have been responsible for this random figure.
If you are wondering what the picture did show, it showed the magnificents of a butte or messa, which stands for landforms that are common around the American West. So it is a common thing that happens which explains why they found one on Mars. No aliens, just a natural landform. | 3 |
e7418e4 | The electoral college is a process, not a place. the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a comprimise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. Should we keep the electoral college or change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States.
In my opinion I think we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I think we should change because under the electoral college, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elects the president. for example, if you lived in Texas and you wanted to vote for John Kerry you would vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to kerry. If those electors won the statewide election, they would go to congress and get 34 electoral votes. The electors can be anyone not holding office. Voters cannot control whom thier electors vote for.
The electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner-take-all system in each state. Candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the races in the swing states. The elctoral college is widely regared as an anachronism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recieves the most popular votes the winner.
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. the best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. Abolish the elactoral college. Over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. | 3 |
e74222f | Technology is a fast growing resource in the world today and the availability of such is quickly rising. In many schoools, technology is becoming an important aspect of everyday life. Not only does technology enable students to keep up with classwork outside of school and on days they do not attend but it also allows for more flexibility. If the technology that students use everyday had the ability to determine how they felt about certain lessons, then not only would it benefit them but it would benefit teachers as well.
Technology that can determine someones emotions was once thought to be a thing of the future but now that future is here. Professor Thomas Huang has been able to create a computer algorithm that determines human emotions by scanning their facial expressions. Imagine the possibilities with such software!! The most benefical area in which the computer algorithm could be used in is schools. '"A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,...Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."' (Huang, Parahgraph 6) Not only would teachers be alerted when students were becoming distracted from their teachings, but they would also be offered suggestions on how to improve the lessons. Software such as the type that Dr. Huang has created could improve test scores across the nation and ease the workload of thousands of teachers. Why not use it?
Hence forth, technology that determines human emotions would be largely beneficial and effective for a large portion of the worlds population. Schools would experiance the most postive results from the software seeing as it would be able to adjust lessons to fit students learning curve and it would also reduce teachers workloads by creating lessons to fit students needs. The only negative aspect of Dr. Huangs software would be the cost of installation, but with the positive outcomes that would follow, whatever cost paid would be well worth it. | 3 |
e74239f | The human face itself can determine someones expressions within seconds upon looking on the person. You dont need no computer telling you whether if they feel happy or whatnot. It is a waste of time and money to buy the technology and put in time for basic things we should know as humans. The human face is easy to decode by your own self.
as in the article is says lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry by just a computer telling you these things but not off facts but off programs it was given to work. its programmed to tell whether you are feeling this or that its set off a data base of emotions all in one. the article even states theyre all just calculations and not fully correct theyre going off basic emotions.
therefore i see as in it not being valuable to profit in. you dont need all this to decode a persons face. you dont need a man made program just a for a computer to tell you what you already know. people arent just subjects to test on for emotions you gotta know this in life. take the hints, and gesture. | 2 |
e7457b9 | The Way In Which We Move
Here in America, with our "broad expanses and suburban ideals" (Rosenthal, para. 3), the automobile is the way in which we move: it takes us to school, to the office, to our homes, to the homes of others, to distant, unexplored places. Entire buildings and businesses are dedicated to this wonderful invention. However, as American culture shifts and we focus less and less on the car itself, the advantages to limiting our use of this tool become increasingly evident: less polluted air, more cost-friendly alternatives, and the bonding of whole communities. This turn-away from a car-focused society could certainly change the American perspective on the automobile industry as a whole.
Cars, despite some of their clear advantages, cannot provide the necessary advantage of less-polluted air. Automobiles in the United States can produce up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in car-intensive regions; European passenger cars can produce up to 12 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in Europe (Rosenthal); without cars, these greenhouse gas rates dramatically drop. One example of this is the temporary ban of driving a car in Paris due to record-breaking smog levels. According to an article by Robert Duffer, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog," and that colder nighttime weather and warmer daytime weather caused the warmer air to "trap car emissions." People from other countries also seem to be enthusiastic about limited car use and its effects. Carlos Arturo Plaza of Bogota, Colombia, who participated in his city's 3rd annual Day Without Cars, says that " 'It's a good opportunity to...lower air pollution' "(Selsky). In our own country, as Americans buy less cars and register for less driver's licenses, sociologists can conclude that "it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants" (Rosenthal, para.6). A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions will allow cleaner air, which could eventually lead to healthier living standards across the globe, as well as healthier and more diverse ecosystems and biomes. With the limited use of cars, this could all be a possibility.
Not only will this restriction of car use allow for less air pollution, it could also lead to producing more cost-friendly methods of transportation. Cars and their accessories are often expensive to maintain and to purchase, so the creation of other ways to get around are a must to those who cannot afford such maintenance or purchases. In a passage by Andrew Selsky, he states that Bogota's Day Without Cars has allowed for the "construction of 118 miles of bicycle paths", along with "broad, smooth sidewalks", to travel on. In the booming and populous city of New York, its bike-sharing program and "skyrocketing bridge and tunnel tolls" (Rosenthal) allow the world to see the shift towards cheap yet affective alternatives to transportation. Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, has a son who uses Bay Area Rapid Transit, even though it often takes longer than driving, simply because it is cheaper and a car is simply "not a priority" (Rosenthal). Alternative transportation is definitely on the rise as car usage becomes less and less of a trend.
While all of these advantages to limited car use affect us all, the one that will most directly and immediately affect people is the bonding of whole communities. When car use is reduced, there is more opportunity for interaction with others, whether it be through modern technology such as the cellphone or social media, or through face-to-face communication as seen in a good old-fashioned conversation between two people. Various factors, according to Mimi Sheller, professor at Drexel Unviersity, are accountable for this community bond: the Internet, which allows for connection with people without driving to meet them; the "renewal of center cities" to draw in "empty nesters" (Sheller, Rosenthal); as well as carpooling apps and services. Vauban, an entirely car-free suburb in Germany, has adopted a no-car policy in an attempt to separate suburban life and automobile use, an asset in a new project known as "smart planning." This separation allows its citizens to have more personal interaction, with its businesses being a short walk from their homes and less space to park a personal automobile. This compacted suburban example in distant Germany is also being adopted in some places in America as well, and it may eventually be the future of American suburb life. With these changes come more and more opportunity to delve a deeper connection with the citizens who live in your area.
America has long been pictured as "one of the world's prime car cultures" (Rosenthal). It's the home of many famous and renowned automobiles, including the Ford Model T and Detroit, Michigan, where Chrysler automobiles are manufactured and exported all over the globe. However, as the United States evolves into a different sort of country, so does its focus on the car. Restricting use of the car offers up many advantages to its citizens: less greenhouse gas emissions, more cost-friendly options to transportation, and the opportunity to bond with your community. As the American Dream continues to change, so will the way in which we move. | 5 |
e74919c | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venes," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger's it presents because this days most of people are studying on Venus. they are trying to figure it out what is going on. there is lots of things that is very similar to Earth. Venus surface very hot. Mercury is closer to the sun but still Venus surface is hotter. "In Venus, the atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venes. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."
In Venus is more risk than Earth. "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. The Scientist are trying to figure out that Human can live in Venus. In the past Venus was mostly like Earth and still there are some features are same as earth like Mountains, Oceans, Rocky sediments. Scientist are also trying to make people travel around Venus. There is lots of planets near around us but the Venus is the most similar to Earth.
I think it is a good idea to study about Venus because the Scientist are saying that there are some chances that Human can live there and there is lots of things are similar like water and mountains. I've heard that Earth is going to explore soon so i think its a good idea to start studying about Venus so Human can Survive. I think if we try to figure it out we can live there. NASA are also studying on Venus to get more information.
People also want to know that can people live in Venus or other planets. "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts butb should be expended to meet the very edges of imagination and innvotion." The scientist are trying hard to get more details.
Firstly they are sending people to go to Venus and bring them back. How safe is it and how was the experience. They did many experiment like fly jet air plane and many others. they got some good and bad results to people survive and objects. "Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vechiles hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth Levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." | 4 |
e7596d4 | After a presidential election, citizens soon start to realize that their word doesn't matter. The Electoral College are the voters that mean more to the presidential candidates, and it is a disrespectful system to be the face of our ways of democracy. In these sources citizens and governors want to abolish this system of voting and deciding a blind fate for America. The people vote for the electors not the president, the electors elect the president not the people, and the possibility of the disaster factor happening on future elections. Popular vote doesn't seem to have much of a purpose anymore because the electors seem to be making the desicions in this country.
Starting off, the people of this country need to know on what they are voting on rather from what they thought they could of been voting on. The Office of the Federal Register state," You help choose your state's electors when you vote for president" (soure 1). They insist that we are basically voting for a possibility to get the candidate we want or to be betrayed and vote for the other party. Truly this means that this system is cheap and could backfire. Not only that but half or a little over half of citizens seem to take responsibility to vote, in that case it makes it harder to get the electoral votes to go in favor of popular votes. Our votes only exsist to help choose votes.
Asisting the first claim, our votes are unexistent. Richard A. Posner claims,"it is the electors who elect the president , not the people"
(source 3). Right of the bat the Constitution and it's preamble is disrespected by this system. The preamble says that we as citizens of this country are the voice of this land and would further on insist or choose what we want it to be known as. But, that can't necessarily happen if we don't vote. Posner also says " ( and that trust is rarely betrayed)" (source 3). Even though this is a fact there is still the possibility or the potential to be nailed or betrayed by the electors. If there is a possibility in something unfair to happen by law it should be taken down and changed for our safety. Yet this happened in 2000 , when W. Bush aquired more electoral votes than Gore but Gore had more popular votes. A plurality only has a chance to win electoral votes.
additionally, the system could supposively allow for much worse tricks and grief. Bradford Plumer describes "The single best argyment agaisnt the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor" (source 2). The disaster factor includes legislatures replacing the Democratic electors with new ones and this happened in the 2000 fiasco. This is were the popular votes and higher that the electoral votes given to the president. Knowing that the legislatures could succesfully replace or revise or votes into the opposing party. Voting campaigns seem to just be a game , the electors want to win so 17 sates didn't even have the chance to see the candidates at all. This is the system sudgested by our founding fathers and it is a mockery to let it stay and bring judgement to our votes.
It is humorous to and unfair to see the electoral college take over our votes. It seems that our votes are only seen as jokes. As if the whole preamble was a way to joke around with the citizens and give them hope. Many governors want to Abolish the electoral college, and most of us should take responsibility to vote for this and dismantle the electoral college from ever taking over our voice. The disaster factor, the way on how the electors decide, and how we vote for the electors not the president, are prime examples on how irrational this system is. The only way to get our voice back is to ablolish it and start over fresh with a new system in mind. | 4 |
e759873 | Not A Face
The Face on Mars is just a natural landform, although some people believe that the Face is bona fide edvidence of life on mars I can insure you its not. I can give three good reasons why I am insisting that this sculpture is just a rock. First of all we had a better camera when we went back to investigate. Second of all we double cheaked our reasch. And third of all both results proved that it indeed was just a landform, much like Americas.
In 1998 we send a special team called the MOC to investigate the Face. The MOC team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original photos back in 1976. These photos came back stating that it was a natural land form. But not everyone was satisfied. At that time the MOC had took the photo it was winter in April '98 on the planet- a cloudy time of the year on mars. The camera might have been fogged.
Two prove ower statement in 2001 we sent the MOC to take a second photo of the Face this time during the planets summer and with an even better camera. This newer camera had higher definition than the other two. When results came back they, again, stated a natural land mark.
As you can see not only did we cheak once but twice both supporting NASA'S claim that "the Face of Mars" was just a rock after all. | 3 |
e75bdf8 | I don't think completely driverless cars are a good idea at all, for many different reasons. The price on those cars would be an outrageous amount that only rich people would be able to afford. A driverless car is also just another way for people to be lazy, someone is always trying to invent something just so people can do less work and I think that's honestly really stupid. I don't think it would be very fun to have a driverless car anyways, all you would do is sit in a car until you get where your going. In my opinion it's more fun to drive at your own speed and physically on your own. It's like everyone wants the world to run on robots! What fun is that though? I don't see why anybody would want to depend on a robot to do literally everything for them, thats just no fun. Besides right after they make these driverless cars they're going to be on to the next invention trying to make something even better than the last, along the way making the world an even lazier place. | 2 |
e7606cc | The author supports studying venus is a worthy pursuit even though it has a lot of dangers because, by us doing that we will get a lot of imformation that we've always wondered about. Also just learning a lot more about venus will be really cool. Venus is a very special planet and we should get to know a little more baout her. We know Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and has valleys and mountains but do we know if there is life on earth? Or even plants? No, because we haven't took the time to actally sit down and make up a plan to figure that out.
As the article states, " Striving to meet the challenge presented by venus has value, not only because of the insigh to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our travels on Earth and beyond ahould not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation."
After that being said I think you get the point. Just because something is risky doesn't mean we still can't do it or find another way. What I mean by this is like maybe have some trial runs with different machines. Sending them up there to Venus to make sure it's safe to go up there or even just scopping it out to see what all is up there. Going deep down into venus and just exploring. All of this can be done, it will take some time but never. say. never. | 3 |
e76990c | To start off, I think the technology to read emotional espressions of students is vulnerable because in todays society not a lot of people are great at socializing, their faces and actions speak louder than theirown words. Basically saying that students and teachers should know somethng is wrong with the person just by looking at their face and the expressions they're portraying.
In the article it states that the peoples faces don't lie and that this is a pro because it helps detect wheather a person is lying or not. On paragrapgh #8 it sites "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." Clearly, right there it states that we could know wheather a big person we look up towards to like our president could be lying to us or not just by simply using this advance computer technology to recognize human facial expressions. This is also a gret opportunity for humans and computers to develop better ways to communiacte. It's a great big step forward in society too. If you're not great at expressing how you feel verbally maybe you're better just facialy expressing it without saying a single word. This amamzing technology can even identify mixed emotions. In the article it staes that "The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgery. Most humans communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication" says Dr. Huang. This means your computer could know how you feel without saying a single wrord. I also think this an advanatge to school consuelors because students sometime have trouble in school and don't really like to talk about their feelings.
To conclude, I think the technology to read emotionals expressions should be vulnerable to students and the teachers as well. Why? Becasuse a lot of people can struggle with anxiety/social problems and they just need somepone to talk to but just don't know how. This is why computer science is helpful to when it comes to situations like this. | 3 |
e76e2af | The using of of this new technology called the Facial Action Coding Systems should be used to read the emtional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. This technology can help many students in need without having to ask the teacher or professor for help. The students wont need to feel ashamed about asking a questionfor help because with this technology it'll make things more clearly for you to understand.
In the text it states it explains to you how this new technology can scan your facial recognitions and can tell how you're feeling. First the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of your face and all 44 major muscles in the modele must move like human muscles. In the text it states, "Eckman has classified the six basic emotions which are happines, surprise,anger, disgust, fear, and sadness." All these emotions are associated with the characteristics movements of your facial muscles. Some examples he talks about is when you're surprised your frontalis pars lateralis muscle above your eyes are raised; another one is when your orbicularis oris, around your mouth tightens your lips to show anger. This software can identify misex emotions and each expresion is compared to a neutral face that shows no emotion.
This new technology advancement would be able to recognize one's emotions but we can't always rely on technology. For instance we don't need technology to know when a friend is sad but we can just recongize their expresions by simply looking t their face. This technology can also be misleadng, In the text it states, "A classroom computer could recgnize when a student is becomine confusef or bored..Then it culd modify the lesson , like an effective human instructor." Yes this technology can read facial expressions but can they truly understand why we are feeling this way or whats going on through our head. We can be in class learning a lesson but you can be confused about not what you're learning but of something else that's going across your head. Like any other technology. this new technology can work both ways a student it can either help them or bring them down.
Much of the human communication is nonverbal which includes emotional communications, so computers need to understand that too. This technology is basically based upon the muscular action units one gives away. In the text states, "They even indicate the difference between a geneuine smile and a forced one. In the real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles that begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth. Meanwhile, muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sude ways using the zygomatic major and and a different muscle, the risorius." They say faces don't lie, so this technology would be able to read even the fake smile you put on.
The Facial Action Coding System may help the students in many different ways. It can help them with a lesson that they don't quite understand or confused about. It can recognize if youre truly happy or faking or any oter emotions you may be feeling. Yes you know how you are felling but this technology can help give you the confidence you need. This system shows how it can improve one's life by it understanding your facial muscles that give away your expressions. You won't be ashamed to ask questions nor be laughed at because this technology will help you without you realizing it. While you're confused on the lesson this technology would modify the lesson like an effective human instructor so you'll understand the lesson mre. | 4 |
e7716bf | Ching Ching! This is the sound you might hear more and more as our world starts to rely less on outomobles. There are some advantages to this, there will be less air polution, less fossil fuels being burned, and less accidents. As with everything, there are always two sides of the arguement too.
First, there will be less polution because there will be less, or no automobles creating it. cars contribute 12 percent of the Earth's greenhouse gasses. Other countries have begun setting days that people can't drive becasue the polution gas gotten so substantial.
Another reason it would be helpful to use automobles less is because the majority of them burn fossil fuels to make them run, and this is devistating our worlds fuel supply. Fossil fuels are non-renewable, and if we burn up all of it that we have, we will never have it agin.
Last, there will be less accident, which will result to less people getting injured or worse. There are so many automobile accident every year, if we cut them out of out society, the accident rate would be decreassed substansally.
In conclusion, there are many different reasons why getting rid of cars would be a positive movement for our society. It would reduce pollution, accidents, and the burrning of fossil fuels. | 2 |
e7829cd | The advantages of limiting of car usage will lower congestion and pollution wouldn't be as much as a problem now. There is a growing trend in Europe that seperates suburban life from auto use. The fewer people who drive cars around, the less chance of pollution will arise in the future.
In France, the city of Paris was nearly threatened with pollution which cause the city to enforce partial driving to clear the air of the city. There was a fine for motorists with even or odd-numbered license plates that had to pay if they didn't leave their cars at home. Over time, congestion in the city was down sixty percent after approximately five days of immense smog. It estimated around to four-thousand drivers fined and twenty-seven who impounded their cars.
The city of Vauban on the other hand, made a rule to give up their cars for good. The streets are "Car-Free" which could result in the reduction of car accidents and better yet, pollution. Stores and malls are placed in a walking range, rather than a farther off distance. According to media trainer and mother of two, Heidrin Walter stated:
"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way."
In the mid-1990's in Bogota, Columbia, they began an improvement campaign to not use cars. Taxis and buses were the only type of transportation in Bogota. This caused the stop of traffic jams and the people of the city resorted to go hiking, biking, and skating to go to work. "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower pollution," said Carlos Arturo Plaza.
In the article, "The End of Car Culture" suggested that Americans weren't buying cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as much as they did in the previous years. The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005 but as of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was equal to where the country was in January 1995. People who stop driving with find a lesser reason to undergo the habit of driving again. Driving by young people also decreased 23 percent between the years of 2001 and 2009.
In conclusion, with the progression of fewer people driving and more people getting physical for transportation, pollution in the world will significantly lower, resources willbe conserved, save time, and the world would be a much improved safer place. | 2 |
e78ba08 | Luke's Point Of Veiw
"Come on! Please join with me!" I begged. "It will be so much fun!"
"No. I don't want to. It seems boring." Sam said.
"Don and I are doing it. Wouldn't you want to help someone in need?" I said.
"How about this, I will talk it over wiht my parents and see what they think, then I will make the final decision. Ok?" he explained.
"Ok. Meet me at the Big Tree tomorrow at 3." The we bothed walked off.
I really hoped that Sam would agree.
We would be like the three muskateers! I thought.
Don, Sam, and I have been best friends since I could remember. DOn had already been my neighbor, so when Sam moved in a couple houses down we decided to start being friend swith him. I'm glad we did.
Don and I have been apart of the UNRRA for a while now, and we were home for a brake. Our only mission while being home is to try and get people to join. We already got a couple, but we needed more. There is always work to be done on the ship.
"Hi Mom." I said walking into the kitchen. "Dinner smells good."
"Good. How was your day?" she asked. "Anybody new recruited?"
"Still working on Sam. He said he would tell me his final answer tomorrow." I told her.
We ate dinner and then cleaned the dishes off.
"Mom, is it ok if i go back out to town?" I asked.
"Sure. Just be back before dark."
I went to the common area because there is normally still a lot of people ther at this time eating, playing with animals, or little kids running around. I walked into the common and sure enough, people were there.
As I was walking, I felt a tap on my back.
"Looks like we had the same idea, Luke!" It was Don.
"Yeah! So glad you're here. Have you gotten anyone?" I asked.
"Yeah actually. Those men sitting over there talking." He pointed to 3 men chatting on a bench.
"Good job!" I congradulated him. "Sam and I are meeting at the Big Tree tomorrow for his final decision. He said he was going to talk it over with his parents tonight."
"Oh good. Let's go get some more people." he replied.
"Hello." I said to a man around my age petting his dog. "I'm with the UNRRA group, the "Seagoing Cowboys" and I was wondering if you are interested in it."
"Hello, and sure. Tell me about it." he said, with a kind smile.
"What UNRRA stands for is the United Nations Relief and Rehabilition Administration and what we do is carry animals on ships to different places. FOr example, we went to Greece and unloaded there. We carry horses, young cows, and mules. We also have spare time on the ship. We do table tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, readong, whittling, and we can play volleyball and baseball." I explained.
"That sounds very exiting!" Where do I sign up?" he askeed.
I handed him a paper. "Put your adress, first and last name, and age on here. We leave in a week to head bak c out, so in a couple of days someone will show up and say if you are drafted or not."
"Thanks!" He said after signing the paper.
It was getting dark, so Don and I decided to head home together. We talked about small things like where we might go nest, how long we will continue doing this, and we also talked about other jobs we might want.
I got home and went to my room. It was a long day, so I went to bed shortly after.
I woke up to the sun peering into my room through the window. The house already smelled like blueberry muffins.
"Good moring, sweetie." my mom greeted.
" Good morning, Mom. Muffins smell good." I said.
"Eat up." She put a plate in front of me with 2 muffins. I devoured them pretty quickly.
At 3 I am meeting Sam for his decison. I hope he decides to do it." I said.
"Me too. It would be fun for the three of you."
A little later I took the papers of all the people I have gotten to my boss. He lived right in town. It took me about 10 minutes to get there.
I knocked on his door.
"Hello Luke!" he said.
"Hey Mr. Kyle. I brought you some more papers of people." I told him.
"Great!" I will look through them right now actually." he exclaimed.
"I might have one more later today also." I said, getting exited.
"Wonderful. COme back and let me know, alright? he smiled.
"Will do." I walked back to the sidewalk.
I went to the library, the market, and the barn just to kill time. It eventually became 3, so I walked to the Big Tree. Sam was already there.
"Hey Sam!" I Greeted him.
"I'll do it!" he exclaimed.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah." he replied.
"Great!" Let's go to Mr. Kyle." I said. | 2 |
e7900f2 | Having computers in schools to read and identify students emotions could be benificial. If a lesson could change based off how the student is feeling it could help with the learning process and help them more understand it. having this type of techology in schools could really make a difference.
Some students have trouble being able to finsh assingments because of boredness and just lack of understandment. The face reading technology could help this by changing the content and therefor finding the students learning type and obtain interest in the subject. This technology could change schools for the better, Students would most likely get more from lessons or assignments and learn more about the topic than usual.
Overall having the face reading technology in schools seems like the way to go. This technology could help students meet the requirements of school in a more effective way than old-school tactics. Having these computers could really make a difference. | 2 |
e793127 | Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, because by exploring Venus, humans can learn more about the makeup of Earth, they can learn about the origins of Earth, and it will give them a reason to develop new technology.
Firstly, Venus is a worthy pursuit because by exploring Venus, humans can learn more about the physical makeup of Earth. The article states that Venus is, "...Earth's 'twin,' Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size." With Venus being this similar to Earth, the features on Venus can give a refrence to features on Earth, acting as a guide to what is normal on other planets in the Solar System. By comparing those features to ones found on Earth, scientists can have a better understanding of what happens on the planets, and on Earth, and why these things happen. This being said, Venus can help humans better understand Earth because the planets are very similar.
Second, Venus is a worthy pursuit because by exploring Venus, humans can learn more about the origins of Earth. The article states that, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Venus also has many rocklike structures similar to those found on Earth. This information suggests that Venus could have formed similarly to the way Earth did. Since Venus used to essentually be another version of what Earth is today, the observation of features there are crucial to see if humans are on the right track with how they think Earth was formed. Therefore, by exploring Venus, humans can use details found there to decide how Venus was formed, and by comparing them to Earthly details, can come to a conclusion on how Earth may have been formed long ago.
Finally, Venus is a worthy pursuit because by exploring Venus, humans have a reason to develop new technologies. According to the article, "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to extreme physical conditions." The harsh environment of Venus can destroy a computer with ease. This is why the longest a proble has ever survived on Venus was just a few hours. Since computers are so extremely valuble when it comes to performing a function such as space travel, they need to be sturdy enough to survive the harsh conditions of other planets. Therefore, new technology must be created in order to make a Venus exploration possible. Also, by successfully creating a technology that is durable enough, that technology can be used in other projects, such as an Earth exploration, or somthing that can better serve the public.
In conclusion, Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, because by exploring Venus, humans can learn more about the makeup of Earth, they can learn about the origins of Earth, and it will give them a reason to develop new technology. | 4 |
e796771 | We shouldnt Have smart cars because it dandreous. the car makes you drive when your in a work zone. the have find a differnt insurance for the driverless car. the are trying to put camras in you care to see how well the care. that talking a your privacy. you wouldnt know who fault it was if the car or person was to get in a accident because you lie. The car only goes up to 25mph, so it would be able to get on the high way. You would to ask your self wopuld the car be great for months or years? would you put your family in this car? They would have change traffic laws. Who is at fault if someone is injured the driver or manufacturer. If the tecnology fails for liability. Iam against smart and think they shoud not be use bcuas ethe are not safe for a human to use | 2 |
e797523 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it may present. The author then goes on to tell us all of his facts that back up his claim. I believe the author makes a very good point.
In paragraph 4 the author tells us even though Venus's surface had conditions five times more extreme than what we see on Earth, long ago it was covered with large oceans, rocky sediment and craters. If Venus's conditions used to be so similar to Earth then could it possibly have supported life?
In paragraph 7 the author goes to tell us that scientists over at NASA have some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating Venus like conditions.
If we can somehow develop the technology to last in Venus like conditions wouldn't it be worth it to see what mysteries it holds. We have the technology at our fingertips, all we have to do is put in the time and effort to get to Venus. | 2 |
e79ee7d | Using drivless cars in the future would not a good thing because, it is pointless to have a car that drives itself but still needs the assiant of the driver when the road gets compilcated, and it is a safety issue.
In paragraph seven it says, "The car can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel. In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. 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 situation requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs." With this being said the driverless cars are practicually usueless because there is no need for them to be driverless if the driver still needs to be alert and aware when to take over.
Paragraph eight reads, "We have ti interpret the driving fun in a new way." "Some manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over-something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feautire, and safety is a big concern." This means that if the driver is disctracted and the neccasry warning senesors where to be turned off, the driver can end up a terrible accident.
There for having driveless cars may come with postive perk but the nagitve perks do out top the postive. | 2 |
e7a28b3 | I think that the Facial Action Coding system sounds really cool and unique but I don't know if I fully agree with the being able to read the emotional expressions of students in a class room because I defintley feel like It would take alot more work than just a simple computer program and a computer. The reson why I would say I don't fully agree with that is because I feel like somethings are good without having technology and today alot of teachers know when your sad,borad,happy,mad and so on. But the main thing is with this is somthing I wouldn't wanna take away from friendships because I feel like a lot of good friends can always or always know when you are sad or mad and things like that and your friends could also help you through that. Another thing is that I feel like if a kid gets confused I feel like thats why there are teachers there in the room to help and be able to personally walk through physical and mentally be able to help him them, also I think that most of the kids would understand a little bit better than what they would with the helping of an instructor on the computer. But I really do think that it sounds like a really cool idea its just that some of that stuff you don't wanna take away from the actual feelings part or help from others. | 2 |
e7a538c | Driverless cars are becoming a thing of the future. Why is that? The world is upgrading itself. From people driving their own cars to the cars driving them. Now is that just plain laziness or is it something completely amazing.
Googles cofounder Sergey Brin envisions these driverless cars. he has a vision
where these cars rule the future. Now are these cars a good thing or a bad thing? Mr. Brin sees theese cars taking less fuel than the cars we use today, but would that really be the case? Would they really use less fuel? Driverless cars would probably use more fuel to keep the car going. How would the car know where you're going anyway? It's not you.
How would the car know exactly where to take you. By a
GPS? GPS's aren't always right, no matter if you even put in the right address. GPS'S can always get the adress wrong. Then where you be?
Are these driverless cars really a good thing for the future of the world? Do you think the worlds future should have driverless cars or do you agree that driverless cars are pure lazy. GPS's might not work. The car could break down on you easily. Is it reall a good thing to have driverless cars? | 2 |
e7aaaf1 | For those who believe in Aliens, and believe this face is built by aliens, I have some news, its not and i can argue my point in three different ways. Number one, paragrah 10 sates that if there were anything on the ground the camera would of caught it, number 2 is paragrah 11 talks about the cameras ablity to see anything that would help the research of alien life, and lastly paragrah 7 talking about the natural landform.
First, paragrah 10 talks about the difference of the pictures from 1976-2001 with the different pixels. In the fourth sentence it says " Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo". Earlier in the paragraph it talks about the camera being at its ablsoulte maximum resolution, meaning the camera NASA has aren't cheap, they are high quality and could see anything that could resemble any alien life, which will be disccused next.
Secondly, in paragraph 11 it talks about the cameras ablity to see anything on the ground such as shacks planes, as is I said in the previous paragraph with the camera being at its ablsoulte maximum resolution, this paragrah also says "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," he added."So, if there objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground Egyptian- style prymaids or even small shacks, acould see what they were!" Which brings us back to the camera being its best of class,if the camera is able to see anything on the ground that would not be visable to the naked eye, then why didn't it see anythng .
I know most of you would argue that they are storing equiment in the face. But, in the picture the only holes are the eyes and the camera could of seen any other entry point at this angle.
Lastly, paragraph 7 revells the picture of the face on mars, this paragraph talks about the research, and the release of the picture. Yes this eariler in the story but it all falls into place, they state they snapped a picture 10 times sharper than the original picture, the image was first posted on the JPL webstite showing a NATURAL land form, no alien momument at all. This dosen't ptove anything since they just posted the picture, but the previous statement i made fall into place with this one supporting my facts of no alien life on the palnet mars asscociating with the face
Concluding my argument of no other life form on mars, I hope I one helped you with your facts, changed your idea of the other life form (not saying you have to). I do not 100% disagree with other life forms but for this one I do. | 5 |
e7ae41e | Dear State Senator,
I dont truely have a major problem dealing with the electoral college, its just that i believe that changing it to a popular vote of the president would be easier. Its kind of unnecessary to have as many elctions for all these different levels. It all takes far too long to decide which candidate would better suit this country. I understand it all has to be fair but its better having the popular vote.
When the past leaders of this country were trying to abolish the electoral college, i dont think they were wrong for that. If you believe something isnt right, and your not the only one who believes the same as you, than there must be something wrong. It isnt fair if you win the popular vote and end up losing because of the electoral college. If you really think about it, the electoral college really has the say so of the entire election. So why involve the citizens of this country if what they say dont mean anything at all.
Another important thing is that, the electors that are elected by the state could always defy the will of the people(paragraph 11). For example: the louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the democratic electors with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy. This is absolutely outrageous that someone could lose the opportunity to be president all because of the electors not approving. Its like when your says you can do something but the principle says no.
The only time an electoral college is necessary is if the presidential race is at a tie with the number of votes and its all on the electoral college. The electoral college shouldnt have to be involved if the race isnt a tie and is going smooth. Its like sticking your nose in someones business, or getting involved in something that doesnt concern you. The electoral college is just a big insigator.
So in conclusion, there is no need for the electoral college. It causes too much controversy and shouldnt be brought into play unless a tie has occured. The presidential race should run smoothly on popular vote. | 3 |
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