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e7b013f | Dear senator,
I am in favor of keeping the electoral college because I think that it is better and more stable for our economy and because not all the time do the people of the state deserve to pick and choose who they think they like.
The first reason why I am in favor of keeping the electoral college is because I think it is more stable for our economy.
The electoal college process consists of the selection of the electors,meeting of the electors where they vote for president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress, Stated by Source 1 #2. Picking the right electors is very important because they are basically picking our president. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how he electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. As stated in Source 3,The electoral college is widley regarded as an anchorism wich is a non democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who recives the most popular votes the winner, but the electoral college is not democratic in a modern sense. The electoral college in my opinion is organizing and put together, it is way more stable and puts our country in the right place.
The second reason why I am in favor o keeping the electoral college is because I do not think the "people" deserve to pick and choose who they think they like. In most presidential elections the presidents are elected by the percentage of popular votes wich I dont think is right. For example as stated in source 3 # 1, Obama recived 61.7 percent of the electoral votes compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and romney...Because almost all states award electoral voted on a winne takes all basis, even a very slight plurality in a stste creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state. A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is an even number, but its highly unlikley. Most times the 2 candidates running for president try to persuade the people and some people are fooled by ones promises and when that candidate gets elected the people do not like the outcome wich messes up alot. The people should go by the important things that the cadidate say they try to fix, not by the promises that they are making to get it done for sure. Stated in Source 3, It can be argued that the electoral college method of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate whp has no hope of carrying their state democrats in texas, for example, or republicans in california. Knowing thier vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay atteneion to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular voters vote swings a national election, and in spite of that, about one half the eligible American population did vate in 2012's election.
In conclusion I am in favor of keeping the electoral college because I think that it is better and morw stable for our economy and that the people do not deserve to pick and choose who they think they like. I hope you understand all my stated reasons why I think keeping the electoral college is reasonable.
sencierly, PROPER_NAME | 3 |
e7b14b0 | The technology we use today is very different from back then. People updated their software to make the pictures more clear and also to change their forms to the way people who's taking the picture. In paragraph "1" the author says "the software is the latest innovoton from Proft"," Thomas Huang, of the beckman institute for Advance science at the University of Illionois" its giving an example of where did the newest software came from.
In paragraph "1" its also telling how Dr. Huang think how humans and communicate. Well I believe that humans and computers are better to communicate with each other because the computer can help the human gets it's way how they want people want to work with other different stuff and switch up the picture or also move it around. In paragraph "3" the text sates " computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, all 44 major muscules in the model must move like human muscles",the author is telling us how the computer and other techonology can scan your face and to see whos the person is. But it have to be moving around like human muscles.
In fact the author stating that Dr. Paul Eckman,creator of Facial Action Coding System had classifeid six basic emotions happiness, surprise,anger, disgust,fear and sadness. The facial expressions for each emotion are universal. In paragraph "4" the author says " By weighting the different units,the software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared againist a neutral face showing no emotion". In papagraph "6" it's also telling how if you frown a classrom cmputer could recongnize when a student is becoming confused or bored.
In conclusion this passage is telling me how technology changed over a few years, but it might get better over time and have more diffenent features to it. | 1 |
e7b19e4 | The Seagoing Cowboys were great heroes to other country's because they transported food and horses for people who didn't have food or any transportation. Just think how good you would feel if you knew that you saved people lives just by giving them food. Well i'm going to tell you what it would feel like and why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy.
Just think of becoming a true life hero, you could become a soldier,nurse,doctor, or a Seagoing Cowboy! Seagoing Cowboys were people (men) who transported Cows, Mules, and Horses. They transported them from America to Europe,Greece,and China. Europe was left in ruins after World War || was over, so people signed up to become a Seagoing Cowboy. They would get on ships with 300+ horses, cows, and mues and enough hay and oats to feed them. A Seagoing Cowboy would check up on them every hour to make sure the animals were alright. Wow what a job.
This story is mainly about how great Seagoing Cowboys are and what they bring to other countries. They transported animals to other countries who didn't have food or transportation. Seagoing Cowboys were true heroes, they cared for animals and people. They had kind hearts for both of them. | 2 |
e7b453f | The process that undergoes during the election of the President of the United States, is unfair. "It's official: The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational."(Source 2) We should change the process that undergoes today which is known as the electoral college to something that would actually reflect the people's thought on who should lead our country, and I think that we should decide our elections based on popular vote. If we stick with electoral college, voters won't recieve for what they've asked for, some may find it confusing, the people have no power over their electors, and they have no loyalty to us. That is why we need justice and see that our voting system should be change to popular vote.
Voters and electors are both the same thing, they're both human beings, and that means we have our own ideas and they have theirs. Once the electors go to vote to whom we would like for president, the voters no longer have power over them. "Electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's canidates."(Source 2) So why should we trust someone who won't even keep their word that they would vote for our likings, the people's likings. We should trust ourselves with our own decisions and outcomes. Not some bafoon that won't even stay loyal to their state. Sure if we allow every single person's vote to be counted, it would take probably months to find out the outcome. But the result would actually be true for once. The peoples words and actions actually matter in the government. Changing the procedure that elects our president should be changed to popular vote so that our words and actions can be heard everywhere around the country and change what needs to be changed.
Like I said, our electors won't do what we ask them to do, sometimes. They may, sometimes, defy us. "Electors could always defy the will of the people."(Source 2) They have their own minds that can think and act, and when they have the power of the people of a state, they can use that power for their wants and needs. But we the people of the United States do not need some person to look after us. We defied Great Britain, the greatest country in the world back then and your saying that when we are liberated, the people still need someone to look after our wants and desires, like they're babysitting us? Well I think that's mahogany. When we give the electors our votes, they have the power, and we don't. "Voters can't control whom their electors can vote for."(Source 2) So why bother voting when our votes don't even count? The electors should become the people of this country since our judgement don't even matter to affect the country that we live and protect. When the states were created, some were made to bigger and sustainanble than others, those larger states may have a greater impact on our government than the smaller states. But size doesn't matter, numbers matter. If three small states have the same idea, they may over come a large state. That result would show the real outcome of our people's desire for our country. That's why we should change electoral college vote to popular votes.
With such a complicated system to bring our favored canidate for president in, some people don't understand how the process works and may end up voting for the wrong canidate. Voters somtimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate." (Source 2) With popular vote in play, people could just vote to whom ever they desire and done, you're finished voting. That would be a simpler way to process things that everyone could understand. Why do we need complicated systems anyways? Sure with such a simple system many things things could happen, but we just need to change the procedure for voting, not it's security. I think if the country would be a lot simpler if we changed electoral college voting to popular voting. Justice would finally be served to the United States of America.
In conclusion, I think that we should change elcetoral college voting to popular voting so that it would make electing a new presindent simpler, have a true result that reflects the states wishes, and voters can actually have control over their votes. | 5 |
e7b6eea | When people hear the word transportation, the first most likely thing that comes to ones mind is car. It is typical to think of a car as just a way to get from one place to another faster, but what about the effects of driving. Cars are one of many things that cause pollution, releasing gases that harms our Earth we live on, the very planet that keeps us alive. Limiting car usage could benifit the earth and give you advantages.
"Paris bans driving due to smog," by Robert Duffer, the title it self says all, paris has a pollution issue due to the cars that they drive and stated in the article because of "near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partical driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Because of the actions Paris had to make it reduce the congestion in the captial of France by 60 percent, those who didn't follow to what was told "suffer a 22-euro fine," about "4,000 drivers were fined" according to Reuters. We shouldn't only resort to cars as transportation, inventions such as the bicycle are still around to this day and the percentage rate of bicycles causing pollution is, zero.
Author Andrew Selsky states in his article, "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota," that millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during the car-free day." This day was done so it can encourage people of altervative transportation and reducetion of smog, and according to the article some may say it works. "It is a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" Stated by bussiness man, Carlos Arturo Plaza.
The advantages and possiblitys people could have if they limited the usage of vehicles, in Duffers article it is proclaim that "parks and sport centers also bloomed through out the city." The once beated up side walk, is now restored with "broad, smooth sidewalks," and coming back to the congestion, "rush- hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic." There possiblities bloom with the upscale of shopping districts and new restraunts increasing.
It is understandable for one to not like the idea of reducing the usage of ones car, but if you sit back and realize it, cars are "responsible for 12 percent of green house gas emission" and thats just in Europe. In the United State, there percentage increases to 50 percent. All according to Elisabeth Rosenthal's article, In "German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars." Beijing, Chine is guilty of being the "most poplluted cities in the whole world." Everyone is a culpret when it comes to poplution and that is why everyone should take time to look at the facts and change, help the earth that helps you. Instead of driving your car to work thats just down the street, take a bike, If not take a shuttle. Don't relie on one source of transportation.
The opportunitys that could accore if one just limit the usage of his or hers motor vechile are endless, but it all starts with a choice. Rethink the way you see cars, think about the effect and possiblities that could offend mothernature. The advantages such as building cardio and decreasing of stress and pollution. The time to change the amount of times we use our car is now because limiting the usage of cars is right, and when you give to the planet the planet gives back. | 4 |
e7b77a5 | You should join the program because,you can experience adventures,and visit many unique places. Also you should join the group because, you can save many lives. You should join the program because,you can have fun, save animals,and more. And I think you should because,you can be a leader,and a really special person to many people. Also it can teach you to be brave and believe in yourself. One more thing,it can be a lot of work,but it is worth it.
To support the reasons why you should join I will give you some examples from the passage. In the passage it says,It was 1995,World war ll was over in Europe, and may countries were left in ruins. To help these countries recover their food supplies,animals,and more,44 nations joined together to form UNRRA,that helpes to support the claim you can save many lives.
Also in the passage it says,"Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China, and that helps to support the claim that you can experience adventures and visit many unique places.
In the passage it says,It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the Unites States and a month to get to china. Caring for the animals during the crossing kept Luke busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holdsof the ship. Stalls had to be cleaned. This helps to support the claim that,it can be a lot of work, but it is worth it.
So if you are thinking about joining good,and I thank you. If you are not interested it is okay. Some people might have their own opinion about things. Some may think that is cool,I want to join the group. And others may think that is not the right job for them,or it seems boring. But whatever you are thinking about doing just do it .And that was my introduction to my essay. | 2 |
e7bdd37 | Decreasing car usage would serve as a benefit to our communities and enviorment. Many countries are already being influenced by the new trend. As proven that without cars we could provide ourselves with cleaner air, physically healthier bodies and a more pleasant social atmosphere.
With the purchase of a car comes the consequences to our only enviorment. In "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars", it is shown that "Passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe... and up to 50% in some car-intesive areas in the United States". If we started to limit car usage these numbers could drop giving us cleaner air to breathe and a longer lasting enviorment. Some heavily populated cities such as Beijing, China are so polluted that there is a smog covering the entire city. The thick, grey cloud over Beijing is caused primarily by the greenhouse gas emissions from cars and various other pollution sources. Not only is Beijing to be held accountable but also cities in Europe such as Paris. From source 2, "Paris bans driving due to smog", it is said that "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals", because of the over usage of diesel fuel vehicles Paris had to put a hault to motorists for a few days. If Parisians were not complient with the ban they were fined with 22.
Giving up your vehicle for a day or two may seem like an impossible task but if you were not to have it there would be health benefits. We created the car for a reason, to get places quicker, safer, and more efficiently. Now that we successfully done that and have been doing it for quite some time, we have become much too dependent on them. I'm not saying to completely give up the usage of our beloved vehicles but just become more aware of when and where to we use them. If people used their cars a little less and started walking places, biking, skateboarding, etc. we would have a much healthier community. People wouldn't be so lazy or unfit and it would create a more sociable community.
Limiting car usage would enhance the idea of being social with your friends, family, a neighbor, or anybody for that matter. You could see more people walking down the street as opposed to being inside a car with a limited number of people. It would break down barriers of being afraid if you are walking alone, instead you'd have plenty of around who are mostly aware of their enviorment.
Car usage should be decreased a bit more than it is now for a better community and enviorment. We only have one planet and we should do as much as possible to try and keep it as clean as possible for as long as possible. | 4 |
e7c4902 | Picture a group of little kids playing near the road and their toy gets thrown into the road by mistake. The way that kids are without parent supervision, they'll just run out into the road not looking. Fortunate for them the almost near driverless car warned the driver about the kid and then procceded to hit the brakes before the kid got hurt. That's an amazing thing and that inventive idea just saved a little kid from getting fataly injured.
In the article, "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it talks about some great pros and cons about driverless cars. In addition to that, it talks about how there's a while ways away to go. In my opinion I'm all for this inventive addon to the automotive industry. This new idea may stop accidents, allow for texting and driving not to be a hazard, and drunk driving can be avoided. Mostly I'm all for it, let me now explain why.
My first point to point out is that this new invention may stop accidents. I picture a stormy night and your driving, barely not able to see the road. All of a sudden, a deer jumps out and you hit it, swerving and crashing your car. With a mostly driverless car, that problem can be avoided. With its sensors and cameras attached, the car will tell you that a deer is coming your way and it'll hit the brakes for you, eliminating the accident.
My next point of reason is that with teens texting and driving, this hazardis habit will be non hazardess. Teens and older folk text and drive. Most don't, but people do. This habit is the cause of deaths on the road almost 25% of the time each year. With the mostly driverless car though, people can text and drive while the car drives for them. If they need to get back on the wheel, the care will notify them that they need to put the phone down and get to driving the care, avoiding any possible danger they may face if their face is buried in their phones.
My final point kinda ties into the non hazardess parts of the texting and driving thing. Many adults do this and it's a very bad habit. That's when on an evening night, adults will drink and drive. Now this isn't titled to just adults, some teens do this and I understand. I'm pointing this to the adult side because it happens more often then teens. With being drunk, people's eyesight and cognitive thought and function becomes bery challenging, causing drunk drivers to get into and possibly die from collisions and accidents. With a driverless car though, that possibiliy is dumbed down a bit. Now it's still not fully taken care of as driverless cars arent' driverless cars. They still need the human aspect to take over if needed. So the next time you go drinking, bring a friend or something, because this concept is still a work in progress.
With all that being said and done, I think the driverless car is a pretty good inevedebility. Though the concept of drunk driving can be worked on the car that drives itself is a great thing and can be a reality if worked on properly. That's my take on the driverless car and I hope I got the point across. | 4 |
e7c958f | How safe would you feel if you there was a car driveing itself beside you? I am against the use of driverless cars. There are quite a few reasons why I am. These reasons are that people will abuse this technolgy, it might not be the most reliable way to get around, and people would be more likely to fall asleep at the wheel.
My first reason is that people will abuse this thecnolgy. If you look at people now who text and drive and do other things that they arent soppoust to they will be more likely to do it in a driverless car thinking that the car will do everything for them. As it says in paragraph two in this article that the car would show a message when the person needed to take over the wheel but if they are texting or doing something else that they shouldent be doing. Another is that they would be more likely to fall asleep witch is true because some people fall asleep while actually in controll of the car so taking away the abilty to controll the car would make it much easier of them to fall asleep. Its also not the most reliable way to get around because what if the computer and sensors randomly short out or they mess up and send the car into a telephone pole, tree, ect.
I think that driverless cars are a bad idea because people will become more tired at the wheel, its not reliable, and people are going to do stuff that they shouldent and its gonna eighter cause them or someone else to get killed. This tecnolgy seems like a good idea to a lot of peopel im sure but its not a good idea because it will end up causeing a lot more deaths i think jsut because people wont pay attention or fall asleep or the car itself will find a way to crash. I think that driverkess cars would be a bad thing overall. | 2 |
e7cb0c2 | i belive that the driverless cars should be allowed. the driverless cars can help drivers in many situations. the driverless cars can do things a driver can not do as fast as the driverless car. the driverless cars could still be controled by drivers in areas where the system would not be able to drive or respond to the situation.
in the article in many instinances it says that diverless cars would still have drivers in situations it could not navigate. the driverless cars would be fully functioning by itself and with the driver so it would not just be a robot driving around by itself. the driver would still have to be aware of the situation or the car would get there attention as to avoid accidents. the driverless cars would still have drivers in side of them.
there are many resons why the driverless cars should and should not be aloud but i belive that they should be. there are many resons why they should be and these were only some of them. driverless cars are safe and should be aloud in my oppinion and that is why i support driverless cars. | 2 |
e7e0308 | Phones are A big problem every where you may go. Many companys or people such as school. May have a " no telaphone" sign up just to let you know phones are not allowed. Some people may not even pay any mind to it and still get on there phone and many think wh is it a BIG problem. But are they lil computers? Do theg mess up your mood.
Right now in 2018 , we ave have so much technology that a comouter could tell us what mood we are in. But making that come ture would be GREAT.Knowing that a computes know if you are down and see a ad pop up or you get bored and it somehing for you to work on maybe kids would love to come to school just for that. Like if we needed help it would modify something for us to work on.
Would you think students would stay of there phones if thoese computers was active in school for us to use, Maybe ? Maybe not . why because some kids just does not like school at all . So they woudnt even care about the Ads popping up.
I think that the mood technology would work becuse it also helps with being sad and you may never know something could be going on at home and it effects how they are learning. Teahers may be busy so you really coulded tell them so before you start you work. There always something to help you cheer up. | 2 |
e7e7ec1 | Since the development of cars, cars have been used as the main transportation used by people. However, even though there are many advantages of using a car, there are many advantages of limiting car usage. There are many advantages of limiting car usage, such as walking and public transportation, less pollution, and results of this.
One main advantage of limiting car usage would be the ability to walk around and not have to find parking spaces. According to Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of
In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars , the author wrote, "In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway" (Rosenthal, Lines 45-47). Rosenthal also wrote that public transportation was another option instead of using a car by stating, "But its basic precepts are being adopted around the world in attemps to make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation, with less space for parking" (Rosenthal, Lines 42-45). Walking and public transportation have been useful alternatives of using a car.
As walking and using public transportation have been an advantage of limiting car use, another advantage would be less pollution. For cities like Paris, pollution in the air is a big problem, so the Paris government have enforced pollution in the air. Robert Duffer, author of
Paris bans driving due to smog , the author stated, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" (Duffer, Lines 1-2). The author also wrote that, "On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day" (Duffer, Lines 3-6). Paris suffered great pollution due to cars, so it would be an advantage of limiting car usage to reduce the amount of pollution in the world.
As a result of limiting car usage, many different countries, such as Colombia and America have reduced their car usage. In Andrew Selsky's
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota , the author stated that in Bogota, Colombia, "millions of Columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams" (Selsky, Lines 2-5). The author also wrote that "The goal is to promot alternative transportation and reduce smog" (Selsky, Lines 8-9). The author also included a quote businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said, "It's a good opportunity to take away stree and lower air pollution" (Selsky, Lines 15-16). While in America, author Elisabeth Rosenthal of
The End of Car Culture , wrote that "recent studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by" (Rosenthal, Lines 4-6). The author also wrote a quote of Michael Sivak (who's a professor and studies trends at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute), "What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn" (Rosenthal, Lines 29-31). The author also wrote that "If the pattern persists-and many sociologists belive it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions" (Rosenthal, Lines 36-40). The driving also stated that "Demographic shifts in the driving population suggest that the trend may accelerate. There has been a large drop in the percentage of 16- to 39-year-olds getting a license" (Rosenthal, Lines 64-67). Rosenthal also stated that "a study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009" (Rosenthal, Lines 84-85). There have been many results due to limiting car usage in many different countries around the world, such as Colombia and America.
In conclusion, there are many advantages of limiting car usage, such as walking and using public transportation so there wouldn't be a problem finding a parking space, there would be less pollution, and in return, it would make the world a better place. | 3 |
e7e826b | In "Making Mona Lisa Smile", the use of Facial Action Coding System technology to read the emotions of students ina classroom is valuable.
This is shown through the author's description of the benefits of being able to read expressions of students, as well as the increased understanding of emotions that can be uncovered due to this technology.
Recently, Prof. Thomas Huang and his colleague have developed ways for computers to better communicate with humans through a program designed to calculate noverbal human emotions.
This technology has proved able to recognize expressions of humans, and so has expanded the frontiers of human communication with technology.
In particular, this advancement could provide benefits in the education system.
The reading of expressions in studnets would prove beneficial to the educational process of understanding what content best suits a student's learning ability.
Dr. Huang predicts, "A class Room computer could recognize when a studnet is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (D'Alto 6).
This shows how the technology would allow a computer to effectively "recognize" a students emotions, and correlate or "modify" the corresponding lesson to better fit his or her learning.
It would provide an "effective" tool for intructors to be able to better understand what their student needs in order to succeed.
Expressions or feelings such as "confusion" or being "bored" would allow teachers to better invest time and effort in teaching topics that best fit with these emotions, and so it would help make teaching easier in response to the needs of students.
The technology would also continue to increase knowledge of human emotions through interpretation of the many expressions such as nonverbal communication.
In turn this would help with the education of students, as an increased understanding of human feelings would allow the system to acknowledge issues or needs that specific students have.
Being able to match their emotional abilities with the best subject for them to succeed in would be an option.
This would provide teachers with a system that best maximizes potential and limits issues in the classroom that involve expression or emotion.
D'Alto writes, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness - and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles" (D'Alto 3).
From this we can see that if implemented, this technology could help identify primary human emotions such as "happiness" or "anger".
This would allow computers to identify "characteristic movements" and translate this into emotion.
With this technology at our disposal, we can better understand how people in general portray their feelings through the anatomy of their face, and better understand the identity of these emotions in the physical aspects of expression.
This understanding would in turn allow students and teachers to better understand their emotions, and so best match their tendencies to educational programs or classes.
Continuing with the idea of better understanding emotions in the technology would also prevent issues relating to student behavior such as academic honesty or problems with stress or anger, as understanding the emotional expression conveyed by students would help implement systems to better prevent these unwanted actions.
For instance, the author writes, "But in a false smile, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle... 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" (D'Alto 8).
This is an example of the increased benefits of this technology, and particularly pertaining to education, it can be used to detect whether students are being honest or "truthful" through their expressions.
Although it is not guaranteed, the technology would still provide another option in understanding what studnets feel or what they are truly going through.
It would allow schools or instructors to change their teaching or development programs in order to relieve studnets of unwanted emotion, and it would also help benefit the disciplinary system, as being able to detect true emotions could help distinguish one issue from another.
Overall and in conclusion, a better understanding of human expression by technology provides an improved tool for instructors to help with the learning and development of students, as this allows them to fit learners' studying emotional tendencies with that of the best option or way of teaching. | 4 |
e7ec99d | Mars, the Red Planet, has been thought to have lifeforms living on it for many years now, by many people. Yet there is no comfirmed evidence that there is life on Mars, or that there was life on Mars. The "face" located in Cydonia, is not a face of anything at all. It is only a mesa. That was naturaly occuring. If there was any life near the "face" on Mars, then the Mars Global Surveyor would have found something.
I know what you are thinking. That NASA is hiding the fact that there are lifeforms or where lifeforms on Mars. If there were, then NASA would have told the world by know. It would help NASA if there was life out there in space. The picture that the Viking 1 spacecraft took in 1976, was to low of a resolution to be seen clearly. In 1998 when another Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia the crew snapped a picture that was ten times sharper than the origional Viking 1 photos. Revealing that the so called monument was a natural occuring landform. Yet many people like yourself, where not satisfied by this conclusion and thought that NASA was covering up the fact that there is or was alien life on Mars.
NASA then prepared another mission to capture another image of the "face". NASA planed this mission for a cloudless sunny day in Cydonia in 2001, so they could get the clearest picture possible. NASA would not risk more money and lives if they already knew that there was life on Mars. It makes no sense. The team that went to capture another photograph, captured one that was the maximum resolution. It would have captured anything that looked out of the ordinary. Including lifeforms and anything they may have left behind.
All of the facts point towards the face being a natural landform and not made by anything but nature. The picture shows the Martian equivalent of a mesa which are comonly found in the American West. One photograph showed what looked like a face. The other two photos, which were taken with better cameras at a higher resolution, show a mesa. The facts are showing that the "face" is not a face at all it is a naturaly occuring land form.
If there was any signs of life, past or present. The Mars Global Surveyor would have found something in 2001. All of the facts point to having no lifeforms build this stucture on Mars. If there was any thing out of the ordinary with this mesa then it possibly could have been built by extraterrestrial life. But there was and is nothing out of the ordinary with the mesa. It is the same type of landform that occurs in the Western part of the United States of America. NASA would not cover up alien life if it was benifical. It is like you burning your money. It helps no one. There is no life on Mars and the "face" that you saw in 1976 is not a "face" made by lifeforms. It is a naturaly occuring landform. | 5 |
e7ee5ef | I believe that the use of facial Action Coding System technology is useful because it assisits the students and the teachers so that the students better understand the subject and that the teachers have less work explaining to the students how to do the work.
In the article Ive read that this technology is actually quite complex, considering that this technology can read SIX basic facial expressions meaning that it can tell whether a student is happy, sad, fearful etc. I believe that if this technology is improved and developed to a point where every country in the world uses it, it can one of the most useful piece of technology mankind has ever created.
Ive explained why i think this technology is useful for students across the world and how useful it is also for teachers. Considering that they dont have to explain the work to the students. Hopefuly i can use this tech one day also. | 2 |
e7f2509 | Today I've been called to the NASA facility to discuss a certain topic. I am unaware of what this all about. As I enter the doors to the room where the meeting will take place, I see my fellow coworkers with the same confused expression. Our boss, who is usually quite loud, is unusually quiet, giving us the idea that this is very serious. As he clears his throat, everyone finds a seat and settles down. I take a seat in the back right corner so that I can see everyone expressions during the meeting.
"Hello," our boss says loudly, starting his speech, "and welcome. I apologize for this unexpected meeting. Trust me, I wasn't very thrilled to be here either. But I have gotten some unexpected images from Viking 1. It is very... strange. So without further adue...." He takes a remote like thing and turns on the projector, showing an image on the wall. As I look around the room from my corner, I see a number of expressions, some confused, some amused, some even a bit worried. But one expression stands out. A new guy, I'd say he's been here for about a few weeks, is two seats next to me, mumbling something under his breath. I give him a strange look. He seems frightened. As his mumbles get louder, more people start to stare. "Th-The aliens did this.. I... I know it!" The room bursts into laughter. I give a few chuckles as well. I mean, come on now. Aliens?
"Alright, alright. Settle down now. Have some respect. Let him give his point of view," the boss says. I guess he has a point. As the room gets quiet again, all the attention goes towards Mr. New Guy. He begins speaking. "You guys think it's funny, but think about it! If you think that in the WHOLE universe, we are the only form of life, you're ignorant."
Is this guy serious?
"Everyone knows that aliens are smart! They could've easily built that landform to mock humans!"
I can't take this nonsense anymore. I casually raise my hand, waiting for the majority to acknowledge it. When I feel that I've gotten enough peoples attention, I begin to talk. "Listen. I understand that we may not be the only life form in the universe, but do you really think that aliens built that? You said it yourself man. It's a landform. A natural landform." I slowly get up and make my way to the wall where the image is being displayed. "Do you see this?" I point the "eye" of the landform. "This is a shadow. Nothing more, nothing less. As well as this other "eye" and the rest of the darkness making it seem like this landform has a face. It's just the angle of Viking 1 and where it was when the picture was taken. It just so happens that it looks like a human face. Now I agree, it is kind of weird. But Viking 1 takes a lot of photos. Don't you think there would be at least a few pictures with aliens making it? Sorry man, but your theory just isn't adding up." There is a small appause as I walk back to my seat.
Mr. New Guy doesn't look very happy. He looks a bit relieved though. "Well," boss starts speaking, "I suppose we have our answer already. Just a simple landform. Alright guys. You all are dismissed. Have a nice night." He begins packing his things. I get up and head out. As I get in the car I sigh. "Well, that was a waste of time." | 2 |
e7f5218 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus' The auther says that stdying Venus is a worthy persuit despite all the dangers because it is Earth's "twin". Venus is the planet next to Earth and sometimes it is the closest to Earth. Mars, Venus, and Earth all orbut the sun at different speeds so there are times when Mars is closer to Earth and other times when Venus is closer. Venus is similar in size and density to Earth.
There are signs that show there once was life on Venus. These include features of rocky sediment such as valleys, mountains, and craters. Our nearest option for a planetary visit is Venus because of all of its features. The atmosphere of Venus is different than ours because it is very hot. If scientists want to be able to visit Venus they would have to hover about 30 miles over the surface to avoid the dangers of the ground. The air pressure is close to the sea level of Earth, it is not easy conditions but it is survivable. The atmosphere is so dense so the forms of light are limited.
So in conclusion, studying Venus is dangerous but a good idea. Venus has many characteristics of Earth and shows clues that there was once life on Venus. There's also dangers to studying Venus because the atmosphere is different than Earth and not what we are used to. I think we should continue to study Venus considering the similarites to Earth. One day we may need another planet like Earth and it may have to be Venus. | 2 |
e7f598c | In this essay i amfoing to be talking about a claim for or against of using technolgy to read students and emotional expressions.
I would say i am on both sides. i say that because i think it could be a good thing but i also think there would be sone bad things with that too. One reason why it would be good is to see if the person is just not happy at all then you could talk to them and see whats going on with them. So you can see if you can fix it. Another reason why i think its a good thing is because it tell the peron your doing it to and you how there expressions are. I also fill like this could be a good thing because if the person is going threw a hard point in their life then this would be good. The reson why this could be good is because then you could help them out before they do anything to them self. another thing that this would be good for is if you r going to go do something and the other person has a expression on there face you cant tell how they feel about it then yoiu can use this technology to see if it bothers them or not. There was a claim in the story that they figured how the person felt before doing something.
Now, there is some reasons i think this could be bad. I think it could be bad because the parents of the kid or the kid himself may not like you doing this sort of thing on him. This is why im kinda on both sides because if they wont done to them I could understand that so thats why i think its fine to not do it if you don't want to. They might not want you to because they might just not want you to know about some of there personal life.
In conclusion, these are some of the reasons why i think it should be a thing and some of the reasons why i think it shouldn't be a thing. For the most part I am for it because i think this could help alot of people out. | 2 |
e801b3a | Today many students often get bored in their classrooms while going through a lesson or just by simply doing their work. These students may often resort to using their cellular device or any other electronics to keep them pre-occupied. I feel as if bringing in a more advanced peice of technology that can read the expressions of these children can make a better learing enviorment for them and make their studies more enjoyable and it doesnt only have to be used for students it could be benifical to others such as professors, doctors, animators and many more.
Everyday a person is able to detect wether or not how a person is feeling just by the look that they have on their face. Some of these expressions may convey happiness, worried, sad and much more. But sometimes it may be difficult to decifer wether or not those are the emotions that they are actually feeling at the time.Yet Dr. Huang's new computer software,"stores similar anatomical information as an electronic code." " Prehaps Dr. Huang's emotional algorithms are a different sort of "Da Vinci code."
Using this computer may also help students by, knowing wether you feel happy or sad. Or wether your confused or bored. The computer will "modify its lesson, like an effective human instuctor." Which may advocate a better learning enviornment. This new technology may improve the attendance of students and hopefully make them more willingly to be more involved in their education. This may also increse graduation rates as well as college acceptance rates.
Finally, using Dr. Huang's new computer software program, may make it eaiser for surgeons who have difficulties planning out more extencive and more invasive surgeries, use a more advanced form of "video surgery". This new software may also be benifcial to video game disigners and animators by " making computor-animated faces more expressive." As mentioned in the article "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication. So computors need to understand that, too". Meaning that understanding how humans already communicate their algorithms will not be similar those to a regular PC.
As one may be able to see, using Dr. Huang's new software program may be benifical to students, doctors, animators and many more just by being able to recognize the emotions not only displayed on the outside but using the muscles in your face to differenciate the ones you feel in the inside.to create a more intresting enviornment to the area around them. | 4 |
e80ce3f | I agree with NASA that the face was not made my aliens, and that it is a natural monument. My reasons are because the shadows are what makes it a face. Another reason is because you can really ress it unless there are shadows and your rihg tover it. My last reason is that Mars Global Surveyor Cyldonia took pictures of the Face and proved that it is natural.
The shadows give is it's face because there is bumps on mars, so that when shadows go a certain direction, it casts shadows and makes it look like a human face on Mars. In the article it says " A few days late NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation...whihc resembles a human head.. formed by shadows giving the illision of eyes, nose, and mouth." The author reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and atrract attention to Mars." This goes on to prove my next point.
Marc Global Surveyor Cyldonia has taken better picture of what they so call "the Face" on Mars.
It says
" And so on April 5,1998, when Marz Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera(MOC) team snapped a picture tem time sharper than the original Viking photos. THousands of anxious web surfer were waiting when the image appeared on a JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." This goes to show that it was not formed by aliens and it was not created there on purpose.
My last reason is that you can really see it unless there is a shadow or you look at it at a exact angle. The article proved this by saying this " Neerthe less, on April 8, 2001- a cloudless summer day in Cydonia- Mars Global Surveyor drew close enought for a second look. "We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degees to center the Face in the feild view," said Garvin. "Malin's team caputred an extraordinary photo using the camera's absolute maximum resoltion." Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meter, compared to 43 meter per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." This is proving that with a better camera and a better view that it was naturally made and you have to look at it from certain angles to see the face.
Yes, I agree with NASA that "the Face" is nothing but a natural landform, and not something created by life on a different planet. My reasons being the shadows are the only thing that gives it it's face, Mars Global Surveyor took better pictures of the landform, and you can't really see it unless you look from a certain agngle or direction. The momument is VERY natual in my eyes. | 4 |
e80de2c | Driverless cars are currently in development that are able to navigate roads without the control of a human for a majority of the time. An innovation like this has the ability to change the world. Driverless cars would be able to form a public-transport system similar to taxis. Eventually, in the near future, a human driver would not be necessary. The development of these cars should continue because they use less fuel, they are in less accidents, and they help with the short attention span of a human.
Driverless cars should continue to be developed because they use less fuel than a taxi. Google cofounder, Sergey Brin, foresees driverless cars using half the fuel of today's taxis. This would help the environment tremendously. In large cities such as New York city, taxis are a huge part of the public transit system. This many cars use a lot of fuel, and cutting that amount in half would be very beneficial to the environment.
Another reason driverless cars should continue to be developed is that they are in less accidents. Google has had cars that could, under spcific conditions, independently drive themselves. Google cars have driven over 500,000 miles without a crash. However, Google cars are not completely driverless, as they still need a human driver in some situations. Even though humans are needed for some manuvers, most of the driving would be done by the car, which can drive, on average, better than people. The cars are also able to sense and respond to dangerous situations, such as skids or rollovers. It would be able to apply brakes to the wheels that need it as well as reduce power from the engine. This results in a better response than a human driver could ever do on their own.
Driverless cars also help with the short attention spen of a human. People can be alert and aware on the road, but not all of the time. Humans can get tired, bored, and let their mind wander. With driverless cars, people would be allowed to let their mind drift, as long as they can be alerted when they need to take over the car. These cars would be able to do that with flashing lights, vibrating seats, annoucements, and other alerts. The car would do what it is able to, and when it needs a driver to take over, it simply lets the person know. The manufacturers are also considering using cameras that watch the driver to make sure they are paying attention.
In conclusion, the devolpment of these cars should continue because they use less fuel, which would be really good for the environent. It would especially help in the larger cities, where taxis are common and pollution is at high levels. They are also in less accidents, and they could prevent a lot of people from getting hurt as well as property from getting damaged. The short attention span of people is another problem that could be helped by driverless cars. People can not pay full attention to the road for long periods of time, but if driverless cars can drive for the majority of the time while only needing a person to take over occasionally, it would be a lot easier to drive long distances and it would be easier for the driver. | 4 |
e80f2b4 | I agree with having driveless cars. I think that having driveless cars could be good, but with some changes made to it. Yes, it uses less fuel than what most people already use today to go places, but if Google is saying that it's going to be driveless car, then it has to be a driveless car. You can't drive it, it has to drive itself, know when to stop at stop signs or red lights, know when to go at a green light.
As I read the passage, I noticed all these different things that the car cannot do that we want it to do. If this is suppose to be a driverless car, then why do we still have to have our hands on the wheel? Can't we just get in and have it atuomatically turn on as soon as it feels weight being put upon it? Then all we would have to do is buckle in, take out or phones and scroll through picutres and what not.
If Google really wants to make this a driverless car, then make it one. Don't make it to where we would still need our hands on the wheel, helping the car. It should know how to do everything already. We shouldn't have to back out on our own. The car itself should be alert when there's an accident, not us. The car should be alert when there's work zones, again, not us. The car should be alert at all times.
Everyone in this generation is already trying to text while driving at the same time and try not crash, but it still happens. Alot of people now are driving drunk which is bad. With driverless cars though, that won't happen. Everyone would be safe and we wouldn't have any accidents anymore.
When we get into the car, the car should back out on its own. It should know when to make hard stops if some other car gets in the way, it should know when right away where it needs to go when we tell it.
I honestly still think that having driverless cars will be better than what we drive now. More people will get into less accidents, no more reckless driving, no more texting while trying to drive. Everyonr will be safer with driverless cars. The world could be a better place with them and no one would ever have to worry anymore. Parents wouldn't have to worry about their kids going out and not crashing. This could solve a lot of other things. Drunk driving being one of them. With driverless cars, the driver has no control over the car. So, if someone decides to go out and get drunk and then head home by themselves, the car will get them home safely without any trouble. No one will get hurt.
We'll be a more safe enviroment with these cars. Less fuel, less accident, less reckless driving, less impatient drivers as well. There will be more less drunk driving and those drunk drivers hurting or even killing others while driiving. Everyone has different opinions about this topic, and this is mine. | 3 |
e813e51 | Limiting car usage may not seem ideal but it has many benefits. In Vauban, Germany, about 70 percent of the families do not own cars. Limiting car usage is a growing trend in Europe. Automobiles are very harmful to to the enviroment and usually create smog. Also, a lot of care usage means a lot of traffic. Some people have limited their car usage simply to the fact that we're sort of in a recession. Money is tight for a lot of people meaning they cant buy new cars as easily and the price of gas is ridiculous.
In source 1, Vauban,Germany residents dont not own cars. The people of this community have decided to live "car free" because its a huge impediment to current efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. In the United States, the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities. Limiting car usage or getting rid of cars all together could get rid of a lot of the pollution in the air.
In source 2, in Paris, motorists with even license plates were ordered not to drive their cars or suffer a 22-euro fine, which translates into $31. Motorists with odd numbered plates had to do the same the following day. In the capital of France, after 5 days of smog congestion was down 60 percent In source 3, people in Colombia have a car-free day which means people biked, hiked, skated or took buses to wherever they had to go. The goal of that day is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. Taking a bus is better for the enviroment because the bus can take many people where they have to go as apposed to everybody getting in a serperate car and producing more smog.
In source 4, recent studies show that over time Americans are buying fewer cars, driving kless and getting fewer licences. In April 2013 the number of miles driven per person was 9 percent below the peak and similar to where the country was in January of 1995. Buying a car is not cheap and the price of gas has become so high that many people can't afford to drive all over the place. Car-sharing and bike-sharing programs have popped up across the nation to promote the limitation of car usage.
All these programs and statitics make it clear that limiting car usage is a good idea. Cars create so many problems for the enviroment. Smog is the most common. Also, cars create traffic. The purchase of cars is going down because people cant afford to buy them and also gas prices are up to almost $4 a gallon. | 3 |
e818b4e | Since our very first President George Washington our founding fathers have created a system of how a President shall be elected. For many years this system has been proven to be effective. This system or process of electing our Country's President is known as the Electoral College. The Electoral College was used to elect our very first President George Washington and our current day President Obama. This process is full proof and has yet to let our Country down.
The Electoral College is a process created by the founding fathers to make the choice that the people want. After all this is the peoples Country. According to the Source "What is the Electoral College?", written by the office of the Federal Register,The Electoral College process consists of the selection of electors. There are a total of 538 members in the Electoral College. If a candidate has more than 270 votes then they will be our new President. The number of how many members depends on the number of members in its Congressional delegation. There is a total of one each for every member in the House of Representatives and two each for every member in the Senators. When a person votes for his or her Candidate they are actually also voting for thier candidates electors. After the election everything is certified and sent to the National Archives as part of the offical records of the presidential election, also stated in "What Is the Electoral College", by the Office of the federal Register.
More than 60 percent of voters would like to abolish the Electoral College and just have a direct election. This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency, states "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", by Bradford Plumer. Not alone have 60% of our voters agree upon giving the Electoral College a boot but so has Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Voters don't feel close enough to the process by which who leads are Country. When voters vote they feel as if they are voting for Electoral members and not the Candidate himself. Voters can not control whom the electors vote for, after all electors can always defy the popular vote and choose a candidate of their liking. More then half of our voters think that the Electoral College is unfair, out of date, and unpredictable. If the people voted for the President directly then states with a larger population would always win. That would be an outrage, states like Texas would get a better chance then states like Florida. The Electoral College is a full proof plan that avoids run on elections by insuring that no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. Although others want to abolish the Electoral College, there is no better system for choosing our President.
The Electoral College requires a presidentail candidate to have trans-regional appeal, says "In Defense of th Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, by Richard A. Posner. The Electoral College restores the pull that large states have over smaller states. The Electoral College also Avoids the problem of elections where a candidate receives a mojority of the vote. The Electoral College provides a clear winner. Although many people feel that the Electoral College is uneffective, unfair, and outdated it is a great way of chossing our country's greatest leader. Our founding father have created an effective method that has avoid many problems that may have occured if this process was created. Every four years a President is elected correctly thanks to the Electoral. Many have seen the harm the Electoral college has provided but they do not see the harm that it has helped to avoid. | 4 |
e81b491 | This article is mainly shown to inform readers just how useful exploring Venus can be. The author is quite enthusiastic about this topic and is eager to offer his/her insight on the subject. The author believes that getting a chance to explore Venus is a great benefit, because previous studies have led to scientists speculating that Venus was probably at one point in time just like Earth. Meaning that it probably was suitable for life or once had life, however it is unlike;y that it has any forms of life now.
Venus has too harsh of conditions to be able to support anything. High atmoshperic pressure, High concentration of sulfuric acid in the air, Intense heat all of these factors go into reasoning as to why it is not a good idea to go there unprepared especially when NASA is still working on ways to do so, or maybe they have ( I don't know i haven,t been updated on a topic) anyway even though it is proven to be dangerous it is not impossible. Landing on Venus and gathering data would be an outstanding accomplishment.
The author clearly wants this to happen and is very interested to see what else the world can achieve. Showing great interest on the topic and overall writing this article in general. | 2 |
e81bc41 | "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent to greenhouse gass emissions in Europe... and up to 50 percent...in the United States", with statistics like these it is important that we learn ways we can lower car usage and simultaniously better our lives.
By reducing car usage, we could lower the effect of greenhouse gases that are one of the most threatning forces to life on earth. If the current polution of air continues, the ice caps will melt causing global flooding eliminating land that is needed for sustaining life. one of the ways t stop this is lower car usage and use cleaner forms of public transportation.
Another benefit of reducing car usage is a better sense of community because things will have to be closer together. People will improve social interaction make more friends and lead happier lives. "When I had a car, I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". This excerpt shows that people are much happier without having a car and just using bicylces and public transportaton to carry out their lives.
People all over the world have stopped driving cars to reduce smog an promote better ways of transportation that are much more advantagous then driving a car. Will you join them? | 3 |
e81f535 | Dear Florida state senator,
In few words, the United States should keep the Electoral Collage. Although the people may not depend on them, it does not mean that they are dependable either. The United States may have a long process of voting for a president for the country that in which only they can choose rather than the people, but it still is being done for the good of the countries' future.
The process for gaining a president may be long and not allow the peoples' voices to matter, but the future of the country cannot be placed on their unreliable descisions. Not all of the people are experienced on the ways of the government as the Electoral College or the House of Representatives are. In truth, you may never know that if a certified member of any one of the states is actually on the side for the greater good of the country. An enemy country may pay for any large number of citizens to elect a certain candidate that could be working for them. This could happen with the Electoral Collage. They may be paid by an organization working against the U.S. or by one of the candidates themselves for personal gain. But even if it did happen, as it claims in Source 1, by the Office of the Federal Registar, there would be the House of Representatives to also give the last vote if there were to be a tie. Source 3 states that there is an equal number of electors which gives every state a chance of getting in the matter of equally electing a candidate for president.
Many things could happen while there is a new president to be elected. As I said before: the Electoral College may be paid to pick one candidate for president over the other. Source 2, by Bradford Plumer, states that the Electoral College has its defenses. Some of its members may be replaced in a state for that states' personal gain in the matter. Even so, it would be hard to tell. For the most part, it is the unfairness of not counting the peoples thoughts and opinions. It is their country as well!
All in all, it is very unreliable to put trust in the people, or anyone, for voting a president. Not many people may like the Electoral College, or their final descision, but even then it is the best way of getting a fair vote on a president. They will be there to select the new future of the country, besides being their job to do so, as opposed to the American people having duties elsewhere. They may want a candidate over the other, but even then by the end of the day, they would be in the same square they were on even before there was to be a new president elected. Even so, if there is a change in their style of living that they frown upon, they can always alert Congress. | 4 |
e825381 | In 1976, a spacecraft called Viking 1 was circling around the planet Mars. The Viking 1 was taking pictures of possible landings for Viking 2, but instead it spotted a shadowy human face. Many people belived that it was the Face of an alien artifact while scientists say that it's a landform on Mars. I believe that the Face is a natural landform not a alien artifact.
To begin with, when Viking 1 first took those pictures they were shodowy and quite blurry too. I first thought that it was the Face of a alien artifact, but I then
realized that it was not. It was just another Martian mesa that has unusual shadows around it. It's
a huge rock that resembles to a human head. Of course it's formed by shadows, but the shadows give a illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth.
In 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time to snap more pictures. Michael Malin snapped pictures that were 10 times sharper than the original. This time the pictures was less shadowy. The picture was realeased into a website
and it was just a natural landform not a alien monument. In the picture that was taken in 1998 has a better quality, but people belived that it was a cloudy time of that year on the Red planet.
Soon pictures were taken again in 2001. This time the images were new
high-resolution and 3D altimetry which were from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft. The picutres reveals thats it is actaully a mesa! You may argue with me but the picture is a digital image which is 3 times bigger than the pixels size. For example, if there was a small shack on the ground you could see what they were.
Many people had hoped that the original pciture was the Face of an alien artifact, but when NASA said that it was not people argued back with them. NASA tooks pictures of it in 1998 to make people belive that it was just a mesa, but people still didnt belive. So in 2001, NASA took another picture which was digital image and it proved that the image of the Face was just a mesa. | 4 |
e82deeb | Dear, State Senator
I am in favor of keeping the Electoral college. i am in favor of keeping Electoral college because it was the original decision made by our founding fathers. the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The Electoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to select the president. under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the elctoral college. for this reason, in the following discussion, the word "state" also refers to the District of columbia..
most states have a "winner-takes-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidates.
but people like Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S Chamber of commerce, and the AFL-CIO think that we should abolish the electoral college.
although i am in favor of it, there are some disadvantages to electoral college. under the electoral college system, voters vote for a a slate of electors who in turn elect the president.
the american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worst. | 2 |
e83337e | When one thinks of transportation, the first idea that springs into a persons mind would be a car. A car is used almost daily for many people. It helps us get to point A to point B rain or shine. However, complications arise from the use (or overuse) of cars. The advantages of limiting car usage includes reduction in pollution, promote public transport, and cut off traffic.
Pollution has become a growing problem as the world continues to industrialize. The greenhouse gases emitted by machines, such as cars, have been proven detrimental to the enviornment. In car-dense citites, smog, a mixture of smoke and fog, has become a nuisance as it covers cities. In extreme cases,it makes the air citizens breathe toxic! According to Source 1, " Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emission in Europe... and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States.". To establish limits to car usage would then, therefore, reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and clear up conditions not only for the world, but make the over-all city more enjoyable to live in. In order to reduce pollution and clear the air, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the international city. Source 2 states that " The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescing the ban..." proving that limiting car usage benefitted the city and the enviornment as well.
Reduction of car usage would lead to the promotion of public transportation. Public transport was free of charge during the ban in Paris which stated was a success in reducing pollution. Limiting car usage would then correlate in the promotion of public transport which, according to Source 4, "...public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions [of greenhouse gases] and improve safety" This not only benefits one's safety and environment but allows time-efficient traveling as buses and other public transport run along a contiuous schedule. Public transport also produces carpooling, which allows the reduction of cars on the road. This also eliminates a distributor in the production of greenhouse gases within the atmosphere which benefits the world.
Limiting car usage will take one annoying factor from our daily lives-- traffic. As a suburban citizen living in Florida, traffic has become a daily nuisance of mine, one that not only is frusterating but stressful. It wastes time that I need to invest in being somewhere of importance. Residents in Vauban, Germany have given up their cars in their experimental new district near the French and Swiss borders. 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there. Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two says " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." In Paris, "congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." during their ban in response to reduce pollution. This would make the lives of many citizens much more happier and time efficient as there are no worries about arrving late to an area of importance!
Limiting car usage in many large cities accross the globe is not impossible, it has been done successfully in globally impactful cities such as Paris. This reduction of cars will not only benefit a community or a city, but the whole world! It will reduce pollution, promote the usage of public transport and carpooling and cut down on the rush-hour traffic leaving condtions in cities much more enjoyable to live in. | 5 |
e837edd | The author said that it is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. In paragraph 2 it stares that Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hour. That in paragraph 6 it sates that most important that reseachers can't take sample of rocks, gas, or anything else from a distance. That scientists are trying to seek something that would get up close and personal despite the risk. In paragraph 6 it also states that Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus. Also in paragraph 7 its states that by comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. In conclusion that it is pasable to studying Venus by use technology that can stand Venus risk and there are way for scientists to get close to Venus by use types of machine. | 2 |
e83c459 | The author suggest that studying venus is a worthy pursuit depite the danger it persents. No one has travle to Venus in over three decade. In order to know what up there we need samples in which we can't get. venus is in unknown planted that we seem to know half way a lot about. Of course scientist want to explore venenus that why they are in the process if created a simlater to reach venus.
Venus in the earth are closer then you might think. Venus the close planted in earth terms density and size, and occasionally the close in distance too. Earth, venus and mars are our other planetary neighbor. If you think about it venus is like right around the conner. So close but yet so far venus is way diffent then earth,and mars that why it hard to travle there.
The danger of venus. Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans ro study, despite it's proximity to us. The atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus which is very danger for us human to go upon on. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system even though mercury is closer to our sun.
Venus is a dangerest plantet but want to be explore the most. More importantly, researchers cannot take sqample of rock, gass or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand venus would need to get up close and personal depite the risks.
On the other hand scientists even discussing faurther visits to its surface. Long ago, venus was probably cover largely with oceans and could have surpported various forms of life just like earth. The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains and craters. furthermore. Returning to venus seems indisputable, but what are the options for making a mission both safe and scientifically productive. Not easy conditions, but it survive for humans.
Venus and a dangerst and also the safest place to travle. Venus is a mystireser place that makes your mind qustion the world around us. If we get to experice venus on day then why not mercury, or pluto these are a unknown planted that we a the people need to intise are mind on. We need to explory tyhe unknown of the world and around us. what can't america can't. the unknown is closer then you might think. | 4 |
e83c954 | Is there ever going to be a day when you can not go outside and enjoy some fresh air- enjoying nature and the beauty it provides? What if the next day we go outside and everyone has to to wear a mask or something over their face because the air is no longer heathy to breath due to too much emmission from automobiles? Luckily, there are some was to prevent this from ever becoming a reality in every day life. At first, the thought of limiting car usage may seem unappealing especially considering the fact on how great an affect our cars have in our livers. Yet, not all those affects are good ones. Everywhere around the world, people use some kind of automobile to get from point A to point B and so on but maybe there are other solutions. In the first source, In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, it states that limiting car useage is doable and done comfortably. The source states that in Vauban, 70 percent of families do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move there.
Is it actually possable to live life regularly without using a car regularly? This is one question that might be asked by a lot of people hearing about the idea of car limitation. In source 2, it tells us that Paris, after days of near-record pollution, enforced a partial driving ban to clear up the air in the global city. On one day, all mororists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home and on the following day the same applied to odd numbered plates or suffer a 22-euro ($31) fine. The source states that almost 4,000 drivers were fined and 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. With that aside, Congestion was down by 60 percent in Paris. Knowing this information, it is a lot easier to realize just how dramatic of a change limitation of cars would be to most people; though, the benifits were dramatic aswell.
Of course it would seem to be way too impractical to up and abandon all cars and walk and/or bike everywhere. Alternative transportation is the key, at least in Bogota, Columbia. Source 3 states that its been the third straight year cars have been banned with only busses and taxies permitted for the Day Without Cars in the capitol city of 7 million. Violators of the ban were faces $25 fines for the goal to promote alternate transportation and reduce smog.
Considering all this information provided by the sources, car limitation would be very benificial to the earth and the problems of pollution we are all facing. Presenting alternative transprotation and a ban on cars would be a very dramatic switch of lifestyle to basically everyone but it seems, at the rate air quality and smog is becoming more and more a problem, that it would be worth the switch. If this ever does become an everyday lifestyle, it certanly will not happen in just a week. The switch would most likely gradually work its way into everyones lifes until it seems as if thats how it always has been. | 3 |
e840ce7 | In the passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. A positive aspect of driverless cars is Google cars have driven a million miles without a crash. The passage states, "Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." According to the passage, a negative aspect for driverless cars is "Theses samrt-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they require massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical," so they would be expensive to upgrade.
My position on driverless cars is they would be more of a positive affect in the world. In passage states, "He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transport taxi system." Brin believes that the future's public transportation systems will all be driverless. Brin also believes such cars would fundamentally change the world. The passages states, "Television and movies have long been fascinated with cars that could drive themselves."
To make the cars smarter, they need to have newer systems put into the car. The text states, "they needed a whole lot of senors." Google modified a Toyota Prius with position-estimating senors on the rear wheel. They also put a senor on the roof. Google had placed cameras and the rearview mirror. They placed four automotive radar sensors in the car along with a GPS reciever, and an inertial motion senor.
The passage "Driverless Cars Are Coming" states, "Senors are nothing new, of course." Automakers have been using senors for cars since the 1980s. They put them on the wheels for the creation of antilock brakes. The text states, "Within 10 years, those senors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the dangerof out-of-control skids or rollovers." The information from the brakes caused the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine.
The negative aspect of driverless drivers is why would anyone want a driverless car when that car still needs a driver? Huber states, "We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." So some of the manufacturers hope to do that by bringing in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. The radar is a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. All-in-all to make a drverless car, it would be really expensive. | 3 |
e84514e | In "the challenge of exploring venus." the author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present by telling the good thing about challengeing the venus.
In the beggining, the author introduce about venus and distance. the author said it the evening star. Also claim that Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. There difference in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to mars other time venus. Because venus is sometime rigth around the corner- in spacr terms- human have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. He explain about how trouble is wothout venus and telling about venus is and works.
second of all, he claim that numerous factors contribute to venus is reputation as a challenging planet for human to study, despite its proximity to us. This mean venus is extremely imporant for the planet. How venus imporant.
Next, author supprt that if the planet is inhospitable, why are scientics even discussing further visits to its surface? if astronomoer are fascinated by venus because it may well onece have been the most earth-like planet in the solar system. At this point the author is supporting that the venus is the most main point then any other. He want poeple to learn or fix the imporant want first. Author explain about how the airplane won't fly high with out air and venus. He though venus is very important.
Then, scientists seek to conduct a thorought mission to undertand venus would need to get up close and personal despite that risk. Author though they should thing this as a challenging. NASA is starting to study venus. Using computer would help reserch on planet and pressure, heat, and other forces about mechical. And the research learned about the imporant of venus challenging.
In conclusion, the author want people to research and study about the venus to overcome on what they did. He claim many situation and reason about how important to study about the venus. Author assume venus would help them learn about what they working on. According to paragraph 1, he mention that
"venus is like a evening star." He saids that hungry to about challenging the venus not also help the plane, also help them from danger and expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 3 |
e849943 | Have you ever thought about the advsantages of limiting car usage and as well as giving up cars inorder to help the communities out there to live a better safisticated life, without the use of cars?. A plan created called smart planning involves the reduce or car usage helping the world also reduce bad pollution, and traffic jams. This way more transportation will be provided for other cases or people in need of that. In Germany, Paris, Bogota and the United States there are many reasons being caused to reducing cars due to jepordise it can cause such as pollution, traffic jams, space and transportation. In all these countries there are the different reasons to why cars should be banned.
To begin with, in Germany a district in Freiburg near the French ans Swiss borders cars have been givin up by people. Pepole are claiming to be more happy with their newly lifestyle of not using a car. Before they were using a car they also claimed that everything had felt more tense. Now that cars are banned in the district there has been more free space for pedestrians to walk. There has been more availabale roads and stress that are not packed anymore. There is space to build. Before cars had taken control over the roads and stress not proving areas and space to walk in. Middle class were choking cities meaning that their Cars were just taking way too much space. Cars are responsible for the greenhouse. Knowing that passanger cars are also reposible for twelve percent of the greenhouse gas. protection agencies are promoting car reduce as well as communities that are less dependent on cars. Vauban's streets are car free. 70 percent of vaubans families are also car free. The driveways, street parking and garages are all fobidden in that district.
However, Paris has faced another jepordising problem due to smog. Paris has been known to have the most smog than the rest of the European capitals. Due to this problem cars have been banned in order to clear the air pollution causing danger. This bad pollution can lead to sickness, weather changes that are bad and may cause people to inhale bad oxygen. People were commanded to leave their license plates at home or risk to pay a 22 euro fine that equals to 31$ dollars in American money. So far 4,000 people have paid this fine for not following this law. With this progress the pollution has cleared from Paris and has now gone to another place.
Innitially, traffic jams are a common problem in our everyday life. In Bogota, they face traffic jams and pollution. For this cause the citizens of Bogota have banned the usage of cars only allowing busses and taxis to be used. They have placed transportation instead of cars. People whp violate these rules are permitted to to pay a 25$ dollar fine. The reduce of cars in Bogota has helped clear the roads and make a dramastic change that has to do with the traffic jams they had been facing. Since there has been so much rain every single day in Bogota the air pollution has been reduced. People who visited Bogota had been mesmerized to the changes there has been of less pollution and traffic jams. Seeing the country all coaporate in this change.
Therefor, in the United states there has been a change of people reducing the use of cars. There has been a reduce in miles driven due to people who cant afford getting a car or paying for one. Childrens have not bothered to get a license because they had started to use bycicles, walking and transportation to get to their destination. There has been a major drop of 16 to 39 years old that didn't bother getting their license. Creating car pools is one of the greates way to reduce car usage. Communication also plays a role in this change. Having cell phones and communicating more with freinds would not always require driving. Although transportation also has its cons to car industry. A buisness plan has been made in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable.
In conclusion, countries have faced big problems due to all these causes of car usage. People had given up their cars and are now using transportaion, walking and Bycicles has helped get rid of all these problems countries were facing. People have decided to coaporate and help make a change has made an amazing progress. People from other countries have also been amazed seeing this change and mabey will also decided to apply this to their country for their safety. Now that cars have been reduced and transportation is provided in Germany, Paris, France, Bogota and the United States,pollution, traffic jams, space and transportation had all been solved. | 3 |
e85205c | We should keep the Electoral College because it helps the people choose a president easily then just by popular votes. The process that helps the people choose a president is easy thanks to the Electorl College. According to the source 1 "The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." (source 1).
The process for Electoral College is very simple for our Nation. The process as stated is "The Electoral College process consits of selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress." (Source 1). That is why we should keep the Electoral College because the process is that simple.
The reason we shouldn't get rid of the Electoral College because just electing a President on popular votes is not far to the states that don't get to many votes. As stated in the article " The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor." (Source 1). The disaster that comes with the electoral college can be catastrophic. | 2 |
e85e20c | The author explain how there is a posobility that people can still study about thing that they are never going to see in person, it is worth t to study Venus right now even if you can't acually go and see it with your eyes at least you're going to know a lot of thing about it. The author talks about porbably getting hurt if you try to get close to it but you can still find so many ways to get to it.
Some evidence from the text that you can use that tell you that it can be good to study about Venus is in paragraph 4 says, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was orobably coveres largelt with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth". These sentences just describs how they are actually talking about it and letting people know that it's fine to find knew thing just earth. We never thought earth was going to be save but we still came and learned a lot of it through out the years. Another reason why i chose these quotes was because it tells you that you havetokeep looking and finding knew thing all the time.
Another example from the text on why we should keep studdying knew this is in paragraph 7 it says, These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and plays an important role in the 1940s world war 2". This sentence just shows how they knew that by just studying and learning new thngs everything. In conclusion the author is right we should all keep studying new things all the time. | 2 |
e85e962 | Having limted car usage is very healthy for our world. We should have an international Car-free day! Bogota, Colombia does it every year! why not the whole world? In Paris, they partially banned carsl. According to "Paris bans driving due to smog" On Monday cars with an even-numbered liscense plate were not allowed to drive. The car traffic lowered 60%! Me being from Miami that's amazing! Not being scared to cross the street and actually make it somewhere on time is really great.
In Bogota, Colombia; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, very smooth sidwalks; rush-hour restrictions have cut traffic tremendousally! Carlos Arturo Plaza said "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," while on a two-seat bike with his wife. Stated in "The end of car culture" A study from last year found that driving by young people decreased 23% between 2001 and 2009. So if young people are already limiting their car usage, Why not the whole world?
I'm just trying to incourage people to limit their car usage. Like in Bogota and Paris, having so little traffic. It reduces the smog in the air. Having better sidewalks for people who doesn't have a car can walk on with out tripping. If it's impossible to have an international car-free day, let's have a major city car-free day or atleast incourage everybody to limit car usage would really help this world! | 3 |
e85f179 | Using a Facial action cosing system can be very useful in the future. Useing the Facial action coding sytem you could see how people are feeling at times. If you could tell if someone is happy or mad with out asking them, It could really help everyone in the world. This could help prevent way less fights and other negative things from going wrong.
While using the system you can name many postive things. As said in the artical its to make people smile. We need more smiling faces in the world. By telling if your happy or mad the machine could make the madness become into happiness. Many people dont like to talk about how they feel, but with the machine you could change all of that with out asking them.
Another postive thing about the Facial action coding system you can help kids in school. Every kid gets bored in school while learning something. Some teacher dont know there kids are bored and thats why they aren't learning the subject that well. Using the system teacher can make what there learning a little fun so the kids in the class will comprehind it better. This system could help the future generation on smartness and skills they need.
This system can make more then other people happy. It could make your self happy by using this system. Making people happy that aren't in the best of moods could bring a smile on your face. The fights and other bad things going on in the world are really starting to hurt. Using this sysyem could prevent or even stop the bad actions people are doing.
To have this kind of system we should be happy. There are so many good and postive changes we could do with it. We should use it to are advantage and make postive things happen. The Mona Lisa smile should bring a smiles to everyones face. If it doesnt by using Facial Action Coding system it should bring a smile to everyones face! | 3 |
e85ff31 | Have you ever thought what it would be like to get behind the wheel and not have to drive? Well in this day and age that might be a very real possibility. Technology is getting more and more advanced these days and car companies are working on cars that drive themseleves. I believe that would be very cool to have a car that could drive on it's own for the most part at least. Google has made cars that are mostly driverless except when you have changing road conditions such as construction or an accident. These cars work pretty good too. It's been tested and has driven over a half a million miles accident free.
I think driverless cars could be very beneficial because say your out drinking or you can't drive for some reason this car could take you home instead of having to call a cab or someone to pick you up. Also the could be used to teach people how to drive. You can put them behind the wheel and just let them get a feel of what it's like to have your hands on the wheel and feel the car turn and drive.
Other potential uses for a driverlees car could be preventing accidents. They could make cars with such good reaction time that it would stop before a human could possibly do it. I mean the car may need help with stuff like pulling in and out of driveways, but it can do stuff that most have trouble doing like parallel parking.
Before they allow these cars out on the road first they have to get rid of some of the laws and regulations about driverless automobiles. Like if a driverless vehicles is in an accident who's fault is it? The car owner or the company that made the car? These kind of things need to be sorted out before they can start allowing these vehicles on the street.
I think driverless cars will eventually become allowed on roads and highways everywhere. But it might take awhile to finish some of the issues and concerns with the cars and the laws. But eventually people will get asked how they got to work or school instead of saying they drove they will say my car drove me. | 2 |
e868006 | I think that driverless cars shouldn't be made. I say this because of all the problems i could see happening with these driverless cars that could lead to a loss of life. Although it does state in the writing that all the cars are not really driverless and still require human interaction, but i could still see something going wrong and someone getting injured or even killed. I also think that most humans drive well anyway even though there are a few crazy people out there doesnt mean that no one can drive, especially the people that have been driving for like 30 years.
My first reason I think driverless cars shouldn't be made is because who would want a driverless car that still requires a driver. For example "The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge. Admits Dr Werner Huber." I dont see any reason to want to halfway drive a car.
Secondly im sure the car would have problems and end up making the driver really angry. Then just think abut if the car messed up and got into an accident, who would be at fault the person or the manufacturer?.
Lastly i just think its not a good idea. I can see lots of things going wrong with this and i think people regulary driving is just fine. Now that i think about it i wouldn't feel safe in one of them. Overall i just feel it would be a bad idea and bad things will happen.
In conculsion I am against driverless cars being made. I chose to be against it becasue who would really want a driverless car even though it needs human assistance. Another reason is because i could see the cars having problems and end possibly getting someone killing in an accident. My final reason is because i jsut really dont think its a good idea in general. | 3 |
e86b941 | Venus was called "Evening Star", because its one of the brightes points of light in the night sky. Since Venus is a planet, the nickname has been misleading. Venus is the second planet from our sun, and its the closest planet to Earth. Venus has more than three decades that any single spaceship has touched down on Venus, since there's no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus, for more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Since Venus is hotter than the other planets, people can not live there for high pressure and heat. Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like, erupting vocanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. Long time ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth. | 1 |
e86c998 | If the story was told in first person then it would be telling us about how Luke thinks or feels. It would also say what he thinks about what he is doing,what he thinks about his friends, and what he thinks of helping others. But I bet he would think nice things about helping people because he saide that he liked the job. And when his friend asked him if he wanted to go with him he said that it was a once in a life time opportunity that it he didnt want to miss. He also said that it would be great to be in a helping team and he also liked the journey geting to Europe with his friend. Plus we would of know what he thought about the journey,the place he was helping and the job. And don't say that i'm wrong because it is true. And this is how it would look like if the story was in first person. We would also know what he thought about Italy, a city with streets of water. Plus we would also know what he thought about the castle and China. And we would of know how he felt when he craked his ribs ,or about the animal gaurd job. And what about all that fun that he had with his new friends playing base ball, vollyball, tabble tennies tournaments, fencing, boxing reading, and whittling. We would of know what he felt and thought of it. Did he like it or not. And how about his family we would of know what he thought of them. Of course he would say good things about them but still we would of know more about his thoughts and feelings. Acording to the passege luke said that it was more then an adventre to him because it opened his world and changed his life for ever. And it means that there is no better job then what he has now. | 1 |
e86e8a9 | As most of you may most likely know, whether it be through media or a friend, the 1976 Viking 1 spacecraft photographed what appeared to be a face in the Cydonia region on Mars. This so called face was created by shadows of rocks that made the illusion of eyes, a nose, and a mouth. In actuality, that's all this face is: an illusion. Many of us scientists are convinced that this "Face on Mars" is only just a mesa, although some of my fellow peers (as well as conspiracy theorists) are convinced that this face is a sign of alien life. In order to disprove the notion that the Face on Mars is in fact a sign of alien life, we (NASA) photographed the same mesa in the Cydonia region once more on April 5, 1998 using the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) which had a higher resolution camera than the Viking 1. This should have convinced the public and conspiracy theorists that the so called Face on Mars was only an illusion, as the photograph showed no face and only vague rocks and indents in the surface of the mesa, but no avail. They claimed that since it was cloudy when the picture was taken, it was covering up what the Face on Mars was supposedly hiding. So we set out to prove the conspiracy theorists wrong once and for all. On April 8, 2001 a final photograph was taken of the Face on Mars. This time, we used an even higher resolution camera (at 1.56 meters per pixel) on the MGS. What appeared was the exact same picture as we had taken in 1998. Alas, no one was satisfied and to this day conspiracy theorists still question that the Face on Mars is a mesa. Actually, the mesa that had the Face on Mars on it resembles many of the mesas we have here on Earth. As Garvin stated, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho". Another piece of evidence for the face being a mesa is that in the 2 photos following the original in 1976, the face was no where to be seen. If th conspiracy theorists were right, than the MGS photographs would have shown a face and even alien symbols as some theorists claimed those would be some of the markings in the face. Unfortunately for them, all that showed up on the images were rocks and indents. In conclusion, base on all of the evidence gathered throughout 25 years about the Face on Mars, all evidence points to it being a mesa. From the illusion it created once, but never recreated to the resemblance of the Mesa to ones found here on Earth. | 4 |
e871835 | I think that having the use of that technology in a class room. I think it would be a good idea because then teachers would know if something was wrong with the students and they could do something about it. Or if the students were not into the lesson the teachers was teaching and the teachers could try to change the lesson up a bit. It could also be helpful because if the student was sad the teacher would know and could try to help the student out in some kind of way. Or say like if the student was mad and the teacher didnt know the student could lash out of them and that would be bad but with the 3d computer the teacher could find out and could stay out of their way or try to help. Or say there was a bully in the class and the teacher didnt know and they had just made a new seating chart and they put the bully right by one of their victims and the student was scared you could use the 3d computer and check the student and see that he or she is scared you can solve the promblem right there and wouldnt have to worry about in the future. For example say if the teacher had a special day and she wanted to bring the students a treat so she baked some cookies and she brought the cookies to the students when their eating them she could check to see if they are happy and surprise that she brought them some cookies. Or if some of the students showed no the emotion to the teacher bringing them the 3d computer could tell them that. Say for example the students in the class took a test and normally everbody is feeling mad and bored but when they take this test all of them get a B+ or higher you could check the 3d computer and see they were all comfadent and ready for this test. In conclusion the 3d computer would be a good to use in a classroom and something teachers need. | 2 |
e872439 | the use of technology to read emotional expression of students in a classroom is not valuable . Its not valuable to read classmates emotions because its pointless plus if that were the case we should already be able to read minds .
In the text it states " we cant actually calculate their emotions". meaning it is possible but there is no purpose for it and Its weird on the creators point of veiw. the technology could give us the wrong sign of expression.
In the text it also states .."the facial expression for each of them are universal". Meaning that everyone is titled to their own emotion . why would you want to tamper with it for no reason. I don't think it would be reasonable for anything.
In conclusion The technology to read expressions of students are not valueable more like pointless or useless. every person has their own expressions and emotions. thats more like invading their privacy if you ask me . You can simply lookat the person's face to tell what kind of expresssion or emotions she/he is feeling. | 2 |
e8735f4 | You may have seen venus, or sometimes called te "Evening Star", as you were stargazing, but did you know its actually a planet. Venus is also our twin in relations to density and size. It is also a planet worth exploring or pursuiting because of how much it is like Earth.
Venus is very similar to Earth in regards to size and density. This is one reasons why it's worth pursuiting. In the article it states that, "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." If Venus was like Earth long ago we can learn from it and figure out why it changed into a very hot and into unhabital conditions. Venus is also worhty of exploring because NASA has an idea on how to send humans to Venus. If they were to successfully send someone to Venus the advancement in technology would be astounding.
Exploring Venus does seem like a good idea but have you thought of the dangers of doing so. Venus' average temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmosphere is almost 97% carbon dioxide. That is very dangerous conditions for a spacecraft let alone a human. In the article it says, "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." If a spacecraft can't even do it, can a human?
Yes it is very dangerous to explore Venus but the outcome weighs out the danger. If Venus is Earth's twin then Earth could do the samething. We need to research and explore the planet so we can see if they samething could happen to Earth. This can also give people at NASA a challenge to create something or some kind of ship that can withstand the harsh conditions. This could help with technology advancement and with the technology we may be able to go to place we've never been before.
Exploring Venus is worth it because of all the advanement that could happen. With exploring Venus can lead to so many possibilities. It can help with exploring other planets and maybe learn more about ours. It does pose a lot of risks but I feel like the outcome is greater than the risks. | 4 |
e8754f8 | "The Face on Mars" Could not be an alien creation becuase, it most likely would be more high tech because "Aliens" are lightyears ahead of our technology.
Also NASA said it was just a huge rock formation that was formed by shadows to create "The Face on Mars." Also Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and snapped a really good picture which first appeared on a JPL website that was confirmed that the face was not an Alien monument. Also if aliens were to create this "Face" why didnt people in space see them do it. The Mars Global Surveyor's took at picture at maxium pixel to show that this "momument" was accually a little bigger then a buttle or a mesa.
"The Face on Mars" is not an alien monument reason being they confirmed ot was in fact a rock formation that had shadows make it look like a face. | 2 |
e877365 | Imagine how would it be to use thsi technology in school. This tecnonology should be use for students to see their emotions. This technology would help teachers understand students more. Knowing how students feel would make teachers work easier.
This technology should be use for students to see their emotions . This will help teachers to see how they can help them. This technology would help teachers understand students more. They would know how they are feeling and why.
Understanding student emotions would make teachers work more easier because they would know exactly how students feel at that time. Teachers and students could also have a better relationship knowing how they both feel. you also learn more when you happy.
In conclusion this technology should be use. It will help teachers understand students more. This would be a good idea because teachers are not going to just think that their student is happy or sad. They would know exaclty how the student feels. students would be happy with the person that invented this. | 3 |
e880962 | Have you ever thought about joining the Seagoing Cowboys? If you haven't you definetly should. Just go ask Luke Bomberger. I am going to to be talking about his story and his reasons and stating some of my own. This job will actually make you want to get up in the morning to go to work, it's so awesome. Keep reading to find out my reasons you should definetly join this program.
My first reason is being able to travel to all these different countries and knowing your helping someone in need. This program is to bring animals to countries that need these anamils to survive. We are needing extra help to save all these children and family's in need.
Have you ever thought of wakeing up to see the beautiful bright blue ocean with the the juicy red morning sky right outside on the deck, well you can do this everyday on these long trips. Any shift you are working you get nice things like if you work morning shift you get the beautiful sunrise. While you are working you get all these extra nice things, I'm sure you'll love it.
My third and final reason is, YOU AREN'T EVEN WORKING HALF THE TIME. On the way back ,witch is half the trip, you have no animals to deal with so no work. In the article the author stated, " Luke also found time to have fun on board, especially on return trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed." There so many games you can play even while your on the boat, its a win win for you.
Let's do a recap on why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program, my first reason was that you are helping the ones in need. Next I talked about the view you have always wanted when you wake up,it's great. Finally I talked about that half the time you aren't even working. Thankyou for reading my this passage and I hope you think about becomeing a Seagoing Cowboy. | 3 |
e881a82 | in firts part venus is literally the "twin" of earth and this maybe is posible but we need to think more clearly about this,have the same stadistic maybe have the same materials with the propiedes.
but is too danger,so the only solution is wait,wait an develope suit and resources to help with this,because is big risk make this,because th air and almosphere is danger for all human with a normal suit.
but maybe "the sister planet" is posible to habit and use for help the human and his history?, maybe yes but right now : no because we dont have the resource and posibilities to make something right there,and the moment we need to search one one option for make this theory or more better to say : suposition.
right now the NASA have informatio for make more investigation and search more ways to get something or any result in the prosses about this "challenge", so is imposible arriva venus? , no but actually yes. | 2 |
e88318b | Our world of technology has come so far. Just to think that today scientists have found a way for computers to identify human emotions. This technonly is caled Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, and researchers have done studies to see if this tech would be valuable in a classroom setting. This technology is 100% valuable to sutdents in classrooms.
Using the FACS system in a classroom could completely change the world of learning; and for the better! Lead scientist, Dr. Huang, says that, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This software can tell what students are feeling and they can constructively change the lesson to make it more interesting and understandable to the student. By being able to "recognize when a student becomes confused or bored" the system could then edit the learning program to the students learning style to keep them intriuged and help them become a more active learner.
This technology is clearly useful and effectivge in a classroom setting. Using this technology may mean that a lot of classroom learning will need to be completed on computers, but lets be honest, that is what our world is coming to anyways. Technology is taking over our lives and almost everything, from shopping to communicating, is being done online. So there isn't much change going on if we move our classroom ciriculum to the internet. This will completely benifit the student and improve their learning so there is no way that this new system is not valuable to all students in classrooms. | 4 |
e883e8d | Can you imagine sitting in class taking a test on a computer and all of sudden you hear your teacher say, " The computer gave me a message saying by the way you are looking at the test the camera read your face, and is saying your 93 percent nervous and 7 percent confused. Why didn't you study? ". The computer read tour facial muscles and gave your teacher feedback. I think using technology to read students emotions would not be valuable in a classroom.
Even though have a computer or some machine telling me that i feel a certain way sounds cool, it's not going to benefit students in a school enviroment. I say this because , students already stress enough. Why tell them that they're stress? That will make thing worse. Say for instince, a student is having a bad day andhe comes to class mad your tell they're mad is just goin to make them MORE mad. In the artice it saids, "Eckman has classified six basic emotions..." there are way more than six emotions that exist. So what happens when your non of those emotions, say your depressed and computer says your angry, then the computer is wrong.
One other thing everyone says, phones and elcetronics are a destraction to teens, why bring a machine in to the agurement and tell the students they aren't in a good mood. So everytime they a feeling a certain way they are worried about someone else telling them how they feel because a machine said they feel some type of way. Therefore making the worry about someone elses in their business and trying to mask the emotions completely so a computer system won't detect any emotion, instead of doing the work assigned in class.
In conclusion, the use of technology is good to certain point, and bringing a machine that reads peoples emotions to a school with moody teens is not a good idea. It will eventually cause more problems that wouldn't of been started if someone else unwillingly told them how they felt. | 3 |
e88653e | Cars are a part of everyday life. You use them to drive to school, to work, out to eat, or to the movies with all of your friends. But what if you didn't have cars? What if you werent allowed to use them? Many places around the world, like Europe, Colombia, Paris, and even some parts of the United States, have started to end the car culture. This has proven to be very beneficial in keeping the earth clean, safe, and and healthy.
Greenhouse gas emissions from tail pipes in cars have been a big culprit in pollution. In paragraph 5 in the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," it states cars are responsible for 12% of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50% in widely used car areas in the United States. In Paris, they inforced a partial driving ban to clear their air after near-record breaking days of pollution. Paris has more smog than other European capitals, having had 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter, which compared to other paces like London, who only 79.9, that's a lot of smog. With limited driving, the pollution will decrease and benefit the environment over time.
Not only does the limited use of cars increase the overall health and safety of Earth, it helps keep us safe too. Multiple car accidents happen every single day around the world. As you would know, without cars, there would be no car accidents. Accidents such as these can be caused by traffic. When driving on the highway with cars surrounding you, all going 70 mph, there's a high risk of getting into an accident. During France's partial ban of cars, the congestion, or car traffic, was down 60% than normal. This lessened the chance of accidents and made the roads more safe, for both drivers/pasangers, and those walking along the streets.
Since cars would no longer be in use, how would you get around? In Columbia, many citizens hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during their car free day. Without the use of cars, Americans and others would actually get up and move to get to where they need to go, which isnt something that's common anymore. America is the most obese country in the world, with most of the top obese cities residing in Texas. Cars give us another excuse to not be active in our everday lives. If everyone had limited use of cars, everyone as a whole may get the daily exercise they need to say at a healthy state.
Although cars are useful to get us to the places we need to go fast, they are not required or needed. They let off gases that are harmful to our environment, can be hazardous to ourselves and others, and should be replaced to play against obesity and unwellness. The cons of cars outweigh the pros and everyone should be turning off their cars and stepping outside. | 4 |
e88655c | The use of technology to determine the emotional expression of students in a classroom is not valuable. I personally do not think that a computer can analyze a human face and determine in percentages what their emotions are. A human can not be 2% angry and 75% happy. A computer can only determine what looks like on the outside, but not in the inside.
We humans can guess by looking at someone if they are upset, furious, meloncholoy, or estatic. Humans can determine that by their body character or their facial expressions. We cry when we are angry, sad, or happy. A computer could not know that. We ask how they're feeling and most of the time humans can lie about their emotions. They tend to hide them within a smile or a laugh. People may look angry, but that's their natural face expressions. In a room full of students, you are going to get many different emotions depending on what time it is during the day. If it's the morning, students will most likely be tired or sleepy. If it's around noon they may be hungry. During the afternoon students will most likely to be ready to leave school. The time of day can have a mega impact on a person's mood.
A computer may have an estimated guess on a person's mood, but it will never determine it. Us humans are special. We have many different ways we express emotion. We may feel many emotions at the same time, but a computer system could not determine that. We change how we feel all the time. We may not express it either. The FACS system may mistake our emotions through one picture. They could see a picture of you crying and decided that your sad, but in reality you're crying of laughter. In my opinion, you can not decide the expression of Mona Lisa just by looking at one painting. If they had a document saying she was happy most of the time her portrait was painted, then would believe it. Since they don't, I don't believe in anything FACS has documented.
The use of technology can not determine ones emotion(s). Only we can decide on what we feel or how others feel. I strongly believe that we are the only ones who can see emotion. | 3 |
e88bae9 | There are many ways to limiting car usage it would be better for the enviorment put more cash in ur poket for useing less gas and it would be much safer for your if it gona have a cerfiu.
there is goods things about having a car like getting to places faster. If you dont have one you have to walk which means exersicse so youd be in better shape then in all the car riders. youd also have more money because with no car you dont have to buy no 40,000 parking spot or waste money on gass ever week and a half . youd e saving the enviorment by not realysing toxic fumes in to our atmosphere which creates global warning which mealts the ice in our poles and your basicly killing pinguens. dont be a pinguen killer.
i think if they were to put a cerfui on driving out at night time less bad stuff would happen let me explain my self. If i somthing were to happen to me like getting kid naped and i dont retuen home by 3;30 yor gona knoe somthing is wrong and maybe it might even save my life.
then our goverment could make money by giving us tickets but hopefully its not a lot because ufortuanetly not every one has a little cash in there pockets like some of us do.
If in case it past the curfui and u need to get home you could just walk home or have the cops take you home beause all cops are free taxis. If you didnt know. its aslo totaly free. cops arnt just here to give you tickets. | 2 |
e88da5f | Electoral college
PROPER_NAME
The electoral college should be changed it is confusing to some and straight up a waste of time to everybody else. In soure two part "
What's wrong with the electoral college
" paragragh ten it says something that I think will help my claim a lot. "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." Now if this statment is true then how would you know what or who these people stand up for or even who picks out the electors in the first place?
This qoute might be the think that I agree with the most. At the same source as last time but this time in one paragragh down. It says "the single best argument agianst the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. The american people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system allows for much worse." Now just remeber when I said who elects those people anyway, well I did some reading and it said that the state legislature are technically responsible for picking electors, but the electors can always defy the will of the people.
Now all of the evidence should make you want to get away with the electoral college, but if ot then this last paragragh should it will tell you everthing that i already have but in a diffrent point of view. In paragragh thirteenteen of the
"What's wrong with the electoral college"
source it agrees with every thing that I have typed. It says that At most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters.Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning, foucsing only on the tight races in the
"swing"
states." Now if am rght then every one who reads this exet mabye the electoral college will agree that it is unfair, outdated, and irrational. | 3 |
e88fa76 | The author challenges the NASA and the scientists to explore Venus without worrying any dangers in that planet, which is weird to think about. But I think I know the reason why he says that. NASA and the scientists give a simple job for a Astronaut "Go to the planet Venus, and collect some samples for us.", he/she goes to that planet and gets into trouble that causes him/her to die (sorry). So they have no idea what to do, except the author, he makes an idea to make a ship to hover safely without any danger, and try not to land.
An another reason that he says that, is because he didn't want us to look at a dangerou side, but to like in the curiosity and the imaginative side. Paragragh 8 states that "Our tavels on Earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet thee very edges of imaginaion and innovation.". The Last reason I could think of is that NASA could be smarter than today, they could make computers without any electronics at all, they could make a clothing with heating disability, the legs of the ship magnesium, and probably a shield to protect himself/herself without getting hit. The scientists could help with them to probably claim any planet with the brains of a team.
In conclusion, He said that phrase not to be careless of dying for the cause of the World's End, but to support the team. If they complete the challenge, then they could be the greatest (and only) NASA in the planet. If they couldn't do it, then that's okay, we could just live in an another planet or die to live in Heaven. We could support them too with just a little bit of our brain and love. (I'm not a Zombie.) | 2 |
e8919c1 | Dear Mr. Senator:
The Electoral College has been around for quite some time. It has aided us in the election of the president for years. Is it truly fair though? Are the right votes being expressed? Whilst the Electoral College has a history for determining and appointing the president, I believe that it is not quite fair as it doesn't use the direct votes of the people, the slate of electors have the ability to defy the will of the people, and the voting system just isn't fair.
To start off, in this system of voting, the actual votes of the people aren't used. The people vote for a slate of electors who in turn vote for the president. These electors can be appointed by state conventions, the state party's central committee, or even the presidential canidates themselves. These electors may be chosen and then paid to vote for a certain canidate and therefore swinging their decision to an obvious bias. This is quite troubling as when it comes down to the actual counted vote, it really isn't the will of the people as a whole, it's the will of those few electors who have the ability to vote for the other canidate rather than the one they are chosen to vote for.
That being said, the electors that are chosen may have been chosen for a certain canidate, but are payed off to vote for the other. Though this is unlawful, it is a possibility. The people vote for these people rather than the president themselves, so the decision rests on this slate of electors. Should they change their mind on who they want to vote, or should they be paid in someway, they could defy the will of the greater people who have voted for them.
Having established that it is not the actual vote of the people, but a slate of electors electing the president, the number of actual votes do not go towards the president. Though a canidate may have the highest number of popular votes, if they do not have the highest number of electorial votes, they are not going to win. I believe this isn't right as the votes for the president should come directly from the poeple. If a canidate has the highest amount of popular votes, I believe that canidate is the one that should be appointed president because it is the greater people that favour them.
In closing, I believe that the of the Ellectoral College should be abolished as it isn't the vote of the poeple being used, the slate of electors always has the ability to defy the greater will of the people, and the over all system just isn't fair. There are many kinks to this process that I believe direct voting will take care of. I acknowledge that such a transition would be quite the lengthy process, but I would like to see the change happen. Wouldn't you like to see the actual voice of the people expressed?
Thank you for your time and I truly hope you take my words into concideration,
PROPER_NAME | 4 |
e8976d7 | If i was convincing someone that the the face on the planet mars is not a created by aliens i would say. That the reason it looks like that is because it formed a shadow giving the illusion of the eyes, nose, and mouth. and if he still didn't believe me i would say that. They had sent a Mars Global Surveyer arriving at The Red Planet in Sept. of 1997 18 years after the Viking mission ended and then on April 5 of 1998 when tyhe Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time the Mars Orbitor camera team snapped a picture 10x sharper then it was on the original viking photos which would reveal that it was just a natural landform and that there was no alienmonument after all and just a illusion of a shadow. And this infrmation would prove to him that it's not a monument created by aliens and that i was just a illusion created by shadow reflecting light. | 1 |
e897b21 | Do you believe that the face on Mars was created by aliens? Well you are incorrect, with scietific fact the face was not from aliens and was always on Mars. Man people believe that the face on mars was created by aliens because of the theroist but NASA wishes there was an ancient civilization on Mars but there is no sign of one.
Scientist believe the face wwas just another Martian mesa, which was common enough around Cydonia.
Scientist also took photos called viking photos of this face in 1976, 1998, and 2001. With new high-resolution images and 3D altiemetryfrom NASA's mars global survey spacecrafts reveal the face on mars for what it really is a mesa.
People at NASA wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars but facts show that the face was just part of the Earth's geography. For instance people believe that the aliens built the face to show they are living, but one camera team took a picture ten times sharper then the original viking photos. MAny people were waiting for the results and the results showed that it was just a natural land form and not an alien creature after all.
Not everyone was satisfied with the photos, this was because the face was located in a place where it was a cloudy time of year. people believed that under the wispy clouds they would find alien life. so on a cloudless sumer day they took another photo to show there was no sign of alien life. After taking the photo and observing it evidence showed that there was no sign of alien life.
Some of NASA would try to believe that there must be alien life on Mars but they could not find evidence to prove their point. In conclusion scientists proved that the face was just a landmark on Mars. They also proved that there is no sign of alien life on Mars. | 3 |
e89c701 | Dear Senator,
I believe that we should keep Electoral Colleges but massive changes to the system. These changes would help prevent ties, avoid a large number of "swing" state, and also make elections easier. For one to prevent ties, that is a hard thing to prevent cosidering we have no control over who someone votes for but it can be solved. If, in case of a tie, we due a tie braker as you will. There will be a revotation process with 499 voters, these voters are picked at random in the city data base. "...for example, Obama recieved 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him."
Number 2 is to solve swing states, again this is something it is hard to prevent but can be solved. There needs to be an equal number over information distributed among the states and so forth. For the conclusion of making elections easier, we need to make the more convenient. It takes a long time to vote for you and could be faster. Although the electoral system is slightly flawed we still need to keep the "peoples" president, and there are not manyn other ways to do this than to due the system we have now. The only major problem is the the system is out of date. | 2 |
e89eaf8 | I myself am agaisnt the idea of having driverless cars. One reason we should not allow this is the simple fact that, what if someone finds a way to hack into the cars systems and kill millions of lives; who takes the fall for that? Or say that the cars somehow go ballistic, and turn against the owners of the mobile and purposely crash. There would not be any way to prevent it from happening because the car has no way to be self controlled. For example in paragrah nine it states " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?".
Another reason why I do not agree with driverless cars is the fact that would it even be fun to drive in a car anymore. That fifteen or sixteen year that just now got there permit doesn't even get the chance to experience driving in the sense that they are not even able to control the car. They would simply sit in the drivers seat waiting for a beep or a flash signaling them to take control for a few minutes, then the funs over. For example in paragrah eight the author asks the question " Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" I completly argree with the answer yes to this question. Who wants to wait their turn to drive? I am sure the teen wants to control the car on their own and have fun while doing it.
My final reason in why I do not agree with driverless cars is that, say every state allows driverless cars and they release these mobiles. I am sure that the media will indulge in the idea and it will become big. But what happens when the first accident happens? The whole world will know. Do the companies shut down the manufacturing that cost millions of dollars and years of hard work. Or do they just allow the citizens to keep driving until there or more fatalities. The price of the cars would be very expensive I am sure. So say I buy one for lets just say the estimated price of 60,000 dollars. The following week the car is working fine, therefore, I am loving the new technology. Then in the middle of driving down I-65 the car shuts completly down and I cannot control it nor start the car back up. What do I do? Just risk getting out and asking for help, or stay in the car and eventually back up traffic for miles? Also, I will not forget the fact that I spent most of my saving on this car and sold my reliable station wagon I bought last year. So I am in a bind and have no way out of it. Who do I blame? Myself for making the decision, or the company that promised me a reliable, safe driverless car? So before you jump to conclusion, think about every possible outcome before you make a world changing decision. | 4 |
e8a05dd | Driverless cars
Driverless cars are a interesting subject to speak about, they are said to come in the near future, as stated by Sebastian the founder of the Google Car project, but are they really safe. Driverless cars have always been a fascinating idea in televison, but they seem to be dangerous, expensive, and interface with the law.
Driverless cars are amusing to those who look forward to this new technology, and its unreal and amazing that a car drive it's self, but is it safe? "Driverless cars" at the time seem to already struggle with the navigation and attention of the driver to prevent accidents from occuring. As stated by the article, " This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." Driverless cars today aren't all that beneficial and requiredue the attention of drivers, how can we be positive that the new cars said to come will be ready to prevent accidents without the requirence of human attention? Not only do these cars seem to be safeless, but due to all that worl that is said to come and all the new technology, dont they seem expensive and out of reach?
The driverless cars are said to come, but with the technology that will be invested into this project, it seems to be out of reach from those who are interested. As stated by the article, "...but how much smarter did the cars need to be? For starters, they needed a whloe lot of sensors." This shows that the "driverless cars" today needed a lot of work put into them, and gives a view of how these cars were made and now compared to the soon to come real driverless cars, how much will be invested for someone who is interested.
Driverless cars amuse the world with the idea that they will soon be here and will require no human at the wheel, but say it doesnt turn out well and the car is invlolved into an accident what will happen? Who will be responsible for the occurence that has happened? As stated by the article, " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver or the manufacturer?" If all fails, what will the law say and who is to be blamed for? Laws will need to be undated with the upcoming driverless cars, as stated by the article, " ...in order to cover the liability in the case of an accident." Even with laws updated, not every state is allowing the testing of the new cars to come, knowing that they are unsure of the safety of others.
In conclusion, the subject of driverless cars has always been a fascinating idea in televison and amuse thos interested and curious, but are they safe and is it also safe to safe they are? What will happen if they fails and cause someone's life? Driverless cars are said to be safe, but are they really? | 3 |
e8a0cd3 | There are always peple saying that aliens are alive and maybe that there is going to be an alien invasion. In 1976, a Mars Global surveyor (MGS) found an image of a peron or as MGS says a "a Viking photo." I believe the image of the Viking is just a landform and it wasn't created by aliens. I will explain to you why i think it's a landform.
I believe the image is a just a landform because scientists haven't discovered life yet on mars even though they have found water on Mars. In paragraph 2, the author states, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydnia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoah." I agree with this statement because if the Martian mesa was made again, that means that they will be around for a long time and it will never disappear. The author also states that people think the image or the Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars. By the looks of the images, I could see that every year they have taken it, I can see that it's disappearing. In the introduction, it says, "New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars for what it really is is: A mesa." If people want evidence of aliens or other creatures, they will have to do research on their spare time because scientists have a job to do and they will only do what they are ordered to do. Just to be clear, when they took the photos of the Face on 1976,1998, and 2001, the technology wasn't as advanced as it is today but, if we take a photo of it today, I believe there will probably be another one of the landfoms or probably we might see the Face but just slowly disappearing. These were some of my reasons to argue with to support my belief of the Face being a natural landform.
In conclusion, the image of the Face was just a myth and I will never say it was created by aliens. Aliens aren't even real, that hasn't benn confirmed or said. Not one scientist has said that they have seen a living creature on any planet walking or doing anything. These were just rumors and it can be said as a myth if people want. Based on these reasons, I believe the Face is just a natural landform on Mars. | 3 |
e8aa91d | There has been theories and plans for driverless cars for the future. Scientists have been researching for many years trying to find a way where cars drive themselves. That day has finally came, to a certain extent. These "driverless" cars still need the assistance of humans. So these cars cannot fully drive themselves. The new technology that people are putting into cars, just does not seem like a very well thought out idea. Anything could happen to these driverless cars. In my eyes, and probaly many other eyes, there should not be such a thing where cars drive themselves.
Like I said before, "anything can happen to these driverless cars." Well, that is true. For instance, there could be a malfunction somewhere in the technology when a person is driving on the instertate. And potentially harm that person or many other people. These cars have sensors all around them, they also have dubbed LIDAR to see a 3D image of everything that is happening and sense when they are close to an object or not. What if some of those sensors broke, or something happened to the sensors where they could not detect anything. That person could possibly get injured really bad. Or even put other people at state. Driverless cars can be very dangerous to people and their surroundings. Another problem with these cars is who will be liable if there happened to be an accident? Would it be the driver or the manufacturer? That is one thing that has yet to be determined.
There has been multiple different design plans for these driverless cars. Some of them involved putting dubbed LIDAR and sensors all around and in the car. Others have involved running electrical cables through roads that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car. Just all sorts of different ideas. But how are people going to pay for these driverless cars. How are scientists going to provide the cost for these cars and run electrical cables through every single road. It is going to be outrageous to construct all of those ideas. Nobody in the right mind is going to want to pay for a car that only drives itself at certain aspects and that cannot guarantee their safety when driving.
Many thoughts and ideas about these driverless cars are genius. Who would not want a car that could drive itself? These cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themseleves. Driving the car still needs human access, but not like it would if these cars could do these things. Driverless cars could change the world as we know it. But there are certain restrictions that need to be solved first.
These driverless cars can be help to some. Could be harm to others. Anything could happen to the car that could potentially harm that person or other people. The liability factor of the car is a big risk. If the car malfunctions, it would be the drivers fault? Nobody wants to deal with that. There are so many cons to this idea of self driving cars. Until scientists or somebody figures out how to make those problems less dangerous, or more reliable. People are not going to think that driverless cars will start to change the world. | 4 |
e8af119 | "The Face on Mars" appears as you search the universe with a satellite. What is this thing, and who has created it? As a scientist, I believe that this monstorous thing is just a landform created by thousands of years of evolution. The Face on Mars can be proven to be a natural landform because it appears to be a mesa with unusual shadows, a sharp picture proved that it was just a landform, and it's very hard to locate this Face.
For starters, Martian mesas are very common around Cydonia. This one wasn't a huge surprise, although it had unusual shadows that gave the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. After "NASA unveled the image for all to see, it was noted that it was only a 'huge rock formation.'" Through this passage we can observe that the Face is only a natural landform.
Secondly, "On April 5,1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." Many people thought that it might be something created by aliens and were waiting for the arrival of the evidence. The picture proved that the Face wasn't some ancient alien sculpture, but instead, a natural landform.
Additionally, The Face on Mars isn't any easy landform to find. Jim Garvin says, "It's not easy to target Cydonia. In fact it's hard work." For the span of twenty-five years they only caught three glimpses of it. Garvin also noted that they don't pass over the face very often. If an alien had created this monument, then they would have made it easy to see and very noticeable. This is not how the Face is made.
Some would say that perhaps alien marking were hidden by the haze. However, any alien smart enough to make a geographical feature, would be smart enough to make it big and bold. Any alien feature would be seen clearly, even through a haze of clouds. So, in fact, this feature is just a natural landform.
In conclusion, as a scientist at NASA, I can assume that this Face is not a monument built by aliens. We have concluded that it is a natural landform. the reasons for our conclusion land on the evidence of a picture that was taken, the fact that mesas are common around Cydonia, and finally, it's hard to locate this face, which would be unlike anything an alien creates. By looking at the image and the information that has been provided to us, we can conclude that this Face is most certainly a natural landform. | 4 |
e8b73b1 | Sure driving your car is the fastest and most convenient way to reach your desired destination. But is it the most friendly to the environment? The answer is no. Decreasing the amount of vehicles permitted on publis streets would greatly help reduce this issue. Driving an automobile is very harmful for Earth. Many countries have been trying to decrease the amount of vehicles on the streets.
In Vauban, Germany, the residents have almost completely given up driving. Home garages, street parking, and driveways are forbidden here. The roads are completely car free except for public transportation. Car ownership is allowed, with the consequence of paying $40,000 for a spot to park, along with a house. Vauban's ideas are being adopted around the world.
Over in Paris, partial driving bans have been enforced to help prevent the build up of smog. Every Monday drivers with even-numbered license plates are not permitted to drive. The same rules applied to people who drove vehicles with odd-numbered license plates on Tuesday. If they failed to follow their orders they will be fined with with a 22-euro, or $31, fine. About 4,000 motorists were fined and a recorded 27 had their vehicles impounded because of their ractions to the fines. Because of the warm days and cold nights, car emissions were trapped under the warmer layer of air. Enough smog cleared on Monday so they dropped the Ban for Tuesday.
Bogota, Columbia had a program which involved millions of Columbians skating, hiking, biking, etc. This was during a "car-free day" where only public transportaion was allowed. Their goal is to reduce smog and promote alternative transportation. Any violators were fined $25. Other Columbian cities such as Cali and Valledupar eventually joined the event. Since then, 118 miles of bicycle paths have been constructed.
There are many ways to reduce the amount of gases released into the atmosphere. Limiting the amount of automobiles permitted on the streets is one of the biggest ways to solve this issue. If everyone would join in on these events we could restore what we have taken away from the environment. | 3 |
e8c0a8e | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggest that Venus is worhty of being studied despite the dangers that it presents. Us humans have landed on the Moon and sent and leanded rovers on Mars why not try and land a rover on Venus. The author does a good job of supporting his/her claim that we should go to and study Venus more, by talking about how it may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, sending blimp-like vehicles to hover above the surface, and testing that NASA has done.
Venus may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. In the article the author states "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." the author says in paragraph 4 is "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." the authors means that since Venus has all of these terrains that are similar to Earth that it may have had liquid water on the surface and the right temperatures to support life.
In the next paragrphs the author talks about imagining sending a blimp-like vehicle to venus to hover around 30 miles above the surface like how our jet planes fly at a higher altitude to avoid flying in storms. towards the end of paragraph 5 it states that the "temperautres would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth." This shows that if we use the right materials we could fly the blimp-like aircraft and study how the air pressure is and the exact degrees the atmosphere would be.
Lastly, the author explains on how the testing that NASA has done. In the text the author says "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus... some simplified electronicsmade of silicon carbide have been tested.. simulating the choas of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." this shows that the author is getting information from a reliable source (NASA). The author also dives deeper and talks about how another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers and that they can resist physical conditions better than modern computers.
In conlusion, the author did a great job saying that Venus is worthy of studying even though the dangers that it presents to us.
he/her supported their idea well with reasons like, how Venus may well once been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system saying that earlier in Venus's lifetime that it was probably covered in water and supported various lifeforms. Another reason was to imagine sending a blimp-like spacecraft to hover 30 miles above the surface o Venus, and , Lastly the test that NASA has been doing to spacecrafts to withstand Venus's surface for at least three weeks. This are good reasons to back up the claim that the author has made. | 4 |
e8c4fce | I think that it is just a landform becuse. When I look at the pictures that are shown in the passage from 1976, 1998, and 2001. They are all different. They dont look like they were made by aliens. In the passage it says " And so on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the First time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than original Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL wed site, revealing. . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all."
In paragraph 8 it says that not everyone was satisfied. They say the face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April '98. So the mission controllers prepared to look again. "it's not easy to target Cydonia," says Garvin. "In fact, it's hard work.' Mars Global Sureyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks stright down and scans the planet like a fax machine in a narrow 2.6 km-wide strips."
They say that The Face on Mars has become a pop icon. it has starred in a Hollywood film, and appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows. Even haunted grocery store checkout lines fir 25 years. I think that it is really amazing that they talk about things on mars because no one really talks about it.
Some believed that the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at red Planet in Sept. 1997,eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended.
So what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or a mesa. Landforms are common around the American West. "it reminds me most of middle Butte in the Snake river plain of idaho," says Garvin. " Thats's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." | 3 |
e8c970f | The author does not do the best job of explaining why it is a good idea to explore Venus. This is due to the fact that he has more reasons of why scientists shouldn't go to Venus, instead of reasons they should go to Venus.The author has multiple paragraphs that could be considered rebuttals, but only a few that support his argument.
There are eight paragraphs total in the article. Six of them talk about why one might say no to the idea.The authour also gives really scary examples such as "These conditions are for more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth; such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquify man metals." The author also states, "Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere." If you are trying to get people to agree with you, it would be a better idea to not frighten them.
If Venus has that high of a atmospheric pressure, how would a scientist study venus? The author says the atmospheric pressure can crush submarines, but he never says how one can study the planet if nobody can even get on it. The author needs to put himself in the readers shoes more often, and answer questions an inexperianced person may have. He can not assume people know if there is technology capable of sending people to unreachable destinations. Many people in the world do not know if there is technology of this capability. | 3 |
e8ce1b0 | Dear state senator,
In my opinoin I think we should absolutely keep the Electoral College system. I think we should keep the way we elect our presidents because it's a non-democrac way. It's also easy and fast by killing two birds with one stone. Our founding fathers compromised the Electoral system and since we can't get rid of our admendments and change the Constitution I don't tink we should get rid of the Electoral College system. It may be old, but new things aren't always the best things. I think if the Goverment wanted to change it they should try it on a state first before they roll it to the rest of the nation, and we all know the goverment isn't that smart and won't do it because we are their test animals.
Another reason to keep the Elctoral system is because it's easy and effciant. If we just have the elction just be based off votes and not popular party it would be messy. The Electoral College System allows certainity of outcome. No run-off election because mostly likely there will be no tie. No arguing about the president being from a certain place or region so that state favors the president. Winner-takes-all system allows the people to pay close attention to the election. Swing states allow a little excitement during the election because some states like Florida you don't know which way they are going to go. Big states also like Florida gets the president on the edge because the can loose every small state and still win with the big ones.
270 votes are not a lot of votes to win an elction with, but every vote counts. Some people may not vote because there are only two parties that most of the nation only cares about the Republicans and the Democrats. Some people dont like tovote in fear of their party not winning due to its unpopularity. But everyone should vote to express there politcal power. That's why we should keep it because if we change it we're changing our minds in the way vote. | 3 |
e8d2ce4 | In my opinion driverless cars are safer and more efficien than nomal car.In paragraph five of the passage it says, "the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and ruduce power from the engine,allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." A driverless car can be safer on the road because it wont get distracted by something else and will have better reaction time than a human.Humans can easily sometimes get distracted by things they see while driving or by their phone.A driverless car will still need a driver when needed to navigate a work zone or around accidents.
If the driver gets tired or needs to call or text someone the driverless care can drive itself safety and the driver will not cause an accident,because he did not pay attention to the road. The driverless cars can be used to reduce traffic because it will cause less accidents. It can also be used to get a drunk person home safe without any accidents occuring.The driverless care can also help people that are learing to drive by assisting them on the road and preventing accidents.Driverless cars can also help people get to their destination without getting lost.
Driverless cars are smarter than humans.They can break by themselves when the sensors detect another car behind them to prevent an accident.Driverless cars also have the ability to break faster than a human can.In paragraph five of the passage it says, "the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and ruduce power from the engine." They can also assist old people while they are driving to reduce road accidents.
Driverless cars can also help our planet.Driverless cars will use less fuel and be more efficient than normal cars are now.In the first paragraph of the passage it says " The cars he forees would use half the fuel of today's taxis." The reduction of fuel beign use will help our ecomony and our planet.It will help our planet by reducing all the harmful toxic gases that go up into our atmosphere every day.
In conclusion driverless cars will make the roads safer,reduce accidents, help our planet and our economy.With driverless cars on the roads it wil make our roads safer.It will also help our economy grow and rise.It will also help our planet and ruduce the toxic gases in our atmosphere.Driverless cars are the future. | 4 |
e8d8944 | In society today transportation is neccessary to keep most things going. Cars are one of the biggest transportation devices used. The advantages of limiting car usage range from taking away stress to lowering air pollution.
Stress is one of the biggest factors faced while driving. Continuously having to check for cars around you, looking for open spaces to race by the car infront of you, and waiting in those horrible traffic jams that waiste useful time in your life. Reducing the amount of car usage will lead to exercise which reduces stress and less waiting time for multiple things. As stated in source 1, paragraph 3 a resident of Vauban says "When I had a car I was always tense." Mentally driving is a lot to handle and always has you worried no matter how comfortable your car is.
A really big problem in our environment today is air pollution. Reduced car usage leads to less gas having to be drilled from oil mines and places underground. It also comes with a bundle of less smog and a stronger, cleaner, atmosphere. Even a businessman in Columbia commented "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," in source 3 paragraph 24 as he participated in the annual car-free day. The better the environment and air pollution the healthier the oxygen.
Helping the Earth is essentially and always will be helping our selves. | 3 |
e8d9d6f | Do you know what Sea Cowboy is? Well its alot of fun. You should become one just like me. You get to see cool places all around the world, your helping the world, and you will meet lots of new people from different areas of the world. This is a great chance for all people, even teenagers. You will ride a boat with a captain all over the world.
You get to see cool places all around the world like China and Europe. You can explore them too. There are also cool activities you can do in these countries. For example, you could eat there type of food,or go sight seeing, trust me its beautiful. There are lots of things to do when you've arrived at a different country. This is a life changing experience that you might not get a chance to do. This might be your only chance to be a Sea Cowboy.
Your helping the world a bunch by giving other countries horses that they might not have because of a war or natural causes and so on. This helps you become a better person and it helps other countries and the people your giving the horses to. This helps everyone in that country because they might not have a car and there horse died ,and that was there only transpertation and they don't have any horses left that they can buy. If we give them horses, now that family has transpertation again. So this will help others and yourself.
You would meet lots of new people in these countries and you meet your crew. You meet Chinese and Eurpeon people and more. You would learn new languages from all over the world. You could learn lots of things from the people in other countries. For example you could learn there culture and what type of food they eat or even there style of houses. This will stay with you forever in memory. It will be one of the most fun experience you'll ever think about. These people can tell you about there life and what they have been through.
This was surely fun for me but I sadly will have to move on next year. I now that if you do this, you'll be sad when you have to move on too. But you'll remember all the cool places, how you help different countries in the world, and how you meet all those nice people and talked about there background. Trust me this was a experience of a life time. That I and you, would never forget. | 3 |
e8dcd9e | In the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" there are examples proving that this is just a landform. In the beginning of the article is starts out with the things that could have been true such as an alien artifact. Throughout the years technology gradually improved, therefore we could see more. Some still don't believe that it could just be a landform, but I am going to try to give you multiple examples so you can see what we saw.
The first part of the article is information about what we found. It mentions how everyone made a big commotion about the Face. Who wouldn't though? We don't see this often, but it is in fact a butte or mesa. Back in 1976 we didn't get the best picture. So we got closer tried to get the best shot possible. After we got closer, also in 1976, we ended up with a success and get a clear photo. Yes, it did look like a face, also depending on which angle you look at it though. Some say it looked like it resembled an Egyptian Pharaoh. It took a lot of research to realize what it was, we had an idea but we weren't so sure in the beginning.
We have people believing that NASA is lying. I can assure you we are not lying. With our budget, we wish there was an ancient civilization. This would be a breakthrough! So for everyone skeptic, and the people thinking we are lying it isn't true. We put so much money and time into researching this. It isn't an easy proccess. It's actually really hard, you have things you have to find out. We also didn't want to give out false information. We had to let people know the truth and that is why we didn't just tell everyone there was a face (landform) on Mars right away.
Eventually it led to the media. The Face was all anyone was talking about. It was everywhere. In the article it talks about how it became a "pop icon." It talks about how this ended up starring in a Hollywood film. It appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. It was all people would talk about in the grocery lines as well, or as the article calls it, "haunted grocery store checkout lines." This went on for 25 years. This was a very big conspiracy, well that's what some wanted to believe. Since it was everywhere and there were so many rumors about it, this got the people who were big conspiracy theorists all wound up. No matter what information we presented them with, they just didn't want to believe, they were feeding into their own opinions and basing everything off of the untrue rumors. There are many people who still don't believe us to this day.
We are almost 100% sure this is a landform. We have looked very, very closely at these pictures, and it has changed overtime. If you look in the article, at the very beginnning they have three pictures with different years, the first was taking in 1976. The second was in 1998 and the third was in 2001. If you look closely they aren't the same, it's a landform, it changed. We have also looked at things on earth to try to compare. We have landforms in the midwest that look like this as well. Sure some don't look exactly the same as "the Face" but that's because they are landforms. Landforms are different. Things erode and change overtime. In the article it says that Garvin had looked at some things as well and he said, "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho." and "That's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." This is how he sees it, Which is also fact, there is a Plain in Idaho that he thinks is similar. The lava dome may be something that could have occurred with the mesa on Mars too.
In conclusion, I am writing this and including many reasons why the Face was not created by aliens because I am giving the truth. I have given more than enough reasons and so many different facts. I hope you believe me along with NASA. It's just a landform. It changes overtime, it just happened to look like a face. We get that it looked like a face, but when you think about it, it also depends on how you look at it. It was weird to a lot of people. We are sorry for any false information that was brought up. Just know that false information wasn't from us. These are the facts, I hope I have convinced you. | 4 |
e8deb0e | Do you believe in aliens? Well if so you are wrong. There has never been a form of any kind of alien found. If they really do exist don't you think we have found them by now? The technology we have now in days is very advanced and most likely we would have found them by now. You scientist at Nasa believe that there was an ancient civilization on Mars from these aliens and what they supposeply created. Not too many people agree with Nasa.
You scientist at Nasa have found what is called the "Face on Mars" and believe it to look like a face.Nasa has shared these photos and has caused a lot of attention towards Mars. The "Face on Mars" has become a pop icon. It has appeared in Hollywood film, books, magazines, radio talk shows and even haunted grocery store checkout lines! People shared their opinions on if they really thought aliens could have done this, but it turned out Nasa was wrong. The "Face on Mars" is just a natural landform.
Now all of you scientist at Nasa might be dissapointed that there are no such things as aliens, but what brought you to this conclusion in the first place? There has never been a form of any kind of evidence that aliens are real so why say aliens caused the "Face on Mars"? Just making sure that all you scientist are updated at Nasa by saying the "Face on Mars" is just a natural landform. Thank you for the concern, but quite frankly you are wrong. If any more questions about the "Face on Mars" there is a whole lot of evidence that there are no such things as aliens. | 2 |
e8dfb46 | The Leonardo da Vinci's painting was his bigges painting in thw world he made a 83 percent happy will 9 percent disgusted and 6 were percent fearful and only 2 were angry. The Mona Lisa demonstrantion bring a smile to your face when you see it whit your one eyes and it show you how computer can do just imagine a computer that knows if you were happy all the time or if you were sad. The painting Vinci did was only one of the thing he did he mad more thing in the pass but the whole world knowes him for this one pating he ,ad and everyone from king to people like me and you come and see it Leonardo da Vinci will be the best man in the world for making this at his time the detels he put in to this and the paint he put in to was one of the best thing he could of done. | 1 |
e8e2728 | In the artical "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author is trying to convince the reader that studying Venus is woth pursuing dispite the dangers in may cause and shows us. Sending people to a planet we know is dangerous is not a good idea if we dont have the technological advancements that we think we may need to protect the people going to Venus. The history of this planet is important to know about because it is very similar to Earth and not is one of the hottest planets in our solar sysem.
The author states that in the past Venus is thought to be a lot like Earth. Scientists think that Venus was "covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." Since Venus is thought to be the planet most like Earth scientist want to discovey what happened to in that made in inhospitable and why it happened to this planet. They have shown that Venus still has a lot of similar features that are very closely related to Earths. The author says scientists would like to get more information by landing people and spacecraft on the surface of Venus but the spacecraft has been proven to last only a couple hours on Venus. This is why "not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more that three decades."
Although the spacecraft cant last very long on Venus it isn't NASA's fault says the author. Venus has a "thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide"
It also has clouds that contain sulfuric acid which are "highly corrosive" and causes serious damage to the spacecraft and in unsafe when coming through the atmosphere of Venus. Since Venus is so closely related to Earth it still does have earthquakes, stormes, volcanic eruptions and many more things that could make the mission even harder for them. The author knows that if or when the spacecraft gets though the atmosphere of Venus the planet has a surface temperature of about 800 degrees Farenheit and that is nowhere close to what we have here on Earth.
NASA is working on creating a "blimp-like vehical hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape." This would be a more sustainable temerature of about 170 degrees Farenheit and would rest easy at about sea level on Earth. This would allow the astronauts to view the surface of Venus without being severly harmed. NASA is still looking in on other ways to make the trip to Venus mush safer and effecent for them. NASA may not even send people up to explore the planet it may send up a robot that can sustain the harsh terain that Venus presents. The author explains that this still could not be the way they should do this. He compairs it to putting a cellphone in acid or heat and doesn't think it is a smart idea.
The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is presents. The artical was mainly focused on the dangers in and didnt really show that Venus was worth studying and mainly showed why it was too dangerous to study. The author explains that the history of this planet does tell us a lot and since it is one of the most closey related planets to us we should learn more about it, but a lot of dangers come with that and we need to be willing to face them. We need to work on our technological advancement to make sure the mission is safe. | 4 |
e8f076b | This software is valuable, for the simple fact of i"ve seen alot of photos. knowing whats this painting is feelings can help you understand. In the "Mona Lisa" she has diferent emotions going on. Just looking at the painting you woudlnt think that there is any type of emotion, but thats when the machine kicks in.
Mona llisa lacks a big smile, but she 83% happy. If thats the case more paintings need to go thru this machine. Also Mona lisa was 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. Just from looking at the painting what would you think? I dont even know what I thought her expressions were. It's hard to tell but this machine helped out alot.
So, yes the software is vaulable, not every day you hear about a machine that calculates emotion. If we had this machines in school you'd know whats wrong with your girlfreind or friend. Reading about this makes me question alot of pictures now. Now i think and ask how many other paintings have a meaning to it. | 2 |
e8f52e7 | The Seagoing Cowboys program is a very beneficial group. I am Luke Bomberger, and
I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. This program is a job opportunity to help take care of animals that are shipped off to other countries that were left in ruins. When I was a Seagoing Cowboy, I helped others, took care of animals, and got to go to places all over the world.
The Seagoing Cowboy program has people taking care of animals such as horses young cows, and mules that are shipped overseas. When I worked overseas as a Seagoing Cowboy, I served as a watchman on my second trip. On the boat, I checked the animals every hour, and I cracked my ribs. Even though I got hurt, it was a good experience to work on a boat with animals. Along with helping others, you get to see many other esqusite places. I got to see parts of Europe and China, but the most special place I got to see was the Acropolis in Greece. It was also special when I took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. And these are just a few of the amazing places I've visited! Being a Seagoing Cowboy is a lot of work, but it sure is a lot of fun, seeing and learning things from all over the world.
How did I become a Seagoing Cowboy, you asked? Well, my friend Don Reist invited me to go with him on a cattle boat to Europe, and I couldn't say no. It was an opportunity of a lifetime. In Europe, we heard about the UNRRA hiring people to take care of the livestock that was to be shipped to other countries. Don and I signed up. This decision changed my life forever. After I signed up, I got to do many things. That is my story of becomoing a Seagoing Cowboy, and now it's your turn to become one.
Now that you all know about my experience, come and see for yourself how great it is to be a Seagoing Cowboy. There are lots of fun things to do, and lots to learn! Have an adventurous time being a Seagoing Cowboy! | 3 |
e8fa635 | Electoral college has helped in many ways. Many people have suggested keeping the electoral college or changing to election by popular vote for the president of United States. I believe that changing to election by popular vote for the president would be best bescause first the more people who vote its easier to determine who would become president and because it will aviod any problems having to choose for president. Changing the election by popular vote can change things in the united states.
Now a days alot of things have helped the electoral college but in other cases it has not . Changing to election by popular vote can help by choosing the winner and still having its defenders. Also it may help by when they need to find out the winner they know exactly who it is . They can get their election faster and quicker by changing the election vote to the most popular vote for the united states. People still suggest that keeping the electoral college would be better but chnging it to popular vote would be the best option .
Presidents and electors have had trouble with the eletoral college when having to elect for president of the united states . If changing it to popular vote for president it will sviod any troubles and problems when electing the president . They will still have senators and still have enough votes to choose and elect the president and have no problem at all. Like people may think yes , electoral college should stay and should not be changed to popular vote in electing the president but i think that is best . Everyne has their own opinion in matters like this but in this case i think whats best to change the electoral college .
In conclusion to this everything is always done for the better and i think that changing the elcetors to popular vote for the president would be easier and less problems for alot of people. Making change is better and helps others. Especially if its changing for the elections and having to do with the president . Everything is better if you choose to elect the president by most votes it creates better things and makes life so much easier . | 3 |
e8faa39 | The reason for Luck Bomberher to join
the UNRRA program so he can help people,take care of the animals and to see different states like China and Europe.The letters UNRRA stand for United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.Some of the animals he help was a horse,young cows and mules that were shipped overseas.
In the mounth August 1945,they had got a order to report to New Orleans,when they arrived August,14 luke said,the day the Pacific war ended.They got on the ship called the SS Charles W.wooster headed for Greece with 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.One of the most crazy thing is that he had turned 18 on the ship and before he got there.He wanted to be in the military but they told him to stay in the program UNRRA.BY the time he had been discharged in 1947 he made nine trips more than any Seagoing Cowboy.
The cattle boat trips were unbelievable opportunity for the small town boy luke.He said besides helping people he saw China and Europe.But seeing Acropolis in Greece was special,he said. He said so taking a gondola ride in Venice,Italy,a city with sreeets of water.Luke also toured an exacavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.Luke had to care for them animals and that keep him busy because it took them a month to get to China.He had to feed them and watered them three or two times a day.The dangeres part was night watch he was
coming down the ladder and slipped but a small metal along the edge stopped him from slidding. He said that he cant do that for a couple of days.Luke said that trip opened the world to him.Im grateful for the opportunity,he said. | 3 |
e8fb1a9 | Cars have been producing smog and causing problems with countries. Therefor countries such as France,Germany,and Bogota have been making national days where vehicles are not allowed to be driven to reduce smog that diesel engines produce. This international day in these countries have enforced the use and caused a 25$ fine to must users prices can range. Also scientists in the U.S have started to notice the decline in vehicles bought,after all America was the maker of the first vehicle the "Model T".
But in France the smog was getting as bad as China and Beijing. France was one of the worst countries for smog out of most European capitals it was compared with Brussels and London and its numbers toppled them over with one hundred and forty seven micrograms unlike Brussels with one hundred and fourteen and London with seventy nine point seven. Delivery companies were complaining of the lost revenue. While there were some exceptions made for some plug in cars which had capabilities of carrying three or more passengers public transit was free of charge Friday through Monday.
In the country Columbia cities such as Cali and Valledupar have taken work in the event to reduce smog people were riding bikes and even if it rained they really didn't mind it. This event has reduced rush-hour traffic sidewalks refurbished with smoother ones, new restaurants,and even new upscale shopping districts.
The shifts of car business in America have gotten car dealerships to worry about how many people are buying cars from dealerships due to the fact there's hybrid vehicles coming out which lowers the use of gas and pollution on most vehicles such as the prius. There has been studies to show that young people that drive have decreased by Twenty three percent. Also another reason is that kids are able to carpool with friends or take local transport such as buses or taxis which limit the needs for a car. | 1 |
e904906 | Driverless cars are said to be safe and reliable on the road. I could imagine a future when no one buys cars but it isn't always because of the best things. My thinking about driverless cars is that how do you know your family is truly safe and secure in this car. When you open the hood of a car like this pretty much all you are going to see is wires hard drives and everything you would find in a computer.
These driverless cars as of right now still have to have an alter driver in the car because they aren't truly driverless cars yet. Google's driverless car has over half a million miles without a crash but their are things these cars still cant do right now and it will always be that way. ''Google's car will alert the driver to take over when in spicific condition such as pulling in and out of a driveway or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or accidents.'' Google's driverless car maybe doing well right now but how many driverless cars do they have is it still going to be the same when there are more of them on the roads.
Driverless cars don't drive like a normal car would it has all these wires, hard drives, and you will also find normal belts, pistions, and sparks. Driverless cars are controlded a completely different way then cars are right now. Before we can even think about having driverless cars on the road right now we would have to put massive amount of work in to the roads, bridges, highways, and interstates we already have. ''These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simple too expensive to be practical.''
They say the car is a driverless car but as of right now there has to be a human alert in the car for verious reasons. The cars can not be called driverless cars if the human in the car has to be alert incase the road ahead requires a human skill. ''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.'' Most people I know don't want to drive around that but the driverless cars can not do that for themselves.
With cars that are going to be driverless you know that they are going to have a lot of distractions in them. Other people that are driving would look over and might see a person kick back reading a book and might freak out while driving down the road at lets say seventy miles per hour that could end badly. Driverless cars can become a hazard to other people on the roads. Driverless cars might not have any crashes on it but it could cause many more in the future.
Driverless cars are a danger to people all over the world. They may say that it is much safer than other cars but it can be just as dangerous as other car and could cause more distractions on the road around other drivers. No matter what they say about driverless cars to me they are always going to be unsafe and expensive to drive, make, and buy. | 3 |
e90721b | In the challenge of exploring venus the author suggest that studying Venus because int the artical is says '' Venus is often referred to as Earth's tine '' ( para 2 ). This is saying that Venus is as simular to Earth. Another thing the author suggests that studing venus is worthy, in the artical it says '' NASA has one particular compelling idea for sending humans to sudy venus '' ( para 5 ). This is facting that "NASA'' is wanting to send scientest to venus to float above the fray. another detal In the artial says that '' researchers can not take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else from a distance'' (para 6). There for the artical is saying that scientists are seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understang venus. All though scientist ans NASA are trying to acomplish the mission to under stand venus they have to get threw many steps in to acomplishing the flight to venus. It says they are striving to meet that challeng presented ny venus has not value, not only because of th insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosty. | 2 |
e907a55 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The dangers of Venus occuring to the article is that the temperature in venus is 170 Fehrenheit. The second danger of Venus is that there are a lot of storms in Venus and it will be difficult for us to stand still. The author in paragraph 4 it states that if venus would not have these problems, we could have live in Venus.
In the article the author is talking that we should study Venus for disaventages. The author continues to add to the text "Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. " Then he continued by saying " Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit." In paragraph 5 the author starts saying the disaventages of
visiting Venus. Some of the disaventages that he listed were that Venus has over many storms and that Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions. Another disaventage is that the temperature is 170 degrees Fehrenheit.
In conclusion, I think that the author did a great job supported the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit because he included all the things that we need to know about Venus. In paragraph 6 he added '' Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus.'' | 3 |
e90d60c | Particapate in the Seagoing Cowboys program!
Would you like to visit diffrent countries? People should particapate int he Seagoing Cowboys program because you will be able to help many diffrent kind of animals like horses and cows. In the text the author states that that '' more than forty four nations jioned together to form an UNRRA. The author also states that many contries were in ruins. So that shows that if you particapate you will be helping the contries thta are in ruins.
One reason why you should particapate in the Seagoing Cowboys program is because you will be helping out people in need. you willl also help with the food supplies. You will get to have the oppertunitie to see new things and do new things. It will be a fun trip also you will be doing a good thing also .
Thirdly you will learn new things like how to take care of animals. Another thing that is a good bennifit if you join the Seagoing Cowboys program is that you will go to many diffrent places like
China ,and Greece.
You will get to go on tours like an excavated castlein crete and marveled at the Panama Canal . You willl get to see many diffrent cultures from many difrent countries.
Finnaly you wont have to contantly do claening and taking care of animals , you can do mant things like read play games , boxing, and table - tennis tournaments.
One bennifit personally for yourself is that you will alwats have that good feeling that you helped many diffrent animals, people , and contries from World War ll.
More than fort four state3s joined together to help other countries so that shows thta you should particapate in the Seagoing Cowboys | 3 |
e90de0d | Dear senator,
I strongly believe that we should demolish the electoral college system. It is highly unfair and can cause the wrong person to win. The system also has and will continue to cause controversy and rightfully so.
To begin with, the electoral college system is extremely unfair. With this system in play it is fairly easy for the wrong canidate to be elected it has happened before where the person with the most popular votes meaning they had the majority rule has lost because of the way the opposing system is run. This occasion may occur from time to time because when voting you are voting for the electors not the actual president that you want to win. The system is very faulty and there is no guarantee that the electors will vote for whom they are saying they will.
To continue, the system has caused and will continue to cause great amounts of controversy. Some people may refer to it as undemocratic, outdated or even irrational. Even though all people may not agree with it there are reasons it is still in action. It is highly unlikely for there to be a tie, the swing states play a huge role in being the deciding factor of who wins and it allows all states to be equal in the amount of electoral votes they put in in ratio to the population of the states. So there are some good things about the electorlal college but some will surely argue that they are not enough to outway the bad. Maybe we should just get rid of the college and take the easy way out by using majority rule. It really does make the most sense.
Lastly, the system makes some people feel as if their votes are worthless. In states such as texas that is made up 0f mostly republicans the democrats do not feel it necessary to vote because of the system. If most of the people are republican then the democrats already know that the opposite side will get the most electoral votes therefore it is pointless for them to vote. Another state in which this occurs is california where the majority of people are democratic therefore the republicans dont feel the need to vote. In my opinion everyones vote matters so we should run the elections that way.
To conclude. the electoral college should be done away with. It makes people feel like their opinions on the matter of who runs this country dont actually mattter. It is highly faulty meaning the candidate with the most votes does not always win and lastly the system causes loads of contraversy and will continue to until the problem is solved. | 4 |
e910c29 | Valubale FACS Technology in the Classroom
FACS is an acronym for the new technology named Facial Action Coding System. It enables computers to identify human emotions. This technology is quite interesting and also complex. Dr. Huang predicts "A classroom computer could recognnize when a student is becoming confused or bored". He says that by knowing that we as students are bored the computer would "modify the the lesson like an effective human instructor."
I believe that FACS, the new technology of facial action coding, would be very effective and valuable in the classroom. I know that as a student reading a so called "never ending" article causes me to become sleepy and uninterested. With the modification of the lesson, I think that it will enhance the attention given to the lesson. Students are struggling so much as ADD and ADHD seem to have been on the rise or rather the diagnoses or those things. Students become uninterested when they don't think that it will benefit them or their future and when they have to read a lot of material that's dry. If attention to the lesson is heightened grades will more than likely raise as heighten as well.
In conclusion, I believe that a Facial Action Coding System would be nice to have in the classroom and would bring a lot more interest back into school work. At the end of the article the author stated "Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions!" That being said, I think that another claim could be "Whoever thought that making faces finally worked after all these years and we get someone who cares enough to make our lessons interesting". So many students around me and I know that other students in other areas don't even care about school anymore because they don't feel that their opinion about what they learn matters and it's sad that a computer software program has to do it instead of our leaders and teachers but as long as we get what we need and as long and our grades go up I find this FAC system to be amazing software to put into the school systems. | 3 |
e91124e | Who says that driverless cars will make our future better? The ones who want to destroy it. I am against driverless cars for three reasons,
it could result to global warming,it will cost alot of money, and could be hazardous to the safety of all organisms. This is my belief because I feel that these cars will make the world fall apart even faster.
First, driverless cars can result to global warming. To be able to build these cars, the humans will build multiple factories to make the parts. They will release new unknown toxins into the air, that can possibly be untreatable. Also, they will take up alot of new land, and destroy forests, and our oxygen supply.
Second, it will cost alot of money. Money is crucial in this world. It would cost millions, close to billions, to try to find parts that would be needed to construct the vehicles.Then to go out and try to hire people to make these cars. Also, if these vehicles are actually made, it will cost all of the people who would die to have these cars, pay thousands.
Finally, the safety of all organisms. Who's to say that these vehicles wont malfunction? It is already forbidden in Calinfornia, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia, to test drive these cars due to the fact that, it is unknown whether it is safe or not. If someone gets into a wreck in this supposedly safe vehicle, which will be the one to blame? The manufacturer, or the driver? If this backfires, there will be lawsuits, fighting, and violence.
In conclusion, all signs really do point to the opinion that the driverless car is a bad idea. It's believed to make our even more dark and dangerous then it could possibly be. Driverless cars could be our worlds undoing. It could cause global warming and flood our earth. It could cost a lot of money making millions of people go bankrupt, and lastly it could be deadly to all life on the planet. | 4 |
e9115fb | Will Nasa make the hover ship work? Will we get to discover more about venus? Is this all really worth this? Will they all make it out alive?
In the text the author states vebus is called a "Evening star" which is one of the brightest points of lights in the night sky, wmaking it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. The text also states Venus is second planet from our sun. Which means venus is simple to see from the distant ,but safe vantage point of earth, it proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Venus is earth "twin" venus is the close planet to earth in terms of density and size. The author also states humans sent numerous spacecrafts to land on this cloud-draped world. None of the single spaceship had survived. The spaceship would never last more than a hour on venus. This is why venus is a challengin planet for humans to study and find more about
The text states Venus is coverd with a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. In the text is also says even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus's atmosphere. This planets is dangrous this is why most thing can't touch this planet. The text says these condition are extreme. This planet is hard to get on,but this won't stop them for trying to find a away to get on this planet. This might take years to find a away.
Im sure they will come up with many ideas or maybe have to find a way to get on this planet. it will be a challenge for them, but nothing will stop them from trying.
In the text Venus is called our sister planet ,but is so inhospitable secientisit still try to get on this planet. The athuor also states astroonomers are fascinated by venus because it may ha ve been the most earth like planet in our solar system. It also states
Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary vist. This planet may be dangrous. but that doesn't mean they will give up just because they may have failed in the past. The text states Nasa has one particularly complling idea for sending humans to study venus. In the text they are going to try and make a hovering car so they wouldn't have to touch the group and the people inside will be safe . They are also look for more way to make it to Venus.
The "Evening start " will take years to get on ,but that will not stop them from trying to get on Venus. Venus has maybe thing humans would like to find out about and it seem like a good planet to study. Venus is extreme dangrous,but it will not stop humans from getting on this planet. This search to get on this planet will not stop and go on for a while. Nasa has maybe good way of trying to get out to venus and getting stuff and coming back safe. Im sure they will test this machines or ships before sending humnas out there or they would just die. Nasa is looking at old stuff and trying to see what they can add. They even look back to see what they use and how can they add stuff to this. Nasa will keep going no matter what gets in there way. | 3 |
e91beca | In The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. It could help us with future problumes of popultion and or if are planet dies.
The sister planet venus should be looked at more closely to see if we can inhabait this planet orif it was inhabited by other species. NASA says, "On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet"(3). Because of the heat it could be the reson why the unmaned spacecrafts don't survive for more then a few hours.
The technology of today might be advenced but more sensetive to venuses conditions. "Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War II"(7). Older technology can be more improved but not changed by that much. Making spacecrafts from this technology and metals could help peraces into the atmospher and give us a view of what the ground might look like.
By pursuiting to explore this challenge could help us understand if there was ever a bigger spand of life then us. Despite the dangers it presents we could know more and understand what caused it's fall. The resurech of this planet that we know could be enoght to go thorgh a plan to find what is under the 97 percent of carbon dioxide that cover venus. | 2 |
e920a01 | Many researchers wants to kmow more about Venus ans starting to created a machine that can contribute the knowledge of venus planet. A venus planet is closely to the another planet calles sun. The difference between venus and sun is the sun has fifferent speeds. Somethimes we might be closer to the Mars and other times ti venus. It's challenging planet for humans to study because it is complecated.
venus has the hottet surface tempertures of any planet on our sytem. Because of high pressure of heat it can create powerful earthquakes, and such as vocalnoes. This planet includes physical featurs such as valleys, mountains, rocky sediment and carters.
The temperatures are extremely high, the temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospher pressure ais 90 times greater than what humans has experience on earth, but the air pressure would be close to sea level on earth. just like our planet venus could have various forms of life . Sometimes venus can be nearest planetary to visit but will take a traveler a long times.
Studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents becuase | 1 |
e922094 | Computers and technology are evolving every year matter of fact more like everyday. We went from basic analog phones to smart phones that are touch screen, and even our cars are advanced we now have electric cars that have wifi in them. They point is that technology is the way of life it will keep advancing as long as humans keep advancing. Now we hav developed technology to were computers can read our emotions. This technology that can read emotional expressions will make learning better.
The process of the computer reading your emotions starts by making a 3-D strcture or model of your face.Using video imagery thenew software reconize and treacts the facial movements. It uses all 44 major muscles in your face. It reads the movement of the muscles to detect weather you happy, sad, scared, angry, suprised, disgusted. It then takes those emotions and apply them to the movements of your facial muscles. An example from the text is ¨Your frontalis pars laterails muscles raise your eyebrows when your suprised; Your orbicularis oris tightens your lips to show anger.
Facial expressions are universal, they are also being used so the computer can give intresting things that you would like. an example from the text ¨ A classroom computer could reconize when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor.¨. This same technology can make computer antimated faces more expressive for video games and video sugery. If your smiling when an web ad appears on your screen an similr ad might follow, But is you show an unhappy face the same ad will not appear next time. Most human communicationg is non verbal and that is something that is hard for the computer to understand.
Humans preform this calculation that the computer is trying to do on a day to day basis. For intances as it says from the passage¨ humans can tell how their
friend is feeling, Most would have trouble describing each facial expression.¨. That is something that Dr.Huang has made an algorithm for. The algorithm will be cnstructed to read the muscular movemnets of the facial structure and create an respons suited for they expression or feelings.
This essay was to inform you about the different ways computers are being advanced. Our technology is being shaped in many different ways, The most modern way is the reading of an facial expression made by a person from a computer. This technology will be used world wide it will help education, entertainment. The best test subjects to show how sucessful the technology is was the famous painting the mona lisa. they human anatomy of the painting was that she was 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. | 4 |
e9269d6 | Everyone knows what landforms look like. So why when everyone sees an object on Mars they automatically assume it is a face. It is just a natural landform on a different planet then everyone else. Just like if some random person lived on the moon which is not possible, and they see a face looking object, does not mean it is a face. It could just be crater holes. Craters are a reasonable and convincing explaniation. A crater could have hit Mars without anyone knowing. Convincing someone that the Face is just a natural landform is very hard because NASA has got everyone thinking different.
If everyone is thinking what NASA is saying how is anyone suppose to figure out what it really is? Everybody need to convince each other that it is just a landform. Who would believe that anyone is living on Mars. After all, there is not any oxygen there, so how would any humans survive? Very few " Scientist believed the Face was an alien artifact." Even scientists do not believe that it is any type of living thing on Mars. If scientists do not believe why should anyone else. After all, they are the ones studying the planets and atmosphere for us.
When scientists study our planets they also study our moon. Our moon has a bunch of craters. Which means they study craters too. Scientists know craters well enough to know that they can hit anywhere at anytime. Craters can make any type of shape or size even if you do take a quick picture of it. Pictures could be mistaken. It could make things bigger, or even look like some other things. Like if you took a picture of the " Face" " What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of butte or mesa--landforms common around the American West." It even looks like landforms. Just like the ones here on Earth in the West. Once they cleared up the picture taking in 2001 they saw that it looked liked landforms here. So it is very likely that it could have just been a mistake. If the scientist do not believe that it is, or if it looks like landforms.
All the information in the article and in this essay shows some good points. Landforms could form anywhere. One could have just struck Mars one day. Or the camera could have just taken a mistaken picture. Either way scientists do not think it is any sign of a living breathing thing. No oxygen is on Mars so we would die instantly. Earth can not load some oxygen and there are not trees in Mars which means no oxygen. No life, no humans, no aliens. | 4 |
e92a980 | Im Evan and a guy at my work named John says that the Face on mars was created by alien's. I told him "Its not created by aliens and me and others at NASA have proof". He said "show me the proof than EVAN!!!". So I then went to get my boss and asked him if i could see the pictures and articles about the face on mars. He said i couldn't see them right away because he needed them so i gad a wait a whole day. The next day my boss handed me the paper and i was so exited to go to John's face and show him the facts.
The first things i showed him were the 3 pictures because it shows how it looked over all those years. Then i showed what NASA said, which was "Huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to mars.
It was a pop icon, it starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows, even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years!!! I told john "Even only a little bit of scientists believe the face was an alien articraft.'
Encountering the face on mars was not an easy task i told him, and they just don't pass over it very often said Garvin i told him. They even took other pictures where the pixel size was 3 times bigger so if there was other objects like aircraft or pyramids they would be able to see them. The face looks like Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. Then i asked him "Now was that enough proof for you to believe me' and he said i'll tell you tomorrow. John went home and did research, when he came back he said "yes I believe you now." After that i was like want to be friends and he said Yes. | 3 |
e930068 | Are you a person who wants to help people you don't even know? If you are, join the Seagoing Cowboys program. They help people who were in the World War 2 that lost their homes, and everything they own. Reasons why you should join are; many cities were left in ruins, and they need help to fix it.
Also, after a long trip, fun and games are availble. And, you joining could save lives. You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
First off, many cities were left in ruins, and they need help to fix it because of the World War 2. Lot of cities were destroyed during the war, and some people, need our help to rebiuld.
Next, Fun and Games are availble. After all of the supplies are taken to the location where they dropped off, the place is nearly empty. The people made ways to have fun by plating Volleyball, Baseball, and other sports. Life with the Seagoing Cowboys would be very exciting.
All in all, Life as an Seagoing Cowboys would be amazing. | 2 |
e9307c9 | In the year 1976, when Viking 1 space craft was taking photographs of possiable landing spots for Viking 2 spacecraft, they found a formation in a rock that looked like a human face. The shadows made the rock look like it had a nose, mouth, and two eyes, like a human. This was found in a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. The "Head" was nearly two miles from end to end, and it seemed to be starring back at the cameras.
The controllers back at the Jet Propulsion Lab were probably quite surprised when this face popped up on their screens, looking them right in the eyes. This sensation was short lived. Scientist figured it was just another Martian mesa, which was common around Cydonia. The only difference with this one is it had unusal shadows that made it seem like an Egyptian Pharaoh. A few days later NASA unveiled the image for the public eye to see. The caption on this picture was "Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head.... formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose and a mouth." NASA'S reasoning was that the picture would help engage public attraction to Mars.
This public picture was soon a pop icon. It starred in Hollywood films, was in books, magazines, talk shows on the radio, and even haunted grogery store checkout lines for over 25 years. Some people think that this picture is evidence of life on Mars. Conspiracy theorist say that this is information NASA would rather hide. Defenders of the NASA budget wish that there was life on Mars, as this would make NASA more popular, and even richer, when people use the picture in books, movies, magazines, and more.
Although most scientist believed the face was an alien artifact, photographing Cydonia became a priority to NASA, when Mars Global Surveyor arrived at the Red Planet eighteen long years after the Viking missions ended. Jim Garvin, cheif scientist, said that they felt like it was a right of taxpayers to see photographs of the face as soon as possiable. On April 5, 1998, Michael Malin snapped a photograph ten times sharper then the old one. This became popular with web surfers, as they were waiting for the first photo to show up on a JPL website. Only this picture showed what they were not wanting, a natural landform. This was not an alien momument after all.
While most people were satisfied, others were not. They still think that NASA is still hiding evidence of an alien momument. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998. The camera on board MGS had to peer though whispy clouds to see it. Perhaps, said skeptics, alien markings were hidden behind clouds on purpose, so that humans would not be able to see them. Mission controls planned to take another photograph of it. It is not easy work, and it is not easy to target Cydonia. They just do not pass the face very often.
Nevertheless, on April 8, 2001, a cloudless summer day in Cydonia, MGS drew close enough for a second veiw. They had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the face in the field of view.
They used the cameras highest resolution. Each pixel in the 2001 image spans at 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Vikings photo."As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size. So if there were objects on the ground such as airplanes or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could have seen what they were" Said Jim Garvin.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms that are common around the American West. "It reminds me of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" Says Garvin. "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height of the Face on Mars." He added. So weather or not theFace is an alien landform or a rock formation, NASA does wish it was an alien landform, just to bring pupiclatiy to the Red Planet. However, it is highly imposable for it to be an alien momument, as they would have to have oxygen to survive,and they would have to find plenty of food and water to also survive. | 2 |
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