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2584fcb | Hello, my name is Luke Bomberger, and I am a Seagoing Cowboy. The Seagoing Cowboys took care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped across the ocean. My friend, Don, and I signed up. I think you should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys program, because you could save a life.
The Seagoing Cowboys help people in need, especially after World War ll, it feels so nice to help people in need, if you sign up you could feel it, too. Since we ship animals and take care of them around the world, we provide people with good livestock, that maybe, could save a life! And, if you're bored, the animals keep you busy. Also, there is some incredible sightseeing around the world.
Another reason you would want to sign for the Seagoing Cowboys program is you could see some truly, incredible things! Besides helping people, I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China! I saw some beautiful things like, the Acropolis in Greece, taking the gondola ride in Italy, that has streets of water, I toured an excavated castle in Crete, and I loved the Panama Canal when I was on my way to China. That may be beautiful, but if you still aren't convinced, the danger that it puts in your life makes your heart pump!
My third reason, is the danger and heart-skipping-a-beat experiences that this program gives you! If you're bored with your life, think about the Seagoing Cowboys program. The reason I say this, is one rainy night, after I made my hourly report to my captain, I suddenly slid down a slippery ladder on my back. I would've fell off, if it wasn't for a strip of metal that caught me! I would have been in the deep water of the Atlantic by now. I felt happy to be alive, and I will never forget that moment.
My last reason is that I had so much fun, and it was a truly amazing, never-forgetting experience. On return trips we played games in the hold where the animals were. We played baseball, volleyball, and other games like table-tennis, fencing, boxing, and more, that got us ready for our next adventure. This program gave me a better-than-amazing experience, and I would love to share it with you!
Now, I should conclude my thoughts. You should sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys so you could help people in need, see amazing things, such as the Acropolis in Greece, so you can have a dangerous but amazing life, and so you can have fun and have a never forgetting experience. Sign up for the Seagoing Cowboys, now!
Thanks,
Luke Bomberger | 4 |
2590aa5 | I beleive that people should join the program. I beleive in this because in this program you are going to different places to help out animals that need it or dont have a home and I would do it because I always wanted to help out animals that really needed it. Also I would join the program because it will me be a better person by helping out and getting along with the animals.
In the article it says that Luke Bomberger and his friend Don joined this program that makes you a "Seagoing Cowboy" n this programs has you help recover countries food supplies animals and also have you take care of horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
So in conclusion I think you should do the program. Because you are helping and benefiting this earth and helping other countries with their food supply and animals like horses and young cows and even mules that were shipped overseas and thats why I think you should do the program. | 2 |
2593b36 | Do you think that technology to read emotions is good for teachers and students? I think that the use of this technology would be good for teachers to use for their students. I think that if we had this technology students would not be so bored or disguested at school beacuse of boring or hard assignments. In this essay im gonna tell you why I think that this technology would be good use.
The reason why I think that this technology would be good to use is so teachers can tell if a kid is happy, sad, angry, suprised, disguested, or in fear and then act on how to handle them. In the article the author 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." If a student is to shy or scared to ask a question to the teacher the computer can pick it up and let the teacher know so they could go help out the student. Say that a student is being bullied but they are too scared to ask a teacher for help beacuse they think that the bully is going to bully them more the technology could pick that up and alert the teacher. The technology could most likely do so much more than i just explained to you.
If you didn't think that it would help out when I asked you the first time, do you think it would help out now? In this essay I explained to you that human emotions explain and could help out a lot in the world. This concludes my essay, I hope that I was able to persuade you into thinking that this technology would help out teachers and students both. | 3 |
2597102 | Dear Senator,
I respect and admire your position in office for you are always on your toes and doing work for your people. But one thing I do not admire as a citizen of the U.S., is the Electoral College in which our country goes by. When saying Electoral College I am meaning the process in which the election of the President by a vote is compromised with a popular vote of qualified citizens. By changing to a popular vote, everyone is equal and our location won't restrain us from our vote that we cast. The Electoral College may have suited our countries needs in the past but it is now time to abolish this unequal process.
To get things going, the Electoral College strays to many voters away. In the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong", Plumer brought to my attention that many voters are aware that the canidate that they want to serve as president does not stand a chance in their state and because of this they do away with voting. Personally, I feel that voting should be something that everyone partakes in. After all, if you didn't vote you shouldn't complain. But in the boat we are in now, we (US Citizens) are being taken advantage of and are rights are simply stripped away in this form of voting. In fact, one-half on eligible American voters did not vote in 2012 and I am sure the voting process we use has a storng influence on these people. If we were to vote, in some cases they won't even matter. This lets our location define us and not our beliefs.
This leads to the next point that it gives too much power to those we elected. Yes, we did elect them and we should have faith in them, but the Electoral College makes it very difficult to do. "What Is the Electoral College?" brought it to my attention that the Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes are required to elect the president. So we simply place our votes in the hands of the minimal amount of people. I don't think so!
Lastly, did those serving in office think about the people at the bottom of the todem pole (average US citizens) rather than those at the top (serving in office)? "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" states "over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now". Because of this, it becomes clear that my opinions and rights are stripped away. It completely disgusts me at the fact our nation is treating our citizens in this manner. It is time for those in office to think about who they are serving. Fifty-five people shouldn't represent 500,000. We should all be able to cast votes equally with the same credentials.
All in all, there are in fact some limited benefits of an Electoral College, but a direct election or popular vote would suit our nation much better based on our needs in the present. Through Electoral College it is much easier to recognize who won the election and a few more advantages, but it has become very outdated and unequal. It is time for change and we must act now! | 5 |
2598037 | I am a scientist at NASA my name is Jeff. There is a face on mars and people think its by aliens well I know its not by aliens. It is just a natural landform on mars its nothing big it wasnt made by aliens and a lot of people think its by aliens and then a lot of people agree with me also.
This face on mars is a natural landform anything can happen on a planet that we have'nt been on yet. We do not know what this planet is capble of and whats on the planet of mars. Well I think that it wasnt made by aliens becuase it gets more noticable by the years pass then it dissappers in a different year. Well Im sure our planet looks different from space in different years.
Why would aliens even want to put a face on the planet. Im sure if there was aliens on mars they would'nt be carving a face on there own planet. Im sure there living there life on mars not knowing we even exsit thats if there is aliens on there. They wouldnt what anything with us if they did I think they would have made more signs then just two dots and a straight line and they would have made the face more noticable and it dissapears after a couple of years that is probbaly of there is wind or something that might have blew away they face. We had our best people look into it and they think its a landform to they got pictures and eveidence that its just a regular landform! | 2 |
259ee08 | Life without cars would be a world that would be much healthier. Cars are what help people get from point A to point B.But they do help kill Earth slowly. I honestly think that it is a good idea for Germany going life without cars. Which is gonna create less traffic which is a big plus for everyone that drives. Bikes are a lot safer espicially. They are less dangerous , cars are metal which would make the impact a lot harder. Buying a car is very expensive espicially.
A lot of people can't afford any type of car or insurance for cars. It does cut down a lot on pollution which is better for the environment. Every argument for someone that wants cars, there is a counter argument. There is no reason people should argue about keeping cars, at least in my opinion. If I was living in Germany or Paris or Bogota I would definetly be happy with that descison. America would also be a lot healthier.
America is known as the most obeise country in the world and I agree 100%.People would start to buy a bike or start walking which is an exercise for people who are overweight. It would make America loss a lot of weight! There is no reason why the world should keep cars. All it does is create problems , causes many deaths from accidents , causes pollution , causes laziness. I don't want any kids in the future to think life is easy. Cause it honestly isn't. By keeping cars it makes things easier. Which is sending the wrong message to young ones.
People are also always judging people for what type of car they have or the year it was made or how much it costs, taking out cars would definetly keep those type of people from ranking your belongings. Cause not everyone is as well off as you are. They might not make the same amount of money as you do, or have to pay more bills than you do. So you should'ny ms | 2 |
25a6704 | I am agaisnt the devlopment of these cars. What would be the point of having a driveless car thats not really driveless. I am agaisnt the devlopment of these cars because it would be very expanisve to fix, does most thngs a human can do and driving problems may occur.
First, if the car was to break down and the sensors were messsed up it would be very expanisive to fix. According to the article, "Totyota Prius uses position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever and an interial motion sensor'. If you were to get into a bad car crash and wrecked the car and wanted to get it fixed it will be super expansive. Mainly because all though sensors are high tech and advanced. So basically your fixing the car and paying for all the technology it needs which is going to be alot of money.
Secondly, the "driveless" car does mainly what humans can do theirselves. In the article it says after all the listed sensors, " The combination of all this input is neccessary for the driverless car to mimic the skill of a human at the wheel". It also says later in the article, "They can steer, accelertae, 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". If this "driverless" car can do what humans can do themselves then what is the point of making the car. Ecspically not if the car isnt really driving. Someone would pay all this money to do something they could have done themselves.
Lastly, with this "driverless" car driving problems may occur. technology does crash and does disfuction and may move faster than us. In the article it says, "even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault the driver or manufactuer?" The article makes a valid point. If those cars a developed those type of questions will need to be answered and conflict will occur. Technology can cause an accidnet just as easily as a human can but if that happens who is at fault? How would the situation be handled?
In conclusion, I am agaisnt the developmnent of "driveless" cars. For the three reasons listed and more. "Driveless" cars are expanisive to fix, does most things a human can do and can cause more problems. | 4 |
25a717b | Unmasking the Face on Mars! Wow, people might think the Face was created by aliens. But is not created by aliens because it was just a natural landform. It might looked like a human face,but is not.That why I am going explain to you why the Face on Mars was just a
natural landform.
First of all,I can see why people could sy it's a face becuase it has nose and our eye shape but it was just a huge rock formation..which resembles a human head...formed by shadows.Some scientists even believe that it was an alien artifact.(Jim Garvin,6)"Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien Artifact, photofraphing Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global surveyor." Scientists prove that it was just Martian Mesa(Jim Gravin,2) "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh."
All in all, at the end. It was just the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent a butte or mesa---landforms common around the American West.If that was a face, you could find a spacecraft or airplane but we didn't so that also prove that it was just lanform.Jim Garvin also say that "It reminds me most of Middle Buttle in the Snake River Plain of Idaho"(Jim Garvin,12). | 2 |
25a9af8 | Reading the emotional state of students is NOT valuable. The coding system can always make mistakes and asume you are angry when in reality you are quite happy. For example, "Your frontalis pars lateralis muscle (above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're surprised; your orbicularis oris (around your mouth) tightens your lips to show anger." This is not always acurate, all faces are different and it could detect that you are sad even though you are excited or happy.
Although there is alot of evidence that this technology could actually work; for example. " They even indicate the difference betwen a genuine smile and a forced one. In a real smile, the zygomatic major (muscles the begin at your cheek bones) lift the corners of your mouth." Yes that is good evidence, but you cannot be sure of the accuracy because again, everyone has a different face and smile.
Emotions also do not come from the face they come from the brain,heart, and on the inside. Not the outside . So if someone seems like they are mad or they look mad,sad,happy, or all of the above, that could just be their face and how they look. How could a computer even calculate how you feel?
Yes it can look at you and assume you are happy but are you? Maybe even sad, excited, even surprised. Unfortionatly that is not possible for a computer to detect that. Hopfully one day! | 3 |
25a9e8a | In the Article " Driverless Cars Are Coming" has a very distinct view on cars. Majority rules that even though these computer cars are more efficient, it can also be endangered for the drivers due to any conditions. These smart cars need more power than just a start button they need sensors. For instance the Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, etc. These smart cars are just too much not just for one person but multiple. These cars may seem fascinating but once you get that bill you'll think other wise . The expenses on the material , technology , and anything else you want will break your pockets. So why even bother when you can have a normal SUV truck that you drive on the regular.
Others may vouch that " Regurlar Cars " are basic and dual. They need something that will keep them up to speed. Of course regular cars may cause you more gas, fix broken parts , and more focusing on the road than having the car that can do it itself. But do you really want to waste all your time putting money into a smart car. Thats only going to last for almost a year before you give up. These high technology sensors are nothing new , of course . In 1980, automakers used speed sensors. Within 10 years, those sensors had become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger surroundings.
Are these smart cars actually keeping citizens safe? In 2013, BMW announced the development of the "Traffic Jam Asissitant". The car can handle driving functions at speed up to 25 mph, But special touch sensors make sure the drivers keeps hold of the wheel. A regular 2009 lexis doesn't need the stability of an assisstant nor these high risk sensors. this car can obtain the same ability of a smart car. So, whats the difference high technology cars can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Wow!! thats very exciting, even though notifying a driver about upcoming navigations such as work zones, accidents. Human drivers still must remain alert and be ready to take over when situations like that occur. Why investigate into something you cant actually control , but can also harm yourself and others.
These sensors can go out at anytime developing a more dramatic problem upon yourself. By having a regular car you can just go to the gorage an get it fix. Instead of waiting for days to get all the technology back up to running you'll be out on the road an no time. Considering that its more cheaper an less parts to fix. Human aspects on technology is very inconsiderate than rallying on themselves to get the job done. | 4 |
25b1560 | My fellow citizens we want people to limiting car usage or get raid of problems with cars for couple of reason. First reason is people rather walk instead of dealing with cars because of getting your excrise. Second reason is pollution. Last reason is making greenhouse gas. All this is solution to our problems in life. We will like to take care the people and the Earth to keep it in shape and clean.
Some people think it more relaxing to not deal with cars they instead they walk like the people in Vauban, Germany residents from there have given up their cars. In the streets of Vauban are completely ''car-free'' and street parking, driveways and home garages are forbidden in Freiburg. 70% of Vauban's families do not ow cars and 57% sold a car to move over there. at this new approach sores are paced a walk away on a main street rather than in malls along some distant highway.
Pollution is one of the most problem that we have and want people to limiting car usage. Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Mororists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave cars at home or suffer a 2 22-euro fine $31 same applyed to odd-numbered plates in diffent day of the week. Almost 4000 were fined. Beijing, China is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blamed from France. Diesel make up 67% of vehicles in France, 53.3 % average of diesel engines in the rest of Westen Europe. We are trying to put greenhouse gas out in the world to make it less polluted in the world.
We are trying to make the wrold a better cleaner places for our future. | 3 |
25b184e | In recent years many citicens have stated that the so called "face on mars" is a martion monument. Well I have but one question for those few citicens. Do you have any proof? there is nor was there ever any real evidence supporting the martion monument claim. However there is evidence proveing that the face is realy a mesa!
When we first released the origonal photo we had hoped the public would take notice of mars. Unfortunately many therorist now say that the face was undeniable proof of alien life! NASA decided that better photoes were requiered to qwell theas rummors. It took us twenty-two years to get better results. Even so the public still believed in what they thought rather than what they saw.
Three years later we recieved the best results possible. the photo not only showed no carvings but it also showed that there was no face at all! Instead we found that the face was but an ilusion! Shadowes were made by the landform creating a non-existant face!
Thus the face on mars was proven to be fake and the public became dissapointed. | 2 |
25b80f6 | The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor. Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. I argue in favor of changing the Electoral college to election by popular vote for the presidents of the united states.
"Perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In this case, the election would be thrown to the house of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president." (The senate would choose the vice president). Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. For example: If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for someone, you'd vote for a slate of 34 democratic electors pledged to him.
At the 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 of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. "And if anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it". For example: In 2012's election, Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney.
I dont like the way they did it, the senate suppose to vote not the people because some people just vote for a reason or to get a job. "It's official; The electoral college is unfair ,outdated, and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without much basis in reality, and the arguments against direct elections are spurious at best." The electoral college requires a presidential candidate to have trans-regional appeal. No region has enough elestoral votes to elect a president.
"The electoral college is widely regarded as an anachromism, a non-democratic method of selecting a president that ought to be Overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner." It can be argued that the Electoral college mehod of selecting the president may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their states- democrats in Texas, for example, or Republicans in California." Knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by populars vote." | 3 |
25b8754 | Do you belive we shoud use facial Action Conding System for students in class room. I think we should use
this in class rooms.This could show us how students feel when there in a class room. The process begins with a computer that constructs a 3-D model of a face. In order to get the measure ments all 44 major muscles have to move like human muscles.
They program it with six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial musles. This helps the program know what emotion you feeling in the picture. For example, when your frontails pars lateralis muscle ( above your eyes) raises your eyebrows when you're susprised. Also when your orbicularis oris ( around your moth) It tightens your lips to show anger. With this technology we can see people emotions. this could be helpful in a class room because if a student was feeling sad in a picture but didn't tell anybody we can help cause we know how they was feeling. | 3 |
25b8dc1 | Both Vuaban, Germany and Bogota, Columbia have the right idea...take cars off of the street. While Bogota only bans cars for the length of a full day; Vuaban doesn't ban cars, but the prices are well expensive and there are not many parking spaces in the surburban city. Limited car usage can reduce smog and greenhouse levels, and with the advancement of technology, limited car usage should be inforced.
The smog levels in Paris are absolutely outrageous, "[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in Brussls and 79.7 in London, Reuters found" (Duffer). The smog amounts , according to Duffer, were almost at the level of Beijing, China which is the most polluted place on earth. By enforcing a short driving ban, set for only a day, on even-numbered license plates to clear the heightening amount of gases in the air, the smog levels dropped enough to release the ban set for odd-numbered license plates the next day. This experience proves that limiting car usage can prevent air pollution exponentially.
With the advancement of technolgy, people have no real need to go travel everytime they want to talk to someone, whether it be family or friends. With technology and social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Facebook Messenger, just a few clicks and we are able to have a connection with them. There is also the option of calling someone, so there is always a way to keep in contact. "... the Internet makes communication possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends" (Rosenthal). As Ms. Rosenthal has so clearly stated, why travel and spend money only to say a few words.
By limiting the usage of cars, air pollution will be greatly diminished, and the advancement of technology unlimits us from keeping steady communication. | 3 |
25bb264 | Dear Senator,
If you were to question U.S. citizens about what an electoral college is, what would they say? Most of them don't even know its a process established in the Constitution in which electors "vote for president and vice president," and then are counted by the Congress (Source 1, paragraph 1). They don't realize that their votes can be over-riden by these votes. And those, if the very few, who do get it, are opposed. They would prefer another system, a more modernized system, and are disgruntle about how unfair the system is, not only about how the electors are chosen but how the larger states have an advantage in votes and in information.
Most voters are opposed to such systems, according to Source Two, "... over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now," (paragraph 9). Yet we still have the Electoral Colleges going. As active voters in todays society, we call for a fair system. We want, no, we need, to be treated fairly and not over-riden.
We need a system us as people can control ourselves. As in Source Two, I will ask you the question, "Who picks the electors in the first place?" Certainly not the citizens as a whole, most of the time its picked by the state governement in some shape or form, but sometimes, even the presidental candidates themselves can pick them (paaragraph 10)! As well as in Source Three, where its clearly pointed out that "... it is the electors who elect the president, not the people," (paragraph 15). It's outragous how easily they can pull the wool over our eyes, and even worse how we let them. But no more.
As you probably already know, each state's "...entitled allotment of electors equals the number of memebers in its Congressional delegation..." (Source One, paragraph 3). Most represntatives spend most of their time campaining in places like New York and California that the small states such as Rhode Island arent even visited. "In the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see candidates at all..." and that campaign was refered to as a "fiasco" in which the Electoral College caused a dispute (Selection 2, paragraph 13). This leaves the smaller states less informed and more likely to vote to the exact opposite of what they want, and yet they still have as much say in the vote. In Selection Three, it is said that the swing states (or larger ones) "... are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average (and for the further reason that they will have received the most information and attention from the candidates)," (paragraph 20).
Selection Two points out something very important that should be stressed, "... each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 5000,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 represantatives from California, who represnt 35 million votes," (paragraph 12). This shows the citizens aren't really being represented properly.
Altough many downfalls, "The Electorial College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states... lose" and "avoids the problem of elections in which no one recieves a majority of the votes cast,"(Source Three, paragragh 21 and 22). Yet still there can be holes poked in that, and all though unlikely, theres an even amount of votes so the vote could be split 50/50. Just imagine the chaos we could be thrown into.
Therefor, as a concerned citizen speaking as the voice of others, we demand a better system, for a simplerly system, for an equal system, for a system we can control ourselves. We demand for a direct system! So I ask, please, for you to speak to your friends, and speak out for your people, and put an end to the Electorial Colleges.
Sincerly,
A concerned citizen. | 5 |
25bd8c1 | My name is Luke Bomberger and I am in the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). In the UNRRA you get to go to different place and help families gets back on there feet form World War 2. You get to bring them food, animals, and more, 44 nation joined together to form the UNRRA. If you are a hardworking person then come join the UNRRA.
'' The cattle-boat trips are unbelievable opertunity for a small-town boy!'' Luke says. I have toured Venice,Italy, a castle in Crete, and marveled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. ''You get to take great trips in the UNRRA.'' I said.
Also working with the animals is a great way to pat the time by working with them. Working with animals is so much fun. You can tell them you secrets , you can play with them, you can just fell in love with an mailman that you can't share everything with them.
Then seeing the smiling faces on the people's faces when you give the food and water it just amazing. It make you feel good inside like a warm good tinglying feel that you can't get from anything else. You just feel like you made a huge difference. It a happiness that you can't buy with money I would not trade it for anything in the world. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning. Working in the UNRRA was a great disison that I have made defintitley not one of my mistakes.
Also when you unload the animals and go and great more it is a lot of fun on deck. You get to play with your other ship mates and play baseball, volleyball, whittling, boxing, read and more it's a great way to pass the time. A great way to bond with everyone on deck.
If you a hard working then you will enjoy this job. You have to work hard to succeed in this job. You will definitely need to be a hard working to like this job.
If you are a hardworking, animal loving, adventure seeker, love to help others, love to be on boats, then this is the job we for you. So come join the seagoing Cowboys program and be apart of the UNRRA. Come help families in need. | 4 |
25bf9c6 | Now days there is alot of technology and programs that can be created. I think that alot of the new technology's can benefit alot of people with certain things that they need.Depending on how people feel, new technology can sometimes be a great thing to add and sometimes a terrible thing to add.
Yes i think this technology to read all emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. it is valuable because sometimes people really do be going though things and they never want to tell u. So if u use this technology then u will be able to find out people emotions just by using a program.The program tells you what you are exactly feeling, In paragraph 1 it says" she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. This shows that the program takes time to scan all your emotions
Also the technology goes in depth and tells you emotions that you wouldnt be able to point out by just looking at someone's face.The program goes in depth and looks at your muscles to determine your emotion and knows what gestures determines it. In paragraph 8 it says" muscles called orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crows's feet around your eyes". This shows that the program takes alot of information to be able to give you your stats on your emotions.
This shows that the technology is a great thing to have. Its a great thing to have because it determines how you are exactly feeling at a time. Sometimes you never know how exactly you feel about a situation but this technology changes all that and gives you the right answers that you was looking for. | 3 |
25c8837 | Exploring Venus Essay.
In this article the Author talks about the dangers of the planet Venus like its high ground temperatures of 800 degrees Fahrenheit or it's atmospheric pressure being stronger than even the deepest parts of our ocean and brings up the failed mission from the past.
The Author talks about how the scientist have come up with a new old idea of using a computer made of gears and levers, which won't be as technologiclly advanced as our current ones but will be able to survive harsher conditions.
The facts that are brought up about the planet and it's conditions and a way to get there are great well put together to the point where its makes you think this could be a possibility for us in the near future.
Overall with the facts about the planets and information that was brought up by the different ideas of the scientist that were listed in an organized fashion, I think this was a great essay. | 2 |
25cb93b | "Driverless Cars Are Coming" is an article that is written by someone who has perspectives on what is good about driverless cars, and what is bad about the cars. After reading this article I believe that the driverless cars are going to be very helpful, and useful to people in the future. I believe that driverless cars will be helpful because the driver will not have to do much work, because the car drives itself 90% of the time. Also in this article the author tell us that the Google driverless cars, can drive up to half a million miles before the car crashes. Driverless cars will also be helpful because the people that were originally driving, do not have to memorize directions anymore.
Being a driver requires a lot of attention to the road, and it is hard to pay attention to everything else that is going on around them. With the new driverless car, you do not have to drive the car 90% of the time, which allows for more time to think about other things or make sure that your kids are behaving in the back seats, without having to pay attention to the road. Although 10% of the time you may have to drive, the other 90% you are worry free of driving and can focus on other things that you need to.
When people are driving themselves, they tend to be in car accidents very often whether it is severe or not. With the driverless car, you can prevent accidents from happening for a much longer time. Driverless cars have gone up to half a million miles before ever being in a single accident. Going half a million miles without an accident, or the car breaking down is unheard of and nearly impossible, but with the driverless cars, the technology is so outstanding, that the car can go this far.
Using a GPS while in a car can be distracting and not safe to the driver, and everyone else that is in the car. Since the driverless car drives for people, now the people in the car can set the GPS and not be distracted by the road. With this feature, the car will always know when the right time to turn is, and will always get you to your destination on time. If you are a person who is late a lot or gets lost all the time, then you might be interested in this car, because it does all of the work for you.
Driverless cars are a great idea because they drive 90% of the time, which leaves the driver to be focused on other things, it can drive up to half a million miles before crashing or breaking down, which will make the car owner feel very safe and secure in the car that they own, and also the car takes you where you tell it to because of the GPS system, which can make the owner worry free about getting lost. I believe that this car will be very successful, and it will be the future in the car industry. | 4 |
25ccf21 | Venus is a planet were scientis are explorig to see if they can create another Earth. Therefore they have than some experiments to see how long things can survive. There are many good reason why studing Venus is worthy. One of the reasons is because Venus is the closest planet to Earth, Venus still has some features that are alike to Earth, and solar power would be plentiful.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth,which can be an advanage because we could have a more population, and more place to travel and see different types of culture. In the text it says that "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size,and occasionally the closest in distance too" this maens that the other planets are further than Venus. In text it also says that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit". This is telling us that we have more option to visit.
The planet of Venus looks more alike to Earth than you think some scientist belive that Venus had larges amounts of water. The text satates that "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth .This shows us that this is why scientist are exploring this specific planet, because it look very alike to Earth. in text it also says that "The planet (Vunus) has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. It shows us how similar this planets are.
Another adventage is that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Aaccording to the text it says that "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiatio would not exceed Earth levels" This could help by not using electronics or else the materials would melt.
One important fact is that no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, but scientis are working hard they say that it won't be on easy conditions but it would be survival for humans. If there happens to be life in Venus the temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. | 4 |
25d53c6 | Scientists have been studying Venus for generations, wondering what could possibly be on a planet so close to ours. Now that we don't have to wonder anymore, NASA will try to take it one step higher. They want to be as close to Venus' ground as possible, without dying.
Their plans are to use a blimp-like vehicle that will withstand the great amount of pressure and heat. It will fly thirty miles above the Venusian landscape, avoiding any ground conditions that would do them harm. It would still be 170 degrees F., but they would have an abundance of solar energy, and the radiation woud not exceed Earth levels.
However, in order to learn all there is about Venus, you would have to go onto Venus. This is almost an impossible task though. There are many dangers on Venus, including sulfuric acid rain and an atmosphere of nintey seven percent carbon dioxide. Hovering over it would be useless. In paragraph six, it states, "... peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective." This states that by hovering on top of the planet, they can't learn anyting they don't already know.
My honest oppinion on this topic is that we should not be exploring Venus right now. We just don't have the right technology for it right now. We need to wait however many years before we can officially explore our sister planet. Trying to figure out its secrets now would just be a waste of time, money, and possibly lives. We shouldn't risk a human being just because this planet used to be like ours millions of years ago. | 3 |
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If i were given a chance towork for NASA truthfully i would not take the job i don't really like science jobs like that . Anyways , i don't think that the faces were created by aliens . (Why dont i think it was created by aliens) that's a very good question first off aliens are made up creatures they are just tools to make science non fictional movies come to life . I just strongly think that aliens are made up they can't be real there is no proof to back up what everyone believes . Space doesn't have any gravity so their can't be any animals up there floating ! The mask kinda looks like clay maybe the mask is made out of clay that you can mold it into anything you want ! I know that sounds crazy but someone thinking that a alien created makes it sound even more crazier ! Lets be VERY serious The article says "Face on Mars has been popular in magazines and talk shows" People will believe anything these days even i know that half of the things that the media says or does is not true and i also know that they make things up for attention or too be well known . Now if i got paid as much as the talk show host i may have told some fibs from time to time !
Body - I have to remember that everybody has a opinion and everybody has a input . I am a "Show me and i'll believe type girl" I don't have any evidence or proof that Aliens are real and that they the mask it just doesnt fit together that's like saying pigs can fly ! There is NO proof so i can't process it i know somebody named De'Oshmonya that knows a lot about mars and space so i may have to ask her what she thinks about it im sure she will tell me everything i need to know ! It may cause a little argument tho , but thats okay we're still going to be close . This passage helped me because it taught me some things i didn't know and it prepares me for the future it does make me wonder Are aliens real ? When i go to sleep tonight i may do some research and i'll try to find some proof . I should've done research so i could have a lot of evidence to back my statement up that would've been the best thing to do .
Conclusion - Even tho i said i don't believe in aliens it does make me question alot of things . This article was written way before i was born things have changed and everything should be different now. Maybe if aliens were real they were probably alive in the ancient times and probably left when the dino's left . I just never know Ela is my favorite subject it always makes me learn new things and it helps me understand more than i knew before . Ela is very tricky and sometimes it gets confusing but in the end it helps you and expands your knowladge to the finer things in life . I hope that you got the correct answers out of my paragraph hopefully i can come back next year and be prepared to tell everyone about my research !!! | 1 |
25da2fa | For quite some time, there's been deep controversies over automobiles and increased carbon emissions poisoning cities worldwide. China, one the most densely populated cities in the world, is also the most polluted with millions of cars on the roads each and every, releasing toxic gases into the city's atmosphere, and creating a ginormous smog. Even in Paris, there were laws that prohibited drivers with even and odd license plates from driving on certain days, due to the increase in pollutants in the city's air. There are many things that can be done to prevent our cities and capitals from becoming toxic danger zones, but all of them need a little initiative to get started.
As said before, Paris once put a ban on motorists with certain plate numbers from driving on specific days. On the Monday the act started, motorists with even plate numbers had to leave their cars at home, or face a 22-euro¹ fine. As many as 4,000 drivers had been fined, accoring to
Reuters , an international news agency based in London, and 27% of those who were fined had their vehicles impounded due to their reaction from said fine. Traffic on Paris streets had decreased by a total of 60%, significantly easing the flow of transportation and lowering the amount of harmful emissions exhausted into the air. This was enough for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd numbered plates the following Tuesday.
Three years ago, in Bogota, Colombia, a program had been enacted that has spread to other surrounding countries and cities today known as, the Day Without Cars. On that day, only buses and taxis would be permitted on the roads, allowing the streets of the capital city of 7 million to be devoid of any chaotic congestion, clearing most of the roads. The goal of the program was to enbale and promote the use of alternative transportation and reduce smog. Any violators were charged with a $25 fine. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated, or took buses, all for the sake of improving the region and getting rid of nasty smog clouds. Even though grey clouds overhead had poured rain on Bogota occasionally, the turnout incredibly immense. "The rain hasn't stopped people from participating," said Antanas Mockus, mayor of Bogota. Other cities such as Cali and Valledupar, also joined in on the fun. Parks and rec centers emerged throughout the city, shattered and askew sidewalks were transformed into smoother and broader sidewalks, and new restaurants and upscal shopping districts have popped up as well. "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and this is crossing borders," says Enrique Riera, the mayor of Asunción, Paraguay.
So whether it be passing laws on driving cars, pooling in with friends, or just simply taking the bus, there's always something that can be done to limit the usage of cars in today's societies. Alternative transportation may not be as ideal or convenient as taking the family Mustang to work, but it's all for the hope of an easier travel to our workplace and having cleaner air to breathe during the day, and not choking on toxic clouds of death. With the combined efforts of all of us, the adavntages of limited car use are extensive as they are beneficial.
22-euro¹: 31 US dollars | 3 |
25df534 | The Facial Action Coding System, I think is a great piece of technology to have in a classroom. The feedback you receive from this system can help the teachers enhance their teaching mechanics in the classroom to get the students to interact more. It can help the teachers see which teaching mechanics need changed or improved and it can help set future classes to become more motivating and exciting. I'm sure that this type of technology will be very useful in the future. This generation is relying on technology a lot and I think that this technology piece will be beneifial to learning in the years ahead of us.
Feedback from the Facial Action Coding System can be a great tool to teacher's mechanics or teaching habits in the classroom. This can be because this tool can detect more than a teacher can and also can produce more feedback then a regular teacher can, but don't get me wrong, teachers are wonderful. The text states," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This shows that computers can be very helpful. Dr. Huang has done a marvelous job with this design.
Like I've said before the FACS can modify or help the teachers or lesson to become a more effective lesson to the students. The FACS can detect which muscles are being used in your facial expression and use that detection to make a more effective lesson for the students. The text states," The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles. Movement of one or more muscles is called an action unit." The text also states," Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. This explains that the FACS is very productive and is promising.
The FACS can improve the classes and the classrooms. It can also help set a better stage for teaching. This can produce ideas that people can bring to the classroom to seem more inviting and get more students that want to learn and can be excited while learning. The text shows that the FACS detects emotions that can be received by teachers and from there they can modify their teaching or better yet make the classroom and better and a enthusiatic place to learn. The FACS is very useful and detects emotions very well. The text also states," Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements-in a real face or in the painted face of Mona LIsa. By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." This just shows how outstanding the FACS is and how useful it can become within schools throughout the world.
In conclusion I feel that the FACS can be very benificial in the classroom and this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is very valuable. Feedback from the FACS can enchance the teacher's ability to teach in a more exciting classroom. It can help the teachers see which teaching mechanics need changed or improved and it can help set future classes to become more motivating and exciting. These are reasons why I believe that further action in this department is more than neccassary for our classrooms. As a student myself, there are some classes that could use a little more excitement. This can improve the work ethic of students and maybe more students won't skip school, because school then w il be exciting and will be a better learning environment. | 4 |
25e0b3f | The technology to read student´s facial expressions in the classroom is very valuable. If a student is not interested in the topic then they will mostly likely not pay any attention to it. Say your learning about the U.S. presidents, and you start geting bored and start falling asleep. The FACS will read your face and start a new way to teach you without getting bored.
The Facial Action Coding System will make a modified lesson plan as stated in paragraph 6 when you start to get bored or confused. It also says that will be an effective human instructor. With this type of technology society can be more productive. If you have people learning, you´ll have a smarter community. That means more and faster advancements. This is possible by just one little system.
In conclusion this system is valuable. It can tell what´s wrong and change the course lesson so you can learn. Without it students will just not pay attention to the topic or will just don´t know what´s going on because the lesson is not suited for them. With this students will learn faster, more effectively, and be less confused. FACS is the future of a brighter tomorrow. | 2 |
25e14a4 | I think the technology will work just fine in a class room. The reason i say that is becuase if someone feeling sad or down you can use the 3-D computer technology.`This technology really will help alot with clssrooms. This technology maybe make the world a better place. If you can tell how somebody is feeling with asking them you will know how to come off to that person.
The 3-D technology is so great. They read face experssions, modify test. They just know when you like something or you dont .The 3-D technology will be a huge step for the classrooms. It will help more and it really will take load off the teachers becuase if the students doesn't know will computer will teach them.
In the text it say's that if you make a bad face to a ad on the browser the ad will not be like the other one you didn't like. And if you simle at an ad the next one will be more simlar to the one you like. Its a good thing for your phone or PC to able to read your face experssion and can tell when you like something or when you don't. Another thing is if you work to hard or you don't understand, the 3-D can modify the test or work in other words it modify the work to the best way you can understand.
I think they should the use the 3-D technology step. Only becuase i like the way it works. It helps with work, tell others how feeling, and helping the work that might need help with. The technology will make alot of useage in the school feild thatnthey are to prusite it in. | 3 |
25e2100 | I think that we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. If we keep the Electoral College, then even if you do earn the most individual votes, you might not be elected president. If you have earned the most individual votes then you should be elected president because you have the majority's vote. If we keep the electoral College then if you are elected president but do not recieve the majority of the individual votes, the president elected by the Electoral College will not be a popular president to the people who voted against them.
Source 2 says, "Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people." So with the Electoral College, the electors that are chosen might not elect those who they said they would. But with election by popular vote, the person elected will always be who the majority of the country wants as president.
Source 1 states, "Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators." So some states have more votes than others. If someone who is running get more states to vote for them, it does not mean that they will be elected because they have to get more votes overall from the electors.
Source 3 says, "The advocates of this position are correct in arguing that the Electoral College method is not democratic in a modern sense...it is the electors who elect the president, not the people." So with the Electoral College, even though the people vote, they are not the ones who are electing the president. Source 3 also says, When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors." So whoever you are voting for, you dont know if the slate of electors will vote in that direction. | 4 |
25e255c | Do you ever feel like you should join a Seagoing Cowboys program? You should join the program because it helps the world, saves people and animals, and it good if you do join. That is why you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program and that you are helping many peoples lives and saving people to not run away and fight back.
First, it helps the world by in 1945 World War II, was being taken over by Europe and Europe made so many countries leave the ruins and it was just not right for people to move out of their countries. So 44 nations formed a group called the," UNRRA which meant (the United Nations Relief and Rehailitation Adminstration.) So I think it would help if more people joined and you could beat the Europe people who wanted to fight.
Then, save the people and animals by UNRRA had hired the "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the young cows, horses, and mules that had been shiped overseas. That is when Luke and Don had signed up. So after they had signed up in August 1945, they had got a orders to report to New Orleans. When Luke and Don arrived on August 14 Luke had said," The day the Pacific war ended." Everyone got their seaman's papers and boarded that had SS Charles W. Wooster, headed to Greece with a cargo of horses and enough hay to eat So I think that if more people sign up more animals and people will be saved.
Last, good for you to join Seagoing Cowboys program its good by saving peoples lives and animals lives and by keeping the countries save so people can be happy if you join. And that if you join you can be rewarded will a big surprise in the end of the war that is going on. So now I think that you should always think before youself and join.
In conclusion, you should always join to be happy for what you did and joining would help the Seagoing Cowboys program. So for last try to do something new and it will really pay off if you try new things. | 3 |
25e3cc1 | Face on Mars! Natural landform? or Created by Aliens? I believe that the structure is a natural landform. NASA would not want to hide life on mars. They have been researching for years to find life on Mars.
NASA has been researching Mars for years looking for living things. Nothing was ever found. So, why believe there was ever ancient civilization on Mars, if through out all the research, nothing was ever found. Some still disagree and believe that there is new life on Mars. But, in order for there to be a new there has to be an old.
When Garvin decided he wanted to get a better look at the face on Mars himself, he also agreed that it would be a natural landform. He used a digital image three times bigger that the pixle size. Therefore, if there were any signs of live, shakes, houses, aliens, ect. you would be able to point it out from the picture.
Yet, there was still nothing found. Although some people still believe aliens live on Mars, and aliens created the face structure. There is proof that you can not spot any digns of life on Mars. So, therefore, we come to the conclusion that the structure was a natural landfor, that just so happened to look like a face. | 3 |
25e76b0 | changing it from Electroral college to popular is grate idea . it be easay to tell wtich state voted for the president the most also you don't have to recount the votes.
the problem with electoral college is that voters dont vote for the president but a slate of the electors who in turn elect the president .
the electoral vote caused the 2000 fiasco it was the biggest Election crisis in a deacades where they had to recounnt the stat votes and electors the system failed to keep count of the votes.
the electors 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 chances of winning .
seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all they didn't even get chance to see a single ad about them .
to top it all off changing from electoral to popualr is less hassel and less choas for the people and santes . | 2 |
25e7fcb | Most countries around the world share the same global problem; air pollution. Cities like in Germany, France, and America suffer with air pollution. All this smog comes from the cars people drive on a daily basis. But now, people have decided to make a change to that. All around the world, cities have been banning the use of cars or just taking a day off from them. Doing this has made a huge change to how these people treat their air.
In
Source: 1 , it explains a new suburban lifestyle the residents had adapted to. Most of them have been giving up their cars for good. In Vauban, Germany, it is generally forbidden to have any driveways or home garages. Owning a car is still allowed, but the only places to park them would be large and expensive garage spaces. As a result, about 70 percent of families in Vauban do not own cars and 57 percent sold a car to move there. This experiment, completed in 2006, became a growing trend in Europe, the United States and other countries. This movement was called "
smart planning
". In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency is promoting "
car reduced
" communities. Many experts expect public transport to be serving the suburbs a much larger role in the new transportaion bill to be approved.
In the cities of Paris, a partial driving ban has been enforced to try and clear up the polluted air of the global city. Cars with even-numbered plates were ordered to be left at home or owners would have to pay a 22-euro fine ($31). The next day, odd-numbered plates would be applyed the same way. By this time almost 4,000 drivers were fined. After five days of intense smog from congestion, the smog rivaled Beijing, China, which is known to be the most polluted cities in the world. In France, deisel fuel was to blame. Deisels make up 67 percent of the vehicles in France, as stated in
Source: 2 paragraph 16 .
An event that was set to spread to other countries lead to Colombians hiking, biking, taking buses or walking. In Bogota, Columbia, the
Day Without Cars has been set to promote alternative transportation. It was the third straight year of this event in the city of 7 million. Violaters of this day had to face a $25 fine. Referring to
Source: 2, paragraph 27 , this improvement campaign started in Bogota in the mid-1900s. Now, park and sports centers have been built and newer, smoother sidewalks have been created to influence this movement.
Places all around the world are joining this revolutionary movement so save the planet. More and more cities are reducing the use of vehicles to decrease the amount of smog and other air pollutants so the air that we share cannot be contaminated. | 3 |
25f2e66 | In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" talks about the idea if Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers. The author supports the idea by saying that Venus has been watched by NASA in the last three decades and they have kept failing every single time but have been improving their technology to be able to inhabit the "Evening Star". The author supports the claim by quoting "NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. For example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions." The author is stating here that NASA has made progress in their work to be able to make a landing on Venus which is showing that he knows NASA is trying their best to visit our "sister planet." The atmospheric pressure of Venus is 90 percent than what we experience on earth. So the conditions that NASA is facing is far more extreme than anything humans ever encountered.
An example that shows how well the author supports the claim, in paragraph 8 quoting, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." The author is saying that nothing should stop humans from discovering Venus and being able to visit the planet, but is visiting Venus a safe thing to do and will it be accomplished? The author's idea is that it is possible to visit the planet if the technology gets better and advanced for space travel and it will limit the chances of any problems occuring with a single trip to Venus. There is a possibility that anytime in the future that space travel will be a reality esspecially with the progress NASA is making. The article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is supported by the idea of the author that Venus is worth of pursuit. | 3 |
25f55c7 | In my opinion, I think that the development of driverless cars could be a great thing for people today. As long as they're completely safe to our environment, this invention could be very helpful. With the technology helping with transportation and safety, nothing but positivity should come from this invention.
When I talk about the safety, there could be many benefits from the driverless cars. First, With the sensors they talk about in paragraph 4 and 5 to help prevent accidents with pedestrians or bad snow wether, driverless cars could save more lives from accidents that occur with careless pedestrians, drunk drivers, and ice on roads. In addition, in paragraph 6 when the passage gets into the antilock brakes to assist the drivers control whats going on more when they're behind the wheel but, with driverless cars contianing this ablility could benefit safety of passengers and others around them even more. Lastly, when
the passenger is comming towards danger there are all kinds of signals that warn the passengers on whats happening like for example the vibration of a seat belt which was stated in paragraph 7. With all of these things I've stated about the driverless cars safey I dont see anything going wrong as long as the things about the saftey in the passage are true.
Another thing about driverless cars are that they can be extremly helpful to some very busy passengers. When car crashes happen it can be because of a driver not paying attention, drunk drivers, or drivers that are trying to multi task and the driverless cars can help prevent these accidents. In the passage that I've read, It says things about entertainment of the driver, or "wouldn't drivers get bored witing for their turn to drive?". The reason why most of the accidents occur today is because drivers are being occupied by other things so with statements like the previous one I've showed I dont nessicarily agree. I think that it would be more helpful for drivers, especially ones with children or babies to he able to attend to their children or whatever it may be thats important without having to worry about having to steer a car or watch the road. In addition, with the saying "dont text and drive/die" drivers wouldn't really have to worry about this because with the driverless car attending to everything with transportation, the passenger shouldn't have a problem with being occupied with their phones or whatever it is they need to do to keep themselves busy. Also, with the law talking about thinking that the safest way to do things is with a human driver, I dont really agree with that either because, most car accidents that occur are because of the human drivers.
Comming to my conclusion, as I've stated before, I believe that driverless cars could have a positive impact to the future because of the saftey it can provide and the help it could bring. Driverless cars could save more lives, make things easier on a busy parent, and make sure that people more safe on the road. | 4 |
25fc2cd | The elections should be changed by popular vote for president of the United States of America.
The votes from the people are not directly going towards the candidate they choose. The United States of America offers the right to vote for the president, yet in the end your vote does not go directly toward the candidate of your choice. The Electoral College process is the selection of electors. You help choose your states electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. The electors are the ones who really elect the candidate's.
Each party selects a slate of elector's trusted to vote for the party's nominee. The electors rarely betray the trust of the party's. Although it has happened in 2000 with Gore having more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes. That was the first time since 1888.
Although there are not much betrayels the Electoral College is not very trust worthy. Back in 1960, segregationists in the Lousiana legislature nearly succeded in replacing with elector that would not be faithful and would oppose John F. Kennedy. The popular votes ment for Kennedy wouldn't actually be for him.
The Electoral College is outdated and could get votes confuse by the electors which would cause them to vote for th wrong candidate.
The popular votes would also encourage more people to pay attention to the campain. The people in some states don't pay much attention because they know that their votes will probably not have much effect as if in a popular vote.
The Electoral College is outdated unfair and irrational. If the people of the United States of America have the right to vote, their vote should go directly towards the nomine they choose. The popular vote could have a great effect on the campaigns. Why not allow the people to directly vote for the candidate of their choice instead of taking a chance with the electors that could be unfaithful. | 3 |
2601398 | The face on mars. The space craft Viking snapped a photo of what look a human face on mars. The face is two miles long from end to end. Many conspiracy theorists think that the face is alien made. The face is not alien made though.
The theorists wanted to know proof that it wasn't alien made. So April 5,1998 the Global Surveyor flew over the face and took a picture ten times shaper than the first picture. Thus you could see that the face was formed not by aliens but by natrual formation.
The theorists where still not happy about the photo take. On the that day mars had a dust strom that day so the picture kinda had a haze to it. So the mission controllers had to prepare to take another picture. So they did and on April 8, 2001 on a cloudless day on mars the picture was took.
Once agian the picture showed that there were no alien houses or monuments. The picture was taken with absolute maximum resolition. So you could see every little detail on mars. Scientists concluded that the formation was made by lava coming to the surface and making a formation that just happend to look like a face mage by aliens. | 3 |
2606118 | What would you do if you got written a ticket by a police officer for just driving your car? It could happen if we had a day that driving was banned to help the enviroment. I think this is great idea and we shold all get involved with trying to make it work. Other countries have done it and it doesn't seem to effect anybody negativly. The only thing this would do is limit the pollution put off in America and all over.
Cars are probably the biggest source of pollution in our world today. We use cars for eveerything now and it is very convenient but have you ever really thought of what they are doing to our atmoshpere and ozone. Smog is one of the biggest efects from driving and its not a pretty one. I wouldn't want my city to be covered in a thick layer of foggy gas fuems. In paris the smog was so thick they had to make driving outlawed for a few days just to keep it under control. If we did it even just a couple times a year nation wide it could really help.
In columbia they tried this to help with car emisions and everybody enjoyed it. They even said other countrioes joined in so I think its our turn to give it a try.
The people of Vauban, Germany have a pretty much car free town. If towns started going car free like this in America the emmisions would drop greatly. In Vauban evrybody really likes not needing cars and say it is much less stressful than driving everyday. If just one in every 20 cities of the United States went car free we would notice how much cleaner the air is and the greenhouse effect or global warming would be almost nonexistent.
Another thing the articles mentioned is hybrid cars. I think hybrid cars are great, I personally have one, but some people don't really understand or like them. These cars could really help save the enviroment in just a few years if people were to start only using them. Which I doubt will happen but they still are driven by many people and its much better then everyone driving a diesel truck around all the time.
In all honesty I don't think any of this will happen here anytime soon but it sure would be nice. The greenhouse effect is very real no matter how many people argue about it and there is thigs that can be done to help prevent it. We just have to be willing to make some sacrafices to save our planet. | 4 |
2606925 | This is a natural landform on Mars. It may look like a human face, but we are for certian that this was not made from aliens. Many landforms are randomized and have different features.
The 'Face' has changed over the years. Like our planet's landforms, they are very random. Our mountains are different in everyway. So this 'face' is not created by ailens but is naturally created. No other lifeform has created this landform. It was discovered in 1976 and we have recent pictures of it in 2001. It has changed, but it could've been the erosion moving the rocks. Mars' weather is very different from ours. A team sent Mars Global Surveryor over Mars to take pictures of the Face, it was revealed that it is a natural landform and not a ailen monument.
This concludes my point. It has been revealed that there are no ailen markings or a monumet. The Face is just a natural landform and will be a natural landform. | 2 |
260eeff | I think that we should not have driverless cars. Because they are not alert and aware as much as a human. Driverless carss can be an advance in technology to where if it gets a virus of some sort it will danger other humans. They could also do something that thier not suppose to like drive into a tree or off the road and into the river or lake. It is very unsafe for people to even be living thier.
He believes that it can fundamentally change the world. They can not handle pulling in and out of driveways or deal with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through road work or accidents. Companies are making computer driven cars. Special touch sensors are installed into the cars. Google car simply announces the driver should be prepared to take over.
A driverless cab to take you wherever you desire without you driving one bit sounds like bus drivers and cab jobs will be taken. Then the all cab and bus companies would shut down. Then it will get bigger to where they make heavy equipment vehicles. It will would then take over construction workers jobs. It will eventually take over truck drivers jobs as well.
Then it will send familes and more people jobless and homless and possibly thier families to leave them. Although it sounds good to have driverless cars but it will ruin lives. It will take over alot of peoples jobs and lives making them homeless to where they can die of starvation. Any car cannot just drive on thier own without an accident reported or someone killed by the car malfunctioning.
But I think the cars are a bad idea becauser technology dont ever work as good as it says. They always will crash or malfunction and they will always ruin someones life. They can ruin someones life bad enough to where it can be permanet. They
will eventually have an accident and just kill someone because it cant handle certain conditions. They will also malfunction and drive its self into a tree or over a bridge or even into someones living room. | 3 |
2617ac7 | Have u ever thought about going to space to explore one of our planets? specifally Venus? well Venus has alot of challenges and dangers to get there but i promise it is worth it. In a text called " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" talks about how Venus has many dangers if trying to take a trip into space down there but it worth the challenge. The author uses many details and facts to state how studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present. Despite the dangers that can come along with studying Venus, Venus is alot like earth so it will be interesting go and study a planet like ours, venus is the nearest planetary visit, and lastly, NASA is studying ways so we wont have to worry about the amount of pressure and heat.
The planet Venus is built just like the earth and has about the same features as the earth. Venus is called our sister planet because " ... it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system.. Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth". This states how Venus is just like the earth itself and has features just like the earth so it makes Venus even more interesting to study because its our "sister planet". By the information stated above, it proves that Venus is worth the challenge and should be continued to be researched to make it more interesting to visit.
Venus is the only planet out of all the planets that is the closest to us ( Earth). Venus has many features that comes along with it and also " ... can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel. The value of returning seems indisputable..." . This quote clearly states how Venus is the nearest option for planetary visits which means its the closest to us compared to others. Also it will not take as long to visit Venus compared to any other space travel. The author directly uses the astronomers as an example to show how Venus is worth the risk.
Lastly,
NASA is finding possible solutions to make the visit more compelling. One of the possible solutions to the dangerous conditions is " .. allow scientists to float above the fray...just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many sotrms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up out of their way". This quote shows how NASA as a team is trying to find possible solutions so astronomers and humans could go around Venus with no issue. They are trying to find ways where it wont kill humans but something that humans can bare. They are also trying to find a electronic where " some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditons". This also shows how NASA is trying other approaches to limit the amount of pressure and heat for when astronomers/ other humans tries to visit spaces. They are trying to make electronics that can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces present in Venus.
In conclusion, the author has provided many examples and details to prove to us that Venus is worth studying despite the the dangers that our present around the planent. As stated earlier, Venus is built just like how the earth is and it would be interesting to go to a planent that has the same features as ours. Second how Venus is the most conveient option for us because it is the closest to earth compared to any other planent and lastly how NASA is coming up with ways so it can be studied easier and easier for humans to explore the planent without worrying about the conditons. Overall, Venus is worth studying and the author has clearly stated the facts on why it is still worth the risk. | 4 |
261d0e3 | Have you ever seen a unmasking face ?well if you havent let me tell you more about it .
So there is the mask that in mars. We are now trying to dicorver what this strange thing is. From what i am seeing .Its seems that this face is an unusual face that no one have seen before. As far as the scientists figured it was just another Martian Mesa, Commom enough around Cydonia.
A few days later . NASA unveiled the image for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation . . . Which resembles a human Head . . . Formed by shadows gigivg the illusion of eyes , noes , and mouth" The Authors reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract to mars.
The " Face on Mars" has since become a pop icon . It has started in hollywood film , appeared in books, magaznines , radio talk shows--even huanted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years! Some people think the face is bona fide evidence of life on mars---evidence that NASA would rather hide , say conspiracy theorists. Meanwhile, defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on mars.
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 the orginal Viking photos. Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all.
So they all came together and thought about it . So there Now exchanging it all right .There trying to say that the picture from NAS is not the right picture which is so true . There trying to still the picture from somebody else which there trying to take the credit from mars which found the picture and put it all together . So now there all confused on which just happen when mars was just stating the simple facts that they found the oicture ands knows where the ou=ther one is and theere going to put it back together so they can have the right picture only if . NASA don try to come over welm them with a different picture which is going to throw them off topic and confuse then on which to do and what not to do because they came with the wrong information and mars had all the right information to which to out and how to put it all together and complete the big puzzle everybody been trying to out together because all alone they had it from the beging but was not sure it wass right nor positive and sure about that picture so when the NASA came to mars and try to prove them wrong on a nother level they out stood them, and made them think over so now NASA about to go back and try to discover the othere peices to the puzzle when its already solved they dont understand that they already have the puzzle figured out all along but now there trying to take what Mars had and say they found it first but not only that . But they have found something else which identify that that puzzle have been put together before the NASA found it . But its seems to me that the reader that MARS have found the puzzle face and put it together and now NASA is on envestigation once Again. | 2 |
261fd43 | Who would have thought that our world would be where it is today in the automobile feild. We started out with simple horses and buggies, and now we're sporting driverless cars. The future is here, and i'm super thrilled to be a part of the generation of technology.
Apparently, Google has developed a car that literally drives itself! Who wants to worry about puting the car in drive, and wondering if you're driving alright...you'll always be driving great! The google cars "have driven more than half a million miles without a crash," which absolutely amazes me. Safety is a very important issue that I personally worry about often, but with this out of this world invention, I wouldn't ever have to worry about crashing, to an extent. Also, since these cars are basically crash proof, you'll always have a designated driver if you're unable to succesfully drive yourself home.
You always hear about crazy people driving recklessly under the influence, and taking thier lives, taking others lives, and harming themselves and the well-being of innocent bistanders. With this breakthrough car, drunk driving rates would hit rock bottom. People wouldn't have to put others, and themselves in any sort of danger, because you're not the one driving, your car is. Again, safety really plays a gigantic role in these vehicles. These wonder machines also have sensors, so that if for some reason traffic is too much to handle for the smart car, the car will send a vibration through your seat to alert you to take over.
To me, that's the only problem...the cars aren't fully in control. Evidence from the article states, " Google modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an internal motion sensor." Seems like alot of sensors! I would really love to nap at the wheel, but it seems as though I would be unable to proceed in doing that. So that is something I would definetely encourage manufacures to establish...no sensors, just pure driverless cars.
These cars are nothing short of amazing, and I can't wait to own one for myself one day. They are safer than your typical car, and also super cool and intereesting. So if you want more safety, and more reliablity, definelty go with the Google cars. | 4 |
2620677 | In this story talks that mona lisa wants to invited a technology object thst can see people's emotions. And this is why mona lisa is trying to come up with technology object. But I disagree that she should not invited a technology object that can see peolpe's emotions. Someone people will say that they will feel worried that a technology object is see how their emotions feel like. Other thing is that people saying bad things to mona lisa that why she invited a technology object that allows to see emotions. And also mona lisa says that most people have trouble describing each of their facial trait. And also she wants to see if people are always happy or anger or their sad. And mona lisa thinks that it is good idea to come up with a technology object. She wants to see how people react to danger things in life. On the other their there is other doctor called Dr Huang that is trying to develop better ways to humans and computers and to communicate. And this doctor thinks that it is good idea to develop better ways for human people. But i also disagree with this doctor too. Because we can never changes people ways. We even can not make people's life make them in a better way. In conclusion I both disagree with this two people because we can never change develop people in better ways. Latest, is that we schould not invited a technology that we can see people's emotions. Because people will feel worried or get mad about inviting a technology object. | 1 |
262b8dd | Venus is one of the closest planets to earth, infact its known as our sister planet and sometimes even reffered to as Earth's "twin." Though the planet is so close, its hasn't been the easiest to get to or explore. Exploring Venus might be a big challenge, but scientists part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aren't ready to give up yet. Numerous failed attempts have not affected them or their work. It might be because of their fascination of the planet or because the exploration of this planet will greatly increase their knowledge of what the planet once was. Throughout the passage the readers can see how the author agrees and supports the idea of exploring Venus.
In paragraph 8 the author states, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by the dangers and doubts, but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." When the author says this he is supporting the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because he is saying that we should not let the challenge and trouble of venus stop us from trying to explore it. The author also supports this claim in paragraph 4 when he says, "Astronomers are fascinated by venus because it may well once have been te most Earth-like planet in our solar system," he then follows the sentence up with examples of characteristics both planets share like valleys, mountrains, and craters. The author does this to show that if we were able toe explore it we would add more to the research and information we already know about the planet. | 3 |
262be36 | Hi I am a scinetist here to tell you about the (Unmasking the face on mars). Scinetist are getting information from the space satation about a figure on mars surface that looks like a face. They believe this could mean taht there is life on mars.Because there can not just be random faces on mars without soemthing there to make them. No one has really found anything like this before on mars....Untill..last year when they discovered water was on mars or had been on mars... That was a sign that there must have been life on mars. Besides there has to be life on mars or had to be life on mars..Why? Well because of all of the evidence they are finding and found.. But when they found these face like figures on mars they were set that there has to be and there is life on mars.. On the face like structure you can point out the eyes,the nose,and the mouth.. Once they gather up all this information and put it together they will adventally get somwhere..Or mabby they will lead there selfs to life on mars,you may never know...In the past year we have found lots of information and evidence from mars.... We do believe that possabily the next trip to mars we will find more information and evidence,mabby even find something dead,or alive.For all we know we could find some of what evr lives out there dropings..... But...... once we find the living creatures on mars we are going to take them back and do testing on them and experaments. Because the world may coem to and end one day and we will need somewhere to go.. But.... if it does we will hopefully know what we need to survive on mars untill we find a new planent...... | 1 |
2630ecd | I am against driverless vehicles. I belive it's dangerous for unaware people to be in a driverless vehicle. The "driverless" vehicles today are not completly driverless.
Driving on an open road is a great experience but that gets taken away when the driver is replaced by a computer. Many people in the modern world rely on technology to do everyday tasks. Driverless vehicles are not reliable. Many things go wrong with technology in today's world because computer scientists are still testing and working out the kinks. Roads would become cramped with these vehicles. It's basically the equivalent to texting and driving. People would have to be so focused on what and how the technology in there car is working, they would be unaware. What if a sensor on the vehicle went out? It would mess up everything. That one sensor would not be able to sense if a car was in the other lane. Then when the car would try to get in the other lane, the car would hit another car.
If driverless cars were to be used in thee future, they would need many improvements. Even then, I don't think I would be in favor of these vehicles. They are simply to dangerous. | 2 |
2633709 | Scientist at NASA do their best to figure the right information they have about the " Unmasking the Face on Mars "
. It was actually a better idea to keep the " Face on Mars " a secret just between the NASA team , then if nothing was bad news it could have been told after getting all the right information . The possiblities on knowing what this is and letting everyone know was very hard . It's been there since 1976 and in 2001 , at last some resoltes on the Face on Mars . NASA is very important , and if they know that it's better not to tell anyone about this , I think the people should respect their decison because they found it . Most importantly not letting people make a big deal out of this because they don't know what it could be yet .
Sometime we can't say somethings at the most part , Because it's better not to let anyone know before people go crazy and go around asking a bunch of questions . The Face on Mars was discovered in 1976 , and by the time that has passed , it's easier to see how it actually looks . But of cource you can't just send someone out to space and actually see what's going on . It's not that easy to just do that . There could be some species that are out there somewhere and don't even know about it . A period of time we believed it might have been a alien artifact , but it doesn't look like an alien's face which is something we could be for sure about that . Seeing the picture that the ( MOC ) team revealing the photo of the face , people weren't so satisfied as they thought . The people must be thinking , " There's something up in space , should we be clam or should it be best to be worried ? " , that's what might have happens when people don't listen to what we say is best and do what they think is right .
But at the end of all this story and " Oh it''s this " or " No , wait it's actually that
" , it turns out that it is actually a Martian equivalent of a butte or of the mesa . It's a common landforms around American West and it's the lava dome that formed an isolated mesa . Which is the same height as the " Face on mars " . Everything is perfectly fine , and everyone can be clam since we found out the actual and correct information and not just some random anwers that people were going around and saying about this . | 3 |
26337f6 | I will be convincing you today to join Seagoing Cowboys. When working for as a Seagoing cowboy you are able to do many things; such as you are able to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped over the seas. You are able to vist many beautiful places like Europe and China. We can not forget you will be helping people after World War two, people left in ruins without food supplies, animals, and so much more. After you are finished reading this I hope that you understand what its like to be a "Seagoing Cowboys."
In addition to caring for horses, young cows, and mules we enjoy hard workers to help take great care of the cattle. You should be a hard and caring worker such as in times when there are heavy seas. You check up on the cattle to make sure they are alright. To pass the time you can come up with fun games to play since the long trips may get tireing. Just think of where the cattle is being taken to see the beautiful sites.
After a long wait to finally reach land you walk out to see beautiful places. The sky prettyer than you may have ever saw. You relize all the hard work that you have been thourgh has payed off. Site seeing in these places are memorial you will never forget them. This is just one of the benefits of helping others. " The cattle-boat trips were an unbeliveable opportunity for a small-town boy," as I said.
Just take a mintue to think about what a change you are making for other people. How they will look up to you in a very important way, that no one will ever think. By you helping these people that are left alone feel helped and you will feel appricatable. " I'm grateful for the opportunity," I said. " It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
This are many reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys." You will help cattle. You are able to help other people when they need it. You are able see many beautiful things in the world with your help and support. You will enjoy the great opportunity that you will have with joining the " Seagoing Cowboys." This is why you should be apart of the "Seagoing Cowboys." | 3 |
26434a0 | In todays world things have evolved so much that now we even have driverless cars. In my opinion, I am not in favor of driverless cars. There are many issues that come about when talking about driverless cars. Some issues would include, the age of legal drivers, the liability, and whether or not the drivers has to pay attention or not. All of these issues can be explained throughout this paper.
Today the age that a driver gets their license is 16 years old. With driverless cars, the legal age of drivers would probably be lowered. This could even be lowered to the age of young children. I believe it is an awesome opportunity to be able to drive. Since the car is driverless, would drivers still need to go through traning like there is now? If there wasn't any training and the car would malfunction and the driver had to take control, then the driver behind the wheel would not know what to do. The article says, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, 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, such as navigting through roadwork or accidents." Even if cars become totally driverless, will they actually know right away when an accident has occured in front of them?
Another issue that could come up with driverless cars is, the liability. Who's fault is it? Today there are laws that decide who is at fault in a car accident. If the cars were totally driverless then there would be no need to focus on the road and the driver could be doing whatever they wanted. What would happen if there was a constuction zone ahead and the driverless car didn't know and kept driving and hit someone or something, would the accident be the drivers fault or the manufacturers? " If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the naufacturer?" I'm sure there are many manufacturers who would not like all of the liability to fall back on them. That could end up costing them more money than what they are getting from the driverless cars. If it is the drivers fault then they could just say that they were told they didn't need to pay attention and they could sue the manufacturer.
The last issue that comes to mind is, does the driver need to pay attention if the car is totally driverless? I think that the real attention getter with driverless cars is that the driver wouldn't have to watch the road and could be doing stuff with the passengers in the back seat. The only problem with this is, is the car fully able to correctly drive itself through traffic and dangerous situations or does someone need to pay attention the whole time? If they could fully promise drivers that the car is capable of driving through any situation then it would be okay.
I do think that eventually cars will be driverless, but I think that manufacturers and law enforcers need to take a little bit more time developing ways that these problems can be fixed. "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percent of the time. Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." They need to stop and think about how they can fix the problems such as, they age of legal drivers, the liability, and whether or not a driver needs to pay attention at all times. Once this is all cleared up then I will fully be for driverless cars. | 4 |
2645e39 | The Electoral College consists of 528 electors. in order for the popular vote tobe valid, an Electoral Colege should continue as is. The Electoral College is a wide range of people who know what it is thta they want. The Disrrict of Columbia is even considered to be a state just for the Electoral College purpose. The people of America choose their electors in which when they choose their Presidential candidate, they are choosing it's electors. The people of America are practically setting themselves up for whatever outcome comes into play.
Some people claim that people are not voting for the president, but are voting for the slate of electors. These people, however, are simply dramatic and have no sense as to what is actually going on in their country. People do no tvote for a president just because of his or her electors. Presidents are elected because they, as a candidate to be a president, have somehow persuaded the majority of the country to vote for them on their own behalf. A good president is elected because he or she is a good president, not because he or she has good candidates behind them. Yes, with a president comes his or her electors, but the electors are not the ones running for president, therefore they are not the ones persuading the people of America to vote for them, for it is the president that is doing the persuading, and the president that is receiving the votes.
The Electoral College has worked for many many years in the past and if held with respect will continue to work an be a successful way and form of voting. The outcomes will be valid and the responses will be accurate with reasonableactions following it.
The disaster factor is a claim that goes against the Electoral College, however it is not worthy of being a factor. A tie in the Electoral College is not likely, and if it were to happen, it could easily be resolved. | 3 |
26479a8 | After the nice, relaxed weekend at the beach, Steve gets up to go to work at 6 AM to go to work that is half an hour away. His Monday morning seems to be great until he jolt upright, suddenly remembering about the end-of-the-month report he was supposed to do over the weekend. Steve scrambles around his house, quickly changing into his work clothes and shoving food in his mouth as he runs out the door. As Steve drives to work, he tries to think of ways he can get the report done quickly, but he eventually prepares himself for the verbal lashing he will recieve from his boss. Steve can be anyone. Forgetting to do work is a common occurance. Steve, however, could have gotten the report done if he did not have to drive to work. A relatively new technology that could have saved Steve from his boss' rage is the driverless car. A driverless car, obviously, does not require a driver most of the time. Google and many other car companies have been trying to perfect the driverless car by making the car not require a driver. There are many pros to driverless cars that far outweigh the cons. Driverless cars are more safe and saves time for the driver.
Every year, many people die in car accdients, whether the victim was the driver or an innocent pedestrian. Driverless cars can potentially lower the rate of car accidents. Unlike humans, driverless cars can detect objects around them with multiple sensors installed in the car. The Google-modified Toyota Prius uses nine sensors - "position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel,
a rotating sensor on the roof, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and an inertial motion sensor" (Paragraph 4). Also, the rotating sensor on the roof, called the LIDAR, makes a 3-D model of the cars surroundings. With all of these sensors, the driverless car can detect objects or people that a normal human driver cannot see, as there are many blindspots that a human driver has to be wary of. Also, the car can also "cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce the power from the engine" (Paragraph 5) based on the information received from the sensors. This gives the car "better response and control than an a human driver could manage alone" (Paragraph 5).
Although the idea of a driverless car sounds appealing, the current cars developed do not drive the full amount of time. The cars needs to alert the driver in special situations like work zones and driveways. Therefore, drivers need to be alert the whole time just in case one of these special situations pop up. If you have to be alert the whole time, why not just drive in the first place? Also, what happens if the car hits someone? Would it be the driver's fault or the manufacturer's fault? There are legal issues that can be avoided if humans just drove the cars in the first place like they have been doing for the past century. In addition to the legal problems and the drive time problem, the car can become faultly, like a computer that got a virus. This time, the consequences of faulty electronics are much higher than just replacing a computer. The car could end up taking someone's life.
The current driverless car does not drive the entire time. However,Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan are expected to have cars that can drive of 90% of the time. Yes, there is a 10% chance that a human driver might have to take over but the 90% of the time that the driver is not driving, he or she can do work or just relax. Even if the driver fell asleep, there are many ways that the car can wake the driver up, like vibrating seats, sounds, and bright lights. Cars can be developed to become better at driving in traffc zones. The human instanct, however, cannot be developed to be more cautionous all of the time. Also, the legal issues do not present a problem. Laws often change to adapt with the times. Courts and lawmakers can debate on the issues, resolve them, and change the laws so that they can accomodate conflicts that the drierless car might present.
Driverless cars can solve many vehicle-related safety issues and lower the accident rate. Also, they give the driver more time to do whatever he or she wants to do. There are very little cons that come with the driverless car, and the ones that do come up can be easily solved. Driverless cars should be allowed to continue to develop so that eventually, they can replace humans drivers and make the roads mroe safe. Steve, too, can get a happy ending by frantically finishing is report while his new driverless car can take him to work. | 6 |
264856a | Driverless cars could be the future of our generation. Many car companies have taken this idea and are trying to pursue it. They are cars that, eventually, will drive by themselves. It seems like a very creative and speechless innovation. However, there are many questionable aspects of the car that need to be taken into account. I do not think driverless cars are a good idea for the safety of our generations.
Drivers today have to go through intensive studying and classes just to gain a license. They think of it as the first step into adulthood and freedom. If driverless cars do take over our population, that will disapear. Teens will look past the greatness of being able to drive, and will look for another way to gain the freedom that they are desperatley seeking for. They also will not have anything that they are in complete control of. In the article it says, "He envisions a future with a public-transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transportation taxi system." If this happens, teens would not be in conrol of the car, the car would. That leaves kids to rely on yet another thing in their lives. Teens already have to rely on many things everyday. I think that if we add another one, and take away that sense of freedom, we will be taking away a big part of life. This is one reason I do not think driverless cars are a good idea.
Another reason I disagree with them is because of safety. Technology should not be relied on for big tasks like driving. Car companies are being thourough and making sure they are safe, but technology, even today, still seems to occasionally mess up. In the article it says, "Most drvining laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe, and lawmakers know that safety is best achieved with alert drivers." I agree that the best way to ensure safety is with a driver that is focused and knowledged. These driverless cars could potentially be dangerous to us. If the car messes up even once, or the company makes a mistake in the programming, we could definately be in great danger. Safety is the most important thing, and because we can never be 100% sure that technology won't mess up, we should not have driverless cars in the future.
The final reason I do not think that we should be excited for driverless cars is because of the law. If a regular car gets into an accident, we have laws that say who should be at fault. Also, it can already be complicated to figure out who should take the blame today with regular cars. If we all drove driverles cars, a new stack of laws would have to be made to support them. Getting used to those laws would be hard because we have never lived in the world of driverless cars. In the article it says, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" This is a good point. If there is an accident where someone gets injured, not everyone will agree who should take the fall for it. There will be riots and fighting between manufacturers and individuals, and overall, it is not worth it. We should not destroy what we already have for something this risky.
These are the reasons that I do not think driverless cars should be pursued by car companies. I do agree that they would be very cool, but they are in fact, to good to be true. With the many complications that could come up, to the lack of freedom in teens, driverless cars take away more than what they could be bringing. Instead of investing in this innovation, we should use the investments to pursue more practical products, and to continue to make what we already have, better. Driving comes with a great responsibility that technology does not have. That is why I do not think driverless cars are a good idea for the safety of our generations. | 5 |
264902b | In "The Challange of Exploring Venus," the author explains in detail on how despite the dangerous aspects of the planet venus, the overall planet has potiential. They say venus concludes of "Not easy conditions,but suriviable for humans". Human life is definitly possible for the planet Venus, however their are prices that come along with the reward.
Venus is known as "Earth's Twin". It is the closest planet to earth, refering to the size and density. The planets interior consist of rocky sediments and familar features that are seen on earth such as mountains. Venus is seen as the most earth like planet in our solar system, giving a viewof consideration to take a visit. However, there are many downfalls to this planet.
Venus presents many erupting volcanos,powerful earthquakes and occasional dangerous lighting strikes. 97% of Venus atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide which isnt good for human life. There are high clouds of sulfuric acid that harm the air. The average tempature consist of over 800 degrees fahrenheitm follwing high pressure levels of 90x greater of whats on earth.
Despite the risk and harmful factor of Venus, it is still possible to be survivable for humans. Once upon arrival, NASA concludes that "air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth" making it relate more to human life on earth. Venus would be toasty, considering the tempature on but there is still ablities for human survival. | 3 |
2650cb7 | I think the face on Mars is a natural landform because anything can form on land and there is a coincidence that that land formation can look fimiliar to something on Earth, like a human's face. The face on Mars was photographed, so we arent really seeing what the face on Mars looks exactly like, but we are seeing alot of it. Though, the image of the face in the best Viking photo in 1976 proves to show that, because of the 2001 photo's image span of 1.56 meters, if there were ships, planes, or even small shacks, you would be able to spot them out in the photo. What the Viking photo really shows is the Martian equivalant of a butte or mesa, which are both found commonly in the American West. Therefore, Mars has many land formations of all shapes and sizes, so the face that we all know and are so curious about; could just be another on of Mars natural landforms. | 2 |
26513d2 | Isn't it strange that cars are one of the most used transporting verhicles around? Well, of course besides busses, trains, airplanes, and all that. Almost everyone has a car, or adleast knows someone who does. Unfortunatley, in German Suburbs life goes on without cars. The Vauban's streets are completely "car-free" so the article says. They say car owner ship is allowed but there are only two places to park, large garages but that would take up to $40,000. Also, along with a home. 70% of people in the Vaubans family believe that life is better with out cars, of course they do not own cars. 57% sold a car to move here. In 2006 there was a growing trend in Europe, The United States, and else where to seperate suburban life from auto use. They call this "Smart Planning" Passanger cars are responsible for 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas in the United States.
Vauban. Home to 5,500 people within a rectaugular square mile, may be the most experimented place with low-car suburban life. Levittown and Scarsdale, New York suburbs spread-out homes and private places (such as garages, homes, etc) They were the dream towns of 1950s and still and exert a stong appeal. But some new suburbs look like the Vaubans. Not only in developed countries but also in the developing world. The United States, the Enviornmental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communties. Meaning the lack of usage with cars. In previous bills, 80 percent or appropriations have by law gone to highways and only 20 percent go towards other transport. On Monday, motorists were ordered to leave there cars ar home or suffer a fine of $31. Amost 4,000 drivers were fined according to reuters. 27 people had their cars impounded for their reaction to the fine. Down 60 percent Congestion in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog. Dieasel fuel was blamed. They make up 67 percent of vehicles in France compared to 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in Western Europe.
The days without cars started in Bogota in the mid-1990s. President Obama's goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions unvieled last week. The United States peaked in 2005 and dropped steadily after. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to the countrys rate in January 1995. Americans can not afford new cars and the unemployed wern't going to work anyway. The next few years will be telling. | 1 |
26527d8 | The usage of cars has really changed the way our world works. These expensive vehicales are what make make our world what it is and peopel take advantage of it. With cars we get to places faster than on a bike or even walking. Many people forget how cars work though. It takes up about 2,000 dollars a month depending on which car they have on gas and maintnence. The advantages of limiting car usage is reducing the amount of fuel the we use, we would save thousands of dollars, and become more green in the world. People prefer walking or biking to school or on their way home.
Driving starts at the age of 15. Imagine all the work parents do to drive their kids to school, then to work, and then pick up their kids from after school. Its crazy how much of gas an adult would be using every single day. Ofcourse picking up their kids from school is a guarantee but their are many other solutions to these type of things. If we started to use less fuel it would bring our economy out of debt. In the article by Elisabeth Rosenthal "The End of car culture" states that Americans have not been buying cars as often and driving less and fewer license being given over the years. The era of cars and driving could be coming to an end and creating a new way of getting to places. People would say that taking the bus might become the new strategy but who knows what the future holds for America, by the year 2030 we will be flying in cars or transportating to get to where we need to be. Transportation is the second largest source in America and vehicles are becoming something much different.
In New York a bike-sharing program has started due to all the traffic and crowded streets their are people just take the subway and get to places faster than a car. Things like that save so much money. A change in the world would be very dramatic since everyone is so used to driving a car and getting to where they need to be. Studies shown by Elisabeth Rosenthal that even kids who live in urban areas that are 19-21 do not have license and are perfectly happy with out having one. With the amount of money people can save in motorvehicles is ridiculous. The money they save can be used for many other important things in life like food and house spendings all those things can get someone stressed could be fixed just by reducing the use of cars. Who says walking or biking isn't good for the soul.
Technology has really changed our lives and made our generation of children a new perspective that other never saw. As a teenager we are so dependant on many thingas and get addicted very fast to whatever comes at us. A day with out a car is like a day with out a phone. We wouldnt be able to particapat in anything. A car will take us where we want to go. Unlike in those movies where all the kids just bike to places, it seems more fun and interesting in that way. With all the money being spent we could be more green in the world as well. Everything is so manufactured in the world that people wonder why our economy is awful. Being eco friendly is the best way to go if everyone particiaptes in the cause. The world would honestly be such a better place if we all particapated in making it better.
Causes and actions have consequences in our world. The usage of cxars are very dependant on people and if we made a change people will be happier in life because they'll have more to recieve. Our world can become a much better place where people won't have to suffer with money because due to cars we pay alot of money that doesnt have to be spent. Cars can increase alot of positive things in everyones life and it will start out just by a casual walk on the street. | 4 |
265499b | In the passage, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that, studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Some of the reasons the author staes that venus is dangerous is because, the clouds have a highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, the surface's temperature averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit while the, atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we are used to on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Adding onto that there are, erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and freuqent lightning strikes. Venus is actualkly a lot like Earth with its, volcanoes, density and size.
Despite The planet's dangers, Venus is a very interesting planet with many things that astronomers are astonishes by. They believe long ago, that venus was like earth by a lot. They also believe that venus was covered with oceans and could have supported tons of forms of life just like planet, Earth. Even today,Venus has feature that are very similiar to Earth's. One of the biggest reasons for wanting to find out more about Venus in a serious note is for a planetary visit, if the time were to ever come. A lot of scientists and astronomers are very intrigued into the idea of exploring Venus even more. NASA has one idea for sending humans to study venus. They want to scientists float above the surface of Venus in some sort of blimp-like vehicle.
I believe that we should explore venus, i would love to know more about Venus. It's always fun learning about things that you never knew, which a lot of people like the astronomers and scientists. I think that exploring and studying Venus is very dangeous consdering the surface tempersature and the risky weather. I think that NASA would have their best astronauts be prepared and safe at all times. We dont know all the possibilties of what could happen while a visit at Venus, but if we ever do get to explore Venus we should be prepared with the best technology. I don't know if studying Venus is the most important thing scientists and astronomers are worried about, but at one point it would be great if they took it to another level. I think the autho explained why studying Venus is so important and why it is dangerous also. | 2 |
2657aa6 | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it introudeces a new invention, a computer that can reconginize emotion. There are 6 basic emotions it can recongnize such as: happiness,surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. I strongly believe that the computer would be helpful in some classrooms but not all, depending on the subject. A facial expression does not always tell a emotion.
This topic is very debatable depending on whom you ask, this would be a controversy to say the least. There are many ways around this "emotion reading computer", it only takes a fake smile to surpass this. I do not believe an instructor of a classroom should also worry about what emotion the students may be in, regardless they have to do the work assigned. There are very many opinions in this article which do not pursuade other to buy their product such as when they stated: "The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a smile to your face, while it shows just how much this computer can do (D'Alto6)." I truly am against the idea of the emotion reading computer due to the fact that many aspects of it seem uneffective. Students may have a tired face or example and the computer may think they are upset about something even though they're just tired.
"Making Mona Lisa Smile" may have a good idea, but wasnt thoroughly thought out. They also do not have factual evidence, they state the word "predicts" which shows they don't know for sure how the computers will turn out. I believe that this will be wasted money in buying this product without any proof of the accuracy of the computer, and the way it finds out the students emotions. | 3 |
26598f5 | Driverless cars are inevitably coming, no matter when or how, and we as citizens can't affect that, because the government and the car manufacturers are the ones who make the ultimate decision. But if I did have a say in the discussion, I would not be an advocate for the driverless car. I would be against it for several reasons, such as public safety, or the economy and environment itself.
Driverless cars present a major safety hazard to those who are manually driving cars on the road. Usually, humans do not have the reaction time that machines do. That causes a problem that could lead to serious injury or death. It also presents a big issue to those using the driverless car, because if the car malfunctions, the only outcome possible at that point is a car wreck or an accident, which could also cause serious injury, or death. Manually driven cars are safer because the reaction time of a human after a mistake is still faster than the self-reparing of a malfunction, if that's even at all possible.
Driverless cars could also not as popular as everyone thinks they will be because of the cost of production to make them. That, in turn, makes the selling price higher so that car companies can make a profit. So this may not even be a major factor on the roads at all for quite some time. With all the technology used in cars, such as Google's modified version of a Toyota Prius, it could cause a problem for service and mechanics to work on the car without a college degree, and that would absolutely limit the number of mechanics in the field today. They would need a degree in mechanical engineering, as well as Digital Electronics, which isn't typical for a mechanic. A driverless car could affect the ecomomy and population in good ways too, but the bad reasons seem to overtake the good reasons.
Driverless cars also present a challenge for the government, because they would have to make new laws regarding injury clauses. Also, who the blame is put on, the driver, or the manufacturer, is a legal issue the government would have to recognize. As said in paragraph 9, "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be neede in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault--the driver, or the manufacturer?" Even though manufacturers are working on a solution, the general public doesn't know when it will come, or what solution they will come to. And the public shouldn't be willing to test these cars with lives on the line!
The reasons why driverless cars cause issues are overwhelming. The cars aren't going to be trained properly until at least 2020, and the public has been talking about them forever, so obviously it's a point of conflict throughout the community. I am against driverless cars because I feel it is safer, economically friendly, and government-friendly if we use manually driven cars, and stick to what America is used to. | 4 |
265c64f | The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," wants others to believe that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the danger it presents. The author supoorted his supported his ideas in very well ways that I will explain to you now.
He believes that people should study it because they are making more ways for us to get knowledge about it, he also describes how interesting Venus is, and because you gain insight of the planet itself.
NASA is working on a solution for humans to study Venus in a new way. As stated in the article "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the rooling Venusian landscape."(Paragraph 5). He's saying they are trying to create a vehicle that will let them study mars from above instead of landing on the planet. This supports his idea because this solution that they're creating is, "survivable for humans" (paragraph 5).
He describes many features, interesting feautres about Venus. In the article it states that "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit," (paragraph 3). This a true fact that might spark the interests of humans to study Venus a bit more. Also he states that " Venus may have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." (paragraph 4). Who wouldn't want to study a planet that could've possibly had life exsistence since it was so Earth-like.
Studying Venus is a huge challenge. It has proved that in many ways but that's another reason why the author encourages us to study it. He feels as stated in the article, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." (paragraph 8). Meaning that we should not limit our studies because of danger. His opinion is that we should keep studying, "to meet the vey edges of our imagination", (paragraph 8). We shouldn't have to imagine things that we have opportunities to see it real life.
In conclusion, he made very good points that support his ideas. Maybe one day these ideas will inspire someone to actually study Venus and face the challenges that comes with it. | 4 |
266b6fb | I was a Seagoing Cowboy. I help feed the horses that are getting tranported to Europe. I remember that one time I tried to convince some other people to join the program. It didn't go so well.
"I don't like the sea air", "I hate the ocean", " I can't swim", "What we get tropedoed? I can't swim", I have allergies to horses". These are exuses I get when I try to convince other people to join the progam I am in. I did convince some, but not a lot. Most think that I am a creep. They try to get away from me. I am always sad when I see them walk away, but at least I tried. Eventuly I gave up trying to convince them.
So here I am, on the sea, thinking about the people that I tried to get them to join. Every time that I thought about them, I think about what they are doing right now. When I was discharged, I went off to find every single one of the people and tell about my journys. They always say the same thing. "I wish I joined the program." Then we have a good talk about what they did while I was overseas. I feel like that I have more friends than I used to before. | 1 |
266c5f7 | The face could not be an alien act because of the effect that it shows when it is showing the appearance. The only time it actually look like a face is when the sun is at a certain angle that makes the mouth and eyes appear. The face is made of rock sticking out of the ground. It revealed a natural land form , because there was no alien monument anyway. The picture shows the martian equivalent of a butte or mesa which is a landform that common around the american west. The face is just a example of corrosion on mars that there was a rock there that after so long got corroded into looking like a face by chance. It coulnt have been by alien hands because we wouldv noticed some type of life form around it by now. And the research shows that it is just a rock form that was corroded into a face. by the way you can only see it in certain ways. | 2 |
266c5f9 | Many years ago NASA'S Viking 1 spacecraft was circling around Mars, trying to get any photos of possible landing sites for it's sister ship known as Viking 2. As the spacecraft was taking these photos, they spotted a cohesive head. At first the scientists thought that it was probably just another Martian mesa, but the thing about this one was that it had very unusual shadows that made it look like and Egyptian Pharaoh.
Days later NASA let the picture out for the world to see. The picture went viral within days. This had become one of the most famous talked about things in the world. It appeared in books, magazines, radio talks, shows, etc.
There were very few scientists who believed the Face could've been an alien artifact, but photographing Cydonia became a major priority for NASA. On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the very first time. At this time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team captured a picture of the Face that was very sharp and you could tell what it was.
On April 5, 1998 many excited and anxious web surfers were waiting for the image to show up somewhere. The image did pop up but it wasn't what the web surfers were expecting. Most people were dissapointed when they found out that the picture of the face they had been waiting for, turned out to be just a natural land form.
What I have stated proves that the Face is a natural land form. It may have looked like a face in the blurred picture, but we now know that it was just a landform. | 2 |
2676d1f | I think that the driverless cars should happen, they should pass a law to drive them on the streets. With of these smart phones, smart tv's, why shouldn't we have smarts driveless cars. These driveless cars can help us from causing more accidents, can help run traffic more smoothly. So what if the smart cars might need in active humans here or there, that is why we took driving test. If people don't want to do anything with the driveless car then they can go to the cars that you can drive.
In the 1980's, automarkes created the antilock brakes. Within 10 years they advances the brakes to detect and respond to any type of danger. Any more improvements can make driving safer even that the cars drive any tasks on their own. The Google cars werr driven more than half a million miles without crashing.
In 2013, BMW had announced that they developed the " Traffic Jam Assistant." They said that the cars are not developed enough to completely drive themsleves. The cars can steer, accelerate and brake by their self but if the can requires any human skills the car will notify the driver. GM made the driver's seat to vibrate when the car is near danger. Google's car will announce when the driver will be taking over. With all these heads up, there shouldn't be any accidents.
These driveless cars should not only be allowed to test in the State of California, Nevada, Florida, or even in the District of Columbia. The traffic law is saying that the only safe car allowed on the streets are in control human drivers. they are saying that the driveless cars might cause accidents becuase of a technology fail, humans can also cause acccidents. These cars were made to drive themsleve and to not make any accidents. Now if the car warns the human drive to take over and then they don't, and leads into an accident then that will be on the human drivers fault. The only way it should be the Manufacturer"s fault is if the car never gave a warning or if it had a technology fail.
These driveless cars should be going out on the market and allowed to be driven on. The automarkes are countinuing to work on the driveless cars to show the law and people that the driveless cars are safe to drive and safe to drive with. I still think that these cars are good enough to not cause any accidents and to drive as smooth than a control humsn driver. | 4 |
2688e0d | I feel the elctoral college is overpowered and isnt neccsary
Ifeel that the Electoral college is not a place its a process. The Founding fathers established it in the constitutional as a compromise between the election pf president by vote. See the elctoral college consists of 538 elctors. A majority of 270 elctoral votes is required.
To Begin,Each canidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. these electors are generally chosen by the canidate's political, but as usaul state laws vary on how elcetors sare selected and what thier responsibilities are....
See the presidential election is held every four years on the tueday after novemvber, but what people dont know when you vote for canidates you are actually voting for your canidate's elcetors.
Most feel its "winner takes-all" system that awards all electors to the winning presidental canidate; but it's states like Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of "proprtional representation." After the presidential elction, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" listing all of the canidates who ran for president in your state, as well as the names of their respective electors
Under the electoral college system voters not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. The electors can be anyone not holding public office. the pickers of first place depends on the state, maybe even state conventions, all these things can help inprove the voting polls and make them quicker | 1 |
2689ce0 | I think The challenge of Exploring venus is super wrong and i disagree with the author claims there are so many reason why this is a bad. One of many reason i have that, going to venus is super wrongand that going to venus is going to cost alot of money. In then text it talk about how venus is the second planet to our sun i really dont think thats a good claim because the sun is super hot and venus is located where the sun hits the most with its heat waves and the heat that sun provides is not safe for any human.
I disagree with the author because of his claims he makes he dosent make it sound too safe or a thing we should be reserching and putting time in, in the passage he states that humans have sent nuerous spacecrafts to land on the cloud draped world. Each of the spacecraft the have sent out to that world has only survived the landing for more then a few hours and that tells me that if we ever sent out a human out there in that with those conditions, if a metal car cant even last one hour how is a human going to surive out there.
Another reason is that if we ever put a human up there, theres no way they could live and make it because in the text it states that the atmosphere is made of nine sevent percent carbon dioxide and that on venus the suface the tempertures average over 800 degrees fehrenheit.
Nasa has one idea that i think could go very wrong why do i think is because nasa wants to send humans up to venus and try a car that floats and they are going to use jet engines to make it float and make it solar powerd. I really dont think thats a good idea because what is the jet engines going to take to fly and start i dont think using the sun can start up a jet engine.
If they mange to do it there comnaction are going to be bad becasue in the text it said that the world venus its really cloundy and bad to even see and they want to use old things from the 1940s to talk to each other overall i just that reserching ways to go to venus is a bad idea and that the author makes bad claims to support his dream. | 3 |
268cbfc | I feel like the use of this technology being able to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not needed in anyway.
I feel this way because in the artical it stated 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" (Dr. Huang). That could be useful, the computer notices that the students are bored and some confused, and then it changes to now the students that were bored and confused, now are amused and understand it much better. But the normal teacher that we have already can do that to.
As an example a teacher notice when students are bored, and then swich it up a little so keep things somewhat fresh, and when students get confused, the teacher will do the exact same things, swich some of the lesson up and explain it more. Just like the computer.
As somewhat of a side note, it also feels more natural to be taught by a human. Because its someone who thinks the way you do, understandes you better because they have been through everthing school wise as you. If I had a choise to be taught by a computer or a teacher, I would pick the teacher because a computer might know everything there is to know, but it would make me feel in a way, safer, because I would be talking to a human, something everyone is used to doing.
Overall, I state that it is not valuable because the teacher can almost do the exact same thing as the computer. Yes, teachers maybe not be able to tell that you are 65% bored and 35% confused, but do we really need a computer to tell us this information, because I feel like it would be a waste of money and time, if its something humans can already do and have been doing much longer than any computer has, humans are not as exact as a computer, but we can help out a student, and recognize that the student is confused or bored, and much more. We can help the student, just like a computer. | 3 |
268cd47 | There are both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. Though I believe why change what's not broke; there are many people out there who believe driverless cars are the future.
The positive aspects of driverless cars are as follows: there are sensors at the wheels in the creation of antilock brakes: these sensors have become more advanced to detect and respond to the danger of out-of-control skids, these vehicles have a traffic jam assistance to signal to the driver that it is time to take over to navigate work zones and accidents, they can steer, accelerate, and break themselves.
The negative aspect of the driverless cars are as follows: more laws would have to be created in ensuring whose liable for the accidents as well as keeping people safe, it is illegal to even test computer-driven cars in many states, and to ensure the safety of pedestrians and drivers, traffic lawa will change and not just regular laws and least, they are dangerous.
So therefore, I say stick to what's not broke. The world is becoming lazy and there are certain things we need to keep to ensure safety for our citizens. The negatives outweigh the positives. The driverless cars sound just like what they are DANGEROUS! | 2 |
268d81a | In this article "The challenge of exploring Venus" talks about Venus and how it might be worthy to pursuit. The first secion is going to be about how well it talks about Venus and earth. Second is about how venus is worth learning about even though it is dangerous.
The first paragraph talks about common facts about Venus also leads in with a fun fact, also the first paragraph leads into the second. In the second paragraph it explains what were going to talk about in detail also more facts about Venus. Also says why we don't send a spacecraft into unmanned.
In the article it talks about how dangerous it is. In the first paragraph it says "almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets the planet". Also mentions that the highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere. Also talks about the condissions it is in, like extreme temperature, gravity is 50 times more, metal would liquidfy, and a submarine would be crushed.
In the end we still are not on it yet but we have yet to give up. We might find a way to land on it and also live on Venus with those extreme conditions. We have always found a way and we will on this problem to. So don't give up and keep on finding a way. | 2 |
268f950 | Many people use cars to get around every day. It's become a common form of transportation and a way of life. But with this, there are also negative effects of having the widespread use of cars. It pollutes the earth with substances like smog and uses up more resources from the earth that it needs to, taking from the resources later generations may need. There are several benefits to reducing the use of cars, such as a cleaner and less polluted earth, and we as people will start to become smarter about our resources.
There are several countries where smog is a serious issue, making it warmer than it should be and dimming the area. not only this, it destroys the Earth's atmosphere. There are cities where they hold days where nothing but public transportation is allowed, and people who violate will be fined. Days like these decrease pollution and create a better environment for ours and other generations to come. If cities all around the world took stands such as this and began to have multiple days of no cars or even ban them, the world may become a cleaner and less polluted place, and the atmosphere may not be destoyed as easily. What it seems, is that all it really takes is just some effort from us to make the world a better place.
With the banning of car use comes the knowledge of how much of our resources we have wasted on them. We may start to realize what we have done to the earth, and in turn, ourselves. It is an extreme pollution to the earth, destroying the atmosphere and depleting the metals and materials used to make and drive these cars. With the reduction of the use of cars comes the fact that we will no longer destroy the earth with gasoline and diesel fuel, but instead try to keeo if clean and preserve what we still have left.
So, if we try to reduce the usage of cars worldwide, we will stop the massive polution we have created and will gain the knowledge of what we have done, instead of living in blissful ignorance. There is something we can learn with this. Without cars, smog would almost not be caused by us, and we as a race will no longer destroy our home. | 3 |
26983cf | In this article, "The Challene of Exploring Venus", the author is explaining the difficulties of researching Venus closer, and why it is near impossible due to the challenges the planet provides. The author states what challenges the planet poses, and how scientists are trying to overcome those challenges. The author also says why the planet is worth the risk of exploration. The author supports the claim that Venus is a worthy persuit for exploration, disregarding the dangers, because Venus has many similar geological structures and could have once supported life due to the planet's simularities to Earth, but the author doesn't provide much more evidence as to why it is a worthy persuit.
In the same paragraph, a few lines down, the author gives examples of the similar features of terrain that the two planets share. The author says that, "Venus has some features that are analogous to those on Earth." The author means to that the planet has simlar geological features, in the next line the author expands upon what those are. The author states, "The planet has a surface of sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." Through these two sentences from the article the author is contributing to reasons why exploration on the planet Venus is worth it, despite the natural dangers that the planet poses. The fact the two planets share similar physical characterists appeals the claim the author made about Venus being Earth's sister planet.
In the fourth paragraph the author gives a few reasons as to why scientists are further discussing the exploration of the planet Venus. The author says that Venus is the most Earth-like planet in the solar system, and it may have housed life at one point. In the second line of the paragraph, the author states, "Austronomers are facinated by Venus because it may once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This peice from the article shows that researchers, or astronomers, are intrigued by Venus because of it's simularities with Earth. Then the author goes into more detail about what those simularites are, in the same paragraph he states, "Venus was probably convered largely with oceans and could have supported varius forms of life, just like Earth." In this sentence the author expands upon what those simularites are, and how the planets are similar because of their attributes, such as the support of different life forms. The detail the author inserted into the article about the resemblance of oceans is significant because life is not possible without oceans, and Venus had them.
Both peices of evidence that support what claims the author made as to why research into Venus was a good idea came from the same paragraph. The other seven paragraphs of the article expand upon why exploration isn't possible, how scientists and researchers are trying to overcome the difficulties that the planet provides them with, and what dangers there are. Only one paragraph from the article supports why exploration is intriguing to scientists. In this paragraph, the author supports why exploration towards Venus is being chased, such the similar physical characterists and the possiblity of life. The author doesn't support that idea of further exploration to Venus adequetly because they don't provide enough claims. There are two statements supporting why scientists are facinated by Venus. Why studying Venus is a worthy persuit is a minor detail in the article, the author does not do a well enough job in supporting the motivations behind the scientists. | 5 |
269a23e | I believe Driverless Cars will have a huge affect on everyone, in a very good way especially. The technology,working,planning, and time is amazing. These brilliant inventor's make and think of so much amazing thing's for the world itself. For example, the Driverless Car is a fantastic invention. By creating and making this vehicle will amuse and and get lot's of people's attention. I myself think it's a wonderful invention, because instead of you driving place's, the Driverless Car can do it all for you, making it easier on the driver. It would be fun and also something new to this world, and when something is new, everyone want's it.
The Driverless Car wont be just a vehicle made to drive itself, but to keep people safe at all time's no matter what. Safety, is the number one priority with car's and many other thing's. There are laws that you have to have a driver in control of the car in some state's. Wouldn't you want that to change, for the better of people and yourself. This wonderful invention will have sensor's and alert's if anything bad happen's, so the car will immediatley stop.
Originally, many futurist's believed that the key to self driving car's was someday not going to be smarter then the car's on the road. Engineer's thought that couldn't be possible, or any other human being. Sooner or later they knew it could be possible, manufacturer's turned to smarter car's. In conclusion i think this invention is by and will be the best thing for everyone is the world. | 2 |
269e81f | Dear Mr. President,
As Americans, we are told that we are given rights in our country. We have the freedom of speech, expression, religion, and petition as stated in our first admendment. We are also told the we have the freedom to vote once you reach certain requirements, like age and citizenship. However, are we really getting the freedom that is talked about? No. Because the Electoral College is present in today's society, our vote becomes pointless and meaningless. We become a "popular" vote, but really the electoral college gets to decide who becomes presidents. The Electoral College has been in our Constitution since the Constitution was approved, but we have modified simple things as in gender discrimination and race discrimination, why are we not going to change this unjust system?
Bradford Plumer, author of
The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the Best-laid Defenses of System are Wrong, explains how the electoral college is fooling our citizens to think we have a say in our country's government. He elaborates further to say that "Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the presidet, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. This proves my point further, because once again we do not vote for our president, we vote for the people who get the "priveledge" to vote for the most prestine place of power in our entire country.
The next problem with our Electoral College is that each state is given an uneven amount of representatives form each state. If Florida voted canidate A, but North Dakota voted for canidate B, canidate A is bound to win because Florida has twenty-nine representatives and North Dakota only has three. As you can see Mr. President, this becomes a preblem because four states with only three representatives could vote for one canidate, but if Florida votes for the other one, the first canidate has already lost.
Now most people are afraid of change, which is understandable. They are afraid chaos will occur if any change with our society's ethics. However, the Electoral College has already caused chaos between the two opposing sides. If we tried a new system, we could see if the people will become more civilized because they now have a say in the government. If it doesn't work, then we can always change it back and no harm will be done. As you can see, there are many possibilities and options we have yet to explore.
Mr. President, I have explained to you what the people want, which is to stop being lied to. However, every four years comes around, and yet I do not see a change in anything. I do not think it is only the people who are afraid of change, it is also you. But, would you want to live in a world where everyone hates the way the government works or a world where the citizens are given the rights they were promised? Mr. President it is now up to you to do the right thing.
Sincerley,
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26a1960 | I think that we should change the electoral collage because is it not very organize and theirs slot of voters that dont like it also in the electoral college you just dont vote for the president that you want for your nation you sre also for slays that you might not even want or like it should just be that you vote for the president that you want to represent your nation.
The electoral college has a major arguemnt against it electoral college. is what we might call the disaster. factor the american people should consider them selves lucky that the 200 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century. the system also allows the legislatures and they defy that shouldnt be like that they should let the people pick . In the eleltoral college they could be a a tie and thru popularity the presendent wins faster and theirs no tie and people dont have to worry about a tie also the electoral collage is unfair to voters because of the winner takes all the system in each state thats not fair to the voters very unfair.
The electoral college has been notice to be unfair also is outdated and irrational the best agrguemnt in favor of the electoral college are mostly assertions with out basis in reality and the arguments against direct election are spurious at best that y people dont whant the electoral collage no more it should be abolish
The electoral collage should be taken down it is not fair at all and voters dont want the electoral college. because it is being unfair to them and i agree with them .
Also in the electoral collage theirs been many mistakes. like when vice president richard nixon. who was presiding over the seanate validated only his opponents elelcectors thats not right or fair he made sure to do so with out establishing a precedent what if it happens again the nations doseant need that .
Voters in the electoral college they get confuse and they canot control for whom their voting for and sometimes they get confused that they vote for the wrong candidate the electoral college is not organize and is no good. | 3 |
26a2e7d | Driverless Cars Are Coming
As everything in our society based on science and technology, cars are also developing from human control to driverless. The article on the left introduces how big companies (for instance, Google, BMW, etc.) are trying to make driverless cars come into our daily life and how the law will change if we have driverless cars commonly. Once driverless cars come into our life, people will argue that is it good to develop driverless cars or is it bad?
In my opinion, I have a positive aspects of driverless cars. The first and the most direct reason is because driverless cars can make our daily life much more convenient than before. We don't need to worry about which road are we driving on or any places we haven't been before. The car will drive for us, it will have plan for which road or direction we'll be.
The second reason is the driverless cars are safer than people driving by themselves. Sometimes people cannot drive safely when they are tired or get drunk. That can make a huge accident. But the driverless cars can help us to drive, "The information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone". (passage 5) By using the sensor in the car, we don't need to worry about safety anymore. The sensor can control the car and give us a much safer trip than ever before.
The third reason is driverless cars can reduce the quantity of accidents. When people are using the driverless cars, they "must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a probelm occurs". (passage 7) Although it is driverless car, drivers still need to pay attention.
Convenience, safety, reduction of accidents... These are the reasons we choose to use the driverless cars. There is a huge number of people who still have negative aspects of the driverless cars. Technologies need to impprove, we can improve our phones, our computers, but why not cars? The driverless cars the symbol of the improvement to technologies and driverless cars can bring us a lot of benefits. Our life can get more convenient and safer than before. | 4 |
26a6b97 | Facial Action Coding System technology that can detect your emotions and others. People will used that non stop people will keep looking other people's emotions. That technology will not go that well and I don't think that technology is safe to use. People will just play with that and mess around I don't think we need that to use just to know people's feeling we can figure it out withouth using that technology. Think about this way if you give that to a one person you think they will use it for good I don't think so.
It's not good to use that it's because people are just gonna play with humans feeling so i'm going for not using Facial Action Coding System. People know what your feeling their just gonna make fun of you or mess around with you because they know how you feel. It's justn not safe it's just gonna make people in trouble it't really a bad idea to use it. Knowing how many percent how happy you are based on passage it can detect percentage of your emotions that's nice but it's really bad idea. Based on the passage their talking about how humans perform the same impressive "calculation" everyday I don't believe that human have different perspective, different point of view.
I would rather not use Facial Action Coding System I don't even think if it's safe or not. It's really not a good idea to use it for humans because you know how they feel based on their actions, movements, expressions, and how they act. No need for that technology knowing a person you can tell how happy they are. Someone you truly know is a best way to know their expression.
Using Facial Action Coding System should be illigal because I people don't want them finding out their feeling. No one wants to know what your feeling you want them to find out because that's how you know if they do care. People got used to people knowing their used to look for their expression they don't need such as facial action system. It's so much better to know a feeling by talking to them in person. I would prefer use my abilities to know a person feeling instead of using that fake technology.
By looking at the picture of Mona Lisa you can that is quite happy you can see that little curve in her face it might seem different for others but looking at her make feel that she's happy.It says on the passage it also can make you happy. That's really not a good idea you can make people happy withouth using any technology .that would probably cost a lot of money I don't think people can afford that. Instead of buying that technology might just spend the money for my family. | 3 |
26aa2e8 | DEAR:
STATE SENATOR
I believe that the
Electoral College is a good thing. The way that the world has created it now is simply significant. It is like the last ray of sunshine in an empty tunnel. Don't try to get into what the others say about the way that the president should be elected. We are building the future, rock by rock, well we just picked up a brick.
The
Electoral College is not a place( even though it has "college", in it's name), it is a process as stated in the 1st source . "WHAT IS THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE"?
"The
Electoral College is a process, not a place .
The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and the election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens". As you can see, there is no reason to change it so that the president gets his votes by poularity. It might have been good as a teenager but just remember that this is not your Highschool "PROM", you dont just win by fame. Being the president is hard work. If you wish to be president, dont jog for it, run for it.
Now future presidents out there just remember that you will required to have a canidate as stated in source 2 . "THE INDENSIBLE ELECTORAL COLLEGE:WHY EVEN THE BEST-LAID DEFENSES OF THE SYSTEM ARE WRONG"
? "The electoral college requires a preisdental candidt to have trns-region appeal. No region(South, Northeast,etc.)has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Romeney was in the South, has no incentive to campain heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his pluality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result becaus a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president". This shows that in order to be an amazing president you need a canidate.
I am in keeping things the way that we have it now. IT is like why find a needle in a haystack, whe you could buy one and not go through all off that pain.
So just do not waste your own time on something that do not need to be done. It like why buy a lighter, when you have a perfectly well conditioned box of matches in your house. So dont go 18 century go 21 century.
SINCERILY
PROPER_NAME | 1 |
26ad098 | Driverless cars are too expensive, they're more expensive than a mercedes benz. Having a driverless vechile can have it's positive and negative side because for one the car signals the driver when it's their turn to take over, but can panick the driver, therefore i am against the driverless cars they have too many issues that can appear.
Driverless car can have the driver panick because what if the sound for the driver to know it's their turn goes out? or what if the car breaks down in the middle of the highway during rush hour? things like that can have the buyer second guessing on weather they should buy the car or not. The opposing side would say that, at least the car has sensors that can alert the drivers when backing in and out a driveway oe parking space, or that they keep the drivers alert on the roads when the driver gets to close to another car or too close to the back of the car.
Driverless cars has many ups and downs, they say that they create a sensor to where the driver has to keep hold of the wheel at all times no matter, also that the car can steer and accelerate it's self which makes it hazerdorus because the car can start to malfunction wrong to where the driver don't feel safe or it's holding up traffic. Maufactures wants to put cameras in the cars to make sure that all drivers are staying focused and not getting distracted, that would be invading privacy and other code laws.
Some say that if the was to get into a car accident who would they blame the manufactures or the driver? well, to say they can blame the manufactures because they created a car that drive on it's own and the car can stop or break down whenever and however, but they can also blame the driver because they may never know it could of been the driver lack of attention on the road. That would be the biggest concern for most people, who would be the blame if something was to happen and the driver or anyone gets hurt.
Dr. Wener Huber says that there hoping to bring some kind of fun to the drivers while driving, like a new way of driving with entertainment and a heads up display, but why would anyone want to bring entertainment to the drivers if they have to stay focus on thde road.
Driverless cars are not cheap, so people that are less fortunate to get cars like that has to work really hard or get two jobs to afford the down payment and the car deposit, and the car note. | 4 |
26b13f6 | I think that boys should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. Because during this trip you get to go place that you have never been before, take care of animals, and not only work but you get to play games and sports.
One thing that I did on my aventure was I went and saw Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special. So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water. I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and Marvled at the Panama Canal on my way to China.
Seagoing Cowboys half to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas. Once I had to get on the SS Charles W. Wooster, headed for Greece- with a cargo of 335 horses plus enough hay and oats to feed them.
Plus in the spare time the cowboys (us) played baseball and vollyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and the other games also helped pass the time.
But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an aventure.
But it opened up the world to me.
I'm so grateful for the opportunit, it made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs. The awareness stayed with me, leading my family to host a number of international students and exchange vistors for many years.
All of the things that I got to see, do, and play you could to. But the most important thing is that if you join the program then you get to help with things that are important. So what do you say will you join? Or will you stay at home and not help and see the world like I did? But just so you know this is a once and a life time experience. I enjoied, now it's your turn now. | 3 |
26bc38a | The new Facial Action Coding System was valuable. Helps us communicate in better ways. The new software would help detect how you feel. It detects if you really feel a different emotion according to the muscles you use.
Staring into someones eyes and trying to calculate how they feel inside is difficult. However, we are not all good on hiding emotions. According to the article, the way you physically move your faces helps you detect on how you are feeling. If you look upset or worried it would be easy detect and when someone realize they while try communicating with you. Having to hide emotions and not communicate it is easier to notice in a person.
The software will help recognize your emotions just by looking at your face. For example, in the article it says "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored". It will be helpful to the instructor to have more coefficient lessons for the students. The article also tells you "most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication". The creator of the software(Dr. Huang) suggest that computers should understand that just like us human do.
Muscles moving physically can really give a clue on how your emotions are at the moment you react. According to the passage when you lift up your eyebrows it shows that you are surprised. Other examples are when you smile to the sideways, you are fake smiling. In the passage, it also indicates that when you see somebodies facial emotion it can make you feel what they feel. Muscles that begin at your cheek bones show that you are giving a real smile.
Most people believe that being able to detect someone's facial emotions can be helpful because we can communicate when they are sad or worried. Beong able to celebrate with someone that you are happy or excited can be useful thank you to the computer software. Having the ability to detect feelings can help get better solutions, not only physically but mentally as well. Muscles can always help you indicate someone else's emotions. | 4 |
26c493a | People can prove from the article that this "face" in mars was only a natural landform. We've been told that Earth and Mars used to be a like in many ways, like size, and also the fact that Mars used to have water. With that being said this means that probably both Earth and Mars can form mesas on thier planets. The way that the probes found it was a surprise, it was looking for its other Viking 2. The mission controllers were indeed surprised but wanted to look at it a little closer just to see what it was exactly. They found out that it wasn't a human or alien but a landform, that was made naturally.
After releasing the photo everyone came up with thier suspicions, which many disagree aren't true. The landform itself was about 2 miles or longer, after that being said it was and should've been clear it wasn't a mythical creature. NASA had only did this research for many peoples questions, it would pay off taxpayers. Telling from the pictures the "face" in the 1976 photo, agree does like like a face but over time in 2001 this face seemed to flaten. Also if if were a face, it would be late to actually go Mars and observe because it would've already faded or deformed. Judging by what's left of the evidence that is found by that time will not be able to prove if it was an ailen or not.
In conclusion, i think these people can be proven wrongly. One of the scientists said that in fact it was hard to keep taking the same pictures but in a better view. It was hard, because they didn't pass over it very often. It's a waste of energy for the probe and money for the company to keep sending it, just so people can make other assumptions and theories that are irrelevent. | 3 |
26c4ea1 | My personal position on this matter is against cars driving themselves. Because with this new techology a person must still have to drive but only in some sitations, if the car drives itself for most the time then when a person is crossing the road the car will do one of two things. If the car sees the person and does not know what to do it will signal the driver, but if the driver is not prepared or not watching the road the driver cannot respond in time to save that persons life. Another outcome can be if the radar is not facing the person the car will not "see" the human crossing and when the hits the person who is the murderer? Is it the car or the driver.
As shown at the end of paragraph 9, when there is a fight in court about an accident who is liable? Also to make matters worse if something like the story I wrote above would happen who is the murderer and that now causes a case between the driver and the manufacturer. That person could go to jail for not watching the road, when all that driver did was trust the car. I have read the article and never did say anything about a override from the driver. Which means if the driver did see the person crossing the road and he/she wanted to stop they couldn't and then when the person is hit and killed are they now responsable for this crime.
Most of auto-cars alert the driver to take control if there is roadwork ahead. As shown on paragraph 2, but can the driver be alerted in time to stop a crash? Which causes even more possible problems, as explained in paragraph 7, none of the cars are driverless and there are a few ways been made to alert the driver like vibrating seats and flashing lights. But can those alert the driver? To me that gambowl is too risky. But another problem is the technology, how expensive is it and if the technology is damaged can you not driver anywhere to get it fixed?
With all of these reasons and all of these possible problems I think that driverless cars are not worth it. | 3 |
26c61e1 | I'm going to tell you why you sould participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program.I am hoing to include the animals, the traviling and the fun you can have while being a Seagoing Cowboy.
First im going to talk about the animals, us as cowboys love animals, and with this program you can do your thing by taking care of tha animals. People would really apretriate your work as well they would be happy that you are helping take care of the animals. It may be hard work but it is worth it. So thats one reason to join.
The second thing that is the traviling. You get to go to deffirent places and see new things you don't always get to see. You could go to London, China, Russia and lots more just from joining this wonderful program. You might never go and see these wonderful places in your life if you don't join. I think that is the best part about being apart of this program.
Finly I'm going to talk about the fun you could have in this program. In your free time the crew will play baseball and Volleyball and much more. It is not only fun but it passes time and you won't be bored. You can make lots of new and cool friends as well.
So see? This program is something worth joining. It may be dangorous but there are more Pros than Cons in this situation and i really think you will enjoy it. Well these are the reasons I'm here and this place is great you should join. WE could all have a great time. | 3 |
26c804d | Many people may argue that the landscape in the picture taken in 1976 was a landscape made by aliens. These people think the landscape was created by an alien because the picture resembled a human head with eyes, nose, and a mouth. In fact, this image became so popular in the next 25 years, that it started to show on books and magazines. Some people still think that the landscape was created by aliens. However, the Face was created by aliens has been proven false because the of the new data and research over the next 30 years showed that it was just a mesa.
Scientists examined this photo to actually prove if the landscape was actually made by aliens or not. After research, our NASA scientists and I proved that it was just a mesa which are common around Cydonia. To become more factual about this, the Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia and took more pictures of the Face. This occured in 1998 with better cameras than the first ones taken in 1976. The picture became 10 times clearer than the first picture taken which led to our conclusion that it was indeed just a mesa.
In response to those who still believe that the Face was created by aliens, our data has shown that is not. We even took more photos in 2001 showing clearly that the Face is just a normal mesa. There were no human features in the pictures that were taken in 2001 unlike the ones from 1976. Our scientists and I ensure you that this is just a regular mesa which are common to find. The Face from 1976 just had shadows that made it look unusual. | 3 |
26c90a0 | The Facial Action Coding System could be the latest and greatest new advancement in schools all over the country. Although there are some downsides and possible "invasion of privacy" claims against using it at schools or on children, I believe that the benefits outweigh the cons.
The article quotes a scientist, Dr. Huang, who is studying this technology, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored... Then could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This quote leads me to my first point: The Facial Action Coding System would help children learn and stay focused in class. All students, including me, have all had times that they've had to sit through very boring classes or lessons, possibly even causing them to fall asleep at some point. This technology would alert the teacher when students become so bored that they are literally falling asleep, and possibly allow the teacher to change course of the lesson. Otherwise, students aren't learning what they need to be learning and teachers don't know what their students think about their style of teaching.
My second reason for preaching this code is that it may be able to help depressed kids, or kids that are thinking about doing something terrible (i.e. killing themselves or others). The number one reason for suicide is depression, but nobody can treat depression unless they know when someone has it. Most depressed kids will not tell anyone how they are feeling or will only tell their closest friends. This is the main reason nobody can help them. With this technology, parents, teachers, and doctors could all look at the students emotions at different times of the day, and possibly determine whether or not their kid is truly happy, or is only acting happy. The same goes for kids who may have some sort of anger issue. If someone is looking at this software and notices that one kid is angery every time he looks at a certain classmate, the person using the software might be able to talk to the kid, or at least keep a closer eye on him/her.
Some opposers of the FACS software may say, "this is an invasion of privacy," or "Sometimes its best for people not to know how someone else is feeling about them." Although, yes, in certain scenarios it is best not to know how people feel about you, for teachers I believe it would be very valuble to the education of youth by being able to shape a lesson around what the kids actually enjoy learning, or at least keep them interested. Also, is it really an invasion of privacy? I don't think so. Facial expressions are shown to everybody already, just by looking at them, so even without this technology someone with the right skills and education could read their face just the same.
The Facial Action Coding System would improve schools across the world by making lessons better for children. Children would stay more focused in school, whether because they are actually interested or whether they just don't want the teacher to see they are bored, it still has the same effect. The software also has the ability to save lives by diagnosing or at least finding leads on depression, and also by spotting a bad kid before he can do anything terrible. The FACS is a valuble asset to schools all over the world, and once made available and cheap, should be everywhere. | 4 |
26cbb50 | The system of Electoral College is being always used in Presidental elections every first Thursday in November, hapenning in a space of fours years each electio. According with the text: ''What Is the Ellectoral College?'', the Office of the Federal Register explain that on this system, there's a ''selection of electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress'', this group has 538 electors.
The biggest problem with this system is that you do not vote directly to your president, you are voting for a candidate's electors. The real decision is not made by the people of the society themselves, but made by a group of people who whave the freedom to choose the candidate that they feel pleased with. Another point is that some of this electors don't even vote for their paty's candidates.
If it doesn't look like a big deal, first it's important no analyze the profile of the electors, the ones who decide the future of our country and the authorty of our nation. Do they have something special? Something that differenciate them for the other voters? Actually no! There's no criterion, according with Bradford Plumer in '' The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong'', the selection of the electors ''depends on the state. Sometimes state conventions, sometimes the state party's central comitee, sometimes the presidental candidates themselves''.
The last point is that the few electors can't represent the will of a whole state, in ''The Indefensible Electoral College'', shows that just 55 representatives from California, represent 35 million voters, it's impossible to attend the rights of each one of these people.
After all, we need to realize that it's a unfair system for regular voters, for the population in general that has the expection of changing something, but actually are being controled for a group. Sometimes, a candidate won the popular vote but lost the presidency during the electors decision. Democracy should look at the opinion of everybody else right? But in this case what is happening goes against the definition of democracy. | 3 |
26d36e5 | The Unusual Rock Formation
When the "Face of Mars" was discovered many people had very different accusations and claims. Many people(including scientists) thought it was created suddenly by aliens. Although, that can be a possibility, it really wasn't the case for this certain situation. The reason being, was because NASA along with its scientists have many reasons for the "Face of Mars" to be a just a natural landform on Mars. They even have enough evidence to supprt their perspectives of the identity of the "Face of Mars".
First, the scientists took many sharpening images to see all the specific details of the this natural rock formation. In the article, it states that photographing Cydonia became a priority of NASA. That this huge rock formation was only made by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. The scientist not only took one photo, and were done with the discovery, they took many photos. As the article shows that they took many photos from 1976, 1998, and 2001, the scientists took the information they had, and came to a conclusion, that this was only a gigantic rock formation.
Furthermore, when the scientists took the photos, they also discovered that this landform didn't have anything unusual because they can basically see everything from their spacecraft. As the article states, they took the digital image three times bigger than the pixel size. This mean that the scientists throughout the years have made this photos more and more sharpenly to see all the details, and see exacly what this mystery of a rock formation is. So, when they took the pixel size larger and larger they realized they reached the end of their discovery. The reason was because it was really zoomed it, that even if there were Egyptian-style pyramids or small shacks you could see them.
Then, even though the concluding statement was that it was only a rock landform, many people argue that it was an usual formation created by aliens. Scientists and other people believe it was an alien aritifact. Even though the scientists couldn't get a valuable picture of the formation because of the wispy clounds, many people believed that it was skeptics alien markings hidden by the haze. On the other hand, this couldn't be true because aliens could easily still cover the formation, but that didn't happen because the scientist ended up taking realistic photos of the face rock.
In conclusion, the "Face of Mars" is only a simple rock landform with an unusual formation of a human face. There are many reasons why,including the photos, and how they came to be much sharper and detailed by the range of the pixels. Also, the rock formation was in Cydonia, whcih really wan't a mysterious plant, considering that NASA immediately got informed by it.
Even though, there has been enough evidence in photos, many people believe it was created mysteriosly be aliens. In the end, it's just a landform in a whole different planet, so how can one simple face-like formation be created by aliens? | 5 |
26d67e1 | Though some may argue that the Face is alien made I belive I can prove them wrong. There have been many theories many are just based on others opinions instead of actual facts. So, how can we the scientist be right well, it's simple you use research.
Though I am on the side that the Face is just a land formation I can start to see the theorists point. In the begging yes it was some what unclear. Because theorists gave reasons to belive we couldn't see only because it was a cloudy time as said in paragraph 8. Also, it's hard to forget or just drop something as big as this which lasted 25 years. The Face was a highlight to a dull world it gave some people reason to believe that we are not alone and that event sparked so many other theories. But, never the less these theorists certinally need to get a day job and just quite while their ahead.
Now, that we have delved into the side that most don't join. I'd like to talk about why the Face should just be forgoten. When Viking 1 had been sent up in May of 2001 we along with theorists were curious about what was found. But with careful examination we were able to see it was nothng out of the ordinary. In paragraph 3 we had described it as " as a huge rock formation with shadow that gave th illusion of a human face. In which case meant we had nothing to hide although some beg to differ. But, with some still demanding we have a closer look we had finally agreed.
In our case it was not an easy as stated in paragraph 9 '' cydonia is not easy to target." Nevertheless we had acomplished our task and gave the people what they wanted. We had even had the technology to show everthing that could be seen on there. And of cousre NASA is stil correct becausce nothing was found just a rock that looked like a face. To compare it we had said"
its is equivalnt to a mesa or the Middle Butte in the American west."
In conclusion, I believe that I have shown enough evidence to put theorists in their place along with others, who belive the Face is alien made. Though we and many others would have loved\benefited from it it is now proven there are no
Egyptian style pryamids , airplanes on the ground, or even small shacks. So to wrap it all up I belive and have proven that the Face on mars is nothing and should just disapear. | 4 |
26de96d | The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. One reason is that for example if you read one of your friends emotions using this technology your feelings about them might change based on how they feel. People might not want others to know about their feelings or emotions so they show a different feeling or emotion and not be truthful then, you might not feel the same way you did in the beggining if you find out. "To an expert, faces dont lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful."
Another reason why this technology is not valuable is that some people don't want their emotions to be known, they want to keep it to themselves. Finding out someones emotions even though if they don't want it to be known is not something that people would want.
Finaly, it might affect many students relationship. For example if someone finds out about thier friends feeling they might not feel the same way they did before; they might not communicate anymore. Dr. Huang says "Using video imagery, the new emotion-recognition software tracks these facial movements in a real face or in the painted face of Mona Lisa". Tracking someones emotions even on an image or painting is not fine unless the person on the image or painting is okay with it.
In conclusion, the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not valuable. This technology would not help in any ways, but it will affect relationships and it crosses someones personal space like finding out someones emotions even if they don't want it to be known. | 3 |
26e091d | Studying other planets and figuring what else is out there can be intersting and dangous at the same time. Not knowing what could be out there could hurt us in many ways. Studying from a distance won't do us any harm, but maybe actually visiting Venus could hurt us. It could hurt us because we don't know what could happen. Exploring isn't always worth seeking, especially causing a disruption to mother nature.
There's no harm on studying planet Venus from earth. Living on Venus or visiting, that shoudn't even be a consideration. "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet" (Para 3). Venus is too hot to even consider visiting for a personal study as a human. Venus is known for it's volcanoes and powerful earthquakes. "Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful; earthquacks, and frequent lighting strikes.." (Para 3). These reasons vould be because of how close Venus is close to the Sun and is the hottest planet in the solar system by far.
Other reasons why studying Venus from afar is a best choice is the fact that it would be a difficult task to fly human out for a study. "...because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything als, from a distance" (Para 6). Landing on Venus and studying would be hard becasue of the unstable conditions. Not due to weather, but due to how spaceships would act on the Venus because of the geographical features.
Even though these opinions are true, many scientist believe this mission could be done. Weather isn't too bad for humans to visite the planet reseachers say. "At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for human" (Para 5).
Many scientist are creating ways to make it possible for humans to land on the planet. "Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully yo our knowledge of Venus" (Para 6). Despite the risks, scientist and researchers are working hand in hand to figure out a way to make it possible to land on Venus.
Even though scientist are finding many ways to land on Venus, it is a very hardful and long study that might be able to contruste or not. Either way this can hurt many people. Sending humans can be harmful and wouldn't be any point if studying. It would be had to collect evidence or take pictures. | 4 |
26e68ea | The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", speaks on the subject of an upcoming age: driverless cars. Nowadays, we have cars with built in sensors that tell you when to apply the brakes, or they even do it for you. They have screens to show whats behind you while in reverse, or assists you when someone's in your blind spot. The automobile industry is doing a superb job at intertconnecting cars and today's technology, but they want to take it to the next level.
While many may be wary by the idea of being chaufferred around by their own car, I welcome it. In the last ten to twenty years, humanity has made some major technological advances, and it doesn't seem like that going to end either. Self-driven cars could be a major help for someone who is handicapped, or needs assistance when driving. The future is all about making things as accessible as possible for everyone.
For the individuals that are skeptical about trusting a car to automate itself, I will not lie. There will most likely be an adjustment period due to something new and unusual occuring, but soon everyone will be put at ease. These cars would be built and tested for safety, which is why it's still a work in progress. If you are wondering about the future of taxi services, the solution is simple.
A driver may still be needed when an issue with traffic arises, as they do in large cities, that's where the taxi driver will come into play. They can assist when needed, drop off the customer, then find a new one.
In conclusion, technology advances all the time,and usually for the better. Driverless cars are still a work in progress, but can be very big help for those who need it. It's best to look at the possibilities rather than the negative outcomes. | 3 |
26e8410 | Dear, Senator
There are many ways in keeping the change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States instead of keeping the Electoral College. The Electoral College is a difficult process to go through. The Electoral College consists of the electors, where they vote for the President and the Vice President and also the counting of the elctoral votes by Congress. Electoral College is unfair, outdated to the voters, by using the election by popular votes for the president of the United States is fair to voters because they get to choose the person to run the office for four years.
To begin with, in favor keeping the change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States is very helpful for the voters to vote easily to choose and listen to the candidates to see who will be great to the world. In source 3: "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President" by Richard A. Posner in paragragh 20 states, "Voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign-to really listen to the competing candidates-knowing that they are going to decided the election". What this quote is trying to say that letting the voters choose and listen to the candidtes very carefully to decide on the election, who will be helpful. Letting voters vote are likely to be the most thoughtful voters, on average and that they will recieved the most information and attetion from the candidates. By aruging keeping the popular votes for the president of the united States is very fair to the voters.
Furthermore, the people such as the voters help choose the state's elsctors when you are voting for the President. For example, in soruce 1: "What Is the Electoral College?" by the Office of the Fedral Register in paragragh 6 say, "You help choose your state's electors when you vote for Presidnet because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors." This quote explains that the voters get to choose the President but it's actually voting for the candidate's electors. It's more easier keeping the popular vote for the Presidnet of Unites States instead of keeping the Electoral College because its a difficult process to go through.
Its true that election by popular vote for the president of United States is a good argument for the voters to choose wisley. As this can be seen as in source 2: "The Indfensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" by Bradford Plumer in paragragh 9 states, "This year voters can expect another close election in which the popular vote winner could again lose the presidency." For example, in the 2000 U.S presidential race, Al Gore received more individual votes than George W. Bush nationwide, but Bush won the election by receiving 271 electoral votes to Gore's 226. By keeping the popular vote for the President of the United States is more easier for the society instead of using the Electoral College.
In Conclusion, why keep the Electoral College, when you can you use the popular vote.
So by keeping the popular votes is useful to let these people vote on who they want to choose. So by other people perspective, you should keep the popular votes.
Sincerly, anonymous, hopefully your satisfied. | 4 |
26e8509 | Image someone having a bad day and no one really can not tell if one is or not. Just think of a technology that can read ones facial expressions and how it could maybe benefit the class room.
Many students in school feel angry, tired, bored, or happy when they walk in to school. Dr. Huang, of Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinios explains its helpful reasons to be used in school.
In the text Dr. Huang predicts, "A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored ... Then it coud modify the lesson"(D'Alto Paragraph 6). This shows teachers and instructors can come up with plans and lessons that will better student learning. Most of the bored and confused students t do not achieve highly in school is somtimes cause by the lesson that a teacher gives, which can make students struggle in daily learning.
This can impact the school testing level scores and student actions if school is not enjoyable from them. From the quote, "A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored" can improve the teachers and instructors lesson plans better. Then,"modify the lesson" will improve student learning too. This could would be a great way to help the schools and students become smarter and succeed in lessons based on expressons. | 3 |
26e8ddf | Have you ever wondered what it is like in Venus and how we might be able to study more about it. Studying Venus closely is worth the risk for more information on Venus. With the information it could lead scientists into making better technology to explore mars or other planets. The exploration could also be our backup Earth if the current Earth in inhabitable. With all the risk it may not be possible to explore Venus but if you are determined to find the answers then it could be possible.
There would be all sorts of information if we studied Venus closely. There are a lot of problems but it is still possible. There are a lot of people that wants to know more about Venus. For example on paragraph 4 it states that, "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." This is stating that Astronomers know that one day Venus will change and humans will be soon able to land on it without much difficulties.
The information just from Venus could even help us explore other planets and solar systems far from our solar system. With the information we could possibly find another earth-like planet faster or easier. On paragraph 8 it states, "...but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This quote is stating that our curiousty will soon take us over and eventually humans will do anything to findout more about Venus or anything in general. I believe that someday we will be able to find the truth about Venus and more information or data that can help us with exploring other planets.
All of us have thought of what will happen if the current Earth we live on is destroy or inhabitable. Well our 2 options are either Mars or Venus, if we knew more of the planet Venus and how it behaves. On paragraph 4 it says that, " Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This is stating that Venus could return or we can make it return to how it was originally and possibly live on it. This is a good reason I think Venus will be able to accept humans and find more facts and informations.
In conclusion we have wondered how things are in Venus. We even wanted to know what would happen to humans if they went to Venus. There would be lots of information if we visited and came back perfectly. With all those information we got from visiting Venus it could help us with other difficulties from different planets. The Venus we know as of right now could be different as we learn more about it and find a way to change it closley to Earth. | 4 |
26f358b | Imagine this, you are on a cross-country road tip with your family.You are in the passenger seat while you significant other is driving with your two children in the back. What do you do? You sing, you talk, and you laugh, but the biggest thing you do is make memories. Now imagine you are doing all of this while your car is driving itself. What happends when something goes wrong and an accident occurs and you can no longer make these memories with your family anymore. Driverless car pose many threats in todays society. They suggest lazyness and take the fun out of driving. They can't without any certain stop all car accidents that happen on a day-to-day basis. They also can be unrelistic. For these reasons why, driverless cars are not a nessasary item to have in the future.
To start off, a driverless car would impose lazyness for the person who opperates it. How would you tell who can opperate one and who can't? How would you have a driver's test if the car drives itself? That also takes the fun out of learning how to drive also. Yes, it would be easier and less work but then you would not have the memories that come with learning how to drive and the feeling of learning and experiencing something new that you will use for the rest of your life. Memories that you won't have if your car does all the work.
The next reason why driverless cars are not a practical invision is because they are not completely driverless. In the article the writer states, "... the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over...". That means that sleeping while driving
would not be safe nor would interacting while on the road. All you would be doing is driving with no hands acentually. The article also bring's a point about if an accident were to accure, who would be to blame? Would it be you or the manufacturer? If someone is injured who do you put the blame on? The person with there hands at there sides or a huge manufacturing company like GM? The practicallity of a car thar drives itself is another reason why driverless cars are a negitive, not a posituve want for the future.
My last reason for why a driverless car is a negitive rather than a positive is the fact that they are unrealistic and unpractical. The average day person can't afford a BMW or a car made by google. So how do these companies think that a car that drives itself would not be the same? The article also makes a point to say, " Mercedes-Bens, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that can drive themselves by 2020." Two things stick out in that sentence, one being that all three of those car brands are labled as luxuary cars, and second being that this dream car would not be accessible until the year 2020. For this reason why i believe a driverless car is a dream only meant to come true in a Jenson's episode, rather than everyday life.
To conclude, a driverless car would be easier in a way that you would have a little more lee-way to move in your car more, like to get that fry you dropped inbetween the console and your seat for example. But, it would also take the memory of dropping that fry in your car.They would make you feel lazy, could
also cause more trouble if you were to ever get into an accident, and they are not practical for an average day Joe. For these reasons I believe that a driverless car would be a strong negative rather than a positive. | 4 |
26f510e | Ever since the very first cars were available for purchase it seems that everyone has wanted one. Well not so much anymore. People have very well evolved from the need of a car. We find different ways to get to school and work without a car. This is good for our planet and i'm sure mother Earth is thanking us for it, but in ten years from now will people even know what a car is?
Cars can play a big role in someone's life, it even has the power to take it away. In Bogota, Columbia a car-free day took place and buinessman Carlos Arturo Plaza said, "It's a great opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution." Driving is something that takes years of practice to perfect and it should not be taken lightly. How much a state pays in repairs in damages caused by car accidents must be huge! So what would happen if no one drove anymore? What it be a change for good?
Less and less people are driving today as our world is changing. Accroding to Doug Short, the amount of miles driven by a person has dropped 9 percent. Many people find it more difficult to own a car and fill it with gas and have to drive somwhere. They would much rather live in a place where they can just walk to work. The use of a very advanced internet is a good way to keep in touch with friends without having to get off your couch!
Cars have a really big effect on the air pollution and it is really starting to hurt our Earth. Paris has recently had a near-record pollution. Paris had 147 of micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter! This goes for show what kind of effect a car's exhaust can do. By people resiting the need to drive anywhere and even owning a car, it is going to help with controlling the smog prdocued and hopefully help keep our Earth alive!
So overall by limiting car use and by people taking the bus or riding their bike, our Earth can remain healthy. Also by limting the use of cars we can use those costs and apply it somewhere more useful and possibly save lives! Of course cars can be good, but their bad seems to cancel out what little good they do indeed. Our world we live in is changing and people are straying away from cars. In ten to twenty years who will even know what a car is? | 3 |
26fcefe | The Electoral College is a system where elected senators from each state vote for the next president of the United States Of America. But doesn't voting belong to the hands of the citizens? Citizens of the U.S should pick their president without the hand of the state senators that would vote for the other canidate. The state of Wyoming representing 500000 voters have as much say as the senators from California with 35 million people and more. The Electoral College is a flawed sytem in which the senators not the people choose their next president.
The Electoral College should have less say in the next presidency because of the "Winner take all" system in which candidates don't spend time in areas they know have no chance at getting their votes. These canidates would only then go for the Swing states and not even try to get the votes of the other states. Leaving the fate of the next president in the hand of a few is not a reasonable act. Although few citizens of America know the complex working of the government and need the knowledge of the senators to get the right vote. The goverment should know that giving the right to vote to only a few people is not a good solution to the problem. The problem lies where the senators not the people vote for their next prisent.
The prime example of a canidant that won the popular vote but loss on the Electoral vote was Al Gore. George W. Bush won the election with only 5 Electoral while Gore won the peoples votes. Only 5 people were able to change the presidental election, this is exacly why people should be the one to vote for their presidents not the other way around. This flawed system brings out the question that "are we really voting for the president or our senators?" it is the latter. The peoples votes aren't for the president but really is for the senators that then vote for the president. But the senators would then only vote for the president that would only for for the mijority of the people not the minority.
Electoral College should be replaced with a popular vote system that allows for more equal voting amoung the people instead of a few. The Electoral College should be instead a advice System giving people an idea of who to choose and tell the people what the president is looking for and what to do. With this new system presidents would actually go for the states that they knew wouldn't have voted for them before and at least try to get a few votes out of the smalle places that would vote for them. All in all the Electoral College has many flaws and holes, but in the end the people should the ones to vote their president not the senators. | 3 |
26fd6e8 | Throughout this article, we learn a new technology called "The Facial Action Coding System." This system is used to identify human emotions. Now, the real question is if this technology is valuable to the students in a classroom.
Is the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students valuable in the classroom. To begin with, a classroom computer could recognize the students emotions. "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor."
On the otherhand, the software might not be so great. Throughout the text, the scientists state that the emotions are universal, and that everyone has the same few emotions. "Eckman has classified six basic emotions- happiness, surprise,anger, disgust, fear, and sadness..." "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Haung. What if the machine predicts, or reads the expression wrong, than what? Not everybody's expressions are the same, some may vary, and with only six basic emotions, the machine may not be able to properly read what a person is feeling.
In summary, I have come to the conclusion that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students is very valuable. Not other can it read their emotions, but it can improve their learning experience. Their are a few things that the machine may not be able to do, and a small chance of error whilst reading an emotion. But, overall, the technology is valuable to students of the classroom. | 3 |
2704439 | Imagine being able to detect how your loved ones are feeling, even when they are trying to hide their emotions. New software has been developed that improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others. This new software, the Facial Action Coding System, has promising applications for a variety of industries.
This new technology can help others in so many ways.
One Reason is a person's emotional state. Suicides are major
problem in our world today. Victims are usually hiding their emotions to avoid being detected for their feelings. This technology can find out their emotions by using a 3-D model of the human face; all 44 muscles in the model must move like human muscles. FACS(Facial Action Coding System) then can help guardians or anyone get help the victim needs.
Another reason FACS is useful is the lovely world of education.
Students go through school lost or angry for not being able to click on to the lesson being teached. This system of technology can tell if a student is confused in a certain or many topics. Many students are builled for saying they need help or they dont understand what is being taught. The teachers can use FACS to look at the students face and see if the student needs to be explained the lesson over in class or privately.
My final reason I support FACS is in the courtroom. When justice needs to be served it comes down to the jury to decide cases such as murder,rape and other criminal actions. Poylographs (detection tests) are the common tool used to determine if the alleged is innocent or guilty. Polyographs are known to fail,causing the innocent behind bars or the guilty running free. FACS can scan the emotions of the alleged to see if they feel empathy or if they are guilty. | 3 |
2705967 | Limiting car usage could greatly benefit the lifestyle of yourself and of those around you. Did you know that motor vehicles are one of the biggest causes of pollution and greenhouse emissions? According to a source by Elisabeth Rosenthal, "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. . . and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." If cars were completely eliminated for a week in an area like New York City, then pollution would be greatly lessened. It would be a good idea to try to take public transportation as often as possible, as opposed to driving to work every day.
Another good reason to limit car usage is to bring together community. There is a city in Germany by the name of Vauban (according to a source by Elisabeth Rosenthal,) which completely bans driving cars. Inhabitants of this community walk or bike everywhere, which is also a good form of exercise that one could do in order to stay fit. The city was designed with walking in mind, and everything is close by as a result. If we were to have more of these communities, then green house emissions could be greatly lowered.
One major reason not to drive a car is that cars are often very expensive. If you live in an area where public transportation is an option, it may be worth it to not buy a car. You'd both help the environment and save a lot of money at the same time! If you're in a city or an area where many things are within walking distance, then you may also notice that there is a lot that you can do, such as walk to a mall or walk to a park, and you would not be harming the environment in any way.
Pollution is one major factor that should be touched upon more than once. According to a source named
Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer, "after days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Because of the large amount of people constantly driving, it caused the city to become so polluted that they had to ban people's ability to drive. If people carpooled more, or took more public transportation, then this wouldn't have happened. Some delivery companies even complained of "lost revenue."
Lastly, it is a good idea not to drive because of the quickly repleting fuel supply remaining on our planet. Sooner or later, we will run out of gasses to fuel our vehicles with, and we won't have a backup plan. Some areas won't even be remotely affected by this, and people have already created hybrid and electrically powered vehicles. Perhaps if you were to bike more and get used to the idea of not driving, then you will be ready for the inevitable to occur. Although you don't have to cut cars out of your life completely, it's a good idea to start relying more on things that won't run out.
Overall, driving is fun and gets you to far places in much shorter times than it would take you if you walked there. However, there are many dangers and negative effects that come from driving. To recap, the green house gasses that come from cars are dangerous and harmful to our planet, and there should be efforts to lessen these gasses, even it is simply by car pooling or by taking public transportation. Also, people's excessive driving caused an entire city to have to ban driving vehicles. This should probably be a lessen to those that drive a good deal; it's killing the environment! | 5 |
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