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2706317 | The Study of Venus
In " The challenges of Exploring Venus" the author talks about studying Venus and sending humans to explore the planets. The author supports this idea by giuving many good points as to why studying venus is a good idea, despite all the dangers and risks. " Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star," is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it possible for even an amateur stargazer to spot." This is the first clue that the author is going to be supporting hisidea with good points.
The author thinks that becasue Venus is the planet closest to Earth it is worth studying despite the proximity to Earth. In paragraph 2 it says, " each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours." This proves that most the spacecrafts that they have sent to Venus didn't survive. In paragraph 2 it also says, "Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades." This shows that Venus hasn't been touched in so long that we don't know what has changed and it's about time that we study the differences that has occured throughout three decades. Overall, it's been a long time since Venus was last studied and the author thinks it time to study ther changes now.
The author talks about how astronomers think Venus is facinating because it was once the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. in paragrapgh 4 it says, "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." This proves that Venus, to this day, still has some features that really similar to those on Earth. In paragraph 3 it also syas, "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." This means that Venus once had all the things that Earth has today, like oceans, animals, and other living things. All together, there were things very similar to things that are on Earth today, and studying Venus could give us the elent of surprise as to what they find on the planet today.
The author states that the temperature on Venus would still be warm enough but the air pressure would be close to sea level on Earth, it wouldn't be easy conditions but it would be survivable for humans. In paragraph 8 it says, "striving to meet the challenges presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likey lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." This means that there are so many people with so much curiosity and all that curiosity could lead them to finding soemthing new. It also says in paragraph 8, " our travles on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This means that people shouln't hold back on exploring something because of any doubts that they have or the possible dangers.
In conclusion, the author of " The challenges of Exploring Venus" thinks that is it a good idea to explore Venus because of all the features similar to Earth it used to have, Venus hasn't been toucghed in so long, and because people could lead us to find new things on the planet. | 4 |
27065ce | The Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, could be useful for school purposes, and may help students and teachers tremendously. On the otherhand, however, it is not perfect and may cause more issues than it solves.
For school purposes, the FACS can be used to alter an online course, assessment, or even just a simple knowledge check, using facial expressions to determine if the students are confused, bored, or if they understand it. If they are confused, it may be altered to help them understand whatever it is they're working on. For someone who is bored, it may try to make an online course more interesting to grasp their attention.
However, the FACS is not perfect. It may mistake a facial expression for the wrong emotion. This could result in issues involving altering an online assessment, or course. Some students may feign emotions, and make faces to do the easier course that's meant for students who require additional help. Also, students who take an online course may be confused about something else, not the course they're taking. The FACS will still read that expression as confusion and alter it because of that confusion.
Altogether, I feel that these cons outweigh the pros too much, and I believe that the FACS should not be used for purposes such as an online course or assessment. Too much may go wrong too easily with the use of FACS. | 3 |
270e38d | Have you ever walked a certain number of miles in order to get where you needed to go? In Germany, 70% of families don't own a car and walk to get where they need to go.
In Vauban, Germany, Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars. (Source 1) Most of Vauban's familes do not own cars and almost 60% sold a car to move to Germany. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and a mother of two. Ms. Walter loved to walk the verdant streets and hear the swish of bikes and the noise of young children playing around. It always drowned out the occasional distant motor of the cars coming form wherever. People are trying to reduce the car usage in the United States as well. In the United States. the Enviromental Protection Agency is promoting "car reduced" communities, and legislators are starting to act, if cautiously. (Source 1) In America, recent studies shows that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less, and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. Researchers think Americans don't want to drive anymore. The number of miles drivien un the United States got to its highest in 2005 and ever since than it number has decreased tremendously. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in january 1995. (Source 4) Part of the reason the American car percentage is decreasing is becuase the recession and the number of unemployed people we have in the U.S. We can't afford new cars so thats also some of the reasoning behind the usage of cars decreasing in the U.S.
One day in Paris,there was a enforced partial driving ban to clear the air of global city. Citizens of Paris we're not allowed to drive their cars and we're ordered to leave this motor vehicles at home or suffer a 22-euro fine 9 ($31). almost 4,000 driviers were fined and 27 people had their cars towed for their reaction to the fine. diesal fuel was blamed since france, compared to a 53.3% average of diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe. Delivery companies complained on how they couldnt do their job while plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying three or more passengers were excused. Public transit was free of charge for three days. The smog was cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday. (Source 3) Bogota, Colombia has made a holiday out of the ban for cars. Every year for one day people cannot use their motor vehicles. Buses and taxis were the only motor vehicle permitted. Violators faced a $25 fine if the rules were broken. This has been the third year the holiday "Day Without Cars" has effectively taken place. "Its a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution", said business Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycles with his wife.
In conclusion, cars have a great use in this world but i think we would be better off without cars. In different countries there is a even or a holiday where it is illegal to use cars. It would be very efficent to have a day for no cars in the United States. It would show people the importance on walking and not to rely on their car to get them places. | 2 |
270fe6b | I dont think that FACS should be able to be used in classrooms to read students emotions. Students should be able to have the abilty to feel what they want not be told how they feel.
If we have FACS in the classrooms then the kids are going to be told what they feel and not learn what they are feeling on there own. If a student is sad but doesn't want everyone to know becase they dont want to talk about it then Facs would not give that student the space they need.
FACS is reading your emotions before you know what your emotions are. Its telling you that you will be sad before you know that you will be sad. Or if someone says something mean to you and you dont know how to feel about it FACS tells you to feel happy or sad or mad.
If you want privace then FACS takes it away by reading your face. it reads it and knows your mood. it can tell when you are mad at someone or sad about something. You cant get away from your emotions so FACS will always reed them.
In conclusin i dont thin FACS should not be able to be used in classrooms because it invades peoples privace and it tells student how they are feeling before they know. | 3 |
27118ce | The article "Driverless cars are coming" is a very encouraging on the behalf of driverless cars. these cars would be very helpful to those who text and drive. Sergey Brin, cofounder to Google believes that soon noone should even need cars.
In 2009,Google had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions. their cars have drieven more than half a million miles without crashing, but these cars aren't exactly completely driverless. For example, if you were to buy a driverless car you'd stil have to stay alert, like any other non-driverless car, but you'd be able to take your eyes off the road for about 30 seconds. If you'll have to pay attention to the car as its driving, you'd have better luck just driving it yourself. if theres an accident, traffic issues,or roadwork, you'll end up being the one who has to drive for who knows how long. i think that i'd have better luck just driving on my own.
People have been fascinated with driverless cars since the late 1950's. For example, in the late 1950's, General Motors created a concept car that could run on a soecial track. this track had been embedded with an electrical cable that sent radio signals to a receiver on the front end of the car. Engineer at Berkeley tried the same thing but this time they used magnetics with alternating polarity. The car would read positive and negative polarity messages in Binary code. The "smart-road" systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to the existing roads, but they were way to expensive.
In the 1980's automakers would use speed sensors at the wheel in the creation of antilock breaks. Within 10 years, these sensors had become more advanced to detect and resopnd to danger of out-of-control skids or rollovers. the information from the sensors can cause the car to apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine. this alowed better response and control than any human could manage alone.
Sebastian Thrun, founder of the google car project, believes that the technology has finally began to catch up to the dreams. Before the 2000's, they didn't have all the sensors, the computers, or the mapping. the Radar was a device that cost two hundred thousand milion dollars.
In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." This car could handle driving speeds up to 25 mph. This car had special touch sensors to make sure thatthe driver keeps their hands on the wheel. The cars could steer,accelerate, and brake themselves, but if there were any traffic incidents, the car would require human skills. This means that the driver would have to stay alert as if they were driving. To keep the driver alert, GM has developed seats that vibrate the driver's seat when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. The google the car announces when the driver should be prepared to take over the wheel. Also, other options for the cars driver to stay alert is flashing on the windshield and on the heads up displays. Manufacturing is also considering cameras to watch the driver or make sure that they are remaining focused on the road. I don't believe that a want a car watching me when i know its somebody else video taping me and my family. Think of how akward that would feel having a computer watch your every move in your car.
They think that the driver would get tired of waiting on their turn to drive. If you are a 15, 16, or 17 year old teenager who is figuring out how to drive,you'll get tired of waiting to drive, you'll be ready to put your hands on the wheel and show everyone that you've grown up. Dr. Werner, a BMW project manager driver says that "we have to interpret the driving fun in a new way." Some Manufactures hope to do that by bringin in car entertainment. THe purpose of the driverless car is to help texting and driving, this helps by keeping more teens out of accidents.
In my conclusion i think that driverless cars would be a waste of time because you'll still have to be alert, they'll puit camera's in your car and people shouldn't be texting and driving anyway, if its that important to text they should of took the bus. | 3 |
271dcfb | I believe that using technology to read emotional expressions of students in a classroom is beneficial. This is because students maybe struggling from depression or anxiety. It is easy for people to fake a smile or not act sad. Using the technology today, society can figure out whether or not someone is in a good mental state. This technolgoy does not just calculate one eotion, but multiple emotions. It would be a good idea to use this new system of calculating emotions because individuals misinterpertate another person's mood. With using this device humns would have a clear and better understanding of how someone is feeling. "The Facial Action Coding System" can help teachers with their job. This device can detect whether a student is bored or understanding the material. If teachers new this, they would find a better way of teaching. The device is 'all about those muscular action movements, they even indiate a difference between a genuine smile and a forced one."
The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in the classroom because it can tell the differene if omeone is being truthful or not. If a student gets in trouble and chooses not to tell the truth, this device can detect it. The article states "to an expert, faces don't lie, these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a smiling politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." It's also important to detect students emotions in the classroom. The teachers never know whats going on with a student. For example a student could have a rough home life, that could lead to making bad choices like self harm. It's important to know what a student is feeling so they can get help earlier on. Not only is that a good thing to know, but it's important to see if the student understands the material being taught. If the student is unsure what is going on in the lesson, the teacher needs to find a way to help the student understand. If students are bored or confusedduring the lesson, the teacher needs to modify it. Teachers can do this by making work more hands on and intresting.
In conclusion The Facial Action Coding System is a smart and effective way to indicae someone's emotions and shouls be used more. | 4 |
2720b3c | First, while I was on the boat with the Seagoing Cowboys, we had many things to do. One of them was that when the animals were off the ship we played baseball. The ship was big enough for it which was great for us. When the animals were on we learned new things about the animals. The male horses were the hardest to feed. They always kicked, but the females were nice and gentle while I feed them.
Next, when we went to China I saw so many cool buildings. Even some that have not even been seen no where else. I also saw the Acropolis in Greece. That was a great thing to see. In Venice, Italy I took no a gondola ride though the city with streets of water. I never saw anything so beautiful in my life.
Then, what I learned on this trip was that helping others that lost something in a war is pretty fun. I got to learn new lauguage and what they ate before everything was taken from them. Doing this will help u see how hard it can be when a we come and you never know that one of the days you live you will feel how they felt when they lost food and a home and even loved ones. Doing this your becoming a better person and people will look up to you for that.
Last, with the honor to do this wonderful thing I became a honorable person. Even though something like this can change things and the way people look at me. I was just a average boy until I went to the Seagoing Cowboys which changed how I even looked at people and myself. Doing this program will change your life and teach people how to be a great person. | 3 |
2720d23 | Technology has improved immensely just in the last sixteen years. According to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", before 2000, a rover was " device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars". Now, humans are trying to create cars that does not need a driver. Though technology has gone far, it has not gone far enough to accomplish such a feat.
The main issue with driverless cars is safety. Though there are numerous sensors surrounding the car and the driver is notified when they need to take control, there still isnt enough for a car to work on its own. Even if the car reached the technological point to ensure the safety of the passengers, another large safety concern would be other drivers on the road. Yes, the driverless car can sense when it is about to ensue a collision, it does not have the capability to avoid it, just lik any other car. So, as a human, I would rather trust myself for my safety over technology.
When it comes to the law, texting and drinking while driving is illegal. If driverless cars were created and used, humans would be breaking two laws that harm drivers the most. Yes, the driver will be notified when they are in need by lights and a vibrating seat, but if they are under the influence they will not be able to anyways. If they are distracted in any way by texting, food, etc. then they will not be in a ready situation to take control of the vehicle. AS a driver, it would be nice to sleep and the driverless car would allow that, but that would be just as dangerous as sleeping behind the wheel in a regular car. The driver would not be ready to take the wheel or they would not even notice when they are in need to take the wheel. Creating a heads up display would add to this distraction and would take on the role of texting and driving.
Though there are many negatives, the reader understands that there are positives. Using less gas would be extremely nice and would help economy. If driverless cars got to the point where it was only public and no one bought cars, then money would be saved by all. And, with the sensors, the car can drive very well on its own and it is at a very good point right now.
With the positives, though, it is not enough for the driverless car to save someone's life. It does not have the technology to avoid other drivers. And, driverless cars will never cancel the use of regular cars because not everyone will trust them. Driverless cars will create controversy, just as the passage brought up "Whose fault is it in an accident? The cars or the drivers?" Though driverless cars have come a long way and have very good ideas, they need much more work before they can be trustable. | 4 |
27215d2 | Ever think of traveling space? Well in the story, The Challenge of Exploring Venus, the Author explains that, despite all of the hostile and unforgiving conditions, humans could travel to earth's sister planet, Venus. Although, this sounds pretty cool, it still may just be only possible in movies. The Author does have some impressive details to put in the agrument.
The main problems of the journey is that the surface of the planet is not survivable for life. In paragragh three it says "On the planet's surface, tempature's average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we expirence on our own planet." According to the Author, this pressure would crush even a submarine fit for exploring the depths of our oceans. He also describes the events going on the surface, "erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes" (Paragraph 3).
So the Author makes a strong statement of how we can't survive on Venus, but he has ways to survive this hostile planet. The Author says, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of venus would allow sciencists to float above the fray." The Author then says that they mean that they would have a vehicle to hover 30 or more miles above the surface of the planet. It would still be aroung 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the pressure would be as if earth's sea level.
Now that we know that humans may be able to survive venus, why would we need to do it? Well, a very good reason is to explore the planet, and examine specimen for any signs of life, as well for new elements. Well, this would be great to do, but there are many things that stand in our way. For example, we couldn't take descent quality (or maybe at all) photographs. Like the Author says in the passage "most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photograpghy and videography ineffective." He also goes on to tell us that researchers can not receive specimens to study. According to the passage, Sciencists are developing a machine that can last long enough to be able to collect what it needs and get out. Well, this is going more difficult then it sounds. First, little to no light near the surface. The robot will have to be autonomous and will have such low quality of light you have no idea of the dangers the robot may go through. The robot may get its job done, due to most autonomous robot not needing light to 'see'. The robot will corriode due to the corrsive nature of the planets air. If that robot doesn't last long, it will take more money to keep rebuilding then NASA's Venus team's budget has.
So, it can be possible for humans to survive on Venus, but we have no reason to go. The money used to build ships, vehicles, and robots would be so great that we wouldn't have the money for it. Even if we did go, we couldn't take photographs or collect specimens with out a VERY expensive robot. So, humans should stay away from Venus until we have the resources ready for a planet that hostile. | 4 |
27226f8 | Many people have been fascinating over whether or not the Face is a natural landform or some alien marking. NASA has been trying to uncover the mystery for more than 20+ years, however, because there is not solid evidence on whether or not aliens exist this 'marking' would be classified as a natural landform.
The Face is classified a natural landform for many reasons. What evidence do we have that proves aliens are real? We have TV shows and theories on the internet but that does not prove the fact that aliens may or may not exist. TV shows and the internet posts are based of opinionated desicions. Also, with the era we are living in technology has advanced greatly. Which is a major benefit. Cameras are a big thing for NASA, it is photographic evidence. In 1976 Vikings used a 43 meters per pixel photograph (This made the photo blurry), in 2001 NASA memebers used a 1.56 meter span which greatly increased the resolution.
Not only has technology been a major benifit, weather is a key factor when the pictures were taken. When the picture was taken by the Vikings it was a cloudy time of the year for the Red Planet. After a few years of examining whether or not the Face was an alien artifact scientists decided to check for themselves and when another photograph was taken the image appeared clear and revealing.
However, the Face artifact was not proven yet to be a natural landform, therefore it could be symbolized as an alien artifact. From research, not one person has attempted to dig up or around this alien artifact to prove that it is nothing more than a natural landform. With that, there have been MANY alien sightings, not just by everyday citizens but by professionals too! Also, not only do scientists lie about the truth (most of the time), NASA could be lying about whether or not this is an alien marking or a natural landform.
Although it is true there are few scientists who do cover up the truth about the world around us, why would a scientists, let alone a national government agency want to hide an amazing artifact that could teach us so much? They wouldn't because that would be a huge loss of money. With the theory there are many "sighting" of aliens has 1 person ever come into face-to-face contact with an alien? No, there are only pictures of what proves to be an alien lifeform. Creating an image on an alien can be used with photoshop or other editing tools.
While it is true people can use photoshop to create an image NASA wouldn't lie about an alien artifact. With TV shows, YouTube videos and many pictures there has been enough evidence presented to PROVE aliens exist and that an alien could be leaving behind an marking to tell humanity about something.
With this concluding essay, there has been enough evidence to prove that NASA and scientists have no reason to lie about whether or not this Face is claimed to be a landform or an alien artifact. Therefore, the Face has been claimed and proven a natural landform because there is no solid evidence of an Alien leaving strange markings behind. | 4 |
27295aa | Driverless cars and how I feel about them. Well I think they would be helpful and dangerous. The help would come from providing parents access to attend to their child while getting to where they need to go. Also for people who handle a lot of business, and students. The danger is not all things are promised o function correctly, anything could happen.
Parents: sometimes while driving with kids can be a handfull. Babies cry and scream needing a bottle or a change of a diaper, or sometimes comfort. With driverless cars that could help. Parents wuld be able to attend their child while still going wherever that it is their going. Sometimes driving with kids you have to be careful with the speed you're going because when you have to stop abruptly its possible for the car to jerk and your kids will fly out the windshield. With driverless cars they have better brakes and sensors for the car to stop when they detect something is coming or if you go without it being your turn.
People who have businesses can have a hassle trying to have meetings with clients or board meetings with shareholders over the phone while driving. That can not only lead to a dangerous accident but can result in you having a ticket. Driverless cars would improve that because not only could people get on the phone and look around for papers and send emails but they can still be in motion in their cars.
As for the students, they have homework almost everyday, and trying to get to school everyday knowing that you didnt finish some of that homework is definitely something to make you cranky. With driverless cars you will be able to finish up the exra work you forgot and also be on your way to school. I know that would love to invest in this car for that very reason.
The dangerous part is not every machiene operates correctly. there's something that can always go wrong relying on technology, especially new technology. So in conclusion this why im both with and against driverless cars. I believe over time my opinion would change to being completely for driverless cars. | 3 |
2734a49 | Have you ever wanted to just go out and explore? Being able to see diiferent life would be an amazaing thing to see. Many people want to explore many things, whether it comes with risk or not. The author of "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," believes we should study Venus despite the dangers, snd I feel like we should, even though you don't know what is going to happen I feel like you should still take risk and explore, but there could also be more problems that come along.
In the article the author believes we should still go and explore Venus despite the risk that we could encounter. In the article it says, "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth." Astronomers know what the conditions are like on Venus but still continue to want to go and explore it. Also in the article it says, "NASA's possible solution to hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray." They are making solutions to where scientists can go visit and explore Venus without having to deal with the extreme conditions.
The scientists are coming across more challenges than dealing with Venus' atmospere. In the article it says, "However, peering at Venus for 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." With making up a solution to Venus' extreme conditions, there are now more problems that come across because of the solution that protects them from the major conditions.
In conclusion, scientist should go and study Venus disregaurding the major conditions. These scientist are very careful and aware of the risk of being on Venus, so they came up with a solution so they don't have to encounter the many harads. You should always go explore things you want to, but you should be aware of risk so you know what to do during the challenge of trying to explore somthing new. | 3 |
2736215 | There are many advantages on limiting the usage of cars in many Country's around the world. For example, the United States, Paris, and even small areas like the German Suburbs. Because of the usage of cars we are starting to get a lot of pollution, and lots of tax money going towrds our roads.
According to source 1 "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" says that "In Previous bills 80 percent of appropriations have by law gone to highway and only 20 20 percent to other transport." Beaucse of this many expect public transport serving suburbs to play a largerrole in a six-year federal transportation bill to be approved sometime this year. also, as found in paragraph 5 "Passenger cars are responsible for 12 pecent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe . . . anfd up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States." there for is causing problrms to our invierment.
Paris is also having problems with pollution. From reading "Paris bans diving due to smog" by Robert duffer. tells us reads that after days of near-record pollution Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air in the city. And that the congestion was down 60 persent in the capital of France, after five days of smog. In Reading paragraph 17 "Paris typically has more smog than other European Capitals . . . [Last] week Pairs had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 114 in brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found." from reading that you can tell that Pairs has a high level of polloution.
foud in source 4 "With all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result to the habit." Meaning if everyone walked or biked instead of using cars we would be use to it and not depend on them. From the same source in paragraph 36 you can infer that in New York that many people are starting to use bikes insted of cars, as found "New York's new bike-sharing program and its skyrocketing brige and tunnels tools reflect those new priorities, as do proliferation of car- sharing programs across the nation." Then in Paragraph 38 , it tells us that the population suggest that the trend of demographic shifts in driving may accelerate.
From reading the sources and adding up all of the information it is vary easy to infer that we would have a lot of advantages if we didnt use cars. we would have less polloution and would be paying less for roadways. | 3 |
27382f8 | The Facial Action Coding Systen is valuable in the classroom.
The Facial Action Coding System is valuable in the classroom because there are students who fake a smile when they're sad or troubled. Some students want help but they don't want to bother people with their problems so they stay quiet and fake a smile. With FACS the teachers and students will be able to tell the student's emotions and they can help the student.
It is also helpful because it can tell when a student is bored. When a student is bored, he/she will most likely not pay attention. But with FACS teachers will be able to tell when the student is bored so they can make learning a little fun. That way students will be able to pay attention and get educated.
Also, FACS can tell when the student is scared. The students might be going through something and they're scared of someone or something but some students don't know how to tell. They could be threatened by someone. FACS will be able to tell when the student is scared so the teachers and students can finally help the student who is scared.
As you can see, the FACA is valuable in classrooms. | 3 |
273de22 | The Electoral college is a proccess that was established in the constitution by the founding fathers as a compromise between the votes in congress and popular vote of certified citizens that leads to how they select the president.
The Electoral college has electors who actually vote for the president and these votes are counted by congress. The Electoral college holds 538 electors , but it is required the at least 270 electors must vote in order to elect a president.
where the people do have a chance to vote and their vote is seen as a popular vote , but it seems like the electors votes count more than the peoples.
The electoral college has been a way of electing our president for years , but there is one question . Do the peoples votes really matter?
In the electoral college there has been cases where the people voted for a president but yet the electors chose otherwise , so are they really representing our votes or are they just getting Americans to believe that their votes actually count?
Under the Electoral college system voters don't really vote for the president.
Voters are actually voting for the slate electors who in turn elect the president.
For example if you lived in Texas and wanted to vote for John Kerry you'd vote for the slate of the amount of democratic electors that are pledged to Kerry.
If they won the statewide election ,then they would go to congress and kerry would get the electoral votes from the amount of slate that Texas has.
The electoral college is not fair to the voters. This reason is because of their winner takes all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in the states they feel they have no chance of winning. They only focus on the
"swing" states , the states they feel they have a chance in or feel they have to win over. During the 2000 campaign , seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all and the largest media didn't get to see a single campaign ad. Candidates only visit states they feel are important to them which is considered unfair to the voters who actually vote for them.
The electoral college method may turn off potential voters for a candidate who has no hope of carrying their state. The fact that they feel their vote has no effect, they pay less attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote. The people's votes should matter because it is our country these choies affect. The electoral college method is discouraging some of the voters to vote. Lets get rid of the electoral college and let the people's vote actuaully matter. | 3 |
273ea57 | Although, traveling and exploring to Venus would be beyond towards the history of mankind making it the first ever of humans to travel a planet that is closed to earth since traveling to the moon back in the 60s. this will be a good idea because now in days, technology keeps evolving and evolving, and it's simliar to earth with the same simliar density and size and it's closet in distance. But this will also be a bad idea because traveling to venus will be risky challenging move and due to the fact that venus is 2sec closed to the sun knowing that the weather in the planet is extremely high and the atmosphere is so thick it still a worthy pursuit to travel and explore even the dangers it presents. Human one day want to travel to venus to explore new things and that is posible to one day live in. but the weather and the atmosphere are realy on the high level that "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venuss atmosphere. On the planets surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." The conditions are far from beyond of extreme that any human being has ever ecountered and such an environment will crush any from its way. and not to know that "Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface." So how can mankind be at the option on making a mission that would be safe for science? well NASA had an idea in a way that if the want to sent humans to study and to explore Venus they would had ro make a ship that will fly with an altitude that can go over by many stroms smiliar to jet air planes its "a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans." So now if mankind would one day ever travel to Venus and explore new things and other ways of finding out on the strange wonders of the planet even if the dangers lurking on the planet and thta it is closest to the sun, it will to the edges of imagination and innovation to tarvel to venus. | 3 |
273fb7d | A venus sometimes called the ''Evening Star,'' is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. It's simple making for even an amateur stargazer to spot. A venes is actually a planet. While Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe ventage point of earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. Also, Venys us the closest planet to Earth. Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms and human have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world for good reasons.
A thick atmosphere of aklmost 97% percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degree. it's the hottest degree. So these conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth.It's colser than people.
NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus. Also,They're doing the another project. By compartison,systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant,heat, and other forces.
People should to know what kind of Venus and tell people about it. Finally, Our travels on Earth and beyond should not vbe limited by dangers and daubts but should be expamded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
2741513 | Could the new technology called "Facial Action Coding System" enable computers to indentify human emotions? Yes, the new techonology could enable the computers ability to detect a haumans emotions to help in the school enviroment.
The professors Thomas Huang and nicu Sebe who are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communiacte are trying to find that a 3-D computer contructs how we feel. To help the professors Huang relies on a psychologist
Dr. Paul Eckman creates the system. Emotions that could be detected are the six basic emotions that are associated with each characteristic of movements in the facial muscles are happyiness,anger, surprise,disgust,fear, and sadness. All those emotions can make you have you face a certain way. For example when you are really surprised your mouth could drop wide open and your eyebrows could raise. With the new technology using
"video imagery" tracks the movement of a real or painted face by looking at the different units indentifying mixed emotions. By helping identify Huang observes that da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles to clearly state specific emotions. on the computer it stores similar anatomical info as a code (Da Vinci Code). If you were at school and so seem to be bored, confused, or excited and the computers webcam looking at you and it changes what you are doing, or it helps you all by the look on your face. That could help students get engaged into theri school work. For that to work the new technology Huang states that " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, So computers need to understand that, to." if the computer undersatnds how you feel without taling to it, it could help a lot on how student feel about their assignments.
In conclusion, new technology could have a positive feedback on how student perform on there school work. The professors and the psychologist could be making a great new technology to help the performance of students. Allowing a computer to have "Facial Action Cosing System" could help teachers and students out at school. | 3 |
27427c9 | Creating these driverless cars are amazing, but with technology today, it will need a lot of security systems, the car has many cameras to it but if one bad person who knows a lot about those cars, they will try to hack into it, if they succeced, it could do harm on the streets. People can hack into bank accout with ease, by only a couple of numbers, if the people who create these driverless cars don't understand that, then many cars are going to be hijacked or worse.
Many of these cars can also have a malfunction also, no matter if they say it will, if any of the sensors that are on the car gets hit, then it may malfunction. Would the car need an upgrade just like a computer? My computer take a very long while and multiple tries for it to successivly upgrade and i only had it for a year, would that same thing happen to the cars? It says in the text that the cars would use half of the fuel today, would it be priced right to even sell? Many people have had the same car for many years and never had a accident in it, some people would have the money, some people don't, if the people who create the driverless cars must know a good price where they can make a living and keep making more and the buyers are pleased with the price and how well they are developed. If the cars become semi-automatic, if a person sleeps on the interstate, how long will the car go before i needs a human to take the wheel? Many people get injured or worse by falling asleep behind the wheel and I hope that the driverless car will solve that problem. | 2 |
274349c | Today we will be talking about the story "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves." So sit back in your chair, and prepare to get lost your mind. Veiwer beware you might just learn somthing new.
In this paragraph will be talking about the young man on his way to eroup Luke Bomberger. Some people say that it was dangerous but I say he did a heroic act by bring cattle and horses to war torn countries. Now we think why he did that for so long, it wasent money, fame, or even for himself. No he did that selfless act for those people who had nothing left after war war 2. If you ask thats why he did it to help those women, men, and children, of china germany italy and all sorts of places that were left in ruins.
In this paragraph will be talking about Luke's claims. Such as he knew it was an opprotunity of a life time. That is supported by parts of the story were he may have to work but has fun in between his hard work. Like when in italy he visits such places like Crete or the Acropolis. There were also bad times like when he fell of that slipery ladder and broke some of his ribs in a storm and almost fell over board if it wasent for a small metal bar holding him in.
For a second lets talk about the time he spent overseas. We look at the fun he had in his nine adventures. Such as when he first visted Greece. He went to the Acropolis, soon after he visited the Panama Canal. Those were just some of the places that he got to travel not includeing Venice or Crete or even China.
In the end all you can say about Luke Bombriger is that he tried to help people. He was so selfless that even broken ribs couldnt stop him form doing whats right. There are only words that can discribe his charachter, selfless, kind harted. The number one thing you can call him this and simply this human. | 3 |
2747e79 | The reason it would be a bad thing is say you dont want nobody to know how your feeling. Some people dont like it when other people know how they feel i hate when other people know how i feel. Another thing is that maby youru feeling a way and you dont want nobody els to know how your feeling cause you might get juged for how you feel.
Thers some good things to this to, cause when an add pop up you dont want it to be a boring one, you want it to be like a cool movie coming out or an new fortnite update and etc. And with the computer being like that it would amke you want to stay and watch it. Another thing is is that when an add comes on it makes people lose there happyness palying the game and so they just get off the game amd gop do something else, cause usally the adds be like 30sec-1min long and dont nobody want to wait that long to go back to there game so they just get off it and go to the nect game they like cause know they got addsw in almot everything and if your playing a game and you die then its an add and people get tired of that and dont want to play anymore.
in the article it says that smiling and frownimg will help the computer relise weather you like the add of not. If not then they willa diffrent on next time and if you smile are look intrerested in the add they will do more like that one and then it would go from there. But again not all people like people knowing how they feel some people keepm there self privet and with that nobody could feel privet anymore. So no i dont think they should put that in computers cause it would mess it up for the people that liked to be keep ther self privet | 2 |
2748f2a | I dont know what is out there but I know what is happining in my own back yard. There is no way the face on marse's surface was made by aleans because we have photographic images that prove so, and by telling it was made by alien it would just help us. So if you really think that that the alience made the face on mars then you don't know any of the facts.
First of all we have the picktures to prove it. So maybe the first one wasn't as clear becaus of the times, but the next one was ten times better. It doesn't sound like a lot but for what the first one looked like was like eating fake oreos to the real ones. But that was on a cloudy night and because it was you still don't belive it. So we went and took an other one (even thought it was hard sence we dont pass it very often). Nevertheless we got it in all of its NON alian glory. With the next picture we got in 2001 you have to belive us that it was a rock. It was 43 meters per pixel compared to the first that was 1.56. If you dont know what that means then let me just tell you it was way better.
Also why would we ruin a great oportunity like that. If we had said it was from alien we would have goten so much money. Imagen all the questions that would have been asked that we might have not have been able to answer on earth. People would start demanding their questions be answed and we would not be able to do it. So we ask for money we would get the best to make it posible for us to get to the red planet and boom we are on mars and we make an other small step.
So if you want to look stupid and belive that the aliens made a face on mars then do so, but the facts are that there is not one.
We have pictures and a want to go to mars that wont happen to prove it. And if after all that you dont belive me then writ your own paper convincing everyone it is a alian made Mount Rushmore and maybe NASA will Get to go to mars sitting on a rock. | 3 |
274b414 | The Face in Cydonia on Mars is merely a natural landform because if NASA has proof that The Face was created by aliens, the evidence would surely be shared with the world. Also, the Face is similar to several types of landforms on the Earth, and NASA has photographic evidence that the Face was not formed by aliens.
As mentioned in paragraph 5 of "Unmasking the Face on Mars," the Face has "become a pop icon." Because the Face has "appeared in books, magazines, (and) radio talk shows," people have become brainwashed into believing that the Face on the planet Mars was created by alien forces. People claim that NASA is hiding the evidence revealing that the Face is actually made by aliens. However, "defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." Not only would the proof of aliens bring in an abundance of excitement for Mars, but it would also gain NASA a great deal more of revenue. NASA
is not hiding any form of evidence towards alien-life on Mars, and the Face may not have anything special about it besides the fact that it looks "like an Egyptian Pharaoh."
The Face on Mars is extremely similar to several landforms found on the Earth. As explained in paragraph 12, the Face is similar in design to "a butte or mesa," which are "landforms common around the American West." Jim Garvin, chief scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, notes that the Face reminds him of "'the Snake River Plain of Idaho.'" In the Snake River Plain, there is a "'lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face.'" This is evidence to support that the Face is no different from any other natural landform, and that people have no reason for speculation against that idea. Another big reason to believe this claim is because professional scientists have pictures for evidence against aliens.
Scientists at NASA have photographic evidence against the claim that the Face is alien-made. People who claim that the Face was created by aliens will state that the photograph taken in April of 1998 was not enough proof of the Face being a natural landform. As stated in paragraph 8, the photographers "had to peer through wispy clouds to see the Face" because "it was winter." This means that any proof of aliens could have easily been hidden by the haze covering Mars. So, in April 2001, a better picture was captured. In paragraph 10, it is mentioned that this time the photograph was taken on "a cloudless summer day in Cydonia" and that the evidence showed up with "absolute maximum resolution." This picture, in its high quality, proved that the Face truly was nothing more than a natural landform on Mars.
If NASA had any proof that aliens had caused the Face to appear, the evidence would surely be shared. The Face is close in size and design to a landform in Idaho, and NASA has photographic evidence that there are no signs of aliens anywher near Cydonia. Because of these reasons, one can clearly see that the Face on Mars is a natural landform. | 5 |
274d9d2 | Would you let students read eachothers emotions in a classroom? I will be addressing why this may be valuble to students, or even to the whole school and why it may not be valuble.
The first thing i want to talk about is how it can be benificial to the Students. What if your close friend or even a teacher isn't acting their usual self. You can't quite figure out what the cause may be with them. And instead of asking, you could see what their emotion is through technology. If it shows up that they're sad you can figure out a way to encourage them to talk about whats going on. Or you can just figure out a way to cheer them up with out knowing their personal life. Or you could see if the person is just plain tired. So checking their emotions can also help you to understand that it may not even be you. They may be exhausted after a long day. So then you learn not to take things so personal.
A reason it may not be Valuble is people just need privacy. Maybe someone is upset over something personal that has happened in their life. I feel like if you do use the techology on the wrong person, it could set them off and lead them to being more irritable. Some people like to handle their emotions in different ways. Even if that means doing it in peace with no interuptions.
In conclusion, I feel that it depends on the situation in a school or town. It depends if you actually know the person, or if the person likes to be left alone or not. Everyone deserves privacy. So if schools were to do so, I suggest getting contracts to see who would be up for it and who wouldn't | 2 |
274eaf9 | Throughout this article, the author is very thorough in explaining what the risks of traveling to Venus are and why they believe it would be beneficial to explore the planet regardless of these cautions. In paragraph one, the author introduces Venus and how it has been a challenging planet to examine. In paragraph two, the author introduces the idea that Venus is much more similar to Earth than we may have originally thought. The author states that while Venus is close to Earth, the atmosphere of the planet makes it too much of a risk to actually travel to and land on. While unmanned spacecrafts have gone to Venus and successfully landed, none of them survived more than a few hours on the planet. The author uses this statement to show one of the many risks of traveling to Venus. In paragraph three the author delves deeper into Venus's atmosphere and why it would be harsh for humans. They explain this idea well by stating facts about the heat, atmospheric pressure, and other environmental factors that make Venus harsher than Earth. In paragraph four, they pose the question, "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" Within the paragraph, they answer this question by discussing the historical interest scientists have in Venus. They also emphasize the point previously made in paragraph two, that the close distance of Venus to Earth is a large benefit. As an extension of the environment of Venus- discussed in paragraph three- they add more information about the planet's environment. In paragraph five, the author begins to discuss NASA's plans for safer travel to Venus. They explain what NASA is doing in terms of research and projects, what future plans are, and how they can make humans prepared to withstand Venus's harsh conditions. In paragraph six, the author counters what was stated in the previous paragraph by explaining why NASA's plans would not allow for a complete investigation of the planet. The author claims that the risks of traveling to Venus should perhaps be thought of as challenges. By looking at this in a new light, or from a different perspective, the author supports their original claim that Venus is worth pursuing depsite risks. In paragraph seven, they return to explaining what NASA is currently working on and other approaches they are developing to study the planet. The author goes into detail about technology they are using and how this can be beneficial to creating a safe way for humans to finally land on Venus. The author then concludes the article by returning to their original claim that Venus is beneficial to travel to and explore by claiming it has historical value. This article is well written and supports its claims very well, as proven with each paragraph. The author's claim is well supported by the evidence they present and the facts they state over the course of the article. | 3 |
2750d35 | Why does electoral college still have its defenders, Abolish the electoral college!... Electoral College was a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens. I am writing to the state senator of florida to argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. I am certain that we should keep the eletoral college because of three simple reasons. The Electoral College is a way of certainty of outcome. Swing states, and to Aviod run-off elections.
To commence I say the system of electoral college should stay because it has a certaint of outcome. A dispute over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is possible. This has happened before in 2000. In 2012 election, for Obama he received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to 51.3 percent of the popular votes cast for him and Romney, the Republican nominee for president in 2012. electoral votes arenon a winner-takes-all basis. A tie in the nationwide electora vote is possible because the total number of votes 538 is an even number.
To continue the second reason why I think th electoral votes should stay is becasue of sing states. The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes induces the candidates. 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 decide the election. The most thoughtful voters should be the ones to decide the election.
Last but not least electoral voting should stay because to aviod run-off elections. The Electoral College also aviods the problem of election in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast. Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 are good examples, they both only a had 43 percent plurality of the popular votes. Some potential voters who have no hope have less in centive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular votes.
To briefly wrap up I argue in favor for the Electoral Votes to stay because of the certainty of outcome, swing states, and lastly to aviod run-off elections. In some people's opinion's they would disagree, but they will not have enough facts to support why they disagree, because honestly Electoral Votes is always the way to go. | 4 |
2750fc1 | Exploring the planet Venus is a task for the whole NASA team period. There would be some flaws that would go with it and some advantages that would go with it as well. I mean thats really anything you do in life there's gonna be some flaws and advantage.
Now i will tell you about how well the author supprorted the idea. The reason why he supports and tells it so phenominal is because evemn though it could be risky and result in bad things. At the same time it could be benefitial for not only the planet but us humans. It could provide us life and better home if Earth just lets go on us.
Here on some good ideas on why and how Venus is benefital to explore new feautures to look at. Possibly new life no saying that we would neccessairly bond with them but take it one step at a time. Maybe we could fix the envriroment and make it suitful for everybody to breath and adapt to.
With every adavantage there has to be flaws to the situation. Venus's enviroment is probably one very hot and two hard to breathe since its not that far away from the Sun. Forms of light cnat even penetrate there so its gonna be hard to adapt to the atmosphere for sure. Its kind of bad to the point where you cant even take samples of rocks or anything there.
Through all this stuff about Venus makes me wonder will the planet ever be suitable to live on or will we just parish with earth as the rapture happens. Hopefully it'll be suitable to live on and take care of our future children an kids and their kids and their kids. | 3 |
2753b35 | I am here to try to get you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program.
I'm am trying to get you to join the program because countries are in need of supplies . We are going to be the ones to deliver what they need to them. We need to be there for the countries in need.
We are going to deliver animals to the countries in need. The first animal we are going to give them is a cow for milk and if needed meat. We are going to give them mules so that they can carry heavy things around. We are also going to give them horses so that they can ride them to places so that they do not have to walk far distances on land if they don't have a boat and can't travel far distances on a boat down a river.
It is a really helpful program.
I think that you should join the Seagoing Cowboy program because it can help countries in need like Eurpoe and China. One more reason I think you shoud join is that you can do a lot of intresting things. Plus you get to meet a lot of fasinating peolpe. Sign up today to join the Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
2773770 | Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Stars," is one of the brightest points of lights in the sky, making it very simple that even an amateur stargazer spots it. The nickname Venus is very misleading because venus is actually a planet.Venus is very easy to pin point because of how obvious it is.Even though Venus is very dangerous I will be discussing how it is important to study venus despite the dangrs it presents.
As many messions failed NASA did not give up.They came up with one particular idea for sending humans to study venus. in pargraph 5 it was " NASA's possible solution to hostile condtions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." As dangerous that sounds it is a good idea becase its just like airplans flying over storms. A vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid many things such as the bad ground condtions. This new idea that NASA came up with gives a better chance for humans to servive while studying Venus because the air pressure would be closer to the sea level on earth. Even thought it would not be an easy condtion it would defentity be survivable for humans.NASA's
new idea is very worthy because it may give scientists limited insight on ground condtions but thy would have a better idea of Venus because it would be very dangerous to get up close and personal, even thogh scientists can not take samples, this new idea still gives them the option to study venous more and take closer pictures.
In conclution, studying Venous may be a huge challange because of the many failed missions, but the new idea NASA came up with may get them to where they need to be. As dangerious as it seems NASA's new idea is not an easy condtions, but more survivable for humans. however, scientists would not get as much insight as they would like but they will get a better idea then before, they will learn more and actually survive. | 3 |
2774edc | The Face on Mars is a very interesting landmark. Some people believe that aliens created this mask while NASA believes the Face is just a natural landform. There are very important reasons why the Face is just an ordinary landform and this essay will list them all. I will try to convince a person why the Face is a natural landform.
First of all, the Face can't possibly be made by aliens because pictures show that it is just a natural landform and not an alien monument. This was very disappointing to some but it was the truth. Evidence of the pictures still didn't satisfy some believers. They still believed that the alien monument was the Face and that there are aliens in the world. So again, a camera went up on the MGS to look through the clouds. Once again, the pictures revealed it was not an alien monument. Still, people continued to believe that the alien markings were hidden by the haze. Many people wanted to believe that the monument was from aliens but really it was just an ordinary landform.
Strong alien believers took to thinking that NASA was hiding something from everyone. This doesn't make any sense because why would NASA put the picture of the Face out for everyone to see when they wanted to hide aliens from being alive. Also, aliens would be a great discovery to NASA and would help the institution. Everyone would want proof of the aliens and NASA would make millions of dollars if they got pictures of these "aliens". This again was proven false and showed that the "alien monument" was really just a natural landform that formed over years of rocks and dust.
Everyone was stuck on the idea that aliens were real and that's why the Face is there. But in reality no one has any evidence of aliens even being alive. Now people think that the Face is proof, but again they are wrong. For a third time, Mars Global Surveyor took some pictures of the landmark on a cloudless day. It was a very clear picture that couldn't hide anything at all. They searched the whole perimeter and there wasn't any small shacks, airplanes, or pyramids hiding to prove the opinion of aliens being alive. Thus, it finally showed the majority of alien believers that the Face was an actual landmark that wasn't built by aliens. They actually found that it resembled Middle Butte which is a similar height to the Face.
There is too much evidence to still believe that aliens have created the Face. There is no proof that aliens have built this landform and that, in actuality, aliens are even a real, living thing. Even though there is an enormous amount of evidence there are still some people who live for aliens. The Face, as a natural landform, has so much reasoning that there is no way around it. This incredible natural structure is, in fact, not built by aliens. | 4 |
2782b6f | Why should you join the Seagoing Program? There are many reasons you should. I had an amazing experience being a Seagoing cowboy myself. I think that you would also have an amazing experience. I got the chance to have this experience and it was honestly life changing. You might not want to do it because of being on the ship, but you can still have fun while on the ship. While on board you have a good time to enjoy playing games and doing your hobbies, here are some, table tennis,fencing,boxing,reading, and whittling.
When you're on the ship your demeanor will change right when you see the marvelouse sights. I had the experience of touring the excavated castle in Crete, seeing Europe and China, and marveling at the Panama Canal while on my way to China. As you arrive at where you are going, something to give you reassurance is knowing that you are doing something good. You are helping people rebuild and recover what they had lost. I had the I'm-on-top-of-the-world feeling as soon as I knew I was helping them get back what they had lost, and I think you will too. This chance is big for you.
''Boom!'' You think in your mind as you look back at the distruction from the war and bombs. That melancholy feeling you get as you see all that has went on will change as you think of why you are there, and what you are doing. I know that you should join this program because it is a once-in-a-life-time chance. You will have fun as I did in my exuberant experience in this program. I have given examples to why I think you should. Just join the program and you will like it, I can promise you that. | 3 |
2784f18 | Well, first of all I agree with the new technology called the Facial Action Coding Systyem that enables computers to identify human emotions and I think the use of the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because some students might be having some troubles fixing their emotions, and i'm not sure if the essay is to write about the teachers using it to read the students emotions or it is the students theirselves that are using it to read their own expressions, eitherway i'm going to write about the two topics. About what I said about the students fixing their emotions is that some of the students might be so emotional that any little thing like when someone curses them they start crying, they might want to use this technology to see how their emotions are high or low, so they keep track of it and reduce the emotions till their brave enough to face anyone without having a lot of fear in them. And some of the students might have too much anger and they want to reduce it before it cause trouble for them and they might try it(Facial Action Coding System.)
Secondly, about the other topic is that teachers might want to see how their students are feeling, maybe sad or they have something in their mind that is giving them trouble in school or anywhere, because some teachers care for their students and they could ask what the problem is and the teacher might make the student happy by relieving them from the pain they had being through or stress, the student might even forget he/she had a problem because some teachers are good in making people smile like what the article says, "Putting on a happy face" actually works!" | 2 |
2787866 | Computer Therapists
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," each section explains the valuable improvements technolody is making; however, one can argue that this new Facial Action Coding Sysytem may not excel in the classroom. This system enables a computer to read the expressions of humans but this may not be as effective as it seems. The author explains that this system could be used in the classroom in order to benefit the students lessons. This may be effictive to some degree; however, the computer system can not understand the students thought process. The Facial Action Coding Sytem would not be as valuable in the classroom in order to read the emotional expressions of students.
The Coding System created by Prof. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe is a computer that uses a 3-D model of the face in order to "claculate" the expressions and emotions of a human. Prof. Huang and Sebe also collaborated with a psychologist in order to simplify the machine toread and code six basic emotions. These six basic emotions- happiness, fear, surprise, anger, disgust, and sadness- do not cover the overall nature of human expressions. This is already one fault in the idea. Students in any grade level have many different ways of expressing their feelings and emotions whether that be through nonverbal facial recongnition or body movement. The "basic six" would not accurately cover each expression portrayed by the user and it could lead to a simple, yet common mix up.
Dr. Huang predicts 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." When broken down Dr. Huang is stating that the system could replace a human instructor in order to teach the student based on his or her emotional reaction to the lesson being taught. This is not a valuable asset for stdents who may simply not enjoy the lesson being taught, whether they understand it or not. A common stereotype is that all highschool students are tired, which for the most part is accurate, whcih could confuse the system with the idea that the student is unhappy about the lesson. An honors student may then have the lesson simplified to a point it is no longer of any value to the learner. According to renowned drama coach, Constantin Stanislavsky, "Putting on a happy face actually Works!" This is another reason the system could be easily decieved with false readings of a student. They could simply put on their happy face and a computer attempting to read the emotion of that person would not be "calculating" an acutal emotion. This would not benefit the student's learning process nor their social relationships.
Social relationships are a major part throughout school and this system would take a lot of the interaction away from students and teachers. Unable to help students, the social nature in interactions between students and higher authorities would be negative. Dr. Huang notes that, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." This may be true; however, taking away the interactions and basic knowledge of students manners could be harmful. Even though there are pros to this system, such as video surgery that make computer-animated faces more expressive, there is not a need for the system in an everyday classroom.
Facial Coding in the classroom would not benefit the stuents learning process or social interractions. There are myriads of ways to express emotions nonverbally without facial recognition. Six basic emotions may not accurately decribe the feeling of ones current stae of mind in the classroom, which could affect the lesson given to him or her. Social relatiosnhips could be lost when relying on a machine to determine one anothers feelings and "putting on happy faces" may damper ones ability to express their emotions. The Facial Action Coding System would not be valuable to the students in a classroom environment. | 6 |
2792d0f | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it talks about how cars can be computer driven. Some people would be in favor of such a thing where as others would not. I am in complete favor of them as I see it as a leap into the future. The computer-driven cars would allow the driver to be hands free when driving and doing something else such as paper work, on their phone, or even eating. The computer-driven cars would also use half as much fuel then a taxi saving tons of money. The cars would also have alerts and safty precautions just in case the driver doesn't feel safe and wants to take over on his or her own. I am in favor for these future cars because they will allow the driver to be hands free, save gas money, and have complete safety precautions as well.
Having a computer-driven car would allow the driver the ability to multi-task and focus on his or her priorities. If a person forgot to fill out any paper work or even do their home work, they can now use the time from the drive to their destination to finish them. We can also have the advantage of eating on the go. If a person is running late and is yet to eat, they can use the time in their computer-driven car to eat as they will be hands free. The driver will even be able to have access to their cell phones on there car rides.
The computer-driven cars will surprisingly be using half as much fuel then a taxi. This lets the driver save a ton of money. It allows them to use their money on other things and not have to be driving. This will lower the ammount of polution as well making the computer-driven cars better for the enviornment.
The safety on computer-driven cars is fundamental. Every company on the verge of these future cars wants the safety to be at it's best. Each company puts as many sensors as the car needs for the safety of the drivers. Safety is the number one thing that desingers of these cars focus on and would not begin to sell them until they are fully sure that the buyers are safe, and the companies will put as many precautions as possible if a error occurs.
I am in favor for the computer-driven cars and highly agree that they will be in our future to stay. The cars will be here for the best of our future and will not fail in my eyes. The computer-driven cars will be very advanced and will allow the drivers to be hands free and use that time for priorities, save them a lot of money on fuel, and will be very safe and get us to our destinations. These cars are the future and are here to stay. | 4 |
279e329 | Plan:A photo from 1998,is a pciture of a mask. So why they "MGS" claims is not a face? We don't,be we do know is that a high-resolution images and 3D altimetry takes picture from outer space. It says that "NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet,snapping photo possible landing sites for it's sister ship". Meaning that maybe their is a possibitiy that maybe there is an "Anicent civilization" that lived on Mars that we don't know about. It also says, "A few days later NASA unveilied the images for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth. So basically it tell the readers or the scientist thatat some point of time their was humans on "Planet Mars",and really they're trying to get them to realized just because its a"huge rock formation" what if they'rereally humans skulls under all of the rocks?"The Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars evidence that NASA would rather hide,say conspriacy theorists. This shows that NASA was trying to keep it a sercet that theirs are head with a mouth,eyes,noes,and ears on Mars and they wasn't trying to put in no type of effort to get deeper in the situation or not even assummed is not normal for a planet that has nobody lived on and has a unusal head that just poped up out of nowhere on "Planet Mars". | 2 |
27be78b | The author states this FACS machine can read emotions just by looking at someone is non-sense but this could be true. It decoded the facial emotions of the Mona Lisa and saying all her emotions just by looking at it, i wan't to beleive it can do that.
The author states that Mona Lisa is " 83 percent happy, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." The algerithym only gave us 91% of the Mona Lisa emotion what about the other 9%? The FACS machine reads your 44 major muscles to read your emotions which is amazing and kind of silly at the same time. This all the machine does but it could be helpful to figure out if someone is really upset about something going on, but it could have some draw backs to it. The FACS machine only read 91% of the Mona Lisa and i want to know the rest of it!
The positive aspect of the machine is that it could read emotions and facial muscles to see if the kid is thinking about suicide if it could do that. The FACS machine "using video imagery, the new emotion-recognizer software tracks these facial movements." This shows that FACS is devolping that one day could helps with emotions and other various life problems like helping us recognize friends that are going through a rough patch in their life. These sentences from the text " For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actully describing each facial trait the conveys happy, worried etc." If Dr. Huang devolps the FACS machine more to helps more with friends emotion when feeling down or even our parents if neccesary. This could have a huge impact for students because teachers can with problems in your just by recognizing your facial movements and emotions.
This FACS machine may have some down sides to it because this could be a invadement of personal space, say if some doesn't want to talk and use this machine to do so then you used the machine without that persons permission so this machine as long as it used for people that really need the help i don't think this machine will last much. This text from the passage "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication, " Dr. Huang. " So computars need to understand that,too." Another upside to this FACS machine is that it could become a human inscrutor " A classroom computar could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored," Dr. Huang predicts." " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effecttive human instructor."
The FACS machine could be a huge help with students that struggle emotionaly with anything, so for final conclsuion the FACS machine can a huge help to students but also be a invasion of personal space, because some students don't know that their computars have this program and reads their emotions without them knowing ahead of time. This FACS machine should be installed if the students want it to be installed. | 3 |
27c0af1 | Thousands of axious web surfers were waiting when the first image appeared on a JPL websit revealing...a natural landform". Those people must've been really upset upon hearing this news. They had high hopes for The Face to be a creation of alien life on mars. But due to the fact that it's just a butte/mesa, an illusion, and just a piece of rock all together, those people need to accept the truth: Alien's didn't make The Face.
First of all, the Face is just an illusion, or a trick playing with your eyes. An example would be that when NASA unveiled the image, the caption said as quoted, "...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth..." This example shows that because of the perfect shadow casting, the rock formation on mars is just an illusion that's messing with your mind.
My second reason as to why The Face isn't a sign of alien life is that is resembles a butte or a mesa, which are landforms common around the American West. An example of this would be that it reminds Garvin of the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. This example shows that since it may remind people of other landforms that we have on Earth, and that we even have landforms similar to The Face at all, it must be and is a natural landform.
My third and final reason is that The Face is just a pile of Mars rocks. For example, when a foucused picture of this landform went viral, it was clear that it was just a pile of rocks, rather than the original picture, which was 10 times less foucused then the latest one. Knowing this, it is clear that aliens did NOT in fact, create The Face.
Some people might say that aliens mightve moved the rocks there themselves. This wouldn't be the case, considering that there are no clear signs of life on mars currently. No aliens means no alien made faces on mars. It's purely logical that The FAce is just an illusion and a pile of rocks and nothing more. | 4 |
27c1469 | I think that this face reading technology should be used for students in a classroom.
I think this because if a student is confused or doesn't understand a question sometimes it is embarassing to raise your hand and ask a question. Often times when students ask a question that other peers don't have they can get made fun of and bullied for it.
Students could also use this technology for when they are bored in class, if the facial action coding system sees this it can put new activities on the computer to keep the student focused and on task in class.
One con to this idea that i have noticed is that it would be very expensive to get this modern technology in schools across America.
Especially catholic schools that recieve a big chunk of their spending money from donations and need money for every need of the building, athletics, academics, etc.
I strongly support the idea of having this technology in classrooms across the United states, I feel like it would raise the level of quality education and even lower the level of bullying across schools.
I think they should avoid using this in elementary schools because it should be important to learn to
develop good social skills and how to communicate with people while you are in elementary school. However, in grades 6-12 i think this technology could be extremely benefial to students. | 3 |
27c2c70 | The Face on Mars was a natural creation. It is similar to the Middle Butte landform in Snake RIver Plain of Idaho. The facial features was created by shadows makily it look eerely like a face. The features of the Face are an optical illusion. NASA concluded that it was not made by aliens.
The Face is similar to teh Middle Butte. The Middle Butte is a lava dome that takes the form of a face. The landforms are common around the western parts of the United States. The picture shows a face that could only be like the Middle Butte in Snake River Plain in Idaho. This is how the Face could be a natural feature. The Middle Butte from Idaho was formed when lava and the earth combined and made it look like a face when you are on Google Earth. The Face on Mars is just like the Middle Butte that is in Idaho. It is possible that there was once lava or a liquid that combined with the surface to make a facial feature that you see when you look at the Face on Mars. The Face on Mars is also not very well detailed. If it was a monument then it would have detail. It would have eyebrows or details around the mouth and eyes so it resembled a certain person. This is how the Middle Butte on Mars is a natural figure.
The Face was an optical issusion. There was shadows that made the Face look relatively similar to a human face. The shadows also could have been formed by the clouds that were blocking the view of Viking for a while. The Viking had to get closer to take a picture of the natural landform. The landform could have been just a pile of dirt or a pile of rocks that had holes that made it look simillar to a face. Some people argue that the alien markings were hidden by the hazey clouds. When the Viking went over the Face it only took a few pictures. When the Mars Global Surveyor went over Cydonia for the first time they snapped a picture 10 times better than the original Viking picture. The picture from Mars Global Surveyor had better quality than the picture from Viking. This is how the clouds and the camera on the Viking made an optical illusion.
NASA concluded that the Face was not like the Egytian style pyramids. They came to a decision that the Face was just a landform that under the certain circumstances looked like a face. The people at NASA also said that the camera had zoomed in so that if there was a shack or an airplane or a person on the ground that they would be able to see it. NASA even used a different camera that has better zoom than the one used in 1976. The camera used in 1976 was 43 meters per pixel. The one used in 2001 was 1.56 meters per pixel. If they didn't find any proof of alien life with the 2001 image then how can you argue their is any aliens?
In conclusion the Face on Mars is a natural figure. NASA verified that the Face was just an optical issusion. The camera on Viking was not very good compared to the camera of later explore Mars Global. The camera on Mars Global was able to take a picture 10 times better than the one on Viking. The face and eyes and mouth were created by shadows. This is how the Face on Mars is not an alien monument. | 4 |
27c472a | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author supports the idea of studying Venus through research and data that has been collected thoughout the years.
The author made really good points about why we should study Venus despite the dangers that it may hold.
The author talked about why Venus is worth studying.
It is said in paragraph 4, that Venus, long ago, may have been earth-like.
It may have been covered in oceans and supported life.
This is defintely interesting to think about.
If it was like that long ago, why couldn't Venus be inhabitable for humans now?
On Venus, we would have enough solar power, and radiation levels wouldn't exceed Earth's.
I think it would be fascinating to study venus even with the dangers that it may present.
Overall, the author did a good job at persuading people to want to study Venus despite the challenges that may be faced.
There was a plentiful amount of interesting facts that the average person may have not knew.
After reading this article, I am not fascinated by Venus and what the future intails for us humans. | 2 |
27c512c | This argument of the face on Mars been going on since 1976. Many people and even some scientest believe it is craftmenship of no other than aliens. Their have always been stories about how so called aliens live on the planet Mars,or how there is life on Mars. I am here to ease your mind and tell you it is no more than a mesa.
Their has been alot of talk about the rocky terrian we call Mars. First off this isn't the first case of where a face has been captured. On a nother part of the Red planet there is an area called Cydonia. Their was an image of a something that resembled an Egyptian Pharaoh. That was just a shadow giving the unusal look of the pharaoh. This proves that not everthing is what it seems.
Next after discovering that this unusal look for Mars was just a shadow creating the illusion of having a human face we were fasinated and had to indoulge ourselvs in more reaserch. On April 5, 1998 our Mars Global Surveyor had gone over Cydonia. Our magnificant team of reashers got a picture that was a wopping ten times sharper than the origional photo. We had thousands of people waiting to see what was on our Red Planet it was nothing other than... a landform.
Then after that find we couldn't stop there. We were so close and we were desperate to find the truth. So we had studdied the pictures,and yet still nothing. The face on Mars was no different than your common landform on earth. We were sure right there it was nothing more than a lava dome that has molded its form into an isolates mesa.
Now some might say that our picture we claim that is extremly crediable could be nomore than a fluke, and there could be aliens and a chance for a new civilization on Mars. Now for us we wish there was an acient civilization on Mars, but we can't hide the truth. Finally for our picture in a digital image three times bigger than the pixel size, and if their was any sign of life like houses,airplanes,or even Egyptian styled pyrmids you would be able to see them. This how we know our information is credable.
Now it seames the whole " Face on Mars" in movies, books, magazines,and radio talk shows were all false. That whole franchisement was a total bust. Now that you know the truth and the face on Mars was nothing but fraud i hope that you listen to the people down at NASA. Now i hope i have eased your mind that there are no aliens running arround. | 4 |
27c933b | Dear Senate,
It is only fair to the people of America to change to election by popular vote for the President of the United States. The process of the Electoral vote seems to leave out votes and make them seem less improtant, and that right there is discriminating the peoples right. Millions of people in each state vote for a president but then out of all those votes only 34 electoral votes would consist, and that's if your electors win the statewide election. If not then your canidate already loses votes from your whole state.
Although, they're are some reasons for retaining the Electoral College. A canidate would need trans-reginal appeal not just the appeal of one region. Or found in "In the Defense of the Electoral College:Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the Presdident" Posner states "The Electoral college restores some of the weight of the politicial balance that large states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution". Last, pressure from run-off elections when a candidate doesn't win majority vote is subsided by the Electoral College.
However, the College Electoral process has more cons then pros. With the electoral college system voters vote for the slate of electors not president. Millions of votes casted in each state are practically forgotten about after one of the electors win the statewide election. How is it that millions of votes only count as 34 electoral votes? Peoples opinons do matter and each one of them need to be heard. The winner-take-all system is just not fair to voters and needs to change.
Furthermore, the elector college sytem is shady and sketchy. "Acording to a Gallop poll in 20didate". can party's00, taken shorty after Al Gore- thanks to quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost presidency" stated in . Also " 'faithful' electors have occastionally refused to vote for their
In the end, our rights are being disrespected by this electoral college system. Each voter has their own opinion that should be heard and counted in a nationwide popular vote. Also the electors can't fully be trusted incidents have happened that show unfaithfulness to the sytem and rules. | 3 |
27d745e | When describing the face found on Mars I would first tell about how it was found. The face on Mars was located by accident by a spacecraft circling around the planet Mars taking snapshots of possible landing areas for its sister ship Viking 2, when the spacecraft saw a look-alike of a human face.
I would then start to describe the facts about the face. It was also enormous too,two miles long from end to end. At first scientists believed it was a Martian mesa, which was common around the area the face was located in. Eventually the picture was unveiled for the world to see, for 25 years the image was posted in haunted grocery check out lines or in books and magazines, it even stared in a hollywood film too. Although a few scientists did believe that the face found on mars wasn't in fact an alien artifact.
After i would then finishis by reveileing facts and information to them. The face had been photgraphed to get a clearer picture of what looked like to be the head of and Egyptian. Although Cydonia, the place where the face was located, is not easily found the photagraphers, on April 5, 1998, were able to find it and took more pictures to get good looks at it. What they found in the image's were actually showing a butte or mesa, commonly known as ladforms, they are also common around the west of America. The most likely scenerio for the face to of been built was by natural lanforms and erosion. Even some scientists believed that the face was just a landformation and not an alien artifact. | 3 |
27d8978 | Good Morning Alabama Studio
"Hello and welcome to Good Morning Alabama I'm Russel Terrier" says Russel.
"And I'm Brittany Spaniel and we're here with sea cowboy Luke Bomberger say hi honey" says Brittany.
"How you do" says Luke as he tilts his hat.
"Now Luke I think we're all wondering what it's like being a seagoing cowboy" says Russel.
"Yes do tell doll" says Brittany.
"Well I mean it can be hard at some points taking care of all them animals and scooping bunearu all day but I love it" says Luke.
"Well sounds interesting well I mean not the poo part, but you know the rest" says Brittany.
"Yeah, did you get to see any interesting things while you we're at sea" says Russel.
"Well yeah I mean the job did have some good sides to it" says Luke.
"Like what" says Brittany.
"Well I got to ride a gondola in Venice, see a excavated castle in Crete, and I got to see the Panama Canal" says Luke.
"Well that sounds great!" says Russel.
"It really was amazing to see everything and be able to have fun on board the ship even though some of us got sea sick" says Luke.
"Oh wow what type of games" says Brittany as she flips her hair.
"Oh Brittany don't go budding into everything he does" says Russel.
"It's ok, We just played some simple games like table-tennis, fencing, and boxing just to past the time" says Luke.
"Sounds like fun" says Brittany.
"It really was a great experience" says Luke.
"Would you reccomend it to anyone" says Russel.
"Yeah, I would it was great to see the amazing things, take care of animals, and still have fun on the way" says Luke.
"Well if you keep talking like that I might have to join" says Brittany.
"Haha Brittany you wouldn't make it one day with out crying over a chipped nail" says Russel.
"Oh that was one time Russel" says Brittany.
Luke gives them a weird look as they had their little fit. They peered over at him and sat back down.
"Oh my good heavans I'm sorry we didn't mean to fight" says Brittany.
"Oh it's fine we used to fight like that over the one good hammock to sleep on the rest had some holes" says Luke.
"Well how did you settle that" says Russel.
"We just held a tournament of some sort to decide" says Luke.
"Well that seems like fun" says Brittany.
"It reall was and we had such a great time out on the sea and getting to help the people" says Luke.
"I'm sure it was" says Russel.
"And I really hope y'all will join me on our next sea expedition" says Luke.
"Well it looks like that is all the time for today" says Russel.
"I'm Brittany Spaniel" says Brittany
"And I'm Russel Terrier" says Russel
"And this is Good Morning Alabama wishing you a happy Monday" they say together. | 2 |
27d8c7f | Dear Senator, I wish to ask you a favor of keeping the Electoral College or changeing to election by popular vote for the presdent of the United States. First of all, the reason that I want to ask you this is because Most states have a winner take all system that they give to the winning president.
Next, after presidential election, the governor prepares a Certificate of Ascetainnent. listing all of the presidents who ran for president. after the presidental election is heild every four years on a tusedayafter the first monday in vovember. you help chose your states electors.
Furthormore, People should vote for a state of several Democratic electors pledged . On the off chance that those electors won the statewide election. oh yea and senitor under the eletoral college system, voters vote not for the president but for a state of electors, who in turn elect the president .
Finally, Fromm my opinion the presidental party selects a state of electors trusted to vote for the partys nominee and that trust is rarely betrayed. However, it is entirerly possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not winthe nactional popular vote.
So Mr. senator sir im only asking you this one thing if u coud just keep the Electoral college or changing to election vote for the president of the United States. pleez thats all im asking from you to do for me just one thing. quite sime thing to do right .. | 1 |
27d8ecd | why you should limit car usage? limiting car usage is a great way of helping the air from pollution, less accidents, and less money throwing out the window. you could just walk, run ride a bike or anything that doesn't require you to use money with. Doing those things could even keep you healthy. pollution is getting out control these days to much greenhouse gases in the air. its bad we needa do something before it can kill us. like in all of the passages it tells why not using cars is a great way a better way to not us cars.
in the first passage "in german suburb, life goeson withoutcars" people from vauban, germany are giving up their cars. they are now riding bikes or walking. 70 percent of people from there dont use cars. people are happy there. people are selling their cars to live there. yes you could drive a car but there is only like 2 parking spaces. you could buy a space for 40,000$ along with a home. they are just trying to help out to keep the air clean.
in the second source "paris bans driving due to smog" the city was almost about to reach their record pollution but they enforced a couple days banning to clear air. people would be fine 31$. but 4,000 people didn't listen. but people had their cars impounded for their reaction. diesel full was to blame since france tax policy favors diesel over gasoline. paris is the most pulluted city in europe. but good thing happened the smog cleared up.
in the source 3 "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota" millions of colombians were biking, hiking, skated, or took buses. people would be fine 25$ if not following the law. it will help reuce the smog, the pollution. two other cities cali and valledupar have joined the event. people from other countries have came to colombia to watch this event. it is the straight year for this event. now since the event is going well more sidewalks have been made.
in the last source "the end of the car culture" says that america is now using lesser cars buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses. sociologists says it will be good for the enviroment and for beneficial implications for carbon emissions. but will be bad for car industrys.
using less cars is good thing because more socializing less accidents less pollution less greenouse gases. this would help you save money give you exercise. it could help the enviroment people would get better at being active. maybe the world should have a week once a year that we don't use cars to lower pollution. escpecially bejing since it is the most polluted city in the world. | 3 |
27da61e | Do you belive in aliens?
The first reason why i say that the face was just natural landforms is because,there is no such things as aliens! For example the text says" a shadowy likeness of a human face." This example show that likeness isn't always certain you have to be absolutley sure before you start making claims about what the picture is showing. Did you see it for yourself? Did you do any research about it?
Another reason why the alien story is real is because ,no one officially approved it. They only took pictures of the face.
No one went down on mars to examine or observe the face. An example for this would be that the passage says" only this one had unusual shadws that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh". This example shows that if it looks like a Egyptian Pharaoh how would the aliens know about it?
The next reason why the alien myth isnt true is because in the passage it says the word"illusion" the word illusion means something that you can see but is not there. For example in the tex it states that " formed shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth". This example shows that an illusion may seem real but it is not real. You have to make sure that your facts are reliable and your resources are reliable.
Finally, why people say that the landfrom was formed by aliens is because it
" appered in books, magazines and radio talk shows--- even haunted grocery store for 25 years". They don't know just because this thing goes publice dosen't mean it is true. For example" Some people thimk that it is bona fide evidence". The people that think taht it is bona fide evidence did they do any research or did they just rely on what the social media says. In conclusion you should believe that the face is a natural landform is because aliens isn't real. | 3 |
27dcaba | In our generations we have many ways of transportation. Some of the transportation that we are using is effecting our ecosystem and causing us to have a very high percentage of greenhouse affect. Some countries are helping to stop from the percentage from going up.
In Germany they have an upscale community and they dont use vehicles as much. Their streets are generally forbidden street parks, driveways, and home garages in the new district of Freiburg. "Passengers are responsible for 12% of greenhouse effect in Europe, and up to 50% in some car-intensive areas in the United States." All of that is due to vehicles. In Germany there is only two places to park, large garages and where a car-owner buys a space.
Paris is helping also with banning driving ecause of 'Smog'. They fine even-numbered license plates that didnt leave their cars at home on Mondays, they were charged 22-euro's. The same with odd-numbered license on the next day. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined and twenty-seven people had their cars impounded due to their reactions to the fines. It really helped because the congestion in the air went down 60%. Cold nights and warm days cause the warm layers of air that is trapped in cars emissions. "Diesels make up 67% of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3%average for diesel engines in the rest of Western Europe". They had more 'smog' than the other European capitols.
In Bogota, Colombia they set up a program to have a car-fre day. That led to leaving strees of the capitol city eerile devoided of trffic jams. They had three straight years of banning cars ad only being able to use bused and taxis, they were permitted for the 'Day Without Cars' in the capitol city for their seven million population. In that day they had millions of people hike the Colombian mountains, bike, skates, or the people took bused to work. "For the first time, two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar, joined the event." Their 'Day Without Cars' campaign because in Bogota in the md-1990's.
In conclusion, cars and anyother type of vehicles are bad for our enviornment. They are causing us to have greenhouse effect. Its polluting our air, and ruining our earth. Soon our president inh the United States in going to end th culture of cars. Why dont we all practice not having cars for a day like Paris and Bogota, it will be better for our enviornment. Because the congestion in our atmosphere is bad and almost at 60% of greenhouse. | 2 |
27dce02 | The author of this article has some really good points on how the Facial Action Coding System is useful for the students in the classroom. Even though the computers could tell you how another person is feeling you could also do the same with your closest frineds and family because you kmow them so well. The computers have no idea who you are but they still know what emotion you are feeling just by how the bones in your face are working together.
The computer will form a 3-D model of the face. All of the 44 major muscles have to work exactly like the human muscles in the model. They have classified six basic emotions such as: happiness, surprise, disgust, anger, sadness, and fear. Most people like to hide their emotions with thier face so people don't know that something is wrong. The computer could see right through that and see exactly what emotion is going on.
In the classroom students that are shy or don't ask for help often lie to their teacher and tell them that they understand exactly whats goingon and exactly what they're doing. If we had those computers in the classrooms then the teachers could help us more by knowing the truth. The teachers could figure out a better way to teach the lesson so the kids are'nt so confused.
These computers could change lives but not many people probably see that since it's just another piece of technology. Imagine using this for someone yu are teaching or explaining something to yoou would want them to learn whatever that is you're helping them with would'nt you? But if that person is scared or shy they wouldn't be so easy to tell you that they don't understand. If we used these computers properly and not just as some toy then we could change how education is taught and it not being so difficult to understand so you could recieve better education quality.
Teachers already try their best to help their students but sometimes it's just more difficult than it seems. Children like to give attitude when not understanding something or when they feel like the teacher is judging them because they don't understand something. When it comes to school and work it's alot of stress and focusing but if teachers had a better way to recognize the emotions of their students it'd be easier for them to help them out instead of leaving them there and not understand anything.
I feel as if teachers would like the idea of having one of these computers in their classroom because not only does it benefit their students but it also benefits them by helping their generation out and not letting their students fail but to become successful. So I think that having these in the classroom would be very valuable and helpful for everyone. | 4 |
27e155e | In the Article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" there are a lot of good reasons to explore Venus it is known as Earth's "twin". Venus in particular it stands out in the article it said "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds" venus is the closest planet to earth yet they both travel and both have different speeds. Furthermore venus has never actually be seem up close or touched before as in human contact "A single spaceship has not touched down on Venus in more than three decades". Venus has a lot higher pressure and conditions then earth " clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" and "temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" it has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. But it is going to be a challenge to do studies on Venus but NASA is considering
to send a human to study Venus or Researchers are working on innovating a machine that would last long enough to study Venus. They find it facinating
because Venus has quite a few similarities to Earth " Venus still has some fetures that are analogous to those on earth" as in "Planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar fetures such as valleys, mountains, and craters". Furthermore the article applys many reasons why we should put time into studying and observing Venus. | 1 |
27e50f2 | Driverless cars are a big question in today's world. Driverless cars have been worked on for many years now, but none have been perfected. Why is this? Because at some point, all the cars need the help of a human being. Driverless cars have not been perfected because a car does not have instints, as humans do. A car can not make a decision, as a human can do. Driverless cars can not be perfected because there has to be a human to do these things.
The advancment of driverless cars has been attempted many times. Companies have tried to make cars totally opperable without humans. An example of this would be by making the roads smarter by putting magnets in them for the cars to follow and be pulled by. Another would be making the cars smarter by putting in senors, vibrations and lights. The downfall to these attempts is that they cost more money than it was worth. A way to produce a reasonably priced driverless car, or road, has not been found.
Cars have advanced in many ways. They have sensors, video cameras, and so many other things, but cars are not humans. If driverless cars became something many people used, many laws have been put in place for driving, some would have to be altered, and others just made new all together. Companies trying to produce driverless cars even realize that the cars can not function without an alert human being in the car to take over. This being said, it destory's the main idea of a driverless car in the first place. Driverless cars would not benifit people with all the factors put together. | 3 |
27e68cc | Introduction: The reason why you should join the program Is because you will help the animals when they are on a ship going across the ocean. They are helping
europe and china because they just got done with war. The animals will help produce food. So I hope farmers or anybody that knows how to take care of animals join the program.
Details from the story to help support my anwser is they take care of the animals every hour. They also have to be on a boat for two weeks or more. I also know that It Is not a easy job sometimes you get to play games but it is still dangerous. It is dangerous because in the story he almost slide of the boat and whent in the ocean but he luckely hit a pole to stop him. The bad thing is he broke his ribs.
My conclusion for this essay is that if you are on the boat you will have a little bond with the animals. I also know that you are doing a good thing helping europe and china. It makes you look like a good person and you care about the contries and animals. In the story It also said that there was water on the roads. This Is the ending of my essay so I hope you like It. | 2 |
27e6dd8 | I say we dont need driverless cars cause we already have to many accidents when we have drivers.
If one thing goes wrong when there is no driver it could be deadly cause unlike when your driving you can swerve out the way if a car is coming from the side fast, but if there no driver then that means the car isnt able to change directions fast enough to get out the way.
You could also argue that it would be more safe to have driverless car, say u were drunk and u couldnt drive you could easily get in the car and it would drive by itself but there would be many downsides tothat. The car sometimes has the driver take over and it wouldnt be good to have the driver take over when he or she is drunk.
It says in paragraph 7 that the driverless cars arent completley driverless. "But all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents" that dont really make sense to me because why would u have a car that is "driverless" but still have to pay attention to the road and keep your hands on the wheel.
I say that we dont make driverless cars because they are very exspensive and dangerous if someone were to get in a crash they are most likey going to sue the company for a lot of money. | 3 |
27e7609 | The Facial Action Coding System is an instrumental tool in defining the emotions of humans, and may even be used for the next hundreds of years. It could read if you're sad, happy, angry, or even disgusted and fearful. Even it may help change what you face every day in your life, especially online and your current emotion. But how does it do it? Simple, it calculates facial data, and should be used in the classroom.
The use of FACS can detect all your major muscles by utilizing a 3D model of the face, and to be moved around to figure out what the emotion is being displayed. And when implemented into classrooms, it'll show how we're really feeling. Just like the classroom computer example, seeing how you're really feeling can change things up. You may be bored or confused, and so, the teacher can arrange the lesson around to tidy things up for your brain. And so, having the use of FACS in the classroom is recommended so we can stay happy for the most part in school. | 2 |
27ea74c | The Face is a natural landform and was not created by aliens. First of all why would NASA hide something like that from us? Second of all the Mars has not shown signs of life form, it has been vacient for as long as we know. Though it has been in moves, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and more for more than 25 years, don't beleve everything you here or see in a movie it's not factual.
NASA couldn't/wouldn't hide something like aliens from us. They have all of the facts they need to determen that this was not done by aliens. They have done reaserch and test to determan that its not done by aliens. Aliens are just mithical creatures.
Mars has been empty for as long as we have been able to go to Mars. It is just the rock formation and the shadow giving it the affect of looking like a face. The pictures show it was just rocks. The first one 43 meters per pixel compared to the new image that spans 1.56 meters both show the same thing.
The Face has been in moves, books, magazines, radio talk shows, and more for more than 25 years! Do you beleve in every move you watch,every magazine you read, or how about every talk show you listen to. Unless you do you probly dont beleve in this alien nosnese you beleve in reaserch and facts. NASA has come up with these facts to prove its not created by aliens.
The Face created by an alien is just a conspiracy theory. It is shaped like a face but it is the shadows that make us beleve it looks like a face. Do you think some how that aliens have made it so the shadows are alaways there so it always looks like a face.
Mars has as many aliens as we do here on earth. Secrets and lies all come out eventualy. Here on earth there is life formes but not on mars. This face has been everywhere but so has celebrties are you going the beleve everythig you here about them. This is all just a conspiracy theory and conspiracy theorys corupt. | 4 |
27ec6d0 | Adventures at the Sea
You should be in the Seagoing Cowboys program because. You get to learn about so many animals. You get to know how much they eat, and what they eat. As stated in paragraph six it says. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Stalls had to be cleaned.
Another reason you should try this program is because it is very big opporuntinity. You get to see the world. You get to know what it is like at sea. Maybe you might like it. And decide that you want to do it for a living on your own ship. It says in paragraph nine. "Im grateful for the opportunity," he says. "It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier needs."
My last reason is that you may be able to learn what other countries are like. Would'nt you like to go explore the world? See what it is like in other places. My stated can be supported by paragraph five. It states in the paragraph. "Besides helping people, I had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China. But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special," he says. "So was taking the gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." Those are the reasons why you should goin the Seagoing Cowboys program today ! | 3 |
27f3259 | We would have prefer converting the Electoral College into a election by popular vote for the president of United States of America. There are sevral reasons why. We the voters don't really vote for the president we vote for a slate electors. If this electoral college system is still in use if you vote a president and your state consisted of 25 Democratic electors then Congress and the President will get 25 electoral votes. "...those electors could always defy the will of the peopl." (Source 2). This is absolutly wrong we the voters should defy our own use of will to which of any president we desire. By changing the Electoral College into a election by popular vote we can as well desire which president to proceed on voting, with any of the electors defying our will.
"...representative from wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as mush say as the 55 representatives from california, who represent 35 million voters."(source 2). This system of Electrol College gives no one vote there potential power of use. Even putting that many votes to just single only party for President and Congress, House's selesction will barely and im sure wouldnt even be expected to give any will to any one people. We the voters dont have as much power, "when Gore had more popular votes than Bush yet fewer electoral votes, but that was the first time since 1888."(source 3). Yet there are still more votes then the electoral votes the one that had more electoral votes and won, ffrom this there is not as much use of power on our votes, that is if the electoral wish to use to his own use, so why keep on having the Electoral College.
"Most states have a "winner takes all" system"...(source 1), this will reward any electoral, if they chose to the president that won of course. In the toss-up states voters tend to look closely in the campaign, these are the "most thoughtful" voters, it should actually be every voter but no its not, not even the ones who will be deciding the election. This is why i do not proceed on still having a Electoral College and changing it into a election by popular vote. | 2 |
27f5975 | The author suggested studying Venus is worthy pursuit depite the danger it presents by pointing out the characterstics of the planet. One of the things he mentioned was that it is simple to see from distance of the earth. Venus is also known as Earth's "twin", which shows that it is not a dangerous place for people to live in. During the roatation of the planet we are are closer to Mars and sometimes we are closer to Venus. The author used his knowledge to evaluate how good Venus is based on it's characterstics.
One of the things he mentioned was that, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in the solar system. even though Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus is the hottest plantet. This hot temerature lead to having volcanoes, earthquakes and many other things related to the hot weather.
The second thing that he talked about was that, scientists proved that Venus and Earth used have a lot in common. one of the things was that, Venus was covered by oceans like Earth and had a chance of having living things. "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary." This qoute supports the idea how Earth and Venus have a lot in common and alike. Which means that Venus is not a dangerous place for human to live in.
"NASA
has one particularly compelling idea of sending humans to study Venus." scientists think that Venus would be a good place to float around and to visit, which means that Venus is not a dangerous place for human beings except some weather problems. Another thing they mentioned was that solar power might be plentiful and the planet is survivable for human beings.
Overall the author used informations from scientists and from the NASA to support his claim. He discussed about the weather of the planet and other characterstics. He also included how Venus and Earth are simillar and what things they have in common. One thing he mentioned was that Venus was covered with oceans just like Earth and it is rocky and has mountain and valleys. All those common characters shows that human beings are able to live in this planet. | 3 |
27f6b4c | Everywhere you look and everywhere you walk you hear a car or truck going down the street and you think to yourself, why cant they walk or bike rather poluting the air. With that in mind, there are several ways into limiting car usage. Some envole not getting a drivers license. some evolve banning car usage on specific days.
In the first source it talked about how german residennts given up there car's. And this new district forbides the idea of street parking and home garages and driveways. So what this community is showing is that there starting a new trend to get other countries envolved in this idea to start limiting car usage and green house gasses. Car ownership is allowed in that community, but you would have buy a space in a large garage's for $40,000 along with a house.
In the third source, in Bogota Colombia millions of columbians started to hike bike skate and or take the bus to avoid traffic jams. Bogota has been continuing the ban of NO cars excluding buses and taxis for three years. The reason why they did this is to promote an alternative for transportation and to reduce smog. People who don't follow this will pay a fine for $25.
In conclusion the idea on limiting car usage will benifit you in a good way. You won't have to spend thousands of dollars on a car. It will help preventing more green house gases. And it will help reduce the number of people who drive a car. So who knows when the world will change their minds of driving and owning a car we will not until we incounter something that would change the environment's or even the world. | 3 |
27fabca | The new technology can be recognize your feelings, with just see your movements of the 44 major muscle.
And he ask, Can we actually "calculate" emotions, like a math homework? Anyone can know if that idea is possible, but he want a try.
The process begins construct a computer model 3-D of the face, something weir.
We can tell how a friend feeling simply by the look on his face.
By the way, did making happy face is the experiment also make you feel slightly happy? He ask.
But according to the Facial Freedback Theory of Emotion,moving your facial muscle not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.
In resume, your muscle of your face, not only we can see your emotions, they produce the emotions.
She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry.
At least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. The software is the latest innovation from Prof.
The idea for me, is not good, because, if you feeling sad o with depression you don't want that other one know how you can feel, everyone have problems, and sometimes you don't want to said anything. | 2 |
27feddd | The Facial Action Coding System is a computer that reveals the facial expression or feeling of someone. It is useless in a classroom or student composition. As translated through the ideas of Nick D'Alto who believes that using this computer in classroom or school based activities is a great idea. The computer is showing off how computers can crack the surface of 'amazing', but it is merely depriving and shameless.
The analytical images percieved by the computer bring no emotional or true connection between a student and another student. Through the entirety of 'Making Mona Lisa Smile', not once does the author mention anything about how the student would respond to these 'calculations' emotionally in a classroom. D'Alto elaborated by saying "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry", this just explains the ideas of the entire reading. The importance of this is outstanding, if the computer is only looking at number and muscle movements, then how would a student possibly react to looking at people as merely numbers and respondents of action, and not true emotions.
The idea of looking at students and just thinking of there emotions, the thing that makes them human as just numbers is just degrading. The unbareable thought of someone looking at your smile and dissecting it was not covered in the reading, it was seen as numbers for a science class like some small expirement. As said by the author when he asked "Can we actually 'calculate' emotions-like math homework", obvioulsy pointing to the fact that yes was the answer. Moreover the fact that exploiting a persons emotions is socially and even scientifically wrong, this demonstrates how the technology is being forced onto people as a tool and not just another 'cool' computer program.
The computer that can sense emotions or just facial expressions is depriving and shameless for a tool that should be used in more appropriate occurances such as a workplace or new photo taking booth at a mall; not a classroom. This could emotionally affect a student and derail their idea of 'emotion'. Although the Facial Action Coding System is a feat in math and science terms, it is just another step towards the loss of humanity, especially in classrooms. | 3 |
28028e0 | In 1976 a land form was found on Mars that looked very similiar to a human face. Some people's minds immediatly thought that it was from aliens. This would make no sense because there are plenty of forms like this on Mars. Aliens wouldn't build a form that looked like humans. If it was an alien there would be proof, and we would know. This theory is way to far fetched to be the truth because this is just like any other land form on Mars. We have tons of evidence that prooves that it isn't from aliens and the only "evidence" the people that think it was the work of aliens have is that it looks like a face. There theory holds no water, yet people still believe it. Just look at the facts.
They discovered the face-looking form on a part of Mars called Cydonia. On Cydonia there are lots of forms called Martian mesas. It was not irregular to find one where they were at. The fact that it looked like a face was just a coincedence. It only looked like a face because of the way it was shadowing. To actually be from aliens all of the messas would of had to come from them because it was just like any other. There is no way that aliens made any of the others. The only reason that this one is believed to be built by them is only because it resembles a face. I'm sure if you looked hard enough you could find another form that resembled something, and then people would think that it was from aliens, but they're not. You can look at clouds and find shapes in them and people don't think aliens made them. Some think that just because it is on another planet that aliens must have made it, but it doesn't mean that at all.
When people first noticed that it looked like a face they immediatly started thinking that aliens were behind it because they thought that it looked like an Egyptian pharoah. How could an alien that lived on Mars know what an Egyptian pharoah looked like? They are a completely different planet, millions of miles away. Even if it is just a regular face, not a pharoah, still how would aliens even know what humans looked like? And, say that they did know what we looked like, still why would they build this land form to look like us and not themselves? It makes absolutly no sense. If it really was aliens they would want to build of themselves, so they get some credit. There is no way they would of made it of a completely different species.
There is nothing special about this form other than the fact that it looks like a face. It is exactly like all the other forms on mars. Conspericy theorists want to say that we, NASA, know that it is from aliens and that we're just trying to keep it a secret. That makes even less sense then saying that aliens created it in the first place! If we could find something that was really built by aliens, that would be tremedously great for us. If we knew that it was built by aliens we would be overwhelmed by excitement, and we would let everyone know about it. The cold hard truth is that it is just like any other form. The fact that it looks like a face makes some people suspicous, and we get that. Who wouldn't want to know that their is life on other planets, I know I would be amazed if it was true, but it isn't. This is just a really cool looking land form, nothing else. Aliens had absolutly nothing to do with it.
When this face shaped land form was found, even the people on the ship wanted to think that it was made by aliens. It would be great for everyone, especially NASA, but they quickly had to come to reality and realize that it was just like the rest, it just had a really interesting shape. Some dreamers still would like to believe that aliens built this land form, but they to need to soon come into reality. There are so many of these forms on Mars already. Aliens wouldn't want to build a land form that looked like a human. If it was from an alien we would know, and we wouldn't keep it from you. All real evidence shows that aliens were not involved what so ever, but some would still like to believe they were. Just look at the evidence, and hopefully you to will see that there is nothing special about it. | 5 |
2802c3d | Driverless cars can be a tremendous change to how our society functions.
I am for driverless cars in our future.
Driverless cars have so much potential and can be a key to saving and helping many lives.
Driverless cars will not be a fad that will fade out, but instead be a staple of society.
First, driverless cars have a lot of potential in our society today.
Everyday there are constantly people working on how to improve technology in our society, which in turn can be used to further improve driverless cars.
I personally do not think that they will be taxis, but instead still be used for personal trasnportation.
There should be someway, however, that you can switch between driving and having a driverless car, much like autopilot on a plane.
Second, driverless cars can save many mortorist lives.
Every day, many people die from fatal car crashes.
Since the invention of anti-lock brakes and other inventions, the numbers have reduced but are still high.
With driverless cars, people can be safe from disctrations that would normally distract somebody while driving, like a cellphone.
The person would now be free to do what they would like.
Driverless cars could also help reduce the numbers of drunk driving accidents or falling asleep at the wheel.
Instead of swerving and being an inconsistant driver, the car would safely guide the person home or to their destination.
Third, driverless cars can be a key to helping many peoples lives.
It could be a key to help people with disabilities get to different places to get their medicine or recieve help.
This would be a burdon lifted off of the caretaker's thoughts.
The driverless cars would also be there to provide a great way for people that need assitance get reliable assistance.
The cars would be there to provide a reliable source of transportation to those who would have to wait and form their schedule based on someone else's schedule.
Lastly, driverless cars will not be a fad in our society, but be a staple and guideline in our society.
Driverless cars can help lower the rate of accidents and possibly elimante them.
They also have the possibilty of changing a person with disabilities life.
Both of these reasons are why we should have driverless cars.
They can help change the way and the world that we live in for the better. | 3 |
2805912 | Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in America. With driverless cars, these accidents would be far less frequent. They have faster reflexes than any human. Also, once they are fully developed, accidents resulting from texing and consumption of alcohol will be a thing of the past.
In 1980, speed sensors were put on the wheels of cars to create antilock brakes. Since then, they have been further developed to sense dangerous situations and react to them. They can apply brakes and reduce engine power in a much faster manner than any human could. As this technology develops, cars will become much safer and more capable of handling situations on their own.
Most car accidents are caused by human fault. People consume alcohol, use drugs, are distracted by their phones, eat, and sometimes simply don't pay attention. With driverless cars, these things wouldn't be an issue. When driverless cars become fully developed, people can endeavor in whatever mindless activity they choose and not hurt anyone on the road. Road rage will become less of a problem. Speeding will be a thing of the past as well as many other traffic violations.
Driverless cars are a great idea. They will make the road a safer place and will be more convenient for people who like to multitask. The judicial system won't have to waste time and money dealing with traffic violations. All around, these would be benficial and I can't wait for them to be a part of our everyday lives. | 3 |
28070d2 | The auther is intsted in learnig was venus once a planit like ours. he also clamis the venus long ago was a planit covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life and that
venus shas features that are analogus to those on earth. travling to venus can be hard espusaly sence there is a thick could srounding the surface of the planet and you cant see the surface of the ground and none of the air crafts have ever maniged to stay alive long enoff.
The Nasa is working on other approches that could help out in studing venus for example some simplified elctoncs made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos venus's surface and lasting for three weeks in such a condition. They are also looking into using old technology called mechanicl computers these devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and payed an important role durning ww ll.
These cumputers actualy dont need eletroncs at all. Modern comuters are enormously powerful, flexible and quick but tend to be more delicate. By using these old computers that use mechanic parts can be made more resistant to pressure heat and other forces. | 1 |
2807acf | The advantages of not using a car are less polution, less laziness, and less gasoline usage. The less gasoline usage would help our society pay less for when we use our cars, the less lazy we get, we can have a smaller overweight citizen count in the U.S.A, and the less polution we have, we can make the world look better.
The first advantage I spoke about was less polution. the less polution we have les more wildlife we could be getting. Also think about all the wildlife we are killing with the polution from our cars. If we can all take one day in our community to leave our cars at home, Im sure the wildlife will be able to live another day without suffocating on poisoness fumes from gasoline or oil.
The second advantage would be people getting less lazy. If we all didnt use our cars for just one day we could all be a little bit of a less fat country. If every American took one day to NOT ride a car we could be in a little better shape.
Finally, We would use a lot less gasoline if we stoped using cars for a day. We could save a butt-load of money if we didnt use cars for a day. Think about how much money you spend, just to drive somewhere you are just going to spend more money! OR you could walk. Save gas, money, and get a workout at the same time. Also think about the tourists. What if we didnt buy gas so much, the price went down to 90 cents a gallon. Then the tourists would get to save money and still get through to where they need to go.
In Conclusion, Less polution, Less Laziness, and Less Gasoline usage are all the advantages of not driving for a day or two. What would your advantages be? | 3 |
2809bd6 | Driverless cars had always been only a fantasy.
However, recent developments in transportation make this fantasy a possibility.
Still, people question whether the development of said "drierless cars" would be beneficial or detrimental to society.
In the article, "Driverless Cars are Coming," the author's report on the growing developments on driverless cars shows a more positive than negative trend for the future of automobiles.
Examples from the the article attest to this observation.
The creation of a driverless car represents a stepping stone for the evolution of transportation to motorists, futurists, and manufacturers alike.
In the third and fourth paragraphs, the author gives readers the history on the development of autonomous cars from customized tracks to "Google's modified Toyota Prius."
This brief history of the innovation of the automobile shows readers the already impressive progress that researchers had accomplished so far.
By comparing present driverless cars such as "Google's modified Toyota Prius" to the very first autonomous prototype tracks such as General Motor's special test track, the author enables readers to appreciate how far humanity has gone and how close humanity was to being able to construct autonomous cars.
Later in the article, the author informs the reader of BMW's "Traffic Jam Assistant."
Although the traffic jam assistant can "steer, accelerate, and brake themselves," "this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires."
The BMW Traffic Jam Assistant shows the extent to which automobiles can drive autonomously.
Although the car still requires the full attention of a driver, the BMW Traffic Jam Assistant serves as proof of researchers' accomplishments over the development of "driverless cars.
As seen in the various accomplishments that might be able to make driverless cars a reality, the construction of a truly autonomous car would be remembered as a landmark of human achievement, a final stage in the evolution of the autonomous car.
Although autonomous cars appeal to the public eye, the introduction of driverless cars bring about some concerns from the law.
As "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe," it will be imperative that the possible construction of these autonomous vehicles be flawless.
People to this day still doubt the reliability of the driverless car as seen how "it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars" in some states.
However, the current automobile technology was centered around the safety of the passenters as seen when the author quotes, "in this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature."
When explaining the purpose of the google car, the author states, "The Google car simply announces when the driver should be prepared to take over."
The fairly autonomous Google car was developed for the sake of making roads of the future safe.
Based of the trend in the developments of the autonomous car, the cars of the future will not only be more technologically advanced, but the cars will bring about a safer environment for both drivers and pedestrians.
The reliability of the autonomous car should not be of concern to skeptics as the cars will continue to evolve to suit the needs of the driver as "safety is a big concern" to developers.
"While the driver watches the road, the car watches the driver."
In the article, "Driverless cars are Coming," the author's reports on the hopeful introduction of the "driverless car" presents a positive trend in the future of travel as the fiinal development of the first autonomous vehicle would be both a memorable and benefical achievement.
Autonomous cares have been made for the sole purpose of tending to the operator's safety and as research progresses, the safety of drivers across the continent shall improve as well. | 4 |
280a8d8 | Nowadays, pedestrians mostly travel by automobiles. It could be a car, a bus, or even a plane. But there is always a way to get from one place to another. What if this way of traveling wasn't right for this planet? After all, vehicles can cause global warming. Which isn't a good thing, It can make alot of things go wrong. But if we know this, why do we still carry on with our daily lives to drive vehicles that is a danger to our world.
Vauban, A city in Germany, Is a place for people who dont appreciate this cause. Vauban is a "car-free" city which houses five thousand fivehundred and fifity-five residents. The city itself was finish being built in 2006. Basically, its a city to separate suburban life from auto use. This movement is called "smart planning". The stores are closer to the towns where people live in, but more like being walking distance.
Paris once had suffered for a few days because of the cause of pollution. The troops stationed there had enforced a partial law to ban driving, to clear the air of the global city. On a Monday, each motorists with even-numbered license plates were given two options. To leave their cars at home or suffer a twenty-two euro fine. This rule was also appointed to the odd-numbered plates the following day. Arond four thousand drivers were fined, and their vehicles were impounded. They say that Diesel fuel was to blame. The colder nights and warmer days had caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions. France has a policy that favors diesel over gasoline.
In Bogota, Columbia, There is a program that has been set up to spread out to other countries. The program is where citizens of their own country ( Or where they currently live), decide to find other means of travel instead driving their own vehicle to work. They could hike, ride a bike, or skate to work during this "Day Without Cars". This is the third year in a row that they have perfomed this task, with the acception for taking buses or taxi's if needed be. The goal of this program is to promote an alternative transportation and to reduce smog. People who violate this program are fined with twenty-five dollars.
Hence, Not everyone says or thinks that taking a walk instead of driving is a bad idea. A few countries accept it and so do small towns in bigger continents, who would rather drive than ride. Overall, this is helping us out in many ways. Global warming has been getting worse in the past few days. But if everyone could quit driving their vehicles every now and then. It would lower the pollution in the air that we have caused. | 3 |
280c9d5 | When you think of the USA the first word that you think of is freedom or a word along those terms. I would have to agree with you we are a very free and fair country for...most things like voting I would have to say that the Electoral Collage is the one unfair thing we have and their are many reasons why we should replace the Electoral Collage with popular vote.
The Electoral Collage is when voting for the president, instead of dierectly voting you have electors represnt your state during elections. The Electoral Collage is made up of 538 electors, you have one elector for every member of the Congressional deleagtion and House of Representives plus two for the Sentors this is per state then they all come together to represnt during the election of the president. This is how the Electoral Collage is set up it all seems fair but you, yourself arent having a fair chance to vote for who you want as the president, its like haveing someone make your dessions for you its just unfair. The Electoral Collage is set up so the electors vote for who they want to win surely one of your electors will vote for who you want but its not enough you basically have no voice during elections. Bradford Plumers The Indefsible Electoral Collage he says "At the most basic level, the electoral collage is unfair to voters, because of the winner take all system in each state" he then says " The candidates only spend time in the swing states where they know they have a chance of winning"; he is pointing out that those who are running for president spend a mojortity of their time in the states where they can get the most amount of votes for example they might campain to Florida or Washington DC but not even go to a state like Wyoming or Idoh.
I think we should have the popular vote because it goves everyone a chance to vote for the president, they can voice their opions out loud and have a chance at seeing who they want in office. Another reason the Electoral Collage is unfair is because the electors might all be Republican or all Democrat but we as voters dont get a chance to pick what party we stand for, with popular vote you have a chance to say who you want and what party you represent weather its Republican, Democrat or Induvial you at least get the chance and even though its only a 25 percent chance who you vote for is going to win at least its still a chance. Popular vote has its many advantges but one of the best is you can "get to know" who your voting for the canidates can come to your state and make speechs, have posters something to tell you what they are planning on doing if they get elected, this gives every state a fair chance to see who they are voting for. And yes they might spend a longer time in New york then Ohio but at least their spending time and educating the people on what they want to do and why the people should vote for them. Know I know theres alot of arguments on why we should have the Electoral Collage so let me get to that.
In Richard A Posners In Defense of the Electoral Collage he states that the Electoral Collage is good because of the " swing states" wich he then says " The voters in toss-up states are more likely to be the most thoughtful voters because they know they are going to decide the election" in saying this he means that people who live in swing states will be more careful and more thought out on who they want to vote for. Yes this might be true but what about all the non swing states like for example Texas they could have been careful while voting but Florida was not, then you have Ohio and New Mexico who could have been careful to but compared to Florida their votes get lost even though they were more careful and thoughtout.
So as you can see popular vote is more fair and also a smarter method of things it gives the peoplle a fair chance to vote for who they want while also allowing them to voice thier thoughts. | 4 |
280f3ec | In "The Challenges of Exploring Venus" the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents.
The author doesn't use wording that makes him sound stuborn or demanding.
The article also brings up the idea of studying Venus gradually, instead of pushing the idea right away.
Also, the author is very honest about the conditions of Venus.
All of this taken into consideration, the author's view on the matter is compelling and well supported.
The author's suggestion is well supported throughout the article.
As the author brings up the idea of studying Venus they address the problems and give solutions for them, instead of brushing over them.
This is shown when the author talks about a technology that NASA is working on that could help. He wrote," By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat , and other forces."
The author also gives benefits that a human would be helpful for humans if they were to go and study Venus. The author states," Solar power would be plentiful, and radation would not exceed Earth levels."
The author also realizes that the conditions on Venus would not be comfortable and makes this known when he wrote," Not easy conditions, but survivable for humans."
In conclusion the author supports their idea of studying Venus exceedingly well.
The author not only makes know the problems that everone worries about but also offers solutions for them.
They also gradually make their view know instead of pushing it right away. The article is very compelling with the amount of information given and honesty that the author has when talking on the subject.
Since, the author addresses the dangers of studying Venus and tries to solve them or atleast work around them the article is overall informative and well supported. | 4 |
2810399 | Driverless cars? Are we ready for them? Are the safe?
Is the technology thats going into these cars really fail proof?
What kind of laws will apply to these cars. what happens it car crashes start increasing?
There is a lot of irresponsible people in this world. drunk drivers, people who text and drive and some people just dont pay attention when they're driving at all. what happens when a person whos is extremly drunk and is passed out when a human needs to take control of the cars? Young people might be at high risk for car crashes, they might be texting or playing a game and a warning pops up and they dont see it and end up crashing. what new laws will be passed if or when these cars get released?
Me personally im against driverless cars. I think it could potentionally be dangerous. I wouldnt fell safe on the road with these driverless cars. Car crash related deaths could go up at a fast rate. who would be held responsible if this were to happen? The company who makes these vehicles or the owner of the vehicle? | 2 |
281b69e | The author suggests that we continue our studying on venus, even though the planet gets really hot at 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than earths. But most people believe that venus might have bee covered in oceans at one point and could of had many different life froms on its planet.
The author is trying to say that if we continue our studying on venus and if we land more spaceships on venus we might be able to find out if oe day we could live there or if one day we could send men and women up there to find out if there was some sort of life forms and if the planet once held many differnet stuff that we didnt know that existed.
The author also informed us, readers that venus has the hottest surface temperatures of any planet in our solar system. astronomers are also discussing if venus could in habit more life forms if they figure out what could be worn or if life forms could live on venus. The author then explains the terrain of venus and its rocky sediment, and its valleys, mountains, and craters. and then also explains that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit and crucial consideration given the long time frames and space travel. | 1 |
281c018 | My life has been so interesting ever since I bacame a seagoing cowboy. There is just so much to do and it's so exsiting. Some people might say "it's so much time to get places what will we do in the mintime?" well my buddies the other seagoing cowboys make it all worth wild. You should become a sea going cowboy with me becase. After we leave the animals to where they belong the trip back is verry interesting. We play baseball and vollyball games where the animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, Whittling, and games helpes pass the time. This is much more than an adventure this opened up the world to me.
Being a seagoing cowboy is much more than the fun. Helping these animals makes me feel that I did something good for others, I had the side benifit of seeing Europe and China. This makes me feel so a complished with myself. I know I did a good deed and that makes me happy.
You also get to visit so many places. I got to visit Europe that is were my seagoing cowboy expirience started. I also went to Greece, China Venice, Italy,a city with streets of water. It took me two weeks to cross the Alantic Ocean. I remeber on trip I was watch man for the night it was pretty cool if you ask me.
I would love to see others joining the seagoing cowboys it would make me so happy. Please join the feeling of helping others is just great hopefully you will too so join now! I am glade I took this oppertunity I wouldn't change this for anything. | 3 |
28229c3 | Who ever thought that a computer would be able to tell you how you are feeling? I know i never thought this would happen, but again technology gets better and better everyday. The use the technology that allows people to read the emotional expressions of studnets in a clssroom is valuable because, it can help the teachers think about what they can do to make that student student have a better day, and it can help teachers learn the different facial expressions that connect with the certain emotions to help them determine how a student is really feeling.
The use of this technology would be valuabe because, it can help teachers think about what they can do to help a student. The use of this technology can help decide whether a student really understands the work given to them of if there just lying becuase they don't want to ask questions because of what others might think. For example when I looked at the painting of Mona Lisa I thought that she wasn't a happy person but, I realized i was wrong the first sentence of the first paragraph stated that " She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgustedd, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.
The use of this technology can also be valuable because, it can help teachers learn the different facial expressions that connect with certain emotions to help them see how a student is really feeling. This may be able to help teachers stop altercations from accuring because the Facial Action Coding System will allow the teacher to see how angry or upset the student may be. For example if a person is really angry the system will dectect that.
Overall the Facial Action Coding System would be very valuable.This article has helped me to be able to detect certain emotions a peron may have. This system would give teachers better understanding about how students are feeling.
The use of this system can help techers better students and help teachers determine how a student is feeling based on their facial expression. | 4 |
2822b94 | Have you ever wonder if a planet from outer space is safe? Today we will be talking about venus. Studying venus isvery great experience for a human to do, you get to learn about other planet. In paragraph 2 the author said " Venus is the closest to earth in term density and size,"but is the planet venus safe for us to travel?
Numerous factors contribute to venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study. Venus is a very hard planet to find out. For humans to study if it's safe or not. In venus a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. It's not safe for a human to go there cause of the acid clouds which is unsafe atmosphere for humans to breath in. Venus is a lot hotter than earth it it is over 100 its going to be hard for humans to breath.
On the planet’s surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. If the temperature is 800 degrees Fahrenheit it's very hot in venus and it's very dangerous for a human to travel there. It maybe the closest to earth but the atmosphere in venus is very dangerous for a human body. It is easy for a human to study venus. It's hard to get information if you dont get a chance to visit venus you don't learn abouy it. They stated " NASA is working on other approaches to studying venus"
They think that venus could've supported various forms of life. They are trying to state that venus could've have human life and animals and plants on venus planet but they are still not sure if it's safe or not. In paragraph 3 they stated "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." They said venus was probably covered in ocean just like earth. Which mean venus is almost same as earth. Some people could've live in venus but they wasn't sure if it's safe or not.
To sum all this up I think that the more human study venus the more dangerous information they will get. No matter how much they study venus it is not safe and you will only get more dangerous. Human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. In paragraph 6 they said "scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." Scientists are willing to have a personal despite risks just to learn about venus. Venus is a dangerous planet but almost as same as a earth that we live in venus clouds are acid. | 4 |
2823575 | You should come and help with transporting animals and relief supplies. To people who need them overseas. It will be fun and you will meet a lot of different people with different cultures. It will also count toward your time in the army if you are drafted. You will also get to feed animals and just generaly have fun onboard one of the ships. If you are lucky though you might get to eat dinner with the captain. You will also be able to see the happy faces as you drop off the relief supplies. All you have to do to join is sign up when you get drafted or sign up in general. It is also a good way to express your love of animals and the sea. Also it is a good way to show that you care and that you wont forget about the people in need. It is also a good way to experience the world. This is because you might go everywhere and see everything if you are coming with us on a ship. this is because there are people in need all over the world so you might go to Greece, Italy, or even England. It is also good if you have a big heart and want to express your apprieciation this is a good thing to be able to do because it can prove that you are caring. | 2 |
2823ac5 | Dear state senator,
The way that we vote our next president has to change. Election by popular vote is more reasonable and smarter than using the Electoral College. As stated in The Indefensible Electoral College it is stated that "The single best argument against the electoral college is what we might call the disaster factor." The Electoral College is not a smart way to vote the president because voters are not voting for him, they are voting for the electors of his or her state who could turn around and elect the opposite candinate than what the voter wanted.
Although I think that the Electoral College is useless others think it is. One of these people is Richard A. Posner who states in his article that it is entirely possible that the winner of the national popular vote will not win the election but this happens rarely. He also states that "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." This is proof that even thouh people defend the Electoral College, the popular vote system is the more democratic and right way to elect the president.
Electing the president by popular vote is the best way to solve the problems in the presidential voting process. With this the people who are the voters will be the ones who elect the president. Unlike the Electoral College there will be no slate of electors who choose the president based off of the people's vote. Popular vote makes every voters choice matter with the elction of the president. | 3 |
282c1bd | The author supports the idea of studying Venus well because he/she provides excellent evidence and data to support his/her claim. The auhor's reason as to why he/she wants to study Venus is because Venus is the most Earth-like planet and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has an idea to send humans to Venus.
The author uses the evidence that Venus is the most Earth-like planet because Venus has some features close to Earth. The reasoning is that, from paragraph four, Venus has a rocky surface that has features like valleys, mountains, and craters. This is great evidence because it helps prove the point that Venus was a planet like Earth and that connects back to the claim that Venus is worth studying.
The author uses the evidence that NASA has an idea to send humans to Venus because NASA has a project that will allow scientists to float above Venus. The author's reasoning is that, in paragraph five, NASA came up with the idea of a vehicle hovering over Venus and it will allow the scientists to avoid the unfriendly ground conditions. This is great evidence because it will prove that scientists do not need to get harmed in order to study Venus, which connects back to the claim that Venus is worth studying.
The author supports the idea of studying Venus well because he/she provides excellent evidence and data to support his/her claim, which the evidence is that Venus is the most Earth-like planet and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has an idea to send humans to Venus. The author adds great reasoning to that evidence which proves points that support the idea that Venus is worth studying; Venus was a planet like Earth and scientists do not need to get harmed in order to study Venus. Because of the points that Venus was a planet like Earth and scientists do not need to get harmed in order to study Venus, it proves that Venus is a planet worth studying. | 4 |
282e565 | Should we learn more about the planet Venus? NASA people are studying about Veus. This article named "The challenge of exploring venus" tells more about the planet Venus. Learning about the planet would increase our knowledge.
Venus is an interisting planet that could effect the world around us. Paragraph 1 says,"Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star", is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky."This shows how this article is giving us background information about Venus. Venus is an important planet. This planet is not only important,also this planet is important to the people that works for NASA.
NASA, astronomers, scientist, and other people has the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. This would cause thye increase of using technology and changing the future. Paragraph 7 says,"some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface." This means that the electronics were being tested for the study of Venus. Paragraph 7 also says,"Modern computers are enormously powerful,flexible, and quick."This article tells us how these electronics would be needed to study Venus and how it could be in dangers.
Others may say that there is no point on studying Venus,but studying Venus is a way to change our future. Paragraph 6 says,"peering at Venus form a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground." This means that this studying could be safe depending on the conditions. Paragraph 6 also says,"Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks." This means that it is worthy to pursuit Venus no matter the causes.
Our knowledge of our planet should not value our worth on making studies on Venus. There is way more into Venus that could make us change our future. NASA could maintain changes for a better place on our planet and Venus. | 3 |
282e717 | Dear Senator,
I believe that we should keep the electoral college. Although they maybe known to be unfair, outdated, irrational, and an non-democractic method of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidate who receives the most popular votes the winner. But I believe it is fair because the founding fathers established it in the constitution as a compromise between electon of the president by a vote of congress and election of the prsident by a popular vote of qualified citizens and that when we vote we vote for electors who basically take the side of the peoples voice but do further research on the two people that are running for president and vice president. and the electoral college requires a presodential to have transregional appeal so that there won't be a solid region that has one favorite canidate because a canidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a successful president and the other region will feel that thier votes won't count and that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he rally isn't their president. the electoral college restores some of the weight i the political balance that larger states lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution and avoids the problem of elections in which no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast whcih makes the electoral college a better and more fair way of voting. | 2 |
2830462 | The use of technology being able to read the emotional expressions of students is a little bit personal and invading someones privacy and their space just to see what they are actually feeling is pointless. I don't think that it is just to find out what someone is feeling if they don't want to tell you how they feel or don't want to be bothered then they should have that respect of not having to explain to everyone what's wrong. It would also divided people even more than they already are esspecially in schools, kids wouldn't hang out with each other if they had that type of technology to find out what someone else is feeling.
One reason for saying that emotional express reading is that it not the school job to tell a student, tell other students, or anybdy else what someone is feeling, besides possibly his or her parents being informed. My choice for saying that reason is that teachers, students, and people that aren't really associated with the person the are trying to read shouldn't have the elligability to read someone else's emotions. If they wanted to get to know the person they should do it naturally instead of seeing how they feel and then not wanting to be friends with them because maybe they are angry or depressed or what ever emotions that normlly others them from wanting to be frineds with someone or at least talking and having normal conversations.
My second reason for being opposed to the idea of using technology to find out what someone is feeling at the moment is that it's an invasion of privacy which is one of natural rights and not abiding by that natural right is essentually breaking the law. If someone doesn't want anyone to read their emotions then it should be left at that, but there are people that will push that boundry and do it anyway which isn't right.
My third and final reason for not agreeing with using technology to read emotions is that it divides people even more than they already are. If everyone was able to read someones emotions then everybody would know everone else with out knowing them, and what I mean by this is that they won't take the time to talk to them and get to know them but they will judge them on what technology says and will more than likely not like one of the emotions being read and possibly stay awaay or make fun of them because of it. Technology like that would keep apart and not really wanting to get up and visit people as much as it does now with smartphones and computers that have social media where people no longer have to go outside to visit their friends next door, they can just call them and not actually enjoy the outside and activities that come with it but will stay inside the house doing nothing but texting and calling.
To conclude my claim against the value of using this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a little bit personal and invading someones privacy and their space just to see what they are actually feeling is pointless. I don't think that it is just to find out what someone is feeling if they don't want to tell you how they feel or don't want to be bothered then they should have that respect of not having to explain to everyone what's wrong. It would also divided people even more than they already are esspecially in schools, kids wouldn't hang out with each other if they had that type of technology to find out what someone else is feeling. | 4 |
2833102 | The advantages of limiting car use can help the environment and people. Some advantages include reduced smog in the air from the exhaust pipe of a car. More people will be healthy because instead of driving everywhere people would begin to start walking. Also when no one is driving cars there are no traffic jams so everyone usually will get to where they need to go on time without delay. Also when people arent driving their cars everywhere they have time to just enjoy the scenery in which they live in and are not constantly worried about where they need to go and how fast they need to do it.
To introduce my statement i believe that that one of the many great advantages to limiting car usage is that there will be less pollution. Based on source two Paris typically has more smog than any other European capital. Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter. Since everyone in paris stopped driving for a week the smog cleared enough to rescind the ban for odd numbered plates because they were fining people that had odd numbered plates. Many blamed diesel fuel but it couldve been a matter of different things but it was mostly from exhaust pipes and diesel fuel.
The next advantage of limiting car usage is that people become healthier because there not just sitting in there car seat. They actually have too walk around to get to where they need to go and walking is very healthy for your body and maintaining a good healthy body. Based on source 3 in Colombia there was a program where there was one car free day. One man said that it was a good opportunity to take away stress. That is very important. Stress does very harmful things to our body the more we can take away the better so if your walking around instead of in a car you have less stress so theres less problems with your body. Also because of this car free day bicycle paths have also been made so people can bike along paths and enjoy the beautiful nature this Earth gives to us.
The last advantage of limiting car usage is that there is no traffic jams so there is no major delay in where you need to go. Based on source one street parking is generally forbidden so if theres no cars then you also dont have to get fined. Hypothetically say that your on your way to work and theres a traffic jam. You have one extreamly important meeting to go to and if you miss it that could cost you your job. All because of a stupid traffic jam that you obvioulsy didnt mean to get in or you didnt cause. So if you limit car usage and everyone just wakes up a little earlier you can get to where you need to go on time and not get caught in a delay.
That is why fellow citizens that is a great idea to limit car usage. There are too many traffic jams. People need to get to where they need to go on time. Its a lot healthier for our bodies to walk places and when your healthier your happier and who doesnt love being happy. Last limiting car usage is a great idea because we dont want to pollute our great mother Earth that we were given for free to live on. We might as well take care of it. | 4 |
2833cfd | I can see that you migth of think that the "Unmasking the Face on Mars.". Might be created by aliens but it's not. I have information that this natural landform is not ceated by aliens. "Huge rock formation... which resembles a human head... formed by the shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth.". This is saying that the natural landform is formed by shadows.
And another thing is that they went again to see if they could take a picutre again of the natural landform but, they had a better camera they would allow them to see better if it was true that the natural landform was true. " Each pixel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 metters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 viking photo.". That is saying that they got a better camrer, its can see more thing that the other camera could not see.
This is another example that the camera can see that the other camera could not see. " So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!". that us saying that it can focus from farther distance.
The last thing I will tell you is what they found out about the picture they took with the better camera and to see if it was ture or not. That the "Unmasking the Face on Mars.".
Was created by aliens or the shadow was making it look like a face. " What the picture actually shows in the Martian equivalent of a butte mesa."
In conclusion all of this "drama" was for nothig becuas it was not created by aliens it was just mother nature that did all of this. All it was the shadow that maked it looked like it had a face. | 3 |
2835045 | I am in the Seagoing Cowboys program and you should be too.
You take care of cattle that are shipped over seas. Some people are proud of me some people are not. The text states, "UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped over seas."
We take not only cattle but supplies like food supplies. We took these to help. We help countries that were in ruins. The text states, "It was 1945, World War II was over in Europe, and many countries were left in ruins."
The text also states, "To help these countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more."
I turned 18 befor we got to greece.
Which means I can join the military.
They let me keep doing what I was doing for survice.
The text states, "Luke turned 18 which means he can be drafted for military survice."
The text also states, "When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle-boat trip, they told me to just keep doing that for my survice. | 2 |
2836518 | Twenty five years ago a shadowy likness of a human face was found when circling the planet for a land site. This shadowy figure that was spotted was just a landform formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. But others say the "Face on Mars" was an alien artifact. This "Face on Mars" has certainly recieved attention from viewers saying its an alien artifact, or its just a landform.
Scientists figured out that this "Face on Mars" was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, but only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh. On April 5, 1998, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera snapped a picture ten times sharper that the original Viking photos. The results also turned out to be a natural landform. But not everyone still believes that.
This "Face on Mars" was having pictures taken of it in April (winter on Mars). The camera on board had to peer through wispy clouds to see the face. "Alien markings were hidden by haze," said the Skeptics. People that still believed that this was an ancient artifact would not stop trying to prove it to the people who believed it was a landform.
"Malin's team captured an extraordinary photo using the cameras absoulte maximum resolution," said Gavin. "So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" In conclusion to that statement, this "Face of Mars" is just a landform that has extreme fades of illusion, nothing more, and nothing less. | 3 |
2836ae3 | Technology is developing new stuff everyday. Things that are usually an everyday thing are becoming less and less, like the driverless cars, some people despise driving and some people love it. Can you imagine cars that you don't even have to drive? You just tell it where to go and it takes you there on command.
I think that's crazy, driverless cars starting out are going to be very dangerous and the road to explore and find new ideas to make them safer is going to be a long one. Some of the cars Google has built have been able to "drive independently under specific condiotions since 2009." Google also says that many of their cars have driven miles and miles without a crash, but that's with a driver who's ready for anything to happen and ready to act at any given time.
When the driverless cars actually become driverless, I think it'll be a disaster because some people are going to get carried away with it and just not think that their car will never have a malfunction. More people are going to wreck and people are just being plain lazy nowadays. It really doesn't take that much energy to drive a car. Of course you have to stay awake and make sure you're paying attention to the road at all costs, but people are just getting things handed to them.
With driverless cars people probably won't have to do drivers ed and their drive times with instructors who are making them better drivers. I think it's just nonsense.
On the other hand, there could be a couple positives to this. Some people are born with conditions that can make them not able to drive or do stuff most people do, but with the new driverless cars they'll be able to enjoy the satisfaction of just being able to sit in that drivers seat just like any other person out there. That is if they find a way to make the completely driverless, because if not then they say,"this means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires.
One of the most common tragedys that occur are people dying from drunk drivers. Some people make stupid decisions when they're drunk and they might decide to drive home because they think they're well enough too and of course if you're with a bunch of other drunk people they're probably going to encourage it because they don't no any better.
With the driverless cars, people making that poor decision won't or might not be affected by it. That's if the scientists find ways to make the cars safer to where you don't have to drive it at all. | 4 |
2837087 | The electoral college is not a good thing and it certainly messes things up it takes votes away from people, It changes the votes to make a person lose presidency even by changing the senators, and it's a winner take all system these dont turn out good no matter what. It's even overthrowing the people with the popular vote yes it sadly is possible.
Why would you still have the electoral college if it doesnt help anyone at all?
There are many many ways to win an election and this is not one good way it can easily make one side lose even if they won the popular vote. The odds of one side winnning is easily changed with electoral votes. This inturrupts the odds of how much the people likes them then it turns into how much the government of states likes them. However it could help some people win if they are not the popular vote.
It can also make anyone with the popular vote lose when they should have won like after Al Gore during the gallup poll thanks to the perks of the electoral college won the popular vote but he lost presidency over it. Even though 60% of people prefer the direct election now some prefer the electoral college.
But this can all be due to the fact that the electoral system was made by our founding fathers on the Constitution so it may only be natural that they support it. A good arguement was when the system allowed for far worse when the electors for defy the will of people like in passage 2 it says "in 1960 when segragationists in the louisiana legislature almost succeeded in replacing electors who would appose John F. Kenedy" that is just evil. Although the law has not been changed since the Constitution was made.
Even at the most basic level the electoral college is still unfair to voters because of the winner take all system put in place for each state. They saddly dont visit every state in passage 2 it says "Candidates dont spend time in states they know they have 0 chance of winning, focusing only on tight races" Although the winner take all is made just to do what they are using it for by awarding electors to the presidential candidate (exept for Maine and Nebraska) it is being used for what they are using it for.
In all the electoral system is not good but its not all bad it takes the votes away from the people,Its a winner take all system, and its taking people down who deserve to win even changing the senators to make them win. Its evil and makes no sense to what they are doing trying to give other parties a chance i get it but its gone a little to far. | 4 |
28382e5 | Well, I do know that Venus is the second planet from the Sun, and that its a very challenging place to examine. I thought that Venus was one of the warmest/coldest planets in the galaxy, but it just so happens that its neither.
I know that Neptune is the most freezing planet. It's the type of planet that people don't want to examine or not even explore. Even though,Venus is really simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point of Earth for the ones that like to stargaze.
The article mainly talks about on how others would see the planet "Venus," I see the "Evening Star " as a the brighest of the planets of the whole entire galaxy along with the Sun(Itself).
To me, I also thought that the Sun was just another type of planet,but it wasn't. Turns out the Sun was the "Biggest Star of the Galaxy."
Let's not forget that Venus is often referred to as the Earth's "twin."
Because Venus is after all the closest to the Planet Earth. The author would probably describe as the 2nd planet on the right, but I would describe/define it as the planet with the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it very simple for the stargazers. | 1 |
283ae2f | What is Venus? Some people called the "Evening Star," but not, Venus is actually a planet. It was nearby Earth but they have a safe distance between them. Venus had the hottest temperature of any planet, and human can't near the ground in Venus.
Venus had the hottest temperture of any planet in solar system, there had no any living things can survive. According to the article, "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet...... Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system," The temperature average of the suface of Venus is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times more than Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperture of the any
planet in the solar system.
Human cannot near the ground in Venus as the temperature and air pressure. According to the article, "NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray...... At thiry-plus miles above the suface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close that of sea level on Earth." As some possible solution to the hottest temperature surface of Venus, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration allow the scientists to foat above the ground...... On the 30 or more miles above the surface, the temperature still at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit like toasty, but the air pressure was close to the sea level on Earth. Those are not easy conditions, but survivable for humans.
Venus had the hottest temperature of any planet, and human can't near the ground in Venus. It has many hostile conditions for human to survivable. If the temperature of Venus is more lower, human may stay at the new planet. | 4 |
283dd5f | Regargless of whether this should or should not be used to read the emotional expressions of students, this technology is very advanced. It is so impresive that computers are being evovled to understand us even more. When it comes to students, im sure many of us get distracted or bored very easily when it domes to school work. Having this tecnology in our computers could help us complete school with out having to worry about not understanding wht going on or how to do things or even if you just don't care. This tecnology can help students all over in many different ways.
A simple senario, a student is at home doing school work. The student doesn't understand the lesson and therfor can not complete the work simply because they do not know how. If the computer detects that the student is confused then it can sugest help. This help could be a instructive website over the work or a direct contact with the teacher of this class. It doesn't do the work for them but it can provide opportunities.
Same senario except the student is doing schoolwork on a program that is directly hooked up to the face recongnition program. The computer recognizes that the student is getting bored of the wokr and can either sugest a new work load, or just change the questions/work for the student.
Overall this technology should be used in classroms and school work because it can provide help for the student. This technology doesn't really have any side affect other then a better graduation and or completion rate. This advancment needs to be put into action. | 3 |
283e586 | Driverless cars can be a good thing. If we have these cars and they are made so we dont have to have to steer. There are many good reasons why we should have these cars and fund them. In the next paragrah i will explain why i feel that reason for you.
What would it be like with driverless cars? The world today would need something like this because then there wouldnt be any crashes as bad as there is. Yes as of right now why would people want a driverless car that needs a driver still? Well if we put are money and the best people we have one it we will make the would a better place. If we make it so that all us humans would have to do is sit in the passanger seat, we would make it a safer place to walk,driver,ride bike, and/or doanything.
We can make the BMW life savers. We wont have many texting and driving,talking on the cellphones while driving. The driving world as we know it will never be as safe as it will be with driverless cars. Yes not many people could buy it because it cost alot of money but they wont care because those peoples kids can walk the streets anthey wont worrie about the kids getting hit or anything.
When we get driverless cars will there be many car crashes?? The answer to that question is no. With the driverless cars they will have sensors that will make the car brake before hitting the other car there for; it will be much safer with driverless cars. If people think this is a bad idea they are wrong and dont understand how safer this will be for everyone.
I am all for the driverless cars with everything i have. Driverless cars will make the world a much safer place. Yes it needs some more work to become fully driverless but we can and will make this happen. We will make the world a safer place and a much more relaxted place. | 3 |
2840b73 | How do driveless cars sound? Driverless cars do sound like a good idea, having them take the wheel for you and not have the hard tasks of revesing when you can not see behind you, parallel parking, and not worrying about the speed you are going when the car can do it for you. The problem I see is that if another driverless car starts on its own and drives away without you, where does it go? Another problem would be that if another driverless car comes into your way and you both crash into each other who do you blame the person driving the car because they were not in control or the manufacturers for not programming the car correctly to avoid collisions like this? What would happen if we did get into an accident? Would we be likely to live or more likely to die because we couldn't control the vehicle?
Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws would be needed in order to cover the liability in case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?
All in all I just think we need to test this one out a little more, because just like smart cars they are not accident proof, they are not safty assured, and they are not likely going to save me or anyone else that would be in the car it would more likely kill us then save us or if we are saved injure us badly.
Not only that but what would the driveless car use regular gas or be an electric car? I already know this as well, but there will be protest about this car working or that this car is just another one of those future cars we are not ready for and so forth, how will we promote this so that people will buy this car knowing it is probably bad for the environment? Those are just some questions to think about so just give them some thought and that is why I think we should not have driverless cars. | 3 |
2841bdd | My name is Luke and I have just graduated from high school. I had two part-time jobs. I worked at a bank and a grocerey store. It was 1945, World War II had just ended in Europe. I just had my friend, Don Reist, ask if I wanted to go to Europe on a cattle boat and we would be known as that Seagoing Cowboys. He told me that 44 nations joined together to form the UNRRA. They hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. I couldn't say no, because I knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime. Don and I went over to Europe and many other countries and noticed they were left in ruins. Both of us signed up. Don and I did what we could to help out over in Europe and the many other countries in poverty after the war.
Here are some reasons that I think you should join. You get to help lots of animals, mostly cattle. Don and I got our seaman's papers and boarded the SS Charles W. Wooster. We ended up with a cargo of 335 horses plus we had enough hay and oats to feed them. Caring for the animals kept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats were pulled up from lower ships. Also all of the stalls had to cleaned. On my second trip I served as watchman. My job was to check on the animals every hour.
Sightseeing was a huge plus for me. We went to Europe and China. My favorite place we visited was seeing the Acropolis in Greece. We rode a gondola in Venice, Italy. Did you know they have a excavated castle in Crete?
The last thing we saw was the Panama Canal in China.
It wasn't all serious work, we also got to have fun. Don and I played games to pass time. We played baseball, volleyball, table tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and many others. I'm grateful for the opportunity and that I took it. It made me more aware of people of other countries and thier need, instead of focusing on my needs or other people focusing on their needs. This is why I think that you should take an oppurtunity like this if you have a chance." | 4 |
284c676 | Dear Senator,
This is a fabulous and very plentiful country. We the people are grateful of our freedom and love our leaders. However, our system of choosing our leaders is not the best. The Electoral College is unreliable and not very accurate. We should vote by most popular choice among the citizens of America.
The electoral voting system is not very efficient because, mostly by this in my opinion, each state really has only 1 vote. A represenative worth 55 million people should not be equal to a represenative worth only 500,000 people. This system is very unbalanced and unfair to the American people. Canidates for the election only have to focus on certain states that they can swing in their favor and get most of the states votes, but they won't always be getting most of the peoples votes.
An election where each citizen counts as 1 vote and out of all those votes the majority wins. That is a more than fair system of voting, not some system where we vote for someone to vote for us. That's just flat out unethical, unfair, and unwanted. | 2 |
284d362 | The program is sepcial and is appreciated because of the work it has done. It did a special
thing to this world and is still appreciated to this day for the program's great efforts to help people and regions.
The UNRRA is amazing!!!
You should join because there is a lot of adventures, I went across the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War 2!!! More than anything we help people, We went to Europe when the war ended to help people because many of the cities were in ruins.You also get to meet many people, 44 nations came together to form UNRRA, which stands for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
This is why you should join me and the UNRRA because we care about people, you could make a lot of friends, and there is a lot of adventure. I know some people don't have in interest in those things, but it is really exciting for people that are interested in these things. | 3 |
2850024 | Some people may view car limitations as bad or inconvinient, but that isn't true. There are plenty or ways to get to where you want to go other than driving. More people have been cutting down on their car usage and it helps with many things. There are lots of advantages to communities and cities when car usage is limited.
Pollution is a major problem in big cities like Bejing, China; known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Cutting down car usage in big cities like this can help get rid of the horrendous smog. Paris, which often has more smog than other European capitals, has made some significant changes to help reduce the smog and harmful greenhouse gasses that are trapped in the air from car emissions. They let cars with even numbered license plates drive on some days and cars with odd numbered license plates drive on others. This reduced the smog in Paris within a few days.
Most people depend quite a bit on their cars. Reducing car usage can help people not to be so dependent on their cars. Instead of driving to work people can ride the bus, take the subway, etc. This will help a lot with the congestion of the roads during rush hours. There will be a lot less traffic if people are car-pooling or taking some other mode of transportation, keeping road-ways clearer for emergency vehicles and public transportation. There also won't be the problem of people being late if they get stuck in traffic or their car breaks down.
The number of miles people in America drive has gone down significantly since 2005. This means that people are finding better, more efficient ways of getting to where they need to be. This will help everyone in the long run. There will be less money spent on cars, car repairs, and gasoline; saving everyone a lot of money. Cars can be very expensive to maintain, especially when no one knows if their car battery is going to die or if they will get a flat tire. Having another source of transportation would save people lots of time and money. If there is less need for cars, then more public transportation will be offered, even in places less populated like the suburbs.
Limiting car usage is helpful for everyone and eventually it will become even more efficient and convinient not to drive a car everywhere. Pollution will go down and money will be saved. There are already entire communities like the one in Vauban, Germany that don't rely on cars. If there were more communities like this around the world, they would help lead the way to a new age where cars aren't as important and people won't have to depend on them as much as they do now. | 4 |
2853974 | The Viking one spacecraft has just sent pictures to NASA from what appears to be a face on mars. I personally believe that this is just some natural landform on mars made from weathering. It did look good but our sensation was short lived. Other scientists and I believe it was just a Martion mesa, they are common around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like and Egyptian Pharaoh.
A few days after we found this formation Nasa unveiled the image for others to see. We put a caption that noted it was a huge rock formation. It resembled a human head, formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. In the America West there are landforms like the face and of the same size. The face reminds Garvin of the Middle Butte in the Snake river Plain of Idaho.
On April 5, 1998, when Mars GLobal Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. Thousands of web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL website, revealing a natural landform. There was nor alien monument after all.
What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Landforms around the American West. It reminds Garvin most of the Middle butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. That's a lava dome that takes form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. There is no aliens on Mars. | 3 |
286282f | Dear Senate,
I honestly think we should chnge the elction by popular vote fot the president of the United States because, The Electoral College system, the votes dont exactly vote fot the president. They vote for the slate of electors, then they vote for the president. From my point of veiw it says we all have an right to vote, but we aren't really electing them. The slate of electors are. So whats the point of voting if we aren't really voting? If we change it to wher the election is by popular votes, we are voting for real.
The Electoral College could also be called as the disater factor
! The American people thought they were lucky that 2000 fiaso was the biggest crisis in a century. The state legislatures are responsible for the picking electors. So maybe it was there fault, all I'll tell you this, they were not very lucky. But if | 2 |
28645f2 | Cars have been popular and widely used ever since they were invented. They offer a fast and efficient form of transportation across both long and short distances. In this aspect, cars may appear extremely beneficiary and useful in everyday life, but there are always downsides to great inventions, especially the invention of the car. More and more people from all around the world are realizing the harms that car usage brings and are beginning to abandon their cars altogether. The most apparent reason as to why cars are damaging is because of the great amount of greenhouses gases they emit into the atmosphere. They also bring about pollution and smog with them. Finally, and maybe surprisingly to some, people are actually happier without these pollution monsters.
To start, cars expel shocking amounts of greenhouses gases from their tailpipes. By limiting usage of these automobiles, the amount of green house gases can be significantly reduced. According to the source,
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, cars produce up to 12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in places like Europe, but an eyepopping 50 percent in the United States where there is heavy car usage. This is a lot of noxious gas that is being put into the atmosphere, and poses a serious harm to the people living in these cities. Greenhouse gases are an especially maleficient form of pollution because greenhouse gases tend to trap heat and other types of pollution from escaping the atmosphere, leaving filth in the air that are then absorbed by the lungs, "choking cities (Rosenthal 8)." This is without a doubt a serious problem, but it can be corrected simply by not driving as frequently. According to
The End of Car Culture,
"But America's love affair with it vehicles seems to be cooling...If the pattern persists-and many sociologists believe it will-it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants (Rosenthal 32-34)." Simply by reducing car usage, these harmful toxins can be removed from the atmosphere.
Pollution is another quite obvious reason to why restricting car usage is benefical. Cars release other toxins and gases as well that contribute greatly to pollution and smog.
Paris bans driving due to smog tells the story of how driving had to be banned for days because of the worst pollution the city has ever seen. According to this passage, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog...[Last] week Paris had 147 micrograms of particulate matter (PM) per cubic meter compared with 144 in Brussels and 79.7 in London, Reuters found (Duffer 14-17)." This is a ton of particulate matter that will be all breathed in by the people there if they are not removed. Paris, Brussels, and London are not only the cities plagued by this pollution from cars as "[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world (Duffer 14)." Smog from pollution negatively effects many aspects of life, but the worst was that "Cold nights and warm days caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions (Duffer 14)." This phenomenon forces the people to breathe these particles into their lungs. Pollution is a terrible occurence that tags along with car usage, but by simply banning cars with even-numbered licnese plates off the road for one day, the smog greatly lightened in severity, enough for the city of Paris to lift the ban. No one wants pollution in their city, and simply by cutting back on car usage, pollution can be greatly reduced for the benefit of the people.
Finally, and most surprisingly, people are actually happier and less stressed without these modern horses. Heidrum Walter, a mother who lives in the city of Vauban Germany, a community devoid of cars, says in the passage,
Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars , "'When I had a car I was tense. I'm much happier this way (Rosenthal 3).'" Carlos Arturo Plaza, a man in Bogota, Colombia, also commented during Bogota's Day Without Cars, (in the source,
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota
) "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution (Selsky 24).'" This may seen a little puzzling at first as to why people would not enjoy fast and convenient transportation, but then the answer becomes pretty obvious. Without cars, parks, sport centers, and other outdoor recreational places have started to pop up more amd more on the streets of cities once bustling with cars. The roads are much less congested and new shops and food centers have appeared as well. Limiting cars pleases people in many different aspects of their life.
Cars may appear to be helpful at times, but in reality, citizens are better off without these transportation machines. Not only do they greatly pollute the air and cause smog, they also spew out noxious greenhouse gases that cause more damage to the society as a whole. Finally, and probably most importantly, the citizens themselves enjoy life better when these cars are out of them. Although this doesn't mean cars should stop being manufactored altogether, people should think twice before jumping in their car next time. | 5 |
28669a4 | What would living in a world without cars be like? It doesn't sound very pleasant. Getting from point A to point B would be a definite hassle, right? Well, not exactly. As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the United States was back in January 1995. he number of miles driven here in the U.S. peaked in 2005 and has steadily dopped. Car usage is not onle dropping here, but around the world as well. Paris banned cars due to smog that was polluting the city. But, is using cars less all that bad? Nope! Here's why.
To begin with, it can help reduce pollution around the world. Source #2 states "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partialdriving ban to clear the air of the global city." That's how bad the pollution was in the City of Love. Almost 4,000 drivers were fined 22 euros because of using their car. "Congestion (traffic) was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after 5 days of intensifying smog. The smog rivaled Beijing, China which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world." Sounds like a really bad title for a city that attracts many tourists every year. The ban allowed for the smog to clear.
Next, limiting car usage can benefit the current efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. "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," Source #1 states. If car usage is limited, it can help reduce the greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere by a significant amount. "President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United State's greenhouse gas emissions, unveiled last week, will get a fortuitious assist from te incipien shift in American behavior," Source #4 states " Recent studies show that Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less." Good going, America!
Of course, many people might say "Why would not having a car be beneficial to me?" It certainly can be! "It's a good oppurtuinity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza in Source #3. The stress of having to be careful with your car or face the consequences from the insurance policies or lawsuits can finally be lifted of your shoulders. You will be rid of the struggles of the rush hour, as well as the need to be having to pay for gas (which is not exactly cheap).
"Different things are converging which suggests that we are witnessing a long-term cultural drift, said Mimi Sheller in Source #4. This is a good thing to be a part of. Soon enough, we'll be seeing people walking and riding bikes from point A to point B, like they do in Vauban, Germany. I don't know about future complete bans of cars here in the U.S, but I believe they will be far less common. When someone such as Bill Ford, executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company, is in on a business plan for a world where personal vehicle owneship is undesirable, you know you have to be in on it! | 4 |
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