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326c204 | Luck Bomberger was working two part-time jobs in a grocery store and a bank. Don Reist his friend invited him to go to Europe on a cattle boat.
He said yes right then he knew it was an opportunity of a lifetime.
UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas.
Luke signed up with his friend Don.
Before arriving in Greece, Luke turned 18 years old, which meant he could be drafted for military service.
When his draft board learned he was on a cattle-boat trip, they told him to keep doing that for his service.
By the time he was discharged in 1947, he had made 9 trips the most of any Seagoing Cowboy.
The cattle boat trips were an unbelievable opportunity for Luke.
Besides helping people, he had the side benefit of seeing Europe and China.
But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special.
Luke toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China.
Caring for the animals during the crossings kept him busy.
They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day.
Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship.
Stalls had to be cleaned.
Helping out on his aunt Katie's farm as a boy had prepared him for hard work, but not for dangers at sea.
He couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs.
Being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Luke.
It opened the world up to him.
He is grateful for the opportunity.
It made him more aware of people of other countries and their needs.
The awarness stayed with him, leading his family to host a number of international students and exchange visitors for many years. | 1 |
326d2f5 | My Argument is gonna be over not getting driverless cars because acording to this passage the car does all the skilled work that you traind to do in the present. In the future im gonna wanna be driveing my car by myself
not have someone behind a computer drive for me like im being controlled like a to car. i wann use my skills that i learned over time to do.
Have you ever thought about this if you get a car that can dive by its self and crashed it end end up getting suverly hurt and your not able to sew or get anything out of it because the contracted you sighned in the future says they are not responsable of what happens to you in the car they built , And all the money you put into the car you crashed in you can't get back.
Then ypu come to a point that your car breaks down and breaks do you seriousely think your gonna rember how to drive a normal car any more after the one you had drove no your not gonna be able to so thats why im not agreein to this driverless car coming up in 2020. | 2 |
3272c5f | Dear Senator,
I am writing to you to argue in favor of keeping the Electoral College. There are many reasons for keeping the Electoral College but the reasons I am going to point out ot you are, certainty of outcome, you avoid run off, swing states, big states. There are also some reasons for getting rid of the Electoral College. For example voters vote for a slate of electors not the president.
First of all two reasons for keeping the Electoral College would be a certainty of outcome. Even though a dispute over an Electoral College vote is possible it is more likely to occur iver a popular vote. A reason for this is the winning candidate's share of Electoral College exceeds his share of popular vote. For example, in a article called In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President Obama received 61.7 percent of the Electoral vote compared to the 51.3 perecent Romney received. Because of the winner-take-all basis even a slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory.
Another reason would be you avoid run off elections. The Electoral College aviods the problem no one candidate receiving a majority of votes. For example, in the article In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the President, it states Nixon in 1968 and Clinton in 1992 both had only a 43 percent plurality of the poplar votes, while winning a majoprity in the Electoral College.
Two more reasons for keeping the Electoral College are swing states and big states. The winner-take-allmethod of awarding electoral votes induces the cnadidate to focus campaigning in toss-up states. These voters are more likley to pay close attention to the campaigning going on. They are also more likley to be more thoughtful voters. Also the Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states lose by the mal-apportionm,ent of the Senate decreed in the Constitution.
A reason for not keeping the Elecetoral college is that voters vote for a slate of electors not the president. These electors can be anyone not holding public office. The problem with is htat electors can vote for whom ever they want. Some go against the cnadidate they are supposed to vote for. So voters are chosing the president they want.
In conlcusion please take my reasons for keeping the Electoral College into consideration. Again those reasons are certainty of outcome, you avoid run off, swing states, big states. Also the reason not to keep the Electoral College is voters don't vote for a president, but a slate of electors who do.
Sincerely, PROPER_NAME | 4 |
3272cf9 | The Facial Action Coding System,can read peoples expressions.
Should this technology be used in classrooms to detect the emotins of the students?
This technology should not be used to detect the emotions of students. The article stated that this tech, could be used to detect when a student is getting tired or bored of the lesson. This would then allow the computer to liven the lesson up, as the text states directly, "Then it could modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor." This line makes it seem like it(the FACS technology) would replace teachers in the classroom.
Teaches do not need technology to tell if their students are bored, as the text says, people just know what the emotions of others are. The teacher would know when, and how to modify the lesson to keep their students interested, and engaged. Would we know what the technology would do to modify the lesson? Would the students just be able to be angry at the lessons until the computer just stops giving the student lessons? Using this tech is not an alternative to having a real person tell how you feel. The teacher can help you feel better because they know how you really feel, because they have empathy. The computer can tell how you feel, but it does not what it is like to feel, so in the end it can't really help.
Should the FACS tech be used in the classroom? No, because the students need a teacher to help them feel better when they are frustrated or sad, not a computer that can only try and make them happy. It also seem sthat they want this tech, to replace our teachers,which would hurt the students more than it would help them. | 3 |
3279351 | in the story the author explains several resaons on why studying venus is fasinating and interesting despite of the danger it presents. venus is a very earth-like planet and has many features like earth. researchers still to this day are working on innovations that will allow the machines that they send to venus last longer. this shows that many people still have an interest of visiting venus and learning more about it. there are still ways this can happen.
in the story "the challenging of exploring venus" the author belives that studying venus despiting the dangers presented is a worthy pursuit. in the text the lists his reasonings for his belief. he states that venus is a "earth-like planet in our solar system , he describes earth-like features that venus has still till this day. "the planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, moutuntains, and craters". he also explains that venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.
in conclusion of this there are possible ways that venus could be studied overcoming the dangers that might come with it. | 2 |
327dc64 | For years, many people have argued with scientists (at NASA) that the Face on Mars is alien made. Conspiracy theorists and most of the general public are set on believing that the Face is an ancient alien artifact. But, NASA has reliable evidence to back up and prove that the Face is just a fascinating natural landform.
First off, you cannot argue with the pictures that were taken of the Face. Even from the first picture ever taken of the landform in 1976, scientists were able to conclude that the Face was just another Martian Mesa, that just resembled a human face, specifically an Egyptian Pharaoh. In this photo, there was no evidence of any alien markings on the structure.
On the other hand, conspiracy theorists and skeptics argue that the picture isn't clear enough for someone to make out any markings on the landform. So, in 1998, another photo was taken of the face. It was ten times sharper than the original Viking photo, and it still revealed only just a natural landform. People still weren't satisfied and pressed on though, arguing that the picture was taken on a cloudy day and the haze in the photo blocked out any special markings or evidence. But then a couple years later in 2001, scientists got another image of the Face on a clear day with the camera's absolute maximum resolution, (and you would be able to see any objects or markings that was there) and there was still no signs of markings indicating alien interaction.
Also, the face is just another Martian Mesa, a natural landform. I will say it is a fascinating landform, but it is still natural. The Face resembles natural landforms found common in the American West, like buttes and mesas. It especially looks similar to the Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. This proves that yes, it is possible to have natural landforms like the Face, and it is comparable to some of the landforms we have here on Earth.
In conclusion, there is multiple credible sources to back up scientist's (at NASA) claim that the Face is just a natural landform. There are a few different photos of the structure, each photo having higher resolution and being easier to make out than the previous one. With all three photos, there is no evidence of any special markings or objects that would suggest or prove of alien life. Also, there are similar landforms like the Face here on Earth so it's not like it is a freak of nature that nobody could ever see how something so interesting was made; it's comparable to things here even in America. Even with all of the conspiracies, NASA has reliable and credible sources to prove that the Face is just a natural landform. | 4 |
3283240 | Many cities around the world have already learned the benifits to limiting or getting rid of car usage. A few of these cities are Vauban, Paris, Bogota. These cities experience less smog and pollution.
People in the places that have limited car uses do not seem to mind. A quote from
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal explans how giving up their car has improved their live, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,". Cars do cause alot of tension and stress from being in trafic and having to deal it bad drivers on the road. Many people are already too stressed and anything that can limit stress is good for you.
In Bogota, Colombia the city has ond day that is car-free. This day people hike, skate, or used public transportation to get where they needed to be. Violaters are fined $25. The over all goal of this day is to promote diffrent forms of transportation. Even though weather can be a factor it didnt seem to affect people.
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky states how this is true "The turnout was large, despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota." This quote also shows that people are fine surviving with out cars.
Paris baned driving for diffrent cars on diffrent days because of the near-record pollution. Moday cars with even-numbered license would be fined 22-euros if they drove and the next day the rule would apply to odd-numbered licences. There were exceptions for cars that are plug-in, car pools with three or more people, and hybids. Robert duffer, the author of
Paris bans driving due to smog showes how well the ban worked in this quote 'The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to riscind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday". This is a great example of how much polution would be cut out if we stopped or limmited useing cars. Just one day with out everyone using cars and there was a diffrence in the smog amount.
Limiting car usage also will cut carbon emitions and help the enviroment. In
The End of Car Culture the author, Elisabeth Rosenthal states "...transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions..." With a limit on cars, trucks, and other moter veicals greenhouse gas emissions will lower. America is already lowering it's car usage by it's self. People are buying fewer cars, getting fewer licenses, and driving less all together.
Over all the affect with giving up moter veicals and finding other forms of transpertation are very positive. People would have less stress, reduce in greenhouse gasses, and lower pollution. | 4 |
328a78f | I believe that the electoral college should be changed to a popular vote election. The current way of voting is electing the wrong canidate. The populrity way of voting is what the people want. It is less hoopes to jump through. Instead of having people that vote for the state why not just have the people vote then tally up which canidate has the most votes.
In the current way that we vote we decide how many votes a state gets toward the election. It is decided uponthe general population of the sate. This is just adding anoter sterp to the process that be could be much faster. Therehave been many elections were the popularity would hjave wone the election although the elctoral vote was greater therefore the wrong president won the election.
Inconclusion there are many more people like me that believe that there should be apopularity vote electin not based ofof the staes reps or whatever they call themselves. it is not the correct way and it needs changed now. | 2 |
328aee6 | The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, the reason why is because this is the closest planet that is somewhat like earth. So we NASA wants to know how relateable we are to Venus.
In paragraph 3 it tells on how dangers Venus is. It says in the article "A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. On the planet surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit." from those sentences it shows on how dangers Venus is. Also earlier in paragraph 2 it says "Each previous misson was unmanned and ofr good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landinf for more than a few hours". thats how dangerous Venus is which is a reason why scientists are scared.
But the prize is worth it if we get the knowledge on how Venus is, in paragraph 8 it says "Striving to meet the challenge presebted by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be ganied on the planet itself, but also becasue human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Which means we can go to other planets because we wearn't scared with Venus and we shouldn't have doubt for us humans because we would always find a way to do something. So if we do explore Venus and it goes great we could go to other bigger planets.
In paragraph 4 it says "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may have once been the most earth-like planet in our solar sytem" which is another reason why scientists want to reserch Venus is because Venus is somehwhat alike our planet the earth. Venus was covered largely with oceans and could have supported various froms of life it's just like earth. So they want to explore Venus because it's almost just like earth.
Even though Venus is very dangerous it's worth the trip to explore it, even though its not easy conditions, its survivable for humans so scientists are still going to discuss further visits to Venus the "Evening Star" | 3 |
328c079 | Facial expressions a classmate gives towards other classmates could end with a " hey ! Want to be my partner ?" or " Meet me in the parking lot after school." When glancing around the class to check the time on the clock a classmate has no idea what facial expression they are making. It's difficult to detect an unharmful face of a classmate if they seem angry and ready to rumble , even though the classmate is actually just confused about the assingment that was given.
Dr. Huang has created the new emotion-recognition software for that humans can now have a better understance of how a person feels about certian topics. " The software can even identify mixed emotions." There will not be any more wondering or confusion with assingments that are dificult to some students. " A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." The computer will then modify the lesson for the student , so he/she can comprehen the lesson. This will allow the generator to be like an effective human instructor.
The emotion-recognition software might be on the verge to help lower the sudicial rate in America or around the world. "If you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen , a similar ad might follow. But if you frown , the next ad will be different." If a person is prone to having destructive thoughts then the ad changing could imbue them to getting the help they need. This could also promote the person who smiles at the web cam to be more joyful and spread kindness to others.
Therefore , the emotion-recognition software will be an amuse help in schools and analyzing the emotions of a teen. Everyone could know what or how someone feels. This software can help inform an adult , teacher , or parent when a child is irritated by their surrounds , contemplating about harming their selves , or thoughts that could lead to serious mental issues or lethal consequences. | 3 |
3294135 | Driverless Cars
Driverless cars are good to the community but there are a few flaws on why they shouldnt be used. Driverless cars shouldnt be used because, say something goes wrong with your driverless car and your injured their going to blame the manufacturer. Another reason why there shouldnt be driverless cars is that the driverless car still needs a driver so its really not driverless.
The fact that the manufacturer can be blaimed for an accident injury from a driverless car is important because they could get sued by the injured person and that could lead to other things. This is also important because you never know whats going to happen because your not driving the car so anything possible could happen to you.
Driverless cars shouldnt be used or called driverless due to you still have to drive so your still the driver. Your still the driver because the car alerts you when you need to take control of the car. This is bad because what if your not ready to take control while riding in your driverless car you could crash.
Even though these cars may sound good because you think you may not have to drive, dont buy them your still typically driving and may crash if you take breaks and let the car control. | 3 |
329e332 | In the passage given, the author states that Venus would be a great place for studying, although it takes many risks to get more information based on it. The risks can be very deadly, but may give new information. There is so much more than NASA and even the world would like to know about Venus also known as the "Evening Star".
There is many ways as to why Venus would be great for studying. Venus is very simple to see from distant and is also known as Earth's twin. Venus is known as the earth's twin because it is closest to the planet in terms of density and size. There is much more information about Venus that needs to be found but may take risks. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system which can be very deadly if someone were to go look for evidence. For Venus being very hot, it can cause certain electronics to catch on fire due to the high temperatures. Not only the heat, but the atmospheric pressure is very high.
NASA is now finding ways to find further evidence on Venus and get evidence based on the information they have heard. They're finding ways to look at Venus in a closer distance such as using mechanical computers that were used in the 1940s. These mechanical computers made a huge impact during World War ll and they believe that this may help with discovering more on Venus. | 2 |
32a0d6e | When it comes to the technology that reads students emotions I think its a great idea of having it in classrooms. Although some may ask, why dont you just ask us how we feel in this class? Others might just nit want to answer the question. So it would be easier to just get your answer from a mechine that gives you the answer you want.
There are many advantages to this technology when it come to reading other emotions. When using this device you could find out if many students are interested in the activity the teacher is talking about. You could also find out if the are just bored to death that they just want to get up and leave.
This technololgy could help with many things in the future by getting rid of all the non-fun things that happen in classroom. If this technology was in high schools I think the way teachers teach thing now days would be way better. For example, when the author put the mini lesson about moving you face in different emothions that was a good lesson. Just from that I learn that just moving your face around in different emotion could make you feel like the face you just made.
When it come to technology about your emotions in the classroom i think it would be very useful. Not only will the teachers know if students are interested, they will know if they need to change the way they teach things in class. | 3 |
32ad275 | There are so many advantages of limiting car usage. In source one, the Vauban's streets are completely "car-free". This is for the good of not cluttering the streets with so many cars but actually making more space and less cars on the streets. In source one, it says "while there hace been efforts in the past two decades to make cities denser, and better for walking, planners are now taking the cocept to the suburbs." That right there says they have been trying to reduce car usage for a while now and convince citizens that transportation can be better to use. Instead of having over a million cars on the streets or high ways or anywhere, many people can come together and take transportation train or bus to where ever they need to go. It also makes time for walking, which is a very good exercise. Many people have become lazy and take their car to drive to the store thats right there on the corner instead of walking. Many people have taken car usage over the limits and don't realize how it is polluting our air.
Pollution is a big problem in our ecosystem now and days. Many people don't clearly see this and don't take the time to process in how bad its making earth. Pollution has gone up over the years and decades after decades we have tried to stop it. In source two, it says "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals." Why? Well because of the exaggerated use of cars. They have tried to reduce the usage in order to make their air cleaner and better. They have gotten the idea of limiting car usage by ordering people with even-numbered license plates to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine on Mondays. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day. With this new policy, it has shown better air in the city of Paris by Monday. I believe this is a great forced rule. We need to change our ways and work better in making our air cleaner.
Traffic jams is another downfall of using cars. With so many cars out in the streets it causes the air to have so much smog. Many people have participated in bike riding and walking, but not only is it exercise for your health but it keeps away from people using their cars. With so many people participating this action, not only has it made better air burt also constructed and cropped up new restaurants and shopping districts. They cleared the side walk to make it smoother and cut traffic, as said in source three. This is all in Bogota, Columbia. They said it has made a drastic change in their community with better air and I believe it has made their air better and way reduced smog.
In the United States, President Obama's goal was to curb the United States' greenhouse gas emissions. This has led to many people participating in this action. A very big amount of Americans are buying fewer cars and driving less and fewer licences as each year goes by as said in source four. To keep this at a going rate each year I believe citizens should work harder to improve more in this situation as in car pooling, bicycle and public transportation.
In conclusion, there are so many advantages in reducing car usage. Better air, better community and healthier citizens. | 5 |
32ae080 | It doesn't take a genius to figure out how someone is feeling and/or how to help them. All this should be a basic instinct, you shouldn't need the Facial Action Coding System. Technology should be helping people around the world not starting conterversry.
Using the Facial Action Coding system is a waste of time and money. "Hold on! Can we actually "calculate" emotions--like math homework?" There's no need to calculate anything that doesn't require math. Think of all the good other inventions coud in place of this technology, we could be one stop closer to developing a way to supply people with clean water all around the world. Not because we want something in return, but because helping someone is something you should want to do. But instead these Prof think our current technology is more useful in schools to detect when a child is bored doing work.
" In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. Fr instance, you could probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face. Of course, most of us would have trouble actually describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried, etc. "There's way more situations in the world where these Prof. should put their minds to, we don't need more technology to tell us how people are feeling, that's why our world isn't connected in person. People now a days don't know how to talk or even hold a conversation due to the lack of communication skills we use because of social media. Instead of going out and buying something as barbaric as the Facial System, we should go and actually talk to our peers and understand them more so we can know their facial expressions and know how they're doing.
I am against the value of using of this technology to read students' emotional expressions due to the fact we (as in the people) need to be more connected in the real life rather then push ourselves further away using social media and new technology that we do not need. Trust the process of human nature and our instincts. We do not need the Facial Action Coding System. | 3 |
32aedc2 | Changing The Future
Times are changing. Driverless car technology is being created, with slow and steady progress. The technology for these type of cars has only been developed over the last few years because of a lack of technology. There are several companies trying to develop these cars, but they're pretty much at the same step. Knowing how driverless technology works, who is liable for damages, and how it will effect drivers is crucial to the possible future use of driverless cars.
Driverless technology has to be understood by the consumer. If the consumer does not know how this technology works, it could cause some serious damage.
The consumer has to realize that driverless cars aren't completely driverless, the consumer has to know that they have to remain attentive while being in the driver's seat. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." (Driverless Cares Are Coming paragraph 7). Without the realization that they have to be attentive, some bad accidents could occur.
Liability for the accidents caused by driverless cars has to be settled. The companies that make the driverless cars, or the driver, it is yet to be determined who would be at fault. The company for making flawed technology, or the driver for being in the car. "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturere?" (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 9). This will be a huge issue if driverless cars do become legal. Driverless cars could effect the people in more way than one.
The effect of drivers in the future if cars become driverless. Their is a great possibility of issues coming with driverless cars, some subtle, and some severe. Also, who would want a driverless car if you still had to driver it? That does defeat the purpose of the name of the car. "Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 8). Being occupied while sitting there is imperative. People will become bored if they have to just sit in the seat all day long. Companies have to come of with entertainment systems, but an issue with that is losing attention. While being in the driver's seat of a driverless car, being attentive is imperative. There may be situations where the car cannot handle it, and it requires human skills. "This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires." (Driverless Cars Are Coming paragraph 7). There is a double whammy right there. Companies have to balance out occupying the driver and keeping them attentive; but there is no way to be distracted and attentive at the same time.
The risks involved with driverless cars are way to high for the potential payoff. The technology that is being developed might have a future, but in the near future, there is no way it'll work. Right now, they aren't even driverless cars, the cars still require a driver. Surely there will be progress on that aspec of the cars. Just simple knowing how the cars work is the first obsticle. Also, being able to figure out who is liable for damages between the manufacturer, or the driver of the car is a huge issue that comes with this. Lastly, how it will effect future driver's skills, and attentiveness while driving. Will there be a future in this industry, or not? Only time will tell. | 5 |
32b179b | This invention was desighed for computers to tell a persons emotion just by reading their face. Human are already able to do that today but these computers are about to tell how much percentage your emotions are.
'Making Mona Lisa Smile',is a great way to tell how students feel based on their looks. In the text it states,'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored.'Another good thing about this computer software is that,it can tell how a students feels about a lesson in a classroom. In the text it states,'Then it can modify the lesson,like an effective human instuctor.'This lets the teacher know if the class really understands the lesson given.
In this case face expressions and emotions are easier to distinguish. Not only will it help understand how a student feels about the lesson it can tell if they need more help as to being confused. This is a great way to make sure all students understand and keep them all on the same track. | 2 |
32b617d | In the article
"Making Mona Lisa Smile", it talked about using this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. In my opinion it is a great idea, because the teachers would know what to do next to make them change their mood to happy. If a student is sad the teacher would know & would also want to talk about it with the student to make him or her feel better. The computer could figure out why students are bored and/or confused by identifying what the topic is about.
The "Facial Action Coding System" could prevent bullying too! It could identify two students or more by knowing if one is afraid or angry. The angry students would be the bullies & the afarid studens would be the bullies victims. It could easily stop a situtation between them both. It'd alert the teacher or just anybody with a loud noise to attract people to go near the students. When teachers arrive they could use the computer to detect how the students are feeling and would start solving on from there.
The fact that this is a new technology amuses me, because it could solve so many problems on this Earth believe it or not. Also, it could prevent many problems as well. We can use this technology to make others happy "happy person, happy life" is how i see it. Now then again it might not be helpful for some people. People are used to hving a serious face all of the time and smiling when its truthful and that's okay because not everyone is happy most of the time. Some people prefer to not show their emotions so they keep it to themselves until the time is right which is when they're alone.
It's time to put a stop to all of the negativity with this new technology called the " Facial Action Coding System". I find this technology very positive and helpful because not only humans can solve everyhting, but with help of other things like mechines. Making faces got to reveal so much about the science of emotions. Us humans could end up feeling someone else's emotional state by unconsciously imitating another person's facial exprssions.
I find smiling, showing positive vibes, and actions making our lives a bit happier. Hopefully one day we get to "calculate" emotions some day, because i will definitely try it out! I was never a fan of being down or sad, I love being happy everyday. So hopefully this new technology is useful and helpful to everyone. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal" are words from a wise man who will actually "make America great again". | 3 |
32b9fb3 | Electoral college provide different types of way to learn because your own person. Taking down electoral college will only do us harm. By taking this down you are disgarding the fact of presidential election.
Basically, destroying a dream of one of many people ever becoming president. "The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors", "the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President", "the counting of the electoral votes by congress". These reasons are why electoral college should stay. Therefore, Electoral College has a big impact on presidential voting and elections. Counting of the electoral votes is important because the total amount of vote on both electors can be shockingly close. Counting the votes will prove the win of the next president. Another reason as to why Electoral college should stay is "The Electoral College consists of 538 electors". Considering that they're so many , this shouldn't go down without a fight. Another reason why the college should stay is the "Electoral College requies a presidential candidate to have trans-region appeal. No region has enough electoral votes to elect a president." For example, Romney was in the south, has no incentive to campaign heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. | 2 |
32ba187 | The Author suggest that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit depsite the dangers it presents. To be honest, going to Venus would be idiotic, find a suitable and survivable place for humans would make sense, and the author does state it.
I do believe we should go to other planets, I believe that God only made one life inhabitable place from the proof I've gathered, but I was a Evolutionist and Paleontologist at the age of 5. I believe we could one day inhabit planets like Earth and find suitable places, and I've always been astonished with space, because its amazing. Now I will tell why I believe the author is great at showing his/her perspective.
We shouldn't go on Venus, but in Paragraph 5, NASA came up with a possible solution. "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. 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."
The only problem to the previous solution is that the farther you go up the less insight you can get, In Paragraph 6, the author states "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. More importantly, researches cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientists seeking to conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risks. Or maybe we should think of them as challenges,. Many researches are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus."
So yes, Nasa does have some flaws and some great ideas. But personally I believe that we should use a filtering system, so that the hot air inside is pushed outside with cold air refurbishing the insides of the rover. Some thick strengthy metal would be used against the walls of the rover, would make it heavier, but it would give us more time, the Cameras would need to be covered with some thick heat resistant glass. And the insides would be lined with heat resistant metal and wires. Find a cool place on the planet with out sattelites to minimize heat and give us more time or for example instead of 170 degrees it will only be 150 degrees, which is still bad but it would be alot less stressful.
Us, as a people will always strive for new and interesting wonders, and it is the great minds of our societies that lead us one step further into the future. If a great danger faces us, it is those people we look to for answers for our many questions.
The author states "Despite the risks, or maybe we should think of them as Challenges." Challenges lead to creativity, and with creativity, our world is improved in more ways then one. Thus, we must push on to new lengths and stretch our understanding and see with unclouded eyes. | 4 |
32bc1ed | Since the start of the 21st century technology has become "smarter." Today we have smart phones, smart TV's, and smart watches. All these devices are made to suite the needs of it's user. By providing a user friendly experience that meets almost all the needs of the user, including making life a little bit easier, is what gives these devices the title "smart." Now, the next piece of tech to get this "smart" upgrade is the car. "Smart" cars have been in development for several years and appear to slowly becoming a reality. The usage of driverless cars has struck a gold mine of contraversy. But in all honesty, smart cars are the future for our roads. They will make our lives easier.
The introduction of smart cars on our roads today would result in a more efficent use of gasoline, a resource that is being exponentially depleated. From the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author says, "The cars he foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." By cutting the ammount of gasoline/fuel used on a day to day basses we could cut down on pollutants in our airs as well as prolong the life/usage of gasoline. Also the usage of smart cars, would be far cheaper than the usage of smart roads, a possibility once thought of by GM and engineers at Berkeley. Smart roads would require expensive upgrades to roads. With smart cars you could eliminate that hefty cost.
The technology used in "beta smart" cars today has been around since the 80's. It is not new technology. But at the same time it is not old technology because over the years the tech has decreased in price with a inversely proportional increase in it's new capabilities. With the ammount of tech used in smart cars it is important that it runs at the highest standards, and today's tech does. Only the best of the best is being used in these cars. Finally this new tech has not only been making driving a safer experience, but as a far more enjoyable one. With the introduction of new autonomous cars engineers have thought of new ways to make rides more enjoyable. New incar entertainment systems are just one of the many ideas that may become a reality.
Some people are afraid of smart cars. They fear that there will be no one to blame if an accident occurs. Plus some people may be uncomfortable with the idea of not being in control of their car.
Well today, smart cars are not 100% autonomous yet. For some instances such as traffic and construction driving require human driving and skill. Also other things such as backing in and out of places require human skill. Because in some cases human skill is still a requirement drivers must stay alert at all times. Eliminating any fear of not being in control as well as the problem of whom is to blame.
In conclusion, smart cars are the future. They will help eliminate the problem of inefficent use of gas while providing the driver with a smoother and more enjoyable ride. A full fletched smart car, is just and upgrade that is greatly needed. | 4 |
32bf2eb | From the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it describes many reasons about how venus is not safe, but once along time ago could've looked like earth. Venus also know as Earth's "twin" is very close to earth. Venus has very many reasons about why humans havent been on it in three decades. "no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours" which tells me exactly how dangerous it actually is.
"on the planet's surface tempatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" which is extremely difficult to survive on. Imagine people from Earth going up to a place with 800 degrees Farenheit, no-one would make it out alive. Venus which "97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" which to me as very deadly as well.
Having all this horrible enviroment, it "would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." which in my opinion would kill anyone their. Despite how deadly Venus seems, scientist want to go visit it anyway because they believe humans and animals lived on it before. "Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth"
Since astrounauts can't take samples of rocks, gas, or anything else, from a distance is nearly impossible because of its conditions. Hovering in a ship above Venus is limited to ground level because you cannot seethat far. Also sense light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere.
From all about what i've learned i can tell that Venus is extremely difficult for any living thing. Since astrounauts haven't landed on Venus in three decades proves that its way far from safe. Being able to not get samples such as gas, rocks, or anything they will never be able to tell if humans lived on it long ago making me believe that Venus is beyond dangerous and should be avoided. | 3 |
32c521d | Why should people who be qualified be only able to vote? Voting should be for everyone, not such as anyone like as in Gang related people or people who are in prison but you get the point. This '' Electoral College '' experiment that they already have been going on is just something that they can use to get more time to think out what their next move is. They way certaint people, like me, see things like if the One out of the other person who is running for President and his votes come back with such little insufficient votes like 87% to 89.5% the should continue the vote and the show must continue! Even though the ''Electoral College'' seems like just a waste of time, does it even work?
Electoral College doesn't really prove anything because some people won votes and lost the presidency,thanks to electoral college. Due to the elctoral college system, voters vote not for the president but just for the slate of electors, who then turn elect the president. | 1 |
32c653a | Driverless cars may be very interesting and cool to have, but are they truly furthering the betterment of people over all. The new technology used in order to full develop this driverless car will cost large amounts of money. If the United States focuses too much on this development the economy will suffer. There are may aspects to be considered about the idea of an autonomous vehicle. Developing these cars will enable laziness for people, establishing maybe unsafe conditions for pedestrians, and creating a way for people to not have to learn how to drive.
Even though being able to have a car that drives itself would be cool, it would allow people to rely on machines to do their work for them. Americans are in some cases are seen as lazy, and these cars will further show that. The druver is still in the car paying attention, but they are not truly focused apon maming sure to turn correctly or not going over the speed limit. Driving a car can teach people how to be discipline, how to focus, and how to be aware of their surroundings. These fundamentals would not be fully understodd if the driverless cars were developed further.
Also, this new technology of cars could create a safety risk for ohter drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists. There potentially could be a larger number of accidents with these new cars. For example, If the cars is not programmed to be aware of incoming bicyclists or pedestrians there could be a problem with stopping the car in time to avoid collisions.
Drving is a good skill to have, but if these cars develop people will feel there is not much use in learning the specifics in driving techniques if the car drives itself. A driver still should know the importances of driving even if the car is able to run on its own. This means thta the drivers of the future will not need to learn major parts of driving because the cars will mainly do all of the work.
Cars without drivers is a development that could create more accidents, allow people to be lazy, and cause there not to be a reason for people to not learn the skills of driving. The cars may be unuseful in many ways because the driver still must be attentive to the road. Is there really a point to having a car the is supposed to drive itself if the person in the car is basically still driving. These cars take away learning opportunities form upcoming driver as well. Driverless cars seem to be a great development, but in all reality having cars that need a driver is more beneficial. | 3 |
32cce18 | The new Facial Action Coding System cannot be very accurate due to humans being able to hide emotions quite easily. As it says in the beginning statement, "improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others." Thus meaning this software is not one-hundred perect reliable. Human beings can hide emotions without even trying. It is impossible to tell what someone is actually feeling.
In many movies actors act amd perform in different emotions everyday. Think about how an actor can use deception to trick the watcher into thinking they are upset and angry in the movie. Behind thr scenes the actor could be hystrically laughing but we dont see that, we only see the acting part. Therefor it is impossible for human beings to be able to detect someones true emotions, not even an advanced computer application can do so.
In paragraph 2 a statement catches the eye by saying, "Hold on! Can we actually calculate emotionslike math homework?" First off the human body is not a calculation, it is a living creature that has feelings and emotions. You dont just calculate the emotions to find them out. To find emotions you get emotionally attatched to someome or get close to them by talking to thrm amd they will vent to you and find out what is going on, either if thry are happy or sad.
In the writing it talks about Mona Lisa,and how she was feeling during that moment. Many may say you can do this and find out how she was feeling, but others will say it is impossible to find her emotions. Those others would also say to find her true emotions you would have to ask her, in which you can no longer do because she and the artist are deceased. No one will trully know how she felt durung this time, unless she states her feelings somewhere.
In paragraph 6 it states that,"Imagine a computer that knows when youre happy or sad." It later on states thag only looking into the webcam it could detect your emotions. Not only could it really not detect your emotions, it would make people feel unsafe because they are constantly being watched looking for a face to read. The Facial Action Coding System cannot read someones true emotions. The program may predict amd see what the individual is feeling, but it is trully impossible to tell what someone is actually feeling. | 3 |
32d692d | Using the same technology configured using the Facial Action Coding System into school technology would be a valuable tool in the classroom because the often hidden signals or vibes students show can often give teachers mixed feelings about the effectiveness of their lessons or how student are being treated emotionally by others, but this is still something that we must not make this something that interfears or plays with the personal feelings of the students. It would be a valuable addition to any classroom for its in-depth look into how the information is reaching the students, how they are reacting, and what the teacher can do differently to get the most out of thier lesson plans.
Especially in the mornings and end of the day, students' laziness, tiredness, or anticipation to get home can often disturb with how teachers percieve how their lesson plans are effecting the child. With the same Facial Action Coding System in our own school computers, online activities and assignments can track the emotional responses of the students while they work such as their attentiveness. Since this technology is, "compared against a neutral face", teachers will be able to witness firsthand their student's reactions. Oftentimes, early morning weariness or late school day excitement can fool the teacher's perception of the situation, but with the analyzing of the six basic emotions using "video imagery" of the, "characteristic movements of the facial muscles", this technology would be able to offer to give an accurate conclusion to the student's reactions to each lesson.
Another commonly addressed situation is when students become "confused or board" with an assignment; both of these natural reactions show that the challenge level is not suited to the student's level. Teachers often want to offer help to the confused and challenge or entice board students, but these emotions are often not shown to the human eye. Especially with confused students, they hide this sense of confusion from the teacher to avoid embarassment. However, with this new technology, students who need more attention can be noticed. With the software's facial recogntion using minor muscle movements, it can make a conclusion without the student fully showing the emotion. With this in depth look, teachers are able to provide tutoring for those who need extra explaination and modify of their lessons for individuals who are not finding interest or challenge in the current lesson. With this technology, teachers will be able to realize how challenged each student needs to be even when they put up a ficade.
Another way that this teachnology can offer help to the students is with the daunting and huge school problem of bullying and depression before it leads to events much more serious. Since this technology picks up on feelings such as fear or saddness, these indications could be the first warning signs of when a student is taking their first steps into one of these two situations. Such as with the example of politicians and celebrities, even fake smiles are attributes will be able to be seen through. This is a serious problem in our day and age, so if these signs are reported reguarly and continuously, this may be the closest a student comes to calling for help. With this information not being able to be tricked through false emotions, students can recieve the mental and emotional help or stability they need.
Despite this great new innovation as well as all of the new data teachers can gather on their methods of teaching, we must ensure that this technology does not dive into the personal emotions students want to keep to themselves. Because many schools are now having take-home Chromebooks or Ipads, the school board needs to make sure that the students have thier own emotional security when at home. Teachers need to be careful and be reminded that there is a boundery between checking up with these emotional resonces for lesson planning and interfearing with the student's personal life. Otherwise, stuents will feel insecure both in and out of school because their core emotions such as a recent breakup might be revealed.
Facial Action Coding Systems for schools would allow teachers and students to more understand each side's perspective, so the students can be helped to the fullest extent they can be taught. This simple idea is building off of the simple idea of everyday empathy into the perspective of our school technology. This new technology would come with a pricetag, but being able to more effectively teach in the classroom would be well worth the money. Human emotions can be a difficult factor to implicate seen with examples such as the varying emotions with The Mona Lisa, but this technology will allow us to revolutionize our schools into an education build by the reactions of students and the lesson modifications of teachers. | 5 |
32d6a9c | If car usage is limited like it is in Vauban we would have malls on a walk away off a main street and not by distant highways. New communities that are less dependent on cars are being developed. The EPA in the US is promoting "car reduced" communities and legislators are starting to act cautiously.
In Paris they have such a high population which is near record they enforced a partial driving ban to let the air clear up.
On Monday people with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their car at home or suffer a 22 euro fine in American currency $31 and the next it applied for the odd numbered license plates. 4,000 drivers suffered the fine and 27 had their vehicals impounded for the way they reacted to getting the fine. Because so many people live in Beijing China and use vehicals it became known as one of the worlds most polluted cities would you want that happening to your city. Due to the warm days and cold nights the car emmisions were trapped in the air. Diesel fuel was blamed for the pollution.
In Colombia a program was set that one day was to be car free and they would use other modes of transportation such as buses, bikes, etc... it was the 3rd straight year in a row they did it and people who refused faced $25 fines. A businessman named Carlos Arturo Plazza states that "it`s a good opportunity to take stress away and lower air pillution." and for the first time ever 2 more citties in Colombia joined the event. Municipal authorities from other countries came to Bogota and were enthusiastic to see the event. This campign began in Bogota in the mid 1990s. Which has lead to the developement of 118 miles of bike paths in Bogota. Also parks and sports centers bloomed throughout the city and new upscale shopping districts as well.
Finally in the US president Obama had goals to curb the US` greenhouse gas emissions were unveild. Recent studies in America show that fewer Americans are buying cars and get fewer licenses as each year goes by. The US having broad expanses and suburban ideals had long been on of the world`s prime car cultures. It`s the birth place of the first ever model T in Detroit. The rate of car ownerships per household and per person slowly began to decrease withing 3 years. If the patteren persists and many beleve it will it will have benificial implications for the US` carbon emissions and the environment. transportation is the 2nd largest source behind power plants. It would have a negative implication for the car industry. ther has been a large drop in percentage of 16-39 years old getting their licenses.
These are some reasons why people should limit their car usage so we can keep the positive trend in the car for our enviroment and make breathing healthier to people and lower our pollution. So keep it up and our enviroment will start to recover from the years of pollution we have caused. | 2 |
32d8fd8 | The Challenge of Exploring Venus talks about scientist thoughts about exploring Venus. They send spacecrafts but they didn't last more than a few hours. In this article the author inform us about point of studing Venus despite the danger; scientists find this planet challenging and important.
The author inform us how fascinate are scientifics about Venus, the planet has a really familiar suface and features. Nowadays they are working more on developing secure coditions to travel there. Scientifics are curious even more "Many researchers are working on innovatios that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus".(Paragraph 6).Venus is an important planet and is close to our solar system this makes scientifics more curious. If they develop more machines they will be able to search more information that can help them to be aware of the danger. The author explains the danger they can put themselves into but they want to examine all closely. Venus has palces where people can live too and the Sun is close to them, this is what makes it more important.
The author also talks about the risks but they want to visit and explore more about this "Evening Star". Venus will not limit their challenges even if Venus has the hottest surface of all and that is extreme to humans."Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has vale, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors"(Paragraph 8).Scientist know about all the danger they are putting themselves into but they want to know more. The quote demostrates that even if it is dangerous they want to satisfy their curiosity and maybe send people there. Because Venus is really close to us maybe they can form part of the Earth as other living planet.
In this article they talk about evry risk and how important it is form them to investigate more about Venus. They want a planet near to us and with good conditions for maybe people. Maybe in the future they will finally reach their goal and we will travel to other places out of the normal world we are use to. If they reach their goal that will be a important part of the NASA history it will be beyond expectations. | 3 |
32dc789 | Driverless cars, sounds like a figment of a childs imagination,but that figment may become an actuallity in the next decade.Google has proven since 2009 car have been able to operate autonomously under certain conditions and, many car dealerships have trying to make perfect autonmous or at least semi-autonomous car.The thought of driverless cars ferrying passengers to thier destinations is quite the thing to marvel at,Think of the time saved that could be used to for greater purposes, but several states have laws preventing computer driven car from even being tested which may be changed later on
The first benfit of these semi-autonomous vehicles would be that the driver would be free to preform other tasks for work, school, or simply catch up on rest.And should a situation that the car could not handle arise, the car will be alert the occupent of the driver seat so that they could take control.This idea is stated clearly in the passage,"the Google car simply announces when the driver should take over." thus preventing any mistakes or accidents caused by the on board computer.
Secondly,another benefit of the vehicles would be a decrease of accidents and accidents related deaths.While human drivers have a high degree of control over thier car, an on board computer would be able to control all the functions of the car with the utmost precision thus leading to less mistakes, along side the fact that the cars will have sensors of all varity to insure a constant awareness of of it's surrondings.
Finally, some people argue that due to current driving and trafic laws testing, let alone driving, an autonomous vehicle is illegal.And they would be correct that current traffic laws prevent this, who is to say these laws won't be changed and that there won't be new laws made to specificlly govern these vehicle.
So in conclusion, while we may be a distance away from hitting the road it's still going to come ,and it will come new laws, new technology, and new ideas.so the last question is will you join in this innovation or will you be left in the dust. | 4 |
32ddb3a | The Face on Mars is a natural landform.
It is only a coincidence that it looks like a face.
People want to believe that there is life on Mars, but they do not have the scientific evidence that they would need to prove this.
First of all, the cameras that are used are the best they can possibly make.
They even used the maximum resolution the camera can poduce.
It can even see if there were to be small objects near the Face.
They've used those cameras and they didn't see anything that proved to be life-like.
People are indenial.
They want to believe that there is life on another planet.
The media doesn't help with this issue either.
This idea of an alien monument is everywhere in the media and some actually believe it is real.
This Face is just being used as an entertainment value and a huge money maker for movie producers in Hollywood.
There are no facts that prove there are aliens on Mars, but some people are too stubborn to listen to what NASA has to say.
They would rather believe Hollywood or other unreliable sources with no facts.
The United States of America is proof enough that this Face is in fact a landform.
Natural things like this occur all the time in the American West.
We have all kinds of oddly shaped landforms that we know came naturally.
This case with Mars seems no different than what happens on Earth.
Conspiracy theorists believe that NASA is hiding alien evidence from the public, but the photos were released and it is plain to see that there is no alien activity happening.
The Face of Mars is just a regular mesa that is normal to people on Earth.
It only looks like a face because there are certain shadows that can trick us into thinking that facial features were intentionally added.
Although it is pretty incredible, it is nothing more than just a natural landform.
It's unfortunate that it was just a false alarm, according to scientists, but it's time to face the facts. | 3 |
32de0f4 | As a student, has your learning process ever been impeded by your emotional state? Have you ever wished a teacher could read your mind? The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" is about a new software system called the Facial Action Coding System which can detect emotions based on facial movements. Technology such as the Facial Action Coding Systems can be valuable in reading the emotional expressions of students in a classroom and sensing varying degrees of boredom, confusion, or sadness; this data can then be used to create better fit lessons for the students.
To begin, Prof. Thomas Huang and his team have been working to develop ways for robots to better communicate with people. The Facial Action Coding System, which calculates movement of all 44 major muscles on your face, was created. These movements can be used to classify happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness.
First, in a classtoom setting, this system could be used to detect whether a student is bored with a lesson plan. The lesson plan could then be changed. Next, the Facial Action Coding System could also be used to detect if a student is confused. This data could indicate that a student may need additional help with a lesson or an alternate lesson plan. Lastly, another emotion the Facial ACtion Coding System could help with is sadness. If the system dectects that a student is constantly sad, the school administration can look into this and verify that the student is emotionally stable.
For many students, a poor emotional state as well as confusion and boredom, impede their ability to learn in school. In a classroom setting, a Facial Action Coding System would be beneficial to detect a student's current emotion and adjust the lesson plan accordingly. | 3 |
32e5340 | Usuage of cars should be limited for many reasons. Many people in different countries agree that cars should be either baned or not used as constantly. Pollution, Economy, and people's health are all a factor to limiting car usuage.
In Vauban, Germany, people have given up their cars. There is a fee to park in Vauban which is a coast of $40,000. No one is going to want to drive do to that outrageous price. 70 percent of the people living in Vauban doesnt own a car and, 57 percent sold their car once they moved there. "'When I had a car i was always tense. I'm much happier this way' said Heidrun Walter". This quote shows that cars just bring you done emotionly and you'll feel better with out one. In Vauban, cars are causing 12 percent of greenhouse gases. The percent of greenhouse gases are four times higher in the U.S do to car's gas emissions.
In Paris, there is a smog problem going on. There is so much pollution in the air that there was a forced ban on driving. If anyone was found driving they were fined $31. 4,000 people were fined and 27 had their cars taken do to not wanting to pay the fine or being difficult. Paris had the most smog out of the European country; in Paris there was 147 micrograms of particulate matter, Brussels had 114 and, London had 79.7.
Bogota, Colombia has an annual car-free day. A day full of hiking, biking, skating and bus riding. If found driving on the car-free day you are fined with $25. "'It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,' said businessman Carlos Plaza". President Obama is getting envolved with the limiting car usuage aslo. His goal is to curb the greenhouse gas emissions. There have been less cars bought and licenses given out as the years go by. Lastly, there has been a 23 percent decrease in young peolple driving from the years 2001 to 2009.
These are some reasons why car usuage should be limited; and as you can see many countries are starting to make a difference. | 3 |
32e5a0a | Should our way of voting in the United States be changed? The way we vote today is through the electoral college. Each president get a certain number of electoral votes and that is how we vote on specific leaders. The Electoral College process was established in our Constitution as a compromise. This way we could elect our president by a vote in Congress and election of our president by citizens who qualify. Is it not time for a change in the Electoral College?
First off, the Electoral College is a specified process. This process consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is manditory to elect the President. The way this works is every state has a certain number of electoral votes, mostly due to population. For example, a larger state with a large population will have more electoral votes than a smaller state. Also, each candidate running for president in your state has their own group of elector. These electors are chosen based opon the candidate's political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. There is a presidential electon held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday of the month of November. When you vote, you are helping choose your state's electors. When you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candiate's elecotrs. After your presidential election, your governor prepares a "Certificate of Ascertainment" showing all the candidates who ran for President in your state and with the names of their respective electors. This also shows which electors will be representing your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year.
In addition, the pocess of the Electoral College should be changed. The are even a number of Presidents that tried to abolish the Electoral College. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, adn the AFL-CIO all agreed on abolishing it. It is proven that 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind we have now. Most voters today are significantly uninformed. Some do not even know what or whom they are voting for. Some of these people are not even U.S. citizens. Yes, some states do require to so identification, although others do not. A direct election would be more specified and easier for people to choose and use. Some people overlook these detail while others enjoy the system because of the power it provides them. There are multiple errors in the voting process. There are certain people that do not even posess a high school degree, let alone a college degree, that vote just because they want to. The is a massive suply of ignorance and pride that fall into play with the Electoral College.
Under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president they choose, but for a slate of electors, who in turn, elect the president. For instance, if you wanted to vote for a specific person you would vote for a slate of electors pledged to that person. This method of voting is curupt and should be abolished. The people in American should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the largest election crisis in a century; the system could have lead to much worse than that. Consider that state legislatures are technically responsible for choosing electors, adn that those electors could alwyas defy the will of the people.
In conclusion, why is the Electoral college unhealthy? This system of voting is outdated and has many flaws throughout its system. Without this system being changed is could have a tremendous affect in the future of the United States. This irrational system lacks a basis in reality. The arguments against direct elections are spurious at best. It is difficult to say but the Electoral College in general was a mistake. | 3 |
32e72b8 | The advantage of limiting your car use are extremly helpful mainly to are envoriment. Some countries are now banging people from using there vehicals to get the smog levels down. There goal is to promote alternative transportation and ruduce smog.
"It's a good oppotunity to take away stress and lower air pollution" said businessman Carlos Arturo as he road a two-seat bicycle with his wife. In Bogota, Colombia there is a day where everyone has a car-free day. It also releaves on the traffic jams and also reduces the amount of accidents. On that day vioators faced $25 fines, might be a little extreme but its a good way to get the people thinking of new and smarter ways to travel. If in a city of 7 million everyone can join in, why cant states and countries try this?
If we had car-free days maybe once every month or twice a month that would help keep are envirorment heathy and clean. Parks and sports centers would also greatly bloom, more people would want to get out and enjoy life more. Less harm to are earth will make sure it last longer and they way are kids kids can be able to see what a wonderful planet we have.
I feel that less cars should be used, more walking and bike riding less gas more money in are pockets.
The less we stress areself by having to worry about global warming and the more we can worry about injoying life will be better. When we use less and save less that helps the goverment the people the envorment. EVERYONE! Just one time a day we used a bike instead of a car that cuts are pollution in half. | 3 |
32edbd4 | My opinion, driverless cars are a good idea. There are less accidents using the driverless cars. The car will alert you reguardless if you're paying attention or not. It will vibrate your seat. Drivers are either on their phones, messing with the radio, or talking to the passengers. That's not a good thing. It will be if you have a driverless car, because like I said, you will be alerted. You won't be able to speed or get mad and frusterated because the other drivers or not going the speed limit. I know a lot of people that like to drive being on their phone or something. When they do that, they start to run off the street or onto the other lane. You don't want to panic when that happens. When you panic, you wreck. So, it will be a great idea to have a driverless car. It keeps everyone happy and safe. | 2 |
32eede7 | All around the world air pollution is a major problem, most everyone knows that. However, there is one thing that a lot of people do not know. They do not know that they themselves are contributing to polluting the very air that they breathe. Car usage is an enormous contribution to the pollution going into the air and is a problem all around the globe that needs to be drawn attention to. This essay will help to prove to my fellow citizens that limiting car usage has huge advantages and should be carefully considered for our community.
In the first article, In German Suburb Life Goes On Without Cars, it informs you about a town called Vauban located in Germany. This town is involved in a movement under the name of "smart planning." This the attempt to "seperate suburban life from auto use." Since street parking, driveways, and home garages have generally been banned, "70 percent of the towns families do not own cars." It goes on to tell you that "passenger cars are respinsible for 12 percent greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some areas of the United States." By cutting down the usage of their vehicles, the are making a difference. People are and have been taking notice and began to join this movement. It has had a ripple effect and could really make a difference in our air pollution content if it keeps its momentum.
The second article, Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog, takes on a different setting. It takes place in Paris, France and whereas Vauban's ban was voluntary, Paris's not so much. The city had to take a drastic approach after they reached "near-record pollution" with smog so bad that is "rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one the most polluted cities in the world." As you can imagine, precautions had to be taken. Those pracautions resulted in a "partial driving ban". Those who did not listen to the band would be fined 22 euros. As a result, car traffic in the busy city of Paris was down a whole 60 percent. The ban was so effective that the smog cleared enough after a few days that the ban was retrackted, showing proof that limiting car usage really does make a difference in our environment and should not be overlooked.
I know that it is hard to imagine your world without having you vehicle to use at all times, but it is a change that needs to be made. Our air is suffering and getting worse and worse due to our increasing car usage. Citites are being made denser for two decades to make for better accessability. It has been proven that it works so why should we not give it a try? The citizens in our community should seriously consider this option of limiting our car usage. If they do, they will quickly be amazed with positive outcome that follows. | 4 |
32ef59e | Does the Electoral College work? Are you happy with a group of electors choosing your president? I write this letter to you, our state senator, because, like many other U.S citizens or residents, I have my own opinion. I am in favor of the idea of changing to popular vote. Electoral College does not work, it is unfair to voters because a president with the highest popular vote could not win,and it could be "disaster factor". Many are familiar with this term: "compromise between election of the president by a vote in Congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens"(What Is the Electoral College?,1), but how does it benefit us? Does it express our opinions and preferences?
Lets go back in time to the election of 2000, The candidate with the most popular votes was Gore, therefore, everyone was expecting him to win. The mayority was happy with the outcome until they counted the electoral votes, Bush had more electors on his side than Gore. Nobody understood why, they gave the country the president less wanted. Dispite the fact that it was the first time since 1888, (because it happened once and for sure it could happen again), Why did all those people voted if they got the president they didn't trust to rule their country? In History class, my teacher told us: "This country's foundation is for the people to rule the government, in other places (like Italia, Argentina, Spain, etc.) the government takes care of the people, like it they were our parents." I believe we stay true to the foundations and let the people choose the president they want.
"The American people should consider themselves lucky that the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century; the system alloys for much worse"(Plumer,1). This quote is based on 1960,when people who favored separation based on race nearly Democratic electors were replaced with the ones who would oppose Kennedy. Many electors make a last minute change in their decision and they decide to go over to the other side and vote against theit original choice, the party's candidate. "When you vote for a presidential candidate you're actually voting for a slate of electors"(Posner,1).
Another reason why this system should be abolished is the winner-take-all system. The candidates do not spend time in the states in which they believe they have no chance of winning. States had not even seen the candidate and in some cases, they even haven't seen a poster. For example, Plumer says in a expert from "Mother Jones" that "During the 2000 campaing , seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all, including Rhode Island and Soth California, and voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a dingle campaign add." The Electoral College system is unfair to the voters.
Overall, My beliefs (and the beliefs of hundreds) is that the electoral college is unfair for the voters because it can be the cause of some major disaster and it can choose the candidate the public is not haoory with. The votes are people who want to express, or show, political preferences, people who are determines to change their country for good, so give them the right to do it. "It's hard to say this, but Bob Dole was right: Abolish the electoral college!" (Plumer,1). | 4 |
32f232d | The new technology called Facial Action Coding System identify humans emtions yes i do believe this use of technology to read classrom students emotions is valuable.
I think it is valuale because i am a classroom student and the teachers dont seem to notice when the students are getting bored or arent paying attention to be able to learn and with this technology it well notice and it will change alot because the teacher can change how they teach maybe do other things get us moving get us wanting to learn. Many kids cant sit down for long they lose focuse. In the reading it said the technogology can read when the student is "confused or bored" with that the teacher can ask the student are you bored or confused based on what they say the teacher can ask if he/she is bored the teacher can do moving around assienment to learn that little thing will help the students. If he/she is confused the teacher can ask what they are confused about most students never want to tell the teacher if he/she is confused or dont understand something with this technology it will help the teacher help that student because students tend not to want to raise their hand and ask for help.Or with the technology its self in the reading it says "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor".
I think they should give this technolgy to all schools it will help out the teachers alot, the students will aslo find it cool seeing if it really does tell their emotion. If they want this technology to be the new teachers they should start off small try it out with one class for awhile but i really think this technology will be really cool. | 3 |
32f2382 | I am against it. The people that show no emotion do it for a reason.
Most likely people show no emotion on their face becasue they don't want people to know how they feel. It gives people the hint saying i don't want to talk to you or just leave me alone.
Some students tend to be closed off from people and that's how they like it and want to be left alone. It's most likely the ones that don't show emotion had a bad past, something horrible happened recently and don't want people to find out, Etc. For example, a girl recently moved in with her father after 16 years living with her mother. She wanted a new change so she left but what people don't know is that she cries at night for leaving her other siblings and mother etc. She wouldn't want people to know how she really feels, so she hides it away showing no emotion or having a fake emotion on her face. She doesn't want anyone to know what's going on in her life or just doesn't want people in her buisness.
That is why we shouldn't use the new technology of indentifying emotions on people that obviously dont't want to. Not everybody is the same , has a good life like others or a bad one. Also, just because someone is bored the computer that can identify emotions shouldn't try to make the next thing they watch or do more fun for them. In the real world you go through things that is as boring as looking at a wall all day. So, they shouldn't get used to everything being fun because it's not. | 4 |
32f4638 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this idea pretty well.
"The Challenges of Explooring Venus" says "Venus, something called the Evening Star, is one of the brightest points of lights in the night
sky. making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot". The authoor explain it very carefully and in intersting way. The other thing that author did is he give us an evidens of what he is talking about and he explain it. Like"On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrebheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". This part was so important because it is telling about what is the degrees and the time.
So it's mean the author supports this ideas pretty good. He tell us about everything that we can think off. He explains everything that he says in the aritcle. | 2 |
32f477a | Dear senator,
I belive that we should change the election to a popular vote for the president of the united states. We should have this for two reasons, one we should make the choice ourselfs so it matters more in the long run and two it will make more potental voters. We as americans should have more power when it comes to chooseing our president.
Some people may argue that the electorial college avoids the problem of run-off elections as stated in source two. I think if there is a tie then there should have the previouse presedent of the united states vote to brek the tie. I dont believe any vote should count more than a citizens vote. If we are suppose to have a goverment run by the people why cant the peoples vote matter.
I feel that people would vote more if their vote could be that single vote that decides who`s president. In the electorial college only their vote matters the popular vote doesn`t make a difference in the long run. The reason people vote is so that the person they want as president will win the race not so the person the electorial college wants to will win. The popular vote is simply deciding electors who can vote however they please which means the citizens vote doesnt make a difference wich unfair.
In conclusion america should have a popular vote not an electorial college because the peoples vote should matter. If you want a fair and honest goverment everyones vote should matter equaly and there should be no electorial college. If you care about what the american citizens opinions and what they have to say get rid of the electorial college. | 3 |
32f4d4e | The study of Venus
The author talks about how the value of retuning to vanes is important and worth it. The author say's vanes is the twin of of our solar systame. Venus is the closeist to see from the earth scood planet from the point in life earth . The author talks about that venus is the clostes to the plant to earth in the terms of density and size and occasionaly the clostest distance too. In the texts the author talks about approaches to studinng venuse examples, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaso of venuse surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. In the text it say's however peering at venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safety far above of the planet can provide only limited insights on the ground conditions becuase most forms of light can not penetrate the dese atmospher. Its's worth it to study and learen about venus beacuse you can see up close and learen about the forms of lights and the desenics atmosphere and standerd forms of photography and videography ineffective but there are risks like in anything you study or do in life there are risk's. In the texts it also says striving to meet the challege present by venuse has values, not only beacuse of of the insights to be gained on the planet, or on it' self, but also beacuse humans curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors . One thing shows you that studing venus is worth it is that you travel and you will meet the vary edges of imagination and innovation, travels on earth and beyone should not be limited by danger and doubts . | 2 |
32f6344 | I am for the value of using this technology to read students emotional expressions. I feel like its a good way because it uses a 3-D comuter model. It will show you the different ads depending on your muscles in your face.
The reason why I am for it is because" the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face;all 44 major muscles in the model must move like a human muscles." The second reason is because "...if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen,a similar ad might follow. But if you frown,the next ad will be different." This proves that the ads will change because of your face expresstion.
I feel like this is a good way to know other peoples face expresstion so that way if you don't know if your friend or family member is mad,sad,happy,surprise,etc. Then they can use the Facial Action Coding Stystem so it will tell you if they are okay or not and if they need to talk to you than they can. Its also a great way for them to tell the difference between different expresstion. So when they get older they can know exactly what face expresstion they are using. | 2 |
32f658f | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus is considered Earths sister planet but has many more dangers such as highly elavated temperataure's, corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, and greatly elavated
atmospheric pressure. We have sent unmanned spacecrafts for previous missions but failed in a few hours due to Venus's rough surface conditons. NASA is working on new technology to hopefully give us the ability to study Venus further.
Venus is the only planet (that we know of) that has the same density and size as earth. It is aslo the closest planet to earth depening on the orbit. Venus's atmosphere is made up of 97% carbon dioxide blankets but also obtains highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The average temperature can reach 800
degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on earth. These enviroments conditions would crush a submarine and liquefy most metals. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet. The planet also has erupting volcanoes,earthquakes, and lighting strikes which we all experience on earth. Such conditions are why we know so little about venus due to all the failed attempts.
NASA is currently working on a plan to send humans to venus. Their idea is to float above Venus and observe from there. You would still feel the hot temps of 170 degrees but the air pressure would be what we feel on Earth at sea level. NASA is also working on another route to exsploring Venus. They are using simplified electronics made of siliocon carbide which have been tested in a chamber that simulates Venus's conditions. They will use mechanical computers that use gears and levers. Electronic computers work good but are way too delicate for Venus.
Even though we have failed most attempts to reach Venus we are still working to reach it. We are fuled by curiosty and inovatiion. As the author said in the 8th paragraph, "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation". That's basically telling us to find a way dont let the cons and risk stand in the way. I feel that the author didn't really support his claim that good. He stated evidence about Venus listed in paragraph 3 and 4. I feel as if he dont support his claim as good as he should have. He's basiclly telling us how it is on Venus but does'nt tell us why it's worthy enough to continue research and development. I restated his evidence of Venus's conditions and NASA's research and development in paragraphs 2 and 3 but i feel as if the author isn't supporting his claim at all. The author mentioned in paragraph 8 that "Venus has Value" but does'nt tell us why it has value and where the value in Venus is.
The author says Venus has value but he didn't support his claim that good. He was off topic in pargraphs 2,3,and 4 in my oppinion. But considering his oppinion i do believe Venus has value because of the possibility of it being able to hold life and how it compares to Earth. | 4 |
32f724d | Driverless cars are in our near futrue. Cars like these need to have protection for everybody. I like the idea of that they are trying to make them, trying to make them smater, and trying to make smater roads for us to drive them on too. Just my opion on them is that its a good idea and I would love to experince riding one.
My thoughts on having driverless cars is that I would be a smart idea, but there is a few things like the whole smater roads thing how would we have smater roads is my question? I think that it would be expensive. Would there be only certin road we could us these types of cars on? The whole idea on have these types of cars amazes me but it would be kinda scary to try something like this out. Also I like the whole idea on that the car would have to have someone that is checking out for the car but it would be hard for the person to keep the concentration on the road.
Another thing is that the law doesnt allow us to try things out with these cars. I mean that would be a major issue for the people testing them. I also was thinking how hard would these cars be to drive? Would we have to have some special training to drive one? I read in the passage that the car would automactily tell you when it would be time for you to start driving but what if the driver is hispanic or any other race and the car tell them its there turn to drive in english. Would there be settings for that or no?
Also what is the whole point on driverless cars I think they would be able to get around in traffic, accidents , and construction sites? I think it would also be alot nicer if they could get around that stuff on there own too.
Anyway these cars would be nice to have around and all. I would also love to ride in one just to experiece the feeling and listen to the way that they would transfer to the person who is siting in the drivers seat. these cars would be the bomb if they really were driverless and are easy to control. I would love to see what it all comes down to, I really do look forward to it. | 3 |
32f9b1d | If we never do anything about the air pollution coming from cars will the human race last a long time? If you had to choose from killing yourself slowly or making the world healthier by walking instead of taking a car what would you choose? Many people don't understand the damage that driving all of the time is doing to our world. But, limiting car usage has many advantages that come along with it.
Limiting car usuage come along with many advatages. One advatage of limiting car usage is that you can limit the amount of smog that goes into the air and also into your lungs. In source 2 it says, "After days of near-record pollution, Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. On Monday motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine($31)." That is a very good choice of action because without hearing that they would have any concequences people still would have drove their cars. In source 2 it also says, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog..." So, by limiting car usage just by the even numbered license plates there was less smog in just one day. In source 2 it says, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." So, the success of just one day made people want to do it a second day with just the odd-numbered license plates. If they keep this up and eventually have a day where neither odd nor even numbered license plates can drive the smog will eventually clear all the way up.
Also, another advantage to limiting car usage is there won't be many traffic jams. In source 3 it says, "In a program that's set to spread to other countries, millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets of this captial city eerily devoid of ttraffic jams," meaning that everyone got around easily without all of the congestion in the roads. In source 3 it also says, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said the businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife." Traffic jams tend to cause alot of people stress. People stress because they can't get to important places on time, they spend hours on the same highway, etc. By limiting car usage, they limit their stress and have a good day instead of being so angry just because of traffic which will help them out in the long run because alot of stress isn't good for the body.
There are many more advantages to limiting car usage. In source 4 it says, "pedestrian, bicycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time, conserve resources, lower emissions and improve safety." By just taking the little time to figure out a different, less polluting way of transportation all of these advantages come out of it.
Many people don't understand the damage that driving all of the time is doing to our world. But, limiting car usage has many advantages that come along with it. A way that I could pitch in would be to ride the school bus with everybody else instead of driving myself to school. Some advantages to that would be using less gas, saving money and carpooling so that there are less cars on the road and less air pollution, because we need the air to stay clean so we can breathe and stay alive. So by limiting car usage we can have many good things happen to our lives and to our world . | 4 |
3302250 | We have lots of nieghbors close to us from space by that I mean planets. Earth, Venus, and Mars orbit the sun at different speeds. Scientist would mostly consider Venus because they feel like it is more controlable than Mars. On the planet's surface on Venus is that they have an average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and pressure 90 times grater than what we experience(paragraph 3). These are verry high temperature and pressure for humans to encounter on earth, even if humans ever went to live on Venus, such an environment would crush our society in the deepest parts of the ocean and would liquefy many metals(paragraph 3). Beyond that high pressures of heat impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface, such weather like that can kill more than one hundred humans a day. Scientist and astronomers said that, " long ago Venus was probably covered largely with oceans, mountains, craters, an valleys just like earth"(paragraph 4). NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray, just imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 0r so miles above the landscape on Venus(paragraph 5). They also said that the temperatures would be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrengeit and the temperaute would still be at close to that sea level on earth. Our travels are beyond but should not belimited by dangerous and doubts but should be expanded to meet edges of imagination aninnovation(paragraph 8). | 1 |
3306441 | Have you ever looked up into the sky and seen that one star shining so bright it sticks out the most? If yes then you're not looking at a star youre looking at Venus. Venus shines so bright you can sse it with the naked eye. But why just look at it from earth? Why don't we go explore it. In the article called "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about exploring Venus despite all the dangers that go along with it.
Even though its dangerous on Venus the author still has good evidence on why we should still explore there. One example is when the author states " Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." That evidence shows that if we explore Venus we might find out if Venus is liveable on with the right gear or not.
Altogh venus is very dangerous maybe one day NASA can come up with some type of device that can help explore Venus safely. Until then we'll have to sit and ponder on what it would be like to explore Venus. | 2 |
330675b | When the US Constitution was first made, the idea of equality between the states was made. This meant that the size or population of a state gave it no disinct advantage over another. They did this through the creation of the House of Representatives and the Senate, yet there was one more issue they had to solve. This issue was how they could count the votes of citizens all aroun the US fairly. They solved it with electoral college, a system in which the voters don't directly vote for the president, but vote for a group, or slate, of people who have sworn to a canidate who vote for you. This system as Source 2 states can easily be broken with a group of swing votes in some states, but because it keeps thing equal, we must see that making popular vote the process isn't a good idea, because larger states will have more power. The US should just remove the winner take all system and replace it with 'proportional representation" to preserve equality and functionality.
The first reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves equality. As Source 1 states, this proportional representation is only done by Maine and Nebraska, but it makes it so that one party wont win the state, it is reigional in the state meaning that more people are represented through this. The winner take all system is too harsh, and can discount many people in swing and regular states. As Source 3 stated, the larger states need to be left alone to represent the US population. Proportional representation allows this with the ability to include even more opinions. With this informatin, it is easy to see how proportional representation will preserve the equality that popular vote represents.
The second reason why we must change to proportional representation is because it preserves functionality. One of the main arguments for electoral college, is that it is more functional as compared to popular vote. This can be maintained through proportional representation. Source 3 stated that while the reguar electoral college has a chance of failing, it is not as high of a chance as popular vote is. Proportional representation keeps this functionality that those who support normal electoral college hide behind. This is also been proven to work without a hitch. As previously mentioned, Source 1 stated that this for of electoral college is already in Maine and Nebraska. These states have proven that this form of electoral college works, thus proving that we should change to proportional representation in order to maintain the functionality of regular electoral college.
In conclusion, we should switch the rules of electoral college from "winner takes all" to "proportional representation" in order to maintain equality and functionality. showing that while the founding fathers did have the best on their minds when electoral college was made, a change in it can benifit America for years to come. | 4 |
33071db | Dear senator
I would like to ask you to please change voting regulations from the Electoral College to popular vote. The Popular vote would work much better because voters are not really voting for a presedent we are voing for a slate of electors.
The electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational. An example of this is in 2000, Gore and Bush were canidates, and when the votes were counted Gore have more popular votes but less electoral votes then Bush, this was the forst time that happend sence the election of 1888. Another example of the electoral college regulations being unfair is in 2012 when Obama recived 61.7 percent of the electoral vote as opose to only 51.3 percent cast for him and Romney. And a nationwide tie with electoral votes is possable because of the number of votes is 538, its an even number although it is highly unlikely.
The winner-take-all method of awarding all electoral votes to 1 specific canadate is unfair aswell because as we have seen in 2012 the canadates focus mainly on serton states because all states are worth a diffrent amount of electoral votes. Such as California being worth 55 votes and Washinton state being priced at 12 votes or New Mexico being at a total cost of 5 votes.
In the end the electoral vote is unfair. I just wish that you would change the voiting regulations from bring and electoral vote to being a popular vote. | 3 |
330d7fe | In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. Now, is this technology needed in a classroom? It really does not need to be in a classroom, but it can be used for more important task like using it to see other old painting expressions.
For most children in school they all have mixed emotions, and what does seeing how happy they are change anything. Children go to school to learn and get education. Some children are happy to be at school, while some are not happy to be at school. And thoes children already show their expressions. When a child is happy and wants to do work at school, they are the ones to always raise their hands and are bubbley. While the children that are not happy to be at school are usually the ones to not sit right, slouch, and do not raise their hands. Most schools say that they want their students to be happy at school, but with all the work that all children have to do and how they are taught to learn, they do not show the same effect on all children. Some children like things to go one way, while the other children like it the other way, so in that case not all children could be happy at school, unless they were to slit things up to make evey child happy and they still learn the things that they need to learn. In the article, it states," Your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's slime. But we can write down some simple instructions that "encode" different emotions,"(paragraph 7). If our computers at home can not handle the power that is used to detect one of our emotions, how can so many more computers on one software be able to do that. Schools need to spend money on other things like maybe new floors for the gym, or new lockers, what ever it is there are more important things that need to be done before spending money on a computer that can detect wheather we are happy or not.
A way that the Facial Action Coding System can be used in our schools is to see how every child likes the way they learn. Some children can be so comfused in a clas but they never ask for help because they are too embarresed to raise their hand so they hide behind a computer screen and never get the help they need. And if others can see his expressions and notice he needs help they could help out. There are children who need help but are too scared to raise their hands because then they will stand out, and maybe even made fun of. They hide behide a computer screen so people will not know who is confused or needs help. In the article, it states," By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's masterpiece),"(paragraph 8). This states that it can identify if a child is confused, mad and/or sad about their issuse and their communitcation skills. It can help out the adules on the school help out the children of the school. If they had the Facial Action Coding System in classrooms, it could help a lot of children come out of their shells and maybe even change in a fantastic way.
Overall, the Facial Action Coding System is an amazing thing that can identify people's expressions, it does not really need to be in a classroom, but it can definetly come in handy. Maybe just in the libraray but not in every classroom. They can be very helpful for old paints and seeing those expressions. But there are people out there that put on a fake smile everyday to show others that they are not in pain when they actually are. A lot of people put on an "act" for others, meaning that they smile and looks so happy to others, while actually they are hurting and are in pain on the inside. Most people would not notice because they only see what other only show. | 4 |
3310eaf | studying venus is something that you would have to do because you would take a sample of the planet and test it and you would have to see if theres oxygen on the planet and how many years the planet has lived and the arthor has made a story on how they would examine the planet like the NASA would have a little space craft thing that would hover over the planet so they could inspect the ground of venus and the planet could have temperatures around 170 degrees and the air pressure will be like sea level on earth but it could be survivable for humans. venus is a planet that has been around for hundreds of years and its known for the rings around the planet and it excees over 800 fehernhite and the air pressure would be 90 times greater then earth and it would be extreame than anyone has ever encountered on planet earth. the author wrote this is so readers would understand on how venus is and how people are studying it how many cool things are on the planet and other things like venus is called the ''evening star'' is because its the birghtest star even amature stargazer would see it. venus is the second planet from the star and its also named as earths ''twin'' because its second from earth and its earth terms of density and size its dangerous because no aircraft or spaceship has ever survived more than two hours on it. | 1 |
3312b86 | Dear Senator of Florida:
The Electoral College should be abolish, because one time the winner of the popular vote lose, and that represent problems to society. As we know the Electoral College process consist of the selection of the electors. They consist of 538 electors. More than 270 electoral votes is requiered to establish a president. The presidental election is held every four years on the Tuesday, after ther first Monday in November. If you fote for your favorite candiudate for the presidential election, you also help to select the candidates electors. Almost all states have a ''winner-takes-all'' system that gives the electors the winning for the presidential candidate. however Maine and Nebraska have a ''proportional representatation.''
After the winnig the governor preparews a certificate listing all the names of the candidates, and the candidates electors. To this list declares the winning presidential candidate and the electors who will represent him in December of the election year. After that all the information of the list will be send to the Ntional Archives as part of an official records of the presidential election of that year. So in conclusion I belive that the Electoral College should be abolish for an option, because it causes many problems and those problems lead to confusion and arguments that will make look bad the US goverment.
The Electorla College system give no the votes for the candidate of the election, but to the electors that they will choose who the new president would be. The electors could be anyone in sates convections, in states party's central committee, or sometimes the presidential candidate would choose their electors. So to give more infromatiohn to my concerning, the single best argument against the Electoral College is the disaster factor. in the 2000 fiascop was the biggest election ciris in the century. Consider that the state legislature are responsible for picking the electors, and those elector could decide what to choose. Electors sometimes have refuse to vote for their candidate or party's candidate, and choose whoever they like. It happen whe Vice President Richard Nixonvalidate only his oponet's electors. MOost of the time they fear of a presidential tie, so that it would be throw to the House of Represntatives ,each vote from there it represent 500,000 voters. So the election is only away from catastrophe and problmes to the candidates, the electors and the House of Representatives. So to many the Electoral College is unfair to the voters, because od the system ''winer-takes-all.''...
Many candidates know they are not going to wim, so ther prefer to not make their capaing in the media or around the city, many people even have never see them. So the information gives the conclusion that the Electoral College is unfair, out of date, and to irrational. The best conclusion to these current problem is to abolish the outdate Electoral College.
So if you tink not to abolish the current system, the Electoral College gives an anachosim, a non-democratic method of selecting a president. Each party selects a candidate that their trust and want no nominee. There are five reason for retaining the Electoral College, but also it lacks of democratic issues , and not liberal or conservatives reasons. Firts, a certany of outcome ,
a dispute over outcome over the Electoral College vote .
by giving the electoral vote ti gives more oportunities to a candidate to win in popular vote. The slight plurality crates and oportunitie to the candiate to have a abetter outcome.
Second , the Electoral College needs a presidential candidate. So a solid favorite candidate give oportunity to him. Third the winner-takes-all method give even more better oportunites to the candidates as they get all. Fourth the bigger the satte the better chances are to win the presidential election, a victory of a bigger produce chances to get more electoral votes that boost the numbers. So finally in fifht the Electoral College avoid problems of elections in which candidates received a majority of votes. So in the finally conclusion you can infer that the Electoral College have problems but also got good parts.
In the end people may think is good or bad,but if you see its ups and downs it have betters good tyhings but still it gives arandom outcome to one of the candidates it could be the favorite or the competition. So is better if the Electoral College is abolish for tis ramsom outcomes. | 3 |
331e7e8 | In Vauban, Germany, there are no cars. The only way to travel aside from walking or bicycling is the tram to downtown Freiburg. If someone has a car, they have to put it in their home or a large garage that costs $40,000 to keep. Vauban is starting the movement to limit car usage, allowing almost none at all, albeit the tram and a few streets on the edge of the community. Vauban is making their city safer because people are free to walk around without the worry that a car will drive by and hit them. The limit of car usage is a great idea because it provides more safety for people and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, which cars are responsible for 12 percent of in Europe, and 50 percent in parts of the United States.
To make this switch easier in suburbs, stores are put not on a highway, but on a main street that people can walk to. A community without cars provides its citizens with the ability to travel wherever they want on foot because things are much closer, and it also provides exercise. They would get more of a workout walking from place to place than driving around, letting loose greenhouse gases and putting others in danger with a two ton metal contraption. In Columbia, the residents of Bogota have been car free for three years, with the exception of buses and taxis. They are promoting alternative transportation and reducing smog, and also reducing the stress of some people. One man described riding a two-seat bicycle around with his wife. Many places are joining in on the action, including Cali and Valledupar in Columbia, and Paris, France.
Limited car usage reduces greenhouse gas emission, increases the safety of the people, relieves stress and promotes exercise. Select places have put the idea of a cleaner and more efficient planet in motion, in which the others should follow suit. | 3 |
331ec21 | In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author desribes how a new technology, named the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) , makes it possible for a computer to "calculate" our emotions. The first subject that this was tested on was Mona Lisa. You might be thinking, but that's a painting how could that be done. To that I say, that is how well it performs. It is so good it can tell in paintings. Think about it, facial reconization systems are already made. Now, we have an emotion reconization system. I'm all for it. Professer Thomas Huang should keep making these.
I'm all for it, for some reasons. For one; it's said that the demonstration is suposed to bring a smile to people's faces, just as Dr. Huang said.
For a second reason, it can help us in classrooms. Huang said that the FACS, in time. would be able to tell if the students are bored and or confused. Which then, would let the teacher know to switch things up or help the students understand the assignments better.
Finally, moving facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.
In conclusion I think that the FACS is a good thing to bring to the factories. | 2 |
3323064 | Dear Mr. senator
The Electoral college process consists of 538 electors. Each elector represents a state and they vote according to what the majority of the people favor. The Electoral college is a fair and honest way of electing the president because each individual has a voice in who is elected by voting for the state electors ."You help choose your state's electors when you vote for president because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors"(Does the Electoral College Work?). This shows how everyone plays a key role in the government and in electing the main person in charge.
Many people may argue that the Electoral college is corrupt because it is a "non-democratic" way of electing a president and that the electors may not vote in favor of the people's majority. This is true, however,"that trust is rarely betrayed"(Does the Electoral College Work?)." It is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national poular vote"(Does the Electoral College Work?), but this too has rarely happened. We need to continue with the Electoral college process despite a couple rarely occuring cons because all of the reasons to retain this fair system heavily outways the negative. There are five main arguements to continue the use of this justified system.
The first reason is "certainty of outcome." A conflict over the outcome of an Electoral College vote is rare and less likely to occur than a dispute over the popular vote. " The reason is that the winning candidate's share of the Electoral College invariably exceeds his share of the popular vote"(Does the Electoral College Work?). A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is also highly unlikely to occur.
This second argument is "Everyone's president." "The Electoral College requires a presidential candidate to have transregional appeal"(Does the Electoral College Work?). This is so the residents of other regions don't feel deserted and that their votes don't count. Every president should have this desirable result so that he/she can be a successful president.
The third main argument is "Swing States." "The winner-take-all mathod of awarding eletoral votes induces the canidates to focus their campaign efforts on the toss-up states....voters in toss-up states are more likely to pay close attention to the campaign"(Does the Electoral College Work?). These electoral voters are likely to be the most thoughtful voters and should be able to decide the election.
The fourth reason to retain the Electoral College system is that "The Electoral College restores some of the weight in the political balance that large states(by population) lose by virtue of the mal-apportionment of the Senate decreed in the Constitution"(Does the Electoral College Work?). A large state would get more attention than a small state and I think that this is fair because the larger states by population should get more votes because they contain more people.
The fifth and final reason that we as a nation should favor the Electoral College is because it "avoids run-off elections."The Electoral College avoids the problems of elections in which no candidate recieves a majority of the votes cast"(Does the Electoral College Work?). The Electoral College takes the huge pressure off of run-off elections and clearly produces a winner.
I hope that you take into consideration what I said and help the Electoral College continue to thrive over the years because without this system the nation will be in a big dispute. I know that this is the best system for our country and state and I strongly hope that you see that too.
Sincerly, PROPER_NAME | 5 |
3324df9 | The idea of these "Driveless Cars" does sound intersting and at the most fascinating. But however i'm going to say i'm all that for that particular idea for a few reasons. And to start off I don't see how it would be called "Driveless Cars" if there is still human assitance requried . To me this isn't all the way driveless driving its more like the car assistaing you most of the time. And this could also cause problems betweem the drivers and the companys responible for these cars .
The way I may see it is why spend thousands of dollars creating something the requries human skills you might as well not even make it . And with this creation is something not everyone can afford . If one driver has this creation but the may not this would most likely lead the driveless car driver to accidently hit the car or drive that has a driveless car there are also still chances of acidents. So if not everyone can afford a driveless car why even bring it out for people.
And the fact that manufactures want to use camera to watch the driver can be uncomfortable to the drivers. And by also having to change laws here and there if this vehical is realsed nto everyone may follow or agree with them .There's people now that can't even follow the simple rules of driving.
And this could also lack people's precaution or alterness in any type of car or anywhere else. And if its times for the driver to do his or hers part what if they are on there cellphone like most days now and when they are alterted they look up and its to late. Its relly important that a person is alert at all times and take their own responibility.
While the details and positive benefits these "Driveless Cars" may sound great but the neagatives can also affect people. And the negatives can also put someone in the chance of danger . | 2 |
3327a87 | Many citizens around the world could not imagine there like with out a car. But the more and more we use our car the more and more we are hurting our earth with the pollution our car gives off. The more we use it the more money we have to waste on gas. Maybe if we get rid of our cars it will save us money. There are better alternitives insead of using a car. There are many advantages of limiting car useage.
To begin with, have you ever heard of greenhouse effect? Greenhouse effect is where air gets traped and causes it to get warm. Well earth has a greenhouse effect, all the emissions for tailpipes gets traped. If you live in a high elevated area you most likey have a lot of polluted air. In the first passage
In German Suburb, life goes on without cars it states that "passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions", "in the Untied States up to 50 percent in some areas. All of these gases from our cars causes so much pollution. In the second artical it states that "paris had near-record pollution", this is not a good thing, our earth can only take so much. All this pollution is not good for our earth. If we limit car usage the better our earth will be and the better we will be able to breath.
Furthermore, the less we use our car the less gas we have to buy. Not using our car that much can actually save us money. Its better than getting fined in France. We waste so much money on cars, from the gas to the insurance bills to the hula dancing girl on the dashbored. Why not trade in our car in for a bike.
Last but not least, if we get a bike, we will be saving gas money, we will not be polluting the air with the emissions, and we will be getting exersize. exersizing is relaxing. It relases stress. Also you wont have to stress about waiting in traffic and the time. Riding a bike has way lass traffic than cars.
in conclusion, some people can not image their life without a car, but life without a car is honestly better. Less pollution for our earth. We will save money without cars. There are many ways to get to places with out a car. and you can get exersize with some of those other ways. Their is so many more options than cars, and there better. so limitaing the car have many advanteges and theses are just some. | 3 |
3328793 | The modern automobile has been the axle to the wheel of the smog ridden contemporary age. Within a century, a car could be found within virtually every home across every developed nation. Though in recent years, the societal infatuation with private automobiles has begun to diminish. Mulitple European and South American countries began instituting beneficial "car-free" municipal policies and statistics show a decline in licencse registration and car purchases across the U.S. The progression of the "car-free" policies and trend will have beneficial ecological, economical, and social implications on the modern world.
The concern of greenhouse gas emissions from cars has been of much concern within the scientific world. With cities such as densely populated Bejing often covered in sheets of poisonous smog, the high emissions has proven deadly to both human and enviromental life. According to source 2, Paris recently was plagued by statuated amounts of smog rivaling that of Bejing. The French solution to this problem was municipal action and a week long ban on certain vehicles. The smog contained nearly 147 micrograms of particulate matter and the country's high use of disel as a gasoline alternative was a contributing factor. The policy was immediately effective as the smog lifted after only one day of the ban. Though the smog that plagued Paris is not only a problem of the French. As stated by Source 1, passenger cars alone are responsible for up to 50 percent of greenhouse gas emissions within car-intensive areas of the U.S. such as Chicago and Detriot.
The focus on automobiles with the development of car-intensive cities, such as the aforementioned Chicago and Detriot, has carried an economical burden in tandem with it's ecological consequences. According to Source 1, 80 percent of monetary appropriations have gone to highways with 20 percent going to other forms of public transit. As exmplified within the same article, Vauban, Germany has pioneered the car-free suburban model. Maximizing ergonomics to improve public foot transit, it has financially benefited from the prohibition of cars and the nuturing of its enviorment. Within the South American capital of Bogota, Columbia, who have been promoting an improvement campaign designed to encorage pedestrain-centric municipal development. As an effect of in newly revitalized walkways and parks, an industry of shops and restaurants appeared.
Within the United States the "car-free" movement has been gaining support. As stated by Source 4, President Obama demonstrated his vision to curb greenhouse gas emissions in a speech in 2013. This statement was aided by polls showing a demopraghic shift in licensed citizens. | 4 |
33313a8 | If your tired of your job and looking for a adventure you can come join the
"seagoing cowboys" you can help us bath animals, send goods to people who need yor help the most.
We have so much fun on the ship we feed horses,we bath animals, and clean the stalls. But after that we have so much time to play you can play baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, whitting and the games help pass alot of time, since it takes along time to cross the ocean. The ship is just like a cruise but you have to help do some choirs. I had fun on the ship and I think you can to. Being a seagoing cowboy it opened the world to me. I was very grateful for this opportunity. It made aware of people of other countries and their needs.
Thats not you can do or see being a seagoing cowboy you can go to other places like greece. in greece which i thought was reallt speacial was seeing the Acropolis. I also went to venice Italy, a city with streets of water I hope you choose to become a seagoing cowboy and help out the people in need. | 2 |
3333188 | Dear Senator Im writing you this letter to let you know that I argue with you of keeping the Electoral College or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as acompromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by popular vote of quilified citizens. Your state's entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation, one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate's electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Your state's Certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. At the most basic level, the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states the know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on thje tight races in the "swing" sates. During the 2000 camaign, seventeen states din't see the candidates at all, inckuding Rhode Island and South Carolina, and voters inn 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign ad. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidency in the hands of a few swing voters in Ohio, they have yet to make it. The electoral College requires a presindential candidates to have trans-regional appeal. No region (South, Northeast, etc.) has enough electoral votes to elect a president. So a solid regional favorite, such as Rommey was in the South, has no incentive to campaing heavily in those states, for he gains no electoral votes by increasing his plurality in states that he knows he will win. This is a desirable result because a candidate with only regional appeal is unlikely to be a succesful president. The residents of the other regions are likely to feel disenfranchised, to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interests, that he really isn't their president. | 1 |
333d99e | I think that a computee can "read" our face. IF we can make rockets reusable, make fully eletric cars we can make a comuter programe that can say if you are happy in a picture or not.
I think that humans can really do anything if they have the right mindset. If they want do achive something bad enough the will try and fail and keep trying until they get it right. If Dr. Huang really wants tpo make a frograme that can measure happieness and saddness i think he can it might take a while but it will be done by him. If he does improve it we can tell how people are feeling by a picture and if they need help or to be cheered up in a bad time.
The ad thing can be used for a bunch of different ways such as studies we can see how a person reactes to a certain picture by their facial exprestions. If 49 out of 60 people react the same what you have youi smnall scale statistics. Class projects could go into the science about how to make some feel a certain way. Class projects won't have to be just stand in front of class and talk you can make them interactive and fun by getting others involved.
Since we as humans can do this everyday with other people knowing is they are sad or not what makes you think that we can't programne a comuter to do it for people that are far away. we as humans have automated so much of our daily lives such as little things like making coffee or bigger things like robots that make cars. I think if we can do all that we can make a face "reader"
Thats all I really got on this topic bye bye. | 2 |
333e2c7 | In the future they're going to present a driverless car, which in my opinion is unsafe because of computers have gone down before and can have problems. Having someone else drive the car in unsafe you have no control of it if you get in accident, it is very unsafe for teens and adults to drive a driverless car.
The good things about theie car is in the article that says, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." Also it says, that they still aler the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigating through roadwork or aciddents. So that is safe that they alarm before they shut down and you take over.Also it says in the text is that Google modified the toyota prius using sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotationg sensor on the roof, a video camera near the rearview mirror, four radar sensors, a GPS receiver, and intertial motion senser.
The negative effects is that the car can cost a lot because in the paragraph 6 it says, a Radar was a device on a hiltop that cost two hundred million dollars, nobody wouold be able to afford it and they wouldn't get a lot of business. this car is suppose to be driverless but it says in the text that, the drivers keeps his/her hands on the wheels at all time, also it says when navigating through work zones and around accidents the humans have to take over so the drivers must stay alert at all times. what happens if the driver can't hear the alert then the person would get in a crash.People are illegalizing because the don't want to test computer driven cars at all.
My sayin g on this driverless car is very dangerous and shouldn't be on the road because something could go wrong and the person will get injuried. Driverless cars should be banned from the U.S. and Canada. | 3 |
333e608 | There are many advantages of limiting car usage. Using cars less reduces pollution, stress, money spent on gas, and it also brings people together.
When people give up using cars they seem generally happier. Heidrun Walter states in
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way," The community of Vauban is a closer community because they don't use cars. They have to walk everywhere so they're talking more with their fellow neighbors. People are creating stronger relationships with the people in their community which creates trust. Strangers are now becoming friends. Businesses are popping up in every corner. The economy is probably up as well as their happiness. The suburb of Vauban may only have 5,500 residents but those 5,500 people surely are more excited to start and continue their life than cities where people are constantly using cars and not talking to each other.
Cars cause so much pollution that huge cities, like Paris, have to have a partial driving ban to clear the air. Paris ordered vehicle users to leave their car at home on a certain day if they had an even-numbered license plate. Car pollution are ruining beautiful cities like Paris and Beijing. The warm days of Paris caused the warmer layer of air to trap car emissions according to
Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer. By just not using cars for one day the smog cleared enough so the odd-numbered license plate users didn't have to leave their cars at home. Imagine if cars were banned once a week; Paris and other cities might actually be able to breathe fresh air.
Bogota, Colombia is having an annual Day Without Cars, the only exception being buses and taxis according to
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky. Columbians have stated that the day takes away stress as well as the obvious air pollution. Car traffic is decreased which would obviously decrease car accidents. Without using cars, people don't have the stress of having to pay for gas or if they're car breaks down. They can ride a bike and enjoy being outside instead of being in a mobile machine all day.
Research shows Americans are generally buying less cars each years. This is great news for America seeing as transportation is second largest source of America's emissions says
The End of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal. The telecommunications industry is higher now because people can communicate online rather than driving to see their friend. The younger generation is not using cars as much because cars aren't a priority anymore. They can use public transportation or walk to the places they need to go.
There are many reasons why cars shouldn't be used. This is a gradual revolution because people aren't going to stop using their cars out of the blue. People must see the many benefits of not using cars. | 4 |
3342947 | Boom! Crash! Did you hear that ? That is the sound of a driverless car crashing into a car with an driver.
I think driverless cars are not safe and they will never be safe. What if something goes wrong? what if something goes so wrong to where they crash into cars and crash into buildings running people over because they went out of control. Then the inventor would be fined with all the damages and homocides his cars have done because he decided to be driverlesss. I would never condone or accept driverless cars because I feel something will go wrong. For example like the movie I robot with will smith remeber those robots were helpful and helping do alot but then something went wrong. I have watched alot of tv shows and movies where inventions like that went really wrong. Unless that car can jump over 2 of the tallest building in the city or transform into an autobot . I dont think any of us are safe and never will be safe with an car without an driver.
Boom! Crash! Did you hear that? That was the sound of a driverless car crashing into a car with an driver. | 2 |
3348cd7 | Imagine a car driving it's self. Seems like a fatasy doesn't it. Well, it may not be that far from today of having cars that do drive themselves. A lot of car manufacturers have been experimenting with self-driving cars. Most cars today are close to self-driving but they still need a human present for simple tasks like going around a wreck or navigating through construction. There are good and bad sides to self-driving cars, but I think that they my one of the worst ideas that car manufacturers have today.
Self-driving cars may seem like an awesome future, but there is a lot that can go wrong with this idea. A lot of people would become reliant on the self-driving feature that the may even forget how to drive. Even if that person has been driving for 30 plus years. On the upside though, even if they forgot how to drive they don't even need the skill if the car is going to drive itself. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it says that even with the self-driving cars they still need some human assisstance like navigation around potholes or going around the wreck because the cars can't be programed to follow the human traffic signaler. This may be possible in the future because as time goes on, the worlds technology advances and these future advances may enable the driverless cars to do such things as interacting with human orders from outside the car. One last thing I feel how driverless cars can be a bad idea is that without a human reaction, if there is an accident, no one will know who to blame. Would it be the manufacturers fault for apparently making a faulty car or is it the drivers fault for not making sure the car is doing and working how it's supposed to. The only way this would most likely be settled is if it went to court with the driver of the car and the car manufacturer. Somthing that could prevent this though is if there is a signing for these kind of thing that says the buyer of the car won't sue the company of the car unless is for other reasons other than the selfdriving car. There are many bad things with these self-driving cars, but there is almost always a solution or a way around these types of situations.
With them being unpredictable, dangerous, and hard to figure out, I still think that self-driving cars are still a bad idea. They could possibly screw up internally and might injury someone or even kill them. I think that car companies should stick how there cars are now. They help you instead of doing all the work. Most cars have parking assist or braking assist and I feel that's better than the car doing all the work. In conclution, do you still think self-driving cars are a good idea? | 4 |
334d4b0 | Technology is a big part of today's society. I feel that technology is over used. People today are finding ways to have technology do simple tasks for us. For example, instead of using a book, a student looks at a screen all day. Now the idea of autnomous cars has been around for a few years. I am not for autonmous cars because texting while driving will increase, jobs at gas stations will decrease, and it will cause people of the future to become less active than they already are.
In today's society, texting and driving is another issue we have. If a person is in an autonomous car and are only needed when the car cannot navigate through certain driving conditions, the driver could text much more leading to wrecks caused by drivers texting. Therefore, the autonomous care being unsafe for the roads.
If autonomous cars begin to get popular, jobs at gas stations will begin to decrease. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", it states "The cars he, Sergey Brin, foresees would use half the fuel of today's taxis..." This statement indicates that there will be less gas needed to put into this autonomous car which will lead to gas stations around cities will lessen. Some may say that is a plus because they don't have do pay twenty dollars to put in gas every week; however, I believe that if these autonomous cars come about, the need for gas will be less and jobs will be lost. Without people needing a whole lot of gas, what's the point in multiple gas stations around town?
People in today's society are already inactive as it is with all the technology that is available. For example, there is shopping online so they don't have to leave home and cellular phones and computers to connect with people without leaving home. The companies trying to manufature the autonomous car will be another advanced technology that will make today's people even more inactive. It seems today with all of these technology, the world will soon be over ran by all of these techonologies. Therefore, the manufacturers should not continue making devices such as the autonomous car.
In conclusion, I am not for autonomous cars because texting while driving will increase, jobs at gas stations will decrease, and people in the future will become less active than they already are. | 4 |
334eb50 | This author has included a lot of information on why we should visit Venus. Yes I think we could visit Venus as the author said. He put in a lot of detail and a lot of thinking into this article. The author had a solution on how we could get there and how we would survive some of the conditions that are on Venus. He/she has an idea on how the mission would go.
The author stated that we could go to the top of Venus because we are less likley to die due to the fact that the heat is very intense on this planet. It also says that we don't really have to land, but just to hover about 30 miles or so above the ground so we don't get burnt up. Another solution the author put out is, that the people that are visiting could use some equipment similar to the stuff they had back in the 1940s during WWII. The author said the equipment would not be destroyed like the modern things that we have like computers, radars, and other things that are in a spacecraft.
Venus can sometimes be the planet that is the nearest towards us, so it could probably be a short trip to be going there rather than going to Mars. Also the author states that Venus could have been once a habital planet a long time ago. More details are that the fact Venus is Earths twin. He/she stated that it is the closet planet to our planets size with the same density and size. That is a good statement by the author.
Apparently NASA is working on how to get to Venus via spacecraft. The author also states that NASA is making their electronics out of this "silicon carbide" material. Apparently they put it in a chamber with conditions similar to Venus and it lasted for about 3 weeks. We can conclude that this is a good material, but in my opinion I don't know if that's a lot of time because, they might need to study a lot of things that are on this devil planet.
I think that we could make it to Venus and survive a potential death. We could some day walk on Venus if we had the right materials for a spacesuit and a helmet. The author once again stated that there is a spot for us go on so we don't get completely burnt up in the process. We just need to find or create something that could be resistant to the heat that is on Venus. I like the idea of going to Venus because it seems impossible, but really anything could happen if we had the right people and protection for this mission. | 3 |
33504eb | In the article "Driverless Care Are Coming" the author presents to the reader a set of positive and negatibe aspects of driveless cars. The driveless cars are cars that do not need a huamn to drive/control the wheel while on the road. These cars are able to drive for you, and give you a better way of getting places safer and more effective. There are problems as well with the cars; shown in the paragrapghs below, you will see why driverless cars are not the future of cars.
"Driverless Cars Are Coming" made many great points on why driverless cars are a good for the people in the world, but they also stated some very good points on why it would not be. For example, in the article it says the cars are very expensive due to the work that would have to be done to the roads and the cars themselves for them to work corectly. In paragraph four it states "For starters, they needed a while lot of sensors." meaning that the car itself would need more added to make sure it was effective which technically cost more money. Not only is money an issue but the fact that driverless cars will taking the skill of driving away from people. As you get older you start to learn how to drive and get to learn all of the rules of the road, but with a driverless car you will most likely not have to learn how to drive. Not knowing how to drive leads to not learning the rules of the road which will lead to more accidents and lawsuits.
Drivelss cars are the future of cars. Yes, maybe, but as said in the article they still have not found a fully effective driveless car the does not need the help of a human when it comes close to danger or something unfamiliar. As said in paragraph seven "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driveless." this shows that even with more developed technology they still have not made a fully effective driverless car. The whole point of a driverless car is so the person behind the wheel techinically does not have to drive. Another example is that the drivers must stay alert whcih makes the car even less of a big deal because as said before, the car is not technically driverless. If they want these cars to be the future they need to develope a truly effective car, not just a semi-effecive car.
Another reason why the driverless car is not a car that should be made is because with a driverless car there is no one technically to blame for an acident because the car was not driven by anyone but itself. In paragraph nine the article says "If technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver of the manufacturer?" this shows the car is only made to drive not to protect what is beyond. The manufacturer should be more invested on how to change the fact that it will not be one- hundred percent and change how safe the car actually is. An example that brought attention was in paragraph ten when the author of the article said "Tesla has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopilot 90 percebt of the time" still shows how the car is not truly a driverless car which means that the car name itself is false advertising. That wilol also lead to lawsuits becasue it is not what the consumer/buyer was looking for when they heard the name "driverless car".
The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" made many great points on why or why not a driverless car is a good car. Reading the article there were many points that stood out about why the car would not be a good car, than to why it would be a good car. To sum up the driverless car is a car that still is not always effective which can bring harm to the people inside of the car and the people beyond the car. Driverless cars are taking away the fact that as a person driving is a skill you must learn, not just get it handed to you because you have a "driverless" car. To conclude the driverless car is not a good car and more people should not support the idea. | 5 |
3352d89 | The Value of Students Emotions
I'm going to be talking about the technology that is able to read the emotional expressions on peoples faces. I don't think it's important for them to get that technology in class rooms. I'm going to be listing off ideas on why I think its not important for schools to get this technology. My first topic is going to be about how teachers are really interested in how the students feel about what they are learing. My second topic is going to be about how students usually give there opion on how they feel about there learning. My third topic is going to be about how they could use the money for something else other than that technology.
My first topic is teachers don't really care about how students feel about what are learning. What I mean by that is teachers don't care if the students like the topic are they just care about if the students are learning and understanding. Sometimes teachers can tell by students faces if they're liking the topic or not. Sometimes teacher will ask the students if they like the topic or not but they don't really care if they do. So then like what's the point in spending money on something like that.
Usually students will give their opion on the topic. I know I give my opion and I know other students to do to. Students don't want their faces to be scanned and told how they are feeling. I know I wouldn't want mine scanned. Everybody knows how they feel at school even teachers know how students feel at school. Sometimes teachers will ask the students how they feel at school and people will tell them the truth.
Schools could use the money for something else other than a face scanner. They could use the money for things that need fixed in the school. Like the roof it's been leeking they could fix that. Buy new things for the P.E. classes like balls or rackets. They could use the money to fix the cafetiera or buy new books with the money. They could spend the money on fixing the bathrooms or the lockers things like that is what they could spend there money on.
This is why I think they should not buy the scanner. I know it sounds cool and everything but I think it would not be a good idea to buy. It would be very awkward to up to a students face and just scan it during class. People won't like that I know I won't like that. It would also be a waste of time because what if just stopped working you would have to fix it or it stopped working all the time it would take a long time to fix. | 3 |
335556a | I think driverless car would be a great idea for a future invention. It would be amazing to be able to sit back and relax while your car drives for you. I think it would be great because on family vacation and other long drives it would be like riding on a plane or bus your could lay back, relax, and rest with no worries. In the article it said that entertainment could be place into the car and i think that would be great, to maybe be able to watch all of your favorite shows or maybe even play your favorite games would be absolutley amazing, although it never what kind of entertainment i still think that would be amazing, to even be able to turn the seats around and maybe even play a board game with your family and friends would still be a break through in the history of cars and would be a amazing ride. In the end I personally think driverless cars would be an amazing idea and to think that maybe this year 2016 one of the car companies might be able to produce a functioning car that is completely driverless is absolutley mind blowing. | 2 |
3355650 | Dear state senator,
I wish to inform you about my opinion and another 60 percent of voters opinions about the Electoral college. We suggest that instead of voting for a state of electors we should vote directly to the president that we wish would lead our country. People wan't to vote straight fowardly to the exact person they perfer and not to electors whom the people can't control who they decide to vote for. Some electors have refused to vote for their party's canidate and vote for whoever they wanted to instead. Many people often get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong canidate. We also cannot choose who the electors are.
We know that the state legislatures are responsible for picking electors and that the electors that they choose always defy the will of the people. Many things can go wrong when we use electors. They could cheat into getting who they want to win. Just like how in 1960, the segregationists the the Louisiana legislature almost succeeded in their dirty plan to replace the democratic electors with new electors that would oppose John F. Kennedy meaning that they tried to get the popular vote that was for him to actually not get to Kennedy. Also, a state might send two slates of electors to congress. It's happened in Hawaii in 1960, what makes you think it won't happen again?
The electoral college is unfair to voters because of all the ways electors cheat to make sure who they wan't wins. Canidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning. During the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the canidates at all. Also 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see any campaign adds and its because of the winner-take-all system in each state.
We suggest to changing to the election by popular vote for the president of the Unites States. The citizens of the United states should be able to vote for the president that they perfer and not for an elector that could ditch the original idea and vote for only their personal opinion. There would be less flaws in the presidential electing process if we accept the popular vote method. | 4 |
33568ce | Everybody in the world has emotions and displays them in different ways. One common way people display emotions are through their facial expressions. However, it is not always easy for people to read others' emotions. In the article, Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author talks about a new computer software called the FACS (Facial Action Coding System) that was used to read the famous Mona Lisa's emotions. In the article, the author mentions this software being used in a classroom setting to read students' emotions to tell if they are confused or bored to modify the lesson like an actual teacher. The use of this software in a classroom would be extremely beneficial for students who struggle staying focused or are not interested in learning at all.
A student sits in class doing a computer lesson. However, this student is unable to sit still in their seat for a fraction of a second because of how bored they have become with the lesson. If the FACS was in use, the student would have a much easier time being engaged in their learning. If classes were to use facial recognition software for lessons, when students become frustrated or confused, the lesson will be able to adjust to the students' needs instead of having the students become frustrated with their teachers. Dr. Huang predicts if this kind of software was used in a class, the lessons would be able to modify "like an effective human instructor." The FACS would be extremely beneficial to students and teachers alike! However, some people would not agree with the claim that facial recognition software should be used in a classroom.
Someone might believe that the use of the FACS would not be helpful for students in a classroom setting. They may believe that the software is an unnecessary use of resources because they might not believe the software is effective because it may be unable to detect emotions in an effective way. In the article, it states that the Mona Lisa was "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." They may believe that if the software detects mixed emotions, it would not be useful.
However, this claim is wrong in every sense of the word. The computer software is accurate enough to tell a real smile from a fake smile through the muscles that are being moved in the face. The software uses a 3-D computer model of the face and compare the expression of a user's face to a neutral face. "All 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles," so there is no way it cannot be accurate!
The use of the Facial Action Coding System for computer lessons would be an extremely beneficial addition to the classroom setting. It would make teaching and learning a lot more easier for teachers and students alike. School administrations should take serious consideration when deciding whether or not to integrate this software into teaching. | 4 |
3356cba | This artical,"The Challenge of Exploring Venus," is the authors way to give ideas on how to help get closer to Venus. the author starts out with how and what Venus looks like. The author also compares Venus to Earth and says "[It's] Often reffered to as Earth's "twin."'
The author's article, "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," has a very good look into why we need to explore and learn more about Venus. The athor even gives ideas/ways for NASA to be able to explore Venus. Examples like "...NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray." This is one of the few ideas that the author gives out.
The whole artical is about how Venus is so like Earth or "Earth's "twin."' This is a good artical to look for if looking up ideas for a essay because it gives facts like "...Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size."
Or facts about the devices that they used in the pass that didn't work like "...simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface..."
To end off on a good term, the author had put in time to let people know that we should think smarter not harder to be able to see closer into what Venus is hiding. The Author says "...Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doughts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation." This meaning not to thing to hard and work with what you got insted of thinking of a way to get all information right away. | 2 |
3358e08 | In everyday life people's emotions can affect certain things they are doing, like listening to or watching something. This is also the case in a classroom at school. Typically when a student is portraying positive emotions they will be more interested in the lesson and therefore pay more attention. The opposite goes for negative emotions, if a student is for example sad or worried they will be less interested in the lesson and pay less attention. Now if a teacher were able to detect when a student is portraying negative emotions, which is now possible with the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), that could be very valuable, because it could make the classroom a better and more affective learning environment.
First of all if FACS was to be used in the classroom it could help teachers and instructors know whether or not a student is telling the truth about something based off of facial features. According to the article FACS can "even indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." This means that if a teacher asks a student if they are doing okay and they smile back and say that everything is fine, even though it is not fine for them, FACS would be able to pick this up and notify the teacher so that they could help the student.
Secondly students already don't like going to school but, when they have to come to school and sit through boring lessons it makes things worse. Now teachers usually try to do their best to make the lectures as fun as possible in order for the students to stay engaged. This sometimes does not work out though and the teacher may not even realize it, but Dr. Huang predicts that FACS "could recognise when a student is confused or bored." With that the teacher could change what they are doing in the lesson to make it more engaging and therefore help students learn better.
So in conclusion, FACS would be valuable in a classroom environment, because it could help teachers be more affective with their lessons and get students the help they need to succeed at school and later on in life. This new technology is just one of the many new and incredible things technology is capable of and with the continuation of these discoveries we can strive to make the world a more positive, safe and liveable place. | 3 |
335fa4f | Are self-driving cars really safe for the future?
Driving has been around for decades. It goes so far back. Now soon there will be no need for driving at all. Car will have to have a mind of their own. They'll need to know how to handle difficult situations. This will cause people to have to be attentive more than ever. I believe self-driving cars will be taken lightly and people will think they don't have to pay as much attention as they would a regular manual car.
what do we really need selfdriving cars for anyways? I don't believe that a elecronic will be able to deal with other driving humans better than another human can. Say someone is driving an manual car and go on a four way stop at the wrong time. The car wouldn't know what to do unless its programed to do so. People may say The cars have sensors so it will be able to stop it's self. What if the sensor is broken? There will need to be way to tell that its broken. There will also be othe asspects of the car the driver will need to keep up with which will make this a high mantance car.
Along with this if there was to be an acident who would be responible? According to the article that is yet to be decided. There are still states that don't allow any driverless cars in their state which means everyone is not on borad with this idea. Its still people who think this idea is not safe. Also in these cars it is alot easier to be distracted. Like the article says some can get bored waiting on their time to drive. The driver can fall asleep, start using there phone, etc. Which could be dangerous for the manual drivers.
There are some positves to this car for some people. These cars could be good for new drivers who don't know how to parrallel park. Teen drivers don't always get everything right the first couple of times so they will ahve their car to assitst them. This car could also accually be safer for mothers with multipule children. It may give her a chance to quickly distribute a bottle or pick up a toy a baby dropped. This also can still be dangerous because the driver won't be attentive.
In conculdion i believe there is no point of taking time to make a driverless car because You will always have to be attentive just like driving a regular car, and if you aren't and get into an accident it may end up being your own fault. The driver would have to be dependent on their car to avoid accidents, construction, wrong turns ,etc. Will you be able to trust you car with your life? | 4 |
335fd9b | The author suggest the studying Venus is a good idea despite of the many dangers it presents. I agree with the authors argument becasue hopefully the day that we land safly on Venus will show a major and a huge step in human life towards technology.
First of all, the author in the second paragraph said that venus is the closets plant to earth. One example is it will take fewer time to land on venus becasue it is of closest plant to earth. Anthor Example is that if we send humans to Venus it will not be a far place for them from their home plant Earth, and it wll hopfully also make conact and signals more eligible.
Second of all, the author in the first paragraph said "Venus, somtimes called the "evening star" is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky, making it simple for even an amateur stargazert to spot", so it is easy to spot. One example is since we can spot it easy from earth it will take a little less effort to study because humans do not have to travel and risk their life, instead they can just
study it by looking at it.
In addtion the author in the fourth paragraph said "Just like earth. Today, Venus still has some fearures that are analogous to those on earth". The author obviously said that Venus still contains some same features that are on earth. For Example It still contains some earth features, so why not continue to keep studing it. Anthour exaple is If we go furthur in studies we can treat it like it is earth.
In conclusion I think the author is right about taking on the challenge of exploring venus becuase of his reasonable reasons. One reason is he said that it it the closest plant to earth. Anthor reason he said is it is easy to spot, and finally a third reason he said is Just like earth today it still contanis some same earth feaures. | 3 |
336c6ad | Everybody may be have different opinion for everything,including the emotional expressions. When we at happy time to see that could be a smile photo. When we at med time to see that could be a angry photo and so on. We can not actually know what is the real expression from this painting. But computer can help us to recognize the subtle facial movements.
One reason is''Dr. Huang relies on the work of psychologists,such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS (Facial Action Coding System).Eckman has classified six bisic emotions--happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness--and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.''There have six bisic emotions on computer can help us to recognize the subtle facial movements. Another reason is ''A classroom computer recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,'' Dr. Huang predicts. So that evidenced computer can recognize the emotional expressions of the students in the classroom is valuable.
By the way,people recognize the emotional expressions depented on themself at what time to see the expressions,but computers can ''calculater''that for sure. In my opinion, computer can help us to recognize the emotional expressions. | 1 |
336f368 | Having driverless cars would be unthinkable. To make a car that humans do not have to drive is just being lazy, if someone has a driverless car they will never pay attention to the road because the car does eveyting for them. In drivers ed the tearcher tells us, our parents tell us, anyone who drives tells us "ALWAYS BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS" People would not have to watch anything because they would not be driving the car.
Although not having to drive would be awesome for some people, especially people who are driving long periods at a time, it is still not safe. What happens when an animal runs out in the road unexpectidaly? Does the car just stop by itself? You can never know what will happen if you have no control over it. If a car can drive itself and a human does not have to do anything and the car messes up and does not work when you need it to the most what will happen? You will most likely end up geting hurt.
It would be different if this driverless car was guarenteed to never mess up, but that is not how it is. People who actually drive cars now have issues all the time with their vehicle not working when they need it to the most, sometimes breaks go out, the car may die, there is a whole series of things that could happen. So think about if someone was n ot driving their car and all of a sudden when the car is just driving itself and someone is on the road going somewhere and all of a sudden the car stops working, the "battery" dies... What can you do about that? Nothing, your car dies and your are in the middle of traffic, you are in major trouble because you have either caused yourself or someone else to be injured.
Having driverless cars would be completely irresponsible. The reason texting and driving is illegal and drinking and driving is illegal is for saftey purposes. Those two things are major causes of accidents. Having driverless cars is just giving people the go ahead to get in a vehicle irresponsible now. Would you feel safe with your children in a car ansd other people behind the wheel just texting or being intoxicated or both? I know that I would not feel very safe. Cars can stop working whenever they want but if you have someone texting or intoxicated in one of those cars and it stops working, there is no way to prevent your children from getting hurt.
In conclusion, having driverless cars is a terrible idea. They are not 100 percent guarenteed to always work just like regular cars are not but no one driuving a car and it stops working can cause extremely way more problems than a regular car would. With a regular car you can just take over whenever you need to and pull off to the side to prevent problems or do whatever you need to do to keep away from accidents happening, but with no one driving a car you are risking your life and others around you all because you wanted to be lazy and not drive a car by yourself. | 4 |
337506c | Do you know what the challenge of Exploring Venus is? Well venus is the second planet from our sun. Venus distance but safe vantage point of Earth has very challenging place to examine more closely. They also often called Venus as the Earth's Twin. Let's see what The Challenge of Exploring Venus is all about.
First of all,
Earth, Venus , Mars are like neighbor that orbits the sun at different speeds. The differences in speed that we are closer to Mars than other times to Venus. Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms. Humans has numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud -draped world. Since no spacecraft survived the landing for more tha a few hours.
Secondly, The thick atmosphere is almost 97% of carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. The more challenging are the clouds of highly sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The planet's temps are average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than our own planet. The conditions on Earth are far more extreme than anything humans encounter.
Thirdly,
NASA has one particularly compelling ideas to send humans to study Venus. NASA's solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus allow scientist to float above the fray. Researchers cannot take samples of rock, gas, or anything else, from a distance. Many researchers are working on innovations that allows our machines to last long enough to knowledge Venus. NASA is working on other approaches to study Venus.
In a conclusion, Do you know what the challenge of Exploring Venus is? Well, Earth, Venus , Mars are like neighbor that orbits the sun at different speeds. The thick atmosphere is almost 97% of carbon dioxide that blankets Venus. NASA has one particularly compelling ideas to send humans to study Venus. So however, I just exploring about Venus so I think I past the challenge. | 1 |
3375ddc | I think the technology called the Facial Action Coding System is valuable because I think it is a very big advantage of using this type of technology and it gets more work done and also less thinking into the drawings or other types of things that could involve using this technology.
An example from the article is " we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on there faces" Another thing why I think this type of technology is going to be useful, Is because maybe in the future all of the work could be handed over to the technology, Letting the technology do the work for us, Which would make it much easier for humans and less stressful to think about.
In conclusion I think my statement towards this article is reasonable, Because I think many or some people would agree with it, I think many people would love to have a less stressful job, Sometimes it can get stressful in thinking what to do for the painting. | 2 |
337638a | I would like our election to be cast on popular vote. It would make more sense for us to be able to elect our president by what everyone thinks and not the electoral college because many things can go wrong. The votes in electoral college don't make sense big states have more votes then the little ones so the candidates focus on big states and the other ones are left out because they have two or three votes. Thats why I think we need a different system or just cast it on popular vote.
Just like the 2000's election Bush won that by getting the bigger states when Gore should've won it because he had more popular votes. The electoral college makes no sense and should be taken down. Many people disagree with the electoral college and know its a big scam for the presidents to win by losing. Thats why it should be casted on popular so its fair for people and not on the size of your state.
The electoral college is an outdated, unfair system on voting. It shouldn't be about the state but what all of the country thinks. Popular vote is the best way to caculate who should be president and who not to be. Our nation would be better off with a new system because the electoral college is getting outdated and isn't a good way to vote for who leads our country. We need a new system because in several places they never seen a candidate or ad to vote in 2000 campaign. Those states didn't see anything because of their electoral votes are small compared to those of the bigger states.
Also you can tie the votes in electoral votes and then we'd have to worry about the vote our House of Representatives would give us. That could be a disaster for us to worry about. Just like Nixon and Clinton had 43 percent of popular vote but winning in the electoral college. Its not fair for most people and it doesn't make sense how he can win but still be losing at the same time. I wouldn't vote until this system is changed because it is completly unfair.
The electoral college is an unfair system that no one wants anymore. We can change our ways of voting so it'll be more fair and it matters on our country's thoughts not our states. Popular vote seems more reasonable and a better way for us to find a good leader. Thats why i think it should be casted on popular vote instead of the electoral college and the United States of America would be better off with what our whole country thinks instead of our size because we represent freedom and need to prove it. | 4 |
3380b17 | Is this something that kids in History class want to hear their teacher talk about? How Mona Lisa felt? I do not think so , but an art class might want to hear about it.
This should not be taught in a history class. This should be tought in an Art room setting. Like Painting class or Drawing class. The reason I say that is because painting and drawing are alike in some ways. In painting you use paint to "draw" your assignment. In drawing you use a pencil,sharpie,or a marker to draw your assignment.
If this was a requirement in History class,this subject would be very boaring and irrelevent in so many ways. But in Art since Leonardo da Vinci painted this there could be an entire lesson on it. Then the teacher could have the students draw/paint Mona Lisa
So I think it should not be tought in any other class than Art. The reason I say that is a lot of kids have at least seen this painting one time in their life. And if they take Art they will learn about it. So there is no sense in wasting time in other classes when they will just learn about it in Art class. I do not think some kids would like to have their emotions read on some type of computar software. | 1 |
338612b | The face as you call it is just a natural land formation. We took pictures that prove us correct but you still think it was created by aliens. All we saw was that it was a mesa and that its shaddows look like a face. So why dont you belive us if you lok colsely at the 1998 picture you can clearly see no alien markings but yet you still belive why. Every body else belives us why cant you all you we see is a big rock so why do you think aliens put it there.
In the article it clearly states that the so called face was not made by aliens but just natural formations. There is no life what so ever on mars. It was not made by aliens but instead by mother nature. It was found in cydonia where a lot of other mesas located there and if that is not proof enough we sent three misions and they all reported it was a mesa nothing more nothing less. Unfortunatly some scientists belived it was an alien artifact so we took more pictures and the showed the exact same thing.
But we sent another mission to take pictures with more pixels and they showed no proof of alien life. But you still dont belive us and I dont understand why you dont belive us. even though we gave you all this proof you dont seem to care. What will it take to convince you that its not a face. If I were you i would have belived NASA as soon as they showed the picture.
But I am not you so
I will try to convince you. But if you reject the idea I will not care.
I will simply leave . So I will. continue when they told the public they even said it was a natural thing but still . the face is not really made by aliens but it is naturaly awsome. so i will leave telling you that you are wrong and that NASA is right. but the face is still cool and if it broke off and fell to earth it would be alien so food for thought.
I think you might be right about one thing the face is so cool. and i think that you are mostly wrong bye | 3 |
338cf3b | These article that are given to me have good reasons why we may not need cars as time passes by, and their advantages.
In the first article, it gives many reasons why some people in Germany dont need, or used cars. In the third paragraph, second sentence, a women states "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Meaning, that she probably had a lot of issues when she had a car, maybe it was engine problems, battery, or maybe the gas prices that they used to have, but now she can relaxe, not having to deal with any engine problems, battery problems, or the gas prices, now that she doesn't own a car. Now she probably just has a bike, and bike are really easy to fix, not like a car were you have to pay someone to fix it for you, also pay for items that the person fixing your car has used. Basically some people in Germany are trying to save money, and have found a way to do it.
Next, the second article and the third article, take on one of the most important thing, our planet. In the two article it gives alot of reasons why a car is banned from Paris and Bogota, Colombia, but the one that captures me the most would be on the paragraph 17, were it states "Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals." Showing that Paris has noticed a problem and are actually doing something about it. They have banned cars to see if that is the actual problem, and they have found out that the cars are the problem. And they're answer to that problem is to set a fine to those people that had their cars with even numbered licence plates on Mondays and odd numbered licenced plates on the following day. Paris then got the results, if the cars were the problem, and yes it was, there was less smog, so they had decided to leave the fine. And in the third article, it shows that also Colombia is taking part of a smog free place. But they instead decide to ban cars and only give permission to buses and taxi drivers to drive. But they don't only give bus drivers and taxi drivers osmething to enjoy, the have also given their people ways to enjoy a place without cars. They have fixed their old, beat-up sidewalks and have put more bicycle trails for people that don't drive buses or taxis.
Last but not least, in the last article it shows that even a powerful and strong nation can also take part of helping the planet, by lowering its most known culture, driving. It might seem like America is taking a part of helping the planet, by lowering the number of cars, and drivers. The statement that captures my attention the most would be "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009." Meaning that a nation were young people would come to lead it in the future, some have decided to do it by hard work. Some would lead it by doign it in the hard, but basically simple way, driving.
In conclusion, those are my reasons to why limiting car usage have its advantages, by saving money, peoples lives, and our planet. | 3 |
3393759 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents to humans that even get near the planet. Even with the dangers that are poised against those who would go near Venus, there is still intrigue in the planet from our simple human nature, the opporatunity of studing an Earth like planet besides our own, and the fact that Venus is so close to Earth.
The main reason of studying the planet Venus is capitalized by the article and the author in this quote "Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." The Author also simply puts in the article that humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus all unmanned.
Another reason for the intrigue in studing Venus is our simple human nature. In another quote by the author and in the article "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus beceause it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." the author gives us a reason and it's a reason that makes logical sense. The landscape of Venus is also described in the article as Earth like.
The author suggested studying Venus would be a wirthy pursuit despite the dangers. I say they actually supported their idea thoroughly in the end. There also seems to be no error in the logic of the author either. | 2 |
3395115 | Recent software innovations have came up with a really valuable idea. Its for humans and computers to better communicate. Its called FACS( Facial Action Coding System) and it is very valuable. There are many ways for it to be important inside the everyday classroom by being able to change the way an online class is taught. It's read through a students facial movements and able to read human expressions. So when a student gets stuck or can't keep up the computer can recoginze that.
In the passage it states " a classroom computer could recoginze when a student is becoming confused or bored, then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." Not only is it reading the student to see how he/she is feeling but also change the way something is being taught so the student better understands and wants to pay attention and learn. It goes back to it being a valuable or important in the classroom.
Dr. Huang's FACS is a very valuable and well designed program and it should be used in ever classroom. There are more than a few ways it is needed in a everyday classroom. Students would well benefit from this because a teacher has to teach every kid and it is hard for them to have one on one time with all the students struggling. This would help give students a specially designed program that best suits there needs and abilities. thats why FACS is valuable in every classroom not just in the classrom but maybe even in certain work places or offices where they are needed. | 3 |
33a2f77 | I feel like I am for the value of this use of technology, because you can calculate other peoples facial emotions and your facial movements.
I feel like if you can calculate emotions on a persons face you could understand that person better and what there feeling.
You could do a 3-D model of the face and put in all of the muscles just like a human has on their face.
You could understand if their happy, suprised, or even sad. Your frontalis pars lateralis muscles ( above the eyes ) raises your eyebrows when your suprised or scared.
Your emotions could be all over the place.
You could have certian facial expressions.
For an example, you could have your fear look. You could've saw something that you're afraid of and have a fear look. The software could even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face.
I know that everyone has different facial features, but some people have the same facial expressions.
I personally think that we should all have different facial features because no one can be the same and no one is perfect.
This technology could observe how our face is formed in the future.
This new technologyis the same technology for making computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or surgery. " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication " that Dr. Huang had. Computured need to understand that, too " said Dr. Huang.
Your personal computer can't handle the complex of the algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile.
You sometimes has to ask yourself
" Does your expression in the mirror suggest an emotion?" and " Can your lab partner recognize which one? " So I think that this technology is a good idea. | 2 |
33b12bc | This facial expression recognizer is similar to the facial recognizers on your phone except it can determine the emotion you feel. The makers of this machine have tested it onto the mysterious woman know as the Mona Lisa. People were constatly making assumptions on how she was feeling whether happy or uncomfortable, but know we know exactly what she was feeling like. I have a concern about whether they tested this on other things but of coarse they did but I'd like to see the process of how this works because the Mona Lisa is a nonmoving painting while people are constantly feeling an aray of emotions.
I believe this technology would not be useful to read students emotions because student emotions can change from sitting in a classroom to taliking to a friend during a lesson. I believe that the machine would not be able to calculate the exact emotion a student is feeling quick enough because we can have multiple layers of emotions at the same time for instence fear, anxiety, and confliction. Also the machine would have to monitor multiple faces at onces since this is a classroom and find the emotions of the majority and gear the lesson towards that. I feel that the machine is only making assumptions because i put on a happy face and a happy tone all day but that does not make me happy thosse are just my characteristics. This can be useful once updated to the point where it can determine the emotions of multiple people but I don't think people want to wait an hour just to find out if you are happy, confused, or sad. Besides they literally sell those cheap necklaces that can supposedly read your emotions and they sell those worldwide in every giftshop but those are targetted to children ages 5 and up, but you don't see people wearing those so why would someone want this.
This technology is definitely an advancement in understanding human emotions and being able to write a code to recognize these emotion. We could use this idea and code to inbend them into artificial intellegence one day. The ability to read the Mona Lisas expression is definitely mind blowing since it is reading the face and not the paper is was drawn on or the code of the site/add which would have most likely come back in conclusive | 4 |
33b29e8 | to bein with the passage mainly states or really talk bout the things that make up the percent of cair pollution in the airlike 70 pecent of and 57 percent of the cars moved car are better then bike because bike your pedaling cars your just pushing the gas and it makes you goes faster 12 pecent of the grenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes to passengers vars are most intensive in the united states all the cars since ww2 had been ways to move equipment to travel long places and miles it was used as the tranportation of amerin cars are the most unrelated.
second of all levitttown and scardale newyork suburbs was a wide spread out homes and private tranportation bills were formed by mister goldberg he said 80 oercent of approriatins have law gone 20 percent to eachother transport the passage also say america have a air pollution record for the most bad pollution in the air in the lobal city wise they say in most cities and countries say for instance china have mor bike riders and walkers do the have cars that y they have so much money because they dint used up allof the observation they save thats why china nd places like africa are rich countries third of of all that why china nights be so cold thats why it dont bethat much sicness because every one know what it takes to not pollute the air and all kinds of nonpoticular things that america does to pollute our air 67 percent of vehicles and france is compared to 57.3 percent of our cars in 73 percent in london well anyways china have long cold nights because its not that much gas or pollution in the air to me and others all scientists thats a good thing. | 1 |
33b606a | The claim that "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents" is not well supported by the passage. Throughout the passage the author explains why Venus is exceptionally hard to explore, why it hasn't explored it in 3 years, and even the intrigue that it causes. It doesn't explain the benefits of exploring Venus and it doesn't explain the benefits of our curiosities. The passage explains more of the dangers of exploring Venus than why it is worthy to be pursued by any reason other than curiousity.
The first paragraph introduces the reader to the planet Venus describing it as an "Evening Star" that is easy to view from afar, but challenging to view up close. The author starts with these statements, leading the reader to the question "Why is it challenging?". Through the second and third paragraph it explains why it was explored and why those missions failed. This gives the reader knowledge on what Venus is and a picture of what Venus looks like, while also explaining some of the many reasons that Venus can't be explored.
In the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh paragraphs we see a shift in view point, where instead of focusing on the expected "Why should or shouldn't Venus be explored?" the author then moves to the topic of "Why are scientists wanting to explore Venus?". The answer? The author explains that the reason behind all of the searching for ways to explore Venus is merely curiousity. The author also explians the approaches to explore Venus, that NASA is taking, because scientists are curious. In the paragraphs it doesn't suggest that exploring Venus is worthy, as it only explains why exploring Venus has failed, how any missions now would fail, and what NASA is doing to approach their curiousity.
In the conclusion paragraph, the author explains that the challenge that Venus presents is what fuels the curiousity of many scientists. It also states that "Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts..." proving that the author was not focused on proving that it is a worthy cause but more of saying, we should not be grounded because it's dangerous.
The author's suggestion is not well supported by the claim, as it has been shown that the author only focused their attention on how dangerous and scary Venus is and not on how exploration of Venus could be beneficial to understanding and history. The author's claim would have been better supported had they focused on the benefits of exploration and why the attempts to explore Venus are important, other than the filling the questions that are asked about the hardly known planet. | 4 |
33b6860 | Do you think that driveless cars are really bad things to have? I don't believe that they are. I believe that any kid would enjoy to have one of these for fun. People would enjoy to have fun. Do the law really want to take that excitement away?
In the article, "Driveless Cars Are Coming, I believe that driveless cars should be a better development. First of all, I don't think they are dangerous at all. To be really honest, I think that driveless cars sounds like a lot of fun and from learning what they are capable of, they don't seem bad. Second of all, the passage stated, "Driveless cars interpret the driving fun in a new way. " Which means that driveless cars were already fun, but now they are trying to find a more quick and enjoyable ways to have fun. They also don't want to lose customers so they are trying to invent more and more driveless cars that everybody can enjoy for themselves. Thats why I can't believe that the law doesn't want to keep the driveless cars. The cars work with computers. Whats so wrong with that?
In conclusion, driveless cars are not at all dangerous to me. I believe that the government or laws feel like they don't want others to be happy. They want everyone to be miserible. I'm telling you, teenagers love to drive and if we had driveless cars now, I promise you that everyone is going to have one. I believe that driveless cars would be just like our phones, hard to stay away from. | 3 |
33b691f | Venus, the sister planet to Earth. When considered for exploration, there are many different reasons for or against exploration. Among the agaist exploration reasons are the immenent danger and hostile atmosphere. But with new research and development of technology, slowly we are getting to the point of being able to possibly reduce the risks of a failed mission. The author of " The challenge of Exploring Venus" agrees about the rewards of exploring Venus.
There is a fair bit of evidence to support the exploration of Venus, chief among them the proximity to Earth, reducing the amount of time needed to arrive on Venus if we time a launch correcty. The other reason is that there is new research into old technology from the early 1900's to World War II, known as mechanical computers. These machines are simpler than you think though. All they are is a bunch of gears and levers and don't require electricity at all. Considering Venus's hostile conditions, this approach seems well guided in the thought of repurposing and reusing these ancient machines.
All things considered, if these new developments are sucessful, and the timing is right, than we could possibly hear an announcement about a manned mission to Venus. Most likely not tommorrow, but it is possible in our lifetime to hear about this. The author supports the claim of possible exploration, and therefore with newfound evidence and reason, so do I. | 3 |
33bd296 | Every once in a while, we all take a minute to look up at the bright sparkling stars. After a while, you begin to notice that one "star" in particular is brighter than the rest. That "star" is actually Venus. It's so close to Earth that we can actually see it. This intrugues many astronomers and other scientists because it triggers their curiosity. It brings much interest to many people such as the author of this passage. The author of this article suggest that studying Venus is a worth persuit despite the dangers it presents.
Although there are many dangers to studying Venus, there is also a plus side to it. If scientists can build a machine that allows us to get closer to objects on Venus, we could take them back to Earth (paragraph 7). If we could do this, it would help us gain more knowledge on the atmosphere and ground conditions of the planet and help scientists learn how to get humans closer to possibly getting to Venus one day. Human curiosity will likely lure us into many equally intimidating endeavors. For example, in the text it even talks about how far we have come with computers. Knowing this, we should take advantage of our curiosity. imagination, and innovation. This would allow all people to have a better insight of Earth's twin planet, Venus.
In conclusion, scientists have come a long way from the very beginning. Astronomers are inventing marvelous machines that last up to 3 weeks even in horrific weather condition simulators. Astronomers are looking at things in a whole new perspective and will one day make it to Venus. Although it's quite dangerous, the work will be a worthy persuit in the end. | 3 |
33bf80b | Feelings and emotions are ways we show people how we act and what we are feeling at that moment. Only we know what we are feeling at times or even at that moment. Our emotions determine who we are and what we show from the expressions from our face. Its hard to determine what a person is thinking and what they are feeling at any moment of time. I think it is time though because someone has found a way to determine someone's emotions.
Finally someone has found a way to determine someone's feelings and emtions with a simple computer program. The person who worked and worked to show us this is Dr. Huang from Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans to communicate with computers. This idea for trying to communicate with computers brought up the idea of the feelings and emotions of a human being. They use simple calculations of the facial movements that are used to determine your feelings and emotions.
They begin the process with a 3-D process of the face and control every muscle on the face to mimic the emotions and feelings of a human being and that is amzing. The movements of the face is called a "action unit". Dr. huang relies on a psychologist to determine the emotions of that scan and to give six emotions that will determine every humans feelings within those six basic emotions. I think that these basic emotins are basically all the emotions any human uses for every day life. Thats why Dr. Paul Eckman picked them because them are the most common and most used emotions ever.
In paragraph three is the way humans move their muscles on their face to show emotions. Facial expressions are the one way humans can determine how someone is doing or feeling at that moment of time. In paragraph four they talk about how the program can even show that facial expressions of how Mona Lisa was feeling or what emotions she had of the time of the painting. The fact that we perform the same impressive calculation of determining a person's feelings just by looking at them is a perfect way for them to study and perfect the programs way to scanning emotions. The demonstractions of each scan are amazing at showing what the program and the computer can really do at a time where technology is at it's prime.
I feel like the computer and the humans who are trying to communicate with them are a great way to show feelings and emotions through talking. This program is gonna change the world of technology and the world of emotions for the better of the country and it's people. I think that what they are doing is a very constructive way of showing that you can find ways to determine a person's well being and their happiness. This program should be kept going at it's fullest for lots of years and should get to a point where it even helps out the crime system. As a last thought the program has to perfect this to get to maximum use of what should be used to help determine these feelins and emotions for the better. | 2 |
33c34e1 | Technology is somthing that is growing world wide, but should we let it take control of driving our cars? It could malfunntion, lose purpose in learning how to drive and it could cost a lot of money.
We shouldn't allow to have driverleess cars because you could never know when a malfunction could occur. Sure Google has had cars made but if they actually produce more of these cars and say it is safely tested but for example if they make one mistake in the binary code and not look over it there whole technology could crash. These are some consequences to keep in mind.
Another reason we shouldn't have driverless cars is because it would take away the purpose and joy of learning how to drive. Learning to drine is a joy yet a nervous pain to do but if we allow technology to take over there is no real joy in it anymore. Young adults wo't get the same experience there parents got because they will start depending on technology to take ocer these things.
Lastly, by creating these cars we would we investing millions of dollars that could be put to something more useful. Also we would have wasted millions if the technology were to fail in error. That would mean if the system were go and shut down as somene were driving, they could have the power to sue not only the company put also the makers of the sytem whuch would mean more money going down the drain.
In conclusion, the reason listed above are suitable arguments to go against the developement of these cars. The question in the end is are we going to allow technology to take over driving our cars? | 3 |
33c632a | Having an electoral college is a controversial topic. There are many different views on whether electoral college should be allowed or removed. Keeping the Electoral College does of couse have its benefits, but so does changing to elecction by popular vote. On a personal opinion, taking out Electoral College has more positives then negatives. When taking out Electoral College, citizens of this country actually have a say in the president they choose and it will become less complicated and less confusing for voters.
Removing Electoral College and replacing it with election by popular vote is greatly convenient. Citizens in the US right now do not have a say in the president they want to win. Instead of voting for the president they are actually voting for a "slate of electors" according to Source 2 by Bradford Plumer. Electoral College does not represent a democracy which is what this country is all about. This country gives the individuals a right to say and express themselves. When a 4 year term is over and it is time to vote again, the citizens are voting for a group of people, not the actual president. Then, those group of people called electors later vote for the president they would like. Even though in Source 3 is states " But each party selects a slate of electors truested to vote for the partys nominee (and that trust is barely betrayed) is is entirely possible for the winner of the electoral vote will not win the national popular vote." Meaning the electoral college can still vote for another president even if it not the party's nominee. It is the electors who choose the president not the people.
Furthermore, selecting president by popular votes contains more benefits. Many people become confused when it comes to voting. They do not fully understand the concept of the Electoral College and therefore make mistakes when it comes to voting. In source 2, it clearly states " Do voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candidate? Sometimes." Thus meaning that people are not clear on the situation and end up making a mistake that may or may not have have changed the outcome of that election. Even though the college restores the politicaql balance between large and small states and has it's good sides to it, removing the Electoral college will be more bemeficial at the end of the day.
All in all, Electoral College should be removed and reoplaced. It will be better. Having people clear on who they vote for and actually having a say in who they want to win president will actually show this countries democratic views and will relieve probably a big chunk of Americas citizens. | 4 |
33cb44b | Cars have been an important part of transportation in society for many years. However, in some communities that is changing. Many young people are not getting their licenses and some are giving up their cars. The streets of Vauban, Germany, are mainly "car-free" and the suburb only has two places to park cars, at the expense of $40,000. Limiting car usage results in many advantages.
One of those advantages is helping the environment. The article "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer explains Paris, France, put a driving ban into effect because of smog rivaling that of Beijing, China. The ban was based on license plate number, only allowing certain numbers to drive on specific days. Eventually the ban was lifited because the smog had cleared enough. Limiting the number of people that used their cars resulted in cleaner air, which is healthier for everyone. If limits were put into effect into other places, that could reduce air pollution, helping the environment. Americans are also buying fewer cars and driving less than previous years. The article "The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal says, "If the pattern persists - and many sociologists believe it will - it will have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the envrionment, since transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants". That is another example of environmental benefits from limiting car use. By utilizing other forms of transportation, the impact a person has on the environment is greatly reduced.
Another advantage that comes from limiting car use is lower stress and better mental health. In the suburb of Vauban, Germany, fifty-seven percent of families sold their cars to move there and seventy percent do not own cars. In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Heidrun Walter says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". By not owning a car, a person has less stress and can relax when traveling. There is probably less focus needed when traveling without a car because there is no worry about other drivers. Bogota, Colombia has started the Day Without Cars, the goal being to promote alternate transportation. Violaters recieve fines of twenty-five dollars. In the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" by Andrew Selsky, Carlos Arturo Plaza says, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution". People could enjoy the outdoors, without the constant noise and pollution from traffic in the city. That could lower their stress and increase their happiness.
Limiting car use has many advantages, some of which are helping the environment and lowering stress. Some suburbs, specifically Vauban, Germany, are mostly "car-free". A trend of buying fewer cars and driving less is also growing in America, which is beneficial to the environment. Plus, the stress of driving a car is taken away when their use is limited. | 4 |
33cdec2 | For many years people have been debating whether or not to keep the Electoral College or change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. According to source 1, the electoral college was established as "a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens." There are few positive effects of the Electoral College, however, there are many negative effects. I am in favor of changing the United States' election process to election by popular vote because there are many risks with the Electoral College, the Electoral College is outdated, and lastly, the Electoral College is unfair to voters in many states.
Currently, while using the Electoral College, the United States takes multiple risks. Some of the major risks were stated in source two. One of the major risks included, what of the elector put the vote in for the candidate he wished? Of course no matter what the situation, there will be risks to take. However, when those risks become actions, and happen more than once, people put up a guard and start to question whether or not the process is trustworthy. A sentence in source three declared, "each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vote for the party's nominee (and that trust is rarely betrayed). Americans are expected to trust a slate of electors whom we know little about personally, and trust is a personal thing. Trust is something that has to be earned. Therefore, when our trust is betrayed more than once because of the process the Electoral College, there is no way to earn that trust back once again. Without the Electoral College, this would not be an issue.
Not only is the Electoral College risky, but it is also outdated. The Electoral College was created by the founding fathers, over a century ago. With new technology, and new systems forming, the election process should be more modern. Also, when it was decided to use the Electoral College, there were fewer people in the United States. Currently, in modern day, the population is much greater. A country with a greater population needs a modern election selection.
The Electoral College is very unfair to states that do not have the ability to make an impact in the election. If the election process were changed to elected by popular vote, smaller states would have the ability to make their vote matter.
The Electoral College needs to be changed immediately in able for citizens to stop worrying about taking major risks, so our country as more of a modern election process, and so every vote counts. Changing to election by popualr vote could make the United States a better country. | 4 |
33d95e1 | My thoughts on driverless cars are not necessarily against it but I think the world can do without for awhile still, in other words there's no rush to get them out into the public streets. Although it would be very luxurious to have a car the drives itself, the safety issues & tedious appliances still need much work. Google has had driverless cars since 2009 that drove more than half a million miles without crashing but these cars still require human occupation in complicated traffic situations & driveways. I think the smart road system working in hand with the driverless cars would be more efficient but too expensive & requires "massive" upgrades to the roads so the idea was disgarded. So being that the smart cars would be driving on the roads we know of now it would need a pretty excessive amount of sensors to mimic the skill of a human behind the wheel. Google's modified Toyota Prius uses position-estimating sensors in the left rear wheel, rotating senor on the roof, video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, inertial motion sensor, & the LIDAR on the roof that uses laser beams to project a 3D image of the car's surroundings. This is all so that in can mimic human driving ability as closely as possible & there's still much work to be done. BMW's development of "Traffic Jam Assistant" in 2013 was the 'better way' to go about having 'driverless' cars. This car was designed to drive itself standardly & notify the human driver inside when he or she needs to take over the wheel. Some might argue that having a driverless car that still needs you to drive is pointless so the ideas of in-car entertainment & information systems are going around. The ideas of these cars definitely are revolved around luxury & safety but new traffic laws would have to be made for these automobiles driving themselves because if an accident happens who is to blame? I believe there is still more troubleshooting to be as far as having a driverless car on the streets. Most states have even made it illegal to test computer-driven cars with the exception of California, Nevada, Florida, & the District of Columbia who allow limited use of semi-autonomous cars. After these cars are proved to be safe overall, then they will be introduced into the public streets. | 4 |
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